Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1937, Page 4

A—4 xx» STRIKES DEPRESS STEEL OPERATIONS 50-Point Drop to 30 Per Cent Reported During Week at Youngstown, By the Assoc ated Press. CLEVELAND, May 31.—Widespread steel strikes have brought a sharp recession in operating rates at Youngs- town, Cleveland and Chicago, the magazine Steel said today. ‘The operating rate at Youngstown, a focal point in the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee strike zone, dropped 50 points to 30 per cent dur=- ing the week, the publication pointed out. Operations at Cleveland fell off 17 to 65 per cent, while Chicago dropped to 75 per cent. Other Operating Declines. Other declines in operations in- cluded Pittsburgh, off 2 to 94 per cent; Eastern Pennsylvania, down 1 to 7213; Detroit, off 5 to 95, and New England, off 45 to 55 per cent. Wheeling, outside of the active strike area, showed an operation | &ain of 2 points to 91 per cent, while Buffalo was up 3 to 91 per cent. No| change was made at St. Louis, 94; Cincinnati, 90, and Birmingham, 83. The scrap market also was clouded | by effects of suspensions due to strikes, the magazine said. Pressure on Other Supplies. Steel predicted that should the in- terruptions as a result of the strikes be pf long duration, steel users de- pentient on the idle plants for sup- plies will exert pressure on other | supplies in the effort to obtain mate- | rials. It pointed out, however, that “with deliveries still considerably delayed by their normal customer demands, these steelmakers probably are not in & position to give much help.” fleld Memorial (Continued From First Page.) who went down with the ship, was dedicated this morning in the Navy Department Building, Among the survivors at the services were the Lincoln’s commander, Rear Admiral P. W. Foote, and Representa- tive Edouard Victor Michel Izac of California, who was captured by the submarine and who made his escape from a German prison camp just be- fore the armistice. In the absence of Harvey D. Carter, president of the U. S. S. President Lincoln Club, who is seriously ill at his home in New York, the tablet was presented to the Navy by Comdr, W. L. Lind, who was aboard the trans- port as executive officer, and who now is on duty in the Office of Naval In- telligence. It was accepted by Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, chief of the Bureau of Navigation. The tablet was unveiled by Janet Byrne, daughter of James W. Byrne of Bridgeport, Conn., a member of | the crew of the vessel, whose paint- ing on the sinking of the vessel now | hangs in the Navy Department and | formed the original for the bl'Ol‘lZe( tablet, | Today's closing event, in Battlel Ground National Cemetery, Bright- wood, will be held under the auspices | of the Grand Army of the Republic | and the Brightwood Citizens' Associa- | tion in memory of 40 Union soldiers who were killed in action in front of | A general view of yesterday’s riot in South Chicago. Fort Stevens July 11 and 12, 1864, and who are buried there. Assembly will be sounded by & bugler of the Navy Band at 3:30 p.m. and the memorial address will be made by Senator Schwellenbach of ‘Washington. At the conclusion of the address the graves of the soldiers who died in the only battle in the District of Columbia will be decorated by chil- | dren from the public schools in the | Brightwood area, under direction of Mrs. Angus Lamond, jr. Comdr. John M. Kline, sr., Depart- | ment of the Potomac, G. A. R, chair- | man of the committee in charge, will be introduced by the vice chairman, John Clagett Proctor, and will call the meeting to order. Proctor will recite an original poem and the pro- gram will include the reading of the | orders of the Grand Army by R. J. P. McElroy; a recitation of “The Star | Spangled Banner,” by Everett F. Warner, and & recitation of Lincoln’s | “Gettysburg Address” by Talbot .| Pulizzi. There will be vocal solos by | Francesco Della-Lana. Following the benediction by Rev. William E. La Rue, at the cemetery flag staff, a salute will be fired over the graves | by troops of the 16th Brigade. Members of FEllen Spencer Mussey Tent, No. 1, Daughters of Union | Veterans of the Civil War, will par- ticipate in the Battle Ground Ceme- tery services after placing a floral wreath on the grave of Gen. John A. Logan in the Soldiers’ Home National Cemetery. At the annual Memorial day exer- cises in the Arlington Amphitheater yesterday, Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri, one of the organ- izers and former national commander of the American Legion, declared that the greatest tribute the United States can pay its war dead is to keep out of future wars. He called on all war veterans to Join in the fight for more rigid neu- trality legislation. Denouncing the Hill-Sheppard bill, although it has been indorsed by the American Legion, Senator Clark said