Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Showers late tonight and tomorrow; cooler tomorrow; moderate southerly winds, shifting to northwest or north to- morrow. Temperatures—Highest, 75, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 50, at 5:30 am. today. Full report on page A-2. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 18 ch e R R e S SRR , 85th YEAR. No. 33,985. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 18, ¢ Foening Sfar 1937—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 141,777 (Some retirns not yet recetved.) Lt UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. COMMITTEE BEATS COURT BILL, 10 TO 8 < ALL AMENDMENTS ARE REJECTED; 'JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER RESIGNS FROM BE > to Floor Is Ordered. * BACKERS MOVES ARE PUT ASIDE! Majority Meets To- day to Prepare Draft. BACKGROUND— One of President's principal eomplaints has been that he has not had a single appointment to the Supreme Court while the high tribunal has been invalidating many New Deal laws. To overcome this situation, he asked Congress for authority to mame siz new Justices unless those over 70 retire. After bitter fight, the bill seems headed for defeat in Senate, and retirement of Justice Van Devanter is expected to strengthen the posi- tion of the opponents. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Roosevelt's bill to! fncrease the membership of the | Bupreme Court by a maximum of six additional justices was or- dered reported adversely to the ! Senate by a vote of 10 to 8 in the Benate Judiciary Committee to- day. Those Senators voting to re- port the bill adversely were King of Utah, McCarran of Nevada, Van Nuys of Indiana, Hatch of New Mexico. Burke of Nebraska, Connally of Texas, O'Mahoney of Wyoming, Democrats; Borah of Idaho, Austin of Vermont and Steiwer of Oregon, Republicans -—10. Those Senators voting against the adverse rg}mrt were Chair- man Ashurst, Neely of West Vir- ginia, Logan of Kentucky, Diet- erich of Illinois, McGill of Kan- £as, Pittman of Nevada, Hughes of Delaware, Democrats; Norris of Nebraska, independent. Amendments Defeated. ‘The committee defeated all proposed amendments and substitutes that were offered, including & compromise pro- posal offered by Senator Logan which would have provided a permanent Bupreme Court of nine, which could be temporarily increased by appoint- ment of an additional justice when any member of the court reached the age of 75 and failed to retire. The Logan substitute was defeated, 10 to 8. ‘The committee voted down a motion by Senator Norris to report the bill lavorably to the Senate, by a vote of 10 to 8. Senator Dieterich then moved to report the bill without recommenda- tion. Senator McCarran immediately offered an amendment to this motion, that the bill be reported adversely with a recommendation that it should not pass. The amendment was adopted and then the committee voted finally to report the bill adversely. The action of the committee today @as expected. The President has lost the first round in the fight in the Sen- ate to put through his court reorgani- aation bill. Meeting Is Called. ‘The 10 Senators who voted to report the measure adversely will meet at 2:30 pm. today to begin the work of writing an adverse report, Senator Burke of Nebraska announced after the meeting. ‘Who will submit the report for the majority of the committee will be de- termined at that time. Senator Burke said that the report he hoped would + be ready for the Senate within three or four days or possibly a week. Chairman Ashurst said that the in- dividual Senators who had voted for ““the President’s bill in the committee were at liberty to file any minority re- port they desired. He would not say whether he would file such a report. Senator Ashurst was asked if he would make any comment or explain his vote for the Logan compromise amendment. He replied that he would make no explanation. He has con- sistently stood out for no compromise in the past. “The vote in the committee to report the bill adversely speaks for itself,” said Senator Burke. “The fight is at an end for all practical purposes. It i5 a great victory for the American system of Government and for an independent judiciary.” An amendment proposed by Senator Norris providing that the Supreme Court shall hereafter only declare an (8ee LINCOLN, Page A-12) — o ENDEAVOR |1 ARRIVES ABOARD COAST GUARD CUTTER PAUNCE, off Massachusetts, May 18 P).