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CONVICT REVEALS TRICK FOR PAROLE Accused in Baker Slaying, . Affected British Accent * toWin Deportation. . BY REX COLLIER. Federal officials delved further to- day into an ex-convict's startling @ory of how he affected a British gocent to win parole and deporta- tlon—Iater to amuggle himself back 0 this country ahd land tu prison for the Topeka slsying cf G-man Wim- berly W. Baker. " Hitherto identified as “Alfred Pow- er' an Englishman, the prisoner eally is Glen John Applegate, native- Yorn Midwestern bank robber and all- sround desperado, according to J. Ed- @ar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. - Applegate and Robert J. Suhay, #nother ex-convict, are held under Federal murder charges for the fatal shooting at the Topeka, Kans., post office last month of Agent Baker, who Wwas seeking the pair for the robbery ¢f & Katonah, N. Y., bank. 2 Assumed Name of Power. ; Hoover said Applegate has admitted ke assumed the name of Alfred Power after meeting an Englishman of that flame in New York several years ago. The real Power was killed in New ¥York City, Applegate said. Applegate was sent to Sing Sing n in 1930 to serve from 5 to 10 years for armed robbery. Transferred to Great Meadows Prison, he escaped {n 1934, but was captured. At Great Meadows, Hoover said, Applegate prac- ticed a cockney aoccent and cultivated the friendship of several English pris- oners who told him about Liverpool, Power’s home city, and about St. George's Industrial School, in which Power had been confined. Before Power died, Applegate asserted, he Jearned from him many intimate de- talls about the Power family and -ackground. ‘When Applegate came up for parole dast Fall, he sald he made free use ©of his acquired accent in order to in- duce New York authorities to parole him for deportation to Liverpool. Al- though there was a detainer against dis release from Great Meadows Prison, he was turned over to immi- #ration officials and was deported to London last November 14. Stole Pay Vouchers. Less than a month later, Applegate confessed, he stole the pay vouchers of an able-bodied seaman at South- mmpton and used them in imper- sonating their owner and obtaining a ‘seaman’s job aboard the Aquitania. Arriving at New York on this vessel on last Christmas eve, he was given shore leave and quickly disappeared. Later he joined Suhay in New York. ‘The F. B. L. says the pair robbed the Northern Westchester Bank of Ka- tonah, N. Y., of $18,000 last March— two weeks after it had been robbed by Merle Vandenbush, companion of Harry Brunette, kidnaper. Agent Baker was shot in the back @s he attempted to arrest Applegate Rt the general delivery window of the post office. Hoover says Suhay and Applegate both fired at the agent and both will be tried in Federal court for mupder. MERRILL TO MISS CORONATION RITES Pictures of Event Which He Will Fly to U. 8. Will Be Brought to Liverpool. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 11.—Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie, who flew the At~ lantic for the ooronation of King George VI, expressed regrets today that he would be unable to see the coronation pageantry. Either late this afternoon or early Wednesday, before the coronation pro- oession has gotten under way, they will partially refuel their plane and fly to Liverpool to await the pictures of the event, which they will attempt to speed to New York They landed at Croydon Airdrome at 6:35 am. (12:35 pm. E. 8, T.) yesterday on the first leg of their round-trip hop from New York to London. “They both feel fine,” said Emil Hurfa, their agent. They awoke at 10 a.m. after only 10 hours' sleep to rest them from 21 hours in the air and set out on a spree of coronation souvenir buying. Later they planned to go bver their plane at Croydon. Hurja ex- plained they would have to start the return flight from Liverpool, as there Was not enough ‘‘getaway” at Croy- don for & plane with the load of gas they will have to carry. LEACH SWEEPING PRIMARY ELECTION Conservative Leads Two Farmer- Labor Nominees in Minneap- olis Mayoralty Race. By the Associated Press, MINNEAPOLIS, May 11.