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A—10 *=» BEHIND SCHEDULE Report Shows Rolls Shrink- ing Slowly—600,000 " Goal by June 1. By the Associated Press. A report of the Works Progress Ad- ministration disclosed today that cur- tailment of its rolls was lagging far behind the schedule announced by Ad- ministrator Harry Hopkins. In the month preceding March 20, the report showed 24,426 workers dropped. Hopkins proposed to trim the total by 600,000 between Midwinter and June 1. On March 20, the W. P. A. reported, there were 2,134,000 W. P. A. workers in the continental United States. addition, 380,000 persons were em- ployed in Civilian Conservation Corps camps and 338,000 in other Federal work relief activities. The W. P. A figures were made public while Congress waited for Presi- dent Roosevelt's recommendations for relief in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. His message is sched- uled early next week. In his January budget message, the President said that, exclusive of debt retirement, next year’s budget could be balanced if relief expenditures did not exceed $1,537,000.000. | W. P. A. officials estimated today that expenditures during the current fiscal year would run between $1,- 800,000,000 and $1,850,000,000. They said this would compare with an out- lay of $1,715,000,000 last year, Gangsters (Continued From First Page.) they shot their way out of the trap set by Federal agents in the Topeka Post Office they were captives of Sheriff Homer Sylvester. During their flight they kidnaped a country physician and forced him te treat Suhay, who was wounded. The sheriff and his brother, Deputy Cass Sylvester, arrested them at Platts- mouth, Nebr., a town of 3,700 popula- tion 25 miles south of here, without a shot being fired. Suhay and Powers found the winding streets of tiny Plattsmouth a maze. When they stop- ped to get their bearings on the town's outskirts, the officers pounced on them. Identified With Robbery. H. B. Fletcher, Federal agent in charge at Omaha, identified the men as those charged with conspiring with Raymond McNeely and others to rob the Katonah, N. Y, Bank and with the $18,000 robbery of the bank last March 18. McNeely was arrested in New York yesterday by Federal agents. Seized without resistance, he was arraigned before a United States commissioner and held under $2,000 bond. Powers and Suhay seriously wound- ed Wayne W. Baker, 27, who was on his first major assignment as a Fed- eral officer. He was struck by four bullets. Another hit O. D. Davis, a bystander, in the foot. The sheriff said the men had about 811,000 in their possession. Most of it, he said, was concealed in Powers’ underwear, The Sylvesters said they trailed the automobile bearing the two men 8 miles. When it halted on the edge of Plattsmouth they called upon the two to surrender. The men stepped from | the car, hands upraised. Sylvester | took from each a loaded .38-caliber | pistol. The men were then taken to | the Federal Bureau of Investigation | offices here. Rob Doctor Who Aided Them. The sheriff said both admitted par- ticipation in the gun battle with Fed- | eral agents yesterday, and having | forced Dr. 8. M. Hibbard to dress a gunshot wound in Suhay’s left wrist at Sabetha, Kans, they took the | doctor’s car after their own had been | wrecked against a bridge. Warned by the F. B. I office here to be on the lookout for the pair, the sheriff and his brother drove to a filling station 8 miles south of Plattsmouth early last night and waited. Shortly after 9 o'clock, the sheriff | related, the car bearing the two men In|- Townsfolk view scene of battle in the Topeka post office be- tween Federal agents and gunmen. 7 bullet mark over a window, in front of which Federal Agent W. W. Baker was shot. izing they were headed into the Mis- souri River, they stopped. “Then my brother and I jumped out and, pointing my rifle at them, I hol- | lered, ‘Come out with your hands up!’ | They got out with their hands in the air.” Search Pair Under Lights. | The officers did not search the two | men, they said, until they had marched the prisoners into a well-lighted street. which the officers identified the fugi- tives, both ex-convicts, had been bent 80 as to conceal part of Dr. Hibbard's license number. The shooting at Topeka occurred in front of the post office registry window, where three Pederal agents had kept vigil for several days in the belief the men would call for mall. Agent Baker stepped forward, cover- | ed one of the pair and told him to hold up his hands. From the rear the | other man shot Baker in the back. As Baker turned, another shot penetrated his chest. Two more bullets struck him in the leg. The man ran through an | street. When they wrecked their car at Sabetha, they stopped Joe Garver, a farmer, and forced him to take them to his nearby home and telephone Dr. Hibbard. Dr. Hibbard arrived without proper instruments and Suhay, he said, remained to guard the Garver family while Powers drove with him to his office. Three men arrested April 6 in con- nection with the hold-up of the North- ern Westchester Bank of Katonah were confined at New York City in the Fed- eral House of Detention. They are passed by. The Sylvesters, armed | with pistols and a rifle, trailed it. The sheriff said he and his brother decided not to risk being exposed to gunfire by drawing alongside the men’s car, but relied instead on the winding | streets of Plattsmouth to serve as a trap. | “We were hoping,” said the sheriff, | “the men would get tangled up in the side streets and that's what they did do. They weaved around and finally found themselves headed through a Tailroad underpass. Apparently real- John J. Maurer, in whose apartment Rhea Whitley, head of the New York Bureau of Investigation, said the bank | robbery was planned; Leonard Haber- | man and James J. O'Reilly. All three have police records, Whitley said. CONFESSION IS REPORTED. Sheriff Congratulated on Capture of Two Gunmen. Robert Suhay and Alfred Power, alias Gerald Lewis, have confessed their participation in the gun battle at BEN WEBSTER’S CAREER. [~ BRIARGIE, IT'D. GURE SAVE UG A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR IF WE HAD A TRUCK —YOU MORE THAN ME, OLD / FUZLY -WUTLY / ¢ & D) hlis y i 3 Robert Suhay (left) and Alfred Powers, the gunmen. ‘The license plate of the car, by | unguarded door to their car across the | THE EVENING Where Federal Agent Fell One man is pointing to a —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. Topeka, Kans., yesterday, when Special Agent Wayne W. Baker, a graduate of National University Law School here, was critically wounded, J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said today. Hoover wired his congratulations to Sheriff Homer Sylvester and his deputy, C. L. Sylvester of Plattsmouth, Nebr., for their capture of the fugitives. Baker came here from Yuma, Ariz., where his father was sheriff, and en- tered the bureau four years ago as a law clerk. He had received his A. B. degree from the University of Arizona, and enrolled at National University in January, 1934. He was graduated from the local institution last August with an LL. B. degree, finishing ahead of his class by taking Summer work. School authorities said he was an ex- ceptionally able student. After graduating from National, he returned to Arizona to take the bar examination, but came back to Wash- ington early this year when appointed to the F. B. 1. Training School. Twenty-seven years old and un- married, Baker was sent to the Kan- sas City division of the bureau after completing his training course. His assignment with several other agents to watch the Topeka Post Office was his first important case. Yesterday’s gun battle was the first serious one in which F. B. I. agents have been involved since their raid on the New York apartment of Harry Brunette last December. Hoover led his men in that capture. Baker is the first G-man to be shot seriously since the fatal wounding of Agent Nelson B. Klein by George Barrett at College Corner, Ind., two | years ago. Barrett was executed for the crime last year. Hotel Strike Ordered. SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 (#).—A strike of 3,250 employes in 15 of San Prancisco's largest hotels was ordered for 5 p.m. today after negotiations be- tween operators and union representa- tives collapsed last night over demands for preferential hiring of union men STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., BAN ON GOLORED STUDENTS UPHELD Tennessee Decision Cites Fight on U. S. Justices for “Legislating.” By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 17.