Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER 8 Wenther Bure Mostly cloudy and n with lowest temperatu grees tonight to fresh nortlwest tures—Highest, 40, at day; lowest, 25, at w Closing New York Markets, Page 10 85th YEAR. No. tomorrow fair; 1:30 am 33.933. . ot quite 8o cold re about 30 de- moderate Tempera- 210 pm. vester- today. Porecast ) inds. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ROOSEVELT HOME 10 CONFER WITH CHIEFS ON LABOR Garner, Robinson, Bankhead and Rayburn Summoned to White House. MISS PERKINS GIVES VIEWS ON SITUATION “Armed Insurrection, Defiance of Law, Is Spreading Like Wild- fire,” Bostonians Charge. BULLETIN, President Roosevelt took up the question of sit-down strikes this afternoon, only an hour after his return from Warm Springs. Sec- retary of Labor Perkins, carrying a bulky brief case, was his first caller. Later Senator La Follette of Wis- consin also appeared st the White House. The conference with a group of congressional leaders has been set for 5 p.m, it was understood. BY the Associated Press President Roosevelt's % Georgia vacation today shifted the ecenter of Government discussions nf\ sit-down strikes from the halls of Congress to the White House In the wake of Secretary Perkin: assertion that sit-down “are the usual objectives of unions in labor disputes,” congressional lead- ers were invited to go to the Presi- dent’s oval office this afternoon for individual conferences on the labor situation. He arrived at Union Station at 11 am. and went directly to the White House. Secretary Perkins, in a letter reply- ing to criticisms of Representative Mc~ Cormack, Democrat, of Massachusetts, said last night she thought it her duty to declare: “Careful inquiry indicates the sit- down strikes do not reflect any wide- spread movement to defy the law or impair civil government or change current conceptions of property rights.” She added that the economic conse- quences of the sit-down strike—no production, no wages, no sales—were the same as in any stoppage of work, but said: “The situations and considerations surrounding the sit-down method are different and are what make it a| grave problem and one that is a sub- | ject of concern to all who think about | it or are in touch with it.” She referred to the sit-down strikes “relation to the law of trespass—the possibilities of abuse in & number of ways—the hazard of lack of discipline —the interference with orderly proc- esses of adjustment.” Garner Publishes Telegram. Vice President Garner made public & few hours earlier a telegram from A. Lawrence Lowell, president emeri~ tus of Harvard University, and six other Bostonians who said in regard to sit-down strikes: “Armed insurrection—defiance of law, order and duly elected authority —is spreading like wildfire. “If armed groups can seize premises fllegally, hold indefinitely; refuse ad- mittance to owners and managers; resist by violence and threatened bloodshed all attempts to dislodge them: imtimidate properly constituted authority to the point of impotence, then freedom and liberty are at an end, government becomes a mockery, superseded by anarchy, mob rule and ruthless dictatorship.” The telegram, which Garner said he would present to the Senate Mon- day, said the sit-down strike problem “is rapidly growing beyond cuntrold" and added: “What determined action by the Governor of Michigan several weeks ago, or a few words of counsel by the President, would have ended sum- marily, now challenges the supremacy of Government itself.” The obligation of Congress and State Legislatures, the President and the Governors, 1t concluded, TAFT MAY GAMPAIGN AGAINST BULKLEY Bon of Late President Is Consid- ering Becoming Candidate for Senate. BY the Associatea Press CLEVELAND, March 27.—Robert A Taft of Cincinnati, son of tie late President and Chief Justice, William Howard Taft, said here yesterday he was candidate” for the United States Sen- ate in 1938 “I came to Cleveland.” said Taft, *40 discuss the possibility of my can- | didacy with Republican leaders. But 1t is & long time ahead, and I do not intend to decide the matter at the moment.” ‘Taft was Ohio’s “favorite son” can- didate for the Républican presidential nomination last Fall ‘Taft is interested in the senior Sen- ste seat now held by Robert J. Bulkley of Cleveland, the Cleveland News said. “He offered definite indication that his campaign against Bulkley will in- | elude the issue of the Supreme Court | and Senator Bulkley's support of Presi- dent Roosevelt in the judicial reor- ganization campaign,” the News said