—Maj. Gen. George Leach, mayor of Minne- apolls from 1921 to 1829, swept the primary election today as two Farmer- Labor-indorsed candidates, one of them Mayor Thomas E. Latimer, fol- lowed but 220 votes apart with only 50 of the city's 354 precincts still to report. Kenneth C. Haycraft, who was in- dorsed by the Farmer-Labor State Central Committee, was nosing out Mayor Latimer, 20,381 to 20,164. Leach, conservative nominee, had a safe lead of 42,632 in unofficial returns. ‘With the mayoralty race was bound up the control of the local Farmer- Labor party. A recount appeared likely should the latimer and Hay- craft margins continue so close in the remaining precincts. ~— EX-CUBAN PRESIDENT ASKS COURT’S HELP By the Associated Press. HAVANA, Cubs, May 11.—Pr. Miguel Mariano Gomes, ousted Presi- dent of Cuba, asked the Supreme Court today to restore him to office. Dr. Gomez was impeached and re- moved from office last December 23 in a fight over a sugar-tax measure in army-controlled achools. In a forma] “complaint” to tNe trib- tnal, he said the Senate refused to hear his appeal based on “irregulari- ties in the procedure by the Senate sitting as & court of justice,” and asked that sentence be declared un- constitutional with his consequent restoration to the Wncy. Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. PRECAUTION. S HE was about to order luncheon in a restaurant the other day, Jim Berryman, The Star sports cartoonist, was seen to put a large brown paper bag on the table. He made his order, the waitress all the while ogling the sack. When his lunch was brought up, Berryman opened the bag, pulled out & quart of milk, placed it on the table. “Oh,” said the waltress. “Nothing to worry about,” said James. “‘Your milk here is too thin. I brought my own.” “Oh,” said the waitress again, and retreated quietly. * Xk X ¥ FRIED CHACKEN? Menu in a Ninth street short order joint: PRUNNS. FRIED CAF LIVER. ROAST LINE OF PORK. APPLE DUMBLINGS. * Xk X % CANDID. N RESPONSE to an emergency call for railroad attorneys to come to Washington to promote the passage of certain rail legislation, R. R. Rose and Vincent Mulvaney of a certain dis- tant State came tearing to Washing- ton recently. En route they were joined at Chicago by a Mr. Montrose. When the trio arrived here Mr. Mont- rose could not find a suitable hotel room. Mr. Rose and Mr. Mulvaney, { who had a reservation in advance, in- vited him to stay with them. He ac- cepted. That night he sent a wire to his Chicago office: “Rose Mulvaney and I stopping at the such and such hotel Washington stop please tell my wite.” * % ox % ANACHRONISM. CAUGH’I‘ in dire financial straights with a payment on his automobile overdue, a friend of ours hit upon a solution that once again convinces us the automobile is not here to stay (at least not his automobile). He went out and put $2 on a 20-1 shot in the second race at Pimlico. The horse didn't win, and why should he? * % % % NEW JOB. Headline in the sports section of a Baltimore paper on Sunday morning : “NAVY OARSMEN SWEEP CORNELL.” * % % % HIGH JINKS. ARE you throwing a coronation party? Is a coronation party throwing you? Are you sure? ‘We know of quite a lot of people who have sent out invitations for @piebra- tions to begin at 4:30 am. Wednesday, with liquid refreshments in tall glasses, breakfast in the zero hour just before going to the office. After they have listened to the cer- emonies as broadcast over the radio, we wonder how many people are going to arrive at work that morning talking glibly, maybe with a slight lisp, about the beautiful beginnings of the reign of Henry the Eighth. * x x % GUILT. CA’I’HERINE CATE COBLENTZ, who wrote “Animal Pioneers,” re- cently received from May Justus of Tracy City, Tenn., a tiny corn-shock doll, which the donor explained was “Mary Ellen, From Near Side and Far,” the title of Miss Justus’ last book. In order to return the compliment, Mrs. Coblentz went into a shop and bought a china cat, which she said was the image of the Deacon’s cat, & character in “Animal Pioneers.