Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional rain tonight and tomorrow, slightly warmer; lowest temperature to- night about 55 degrees; fresh winds, mostly southeast. Temperatures—High= est, 58, at nocn today; lowest, 46, at mid- night. Cloung New York Markets, Page 16 85th YEAR. No. Full report on page A-10. 33,942, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. BYRNES BRCADENS BILL AMENDMENT ON “SIT" STRIKES Substitute Directed Spe- cifically at ““Stay-Ins” in All Industries. ROBINSON OPPOSED TO NEW PROPOSAL Says Issue Should Be “Considered on Merits,” Apart From Coal Measure. B> the Assoctated Press Senator Byrnes, Democrat, South Carolina today withdrew controversial anti-sit-down amendment to the Guffey-Vinson coal of specifically at sit-downs Byrnes’ new proposal would add to other declarations of labor policy in the bill a statement that “it the sense of Congress that the so- called sit-down strike is illegal and v to public policy.” The first amendment has been di- rected technically only against sit= downs in the coal industry. The new one, broader in scope, would have the restriction that Con- | gress “only presumes to speak for strikes in industries” within the juris- diction of the Federal Government. Applied to Coal Industry. The amendment which Byrnes of- fered last week and which resulted in prolonged debate when an effort was made to send it to committee did not specifically limit the anti- sit-down declaration to industries within Federal jurisdiction, but was applicable exclusively to the coal in- dustry. It did not mention the sit-down di- rectly, but would have made it against public policy for a coal em- ploye to remain on his employer's property after having ceased to work there and after having been served with written notice to leave Byrnes acted after leaders had pre- dicted, over the week end, that the Senate eventually would vote a sharp denunciation of the new strike | technique. Robinson Seeks Withdrawal. Majority Leader Robinson imme- diately sought withdrawal of Byrnes’ new proposal, arguing that the sit- down issue ought to be “considered on its merits” apart from the coal con- trol bill. He promised that if the two issues | were separated he would support de- bate of the sit-down question as soon as the coal bill was out of the way. Robinson declared “lawlessness is not confined to the employes alone” and that “employers also have resort- ed to practices not founded in law or sound public policy.” “Any declaration we may make should consider these facts.” he con- tended, adding that some employers were now following ‘“well-known” .practices which “are not calculated to Promote peace in the labor world.” Bill Offered in House. While the fight over this question was getting under way in the Senate, Representative Hoffman, Republican, of Michigan, introduced in the House 8 bill to make illegal all sit-down strikes in interstate or foreign com- merce. He would force all unions in inter- state or foreign commerce to register | with the Secretary of Labor, elect their | officers by popular vote and submit financial reports yearly. The unions also would be subject to execution of judgments and be denied any right to seize property. Hoffman proposed a maximum penalty of $5.000 fine or one year in Jjail, or both, for violations. At the same time, he issued a statement charging Gov. Frank Mur- phy, of Michigan, with “standing be- hind the lawless element in the strikes.”” Murphy served as an arbiter in Michigan's automobile sit-down strike. Explains Substitution. Byrnes, explaining his substitution action in the Senate, said he offered the new amendment to meet objections of Senators who wanted condemnation of sit-downs to apply to all inter- state industries, rather than to coal alone. Robinson warned the Senate if Byrnes refused to withdraw his new amendment he, himself, would vote against it. He said, “there has been fair progress in e<tabhshmg peace in (See SIT-DOWN, Page A-2) JOHN ROOSEVELT ENGAGEMENT DENIED Mother Explains Long Friendship Between Her Son and Miss Anne Clark. The young debutante, Miss Anne Clark of Boston, who appeared with John Roosevelt at the Hasty Pudding Club performance at the Belasco last night, is an old friend of the Roose- velt family and played with John when they were children, Mrs. Roosevelt dis- closed at her press conference today. The President has known her family for years, she said, since the parents of Miss Clark’s mother have a home at Campobello, where the President’s family long have maintained a Sum- mer residence. b Of rumors of an engagement be- tween her son John and Miss Clark, she said: “As far as I know, John is not en- gaged to any one.” Ticket Deadline Set Reservations for the opening game of the Washington base ball club, on April 19 not called for at the Seventh street and Florida avenue office of the club before 6 o'clock tomorrow evening will be canceled, it was an- nounced today. The Nationals will meet the Philadelphia Ath- letics in the first game. his | strike | | New York police officers as detectives | bill and offered a substitute directed | is | | said he was not at liberty to discuss | the proposed compromise. 