Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1937, Page 2

A—2 %% WENDEL CASELAID TOPARKER SHUB » Detective Worked to Solve Kidnaping After Slight, Court Hears. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J.,, May 17.—Because he was “snubbed” at an early con- ference on the Lindbergh kidnaping called by then Gov. A. Harry Moore, Ellis H. Parker, sr., was quoted in his conspiracy trial today as saying he decided “to solve the case alone.” Murray Bleefeld, one of three con- fessed participants in the abduction of Paul H. Wendel, testifying for the Government in the Federal court trail of Parker, chief of Burlington County detectives, and his son, Ellis, jr., was asked if the senior Parker gave any reason for delay in producing Wendel agd his “confession” to the Lindbergh kidnaping. He said Parker told him that he had bedn “snubbed” by not being invited tothe early Lindbergh case conference, {'He said he decided to solve the case aldne,” Bleefeld testified, “and for that renson he did not want to share his se- cget until he could break it wide open.” 1 Claims Parker Read Confession, - In New York, while Wendel was held there, Bleefleld testified, “Parker put on a pair of gloves” and read the former Trenton lawyer's “confession” to the kidnaping. It was “the fourth or fifth day” that Wendel was held, said Bleefeld. Re- suming his account of Wendel's 10- day imprisonment in Brooklyn, which followed his seizure in New York on February 14, 1936, Bleefeld was the first witness in the fourth week of the Parker trial. Bleefeld had described Friday the third degree administered to Wendel &nd continued today an account of a Verbal “confession” to the Lindbergh crime made by Wendel following his torture. Later, he said, Wendel began to write page by page. “He'd write a page and I'd take it out to Ellis Parker, jr.” Bleefeld tes- tified. “He'd say he was lying about this or that and I'd tell Wendel that and Wendel would change it.” After Wendel had completed his first “confession,” Bleefeld said, “Ellis, | €y Jr., called his father and arranged to have him come to New York.” Bleefeld said Parker, sr., wanted a different theory of the Lindbergh baby’s death—the ‘confession” said the baby died naturally—to “conform with the theory of death of Dr. Mitchell (Mercer County physician), who performed the autopsy.” “Didn’t Know What to Believe.” ‘Woman jurors questioned Bleefeld to determine if he, hearing Wendel's *confession,” belleved Wendel was the kidnaper. “I didn't know what to believe,” Bleefeld said. Bleefeld said he and Ellis, jr., met the senior Parker and Mrs. Anna Bad- ing, the detective’s secretary, in New York. “Both Parker, sr., and Mrs. Bading read the oonfession with their gloves on,” Bleefeld sald, “then both ad- vanced their theories of what was ‘wrong.” Ellis, a7, said then, Bleefeld testi- fied, that he was going to allow Wen- cel to say the baby died & natural ceath, becausse he did not believe in capital punish and did not want Wen- del to go to the electric chair.” On February 23, he said both Park- es, Mrs. Bading and himself met egain in New York and Detective Parker put his “stamp of approval on the oconfession and sald it would do until Wendel got to Mount Holly.” “Plans were made among us,” he said, “so as to make it appear the oonfession was voluntary.” On one occasion in mid-January, Bleefeld stated, he and Parker, jr, walted in & New York hotel for Gov. Hoffman. “If 1 met the Governor I was told not to tell the part I played until this taing broke wide open,” the witness eald. He said the Parkers conferred with the Governor and that Gov. Hoffman asked “how soon they were going to pick up their suspect” in the Lind- bergh case. PARLEYS KEEPING PRESIDENT BUSY TRoosevelt Will Hold First of Power Conferences This Afternoon. Preparatory to completing a special Message to Congress dealing with flood control and power development, the President late today will hold the first of a series of conferences at the White House with Secretaries Wood- ring, Ickes and Wallace. It 15 understood that the message will be ready for Congress this week and will recommend the establishment of power authorities, similar to the ‘Tennessee Valley Authority, in various parts of the country, as well as deal- ing with soil erosion and plans for handling flood waters and reducing flood damage. The President faced a busy day. His Jong schedule of engagements included conferences beside the one on flood and power, with Secretary of State Hull, Attorney General Cummings and Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau. ‘The latter's talk with the President was during & luncheon served on the President's desk. The President was presented today with the Gottheil medal from the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, awarded to him for outstanding service to Jewry. The President received B. J. Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ENTRANCE. OR good, if not obvious, reasons this anecdote will carry no names. It seems, however, that two getters-about among the news scribes of the town were invited to attend an adleu affair at & Connecticut avenue nitery. It was to start at 3 am, but when they arrived the door was closed—the doorman having gone up- stairs to the party. They knocked. Nothing happened. ‘They looked for bells or buzzers. They found none. The cause seemed en- tirely lost. “Why not be a human fly and scale up the side of the building?” sug- gested the master mind of the® com- bination. “Sure,” said the master body of the two, “but you stand on the core ner and watch that policeman. He might not understand.” The master mind took up his vigil, the master body his climbing. In 20 seconds the latter was standing on the window sill outside the second- floor banquet hall. In another five seconds he had the window open and was inside. Pretty good? Yes, but not half so good as the fact that of the 100 diners in the room not one looked up when the young man slid through the window! 5 ® x k¥ MEETING. IRXS KINGSLEY, who danced with the “Follies” last week, did a lot of sight-seeing in town, but she did not get to see her favorite person. She Bordallo, chairman of the House of Council of Guam. The President also had engagements with Daniel Bell, acting director of the budget; Repre- gentative Marvin Jones of Texas, chairman of the House Agriculture Committes, and Assistant Secretary Draper of the Department of Com- merce. — NEW PASTOR Dr. Warren D. Bowman to Come to Church of Brethren. Dr. Warren D. Bowman, dean of tmen and professor of psychology at Juniata College, Huntington, Pa., will succeed his brother, Rev. Rufus D. Bowman, as pastor of the Washington City Church of the Brethren, about September 1, it was announced Yyes- terday. The present pastor is to become president of the Bethany Biblical Beminary, Chicago. During his ab- sence last Summer, Dr. Bowman's brother took care of the pastorial du- ties here. . looked for her at every performance and even kept an eye on passersby on the street, but to no avail. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt just was not around where Miss Kingsley was. Miss Kingsley has very good reason for electing Mrs. Roosevelt her favore ite person. When she (Miss Kingsley) was doing her first stage work last year, Mrs. Roosevelt dropped in to rehearsal. Miss Kingsley caught her e, “Who is the little girl over there?” Mrs. Roosevelt asked. “The one eat- ing the orange,” she added. ‘The director brought the little girl over and introduced her. Her whole hand and arm were fairly dripping orange juice. But Mrs. Roosevelt shook hands. And Miss Kingsley will never forget that she didn't mind the orange juice. * ok x % TIM. Dan Terrell’s cocker spaniel, Tim, either is the smartest pup in West- moreland Hills or the laws of co- incidence were working overtime the other night. Some friends of the Terrells who like Tim, but regard him as dumb, were making nasty cracks about his I. Q. Tim’s master decided to show them! Fetching three rubber toys, he put them on the floor some distance Jrom the dog. “Get your rabdbit, Tim,” he com- manded. Tim did. “Get your dog, Tim.” Tim did. “Get your bone, Tim.” Tim did. Kach time, he got the item named., Went through the pers Jormance three times, amazing Mr. Terrell twice as much as the dog’s critics! * x x % OBIT. N ELDERLY chimpanzee suffered & heart attack and died several days ago when keepers tried to entice him into the cage in which they planned to ship him to the Washing- ton Zoo, where a display compart- ment in the local park’s new $275,- 000 house for great apes and small mammals awaited him. The chimp's keepers were inclined to believe he knew he was about to leave his old friends and died of a broken heart. The great ape from Philadelphia was to have replaced Soko, the veteran chimp, who died here last Winter after more than 20 years on display in Washington. LR CHECK. Col. Robert Gates, genial, silver- haired press relations oficer for Attorney General Cummings, was in something of a dither one re- cent day when the Justice Depart- ‘ment’s mimeograph section was be- ing kept late to get out a depart- mental release. The colonel, wishing to learn if the proper instructions had been