* The Deacon's cat, by the way, was the one that violated the Puritan Sabbath by catching a mouse on Sunday, and was hanged for her sins. The resemblance between the china cat and the Deacon's, sald Mrs. Co- blentz, was a mutual expression of shame and sorrow. ‘The reason for the china cat's em- barrassment was not really clear, how- ever, until the package arrived at Mrs. C’s house. She opened the bundle and found the cat and six china kittens, $65,500 REPORTED IN JEWISH DRIVE Campaign for Funds for United Appeal Will Continue An- other Week. The first week's canvass for funds in behalf of the United Jewish Appeal has raised the total on hand to $65,- 500, it was announced last night at drive headquarters at the Jewish Community Center. ‘The campaign for relief of destitute European Jews and Palestine rebuild- ing will continue at least another week, until the $80,000 goal is reached. Approximately $2,500 in contribu- tions wds reported at a luncheon of drive workers yesterday at the Jewish Center. Louis E. Spiegler, co-director of the campaign, appealed to the workers not to overiook any of their prospect cards. An effort is beng made this year, he said, to obtain & record number of contributions. Mrs. Fedara J. Lewis, co-chairman of the women’s division of the drive, urged the various Jewish organisa- tions in the city to refrain from hoid- ing meetings or functions during the period of the drive. The youth division of the campaign will hold a report meeting tonight at the center. This division has set a quota of $3,000 for its members in the THE EVENING NYE DUE T0 ASK SPY PROBE TODAY Former Spanish Ambas- sador Cardenas Denies Charges of Senator. A resolution calling for a searching inquiry into “all subversive influences” in this country probably will be in- troduced in the Senate this afternoon, Senator Nye, Republican, of North Dakota, declared today. ‘The investigation, if authorized, Benator Nye said, will be concentrated at first on allegations that a ‘“spy ring” is operating in the United States and South America in behalf of the Spanish insurgents. Senator Nye and Representative Bernard, Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota, in speeches in Congress yesterday charged that former Spanish Ambas- sador Juan Francisco de Cardenas and other former officials of the Span- ish Embessy are among those active in promoting the cause of the insur- gent forces in this country. In New York Cardenas denjed Nye's charges and sald he would welcome the proposed investigation of all active partisan Spanish agencies in this oountry. He laughed at Senator Nye's allegation that he is making “illegal” use of a diplomatic passport. Oscar Hammond of Jersey City, banker and former American Ambas- sador to Spain, who is associated with Oardenas in raising funds for war victims in insurgent Spanish territory, ridiculed ‘“spy” charges against his friend. “It is absurd,” he said. “I have known Senor Cardenas for many years, and I have the highest regard for him. He has sought no special in- formation here, and he has no other information than what appears every day in the newspapers. “The persons who have decided to attack Senor Cardenas are only in- juring women and children sufferers in the war. There are many agencies in America giving aid to the Loyalist side, but our commitiee is the only one helping war victims on the other side.” Senator Nye said he will consult with other members of Congress to- day before introducing his resolution. “I plan to introduyge the resolution this afternoon,” Senator Nye said, “but there are some features about which I intend to consult other Sen- ators and the resolution may be de- layed until tomorrow.” To bolster his charges of “activities which violate and threaten American neutrality,” Nye filed with the Senate yesterday translation of letters he said were written by members of a New York shipping firm to various persons in Spain, Mexico, France and Cuba. Many dealt with shipments of arms and supplies to Spanish Loyalists. Bernard called on the State De- partment to revoke the “illegally hon- ored passports” of Oardenas, whom he described as a lieutenant of Gen. Franco, the Spanish insurgent com- mander, and to “expel these spies promptly from the country.” NEW FIRE TRUCKS ASKED BY CITIZENS Hillcrest Association Points to Danger in Antiquated Equip- ment in Area. Declaring that the machinery in No. 19 Pire Engine House is obsolete, the Hillcrest Citizens’ Association, at & meeting last night in the East Wash- ington Baptist Church, urged that the antiquated equipment be replaced with new. Due to the 12,000-pound load limit on the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, the association said that other Dis- trict fire apparatus would not be able to assist the Hillcrest District. ‘The erection of coping along the Pennsylvania avenue parkway, was suggested by the association as &/ means to prevent motorists from mak- ing “U turns” and driving across the The President’s