—T. O. M. Sopwith’s Endeavor II, which the British yachtsman hopes may win America’s Cup this Summer, arrived off Marthas Vineyard Light- ship today and was met by an- Amer- ican escort. With an American escort the En- deavour headed toward Newport, R. I, ne of the August cup races, where' & noisy welcome awaited the invader. Declares Van Devanter! Serious Loss to Supreme Court | Chief Justice Hughes today said the retirement of Justice Van Devanter from the Supreme Court “is a most serious loss,” and the action brought a variety of comments from the mem- bers of the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee as they entered a closed meet- ing called for a vote on the Presi- dent’s Supreme Court proposal. “His long judicial experience,” the Chief Justice said of Van Devanter, “his extraordinary memory and grasp of precedents, his acumen and fairness enabled him to render a service of inestimable value in our deliberations, while his equable temperament, his tact and unfailing kindliness made him an ideal associate. We shall | greatly miss him.” Associate justices on the Supreme Court expressed high regard today for their retiring colleague and voiced re- gret at his loss to the bench. Justice Sutherland said in & state- ment, in which Justice Butler con- great loss to the court.” The statement added that during the many years of Van Devanter's service “he has been a tower of strength. His brethren have leaned upon his wise counsel to a degree which only they can fully appreciate.” Justice McReynolds said that “I re- gard the retirement of Justice Van Devanter as a very serious loss to the court. myself.” curred, that the retirement “will be a, It is a very unhappy loss to | Long Judicial Experience, Extraordi-' nary Memory and Grasp of Prece- | dents Are Praised. “I feel deep regret” said Justice Stone, “in parting with an associate ‘whom I regard very highly.” Justices Brandeis and Cardozo said they had no statements. Justice Rob- erts was out of the city. Chairman Ashurst said: “The retirement of Justice Van De- vanter means that the bill will cer- tainly pass. I am readily amazed. I have always entertained a high regard for the character of Justice Van De- vanter. When this court bill came to us there were only 12 votes for it in the Senate. It was about as popular as & polecat at & picnic. It has gained in strength, and now a majority of the Senate supports it.” On the other hand, an opposition leader—Senator Wheeler, Demoecrat, of Montana—quickly demanded with- drawal of the President’s plan. He said, “There is absolutely no ex- cuse whatever for going ahead.” Word of Van Devanter’s retirement | quickly spread through the Capitol. Excited Senators called each other to talk it over and discuss the possibie effect on the bitter court bill contro- versy. There was little prospect that it would immediately affect the vote in the Judiciary Committee, where senti- ment was thoroughly crystallized. But some Senators felt it would have a (8ee COMMENT, Page A-3.) NAVGATONBOARD CALLS KEENE U1 Possibility Hoover May Get Case Seen in Naming of G-Man to Group. Moving to settle jurisdictional dis- putes delaying investigation of the mysterious disappearance of Charles F. Keene, 63, of 2100 Massachusetts ave- nue, from a bloodstained cabin aboard the steamer District of Columbia, the Federal Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection today ordered a Board of Inquiry to meet Friday in Baltimore. Possibility that the strange case may be referred back tc J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation, who refused to assume jurisdiction yesterday, was seen when Judge J. Frank Staley of the Depart- ment of Justice was named chairman of the Board of Inquiry. Coast Guard Comdr. J. H. Cornell of Norfolk and Supervising Inspector Eugene C. Carlson, Bureau of Navi- gation, will sit with Judge Staley. The board will have authority to call on the Federal district attorney at Baltimore, and through him upon the F. B. I for any aid it may need, it was pointed out. Maryland Police Enter Case. Meanwhile, Maryland State police entered the case when Sergt. Marlin Brubaker, crack investigator, was sent to Norfolk to determine whether Keene vanished early last Friday while the Norfolk & Washington steamer was in Maryland waters. Norfolk police, who assert they are convinced Keene, local real estate op- erator, was murdered with robbery as the motive, believe his body was thrown overboard while the steamer was in Maryland waters. Inspector B. T. Thompson, chief of ‘Washington detectives, declares that, while Keene boarded the steamer at the Seventh Street Wharves, he vessel was far beyond the District’s jurisdic- tion when he vanished. At the Bureau of Steamboat Inspec- tion it was learned that preliminary investigations made by the board’s own investigators led to turning the case over to an “A-Board,” highest maritime investigative agency created by the recently enacted ‘“safety-at- sea” legislation. While Sergt. Brubaker was ques- tioning members of the crew of the District of Columbia, Coast Guard Patrol Boat No. 128 today was search- ing for Keene's body near the mouth of the Potomac. President Roosevelt was in bed at 9:45 am. today when Justice Willis Van Devanter's letter of retirement was brought to him. He put aside the newspapers he reads each morning before arising to check overnight world developments, to devote his entire attention to the message from the Supreme Court con- servative. ‘The President reached for & writing tablet and a pencil and began to pose his brief, friendly reply to )] Justice's letter. REPUBLIC TO DEFY STEEL UNIONS Will Close Plant if Picketing Begins, Firm De- clares. BACKGROUND— Committee for Industrial Organi- zation, having reached terms in speedy fashion with mammoth United States Steel, is pressing drive for contract with independent producers. Vote Thursday under Federal supervision at Jones & Laughlin plant may determine course of or- ganization drive. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, May 18.—The Re- public Steel Corp., in a statement to- day, said its plants would be shut and kept shut “until civil authorities clear the streets” in the event that picketing made it impossible for its employes to reach their jobs. The Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee has threatened a strike against the company if it does not sign a bar- gaining contract. Spokesmen for the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., against which C. I O. officials also have threatened & strike, said the same course would be followed by them. “As near as we can tell,” the Re- Public statement said, “our men want to work and we want them to work. However, if outsiders blockade the streets s0 that our men are unable to come to work we will shut doyn and stay down until civil authorities clear the streets and make it possible for our men to return peacefully and without intimidation.” Republic Steel employs 52,000 work- ers, mostly in Ohio. It has plants in several other States, including Ala- bama. Youngstown Sheet & Tube has 26,000 employes, mostly in the Ma- honing Valley district surrounding ‘Youngstown, Ohio. The two companies are important objectives in the attempt of the Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee to or- ganize the independent steel industry. G. M. C. VIOLATION CHARGED. DETROIT, May 18 (#).—The Unit- ed Automobile Workers of America, girding for its drive to unionize the 150,000 employes of the Ford Motor Co., charged through one of its offi- cers today that a unit of General Motors Corp. had violated the agree- ment that ended a six weeks’ strike last February. Justice’s Letter Read in Bed, W here President Pens Reply ‘When the letter read as Mr. Roose- velt wished, he had it typed and carried by White House measenger to Justice Van Devanter. The justice’s note reached the White House by Supreme Court messenger, who fetched it to the front door. There was no White House com- ment on Van Devanter’s action nor on appointment of his successor. It was said that the President was ed to & certain degree when he Jead the Justice’s notice of NCH, EFFECTIVE JUNE 2 Adverse Report Hu ghes i of R Note of Retire- ment Received by President. 'LATTER INVITES JURIST TO CALL Roosevelt Voices His Good Wishes in Reply. BACKGROUND— Not since February 15, 1932, has a nomination for membership on the United States Supreme Court been transmitted to the Senate. It was on that date that President Hoover nominated Benjamin N. Cardozo of New York. He was con- firmed February 24 and entered upon his duties on March 14. BY JOHN T. SUTER, Assoolated Press Staff Writer. Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter announced today his retirement from the Supreme Court, effective June 2, thus clearing the way for President Roosevelt to make his first ap- pointment to the high bench. The 78-year-old justice, who has served 26 years in the court, made known his intention in a letter to the President. Mr. Roosevelt immediately wrote a brief acknowledgement in longhand extending to the jurist “every good wish” and in- viting him to call at the White House before he leaves Wash- ington. President’s Reply. The President’s letter said: My Dear Mr. Justice Van Devanter: I have received your letter of this morning, telling me that you are retiring from regular active service on the bench on June 2, 1937, May I, as one who has had the privilege of knowing you for many years, extend to you every good wish, Before you leave Washington for the Summer it would give me great personal pleasure if you would come in to see me. Very sincerely yours, (8igned) FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Letter From Van Devanter. Van Devanter wrote this letter to Mr. Roosevelt: “My dear Mr. President: “Having held my commission £s an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and served in that court for 26 years, and having come to be 78 years of age, I desire to avail myself of the rights, privileges and judiclal service specified in the act of March 1, 1937, entitled ‘an act to provide for retirement of justices of the Supreme Court,’ and to that end I hereby retire from regular active service on the bench—this retirement to be effective on and after the 2d day of June, 1937, that being the day (See VAN DEVANTER, Page A-3.) Summary of Page. Page. Amusements B-18 Comics -B-13 | Short Story.B-14 Editorials ___A-10 | Society .