given, picked up a phone and called the mimeograph room. Miss Wat- kins answered. “Hello, Miss Watkins,” Col. Gates said. “Are you still there?” LR DIET. . A RARE and valuable aquirrel re- cently acquired by the Zoo had such & delicate appetite that grave fears were felt for his life until keep- ers discovered he would pass up the most tempting nuts to go for & slice of orange. The valuable newcomer is a Kaibab squirrel, large of size, with tufted ears and a white, plumelike tail, which inhabits one small area of the Kaibab table lands of Arisona, near the Grand Canyon. ‘The first bit of orange the squirrel ever saw was a circular slice. He nibbled at the rind, made a wry face and discarded the tidbit. When the circle was cut in half the squirrel tried again, then seized the fruit in his forepaws, sat erect and began to eat. “He dived into that orange,” the keeper said, “like & pickaninny into a watermelon!” —_——— 19-YEAR-OLD SECRETARY FATALLY HURT BY HORSE Margaret Lois Sours, 19-year-old secretary for & sales agency here, who lived in Merrifield, Va., died at Georgetown Hospital yesterday of in- juries suffered Saturday atternoon when & horse she was riding fell on her while in the 2800 block of K street. The girl suffered & fractured skull and internal injuries when the horse slipped to the pavement and rolled on her. She was on her way to ride in Rock Oreek Park with an escort when the sccident occurred. The girl ‘was taken to the hospital by & passing ‘motorist. Miss Sours was & graduate of Oen- tral High School with the class of 1938 and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sours. Puneral services will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow at the Merrifield Ohurch. Interment will be in Na- tonal Memorial Park, Falls Churoh. > ] THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. DR, NEGRIN NAMED TWOGRAVELY HURT| [worlar INAUTO' MISHAPS LOVALIST PREMIER Ex-Professor Selected in Hunt for “Strong Man.” Rebel Drive Set. BACKGROUND— A3 Gen. Franco pushed his drive on the Basque capital, Bilbao, Loyalist Premier Largo Caballero Saturday resigned and last night refused to try to form a new cabi- net. Factional troubles within his ministry were held largely respon- sidble for his quitting. By the Associated Press. VALENCIA, Spain, May 17—Dr., Juan Negrin, Socialist, former min- ister of the treasury, began today an effort to form Spain’s sixth civil war government. President Manuel Amans, called from virtual retirement to find a “win- the-war” government after Premier Francisco Largo Caballero was forced to resign, selected Dr. Negrin as pre- mier-designate after he had talked with both the treasury minister and with Diego Martinez Barrio, presi- dent of Congress. Largo Caballero, asked first to try & new government, failed to obtain the support of all parties. Dr. Negrin, the new man of the hour, is 48 years old and a former professor of medicine in the Univer- sity of Madrid. He is an outstanding medical man and long an active So- clalist. He served several congres- sional terms and entered the first Largo Caballero cabinet last Septem- ber a treasury minister. The announcement of his selection was made after Azana had conferred throughout the night with party leaders in an attempt to find & new “strong man” and end the crisis in the midst of hostilities with Fascist insurgents. Seeks Aid of All Parties. Leaving President Azana's office, Dr. Negrin said: “President Azana has charged me with forming a new gov- ernment. I will try to set it up with the support of all parties fighting against insurgents for the independ- ence of Spain.” He then conferred with Largo Caballero. Dr. Negrin, it was believed, would ask Julio Alvarez del Vayo to retan the foreign ministry and would re- quest Indalecio Prieto to become min- ister of defense, taking both the army and navy portfolios. Meanwhile at Bilbao, fighting hand to hand, Basque loyalists blocked the insurgent advance against the city on the heights of Biscargi, about 10 miles east as rebels prepared for a final assault. Adding to Valencia's difficulties was the grim aftermath of a Saturday night insurgent air raid. This raid left approximately 40 dead and con- siderable damage. REBELS SET FOR DRIVE. “Final Assault” on Bilbso May Get Sea Aid. HENDAYE, Franco-8panish frontier, May 17.