—A chancery judge's opinion which aimed & criticism at the United States Su- preme Court upheld today the right of the University of Tennessee to refuse admittance to a colored student. Chancellor Lois D. Bejach ruled that to grant the petition of William ‘R. Redmond, 2d, for entrance to the university’s Schooi of Pharmacy would be an assumption of legislative au- thority not delegated to the court by the laws or constitution of the State. Criticism has been directed at the Supreme Court, he wrote, because the court “in violation of its duty as s Jjudicial tribunal” has “exercised leg- islative authority not authorized by the Constitution * * *” “This court,” the chancellor said, “would not care to subject itself to like criticism.” Redmond, 27, of Nashville, sought to force the university’s trustees and | its officials to admit him or provide | for his instruction elsewhere. | The Association for the Advance- | ment of Colored People brought the suit. Bejah held there was “no substan- tial discrimination” between the races in providing educational facilities and | that Redmond had not been denied | his constitutional rights as he claimed. He found that a 1913 act of the State Legislature removed from the uni- versity the responsibility of agricul- tural and industrial education of col- ored people by transferring Federal tax funds for that purpose to a col- lege for colored established at Knox- ville. HUTTON DENIES CHARGES OF MANIPULATING STOCK | Head of Brokerage Firm Flatly | Denies Each Paragraph at End of Two-Day Quiz. By the Associated Press. W. E. Hutton denied yesterday, paragraph by paragraph, each of the charges of manipulating Atlas Tack stock made against him and the brokerage firm of W. E. Hutton & Co., of which he is the Detroit member. The flat denials came in response to questions from his attorney, David | W. Peck, at the end of two days of | interrogation by Jacob Gruber, com- mission counsel. Hutton was one of the key witnesses in the inquiry into the rise of Atlas Tack stock from 95 to 3015 betweent November, 1935, and February, 1936. The 29-year-old broker insisted neither he nor his firm made any money out of the Atlas Tack trans- actions except normal commissions. He | denied ever telling any one the stock ‘would go up. WALKER B. LESTER, 65, DIES OF HEMORRHAGE Woodworking Company Treasurer Maryland Native—D. C. Resi- dent Many Years. Walker B. Lester, 65, treasurer of | the Washington Woodworking Co., ! died yesterday of a cerebral hemor- | rhage in Sibley Hospital. A native of Prince Georges County, | Md., Mr. Lester had lived here many years. He had been with the Wood- working firm 35 years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lenore S. Lester, and two daughters, Mrs. Helen L. Wade and Miss Lenora Lester, both of this city. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at his home, 708 Rock Creek Church road. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. e ASSAULT IS CHARGED A woman who said she was Miss | Ursula Hopkins, 34, of the 300 block | of C street southeast was treated in | | SERGT. | scheme of SATURDAY, Van Devanter Marking 78th Birthday Today JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER. By the Assoctated Press. Justice Willis Van Devanter, who sat on the Supreme Court longer than lany of his colleagues, observed his APRIL 17, 1937. seventy-eighth birthday anniversary todsy by studying some of the legal problems awaiting solution by the tribunal. “It is just the same as any other day,” said an associate. There was no special observance. Justice Van Devanter, appointed by President Taft in 1910, is exceeded in age only by 80-year-old ’ustice Brandeis. He likes such outdoor activ- ity as duck hunting and roaming about his newly-acquired Maryland farm. He attracted considerable attention a few months ago by failing to buy a $1 hunting license when he went in pursuit of ducks in nearby Virginia. He pleaded ignorance of the law when accosted by a game warden and promptly obtained the required stamp. Before going on the highest tri- bunal, he was a judge of the Circult Court of Appeals, Assistant United States Attorney General end Chie! Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court. He is one of the six justices who would be affected by President Roose- velt'’s court reorganization proposal. Seeks to Bar Divorces. Lawyers of Sydney, New South Wales, have been asked by Father P. Murphy, prominent Catholic clergy= man, to ‘refuse to have hand, act, or part in divorce proceedings.” DAILY SHORT STORY NOT FORGOTTEN MUR- PHY and I were sitting in the station the other day talking about the recent changes in the department. The Douglas City police force had al- ways seemed to most of us outsid- ers to be an en- tirely satisfactory sort of organiza- tion and the idea of having a new chief step in—an imported fellow at that—and promptly disrupt the whole things was rather dis- turbing. Finally T asked the question that had really been bothering me. “Why did he fire Callahan?” “Well, now I'll tell you, Tommy,” replied the sergeant, and his big red face broke into a quizzical sort of smile. “There’s wheels within wheels, as the saying goes. Callahan was a mighty good copper, but he had his faults, like all the rest of us. The | only difference being that Callahan’s faults got him into a lot of trouble. “A couple of years ago (said the \sergeanl) Callahan was starting off on his vacation. It was in June and he and his wife and kids were all packed up and on their way to the north woods. The sun was bright and warm, the car was hitting on all six, and the Callahan clan was in high spirits. I never have heard Cal sing but he told me he was singing that morning. “Well, Cal was kind of anxious to get up there to the cottage and he was probably steppin’ along a little faster than he ought to have been, but nothin’ excessive, you know. He said it was only 35, but the highway cop said 45, and this particular speed cop was not a guy to stand for any arguing. He'd trailed Cal for half a mile, always keeping far enough be- hind so that he wouldn't be noticed, and then he pulled alongside and jerked his thumb at Cal and said to pull over, in a very nasty way. * %k x ‘““TTHERE'S a certain amount of courtesy among coppers, you know, and Cal expected that the guy would just laugh and say O. K. when he found out they were both in the same game, but this one was differ- ent. He told Cal he oughta know bet- ter if he was a copper himself. “Naturally, a crack like that wouldn't be quieting to anybody's nerves, and especially Cal's. The wind-up was that the smart copper took Cal in tow, leaving Mrs. Calla- han and the kids to watch the car for about two hours. There was a lot of monkey business about resist- ing an officer and so forth and Cal “He told Cal better.” and a 40-hour week. Deciding V'D TelL MRS, HieeiNs 1o GO AHEAD AND BUY A TRUCK IF LONLY KNEW THE STRAWHT OF THE MORTGAGE LYLE WHSOM - “‘-— 006EONE a Baltimore hospital last night for two | black eyes and a bruised face, received, she said, when assaulted by a strange | man while seated with a young woman | friend in a downtown cafe. The woman was discharged after treatment, Miss Hopkins told police the man, whom she had never seen before, walked up to her and hit her twice with his fist without provocation. She gave police a description of her assajlant. to Act. had to post bond before they'd let him g0o. When he was leaving he walked said, ‘What's your name, mister?’ “‘Baxter,’ said the officer, ‘why?’ “ ‘Because we may meet again some time, that's why. And I want to know who I'm beating to a pulp.” “Baxter let that pass. He'd been threatened lots of times before, just like the rest of us. If threats meant W,V I [0\ eurpose LU i GOING To PIND OUT- THATYS MR. WILSON'S il BUILOING AND WIS OFFICE 1S N \T— AND UNCLE NAT up to the smart young copper and | By Mary Ann Danidls. anything to a po- liceman he'd be afraid to step out- side his house after a year on the force. “Callahan went back to his car and started off once more but this time he wasn't singing. As far a3 he was concerned that par- ticular Summer va- cation was a fail- ure right from the start. He hated that officious little runt so wholeheart- edly that all he could think of was getting even with him “You probably know yourself that Cal had been doing know & good job lately. For a few weeks after he got back that