Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1937, Page 1

WEATHE (08 Weather Bur Fair. with lowest temperature about 38 tomorrow cloudy and somewhat warmer; moderate winds. Tem- degrees tonight Highest, 58, 3. at 6 peratures terday; lowest Full report on page A-5. Closing New York M. 85th YEAR. No. 33,938. ER. oAU Porecast ) AL 430 pm. yes- 30 am. today, arkets, Page 20 Entered as second class mtter post office, Washington, ). C. KING AND CAPPER OPPOSE TOO-LARGE ). . TAX BURDE -evies Should Be No More Than Enough to Balance Budget, They Say. "ROPOSED YIELD TWICE THAT TO BE NEEDED ixplanation Is That Balance Could Be Used Later to Cut Realty Imposts. Washington’s new tax burden should ot be made any heavier than is need- d to balance the pending budget, Sex- ors King, Democrat of Utah and Cep- er, Republican, of Kansas, leading iembers of the District Commijttee, sclared today. They made this statement as nine ew revenue bills were being brought srward in the House, calling for an stimated yield of about $12,000,000, or wice the anticipated deficit in the istrict’s share of next year's appro- riation bill. King and Capper both said they real- ed some additional local revenue ould have to be raised under the 338 supply bill, ould want to give careful study to 1e exact amount and to the sources 1at should be turned to first. They mphasized also that, since tax meas- res must originate in the House, they ould want to wait until the House as acted before studying the subject \ detail. Auto Tax Rise Frowned On. The Utah Senator, who is chair- an, has favored the income tax as substitute for the present intangible arsonal levy, but let it be known he less inclined to support increasing 1e motorists’ bill by raising the gas % and imposing a weight tax on itomobiles. King said his present | (clination would be to favor reten- on of the present tax on the value ! the vehicle. Four of the nine House bills com- rise the old tax program of the lapes Committee—consisting of the icome, inheritance, automobile weight nd increased gasoline levies. Capper scalled today that the Senate held up 1ese bills five or six years ago, after 1ey had passed the House, feeling 1at they were not needed at that me. The question now would be, he ad, whether a different showing | rould be made as to the present need. | “Whatever new revenue is needed | .t this time should be obtained from hose most able to bear it,” Capper jtated. He indicated that of the pro- | gram just suggested, the income and nheritance bills appealed to him more | than some of the others. McCarran Bill Pushed. 1In discussing the proposed new taxes here, Capper also pointed out this would constitute another reason why Congress should not delay considera- | tion of the McCarran bill to increase the salaries of the lower-paid Gov-| ernment employes. Statistical re- | ports show, he said, that the cost of | living is rising. This was mentioned as one of the | reasons why the mew tax program | should not go beyond current require- ments. The explanation of House members for proposing a program esti- mated to raise twice the amount of the impending deficit is that the bal- ance would be available to reduce real estate taxes the following year. | Senator King indicated, however, he | would not favor going further than to provide for current needs, plus & small margin of safety to meet any unfore- seen emergency need. As to the proposed revision of cor- poration and amusement license taxes, King said he would be guided largely | by the recommendations of the Com- | missioners. Meanwhile, the House District Com- | mittee is confronted with the problem of determining the merits of new tax bills that would vitally affect every (See D. C. TAXES, Page A-2)) QUARREL WITH GIRL LED TO KIDNAP HOAX El Paso Sheriff Says Scout Execu- tive Told Him He Wanted to Disappear. B3 the Assoctated Press. EL PASO, Tex., April 1.—Sheriff Chris Fox said today Robert M. Miller, 23, Safford, Ariz, Scout executive, told him a “quarrel with a girl friend” moved him to disappear for a week, during which he was sought widely as a kidnap victim. Miller appeared at a natural gas station near here yesterday and told officers he had been the captive of kidnapers in a desert adobe hut. Fox said he admitted later his story was & hoax and that he spent the week in & hotel here. Discovery of $26 in bills under the nner band of Miller's hat caused*himn to change his story, Fox said. He had related the kidnapers took all his money, $50. b “We can't believe you now,” sheriff told Miller. “Yes, you are right,” Fox quoted Miller. “I had a quarrel with a girl friend and wanted to get away from every one for a while to think things over.” 2 Miller departed for Safford