—Spain’s insurgent armies of the north, creeping at snail's pace toward their Bilbao goal for a month and a half, straightened their lines on a long and curving front some 10 miles from the Basque capital today to clear the way for “final assault.” ‘There were unconfirmed reports that insurgent help from the sea was im- minent to enable Generalissimo Franco's forces to completely encircle Bilbao. A fleet of insurgent transports, guarded by warships, was reported sighted off the Spanish Biscayan Coast, but the advices could not be verified. As it is, Bilbao is defended both by the sea and by a triple semi-circle of fortifications which starts on the coast, swings south around the Basque cap- ital, and returns once more to the ocean. The insurgent armies now are pounding at the land fortifications. It is possible they may attempt complete encirclement. Six Villages Fall. By landing troops from the trans- ports near the town of Laredo, on a tip of the coast northwest of Bilbao, the insurgents might be able to at- tack from the sea at points within the western end of the trench semi- circle. Today the insurgent ground forces reported six new villages had fallen into their hands and that they had cleared the road between Guernica and Amorbieta. This road runs north and south at a distance about 12 miles east of Bilbao. Successes like this, the insurgents 3aid, enabled them to ward off the danger of a defense encircling move- ment. Basques, however, reported they had stalled the insurgent ad- vance for the time being at one point in the same general sector, taking a mountain top in & counter-attack about 10 miles east of Bilbao. The heaviest fighting was around the town of Gorocica. Northeast of Bilbao, near the sea, the insurgent lines bend around to Sollube Hill, likewise about 10 miles distant from the capital. The hill commands the road which runs southwest from Bermo, on the ses, to Bilbao. The Basque government de- fenders still hold the summit of Sollube, There has been hard fight- ing there for more than a week. In the month and a half of the push on Bilbao, the insurgents have advanced only about 15 miles. They have used airplanes, tanks and artillery in concentrated doses to pound back the Basque defenders. The mountainous country, abound- ing in natural redoubts, has slowed the advance. But most of these redoubts now are in insurgent hands. Franco, however, still is opposed by & numerically strong army and must proceed with caution. He wants Bil- bao for its factories and its access to the ses, and to complete his conquest of the northwest s0 he can throw all his forces into & final drive on Ma- drid, in Oentral Spain. After hours of intense bombard- ment of the series of hills near Bilbao, held by the enemy, the gov- ernment troops went over the top to take one of the mountain strongholds &t bayonet’s point. Despite the bitter insurgent re- sistance the Basques succeeded in reaching the top of ‘the hill, where they forced back the insurgent de- fenders after a sanguinary hand-to- hand battle. To the north of the Biscargi sector, hard fighting continued for possession of Mount Sollube, where insurgents attempted to break through the lines Which the government oconstructed hastily to prevent the march on Bilbso. In this region the insurgents were reported to have taken the initiative, but latest dispatches from the battle front declared the attacks had been Herman Meiser, 84, and Clinton H. Miles Are Se- riously Injured. ‘Two men were seriously injured yes- terday in trafic accidents on crowded highways in and near Washington and another died from injuries re- oeived Friday. Herman Meiser, 84, inmate of the Montgomery County (Md.) Home, was seriously injured when struck by an automobile driven, police said, by John W. Trout of Rockville on the Rockville-Potomac road. At Mont- gomery County General Hospital Meiser was found to be suffering a compound fracture of the right leg, & fracture of the left shoulder and severe shock. Clinton Henry Miles, 27, of 618 Sixth street suffered a possible skull fracture when the automobile in which he was & passenger ran over an em- bankment at Atlantic street and Val- ley avenue southeast. He is in Cas- ualty Hospital, Dies of Injuries. Warfleld Coates, 53, colored, 1017 Fourth street, died in Casualty Hos- pital of injuries received Friday when he was crushed by a truck in a garage in the first block of N street. His death will not be added to the Dis- trict’s 1937 traffic toll because he was injured on private property, police said. A coroner's jury today prepared to hold inquests into the deaths of two men who died last week of injuries received in traffic accidents. The vic- tims are George L. Morton, 78, of the Ontatio Apartments, who died Thurs- day of injuries received when he was struck by a street car at Fourteenth and G streets on May 7, and Elmer L. Barnham, 39, of 102 Ridge road