Summer he was pretty hot- headed about the whole affair, but then he quieted down and got to ‘work. “Mind, now, that terrible indignity of Callahan’s was two years ago last Summer. Well, last Saturday Cal was walking along Broad street down near the depot and as he passed by he glanced at the passengers getting off the 1 o'clock express. The first guy he saw—and he had no trouble rec- ognizing him—was Baxter. * ok k% “(C'AL moved fast and with a great deal of determination. He went up the platform stairs in one bound and very deftly kicked the suitcase out of Baxter’s hand. Then he hit him in the face with all the strength that his Irish temper had generated in those two unforgetting years. Bax- ter didn’t have a chance to clench & fist. He went down like a log, knocked completely cold, and it was about 15 minutes before the station agent could bring him to. “Callahan, meanwhile, had been hauled away by a couple of patrol- men who rushed up to see what was happening. They had a little trouble with him because he was especially | provoked with having the thing over with so quickly. He wanted to stay there until Baxter came around and then do it all over again. The two lads walked with him for a couple of blocks until he was quieted down and then they left him. “When Callahan reported for duty Monday morning there was a note for him to see the chief immediately. At first he was a bit worried. He couldn’t imagine that the two pa- trolmen would have reported his little affair of honor. Then he decided that the chief, starting on a new job, he ought'a of the old members of the force. He combed his hair and got all slicked up and walked in. “The new chief looked at him for a moment without saying a word. Then he said, ‘Callahan, you're fired. Turn in your uniform.” “Cal didn't say a word. He just walked out of the office, turned in his uniform, and left.” “Well, but sergeant,” I said, “weren’t there any charges placed against him? Why didn’t he object to that kind of dismissal?” “Baxter was the new chief” said Sergt. Murphy. (Coprright, ivs7. BE GORT OF | AGHAMED | BVER. CAME LP TO BOTHER HIM -~ EQPECIALLY AFTER ALL THE MICE THINGS MRS. HIGEINS GAY ABOUT HIM - TRWIN, WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND OUT? ) HERE NOTHIN IVE TAILED THE GuY YOU WANTED ME TO, DAN- ON WHAT HE'S DONE-- ARE THE NOTES 6 OF IMPORTANCE! HMM---JUST ROUTINE STUFF--VISITED STORES -- SHOE SHQP--HOME--WAS THERE ALL EVENING-- YOU'RE RIGYT, IRWIN HE DID NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE OURING THE PAST DAY- DAl 7% 181 e ey KEEP ON THAT FELLOWS TRAIL FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS-- BUT BE SURE HE DOESN'T FIND OUT THAT YOU ARE TRAILING HIM-- YOULL RUN INTO PLENTY. OF TROUBLE (F HE | BECOMES SUSPICIOUS. WHO [— X A /"U b, o os dlpy, % AL < /Qh’..':,.'lug/}r IVE GOT A PROBLEM TO WORK OUT-- I TRAILED MY MAN TO A HOUSE LAST NIGHT AND T'VE GOT TO FIND OUT LIVES THERE AND ALL | wanted to talk things over with one | EXPERTS T0 CHECK VALUATION DATA Utilities Body Seeks to Rec- oncile Wide Divergence in Estimates. With the Capital Transit Co. val- uation hearing in recess until 10 a.m. ‘Wednesday, experts from the company and the Public Utilities Commission to- day began examination of each other’s records in an apparent effort to recon- cile some of the wide divergence in their estimates. A depreciation claim of 28 per cent under the “reproduction cost new” estimate placed on the total fixed physical property of the company, was filed by William B. Bennett, as- sistant to the president of the con- cern. The total depreciation estimate was $13,702,296. ‘The depreciation claims, one of the most important questions relating to valuation, will be vigorously pro- tested by the commission’s experts. Important Items Omitted. Inquiries by the commission elicited from Bennett the fact that items bearing on obsolescense and inad- equacy of equipment were omitted from his depreciation total. These items have been cited by the preme Court in the rate cases as among the most important matters involved in depreciation values. Their omission would be favorable to the company, it was said after the hearing. In connection with rolling equip- ment, which is being investigated by commission inspectors as a