this bill would tend toward a Fascist government and de- clared that Senate liberals will de- mand “an extremely drastic” substi- tute bill placing a heavy tax on all profits during time of war. Stage for Next War. ‘The stage for the next war already is being set in Europe, Senator Clark said, and he urged the enactment of the most rigid neutrality laws to keep this country clear. “We are determined to avoid the incredible folly we committed in the last war,” he said. “But to do so we need stronger legislation than we have yet. Let us do everything possible that our children and our children’s children shall not make the same sac- rifice as these men whose memories we revere today.” There were only four of the Capi- tal's 12 surviving Civil War veterans present at the services—Comdr. Kline of the Department of the Potomac, 91 years old; John T. Ryan, 91-year-old Capitol guard; Eugene Weaver, 95, and William Dorsey, 89. Senator Clark’s address and other features of the annual service, spon- sored By the G. A. R., with the co- operation of 100 other veteran and patriotic organizations, were broad- cast over the national networks of the two major radio systems. The services began with decoration of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the participating organizations, followed by a 45-minute program of ‘entered the grounds to pay tribute '.o | Run, who lie beneath one monument. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Note patrol wagon on right ready to cart away victims and prisoners. Police using guns, tear gas and clubs at the height of the short-lived clash. | of Fort Stevens Post, American Le- | gion, and the United States Marine Band. Comdr. Kline called the meet- ing to order. 16,000 at Arlington. | Separate services were held at many of the graves in Arlington during the day, and more than 16,000 persons | the 50,000 dead of the Nation's wars who lie there. Although much of the | ceremony centered around the Tomb of | the Unknown Soldier, services also were held in memory of the 2,111 un- known dead from the Battle of Bull In all there are 4,000 unknown soldier dead buried in Arlington. Seniors at the Georgetown Law School held exercises yesterday in memory of the 29 students of the school who gave their lives in the| ! World War. A memorial tablet bear- ing their names was decorated. Leonard J. Wegman, president of the evening section of the senior class, | presided and Jeremiah Jerome O’'Con- nor, president of the morning section, read the names on the roll of honor. There were addresses on behalf of the seniors by Capt. Joseph Vincent Dillon, U. S. A, and Daniel Joseph Leary. Before the wreath was placed at the tablet Dean George E. Hamilton spoke briefly on behalf of the faculty and there were also addresses by Col. Ned B. Rehkopf, assistant commander of the Army War College, and Thomas Prancis McAllister, special assistant to the Attorney General. Rev. Francis E. Lucey, S. J., regent of the school and professor of jurisprudence, de- livered a prayer at the opening of the service and made the closing remarks. The appearance of but four of the Civil War survivors at Arlington re- flected the thinning of the ranks of the men who fought in the war of 1861-5. Union survivors of the Civil | | War are dying at the rate of 224 a | | month, according to Federal pension | records. The total number has | dwindled from the 2,213,365, who made up the armies of Grant, to 7,424, ac- cording to the latest returns. . Riots (Continued From First Page.) efforts of the Steel Workers’ Organiz- ing Committee, an affiliate of the C. I. 0., to close it. Mass Meeting Today. A mass meeting and demonstration was planned for 10 am. today at In- diana Harbor, home of one of the In- land plants tied up by the independent | steel producers’ strikes which entered their fifth day. Van A. Bittner, re- gional director of the S. W. O. C, said he would address the Calumet region workers, which would include those from the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. and Republic. Gov. Horner learned of the riot shortly after his arrival here from the State capital at Springfleld. He can- celled a Memorial day speaking en- gagement for a conference with both sides. Maj. Gen. Roy E. Keehn of the Hlinois National Guard attended the from the Governor.” w Asked before the conference con-‘ vened if he planned to call out the militia, Gov. Horner said: “I can't determine * * * until I}/ know what the situation is.” Among those at the meeting were | Police Commissioner James P. All- man, Van Bittner; H. Y. Hyland, Re- | public Steel representative; Michael Igoe, United States district attorney, and Nicholas Fontechi, C. I. O. field | director. All declined to comment on mat- ters discussed at the conference. Pictured as “Brutal Massacre.” Dr. 8. J. Nickamin, staff physician at one of the hospitals where the in- jured were taken after