southeast, who was killed when he fell from an automobile as it rounded a turn at Anacostia road and Blaine street southeast. s Charles A. Davila, Minister from Rumania, and his chauffeur, Albert A. Amiand, narrowly escaped injury yesterday when their official cars and an automobile driven by Thomas Hearns, colored, Bristow, Va., col- lided on the Lee-Jackson highway near Fairfax, Va. Hearns’ Car Runs Into Ditch. ‘The legatiop car was being driven toward Washington when the other machine cut out of the line of trafc and attempted to pass a long string of westbound traffic, according to Sheriff Eppa P. Kirby. After side- swiping the Davila car, Hearns' car Tan into & ditch and turned over. He was taken to his home suffering from cuts and bruises. Five-year-old Alton Golden, 322 I street southeast, was Injured yester- day when he was struck at Fourth street and Virginia avenue southeast by an automobile driven, police said, by Porter Smith, 26, of 1228 Seven- teenth street. Smith, who was arrested at Seventh and I streets southeast, was charged at the fifth precinct with leaving the scene of an accident without making his jidentity known, reckless driving and driving under the influence of in- toxicants. He was released in $1,100 bond, pending the outcome of the child’s injuries. At Providence Hos- pital it was said Alton's condition is “undetermined.” @ Machine Strikes Tree. Edward F. Bache, 17, of 4810 Forty- first street, and Robert Borden, 18, of 2844 Wisconsin avenue, escaped with minor injuries when their car, op- erated by Bache, ran off the road and struck a tree at Massachusetts avenue and Goldsborough road early yester- day. Borden received & broken nose and was released after first-aid treat- ment at Georgetown Hospital. Bache was kept in the hospital pending ex- amination for internal injuries, but reported not in a serious condition today. Eleanor Schneider, 24, of 214 Mas- sachusetts avenue northeast, suffered a probable fracture of the shoulder and severe cuts when she was struck in front of her home by an automobile driven, police reported, by Howard Turner, 47, of 321 Jefferson street northeast. FOUR HUGE BOMBERS BEGIN CITIES TOUR “Flying Fortresses” Pass Over Capital in Formation at Early Hour. Early-rising Washingtonians yester- day were given an opportunity to see four of the giant Army Air Corps bombardment airplanes of the “flying fortress” type in formation. The 16- ton four-engined bombers passed over Washington a few minutes before 7 a.m. during the course of a 1,700-mile exhibition flight above 20 prineipal cities. Postponed twice because of bad weather, the flight began at 5:47 am. yesterday from Langley Field, Va. The formation, led by Lieut. Col. Robert Olds, commanding officer of the 2d Bombardment Group, who piloted the leading ship, returned to Langley at 4:35 pm, three minutes ahead of schedule. During the non-stop flight, they went.as far North as Portland, Me,, as far West as Rochester, N. Y., and as far South as Richmond, Va. Col. Olds told the Associated Press that from a point 25 miles east of ‘Trenton, over a low, thin fog, they were able to see the Empire State Building in New York sticking up “like 8 long-necked giraffe,” above the fog. | When the flight arrived over New York, it was crystal clear to the North and they could see the snow-capped peak of Mount Washington, in New Hampshire. s Borglum Answers Critics Here On Work at Mount Rushmore By tBe Associated Press. RAPID OITY, 8. Dek., May 17— Atop 700-foot windswept Mount Rush- more near here, where features of four United States Presidents are being carved from granite, Sculptor Gutzon Borglum issued a formal reply today to critical comment last week at Wi . A. E. Demaray, associate director of the National Park Service, told members of a House Appropriations Subcommittee last week that it was difficult to estimate progreas at Mount Rushmore because of the “very tem- ‘peramental sculptor in charge.” The sculptor issued a statement which disillusioned those who expected ‘nor road contractor’s job, and cannot MONDAY, MAY 17, 1837. s Largest Flag Unfurled for Repairs KING MAY APPROVE WINDSOR WEDDING British Press Discusses Posibility of George An- nouncing Engagement. Preparatory to being placed on dulplay at the national convention of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics to be he Jeet, is shown undergoing repairs at the radio control station towers It is owned by the John L. Burnett Council, No 4, of the order. < ALBANIAN REVOLT CRUSHED BY ARMY Two Towns Récaptured and Brother of Leader Is Among Slain. By the Assoclated Press. TIRANA, Albania, May 17.