proposal to increase the Supreme Court, was the subject of | debate, at last night's meeting for Phillip P. Herrick and John L. Laskey, two District of Columbia junior bar- men. Upon conclusion of the debate the two attorneys answered various questions asked them by members of the association. —_— FAVOR MOONEY PARDON SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 11 (P). —Gov. Frank Merriam received a let- ter today, signed by 22 California As- semblymen and a Senator, saying they would approve if he saw fit “to act favorable on a pardon” for Tom Mooney, convicted in the 8an Fran- cisco Preparedness day parade bomb- ing. King’s Regalia Many Accessories to Be Used in Coronation Are Defined. Here is a coronation dictionary of the most important regalia, aside from the three crowns: King's orb—Signifies independent sovereignty under the cross of Chris- tianity. It is & 6-inch gold ball sur- mounted by & jewel-studded cross. It is placed in the King's right hand after he dons his robes; ‘Royal scepter—Three-foot ensign of kingly power and justice; Sword of state—Two-handed sword, with 32-inch blade, carried by King during procession; Sword of mercy—Blade cut off square at end to represent mercy. It is carried behind the King, as are the swords of justice to the temporality and to the spirituality; Golden spurs—Lord chamberlain touches the King's heels with them as an emblem of knighthood and chivalry; Coronation ring—Known es the wedding ring of England. A new ring is made for each sovereign and is placed on the fourth finger of right hand after receiving the orb; Ampulla—Golden eagle with out- stretched wings that holds the anointing oil; Spoon—A silver anointing spoon with jeweled handle, said to be 1,000 yoars old; 8t. Edward's staff—Carried before the King in procession prior to coro- This gold scepter is sur- mounted by an orb said to contain a fragment of the true cross; : Virge—A scepter surmounted by a dove that is placed in the King's left | residents of Maryland and Virginis [ it was band during STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1837. King and Queen at Final Coronation King George and yesterday, where the ueen Elizabeth, after a surprise appearance, leavin, nal dress rehearsal for the coronation was held. Radiophoto from London. Coronation Time Table By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 11.—Here is the coronation day time table (British Summer time. Subtract six hours for Washington time): Dawn Prelude. 4 a.m.—First public conveyances ar- rive in center of London with early spectafors. 5:30 a.m.—Four hundred gold staft officers, ushers at Westminster Abbey, breakfast in the royal gallery of the House of Lords. 6:30 a.m.—The peers and peeresses in velvet and ermine robes, rlrrymx! coronets, arrive at abbey, some by boat on River Thames. 8 a.m—Forty thousand school chil- dren file into special grandstands on the Victoria embankment. Procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey. 8:40 am—Motor car procession starts from Buckingham Palace with some legser members of the royal fam- ily and some representatives of foreign powers. 9:15 am.—A carriage procession of Dominion prime ministers, empire rep- resentatives from India and Burma and colonial rulers leaves palace for |and crowned. The peeresses put on abbey. 9:50 a.m.—A carriage procession of members of the royal family, including | the Princess Royal, Princess Elizabeth, | Princess Margaret Rose, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Ducheas of Kent and | Prince Arthur of Connaught, starts | from the palace for abbey | 10:10 a.m.—Queen Mary's proces- sion starts for the abbey from Marl- borough House, her residence. 10:30 a.m.—The King and Queen leave Buckingham Palace for West- minster Abbey in the golden state | coach, escorted by household cavalry, colonial and dominion officers, yeomen of the guard, the King's bargemaster | and watermen, etc. 11:00 a.m.—The King and Queen arrive at Westminster Abbey, are met { sion through the streets as the King by the Archbishop of Canterbury lndl escorted in procession up the nave and ! to their chairs of estate. 11:15 a.m.—Coronation service be- | gins. The recognition. The Arch- | bishop presents the King to the people. 11:30 am—The King takes the oath, to the church and to his people, | standing bareheaded before the altar. | 11:45 a.m.