___. B-3 Financial .__A-19 | Sports .__A-14-16 Lost & Found A-3 ‘Woman's Pg. B-12 Obituary .__A-12 FOREIGN. Toll of American volunteers in Span- ish war 500. Page A-3 NATIONAL. Federal Navigation Bureau takes up Keene disappearance. Page A-1 Republic Steel firm will defy union by closing. Page A-1 Roberts urges attack on House cut in relief funds. Page A-1 Chief Justice Hughes comments on Van Devanter retirement. Page A-1 Source of Hindenburg fire placed. Page A-3 Capital speculates on Van Devanter successor. Page A-3 Herring predicts permanency for soil conservation. Page B-8 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Action on D. C. tax program is delayed for week. Page A-1 8enate group considers new D. C. taxes. Page A-1 Maryland officials linked in white slave probe. Page A-1 8eal ready to give D. C. subcommittee 2 pct. sales tax plan. Page A-1 Maryland police take up Keene disap- pearance probe. Page A-1 Green to address Maryland-District A. F. of L. convention. Page A-3 Second annual U. of M. Horse Show to be Saturday. Page A-3 Removal of Naval Hospital to larger site indicated. Page B-1 Advisory Committee calls for sugges- tions on auditorium. Page B-1 Acceptance of Glenn Dale Hospital to revive old contest. Page B-1 New study of Government leave regu- lations undertaken, B-1 House probe of D. C. “Mme :post- poned. Page B-1 —~—— IF IT DOESNT TT'LL BE SORRY! (& NN o, e DEAR OLD CIRCUS DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN! OFFBALS LINKE N WHTE SLAVERY Maryland Evidence Gathered by G-Men in Raids to Go to Grand Jury. BACKGROUND— Striking under authority of Mann act, the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation apparently has been working South in intensive drive on white slavery along Atlantic Seaboard. From New England to Pennsyl- vania, scores of leaders in interstate vice racket have been sent to prison within recent months. Late Satur- day night, without warning, J. Ed- gar Hoover led nearly twoscore agents in a quick succession of raids in Baltimore's vice district, ar- resting nearly 50 men and women, Evidence tending to link several Maryland officials with an extensive white slave racket centering in Balti- more may be presented to a Federal grand jury in that city shortly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Names of a number of persons prominent in city and State circles have been mentioned by some of the 49 men and women arrested by F. B. I agents in a series of swift raids in Baltimore over the week end, it was learned. ‘While refusing to discuss results of the inquiry to date, J. Edgar Hoover, director of the bureau, said today the (See VICE, Page A-3) SRR T - Merrill Plans Canada Trip. NEW YORK, May 18 (#).—Fresh from his latest trans-Atlantic flight and a meeting with President Roose- velt, Pilot Dick Merrill laid plans to- day for an airplane visit to Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario. Merrill said he and Jack Lambie, his pertner on last week's ocean crossing, would take off tomorrow in their trans- Atlantic plane to meet the premier, probably at Toronto. Today’s Star EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Political Mill. Page A-10 Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 Paul Mallon. Page A-11 Mark Sullivan. Page A-11 Jay Franklin. Page A-11 Delia Pynchon. Page A-11 FINANCIAL. Corporate bonds resistant (table). Carrier nets improve. Retail buying expands. Stocks hesitant (table). Curb list lower (table). Kennecott votes dividends. SPORTS. Hemsley deal talk revived as Browns visit. Page A-14 Scott, Williams draw nulls both for police card. Page A-14 Arnovich latest Jewish star in big league ball. Page A-14 Critic stumped trying to define mara- thoners. , Page A-15 Win over Wilson gets Eastern High neer title. Psge A-15 “Chippy golf” will be given test here. Page A-16 MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. ‘Trafic Convictions. Young Washington. Shipping News. Vital Statistics. City News in Brief. Bedtime -Story. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Crossword Puzzle. Nature's Children. Letter-Out. Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-18 Page A-19 Page A-19 Page A-2 Page A-7 Page A-8 Page A-14 Page A-18 Page A-18 Page B-10 Page B-12 Page B-12 Id Court Is Delayed Until Reds Clear Loaded Cub Bases B) the Associated Press. HAMILTON, Ohio, May 19— It was 4 pm. Municipal Judge E. N. Davidson was in his cham- bers. Court room spectators squirmed for the session to begin. Bailiff Clem Imfeld opened a connecting door and reminded the judge it was “time for court.” “Say, young man,” returned the Jjudge, who was seated before his radio, “don’t you Rnow Chicago's Jjust loaded the bases.” Davidson and Imfeld, both ardent Cincinnati Red fans, de- layed legal business until the Cubs were retired in the fourth inning of their game at Cin- cinnati. AGTON DELAYE OND. . TAKPLA Chairman of House Unit Given Time to