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L} WEATHER. (U. 5. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and probably tomorrow: slightly warmer tomorrow; gentle, vari- able winds. Temperatures—Highest, 92, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday; am. today. Full report on page B: Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 16 85th YEAR. KEENE MURDER PROBERS 10° SEE ROPE AND WEIGHT Evidence May End Theory! D. C. Real Estate Man Committed Suicide. SAILORLIKE KNOTS CONVINCE FISHERMEN | Friends in Washington Also De- clare He Could Not Have Tied and Shot Self. BY JAMES CULLINANE Btafl Correspondent ot The Ctar. No. 34,000. lowest, 72, at 5 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ch WASHINGTON, CRISFIELD, Md., June 2.—Iavesti- | gators delving into the violent death of Charles F. Keene went by boat to | Smiths Island this afternoon to ex- amine a length of marlin rope said | to have been knotted tightly Keene's neck In addition to the bow- line-tied cotton cord w 1 the body to an Detective S Marlin Brubake! of the Maryland State police was in- formed that an iron weight had been tied on the marlin line. Presence of this additional cord and weight, in- vestigators believe, might obviate the possibility of suicide. Magistrate J. P. Bradshaw, who con- ducted an inquest on Smiths Island, the result of which was a murder verdict, told Sheriff Willlam H. Dry- den that he saw a weight attached to the marlin line and that the line was &0 tightly looped about Keene's neck it had to be cut loose. Line and Weight Left Behind. ‘Through some oversight, neither the line nor the reported weight were brought here along with the body and & curious assortment of objects found in the brief case After the visit to Smiths about 30 miles out in Chesapeake Bay, investigators probably will bring the evidence to Washington to learn if the objects found attached to Keene's body can be identified as Keene's. Meanwhile, the body of the 63-year- old Washington real estate operator was returned to the Capital today to the funeral chapel of Joseph Gawler | & Sons, 1756 Pennsylvania avenue. The sailorlike knots on the two eords about Keene's neck have con- vinced fishermen of Crisfield and Smiths Island that Keene was mur- dered aboard the steamer District of Columbia on the night of May 13. “It was a seaman that all right,” said Edward Smith of Smiths Island, who found the body floating in Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Potomac River Tuesday afternoon. “Only & water man uses marlin rope—the only place you can get it is a ship chandler’s or on a boat—and the man that tied that bowline in that cotton cord was an expert rigger.” Friends Scout Suicide. Capt. John Whitlock, a veteran waterman, also said the knot had been tied by an expert rigger. (In Washington, friends of Keene gaid he never could have tied the knots which secured the weighted brief case about his neck Blount, a distant cousin and friend of 30 years’ standing. aboard whose yacht Sunshine Keene visited before leaving for Norfolk, said Keene never felt quite safc on the water and could | never understand why Blount had purchased a boat. Blount was sure Keene had no knowledge of seamen's or rigger's knots.) Dr. W. F. Stout, also of Smiths Island, who first examined Keene and testified before the coromer's jury, expressed the belief that the real estate man had been knocked uncon- scious before being shot and thrown overboard. “He had been struck a terriffic blow over his left eye,” said Dr. Stout. “Blood had coagulated around the eye and that convinces me that he was struck at least three-quarters of an hour or an hour before he was killed. You see, there was no coagulation ground the bullet wound. He must have died instantly after he was shot.” ‘The shot which killed Keene was fired into the center of his throat near the Adam's apple. It took an upward course through his brain and lodged in the bone at the crown of his skull. Bullet Compared to Keene's. The bullet was recovered by Dr. R. R. Norris, who performed an autopsy last night Detective Brubaker weighed the lethal bullet with MAN HIT BY RACER SUCCUMBS TO HURTS Otto C. Rohde, Spark Plug Firm? F"nds Maili, DOgs, Official, Was Struck by Car at Indianapolis. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, June 2.—Otto C. Rohde, 49, vice president and chief | engineer of the Champion Spark Plug Co. of Toledo, Ohio, died today at the ! City Hospital of injuries received last Friday in an accident during the pre. liminaries of the 500-mile race a the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Rohde was one of those struck by the car of Overton Phillips, Middle- town, N. Y., driver, as it spun into the pits out of control after the gasoline tank caught fire. George Warford, 42, of Indianapolis, standing in the pits, was struck by the car and died a short time later. Phillips and two others were in- Jured, but all are recovering. Rohde received . fractured skull and other injuries. An operation was per- formed Sunday to relieve pressure on his brain. He improved slightly and then suffered a relapse. Rohde