—Gov- ernment troops, meeting little opposi- tion, were reported today to have marched into Argyrokastro and Tepe- beni, in Southern Albania, crushing the sudden revolt that flared near the | Greek frontier Saturday. | The Steffani (Italian) News Agency said government forces reoccupied the | towns after municipal officials had been driven out by the revolt. Ismet Toto, brother of the rebel- lion’s leader, former Foreign Minister Efen Toto, was killed in a brief en. gagement between rebels and gover: ment troops, the official Albanian telegraphic agency reported. The revolutionary movement was said to have failed completely after troops routed the rebels on Proci Mountain. The insurgents put up brief resistance, but soon fled in dis- order, followed by pursuing troops. Inspired by Communists. Official reports stated that docu- ments found on the bodies of casualties and prisoners indicated the rebellion was Communist-inspired. The exact estimate of casualties was not dis- closed, Tranquillity prevailed in all other provinces, the government asserted, and telegrams of devotion poured in to King Zog from all parts of his kingdom. In Argyrokastro Saturday a gen- darme officer was killed in fighting between the police and rebels who seized control of the town. ‘While it was admitted there is some opposition in remote rural districts to the recent law banning veils for Mohammedan women, a government spokesman minimized resentment on this account as the reason for the revolt. “The veil-banning law was urged by King Zog and was passed by the Parliament after careful preparations,” the official Press Bureau declared. “It was received quietly and in fact was almost universally observed be- fore enforcement was started.” Under Italian Influence. Tiny Albania, surrounded on the north and east by Yugoslavia and on the south by Greece, is strongly under the influence of Italy, her western neighbor across the Adriatic. Italian loans have largely supported the government which, since 1928, has been headed by King Zog. Premier Mussolini’s foreign minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano, recently visited Tirana to assure King Zog the Italo~ d here June 15-17, the world’s largest flag, 100 by 200 at Arlington, Va., yesterday. Note people in circle. —?&v" & 5 Mrs. Clyde W. Petty is shown at work, minus her shoes, removed so she would not trample the flag. WHEELER PUSHES CHILD LABOR BILL Seeks Senate Action Before Court Reorganization Reaches Floor. Chairman Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana of the Interstate Commerce Committee said yesterday he will seek to have the Senate act on child labor legislation before the court reorgan- ization fight is carried to the Senate floor. ‘Wheeler forecast swift Senate ap- proval of & child labor measure as soon as one is reported favorably by his committee. Proponents of child labor legisla- tion are at odds over the type of con- trol that should be established, but Wheeler expressed the opinion these differences would be adjusted quickly in committee. Plans Compromise Bill. He said that as soon as hearings on the subject are concluded he will ap- point a subcommittee to draft a compromise bill, incorporating some features of each of the proposals be- fore the committee. ‘The committee will resume hearings Tuesday, with Katherine Lenroot, chief of the Children's Bureau, ex- pressing the views of the Labor De- partment. Other witnesses will include John Brophy, director of the Committee for Industrial Organization; L. E. Oliver, Yugoslavian pact recently negotiated does not mean the abandonment of Albania to her neighbors, Italy controls important concessions for the development of Albanian ofl deposits. Nursing Head to Address P.-T.A. Mrs. Josephine P. Prescott, director of public health nursing of the Dis- trict Health Department, will address the newly organized Hubbard School Parent-Teacher Association on “Child Health” at 2:15 p.m. tomorrow at the school. Mrs. Richard B. Alexander is president of the association. losophy of our Government into gran- ite on a mountain peak is no boy’s job, be the victim of an engineer’s rule and compass,” the statement sald in calm reply to Demaray. Although time may have mellowed his disposition, it hasn't affected Borglum's vigor. At 66 he iz no armchair sculptor. ‘When not perched on a scaffold work-| ing on models of Presidents Wash- ington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theo- dore Roosevelt in South Dakota’s Black Hills, he is directing activity from the mountain’s summit, or even swing- ing his stocky figure in a leather