—Sested in the coronation | chair, the King is anointed, covered by a pall of gold and silver brocade; | he is attired in new vestments, is' girded with the sword, touchsd with | the spurs, receives the emblems of | Justice. | Noon—The King is crowned. Peers put on their coronets. Guns boom at the Tower of London and in St. James Park. | 12:45 pm.—The King goes to his throne, receivers the homage of the | bishops, the peers and the Duke of | Gloucester 1:30 pm.—The Queen is anointed their coronets. i 1:50 p.m —The procession from the abbey back to Buckingham Palace starts. The return procession. 2:40 p.m.—The coronation proces- and Queen return to Buckingham Palace. Military units join the pro- ocession which proceeds over a six and one-half mile route, taking 40 minutes tq pass any given point. 3:43 pm.—The procession arrives back at Buckingham Palace. Cenclusion. 4:15 pm—The King and Queen descend to Buckingham Palace serv- ants’ quarters and are toasted by staff ; at & party. | 4:30 p.m.—Their majesties begin s series of appearances on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. 8 p.m.—The King broadcasts to the empire. 9 p.m.—Night celebrations begin. (Broadcast schedule on Radio Page.) BOGLEY IS CHOSEN FOR STAR'S AWARD Montgomery Federation Votes Award for Work on Somerset Playground. By a Btaft Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDa, Md,, May 11.—In “be- lated” recognition of notable eivic service, the cup awarded annually by ‘The Evening Star as a reward for civic accomplishment was unanimously voted to Emory H. Bogley of Friend- ship Heights, at the last Spring meet- ing of the Montgomery County Civic Federation last night. Bogley is an attorney and chairman of the Citisens Committee of Friend- ship Heights, and has been a delegate to the federation for many years. The accomplishment which won him the award, performed last year, was his successful campaign to secure for community purposes the 30-acre tract in Somerset formerly used by the United States Department of Agriculture as an experimental sta- tion, after transfer of the station to Beltaville. Kile Makes Nomination. As soon as funds are available, the tract will be converted into & park for residents of the surrounding ares. It is planned to erect & club house and install recreational facilities. The nomination of Bogley was made by O. M. Kile corresponding secretary, on behalf of the Executive Committee, which makes the choice, and seconded by W. B. Horne, Somerset, and George C. 8hinn, Kensington. In seconding the nomination, Horne praised Bogley's efforts in behalf of the park as the outstanding service performed by any federation member during the past several years, and pointed out that its accomplishment was the result of five or six years of almost single-handed activity. Horne explained that Bogley was the choice of the Federation Advisory Committee of which he was & mem- ber, last year, and that award of the cup this year would give befated recog- nition for meritorious service per- formed, To Present Cup Monday. The federation voted to change the date of presenting the cup from the September meeting, as in the past, to the annual federation banquet, which will be held Monday night at the Indian Spring Country Club at 7 o'clock. Robert Lincoln O'Brien, chairman of the United States Tarift Commission, will be the speaker. The University of Maryland Glee Club will sing. Raymond B. Leavitt is chairman of the Ticket Committee. The proposed tax on incomes of by O. P. M. Brown, chairman of the Legislative and Legal Action Com- mittee. Brown pointed out that the proposed tax would levy a double burden in effect requiring nearby residents to pay for police fire and other similar services in the District for which they are already paying taxes in Maryland or Virginia. Resolutions asking the widening of Cabin John Bridge and a cegulation prohibiting employment of school bus drivers under 21 years of age were carried. 3 — FORMER DRY HEAD MAY QUIT COLLEGE Brig. Gen. Woodcock Reported Ready to Resign at St. John's on Co-ed Row. By the Assoctated Press, ANNAPOLIS, Md.,, May 11.