had been associated with the Champion company 22 years. e Justice Cardozo on Vacation. Assoclate Justice Cardozo of the Supreme Court morning for a vacation. He left by train for New York, » killed him. | Walter | left the city this | about | secured 1-laden brief case. | Clue to Keene Death | Capt. John Whitelock, vete | amines the knot used to tie a u | of Charles F. Keene. } of which is shown at right, had | Whitelock declared the knot, a close-up ran Snzil;m Island boatman, ex- veighted leather bag to the body been tied by an expert rigger. —Star Staff Photos CLERIGTO CONDUCT WINDSOR WEDDING Island, | Fighting Parson Braves Ire " of Bishops to Bless “My | King” and Bride. BACKGROUND— The romance that dethroned King Edward VIII of Great Britain was generally condemned by the Church of England. Twice divorced, Mrs. Wallis Warfield tomorrow will be- come the Duchess of Windsor. Ed- ward’s choice, forced by Prime Min- ister Stanley Baldwin, was to ab- dicate rather than rule the empire without “the woman I love” as his quecn, BY the Associated Press MONTS, France, June 2.—A fight- ing North England parson, braving the opposition of the Church of England, will give the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfleld his religious blessing at their wedding tomorrow. The middle-aged “labor” preacher, | Rev. R. Anderson Jardine, vicar of St. Paul's Church, Darlington, England, will perform the religious ceremony after the civil service is read in the Chateau de Cande music room by Mayor Charles Mercier of Monts. The first service will begin at 11:30 am. (5:30 am, E. S. T). It came about this way: Edward was called to the telephone last night, after all hope for the de- sired religious consecration of his marriage had been given up. An unfamiliar voice said firmly: “I am coming down you.” It was the small town vicar, Rev.| |Mr. Jardine, known for among the laboring class. ‘The preacher gave his former mon- |arch no opportunity to protest. “I am coming,” he insisted. Not Met at Station. ‘Today, without being met at the Tours railroad station, he taxied (o Cande and bowed to the duke. | "I prefer to die rather than see my | King married outside the church,” proclaimed Rev. Mr. Jardine. | Windsor and Mrs. Warfield were |said to have been overjoyed. Both were represented as having been ex- tremely disappointed over the impos- sibility of finding a clergyman to mar- | v them, because the Anglican Church | frowns upon remarriage by divorced persons and Mrs. Warfield had been twice divorced. | Herman L. Rogers, the duke's | spokesman, declined to disclose { whether Mr. Jardine had received the approval of his bishop to perform the ceremony. his work to marry | SPANSHENVDY ISCALLED HOME Ambassador De Los Rios Summoned to Valencia for Conference. | By the Assoctated Press. The Spanish Embassy said today | that Ambassador Fernando de Los | Rios had been called to Valencia to | consult with loyalist government on | the present situation in Europe. Enrique Carlos de la Casa, who will become charge d'affaires during the | Ambassador’s absence, said the Am- bassador would sail on the steamship | Queen Mary from New York June 9. | Embassy attaches said they had no definite knowledge of the discussions | the loyalist government wished to have | with the Ambassador and did not know how long he would remain in Spain. The Embassy said Ambassadors of the Spanish loyalist government to | other world powers also had been sum- moned to Valencia for a series of con- ferences with high officials of the re- | gime. | De Los Rios flew to New York to- day for a visit of a few hours, which | | his colleagues here said will be de- | voted strictly to “personal business.” | The State Department announced, | | meanwhile, that on the recommenda- tions of its representatives at Valen- cia, the American Embassy would not | be moved from that place. Under- | secretary of State Sumner Welles had | announced last week that such a step was under consideration because of danger to American personnel from insurgent air raids. BILL WOULD PENALIZE | SNAIL-PACE DRIVERS |New Ha mpshire Senate Group Passes Anti-Slow Driving Proposal. By the Associated Press. CONCORD, N. H, June 2.—The { Judiciary Committee of the Senate today submitted a unanimous favor- able report on a bill aimed at slow- driving motorists. Under terms of the measure, al- ready approved by the House, “No persons shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when re- duced speed is necessary for safe op- eration or in compliance with law.” Violators would be given penalties now 1mposed for overspeeding. | ‘Mrs. H arriman, | Bs the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, June 2—A missing maid, missing luggage and two dogs today complicated the departure of Mrs. J. Borden “Daisy” Harriman for her post as United States Minister to Norway. Mrs. Harriman, the second woman to be appointed to a ministerial office, ot on board the United States Lines ner Washington shortly - before 11 |o'clock and discovered her state room bare except for some diplomatic pouches and baggage. “But don't say I'm upset, because I'm not,” admonished