Easter Music Programs of Easter music in the churches of Washington, cantotas and pageants, will be found in todays Star. Pages B-4-5 return from | objectives | is to enact | “seriously considering becoming a | ch Murphy Speeds Negotiations For Pre-Easter ._Strike Peace WASHINGTON, for Work BACKGROUND— | Strike of United Automobile Workers against Chrysler Corp. is second offensive of John L. Lewis’ Committee for Industrial Organiza=- tion in battle for organization of automobile industry. Sit-down of more than 8,000 Chrysler workers in eight plants ended Thursday with conclusion of agreement for negotiation of the issues in the strike, Earlier this year the C. I. O. conducted prolonged strike against General Motors, which was con= cluded February 11. BULLETIN. Secretary Perkins said today she had reported to President Roose- velt on the Chrysler sit-down strike and expressed a hope it would be definitely settled “with- in a few hours.” BY the Assoctated Pre LANSING, Mich., March 27.—A final | pre-Easter attempt to compose labor differences which have kept more than i 60,000 Chrysler automobile workers idle for 20 days got under way today in the office of Michigan's Governor, red- ! headed Frank Murphy. Resuming their conference behind | closely guarded doors of the executive suite in the State capitol, Walter P. ot a Great Deal” Separates Lewis and Chrysler, He Says, From Accord Monday. Chrysler, chairman of the corporation, and John L. Lewis, bushy-browed labor leader, withheld comment on prospects for an early settlement. Gov. Murphy, appearing as mediator in the motor car industry’s second major strike, greeted the conferees apparently refreshed by a night's sleep after yesterday’s long session. He said last night that “not a great deal” separates the opposing sides from an agreement which it is believed would permit resumption of production Monday. The conference—seeking a satisfac- tory answer to the union's demand for recognition as the sole bargaining agency for the corporation's 67.000 employes—was scheduled for a three or four day adjournment at noon yes- terday. Instead, it continued nine hours be- yond that time and then adjourned only overnight. It was recalled into session at 10 am. (E. S. T.). Gov. Murphy, who reported “prog- ress was made” yesterday, declined to say that the change of adjournment plans to extend the parley a day and a half meant a settlement was im- minent. He did say, however, “Both sides are striving earnestly to reach a settle- ment.” Neither Chrysler nor Lewis, ranking T (See STRIKES, Page A-: MMEXICO CATHOLICS GET PLEA OF POPE [Pontiff Calls for Spiritual U..S. SHIPREPORTED SINKING OFF JAPAN Nearest Vessel Is Expected Aid for Worker and Care for Student. BACKGROUND— Catholic conflict with Mezican government, turning steadily toward socialism and materialism, has grown in intensity in recent years, highspotted by frequent closing of churches and eviction of priests from Mezico. Vatican has conducted ceaseless efforts to win back by diplomacy the rights of the church, although there are indications that the Mezxican government, particularly in the states, is relenting partially in its drastic suppression. BY the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, March 27. Pope Pius XI carried his fight for a return to the “Christian life” to the Western Hemisphere today in un Easter encyclical letter addressed to the clergy and laity of Mexico. Non-controversial in tone, the third to issue from the Pontiff’s pen within nine days, the encyclical urged mate- rial as well as spiritual aid for the Mexican worker and pleaded for “great care” to safeguard school children and university students “from dangers to their faith.” He counseled against “violent chang- es” in the application of principies of justice and charity, although his words reflected his sadness at “the condition of the afflicted church in Mexico.” (The closing of churches and the re- strictions on numbers of priests per- mitted to conduct service, coupled with | Mexico's more recent program of ,socxahsuc education, have been ob- jects of deep concern to Catholics. Recently Catholics in some portions | of Mexico opened long-closed churches | by force.) Deals With Education. Of education in Mexico, the Pontiff | said: “An integral Christian education * * * is required for the success of | all other activities if Catholics are to contribute to the prosperity of the na- tion.” Following as it did his encyclicals excoriating communism and assailing what he called anti-Christian activi- ties of the German Nazis, the