—Oppo- sition to his plan to make a co- educational institution of historic St. John's College may lead Brig. Gen. W. W. Woodcock to resign as presi- dent. The Evening Capital said the for- mer Federal prohibition commissioner would give up the college presidency July 1 because the Board of Visitors and Governors opposed admitting co- eds to the school as he had suggested. Gen. Woodcock, a special assistant to the United States Attorney Gen- eral, would not confirm or deny the report. Members of the board also declined to discuss it. ‘Two reasons other than a differ- ence of opinion over the co-ed issue were advanced by sources close to Woodcock as involved in his reported determination to resign. One was the the school recently lost its eligibility rating with the Associa- tion of Colleges and High Schools of the Middle Atlantic States. The other was that his work as spe- cial assistint to the Attorney General takes him away from Annapolis often. The school paper, the Collegian, has criticised this editorially. ANTI-CORONATION BURSTS SPOT ERIN By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, May 11.—Anti-coronation demonstrations spotted both the Free State and Northern Ireland today. In Dublin, wearers of coronation emblems were attacked on the streets and the emblems torn from their lapels. In Belfast, Oatholic Nationalist girl workers objected to the placing of Union Jacks on machines in mills. They walked out. “Anti-imperialit® demonstrations were Jooked for in Dublin tonight and s doubtful that Ailme-would be shown here, Westminster Abbey &3 LADY RACHEL HOWARD, Sister of the Duke of Norfolk, leaving Westminster after the final rehearsal. She took the part of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Norfolk the part of King George. Photo trans- mitted from London by radio. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. CROWLEY SOUNDS SLUMP WARNING Bankers Must Be Ready When Cycle Goes Down Again, He Says. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 11.—Leo T. Crowley, chairman of the Pederal Deposit Insurance Corp, sounded & general note of warning today that bankers must be ready “when the business cycle begins its next down- ward glide.” In » prepared address before the Tennessee Bankers' Association Con- vention, Crowley cited signs of con- tinued business improvement, but urged that bankers ‘“escape being lulled into & sense of false security.” “May we not fail to recognize that the conditions we like to think of as normal recently proved highly wvul- nerable and volatile, indicating that our standards of normalcy need to be raised,” he said. “Let some of our new-found leisure be devoted to restful and complacent musing on the more abstract aspects of our exist- ence.” “Let us devote the lion's share of this leisure, however, to clear-headed planning and vigorous application of the plans so that when the business cycle begins its next downward glide our banks will be in shipshape order, sails trimmed and hatches battened, ready and able to ride out the storm.” Reporting on the operations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Crowley said that of the 75 insured banks placed in receivership between January 1, 1934, and December 31, 1936, “the claims of each depositor up to a maximum of $5000 were made almost immediately available.” He added that all but one-half of 1 per cent of the depositors were fully pro- tected against loss. Dive:Seeks Lost Railroad in 42 Ft. Of Quarry Water Rising Price of Scrap Iron Causes Salvage ‘Attempt. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 11.—A diver donned his underwater gear again to- day and descended 42 feet into an old rock quarry swimming hole 20 miles across the Canadian border—Ilooking for s lost railroad. He hoped to find two locomotives, 100 dump cars, & big water pump and about 15 miles of railroad track, all covered by water for almost 20 years. Rising prices for scrap iron caused the salvage attempts. The pump was shut off and water allowed to fill the quarry when rail freight rates rose so much during the World r that stone mining opera- tions unprofitable, Rehearsal 2000 LOYALISTS FALL AT TOLEDD Insurgents Repulse Attack With Rifle and Machine Gun Fire. BACKGROUND— Toledo, scene of the bloodiest Nghting in Spanish civil war, now in tenth month, is again the scene of fighting, as Loyalists seek to cap- ture city, which fell to Gen. Fran- cisco Franco in famous Alcazar battle last October. Fighting also continues around Madrid and Bilbao, with insurgent troops rapidly closing in on Basque capital., By the Assoctated Press. TOLEDO, May 11.