sling hundreds of feet up the face of the vice president of Labor's Non-Par- tisan League; James Emory of the National Association of Manufacturers and Grace Abbott, head of the Uni- versity of Chicago Department of So- cial Science. Conflict in Committee. Conflict has developed within the committee as to whether legislation should be adopted outlawing all child labor goods in interstate commerce, as proposed by Senator Barkley, Dem- ocrat, of Kentucky, or whether the law should apply only to goods shipped in violation of State laws. The latter proposal, espoused by Wheeler, would require labeling of all child labor goods. The Labor Department is reported to have approved the form of regula- tion proposed by the Barkley bill, Wheeler said he favored incorporating both principles in one measure to as- sure & court test of both plans. — s 4 ESCAPE IN CAR UPSET Special Dispatch to The Star. Y LURAY, Va.,, May 17.—Four Wash- ingtonians narrowly escaped serious injury 3 miles west of here last night when the automobile in which they were riding overturned on a curve. The driver of the car, who gave his name as William H. Filler, 700 block of D street southeast, was held on a charge of driving while drunk. Others in the car with Piller were O. 8. Shaffer, who was held on a charge of drunkenness; a woman cliff. At Borglum's side works his son, Linooln. v 4 whose name was not divulged by officers, and Nerman Waybright. A k —Star Staff Photo. 115 IVESTORS " SHARE 596 Swartzell 5% Dividend Paid on Claims of More Than $5,000,000. Checks aggregating $265986 were in the hands of 1,655 investors of the bankrupt firm of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co. today, representing a § per cent dividend on claims amounting to more than $5,000,000. The dividends were sent out Satur- day by the referee in bankruptcy from money raised by the sale of assets of the company by Julius I. Peyser, Michael Doyle and Henry P. Blair. Unsecured creditors of the firm long had despaired of salvaging any of their claims. Secured investors already have been paid. The bankruptcy referee, Fred J. Eden, said another dividend probably will be declared within a year, rang- ing from 5 to 7 per cent. The largest check sent out was to an individual investor, Dorothy T. Bliss of Illinois. It was for $2,625. The smallest was for 6 cents. Bwartzell, Rheem & Hensey once boasted of no loss to an investor in half a century. Its collapse in 1931 took the savings of thousands of ‘Washingtonians. Its vice president and executive head, Edmund D. Rheem, was in- dicted in connéction with the failure on a charge of concealing writings and was sentenced to a seven-year prison term. Last November he was paroled. Congress in Brief Roosevelt court bill. House: Acts on Interior Department appro- Priation bill. Naval Committee opens hearings on establishing a naval medical center in Washington. Public Lands Committee discusses Oregon land grants. TOMORROW. Program undetermined. Subcommittee of Interstate Com- meroe Committee considers child labor bills, 10:30 a.m. Judiciary Committee considers Su- preme Court reorganisation bill, 10:30 am. Houge: Considers private calendar. Foreign Affairs Committee considers resolution for Federal participation in San PFrancisco Bay Exposition, 10:30 am. Rivers and Harbors Committee con- siders improvement projects, 10 a.m. Labor Committee considers textile bill, 10 a.m. Tax Subcommittee of District Com- mittee resumes consideration of tax- ation program, 10:30 a.m. Crime Subcommittee of District Committee considers proposal for crime inquiry, 10:30 s.m. % BACKGROUND— Edward VIII, on abdication be- cause of love for American-born Mrs. Wallis Warfleld, retained royal rank of Duke of Windsor. With their approaching marriage the duke insists on an equally high rank for his flancee. Premier Baldwin, backed by church (be- cause of Mrs. Warfleld’s divorces) and some court circles oppose con- Jerring of royal status. By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, May 17—The British press today brought out into the open the controversy over a royal recogni- tion of Mrs. Wallis Warfleld by means of the formal announcement of her engagement to the Duke of Windsor by King George VI himself. While the Sunday Referee reported the King was ready to extend the royal family’s sanction of the match by announcing the betrothal of his brother and the woman for whom Ed- ward gave up his throne, the Express said such a move was impossible. “Ecclesiastical objections” to Mrs, Warfield as a twice-divorced person, the Express said, prevented the King from taking any such action