letter | was a direct pastoral appeal to Mexi- | can Catholics to work together “for the greater intensification of the Christian life” so that they might ob- | tain “true peace and prosperity.” He said that in every country, the secret of true peace and prosperity is the Christian life, “carried on in its multiple works.” | This is true in Mexico, the Pope | stated, saying that therefore the clergy and the people should strive to render ever more intense and effec- " (Sce POPE, Page A-3) LR e THOMAS ‘GRANTED VISA’ MOSCOW, March 27 ()—Norman | and suffered dangerous razor wounds Thomas, America’s No. 1 Socialist, may | visit Soviet Russia with the approval of Joseph Stalin's government. The Soviet foreign office, without | explanation, said today that “Mr. Thomas had been granted a visa a week ago.” (From Chicago yesterday, the Social- ist party Thomas had “thus far” a visa to visit Russia this Summor) issued a statement saying|the season's first been refused | flight after bucking heavy snowstorms | that swept the Rhine district. to Reach Distressed Freighter Tonight. BY the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27— Carrying a crew of about 40, the American freighter Volunteer flashed an S O S today as her pumps failed and water gained in her hold. The Brit- ish carrier Presno City, 240 miles away, steamed to her assistance at 12 knots. The Volunteer reported she was 840 miles from Yokohama, Japan. It was estimated the Fresno City would reach the stricken craft about 8 p.m.,, Pacific standard time. Ship Reported Listing. Coast Guard headquarters in Seattle heard the Volunteer was listing. ‘Word of the Volunteer’s plight was received by Globe Wireless here in a relayed message from the liner Presi- dent Harrison. The freighter said water was “out of control” in No. 1 hold and the pumps not functioning properly. ‘The message also was picked up by the Empress of Canada, sailing west from Japan. The Canadian liner held to her course after learning the Fresno City was the nearest ship. Two Messages Received. The first distress message from the | Volunteer was flashed at 12:30 am. | At 2:05 am. (Pacific standard time) came another that the Volunteer had | “hove too” and would await arrival | of help. | Globe Wireless said the Volunteer probably was damaged in a mile-a- minute gale which swept the Pacific Ocean two days ago. The Volunteer left New Orleans February 7 and cleared Honolulu | March 15 for Kobe and Osaka. Owned by the United States Shipping Board, she is a ship of 7,717 gross tons and 410 feet long. She was built at Ala- meda, Calif,, in 1918, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. MAN ENDS LIFE AFTER BATTLE WITH ANOTHER Leesburg Resident Wounds Hus- band After Interfering in Fam- ily Quarrel, Phen Kills Self. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., March 27.—One man is dead and a second is in serious condition in Loudoun County Hospital here as the result of an altercation in a Leesburg home early today and the subsequent suicide of one of the principals. The dead man is L. K. Wallace, | about 60. The injured man is Ollie Mullen, 45. Doctors said he would recover. Wallace's body, the tnroat cut and wrists slashed, was found in a vacant field about a half-mile from Leesburg. Police said Wallace, after a furious fight with Mullen in the Wallace home, in which Mullen lost a thumb about the neck and face, went to the vacant lot and ended his own life. i A Hindenburg Bucks Storm. FRANKFORT-ON-THE MAIN, Ger- many, March 27 (#).—The Zeppelin Hindenburg landed today, completing South American Wuulsor Plans Participation In Easter Service Tomorrow | B3 the Associated Press. VIENNA, March 27.—The Duke of | Windsor made his Easter plans today to attend church services in which he may take part and then to make last- minute preparations for departure to & new retreat at St. Wolfgang, in the Austrian Tyrol. Edward arranged tentatively to read part of the Easter service in Vienna's 1 Anglican church here, where his par- | ticipation in Christmas services caused ! criticism in England. 