yesterday's savage battle, said “they looked like the came from a virtual massacre.” From his hospital bed, Nick Kruga, a craneman at the Republic plant who suffered a minor bullet wound, likened the scene of the riot to a war battlefleld. “I was in the war and I fought in: France, but I never heard so many || bullets as those policemen fired,” he said. “Women and children were screaming. Clouds of tear gas hung over the prairie. It was just like any war battlefield. The mob was like a herd of panic-stricken cattle. till they got me.” Peter Rimac watched the fighting from a second-floor window of his store at the edge of the field. “Between 400 and 500 shots were || fired in about three minutes,” he said. | | “The policemen had been lined up || single file for about several blocks across the fleld when the marchers met them. When the crowd tried to || push throuh, the officers closed around them and the riot broke out.” Battle Declared Spontaneous. A. G. Patterson, financial secretary || of the C. I. O. local, who was on the scene, said the fighting broke out spontaneously. “Some one started to scuffie with a policeman. all around me. guns. with a bunch of others. I got up and saw the fellow next to me was shot in the stomach. I grabbed him, but police took him away from me and loaded him in a patrol wagon.” Capt. James L. Mooney, in charge Police fired tear gas of the police detail, said his men drew || their guns only to protect themselves. | | As the crowd headed for the plant, carrying banners and chanting “C. I O, C. L O, C. I. 0,” Capt. John Kilroy stepped forward and asked|| them to disperse. “You can't get through here,” he ||| said, “we must do our duty.” ‘The strikers and sympathizers re- plied with a shower of bricks. They moved on, swinging clubs, cranks and gear shift levers from automobiles. Some hurled steel bolts, while others || shot them from their slings. The police tried to disperse the mob | | with tear gas, but the crowd pressed on. The officers fired several shots into the air and then, witnesses said, fired into the mob when they were unable to halt the onward rush. Men on both sides began to fall. Capt. Mooney said the first actual meeting for only s short time. He declined to comment upon leaving, | Cleary, John Hooley, I ran|| Then 1 heard several|| shots. Men and women were slugged || 1 was blinded and fell in a heap || shot was fired by one of the sympa- thizers, He sald be had statements of music by the Drum and Bugle Corps | saying “any news will have to come 20 policemen to prove the first shot ' died came from the mob. The union leaders, on the other hand, denied that their members car- | ried pistols Bryant McMahcn was the most seri- | ously injured of the policemen. He suffered a skull injury. Others under | treatment at hospitals Henry Lawson, George Barber and John Prescott. | The remainder were treated at emer- | gency hospitals, and then taken l.o their homes, — STEPHEN H. FORD DIES; FORMER D. C. EMPLOYE Stephen H. Ford, 84, of 1411 Newton street, retired sand and gravel in- spector for the District government, were Peter | | 30k (B | | —Copyright, A. P. Wrrcphotos vesterday in a local | after a long illness. For 48 years a Washington resident, ! Mr. Ford was a member of Mount ! Pleasant Lodge of Masons and the | Pirst Baptist Church. He was an honorary member of the Robert E. Lee Chapter, United Daughters of the }Confcderacy. He retired about five years ago. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Sadie F. Timberlake and Mrs. Edith F. Richter, and a son, Stephen O. Ford, all of this city. He also leaves 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grand- children. His wife was the late Mrs. Jane E. Huntington Ford. Funeral services will be held at 2 Wednesday in the funeral home lo{ Almus R. Speare, 3200 Rhode Is- land avenue northeast. Burial will be in Methodist Protestant Cemetery, | Alexandria, V. hospital, | 20% to 50% tions a number of our slightly shopworn. chairs, occasional room tables, sideboards, c chairs and other pieces. The Sheraton Sideboard All Pieces in This Sale They Are Slightly Shopw 1217 CONNECTICUT AVENUE FLOOR SAMPLE SALE of Biggs Hand-Made Authentic Reproductions On Tuesday, June 1st, we will offer at great reduc- Included in this sale are wing chairs, sofas, occasional tables and a number of odd dining room exceptional values in this sale. mahogany, 6 ft. long. Regular price, $210.00. Floor Sample Sale Price, $105.00 Usable Condition and Are Exceptional Values. REDUCTIONS Floor Samples which are love seat, dining upboards, bed room pieces, shown is just one of the Handmade of solid are Sold “as is,” although orn They Are All in Good BIGGS ANTIQUE COMPANY NCE———e——— MONDAY, MAY 1937. Nearly 2,000 demonstrators and 125 policemen were on the battle- | selected MITCHELL SPEAKS ONJ0B SELECTION Seeks to Correct “Errors” in Apportionment for U. S. Jobs. In