today with his brother George, who had hunted tirelessly for him, and a dep- uty sheriff. He was uncertain as to his future plans. At Safford, directors of the Scout council said they would withhold any decision as to Miller's retention as & fleld executive until they learned all the circumstances of his absence. “Bob Miller is one of the finest boys I have ever seen,” said Dell Stapley, a director. “There is something back of this thing we don’t know anything about. ) A the but indicated they | How New T'ax To Raise $12,0 Th WASHINGTON, Bills Propose 00,000 in D. C. Under the tax legisdation intro- duced in the House y:sterday, Dis- trict residents would be forced to pay more than $12)00,000 a year in additionsl levies. Approximately 150,000 owners of automobiles registered in the Dis- trict would be affected by two of the bills, one of which would place a weight tay on motor vehicles, while the otler would increase the present gasyline levy from 2 to 4 cents a galpn. The weight tax, which would re- place the present $1 registration fee and personal property tax, would pmoduce about $1,500,000 an- nually, according to rough esti- mates made today. The gasoline levy, i was estimated, would cost motorsts about $2,000,000 a year more than they paid last year. Here is what owners of various types of cars would have to pay under the weight tax: Chevrolet, Ford, Plymouth, Ter- raplane, De Soto, Dodge, Chrysler, Hudson, Nash, Studebaker, Lafay- ette, Graham-Paige—from $31.25 to $37.50 a year. Pontiac, La Salle, Reo, Hupmo- bile, Packard 120, Oldsmobile, Au- burn, Buick and other cars of simi- | | lar size—$37.50 to $43.75. | Lincoln, Pierce-Arrow, Cadillac i | and similar machines—$67.50 to | | sr9s0. Rough estimates of the yields of | | the other taxes follow: | Income. Ranging from 1 pe] cent on a net of less than $2,00 BLOND IS SOUGHT INTRIPLE SLAYING “Little Ruth” Friend of Gedeon—Model’s Father Weeps at Rites. BACKGROUND— Veronica Gedeon, 20, artists’ model; her mother, Mrs. Mary Gedeon, 54, and Frank Byrnes, 35, a roomer, were found slain Easter day in the Gedeon apartment, Beckman Hill, New York, the women strangled and the man stabbed. | BY the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, April 1—Switch- ing off suddenly on a new tangent in the baffling search for the triple mur- derer of Beekman Hill, detectives to- day hunted an attractive blond model known as “Little Ruth” who, they said, eon, 55-year-old father of one stran- gled victim and estranged husband of the other murdered woman. Still weathering a bombardment of questions after 24 successive hours, Gedeon was taken to his tiny apart- ment back of his upholstery shop on East Thirty-fourth street after attend- ing the funeral of his 20-year-old daughter Veronica, & model, and his wife Mary. The body of the third victim, Frank Byrnes, English waiter in a fashionable club and roomer in the Gedeon woman's apartment, lay un- | claimed in Bellevue Hospital Morgue. Photographs Line Walls. The walls of his bed room, back of his upholstering shop, are lined with nude “art” photographs. Police say that a young blond model shared these quarters with him. But today, when he attended the funeral services of his wife and daughter, his eyes filled with tears, he put his head on a big detective's shoulder—and borrowed the neatly folded “display” handkerchief from the detective’s outside coat pocket to wipe his eyes. The “underground” brings out the story of what has been happening to Gedeon in the detective room in the East Fifty-first Street Station, where John Fiorenza, less than a year ago, confessed to the sensational bathtub slaying of Nancy Evans Titterton. Pounded With Questions. For almost 24 hours now, until time out was taken for the funeral today, Gedeon has been walking in a circle, naked, a detective at each side, while other detectives walk with him, pound- ing him with questions, trying to make him “break.” He has had little or no food and no sleep. He answers all questions and the police find only small discrepan- cies. His thin, mustached face is red and fatigued, his glasses are fogged with perspiration and his narrow shoulders droop. The detectives, working in relays, fade first. Said one of them today: “He ain't human. He's wearing out the force.” Considerable mystery surrounds the findings of the revolver, supposedly last night. For two days after the (See GEDEON, Page A-4.) NEW RECORD CLAIMED Italian Pilot Flies 323 Miles Per Hour. ROME, April 1 (#).