Draft Tentative Program. BACKGROUND— Flock of proposed mew tar bur- dens, designed to offset anticipated $6,000,000 deficit in District rev- enues in nert flscal year, now wn- der consideration by special sub- committee of House District Com- mittee. Tentative indorsement has been given a few of the suggestions. BY JAMES E. CHINN. ‘Washington must wait another week before it will know definitely what forms of new taxation are to be im- posed to preclude an anticipated $6,- 000.000 deficit in the coming fiscal year, beginning July 1. The delay was decided on today by the special tax subcommittee of the House District Committee, charged with the task of writing the new pro- gram of taxation. In the meantime, Chairman Ken- nedy, at the direction of the subcom- mittee, will draft a tentative program, made up of every form of taxation suggested during the recent series of hearings—an income tax, a sales tax, a gross receipts tax, a weight tax on motor vehicles, an increase in the gasoline tax, an inheritance and estates tax, a business privilege tax, a corporation tax, an increase in the tax on insurance and a chain store tax. From these proposed taxes the sub- committee will select the ones it will recommend for adoption. The pro- gram, however, will be designed to raise the needed $6,000,000 and no more. The subcommittee already has tenta- tively committed itself to & weight STUDY NEW TAXES TOBARD.C. DEFICIT Senators Start Hearings on $45,228,000 Supply Measure. BACKGROUND— As passed by the House April 2, the 345,228,000 District supply bill contained a number of provisions requiring amendment as result of elimination of legislative riders. These sections are expected to be ironed out in Senate. House re- jected Jacobs plan for new flscal re- lation formula and continued pres- ent Federal payment of $5,000,000 Jor coming year. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Inclusion of new taxes to balance the District'’s 1938 budget as amend- ments to the pending appropriation bill was being considered as a possi- bility today, as Senate hearings on the A suggestion that the District bor- row from the Federal Government and spread repayment over several years also is understood to have been dis- cussed as an alternative, but indica- tions this afternoon were the tax- raising method is more likely to be followed. Another development of the first day was testimony indicating that the District deficit may be nearer to $7,- 500,000 than $6,000,000. Assuming that the Federal payment is left at the House figure of a $5,000,000 lump sum, those studying the new tax bills have been going on the theory that the House total of $45.288,000 would require the city to find about $6,000,000 of new revenue. Thomas Against Borrowing. ‘The higher deficit figure of $7,500,~ 000 is believed to take into account the possible restoration by the Senate of cuts the House made below the budget estimates. Without undertaking to predict what the subcommittee may do, Sena- tor Elmer Thomas, Democrat of Okla- homa, made known that he personally would be against the District borrow- ing to meet next year's deficit. In- stead, he said, he favors balancing the pending budget by taxation. It is understood Senator Thomss has discussed informally with Chairman King of the District Legislative Com- mittee, which would hendle new tax bills in the regular course of events, advisability of including them in the appropriation measure. Parliamentary procedure and Sen- ate rules will have to be stiudied first, however, to find out whether the tax proposals could be embodied in the appropriation bill. One of the rules involved in the question is that requiring revenue measures to originate in the House. It was suggested from one source to- day, however, that if the Senate sub- committee finds any provision in the (See TAXES, Page A-4.) (See D. C. Bill, Page A-12) Roosevelt Secretaries’ Offices Fortified With Special Alarms BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. The members of President Roose- velt’s official family at the White House, made up principally of his secretariat, must have had s scare re- cently, or are fearful of an unexpected visit from some ome with evil inten- tions. Electric push butions have been placed on the mahogany desks of each of these presidential assistants, so that a policeman or s Secret Service opera- tive, or both, can be summoned in- stantly. In the event some caller becomes “ugly” or threatens violence, these electric buttons would bring armed reinforcements. The buttons are placed in obscure spots about the desks 20 as not to be noticeable, but at the same time within reach of the occu- pant of the desk. ‘The desks whichphave been fortified in this manner .those of Secreta- ries Marvin H. McIntyre, Stephen T. Early and James Roosevelt, jr.; Miss Marguerite Le Hand, personal secre- tary to the President, and Rudolph Forester, executive secretary. The buttons are connected with an annunciator