1 Rev. C. H D. Grimes, British Lega- | tion of baggage to St. Wolfgang. | tion chaplain, who bore the brunt of ! the criticism, was apparently on / surer ground now concerning Ed- ward's status, and the ecclesiastical opposition, which was a factor in forcing Edward's abdication, was be- lieved to have moderated recently. The duke, acting as a lay reader, read the story of the nallvity during Christmas services. Edward planned to am'nd church tomorrow with the British Minister, Sir Walford' H. M. Selby, and then o return to Enzesfeld Castle to super- vise shipment of his great accumula- One bulky parcel will be the bed T (Bee WINDSOR, Page A-2) ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., SATURDAY, NAYY GON LIMT PLEA OF BRTAN REFUSEDBYTOKI Declines to Adopt 14-Inch Suggestion After Expira- tion of Treaty. BUILDING OF BIGGER VESSELS IS PREDICTED Restrictions May Be Considered Only in Conjunction, Foreign Minister Tells London Envoy. BACKGROUND— Both the London and Washington naval agreements, denounced by Japan December 27, 1934, expired at midnight last December 31. A 1936 London agreement gave Japan until April 1 to indicate whether Japan would limit battleship arma= ments to 13-inch guns as an admiralty spokesman indicated Britain would do. Two United States battleships, Jane's fighting ships Gazeteer reported at the be- ginning of the year, will carry 16= inéh guns. BT tre Assoclated Press. TOKIO, March 27.—The Japanese government officially declined today to accept a tri-power limitation on naval gun calibres without a simul- taneous reduction in naval tonnages by the other great sea powers, the United States and Great Britain. Japan thus held herself free to con- struct guns of any size. The Japanese position, outlined in a note handed by FPoreign Minister Naotake Sato to the British Ambassa- dor, Sir Robert Clive, was that quanti- tative and qualitative limitations could be considered only in conjunction. The not refused to accept Britain’s request that naval armaments, free from the restraints of the now-dead Washington and London naval treaties, be limited to 14-inch guns. When the 1922 Washington treaty was negotiated, Japan possessed two dreadnaughts equipped with ten 16- inch guns each—the 39,000-ton Kaga and the 42,000-ton Akagi. Under the treaty terms the two were dismantled and converted into air- plane carriers. Some naval observers believed Japan might now go further than her previ- ous armament strength and construct battleships of - 50,000 tons or more capable of carrying 18-inch weapons. Construction of such superships was believed feasible under Japan's five- year naval budget. However, doubt was expressed in some quarters that such large guns would be used since the British navy was said to have proved guns of enormous calibre are impracticable at sea and transferred larger British naval weapons to land defenses of the Singapore naval base. REFUSAL EXPECTED HERE. 16-inch Guns Favored as Japan De- clines to Agree. Naval officers learned without sur- | prise today of the Japanese govern: ment’s formal refusal to participate with the United States, Great Britain | and France in a limitation of battle- ship gun calibers. That action had been expected for | some time in official circles, and the Navy Department has made its own | pxs.m accordingly. Although no formal comment was forthcomng immediately, well-informed persons said they expected that 16- inch guns would be adopted for the two new United States battleships to be laid down this Summer. The Navy Department was repre- sented as being willing to confine the size of its future big guns to 14 inch, provided Japan agreed to such a limi- tation. Without such a restriction, however, Navy ordnance engineers and construction experts were said to favor 16-inch rifles. On the other hand, the British navy already has announced it intends to install 14-inch caliber guns in the five new battleships on which it will begin construction this year. Summary of Page. ‘ Page. - B-2 | Lost & Found A-3 Music Notes._B-3 Obituary ----A-8 -8 Art Amusements B-12 Books ... B-9 Church News, B-6 Comics .....-B-. ll\ Easter Music, C-1to Society - B-4-5 | Short Story C-1i Editorials A-6 | Sports _ C-10-1 Financial .--A-10 | Woman's Pg. B-1 STRIKE SITUATION. President to discuss strikes with Con- gress chiefs today. Page A-1 Murphy speeds negotiations for pre- Easter strike peace. Page A-1 SUPREME COURT ISSUE. Senator proposes that court give ad- visory opinions: Page A-3 8 C: C- C NATIONAL. Murder charged to rival's son in edi- tor’s killing. Page A-1 U. 8. probers visit scene of Pittsburgh alr crash. Page A-2 FOREIGN. War tide turned, Madrid feels, by loyalist gains. Page A-1 Catholics of Mexico receive plea from Pope Pius. Page A-1 Japan's economic mission to China held failure. Page A-3 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Boy, 11, killed by “unloaded” gun in hands of playmate, 15. Page A-1 Cold weather forecast for Easter cele- bration. Page A-1 Pre-view of Corcoran Biennial Exhibi- tion held today. Page A-2 Alexandria youth hurt as car rolls over five times. Page A-12 9 6 i § (] MARCH 27, 1937—FORTY PAGES. **% LOOKS LIKE Accidental by at Play in Home of Ham. ‘Thirteen-year-old Richard Ham, who last night shot and killed his playmate, Robert McFarland Russell, | 11, was exonerated by a coroner’s jury today after he had testified he “didn’t know the revolver was loaded.” “Did you often point guns at peo- ple?” one of the jurors asked. “Yes,” the curly-haired boy replied. “Did your parents know that?” the juror asked. ‘When Richard replied in the affirma- | tive, his mother, Mrs. William F.