18,000 Policemen Or- dered to Hunt Gedeon Slaying Suspect. BACKGROUND— Veronica Gedeon, 20-year-old New York model; her mother, Mary, and a roomer, Frank Byrnes, were found murdered Easter morn= ing in their apartment by the father, Joseph Gedeon, who was estranged from his wife. The father since has been questioned, as have others, but no definite clues have been uncovered. BY the Assoctated Fress. NEW YORK, April 5.—Police today branded Robert Irwin, 29-year-old sculptor and divinity student, the murderer in the triple slayings Easter morning on Beekman Hill as they sent out a general alarm for his arrest. “Arrest for triple homicide this city | Robert ‘Bob' Irwin, last known ad- | dress 36 State street, Canton, N. Y." said Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine's general alarm to all 18,000 watched subways, railroad stations, air | | fields and all transportation lines. | Irwin, recently “asked to leave” St. | Lawrence University at Canton, N. Y., after taking a mental treatment | three years in the Rockland State | Hospital at Orangeburg, N. Y., was | last seen in the city on “Good Friday,” | two days before the murders in the Gedeon apartment on East Fifty-third street. Irwin was believed hitch-hiking to Philadelphia or Washington. Dr. Russell E. Blaisdell, superinten=~ dent of the Rockland State Hospital, ch WASHINGTON, D. C, Sculptor Branded Murderer In Beekman Hill Slayings ROBERT IRWIN. | said that Robert Irwin was admitted to the hospital from Bellevue Hos- pital in July, 1933, and was discharged in July of 1936. Irwin made several busts of other patients while at the Rockland Hos= pital, Dr. Blaisdell said, and discussed with him his plan to study theology at St. Lawrence University. The police switched most of their efforts to finding Irwin for question- ing as a report persisted that a weapon, such as might have been used in the killing of the third vic- time, Frank Byrnes, roomer in the Gedeon apartment on East Fifty- (See GEDEON, Page A-2)) MILLER WILL FACE COURT WEDNESDAY Dentist’s Attorney Says Client Will Plead Guilty in Sprouse Case. | By tre Associated Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.. April 5. —Commonwealth's Attorney W. O. Fife announced today Dr. R. G. Miller, Charlottesville dentist, would enter a plea of guilty to second-degree murder, in the death of 18-year-old Cleo Sprouse in Albemarle Circuit Court Wednesday morning. Fife said Judge Lemuel Smith agreed today to hear the plea Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. instead of today, as origin- ally planned. He declined to say whether he had reached an agreement with defense counsel on the length of the dentist's sentence, which, under Virginia law, | might be from 5 to 20 years for sec- ond-degree murder. Judge's Sister Dies. ‘The prosecutor said the two-day delay in the case was caused by the death today of Miss Jane Smith, sister of the circuit judge Fife had no further comment on circumstances leading to the agree- ment between prosecution and de- fense attorneys for acceptance of the second-degree murder plea, but de- clared last week if the ends of justice could be met an agreement would be “better” for all parties involved. Members of Miss Sprouse’s family conferred during the morning with J. Tinsley Coleman, employed to assist Fife in the case, but the attorney the views of the family in respect to Trial Was Set for April 12. Dr. Miller, who had been held in the Hernco County Jail at Richmond since his arrest early last month, was brought to the Albemarle County Jail last night. Prior to his announcement today, Fife had declined to comment on & statement of Robert E. Taylor, member of Miller’s counsel, that arrangements had been made for final disposition of the case this afternoon. Taylor said yesterday the middle- aged dentist would appear at 2:30 | p.m. today to enter the plea of guilty to second-degree murder in the death of the high school girl. Miller’s trial was set for April 12, but a compromise was reached with the State “some time ago,” Taylor said, as “the publicity the trial was bound to attract would be harmful to all concerned.” The body of the 18-year-old girl was found near the University of Vir- ginia campus on March 2. Sheriff J. Mason Smith said Miller, a dentist, signed a statement saying the girl died in a borrowed automobile when he administered chloroform prepara- tory to an abortion. Miller was arrested the day after the body of the high school girl was found. * The indictment returned against Miller by an Albemarle County grand jury charged murder, which under Vir- ginia law is presumed to be second degree, unless proved first degree by the Commonwealth, or & lesser degree by the defense. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 5.—Policeman Patrick Conroy and his faithful Ger- man shepherd dog, Paddy, were dead today because Paddy had learned & trick too well. Conroy had trained Paddy to attack any one drawing a gun. Returning home from duty early yesterday, Con=- roy removed his pistol from its holster preparatory to putting it away in a buffet drawer. Paddy, upon seeing the weapon, leaped upon his master just as he had been trained to do. The pistol went off, fatally wounding Conroy. Conroy's fellow officers today shot and killed Paddy, fearing that the trick he had learned might make him a dangerous pet. Conroy went home from duty yes- terday morning, and, unthinking, drew K CLUE SPURS HUNT FORMISSING PLANE Arizona Rancher Reports Big Craft Encircling Town. 8 on Ship. 3 BULLETIN. GALLUP, N. Mex, April 5 (P —The sheriff’s office at St. Johns, Ariz., reported today the wreckage of an airplane had been located a mile and a half from Alpine, 60 miles from there. Searchers for a Douglas airliner lost since Satur- day with eight persons asked for quick details. By the Associated Press. WINSLOW, Ariz., April 5—A pos- sible clue developed in the White Mountains of Arizona today to the fate of the giant Douglas airliner which disappeared strangely Saturday with eight or more persons bound for New York from Burbank, Calif. Kasu Laitis, T. W. A. airport radio operator, said a rancher had reported from near Greer, Ariz, that a “big plane” circled twice over his home at 3 p.m. Saturday as if seeking a nlace to land and then headed to the south where a mountain range rises. Greer is more than 100 miles south- east of Winslow in the foothills of the White Mountains, and more than 75 miles south of the air route across Northern Arizona. ‘The luxurious airliner, being ferried to New York for transport to Holland, has not been heard from since a take- off from Burbank Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. “It had mo radio transmitting equipment aboard,” said Maj. Carl A. Cover, vice president and chief test pilot of the Douglas Aircraft Factory. It had receiving equipment only. “It is one of those mysteries, com- plétely baffiing. We have no idea where to look for it,” said T. C. Mc- Mahon, secretary of the company. “We have not determined just where to start a search,” said Cover. He said that the new transport, pi- loted by Glen Moser, would ordinarily have taken a course similar to the T. W. A. transcontinental course, across Southern California, Northern Ari- zona, New Mexico to Albuquerque. ‘While the ship had no transmitting (See PLANE, Page A-2) FREIGHTER “SAFE” AFTER HELP CALL German Ship Borkum in Heavy Seas Off Azores, Relief Vessel Near. BY the Assoclated Press. CHATHAM, Mass,, April 5.—The German liner Bremen reported today the disabled German freighter Borkum was in “safe” condition as she drifted helplessly in heavy seas off the Azores. After standing by the freighter from midnight until 2:30 a.m. unable to take off her crew because of heavy seas, the Bremen proceeded to Cher- bourg, leaving the S. S. Subaldo stand- ing by until the German naval train- ing vessel Schlesien arrived. Dog Whose Tussle Cost Life Of Master Killed as Menace his service revolver to lock it in & buffet drawer. The 3-year-old dog leaped for his master’s wrist and knocked him down, just as he so often had done in prac- tice. The revolver discharged, the bullet ripping through Conroy’s chest, Mrs. Coproy ran to her husband’s side. The dog licked his hand. Neigh- bors called an ambulance and the police. To his brother-officers, the wounded policeman said: “Don’t blame Paddy. He did what he thought was right.” Conroy died a half hour later. The investigators didn’t believe the dying man’s story at first. Conroy’s 10-year-old stepson, William Dissert, proved it was true. He flourished a toy pistol. With- out even a growl, Paddy seized the boy's wrist, close up to the gun, in his great fangs. Then gently shook the toy looss. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MONDAY, STRIKE HORIZON BRIGHTENS WITH RETURN T0 JOBS Miners and Ford Workers Back, While Chrysler Par- ley Continues. GENERAL PEACE PLAN IN AUTO PLANTS SEEN Gov. Murphy Believes Controver- sy in Entire Motor Industry Will Be Settled. BY the Associated Press. Hundreds of thousands of wage earners, idle temporarily because of contract disputes, headed back to their Jjobs today in a brightening national labor picture. Most of those resuming production were soft-coal mine workers, away from the pits four days because a one= day shutdown was sandwiched by three holidays. The Appalachian contract agreement reached Friday prevented a labor stoppage of work. It directly concerned 300,000 miners. Auto Workers Return. Many thousands of automotive workers were going back to machines and assembly lines, with disputes which cut production during the latter part of the week settled. They in- cluded principally 15,000 in nine Chevrolet plants at Flint, Mich, and 2200 in a Ford assembly plant at Kansas City. Meanwhile, hope was strengthened that a settlement was imminent in the Chrysler Corp. strike, major labor dispute in the Nation with more than 60,000 workers directly affected and Ppossibly half as many more indirectly concerned. A conference, headed by Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan, Walter P. Chry- sler, chairman of the corporation, and John L. Lewis, union leader, worked through Sunday on agreement details. “The strike is virtually settled,” an authoritative source said. W. P. A. officials at San Francisco claimed indications were that a four- day-old strike affecting from 5,000 to 18,000 workers was near an end. The demands included higher pay and assurance there would be no layoffs. Union sources, however, said the strike would spread, in a syvmpathy movement, to the Los Angeles area and affect many thousand more. Drive in Oil Industry. The Committee for Industrial Or- ganization, disclaiming any intention of sit-down strikers or a dispute with the American Federation of Labor, began its unionization drive in the oil industry today for a potential million recruits. The A. F. O. L. rushed plans for a compaign of its own April 15. The head man of the C. I. O. drive was T (See STRIKES, I Pnge TAZ2D SHIP CANAL DATA IN SHARP CONFLICT Reports Referred to House Com- mittee on Florida Project. By the Associated Press. Speaker Bankhead referred to the House Rivers and Harbors Committee today sharply conflicting reports from the Army Engineers on the feasibility of digging a ship canal across Florida. Maj. Gen. Edward M. Markham, chief of engineers, told Congress in his report the canal should be com- pleted. He estimated the cost of the entire project at $197,921,000. His decision reversed findings of the War Department’s Board of Army Engineers, which said the canal, if dug to adequate depth and width, would cost $263,838,000. The board said “the reasonably assured present and prospective benefits from a canal across Florida do not establish the eco- nomic justification for the large ex- penditures necessary for its construc- tion.” Summary of Page Amusements B-16 Comics -__..B-12 Editorials A-8 Financial -__A-15 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary ___A-10 SUPREME COUR1 ISSUE. Administration held responsible for appeal denials. Page A-1 STRIKE SITUATION. ‘Thousands of strikers return to jobs today. Page A-1 Short Story ..B-6 Sports A-12-13-14 Woman's Pg. B-10 FOREIGN. Insurgents’ army nears Durango in Bilbao campaign. Page A-1 NATIONAL. German freighter Borkum reported safe, after help call. Page A-1 Arizona rancher reports clue in hunt for plane. Page A-1 Federal Reserve policy hikes U. 8. bond market. Page A-2 Reserve Board acts to safeguard Gov- ernment bonds. Page A-2 President’s message urges a perma- nent C. C. C. Page A-3 Drive for 40-hour week begun at tex- tile parley. Page A-5 Brickbat killer of two is hunted in Los Angeles. Page A-6 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Hazen calls minimum wage law “now in effect.” Page A-1 Dr. Miller to plead guilty in chloro- form death. Page A-1 Former Capital lawyer killed, police question widow. Page A-2 Successful gonorrhea antitoxin is re- ported here. Page A-3 W. J. Nolan and two former aides in- dicted on 23 counts. Page A-2 APRIL 5, 1937—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. ?AE.KkN YLANMN i1 il J HEY, CHIEF! | DONT BELIEVE THEYRE EVEN TRYING To HIT %= \ THEAPPLE! { The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Kk SATU! 2 ¢ Foening Star - () Means Associated | WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE— D. . WAGE LA IN EFFECT NOW Commissioners to Move at Once for Board to En- force It. The District minimum wage law for women and minors “is now in effect” and the Commissioners will hove to- morrow, to appoint a board to enforce it, Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen de- clared today. Commissioner George E. Allen agreed with Hazen that no time should be lost in appointing three non-salaried members of the board to replace the agency dissolved in 1923, when the Supreme Court held the District’s minimum wage law un- constitutional. Since the first Minimum Wage Board, which functioned from 1918 to 1923, received operating expenses of only $5,000 & year, lack of funds will not delay appointment of new board members, Allen pointed out. Employes May Be “Borrowed.” Commissioner Hazen said other de- partments of the District government may be able to “lend” clerical em- ployes to the board until it receives its own funds. Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal has advised the Commissioners .| that the recent decision of the Su- preme Court reversing the 1923 verdict returned the local minimum wage law to the same status it held when it was enacted. Commissioner Allen said that pro- posed amendments to the 1918 law will be given serious consideration, but enforcement of the minimum wage act will not be held up to await legislative action. The Minimum Wage Board will have authority to establish minimum wages (See WAGE, Page A-3.) SCREAMS IN TRAILER ATLANTA, April 5 (#).—To cruising police cars the word was flashed: “There's & woman screaming in a silver-colored trailer going out Ponce de Leon avenue. Investigate.” ‘Ten minutes later Patrolman W. F. Sutherland and J. R. Palmer re- ported. “Trailer stopped,” they said. “Every- thing aboard okay. Just a drunken woman locked in by her husband. He's taking her to the country for air. No arrest.” Today’s Star g F. J. Hill is indicted in $144,000 fraud. Page A-2 Bandit captured after taking woman hacker’s cab. Page A-3 Prominent sportsman arrested in highway deaths. Page B-1 Seventeen men arraigned on gambling charges. Page B-1 Four dead, six injured in D. C. and nearby traffic accidents. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Washington Observations. Page David Lawrence, Page Paul Mallon. Page Dorothy Thompson. Page Jay Franklin. Page Lemuel F. Parton. Page oo oD dddddddd SPORTS. Griffs get. Simmons to plug hole in outfield. Page A-12 Yankees breezing in “Grapefruit League” lead. Page A-12 “Rubber” bout here tonight for Cam- arata, Ingram. Page A-13 Trainer expects Pompoon, favorite, to win Derby. Page A-13 Ambers-Montanez bout lures New York fans. Page A-13 Nelson, inspired by great shot, wins Augusta golf. Page A-14 MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. City News in Brief. ‘Young Washington. Bedtime Story. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Nature's Children. Winning Contract. Crossword Purzle. Letter Out. A-2 A-7 Page Page Page B-5 Page B-7 Page B-10 Page B-10 Page B-11 Page B-11 Page B-12 Puge B-13 Miss Perkins Acts As Guide for Four Visiting Japanese Pour Japanese here for the World Textile Conference saw the sights of Washington yesterday with a pleasant woman who found them standing be- wildered on the steps of a George- town house, wondering how to reach their hotel. Not until the woman had delivered them to their quarters did she re- veal that she was Miss Frances Per- kins, Secretary of Labor. “A very democratic lady,” remarked Yoshio Kemii, a member of the per- of the four. She drove them to the Lincoln Memorial, the Capitol, through Po- tomac Park, where the Japanese cherry blossoms soon will be in full flower, and to other points of in- terest. The Japanese and Miss Perkins met after a tea at the home of John G. ‘Winant, president of the conference. While the visitors wondered where they were, Miss Perkins emerged from the house and offered them a ride. APPEALS' DENIALS BLAMED ONU. 5. Government Sought Many High Court Dismissals, Hearing Told. BY the Associated Press. Senator Austin, Republican, of Ver- mont, produced a letter from the Su- preme Court clerk today which he said showed the Government had sought many of the dismissals of ap- peals by the court which President Roosevelt has criticized. The letter was placed before the Senate Judiciary Committee which is considering the President’s court re- organization bill. A few moment earlier the committee had heard Frank H. Sommer, dean of the New York University Law School, denounce the measure as hostile to the spirit of the Constitution. He pro- posed constitutional amendments in- stead. The Chief Executive in his recent message to Congress noted that during the last year the Supreme Court turned down all but 108 cases out of 803 applications in which the Govern- ment was not the appellant. Letters From Court Clerk. Austin said the letter, from Charles Elmore Cropley, clerk of the court, showed that in 143 of the cases denied by the court, the Attorney General had asked for the denials. “Year after year,” Austin said, “the Attorney General has been boasting of denials of petitions on his own (See JUDICIARY, Page A- BY FRANCES LIDE. Declaring that the District relief situation seems to be “quite serious,” Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt suggested at her press conference today that if members of congressional District committees could feel a more per- sonal interest in local problems a solu- tion could