—The Italian pilot Furio Niclot claimed a world speed record today for & 100-kilometer (62% miles) triangular course, flying the distance at 517.836 kilometers an hour (323.647 M. P. H). A Frencn- man, Maurice Arnoux, holds the recog- nized record for the course at 297.697 miles per hour. With cloudless skies prevailing, the Eastern racing season gets under way at Bowie this afternoon and from now until Thanksgiving the tracks along the Atlantic seaboard will be in opera- tion. A crowd of upward of 10,000 was in prospect for the opening card, which is topped by the Rowe Memorial Han- dicap, a 6-furlong dash carrying $5,000 added, bringing together 11 to 5 per cent for one in excess of $50,000—$6,000,000. Non-residents whose incomes are derived from the District—such as Congressmen and Government employes—would be subject to the tax. This would substitute for the present in- tangible personal property tax, which yields approximately $2,000,- 000 a year. Inheritance. Applying to trans- fers of all estates of decedents, in- cluding all tangible property, in- tangible property and real proper- ty owned by a resident of the Dis- trict or by a non-resident whose property is located here—$750,000. Insurance companies. Requir- ing licenses costing $25 a year and imposing & 2 per cent levy on poli- cy and membership and net pre- mium receipts—$200,000. Corporation privilege. Affect- ing every domestic and foreign cor- poration doing business in the Dis- trict at the rate of 1 mill per dol- lar capital stock, 2 mills on paid up capital stock and surplus—$300,- 000. Theater gross receipts.. Requir- ing motion picture theaters and theaters showing motion pictures with vaudeville programs to pay a 2 per cent monthly on gross re- ceipts—$200,000. Public utilities. Revising upward and making uniform the present taxes on public utilities—$1,000,000. Parking lots. Taxing oOWwners, lessors or managers at & gradu- ated rate ranging from $10 a year to $450 a year—$25,000. DEAN BATES HITS COURT PROPOSAL Michigan Witness Sees Peril to Liberty and Insti- tutions. BY JOHN H. CLINE. Far from being a liberal attempt to promote “human rights,” President Roosevelt’s Supreme Court plan is “retrogressive and reactionary,” the Senate Judiclary Committee was told | today. | Testifying in opposition to the court | bill, Henry M. Bates, dean of the Uni- versity of Michigan Law School, told the committee the addition of six new justices to the high tribunal would ultimately endanger individual liber- ties by impairing the independence of the court. “The proposed revamping of the “has been | | | Supreme Court,” he said, had lived recently with Joseph Ged- | characterized by some of its pro- | | ponents as a move in the effort to | establish human rights and as liberal | and progressive. | “Adoption of the scheme might in- sure the early validation of the Wag- ner labor act, because that is a part of the immediate program. but when one considers what the future may | bring forth in a country like this, I, | at least, cannot doubt that human rights, so-called, would be ultimately endangered by the impairment of the independence of the court. “In short, the proposal is not lib- eral and progressive; it would move, not in the direction of the English schente, but toward a theory of gov- ernment triamphant in part of Europe at the present time. It is retrogressive and reactionary.” Trial Jury Compared. Senator Logan, Democrat, of Ken- tucky asked Dean Bates whether, if he were trying a case before a jury of nine men he knew to be against him, he would seek six additional jurors if he could get them. The witness said he might “possibly” do so, but didn't consider it a good analogy. Logan said he “didn’t like the plan,” but felt prompt action to alleviate conditions among farmers and like groups is imperative unless the coun- try is to undergo a “cataclysm” it might not be able to withstand. He said he felt three or four years might be too long to wait. Dean Bates said that while some of the recent decisions of the court may be regarded as erroneous, there is “just ground for resentment at the exaggerated and unfair criticism aroused by these holdings.” After asserting that “much that was sought to be accomplished by N. R. A. can be obtained by constitutional legislation,” he added: “Much of the New Deal legislation has been in fields wholly novel to Americans, and it was inevitable that the judgments of able, conscientious and patriotic judges should differ greatly. With better legislation than some of that rejected, it may be con- fidently anticipated that the adminis- (See JUDICIARY, Page A-15) WINDSOR SEES SLIDE Duke Warned Not to Attempt Dachstein Mountain Climb. ST. WOLFGANG, Austria, April 1 (#)—The Duke of Windsor was warned today by veteran Alpinists to refrain from any attempt to climb 8,000-foot Dachstein Mountain at present because of the danger of avalanches. ‘Windsor saw one such snowslide yes- terday a mile away while driving over the dangerous mountain roads near Hallstadt in the Austrian lake region where he has established temporary residence. 