on the desk of Capt. Dalrymple of the White House po- lice, which is situated in & command- ing spot in the main lobby of the ex- scutive office. When there is a call from any one office there is a buzz to attract attention and a light on the annunciator indicates in which room help is'needed. Extra_precautions have been taken in Secretary Early’s office. He han- dles press, camera and radio relations for the President. The door to his private office has been equipped with an electric switch which makes it im- possible for any one to walk uncere- moniously into Early’s spacious work room. Even a skeleton key wouldn't be of any servi To gain entrance it iz necessary to & hidden button near the dog> $45,228,000 supply bill got under way. | WINDSOR 10 WED JUNE'3 AT CANDE; BRITISH ROYALTY WILL NOT ATTEND Only Recent Companions to See Ceremony to Be Held at Chateau, According to Formal Announcement. MORE DETAILED PLANS ARE EXPECTED LATER Duke Selects Birth Date of His Late Father, George V., for Rites—Position of Family Still Remains Topic of Wide Discus- sion. Br the Associated Press. MONTS, France, May 18.—Wallis | Warfield and the Duke of Windsor will be married quietly at the Chateau de Cande on June 3, with no mem- ber of the British royal family in attendance. The man who chose to be husband rather than King chose the birth date of his late father, George V, for his wedding. Party Confined to Friends. The announcement, which made no mention of the coincidence in dates, said the wedding party would be con- fined to “those who have been with them"—the duke and Mrs. War- fleid—"during the past months,” and added tersely: “There will be no members of the royal family present.” Right up to the moment of the ane nouncement many had supposed that the Duke of Kent, Edward’s youngest brother, would be best man. The official announcement of the wedding, handed to reporters at the gates of the chateau by Herman L. Rogers, said: “His Royal Highness. the Duke of Windsor, announces that his marriage to Wallis Warfleld, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Teakle Wallis War- fleld of Maryland, will take place at the Chateau de Cande at Monts on Thursday, June 3. Mayor to Perform Ceremony. Later today it was announced the duke and Mrs. Warfield will be mar- ried by Dr. Charles Mercier, the Mayor of Monts. Rogers and the London attorneys for the duke and Mrs. Warfield visited the office of the district attorney at Tours and requested a dispensation for sus- pension of these two French laws: | - 1. Public posting of banns, which the law requires for 15 days ahead of the wedding. 2. The law requiring that such & wedding be held at the town hall. It was indicated the demands would be granted readily. Mrs. Warfleld only recently re- nounced her first name, Bessie and the surname of the man from whom she was divorced early this month— Ernest Aldrich Simpson. The long-awaited wedding date, curtain call for the last act in an un- surpassed drama of empire, love and abdication, comes just 20 days before Edward's forty-third birthday. His father, the late King George V, was born on June 3, 1865, and died Janu- ary 20, 1936. Mrs. Warfield to Be 41. June, likewise, is Mrs. Warfleld’s birth month. She will be 41 on June 19. Rogers, the wealthy New Yorker who was virtual guardian and spokese man for Mrs. Warfleld during the wait for her final divorce decree, gave the announcement to a hundred American, French and English newspaper men at the chateau gates. Edward and Mrs. Warfleld did not appear. A drizzling rain was falling, but Rogers wore no hat. He was 50 excited he groped fran- tically for the French words needed to translate the announcement for the French reporters. Rogers would put no interpretation on his declaration that “invitations to the wedding of the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfleld will be con- fined to those who have been with them during the past months.” BISHOP JETT GIVES RESIGNATION NOTICE Southwestern Virginia Episcopal Council Is Taken by Surprise. By the Associated Press. COVINGTON, May 18.—Right Rev. Robert Carter Jett, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Southwestern Virginia, took the Diocesan Council by surprise today when he announced that he would tender his resignation as bishop at the General Council of the Episcopal Church, which convenes at Cincinnati in September. Bishop Jett gave as his reason his advancing age and the belief that a younger man could better serve the Episcopal Church in Southwestern Virginia. The announcement was made at the first day's session of the Diocesan Council here today. Bishop Jett celebrated his seventy- second birthday anniversary last week. He was born in King George County, Va., and graduated at the Virginia Theological Seminary. He served as rector of churches in Danville, Shen- andosh, Staunton and Waynesboro before becomgag bishop of Southe ‘western Virgi in 1920, with head- quartérs in Roanoke.