| Ham, cried out in protest, but her de- nial went unnoticed. Mother Heard Report. Mrs. Ham, nervously fingering her pocketbook, told the jury she heard a “muffled report” and ran upstairs to find Robert slumped across the bed She said she didn’t know who loaded the gun. “We had a rule,” she explam?d “that | T (See SHOOTING, Page A-2. |U. S. Doctor’s Son Killedv Shooting of Boy by Chum Held Coroner’s Jury ROBERT McFARLAND RUSSELL. 2DIE, TWOUNDED INGUNFIRE BURST Galax, Va., Civic Leader and | Felow Employe Killed in Fight at Store. | B the Associated Press. | GALAX, Va, March 27.—Two men were killed and a third was critically | wounded in a shooting here today. | The cause of the shooting was not | Heamed immediately. { Swift Waugh, widely known in| | Southwest Virginia for his work with civic clubs and church organizations, was killed, together with a fellow em- |ploye of Belk's department store | | named Suthpin. Thomas Nail, owner of the building }m which the department store is lo- cated, was critically wounded. An inquest was called immediately in the store, and police sought to de- termine cause of the trouble. Miss Earhart to Fly May 1. BURBANK, Calif., March 27 (#).— Amelia Earhart said today she expects to start anew by May 1 her projected I flight around the world. Henry R. Milton arrested by G-men in attempted robbery here. Page A-12 Expedition into Borneo described by Mrs. Johnson. Page A-12 “Community houses” approved for “A- semi-restricted areas.” Page A-12 | EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page | Answers and Questions. Page Stars, Men and Atoms. Page David Lawrence. Page Paul Mallon. Page Mark Sullivan. Page Jay Franklin Page Delia Pynchon. Page SPORTS. Harris fears daily grind will wear out nfielders. Page C-10 Griffs, Bosox rated chance to beat out Yanks. Page C-10 Fans fear Braddock-Louis fight may be a mirage. Page C-10 All 1937 big league clubs boast tal- ented rookies. Page C-10 Australian, 17, rated menace to U. S. netmen. Page C-11 Pass interference fades as gridiron bugaboo. Page C-11 D. C. swim marks endangered in meet tonight. Page C-11 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Vital Statistics. Young Washington. Service Qrders. Traffic Convictions City News in Brief, Nature’s Children. Betsy Caswell. Dorothy Dix. Crossword Puzzle. Letter-Out. Bedtime Btory. EE SGLAbbhbaans Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page MURDER CHARGED INEDITOR SLAYING Son of Rival Named by Coro- ner’s Jury in “News- paper Feud.” BY the Associated Press. ALTURAS, Calif, March 27.—A first-degree murder charge was on file today against Harry Prench, 30, for the police-termed ‘“newspaper feud” slay- ing of Claude L. McCracken, 46. Miss Donna Conwell, 27-year-old co- publisher of the mimeographed Modoc Daily, swore out the complaint against French. McCracken, her business partner, was shot fatally Thursday as he ate dinner in his home. A nine-man coroner’s jury, at an in- quest yesterday which attracted hun- dreds of this Siskiyou Mountain town’s 2,300 residents, agreed French killed McCracken with a pistol he borrowed “for target practice with a friend.” French, a State employe, is the son of Bard French, pioneer publisher and editor of the Alturas Weekly Plain Dealer. Girl Tells of Slaying. Miss Conwell testified she was hav- ing dinner with McCracken in com- pany with & friend, Evelyn Olin, 19, when he was shot. “I saw the gun,” Miss Conwell said, “but I thought at first it was a toy to scare Claude. “As soon as Harry reached the kitchen door he started shooting. I heard several shots in rapid succes- sion. I cried, ‘Stop, Har"y. “Then I saw Claude across the small room leaning against the sink and I knew he was hurt. “I struggled with Harry urging him to leave. I finally got him to the front (See SLAYING, Page A-3.) . Jews Confined in Poland. LODZ, Poland, March 27 (#).