1 | | | Bowie Expects Crowd of 10,000 AsRacing Season Opens Today shifty lpfln‘tgn‘ 8ix other races are ed. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's Speed to Spare was the overnight favorite for the feature, after a Winier cam- paign at Santa Anita. Another of the choices was Zoic, H. E. Enger's sturdy Florida campaigner, while two other Winter horses that will get & good play are the Araho Stable’s Mucho Gusto and W. H. Gellagher’s (Bee BOWIR Page A-1) H WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, SIT STRIKE PROBE DEBATE ENLIVENED AT HOUSE HEARING Dies Resolution Attacked by Representative Har- lan of Ohio. THURSDAY, LABOR METHOD HELD HARMLESS, EFFECTIVE Anderson of Missouri and Boykin of Alabama Presented as Advocates. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Of all methods employed by labor in its continuing battle with capital, the sit-down strike has been the most effective and most harmless, the House | Rules Committee was told today by Representative Harlan, Democrat, of Ohio, in opposing the resolution of Representative Dies, Democrat, of Texas for a House inquiry into causes and conduct of sit-down strikes. “No lives have been lost, no prop- erty destroyed and no blood shed,” Harlan declared. “General Motors | was prepared for an old-fashioned | strike. The La Follette committee dis- | closed, through admissions of com- | pany officers, that the corporation | had 2,000 blackjacks made and stored in its plant. We can see easily what would have happened if the previous strike technique had been used, with pickets and plant guards coming to battle.” With Harlan representing the op- position, Representative Dies present- ed two witnesses in favor of his reso- | lution. They were Representative | Anderson of Missouri and Represent- ative Boykin of Alabama, both Demo- | crats. Labor Federation Stand. | Anderson, who said he would vote Federation of Labor has committed | | technique. He then interpreted the | | remarks of Sidney Hillman, official of | ganization and president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, on | | meaning the C. L. O. leadership also | is not in favor of the strategy. | In support of his contention that an | | investigation 1s necessary, Anderson | sugmitted to the committee a booklet | issued by the Constitutional Educa- | tion League of Connecticut, containing | (See PROBE, Page A-4) LIVERMORE PAYS $800,000 IN TAXES | Wall Street Speculator, Bankrupt | Four Times, May Try “Comeback."” BY the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, April 1.—Jesse L. Livermore, Wall Street speculator whose career has been studded with | spectacular rises to wealth and re- | | verses that four times plunged him | into bankruptcy, has just paid more than $800,000 in back taxes to the Federal and New York State Govern- ments, Samuel P. Gilman, his attor- ney, said today. Asked whether Livermore, in what | friends viewed as another “comeback,” | would go into business here or in Chicago, Gilman replied: “I don’t know yet. All I am at liberty to say is that he has paid his taxes.” Livermore has been bankrupt four times in New York. Of the tax judg- ments against him, about $700,000 went to the Federal Government. | Summary of Page C-6 Financial__. A-19 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary ---A-14 SUPREME COUR1 ISSUE. Michigan dean hits court bill as “reactionary.” Page A-1 STRIKE SITUATION. Representatives debate proposal for sit-down strike inquiry. Page A-1 Strikes in General Motors plants throw 17,400 men idle. Page A-1 Nation-wide soft coal strike s threatened tomorrow. Page A-1 FOREIGN. Hull denies U. 8. will propose dis- armament conference. Page A-1 Spanish rebels open strong offensive on Bilbao. Page A-7 Stalin determined to exterminate foes of communism. Page A-7 Britain and France begin joint arma- ments race. Page A-8 India’s police ready to put down vio- lence in rule crisis. NATIONAL. Joseph Gedeon held on gun charge in triple slaying. Page A-1 Labor Department studies model min- imum wage law. Page A-2 McCarl attacks Government reorgani- zation plans. Page A-3 Reorganization plan assailed as blow to 1. C. C. independence. Page A-16 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. King and Capper oppose heavy tax burden for D. C. A-1 Crowd of 10,000 expected at Bowile insugural today. Page A-1 Son finds mother beaten to death in woods near Baltimore. Page A-1 Naval Academy trip opens final day of Tweedsmuir visit. Page A-2 Aviation official fears further delay in D. C. airport project. Page A-3 Fifty-five candidates initiated at Shrine ceremonial. Page A-6 Man killed when auto skids on gravel road, hits tree. Page B-1 ! Sports Woman's Pg--D-4 APRIL 1, Page A-8| ¢ Foening Star 1937—SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. APRIL FIRST! The only in Washin Associated and Wirey Yesterd: s Circulation, (Some returns not vt received evening paper gton with the Press News hoto Services. 