Mrs. Harriman as she looked anxiously for her maid, who preceded her by an hour with the luggage. Meanwhile, she wrote a check for $42 to get Kim, her German shepherd, and Bart, her cocker spaniel, on board. The missing maid and luggage ar- rived shortly before the liner sailed at noon. The new Minister to Norway said she hoped she would be “as much credit to my country as was Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen,” Minister to Den- mark, and first woman appointed to |such a post. George 8. Messersmith, Minister to Austria, and FPrederick A. Sterling, Minister to Bulgaria, who is on leave ® Ready to Sail, Bags Missing to serve as United States commissioner to the Paris exposition also sailed on the Washington. “I’am simply delighted to be going to Norway—a country where I've never been and which has so much in com- mon with us,” sald Mrs. Harriman. “Norway is a democracy which has always had a consistent attitude to- ward peace and which has always been in the forefront in social secur- ity legislation.” Mrs. Harriman was accompanied, by Jaqueline Story, her secretary. er daughter, Mrs. Harriman Russell of Beverley Hills, Calif., and her sister, Mrs. George H. Harris of Concord, N. H., were at the boat to see her off. Mrs. Harriman said that her 16-year- old granddaughter, Phyllis Russell, would join her in Oslo later in the Summer and remain with her until Fall. Mrs, Harriman declined to answer direct questions about her post and sald “I am leaving with the usual instructions which are given to Min- isters by the State Department.” The day after she was named Min- ister to Norway Mrs. Harriman star- tled the State Department by inad- vertently disclosing that negotiations for a trade pact with Norway were well under way, although no formal announcement had been made. A ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Stat D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1937—FORTY-SIX PAGES. #%% BRITAIN CONSIDERS NAVAL ACTION IN SPANISH WATERS Admiralty May Dispatch Ships to Curb Italian and German Vessels. FASCIST NATIONS ARE REINFORCING FLEETS Speed Seen Necessary to Bring Revolters Back Into Non- Intervention Fold. BACKGROUND— Sending of men and munitions to aid Gen. Francisco Franco's Fas- cist forces by Italy and Germany and like assistance to Loyalists by Russia has threatened peace of Eu- rope since Spanish civil wer started last July. Britain and France acting in the interest of peace organized 27 nations into Non-Intervention Committee and warships were sent to patrol Spanish waters in eflort to cut off outside aid. Bombing of German cruiser Saturday by government planes cost the lives of 26, with the retaliatory shelling of Almeria on Monday, brought about present crisis Br the Assoclated P 3 LONDON, June 2—Great Britain was reported today to be considering a plan for joint naval action against Spain to offset the establishment of a virtual Italian blockade of ports held by the Spanish government. Convinced of the necessity of pre- | venting any new critical incidents in the civil war, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden was understood to have taken under advisement the plan which would grant Italy's and Ger- many’s demands for guaranteed pro- tection of their fleets in Spanish waters. ‘The British admiralty was reported to be considering dispatch of additional ships to the troubled area. The battle squadrons of both Italy and Germany already off Spain were being rein- forced. Under the proposal Eden was said to have before him for immediate action, the warships of Britain, France, Ger- many and Italy would unite as an in- ternational fleet against Spain in the event of any further molesting of vessels of the “Hands-off Spain” Com- mittee. The foreign office was said to be con- vinced that speedy action was neces- sary to bring Italy and Germany back within the non-intervention set-up. They quit the committee Monday after Germany's swift retaliatory bombarc- ment of Spanish Almeria, demanding as the price of their return guarantees " (See SPAIN, Page A-5.) 'STRIKE DUTY PLANE CRASHES AT PLAN Pilot Escapes Injury Landing Food for Republic Steel Workers. By the Associated Press. WARREN, Ohio, June 2.—A plane carrying food to workers in the strike- closed plant of the Republic Steel Corp. here crashed into a line of box steel cars in landing inside the plant inclosure today, but the pilot was not injured, Frank Flynn, manager of | the plant, said. Flynn did not identify the pilot and | the extent of the damage to the plane could not be learned. The plane, painted green and white, attempted a landing in a narrow im- provised field in the inclosure. The picket lines are several hun- dred yards from the landing place. The planes have been arriving with food at the rate of approximately two an hour. On some landings the planes have been targets for snipers, but the origin of the bullets never has been determined. Summary of Page. Amusements B-11 Comics __C-10-11 Editorials __ A-8 Finance ____A-15 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary ___A-10 FOREIGN. Page. Radio __.