be worked out. The President's wife said that she herself does not know of a solution, but commented that proposals for taxation to care for the relief burden seemed a sensible solution. Pointing out that more and more people who travel are turning to ‘Washington as a point of interest, she expressed the belief that living con- ditions in the Nation's Capital may become in time of as much interest as the buildings and memorials here. Creation of model conditions here, however, she continued, is dependent on the interest that members of Con- gress display in local affairs. Commenting on the probability that the Receiving Home for Children will go out of existence July 1 with board- ing homes substituted as & means of caring for its wards, Mrs. Roosevelt pointed out the danger of such homes without proper investigation and supervision. If done well, however, she expressed the opinion that private homes provide a bettel®way for caring for such children. Of the home as it i operated now, she said: N manent secretariat of the Interna-| tional Labor Office in Geneva, one | WAGNERDECISION AGAINISDELAYED District Police Court Opinion Is Reversed in Clawans Case. BY JOHN H. CLINE. Disappointing a large crowd of spectators, the Supreme Court ad- journed today without announcing its | eagerly awaited ruling on constitu- tionality of the Wagner labor relations act The justices announced only one opinion, reversing the conviction in the District Police Court of Ethel Clawans, who had been found guilty of selling the unused portion of a rail- road ticket without a license. Decision Widely Awaited. The ruling in the five pending Wag- ner cases, eonstitutionality of this major piece of New Deal legislation, had been awaited anxiously, since the attitude of the court on this important question | is expected to have an important bearing on the outcome of the fight in the Senate on President Roosevelt's court reorganization plan. The decision cannot be announced before next Monday, and if not forth- coming then, it will be delayed at least | until April 26, due to a recess. Delivering the 7-to-2 decision of the court in the Clawans case, Asso- | ciate Justice Stone held the woman was not entitled to a jury trial, but agreed with the District Court of Ap- peals that the conviction should be reversed because her attorney was not given sufficient opportunity to cross- examine witnesses called by the prose- cution. The dissenting opinion of Justice McReynolds and Butler agree that the conviction should have been re- versed, but went a step farther and held the woman entitled to a trial by jury. In its decision overthrowing the conviction, the Court of Appeals held she should have been tried by a jury. Important Washington Case. The case was important in Wash- ington, since a ruling by the high court that a jury trial was mandatory would have upset a number of Police Court convictions and necessitated jury trials in many cases now tried before & judge. The statute under which Miss Clawans was convicted provided for (See COURT, Page A-2) TREE HAULERS HELD Trucks Carrying Big Sycamores Over Length, Is Charge. LANCASTER, Pa, April § (A).— State highway patrolmen arrested three truck drivers hauling giant sycamore trees to the site of the World's Fair in New York. They were fined for operating trucks that were over-length. More D. C. Interest at Capitol Advocated by Mrs. Roosevelt “It is the same old thing here. There is not the proper segregation.” That the White House does not an- ticipate any difficulty in the appoint- ment of Mrs. J. Borden Harriman as Minister to Norway was indicated by Mrs. Roosevelt's remarks today, when she said: “I think it will be very nice to have another woman in the diplomatic scheme.” Mrs. Harriman, she continued, ought to have a very interesting time in Norway, since that country has for years been making experiments which have only recently been introduced in this country. Norway's social legis- lation is in many ways more advanced than ours, she continued, and the country is far ahead in the consumer co-operatives movement which has just been begun here. While gratified at the thought of a woman in this diplomatic post, Mrs. Roosevelt said that such repre- sentatives should be chosen as people rather than as women. Mrs. Roosevelt also announced that she would broadcast in the interest of the emergency peace campaign at 10:30 tomorrow night following a dinner at the White House. Her calendar also includes a tea on Thursday for the International Textile Conference. She is interested in the meeting, she declared, because of future implications on trade and standards of living. A ,142 me returns not yet received.) | ities, were fish peddlers. which will determine the | SUNDAY'S Cireulation, 149,421 Press. WO CENTS. MADRID FASCISTS ARMS