143,481 k%W (P) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. =P MOTHER 1S SLAI, POLICE HOLD MAN Nice Warns Against Vio- | lence—Son Finds Victim Phones Spared By Tipping Off April 1 Victims| | Zoo Official Thinks ‘ People Too Busy for Jokes This Year. in Baltimore Woods. BY the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, April 1—The beaten body of Mrs. Mary Gunther, her throat for a bill making the sit-down strike | slashed and a workman'’s glove stuffed 1ng the _zoo for illegal, pointed out that the American | into her mouth as a rude gag, was Elizabeth’s Hospital found today by her son William a few City limits. Police questioned a colored man at him ir a patrol wagon under guard. Mrs. Gunther'’s clothing was torn with a special operator who asks if Might discuss the armament wrapped around her head. The woman, 55, was the mother of nine children. She was the wife of Herman Gunther, a master shipwright employed by the Coast Guard. Wwilllam, walking to his mother’s April fools are having a bargain | field day today. No longer does it cost a nickel to feel like a perfect fool after telephon- “Miss Fox" or St for “Elizabeth.” The telephone company has ar- for nothing. Unsuspecting “fools” who unwit- the Committee for Industrial Or- | work on a farm nearby, then placed tingly carry out messages to call “Miss Fox" or “Elizabeth” are connected leaving the White House yesterday as |and her body scratched. Her coat Was ' they are calling the Zoo or St. Eliza- betk “We had more than 100 calls before 7 o'clock.” said one of the operators, who didn’t think it was very funny. “When we ask the party if they are calling the Zoo they say kind of bash- NEW G. M. STRIKES THROW 17,400 MEN IDLEINFIVEPLANTS 7,200 Return to Work at | Cleveland, but 7,000 Go Out at Yellow Truck. CONTROVERSY CENTERS IN PONTIAC AND FLINT Discharge of Company Policeman and Refusal to Recognize Committees Blamed. | BACKGROUND— sit-down strike was introduced into America on big scale in Gen- eral Motors - United Automobile Workers of America dispute in Jan- uary. Temporary truce was signed this month, and parleys are being held on permanent peace. Repre- sening U. A. W. was John L Lewis' Committee for Industrial Organization. This committee 1s the result of a split in the ranks of the American Federation of Labor over the craft vs. industry organization issue After General Motors peace was efiected, other labor groups have resorted to sit-downs in many parts HULL DEMIES U, SEEKSPEACE TALK Scouts Report Davis Will Seek World Conference on Disarmament. By the Associated Press. Secretary Hull said today that the United States is not planning an in- ternational disarmament conference and is not making any proposals to European nations through Norman H. | itself in opposition to this strike {hundred feet outside the Baltimore ranged to make you feel like a fool Davis, now in London, for such a meeting. | Asked at a press conference about dispatches from London hinting that Davis, American Ambassador at Large, question, Hull said there was nothing “new” in Davis' mission abroad. He has gone there to attend an international sugar conference. Whether Davis will go to the meet- ing of the Disarmament Committee to be held in Geneva on May 1, Secretary Hull said, will not be determined un- farm, found her car in the road. fyny ‘Oh, no, I have a message to | ;) jater backed against a tree. He discovered her body in a clump of scrub pines and went to the store of John Sidel to call police Gov. Nice called State's Attorney Roscoe Rowe of Anne Arundel County as soon as he was informed of the | crime and told Rowe to move all sus- pects to the Baltimore City Jail at once. “Take every step and every pre- caution to preserve justice in this county,” the Governor said. “There must be no attack on suspects in Anne Arundel County.” Sidel said Mrs. Gunther had driven her husband to his work at the Curtis Bay Coast Guard depot this morning and was returning alone to her farm near the Marley Creek road. Sidel quoted the son as saying that he was walking along the road near his home when he found his mother’s car in the road. Sidel said William investigated and discovered the body o Navy Ship Begins Trials. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 1 (#) —The new naval aircraft carrier | Yorktown left the plant of the Newpott News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. today for her builders’ trials outside the Virginia capes. Today’s Star House prepares to take up D. C. sup- ply bill today. Page B-1 Plans pushed for mass meeting to aid D. C. needy. Page B-1 House D. C. group to fight 10 legis- lative riders. Page B-1 Auto horn blast mystery keeps Bethes- da residents awake. Page B-1 Cellmate says Read confided two killings to him. Page B-16 Subcommittee named to study age pen- | Page Be17 | sion cost in Virginia EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Answers to Questions. Page Stars, Men and Atoms. Page David Lawrence, Page Paul Mallon. Page Mark Sullivan. Page Jay Franklin. Page Delia PPynchon. Page SPORTS. Harris, not sure of Sington, prepares substitutes. Page D-1 Speed of Feller and Mungo is subject of hot debate. Page D-1 Australian net team held big hurdle for YAnks. Page D-2 Jones called sideshow in Augusta meet. Page D-3 FINANCIAL. U. 8. bonds ease (table). Page A-19 Stocks sell off (table). Page A-20 Curb mixed to lower (table). Page A-21 Page A-21 Page A-21 Page A-22 i e e e e e Shnhane e R A A g Aluminum Co. net soars. Auto output at 1,250,000 Clearings decline. MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. After Dark. Service Orders. City News in Brief. Vital Statistics. Traffic Convictions. ‘Young Washington. Crossword Puzzle. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Nature’s Children, Page A-2 Page B-12 Page C-4 Page C-4 Bedtime Story. Letter-out. jcall Miss Fox. I guess I have the wrong number.” The telephone company doesn't charge the “fools” for calls it is able to intercept, but it could not protect them from practical jokers who left telephone numbers of cemeteries with messages to call “Mr. M. T. Graves.” Ernest P. Walker, Zoo official, pre- dicts a Nation-wide let-up in April Fool jokes. It isn't that the country's getting any saner—folks, he says, are just busier this year. | SOFT COALSTRE DUE TOHORRON morrow Unless Pay Hike Is Granted by Midnight. BACKGROUND— Soft coal industry, storm center of labor unrest for many years, now faces new crisis. United Mine Workers, demanding shorter hours and increased pay. have been in negotiation with operators since February 17. Few concessions have been made by either side. Present contract, which ezpired at midnight last night, was signed in September, 1935, after President Roosevelt had stepped into the ne- gotiations five times to prevent a strike. He was not altogether suc- cessful. After expiration of 1934 contract, miners struck for $iz | days. BY thie Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 1.—An almost Nation-wide soft coal strike will start tomorrow unless a deadlock in wage negotiations between the operators and United Mine Workers is broken before tonight. The strike would be the largest this year, involving about 400,000 miners (See COAL, Page A-6.) 400,000 Will Quit Mines To- | Outlines U. S. Position. Hull said that the United States, along with all of the Latin American nations which were recently repre- sented at the Buenos Aires Peace Con- ference, were interested in Kkeeping alive indispensable international rela- tionships which were considered to be the foundation for the restoration of international order. The United States, he added. is very much interested in keeping fresh in the minds of peoples and nations | everywhere that international law, in- iwmav.mma! morality and the principle ior non-intervention in the affairs of large or small nations must be kept alive. | Along with those fundamental prin- ciples, Hull said, it is vital that eco- nomic rehabilitation through fair trad- ing and equality of treatment alsh be re-established Hull added that, although the United States is interested in achiev- | ing those high international ideals, it did not mean that Davis had gone to | Europe to do missionary work, or that the United States was planning or ‘making any proposals for the conven- ing of an international conference to consider the questions at this time It is understood by high administra- | tion officials that Hull feels that un- | 1ess and until all of the important na- | tions become converted to the broad (Sce PEACE. Page A-4) SPRING FINALLY HERE, WEATHER MAN REPORTS Unseasonable ‘“Cold Wave” Way Out as Mercury Starts to Rise. The unseasonable “cold wave” was on its way out of the Capital today as the mercury started to rise under clear skies. The temperature stood at 50 at 10 a.m., shortly after the forecaster pre- dicted “fair and moderate” today. Tomorrow, he said, will be cloudy and “somewhat warme! Tonight's minimum is expected to | be about 38. Yesterday's “high” was 158, at 4:30 pm., and this morning's “low” was 37, at 6:30. on By the Associated Press. SHAWNEE, Okla., April 1.