result of Thursday's street car accident, the company claimed a depreciation of 38 per cent, or $5,556,172. Street cars have depreciated 45 per cent and busses 20 per cent, Bennett testified in breaking down some of the figures. Tracks accounted for another large depreciation item, the total being $4,791,940, or 35 per cent. Bennett to Take Stand. Bennett will take the stand again when hearings are resumed. Reduc- tions made by the commission’s ex. perts in valuation estimates to date | have knocked off approximately $10,- 000,000 in reproduction costs, $9,000,- 000 in historical cost values and over $500,000 in land values as submitted by the company. All the estimates are as of Decem- ber 31, 1935. The commission indi- cated before the recess, however, that it would endeavor to bring land values up to date. THE WEATHER District of Columbia — Increasing cloudiness and warmer, lowest tem- perature about 48 degrees tonight; to- morrow cloudy and somewhat warmer, followed by showers; moderate winds, mostly southerly. Maryland and Virginia—Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight; to- morrow cloudy and warmer, followed by showers in the interior. West Virginia—Cloudy and warmer tonight; showers tomorrow. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear today. Report for Last 34 Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer. Degrees. Inches. 54 29.06 30.085 30.11 Su- Yesterday— 4pm.___ 3 8 pm. 51 Midnight 46 Today— am 3015 40 P 30.20 60 30.16 Record for Last 21 Hours. (Prom noon vesterday to noon today.) Highest, 75, 5 D.m. yesterday. Year aRo. 32 RO. 52 | Lowest. 30. 5 a.m. today. Year ago. 42. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 76. on_January § Lowest, 19, on February 2s. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 63 per cent. at 1 am. today. Lowest, 39 per cent. at 5 a.m. today. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast ana Geodetic Survey.) Tomorrow. High 35 a.m. Low High Low Rises. Sun. today -~ 529 Sun. tomorrow _ X Moon. today 11:10 am. Automobile lights must be one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date) 12:54 am. turned on Temp. Rain- Baro. H'h.Low.fall 96 66 Stations. Abilene, _Tex. Albany, N. Y. Atlants. "Ga Atlantic Gity Baltimore.” Md Weath'r 008 Cleveland.” Ohio Columbia_8.C. nver. Coio. Detroit. Mich El Paso. Te Gelveston, .S, Dak Indianapolis Jacksonville. F1: Kansas City.M s Angeles uisville Ky, Miami Fia. ~ Minneapolis PE S ron R whssaBazanassnzo ] § ESchS 3= 222 DA DR T=T 52332383533 2. 3 Clear Clear 0. 5 Clear FOREIGN. (7 a.m.. Greenwich time. today.) Stations ‘Temperature. Weather Londen. England z 45 Paris, France 4 Berlin,’ Germany gl’!lt Fraance urich, Switserland Stockholm, Sweden - __ Gibraltar, Spain ~ ___ (Noon, G e, today.) Horta (P‘{éln). Azo 58 Cloudy Cloudy avans, Cubs Cloudy Colon, Canal Zone Unicameral Plan Beaten. OKLAHOMA CITY, April 17 (#).— The Senate defeated a proposa] for a unicameral Legislature in Oklahoma yesterday, 24 to 13. It was the second attempt in two days to bring a one- House lawmaking body to Oklahoma. —_— An oil pipe line 1,200 miles long, from Iraq (Mesopotamia) crosses the desert to feed Britain's navy on the u?lt«nmn. Cloudy | W.P.A.REDUCTION Washington Produce BUTTER—0? score, 1-pound prints. 37; Ya-pound prints, 35 tub. 36: 90 score pound prints, 36; '%-pound prints. ub. 35 MEATS—Choice beef. 1%: calves. #16; veal. 16; lamb, pork loin. 24 frozen 2}; smoked ham. 25 %, com- 3 bacon, —Pigs, 7%a8%; lig medium. 9a97%s; heavies 5a7%: calves. 6al0. lambs, Prices _paid shippers, net f.0.b. Wash- ington. By the United States Bureau of Agricuitural Economics EGGS—Market generally quiet at un- chenged prices. Current receipts. hennery whites. 2132, Government and dated white eggs (net prices pal v 8 ediums, ht_hogs, 734a0; |u. s S | “LIVE POUL ket unsettled Difficuit to_determine prices on Rocks and chickens. Fowl: Colored. heavy. 1K to 1% ghorns. 14 to 15. Chickens. Rocks an crosses. no quotation & i 4 pounds and up. Old guineas. 25 to 30 each hens, 16 to 18: old toms. 1 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 17.