UNCOVERED IN BLASTING PLOT Police Bare Conspiracy to Make Fortress of Mar- ket, Hotel. GRENADES AND BOMBS DISCOVERED IN CACHE Fish Peddlers Comprise Most of Dozen Seized—Army Officer Also Is Held. BACKGROUND— Civil war in Spain nearing end of nminth month, with activity of loyalist and insurgent troops in- creasing with the approach of Spring. Tides of war ran in favor of rebels at first, but recent weeks have seen government counter- oflensive forcing insurgents out of many hard-won positions. “The Little World War” has split all Europe, ranging Italian, Ger- man and Portuguese fascism on the side of insurgents and Socualist France, Communist Russia and Great Britain on the side of the government, BY the Assoctated Press. MADRID, April 5—Madrid's war- time police seized a store of bombs and arms in one of the eapital's prin= cipal market places today and ane nounced they had broken up a plot to convert the market and a nearby hotel into Fascist fortresses. Twelve of the alleged “fish market Fascists” were seized, including Man- uel Ruiz Gonzales, 33-vear-old fish salesman, whom police accused of hatching the plot. The plan, police said, w lish fortresses at two bt fre on government soldiers on the day when—and if—Gen. Francisco Pranco’s insurgents entered Madrid. Most of the accused plotters, who were turned over to military authore In addition, police captured the proprietor of the hotel, who had fled to Valencia. An- other seized was Romualdo Clavo, & lieutenant in the government army. A quantity of hand grenades was found hidden under the stairs of the market. Rifles, daggers and a larze supply of ammunition also were seized, Insurgent Flank Turned Meanwhile, the government's southe ern army turned the insurgent left flank north of Cordoba today, capture | ing the village of La Granjuela and opening the way for direct attack on the Penarroya coal mines. The sweeping movement around the northern end of Gen. Gonzalo Queipo de Llano’s insurgent army cut the raile road running between Belmez, just south of the coal fields, and Castillo de Almarchon, division point linking the branch lines that serves the fields and the trunk line to the deeply held insurgent territory to the west. The successful maneuver, part of & pivotal turning action against the entire insurgent line, further hamse pered De Llano's communications from his Cordoba base. The fall of La Granjuela followed the capture of Valsequillo, 3 miles to the north, which had been the first objective of the flanking columns, Leave Breakfast Cooking. So precipitious was the government descent on Valsequillo yesterday morn- ing that the insurgent garrison fled leaving their breakfasts still cooking in the fleld kitchens. More than 40 prisoners were cape tured in the storming of the town. A fleet of insurgent planes bombed government trenches on the Madrid front this morning, especially in the University City and El Pardo sece tions. Five columns of the government's southern army smashed against the vital insurgent communication line from Cordoba City to the Penarroya coal mines, threatening to trap Gen. Queipo de Llano’s army of 15.000 men and cut them off from retreat. Pivoting on a base established by direct attack of the two southernmost columns, two northern columns from Hinojosa del Duque swept around the left flank of the insurgent command in a broad movement to turn Gen. Queipo de Llano’s line, stretched al- most 40 miles along the highway from Cordoba to Penarroya. After capturing the town of Valse~ quillo yesterday morning, one column (See FASCIS éage A-2) MAN SHOT IN HEAD IN BED BESIDE WIFE Forest Glen Mechanic Clings to Life After Bullet Pierces Temple. Ey s Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., April 5.— Shot through the head last night as he lay in bed beside his wife, Robert H. Vierling, 37, an automobile me« chanic of Forest Glen, clung to life today in Washington Sanitarium in Takoma Park with “one chance in & million” to survive. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Vierling, told Sergt. D. L. Snyder and Charles T. Barnes of the Montgomery County police that he had seemed in good spirits when they retired for the night, and had been playing with their three children, Barbara, 14; Jane, 10, and Robert, 8, only a short time before. Suddenly declaring that he “couldn's stand it any longer,” he reached under the pillow, drew out a .22-caliber re- volver and fired one shot, Mrs. Vierling said. The bullet went through his left temple and emerged from his fore= head, she said. Mrs. Vierling notified her brother, H. M. Morgan, who lives next door on Owl lane, and police were sum- moned. Dr. H. H. Howlett explained that Vierling had a remote chance of surviving. He was taken to the hospi« tal by the Silver Spring rescue squad. as to estabe dings and