Announcement Expected This Week. The Sunday Referee, which has not always been correct in its information concerning the abdicated monarch and his American flancee, predicted King George would announce his brother's engagement this week. “It will be the Royal family’s first public recognition of the Duke's assos ciation with Mrs. Warfleld,” the Ref- eree declared. The likely form for the announce ment to take, the paper said, would be: “The King learns with pleasure of the betrothal of his brother to * * . Even the Sunday Referee, however, did not fill out the style with which Mrs. Warfleld would be designated, a question vexing court circles almost as much as the romance which brought about Edward's abdication and paved the way for George's coronation last | Wednesday. Insists on Royal Status, Edward, feeling such a style was due his bride, was reported to have insisted that his younger brother make it clear she would take her hus- band’s rank and be “H. R. H.” Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, backed by the church and some court circles, was generally considered to be leading the opposition to conferring royal status on the woman for whose love Edward stepped down off the empire’s throne. In the meantime, Mrs. Warfield's assumption of that name for the ceremony with Windsor was made completely legal through publication of the deed poll, by which she dropped her divorced husband'’s name of Simp= son, As required by law, the formal docu= ment, which costs $2.50 in Suprems Court, was circulated for the imforma= tion of the public in morning newse papers. , Text of Notice. The notice, buried in the advertis- ing columns among attorney's ane nouncements, read: “Notice is hereby given that by deed poll, dated the seventh day of May, 1937, I, Wallis Warfield, formerly of 5 Bryanston Court, County of London, now residing at the Chateau de Cande, Monts, province of Indre et Loire, France, formerly Bessie Wallis Simpe son, have renounced and abandoned my Christian name of Bessie and also have renounced and abandoned my surname of Simpson, and in lieu of such surname assume the surname of Warfield. “Dated this fourteenth day of May, 1937, “(Signed) WALLIS WARFIELD.” WEDDING PLANS AWAITED. | Date for Ceremony Expected to Be Announced Tomorrow. MONTS, France, May 17 (®).— The Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfleld, their coronation seclusion ended, cast their eyes about the cha- teau-studded touraine countryside to- day for entertainment until their ap- proaching wedding day. The nuptial date remained a mys- tery which was not expected to be solved until Tuesday afternoon. Then Herman L. Rogers, the duke’'s spokesman, has promised an an- nouncement at the Chateau de Cande gates which he said would clear up not only the wedding date, but “an« swers to such questions” as the cone troversy between the British royal family and the government over the wedding. Edward and his bride-to-be ven- tured forth from the chateau Sundav night for their first social engagement since they were reunited. No longer fearful of attracting at- tention away from the coronation of his brother, George VI, the duke es- corted Mrs. Warfleld to the Chateau D’Azay-Sur-Indre, 23 miles from their retreat, where they were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Grafton W. Minot of Boston and New York. A bolt of lightning added a dramatie touch to the couple’s first dinner away from the chateau. While a toast was being proposed to their happiness, lightning disabled the electric plant serving the 600-year-old Minot chateau and plunged the brilliantly {llumined dining room into darkness. Candles quickly were lighted and the dinner resumed. Other guests at dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Codman of Boston. It was Edward’s second visit to the historic old chateau, for just 26 years ago the then youthful Prince of Wales visited the Minot chateau and other casties of the Touraine countryside that now shelters him as a former king in exile. Now that the duke and Mrs. War- fleld have broken their seclusion, it was believed they would soon make other trips to the picturesque castles ‘where the Kings of Franoce wooed their ladies in olden times. EDISON FRIEND [_)IES Walter Stevens Was Utility Com- pany Officer. ORLANDO, Fla., May 17 (#).—Wal- ter Stevens, for 30 years vice presi- dent of Thomas A. Edison, Inc.. East Orange, N. J, died at his home in Winter Park yesterday. Edison was long a friend of Stevens and when the inventor was honored with & degres from Rollins Coilege, shortly before his death, he visited the Stevens home.