—Eleven attacks against this insurgent stronghold, 40 GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING, As he started for Buckingham Palace yesterday to dine with the King and Queen. While a poor likeness of the general this radiophoto reveals to the public for the first time the dress uniform, which he de- signed for himself to wear at the coronation. JORDON DISMISSES COUNSEL IN TRIAL ‘Man Condemned as Slayer Says New York Lawyer Put Him in False Light. Standing before Justice F. Dick- inson Letts in District Court today, Thomas Jordon, condemned as the slayer of Mrs. Lizzie S. Jaynes, pub- liely renounced John M. Holzworth a8 his counsel and charged that the New York lawyer had placed him in a false position with the public. He referred to accusations by Holz- worth against prosecuting officials, made in petitions he has flled on behalf of Jordon in the United States Oourt of Appeals. Because of these aliegations, Jordon yesterday notified the clerks of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals and the District Court and Justice Letts that he was discharging Holzworth. He told the court today that he also wrote Holzworth a letter dis- missing him. “‘Abqut 9:30 o'clock last night,” Jor- don stated, “I received a telegram from Holzworth demanding that I substantiate or withdraw charges he said I made against him in my let- ter. In that letter I stated, ‘My posi- tion here demands abeolute truth and faimess. In this you have failed.’ Charges Falsification. “From the very first, there has been & feeling of friction and non-co-oper- ation between Mr. Holzworth and my other attorney, Mr. Harry T. Whelan. I am being put in a false position with | the public.” Jordon then produced a letter, pur- porting to be signed by Holzworth, which told of a mass meeting to be held in the Shoreham Hotel last Thursday night to aid Jordon's de- fense. ‘The prisoner said the hotel reocrds show no arrangements for such s meeting were ever made, and pro- duced a letter from a friend who went to the hotel to attend the meeting as proof that it was not held. Jordon told Justice Letts that Holz- worth had put him in & false position in regard to his past record. "I am not proud that I am an ex- convict,” Jordon asserted. “But I am fighting for my life and feel that I should tell the exact truth.” Petitions Are Stricken. Holsworth was not in court. ‘Whelan, who was present, assured the court he would do everything pos- sible to protect his client's rights, but added he had not co-operated with Holzworth, because he found he could not subscribe to the latter's actions. Jordon addressed the ocourt again, saying he was sorry he had snnoyed the court with multiple petitions. “I will never make another mistake like this in choice of counsel,” he as- serted. “It was largely in & spirit of des- peration that I signed certain of the papers put before me by Mr. Holz- worth which bear my name.” At Jordon’s request, Justice Letts had noted on the record severance of Holzworth from the case, and that petitions flled by him were stricken from the files. New Trial Plea Pending. Informed by Assistant United States Attorney Roger Robb that President Roosevelt had granted a 30-day re- prieve to allow further investiga- tion of the case by the Justice De- partment, Justice Letts recalled the death warrant and set the execution for June 14. Robb assured the court that his office “wants to run out every fact that has anything to do with this case and is co-operating with the pardon attorney at the Jus- tice Department.” Bending Jordon back to jail, Jus- tice Letts told him that Whelan “has merited the esteem of this court, both for his attainments and es a man,” and thai Jordon might rest assured that every honest effort would be made in his behalf. A petition by Whelan on behalf of Jordon now is pending in the Court of Appeals asking that District Court be ordered to grant & new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evi- dence, The new evidence concerns the description of Mrs. Jaynes' slayer in the Garden-T shop holdwup. A study of sugar quota legislation. miles from Madrid, were repulsed with more than 2,000 government cas- ualties, an insurgent communique re= ported today. The government's fleld batteries sent shells screaming into the in- surgents’ supply roads and camps be- hind the lines in a pre-dawn prelude to their big push yesterday. At 7 am. (2 am, Eastern standard time) the government militiamen leaped over their parapets and streamed across open fields of the wide front