—Despite a fresh 4-to-6-cent drop of Liverpool wheat prices, domestic markets rallied strongly at times today with gains of as much as 1 to 2% cents Around 131 for Chicago May and 1.19% for July, the daily highs, sell- ing increased, however. New wheat contracts led the advance, stimulated by reports of dust blowing and less favorable crop advices from Nebraska, Traders called the upturn here, which paralleled action at Winnipeg and the technical advance follow | vesterday's severe break which tu | bled wheat values all over the Heavy selling broke out in Liy again today, although the market rallied later from early lows | on expectations of smaller world ship- ments next week Liverpool prices have declined s | much as 25 cents a bushel in the | 1ast 10 days, but Chicago prices were |only about 14 cents lower. Traders | said one reason the decline here was | not as pronounced was because the Liverpool market advanced more dur- | ing March, After the first hour increased sell- ing of May wheat sent the price of that contract fractionally below the previous close. Corn, oats and rye followed the action of wheat. Provisions were steady. Around midsession, wheat was '4 lower to 7 higher, compared with yesterday's finish, May, 1.29%; July | 1.18%4. Corn was %-1% up, May, | 1.23%g; July, 1.1414. wo! |AERONAUTIC UNIT ASKS LINDBERGH HOP DELAY Fears Trans-Ocean Race to Come memorate Flight of '27 Would Result in Disaster. Expresing fear that the French pro- posals for a trans-Atlantic race this Summer to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Lindbergh flight might result in disaster to some of the contestants and so retard development of regular transport operations bee | tween the United States and Europe, he National Aeronautic Association has requested postponement of the race for at least a year. The request for postponement was made on recommendations Federal | aeronautical organizations, aviation groups and individuals, it was ex= plained by Charles F. Horner, presi~ dent of the N. A. A, in making public the letter to the Aero Club of France. The opinion was expressed that con= testants would use types of aircraft unsuitable for ocen flying, but that, owing to developments now being un= | dertaken, suitable aircraft may be | available later. {U. S. JOBLESS RELIEF POLICY HIT BY ANGELL By the Associated Press. CHICAGO., April 17.—The president of Yale University attacked govern- mental unemployment relief yesterday |as the cause of a “most imperative problem” facing the Nation | Speaking before an audience gathe | ered to commemorate the 80th anni= versary of the United Charities of Chi- | cago, Dr. James Rowland Angell added | it was “a hard nut to crack.” “The illusion is widespread that things paid for by taxation are paid for by nobody,” the educator said. “The backwash of that frame of mind is that people are ready ana willing to turr it all over to George. “From the point of view of the morale of people this is one of the most destructive forces at work today.” Dr. Angell described the effect of the public dole as demoralizing to those | who receive it and disintegrating to ‘v.he society that permits it. Plan 0ld-Fashioned Dance. The Washington Comptometer Clud will hold an old-fashioned barn dance at 9 o'clock tonight at the Potomac Boat Club. Prizes will be given for the best farmer and farmer- | ette costume. Miss Vera Latona | chairman of the Dance Committee. BY PROF. J. D. FLINT. N ONE of the better known fighting “stables” were two fighters, one & middleweight called “Swingtime Sam and the other a bantamweight called “Fiddlefoot” Finnegan. Both were very fond of fishing, and whenever training schedule allowed a free hour they spent it fishing if possible. One day “Swingtime” caught a large fish |and the two had no way of knowing HOW MUCH WILL HE WEIGH — RINGSIDE ? what it weighed. On the way home they passed some highway construc- tion material and stopped to place a plank over a saw-horse. They ad- justed it so that it balanced with “Swingtime,” weighing 150 pounds, on one end and Finnegan, weighing 120 pounds, on the other end. At that moment a pedestrian came along and volunteered his services. By keep- ing the board in the some position, reversing positions for the two men |and giving the fish to Finnegan, the | pedestrian figured out how much the | . What was the wi tan welghe{%opymm. 1937.) st (Answer on Page A-13.) «