—A self- made “prisoner” in his own jail, Sheriff Elza Evans prepared for a siege today and asserted he would even withstand tear gas, if necessary, to keep his office from falling into & rival’s hands. “I heard they were going to use tear gas to smoke me out,” he said. “Well, I'm going to try and get some gas masks. “I also heard they're coming down here and throw me out. If they get tough, I'll jail 'em.” Sheriff Evans, whose appointment & county grand jury report sald was void, spent the night in his office on a cot, softened by a mattress from the county jail. Rufus Lyon, appointed by county commissioners to succeed Evans, sought possession of the official sanctum. Evans, also indicted on s charge of perjury, declared he was going to stay ? Sheriff Is Ready for Siege In Jail to Prevent Oustin in his office until the State Supreme Court ruled on the ouster. Lyon declined to say what he would | do if Evans refused to budge. Evans said he was comfortable in his office. “We got a shower bath in the | dressing-in cell next door to my office,” he said. “The only elevator in the building is in the office and runs up to the jail on the top floor. “We have a jail kitchen and a cook and when one of us gets hungry, up we go to the kitchen.” Across the front door, leaving an aisle for passage, Evans placed desks in the outer office. His office opens from that. “We locked the doors at night, but they’re open in the daytime,” he said “Anybody with business here can get in and transact it.” The perjury indictment against Evans charges he listed property on | which he was not a record owner in signing a bond last December 18 for M. O. Parr, Oklahoma City. ! of country. B the Associated Press DETROIT, April 1.—A sudden o break of strikes in General Mo plants that affected 18.400 men at peak receded tod announced that turned to wo! Plant at Clevela Offsetting tha | was a strike at closed t | the Yellow k facturing Co. at P morning. The comg eral Motors u owned by the corpor Also closed by Fisher Body Plant Chevrolet Motor Co. fine at Flint, Mi partially closed, because of es i Pontiac M er y as the com 200 men had re- the Fisher Body ontiac No. 2 at Ed Hall. a vice pre United Automobile Workers rotest of of the said the the men co! neral to recognize and deal w mittees as vided in Motors agreement.” Hall was conferring today with H W. Anderson, personnel manager of General Motors, in an attempt 10 | settle the stril Cleveland Strike Brief. General Motors the strike in the caus brief dur: Approxima idle: 6,600 Pontiac; 1.800 Co. plant whic final assem h the Gt closed fo ge space for bodies W the Chevrolet assembly line idle, and approximat lv 7,000 at the Yel Truck and Coach Plant at Pontiac. A corporation spokesman said the e Pontiac Fisher plant t night, was pres harge of a company with the United Automobile Worke: | three weeks ago. General Motors sa the Yellow Truck plant was not af- fected by tiat agreement | The strikes at Pontiac were the first this year in that city. There was idle- ness. but no strike there during the General Motors tie-up of January and February 100,000 Idle in Michigan. | Today's strike developments | creased” the number of automo | workers idle in Michigan to more th 100,000 The Chrysler Corp. 1ke, subject of negotiations which are to be re- sumed Friday, threw 60.000 Chrysler employes out of work and affected 20,000 workmen in Briggs Manufac- | turing Co. plants, where bodies are | made for Chrysler cars. | Ten thousand are idle because of a strike in the Hudson Motor Car Co plant in Detroit and 2,200 are out of HITCH-HIKER ROBS BENEFACTOR’'S WIFE Man Who Was Taken From Street and Given Meal Ties Woman to Bed Post. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star MOUNT RAINIER, Md.. April 1.— Although befriended by her husband several weeks ago, a lone white man entered the home of Mr. John Har- rison, 4221 Thirty-first street, early | today, tied her to a bed post and took | 810 from her pocketbook. | According to police, the robber had | been picked up by Harrison about three weeks ago while hitch-hiking |and taken to his home and given a | meal | Last Friday the robber, also be- | lieved responsible for a jewelry theft in Washington, went to the St. James School here and talked to the 6- year-old Harrison youngster, Jackie, police said. The boy was unable to remember the trend of the con- | versation. According to Eugene Plumer, local | police chief, Mrs. Harrison was gagged | with a handkerchief and tied to the bed post by the robber, who took her money before he tied her up The bandit was described as 6 feet tall, weighing 150 pounds and wearing a dark blue coat, gra; pants | and brown shoes. His right hand was { bandaged.