an address in which he pointed out that “the whole theory of the Civil Service Commission's method of selecting employes for the Governe ment is that local eligibles shall be wherever the Government jcan be equally well served on the Virginia to Honor War Dead With Parades and Rites Today By the Associated Press Virginians prepared to pay homage to their war dead again today with, parades and memorial exercises l(berl honoring them yesterday with services at churches and cemeteries. i Federal and State offices, banks and stock brokerage houses remained closed today. United States Representative Clif- | ton A. Woodrum and former State Senator John J. Wicker, jr., will de- liver addresses this afternoon at pa- | triotic services in Richmond’s historic Hollywood Cemetery, following a street parade. | United Daughters of the Confed- eracy will decorate the statues of Con- | federate heroes on Richmond's Monu- | ment avenue. At Norfolk today soldiers, sailors, veterans’ organizations and others were to participate in a parade. James | G. Martin, Norfolk attorney, will be! the principal speaker at exercises fol- | lowing the parade. | Hopewell prepared to hold a parade sponsored by the American Legion | and the United Daughters of the Con- federacy will decorate graves. | At Roanoke an airplane scattered | flowers over the graves of war dead | in Fairview Cemetery yesterday lm!l Marine Reserves fired a salute. Sunrise and sunset services were 50% GZASTMAN KODAK 50% TUSSAH SILK— | meadow, Mass, where he had resided | ! held Sunday at Danville under auspices of the American Legion, with other organizations participating | Representative William M. Colmer | of Mississippi was the principal speaker | at exercises yesterday in Fredericks- | burg, where joint services were held at the Confederate and National Cem- eteries State Senator Vivian L. Page, can | didate for Governor, made the princi | pal address at exercises held in the National Cemetery at Culpeper yes- terday. P. A. DONOGHUE DIES AT SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Patrick A. Donoghue, for the last | two years senior mediator of the Na- tional Mediation Board, died yester- day in Wesson Memorial Hospital, Springfield, Mass, it was learned through the Associated Press. Mr. Donoghue’s duties as senior me- diator of the board required consid- erable travel to various sections of the country. His home was at East Long- | 14 years. | bases | here on the population of the several | States | departments whole by confining selections to local people,” Harry B. Mitchell, president of the commission, last night sought to correct “erroneous impressions” by apportionment statistics. President Mitchell spoke at the Joint convention of the Postmaster Association and Postal Groups of Florida in St. Augustine. His speech attracted interest here because of the pending House measure which would deprive about 10,000 employes from Maryland, Virginia and the District of their jobs by bringing virtually the whole government establishment here under the apportionment law. Mitchell also defended the charge that the Government service discrim- inates against older applicants for employment. In seeking to clear up mistaken ideas about apportionment, which the number of appointments Mitchell pointed out that the law applies “to less than one-twelfth of the positions under civil service law, and less than one-half of those in Washington, and while those in in Washington which are under the law show a large dis- roportion of appointments from the District of Columbia and the neigh- boring States of Maryland and Vire ginia, the disparity would seem com= paratively much less if all the po= sitions in the Government service outside of Washington were taken into account.” FUNERAL SERVICES SET TODAY FOR HARRY FLAX Funeral services for Harry Flax, 48, of 4120 Fourteenth street. jewelry store proprietor, who died of a heart attack Saturday, will be held at 830 m. tomorrow in the chapel of Ber- ard Danzansky, 3501 Fourteenth street. Burfal will be in Arlington National Cemetery Mr. Flax died in Emergency Hos- pital shortly after being stricken in front of his jewelry store in the 3400 block of Fourteenth street. He was | a World War veteran, serving in the | Infantry of the 28th Division | was a member of Victory Post of the He American Legion and the Columbia Heights Business Men's Association Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Bessie Cohen, Long Island, N. Y. and two brothers, Samuel Flax, Long Island, and Bernard Flax, this cil BURLINGTON HOTEL COFFEE SHOP Mr. Donoghue formerly was assist- ant regional director of the National | | Labor Relations Board. His wife and daughter are among survivors. YARN Entrance 1120 Vermont Avenue Famous for home-made hot ples Adds Up To 100% in Comfort Appearance and Good Style... 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