— Twenty-six Jewish Poles, arrested for communistic activities, were sent to concentration camps today. ¢ Fpening Star The only (®) Means Associated CHILLY WEATHER DUE FOR EASTER Smudging Campaign Kept Up to Save Cherry Blossoms. Continued low temperatures today threatened to move the Capital's Easter parade at a brisk pace and caused park officials to keep up their smudging campaign to save the un-| opened cherry blossoms from the Spring freeze. Despite the forecaster's warning that warm wraps will be the style, rail, bus and air travel, both in and out of the city, was reported fairly heavy, although far from record- | breaking. The official forecast called for “mostly cloudy and not quite so cold,” with a minimum temperature of about 30 degrees expected tonight. Tomorrow, the Weather Bureau pre- dicts, will be fair with moderate north or northwest winds. President to Go to Church. Attired in black cutaway coat, striped trousers, stiff wing collar and top hat, President Roosevelt will lead the thousands scheduled to fill the churches for special services. The Chief Executive and Mrs. Roosevelt, who doesn’t know yet what she will wear, except that it will be “nothing new,” will attend morning services at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. Earlier, Mrs. Roosevelt will go to Arlington National Cemetery for the Knights Templars’ annual sunrise ceremonies. The fragile Japanese cherry trees, heavily laden with buds, last night survived the second onslaught of sub- freezing temperatures, according to Frank T. Gartside, assistant superin- tendent of National Capital Parks. A natural protective covering has enabled the buds to withstand the un- usual cold, Gartside explained, point- ing out it was the second hard season (See EASTER, Page A- |PAY INCREASE GRANTED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC Boost Will Approximate 5 Per Cent Increase in Pay Roll and Amount to $7,000,000. by the Associated Press. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., March 27. —The General Electric Co. has an- nounced pay increases which it esti- mates will amount to $7,000,000 an- nually to employes in all its plants, effective April 1. Announcements of the increase in a statement issued yesterday came on the eve of a conference in New York with representatives of an affiliate of the Committee for Industrial Organi- zation on Bargaining throughout the company’s plants, . In addition to the increase, the company said that all hourly rated employes of one year's service would receive a week's vacation with pay and employes of more than 10 years’ service would receive two weeks vaca- tion. The statement said the cbmpany was granting the increase “as a re- sult of a recent survey * * * and in accordance with its policy of paying wages equal to or higher than wage rates paid in community industries for comparable work requiring the same skill and efficiency. * * * This adjustment will approximate a § per cent increase in the pay roll.” Gold Stolen From Homestake Believed Hidden in Hill Homes BACKGROUND— Homestake mine, in Black Hills of Western South Dakota, was dis- covered 60 years ago and for the last 50 years has been operated day and night. It produces over $7,000,000 of gold annually, em- ploying 2,000 men, who use 1,000,~ 000 pounds of dynamite a year in blasting. “Leak” in raw gold known for years in underworld. Latest ex- pose reported made by employe, who found secret tunnel under the mine’s mill, through which small amounts of stolen gold were taken at night. BY tne Associated Press. DEADWOOD, S. Dak., March 27.— Raw gold, taken out in dinner pails from the world’s richest gold mine— the Homestake at Lead, §. Dak.—was asserted todsy by authwrities to be A hidden in fish bowls and other re- ceptables of many tiny Black Hills homes. Secret Service investigation has re- sulted in the arrests of five men in connection with thefts some estimates have placed as high as $1,000,000. Mine officials place the figure much lower. State’'s Attorney Alex Rentto con- firmed reports of the investigators and predicted “more arrests” would be made for “high-grading”—stealing rich ores—from the mine. Officers said they had learned some of the company’s 2,000 employes re- cently borrowed money on sacks of high-grade ore. This ore, they charged, had been taken from the lower levels of the mine—nearly 3,000 feet under- ground. Other thefts were of gold amalgam— (See GOLD, Page A-32) ! in Washington with Associated Press and Wirephoto Services. | By a Staff Correspendent 0.’ fhe St: per the News evemng pa Yesterday’s Circulation, 140,992 (Some Teturns not yet_recelved.) TWO CENTS. Pre [TALY WONT SEND MOREVOLUNTEERS, BRITISH INFORMED Policy Depends on Others’ Co-operation, Rome Officials Say. VICTORIES OF LOYALISTS DRAW REBEL ATTACKS Bombs Rain on Madrid and Alcala as Insurgents Answer Gov- ernment Drives. BACKGROUND— 3 Ninth month of Spanish civil war finds Fascist rebels and Com- munist loyalists in struggle Jfor Madrid. Rebels, beginning in Spanish Morocco, swept across the mainland and expected early vic- tory in the capital. But its de- fenders clung on doggedly. After repeated repulsions, the rebels gave up the Madrid battle during the hardest Winteg months, began @ new assault several weeks ago. Loyalists, holding own in capital area, also began Spring maneuvers in_provinces which have already Jallen to Fascists in effort to re= cover them. Many victories are claimed. BY the Assoclated Press. 2 ROME, March 27.—Informed Ital- ian sources said today Count Dino Grandi, Rome'’s Ambassador to Lon- don, has assured Great Britain that Ttaly does not intend to send more volunteers to the Spanish civil war. The authoritative statement was qualified in government circles to em= brace this statement: “Unless other | nations start to send volunteers again.” Il Gilornale d'ltalia, in a dispatch from London relating to conversa- tions between British diplomats and French Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos said: “It seems Delbos took a& heroic decision to brandish the sword after learning from London Tuesday that the British government considered as very grave the situation created by Grandi's declaration that no Italian volunteers would leave Spain before the war ended. “Had Delbos consulted the French Ambassador in London, he would have | been informed that tranquilizing as- surances had already been received from Rome.” Blockade Discussed. (Delbos and Sir George Russell Clerk, British Ambassador to Paris, earlier had agreed their oountries should prevent any further lsnding of Italian recruits in Spain and dis- cussed—but without action—the possi= bility of an Anglo-French naval block- ade of Spain to function apart from the Neutrality Committee’s sea patrol.) ‘The Giornale said Delbos had sug- gested to the German Ambassador in Paris that Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler should use his “moderating influence” with Premier Mussolini. Hitler responded, the newspaper de- clared, with a similar proposal that Great Britain use her “moderating in- fluence” on France. Government circles, interpreting the dispatch, asserted that Italian “di- visions, like battleships, are always in readiness for any eventuality, but there i5 no intention of sending them to Spain.” WAR TIDE SEEN TURNED.' Loyalists Hopeful After Series of Vic- tories in Drive. MADRID, March 27 (#)—Shell shrapnel burst among crowds in Ma- drid’s Gran Via and insurgent air bombs showered on important Alcala de Henares today in reply to smashing Henares today in reply to smashing Spanish government drives on three sides of the capital. Several persons were reported wound- ed at the noon hour when the insurgent cannonade sent showers of debris inte the main thoroughfare, Twenty miles to the east, at Alcaia, vital point on the road to the Guadalajara front, insurgent bombers caused unestimated damage. A new government offensive to the | northwest and new victories in the TWO BOYS SNATCHED FROM DEATH BY GAS Mother Hears Moans in Basement and Finds Son and Playmate Unconscious. BETHESDA, Md., March 27.—Two Alta Vista boys, Billy Lehr, 6, and Mark Haller, 8, narrowly missed death by asphyxiation shortly before noon today when they were overcome by coal gas in the basement of the for- mer’s home, 409 Sonoma road. The moans of Mark as he lapsed into unconsciousness attracted Billy's mother, Mrs. H. F. Lehr, and his nurse, Mrs. Zora Carter, who were upstairs in the bed room. Billy showed no signs of life, and Mark was barely conscious when Mrs. Lehr and the nurse reached them. Billy’s father gave the boys artificial respiration, but neither was revived until the Bethesda rescue squad | reached the scene and brought the inhalator into play. expected to recover. Lehr told Montgomery County police he had just put fresh coal on the fire and gone upstairs when the boys, who had been playing in the yard, went down to the basement without his knowledge. An automatic blower, de- signed to increase the draft in the furnace, is believed to have forced the coal gas out into the basement instead of up the flue. Both boys are Italy Bans U. S. Paper. ROME, March 27 (#).—The New Yerk Herald-Tribune was banned from | 1taly today for an indefinite period. LS