toward the trenches of the defending insurgents. In some sectors where the terrain permitted, the infantrymen were pre- ceded by large cannon-carrying tanks. The insurgents met the attacks with heavy fire of rifles and machine guns and hand grenades. Insurgent artillerymen, meanwhile, pumped shells over the battiefield into reinforcements being concentrated be- hind the government lines. Fell Last October. Toledo, ancient imperial city zouth and slightly west of Madrid, fell 1o Generalissimo Francisco Franco last October when his forces rescued Alcazar garrison from weeks of dynamite-inforced starvation si Since then government forces have drawn close, but only rece showed signs of a major offensive aimed at recapture of Toledo. Within the city non-combatants defled stray bullets and shells and perched on rooftops to waich the battla raging in the distance The government'’s push continued in a series of attacks—I11 in all—until 4 p.m. when official dispatches reported the attackers had retired in disorder while Franco'’s men pursued them to their own trenches. A large quantity of war material was reported captured in the insurgents follow-up, including a Russian-made tank. Northwest of Madrid, in the El Escorial sector, Gen. Jose Miaja was sald to have conducted a less fierca attack against insurgent siege e That action also failed with numero government casualties, it was reported. a Bilbao Raided From Air. BILBAO. May 11 (P .—Eleven ine surgent air raids within less than five hours blasted the outskirits of Bilbao | The first armada of German-made bombers appeared over the city at 6:30 am. By 11 am. successive fleeis | bombing the fringes of the city had | kept the refugee-swelled popula of more than 300,000 in & steady scurry for shelter. Although the most densely inhabi- tated sections of the center of Bilbao were unscathed, alarm spread that the air raids were a dress rehearsal for Gen. Emilio Mola's warning that insurgent forces would “bomb the city by land, sea and air without mercy unless Bilbao surrenders by Wednesday (tomorrow).” The threat was made in pamphlets dumped into the city by insurgent planes. Officials of the Basque au- tonomous governmemt so far ha ignored it. Bembard Insurgents. A heavy artillery bombardment, cov- ering the operations of a defense armyv of about 65000 Basques and ther Asturian allies, was reported today to have slowed up tie insurgent en- croachment north of Amorebieta. While woeful caravans of women and children continued to stream inin the city, seeking evacuation, govern- ment reports said Gen. Mola's in- surgent forces gained ground in their push on Bilbao only by sacrifice of hundreds of lives. A late communique from the front acknowledged insurgent advances near Rigoitia, east of Guernica, but said grimly resisting Basques yielded onl & slight distance. The defense forces. it said, held the summit of Sollube hill, ea of Bilbao, after beating back an surgent attack and inflicting hea'y casualties on Gen. Mola's army A friar was killed in an insur air raid when a shell burst in a m; astery at Arsarenas, a coastal ! at the mouth of the Nervion R Bilbao's outlet to the Bay of Biscar, Basques Reinforce Lines. Troops helding a third-rate road from Mugica, southwest of Guernica, to about 3 miles east of Galdacana were reinforced by the Basques after a flerce battle at Bizkargi. Defenses in the north, or coastal, sectors also were strengthened. Bii- bao, on the Nervion River, lies a few miles inland. War raged in a score or more villages, An Asturian brigade was reported to have regained lost ground on the sharp slopes of Mount Sollube, & key« point in Bilbao's ring of defenses. Insurgents apparently sought to cut Bilbao's water supply in bomb ai- tacks yesterday on the villages of Guenes and Zollo. Basque officials said 7,400 non- combatants had been evacuated from Bilbao in the Iast six days. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Considers second deficiency approe priation bill. Labor Committee takes up perma- :fint C. C. C. bill and Wagner housing 1. Judiciary Committee continues con sideration of court bill. Interstate Commerce Committes continues rail financing inquiry. House: Considers establishing C. C. C. a3 permanent agency. Labor Subcommittes continues hearing on Ellenbogen textile bill. Appropriations Committee votes om Interior Department supply bill. Agriculture Committee resumes a