__._A-14 Short, Story _B-15 Society B-3 Sports _ _C-1-3 Woman's Pg. C-4 Spanish envoy here called home for | conferences. Page A-1 Church of England pastor to officiate at Windsor wedding. Page A-1 Britain may seek joint naval action to curb Italy. Page A-1 NATIONAL. House action on tav evasion probe is delayed. Page A-1 Jackson first witness as wage-hour hearings open. Page A-1 President returns from Hyde Park visit. Page A-2 Successor to Van Devanter topic as court recesses. Page A-2 Republic Steel Corp. pushes production plans in face of strike. Page A-4 Relief bill faces another major fight in Senate. Page A-5 WASHINGTON AND NEARBY. Rope and sailor's knot indicates Keene was murdered. Page A-1 “Spoils system” for new District jobs urged. Page A-1 One death, four prostrations laid to heat. Page A-1 Senators to end hearings on D. C. bill today. Page A-2 Cousin refuses to believe Keene com- mitted suicide. Page A-3 Temporary employes’ leave curtailed by decision. Page A-4 American U. drive for $250,000 opens with dinner. Page A-13 New code would strengthen elevator regulations. Page B-1 House group to get revised “nuisance industries” bill. Page B-1 Son of D. C. Army officer bitten by snake. Page B-1 The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press and Wirephoto Services. News Yesterday’s Circulation, 139,623 (Bome Teturns not yet received.) (/) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. ETERNAL PRUNING 1S THE PRICE .\ oF ECONONY )~ s N CHARGED TOFORD Subpoena Issued for Edsel| Ford in Detroit Riot Investigation. By the Assoclated Press Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers, announced today charges of unfair labor practices ' had been filed with the National Labor Relations Board against the Ford Motor Co. Martin said more than 150 specific cases were cited in the charges at the Detroit and Somerville, Mass., regional offices of the board. He said the charges alleged men were discharged for union activities | At the same time, Martin announced the U. A. W. would go into organiza- | tion of aircraft industries jointly with | | the Committee for Industrial Organi- | | zation. | Martin made the announcements at | a joint press conference with John L. | Lewis, C. I. O. chieftain. Prior to the | press conference, they had been | closeted together in Lewis' office for | more than an hour. | EDSEL FORD SUBPOENAED. ~ Personnel Head Also to Appear in | Auto Riot Probe, | B3 the Associated Press. i ‘ DETROIT, June 2—A subpoena | was issued today for Edsel Ford, presi- ‘ dent of the Ford Motor Co., as a one- | | man grand jury began an investiga- | | tion of last week's fight between com- | pany employes and members of the United Automobile Workers of Amer- | ica. | Duncan C. McCrea, Wayne County prosecutor, said process servers who called at the Ford Co. offices were unable to find either Ford or Harry H. Bennett, personnel director. | | Six witnesses appeared today before | Common Pleas Judge Ralph W. Liddy, | conducting the grand jury inquiry on | the petition of McCrea. ‘They included Mayor John L. Carey i and Police Chief Carl A. Brooks of suburban Dearborn, where fighting | broke out last Wednesday as union | organizers prepared to distribute | “Unionism, Not Fordism” leaflets. Detectives Arthur W. Glover and Joseph Althoff of the county prosecu- | tor's staff, said Jones admitted he | was involved in the fight at the Rouge plant. He said he was regularly em- ployed there as a tool and die maker. Mayor Carey, Chief Brooks and ’Cny Attorney James Green of Deat- | born all refused to comment after testifying. Today’s Star Auditorium committee hears pleas for ice sports. Page B-1 O. M. Gasch named assistant corpo- ration counsel. Page B-1 Tomlinson remanded to jail, pending appeal. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Washington Observations. Page Answers to Questions. Page David Lawrence. Page H. R. Baukhage. Page Dorothy Thompson. 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Page C-11 aaaaE>>» -6 -6 -6 -7 -4 -4 -5 -3 | Congress to stop the “evil practices” | pointment of six Senators and Repre- LABORACT BREACH | ¥ ae-Hour Bill No New Jackson Says, Praising Its Aim Measure End “Lip Service” to Labor and Gives First Real Aid., Assistant Attorney Genera BACKGROUND— The Black-Connery wege and ‘ nour legislation was introduced | shortly after Supreme Court, in | three liberal decisions, had aroused | hore a carefully daricn bill embody- ing such regulation might receive judicial sanction. Prime objectives are elimination of sweatshop wages and hours and abolishment of child labor. e | BY JOHN C. HENRY. Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson today told the Senate and House Labor Committees he “saw no | parallel” between the Black-Connery | I Tells Congress. & N.R. A. Pirst witness to appear before the Joint, Congressional Committee at the | drawn from the opening of public hearings on the bill, the youthful Jackson discounted the “easy lip service” tendered on all sides to the principle of improved standards of labor and asked the com- mittee to make this devotion to ideals ‘statutory instead of merely rhe- torical.” Questioned by members of the two committees, Jackson evinced determi- | ®! NEWD.C.TAX J0BS URGED AS PART OF “SPOILS SYSTEW" Nichols Asks Specific Ban on Civil Service Rolls for Appointments. ““GET EMPLOYES WILLING | TO WORK,” HE DECLARES Subcommittee Struggles to Get Plan Ready—Income Levy Foes Map Opposition. BACKGROUND— Despite apparently iproved business conditions, March tncome tar receipts, estimated at $340,000 - 000, totaled only $700.000.000. Sec- retary Morgenthau ordered an im- mediate inquiry, assigning investi- gators to check returns of wealthy taxpayers. Findings were submitted to President with a recommendation that legislation be sought to close tax, loopholes. BY JAM E. CHINN, Scores of new jobs in the Dis service that would be created with adoption of the proposed $6,149,000 tax- increase program would be placed under the so-called “spoils” system under a recommendation made today to the special Tax Subcommittee of i the House District Committee | resentative Democrat of Okla- | homa. | Nichols, a member of the subcom- mittee, urged that a provision written into the new tax legi specifically declaring that none of age-and-hour bill and the outlawed new appointments in the tax a'v: | sor's office and other offices result from the tax-increase program be ivil service register. Nichols said he “didn’t want to see the District government handicapped in the operation of the new tax laws with inefficient employes” who were protected from dismissal by the “cloak of civil service.” “Get some employes down the District Building that can and 1 work.,” he declared. *“If they there at nation to keep the pending bill free of | don't work, you can fire them.” any stigma of being a “new N. R. A" | (See WAGE-HOUR, Page A-10.) | TAV-DODGING QUIZ DELAYEDINHOLSE Resolution Goes to Commit- tee as Maverick Shouts Protest at Tactics. Br the Associated Press. An objection by Representative Ma ck. Democrat, of Texas blocked today an attempt to obtain imme- diate House consideration of an ad- | ministration resolution to create a | House-Senate committee to investi- | gate tax evasions and avoidances. “I'm tired.” he shouted, “of people | coming up here and giving me some | mysterious reasons why I should do | something. I want to know the real reason. Chairman Doughton of the Ways | and Means Committee had sought a unanimous agreement to bring the | measure before the chamber. The Senate approved it yesterday soon after President Roosevelt asked of tax dodging by the wealthy. Refer to Rules Committee. The resolution now will be referred to the Rules Committee, which must! approve it before it can come up on | the floor Chairman O’Connor of that com- | mittee announced to the House he, too, would object to immediate con- sideration of the resolution unless it | were amended. Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee said wealthy men and women referred to in the Presi- dent's message would be given an opportunity to testify if their names are disclosed by the Senate and House investigators. The measure which Maverick ob- jected to would provide for the ap- sentatives to conduct the inquiry. The Senate adopted the resolution yesterday shortly after the President’s recommendations for plugging gaps in the tax laws were read. Once the House acts and the committee or- ganizes, it can begin hearings as soon as it issues subpoenas for witnesses. Justice Department Active, Assailing wealthy citizens who seek to invent devices to evade payment of income taxes, Attorney General Cummings today said the Justice De- partment for some time has been making a special study of such schemes. While primary investigation of tax evasion is vested in the Treasury, he said at a press conference, Justice Department officials are co-operating in an effort to “plug up” loopholes in the tax laws through which some tax- | payers seek to escape proper pay- ments. “The ingenuity of people in seeking to invent devices with which to frus- trate the tax laws,” Cummings de- clared, “is being exercised all the time in an effort to shift the burden of taxation to other taxpayers.” Big Names May Be Aired. Meanwhile, many members of Con- gress expressed certainty the inquiry would bring out the names of wealthy taxpayers described in the President’s message as having avoided or reduced tax payments by such devices as in- corporating racing stables, yachts and country estates. The inquiry will serve two pur- poses—to focus public attemtion on the extent of alleged tax evasion and to supply Congress with information essential to the drafting of corrective legislation. FOURPROSTRATED, ONE DIES OF HEAT Mercury Starts Climb Here After 24-Hour Wave, Reaching 92. Full Session Tomorrow. Behind closed doors the subcom- | mittee struggled for two and a half | hours over details of the proposed | business privilege tax bill before re- cessing for lunch. An effort will be | made at another session, starting at 2 | p.m., to whip the new tax program shape for consideration of the fu | District Committee at a special meet- | ing tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. | Elwood H. Seal, corporation coun- sel, presented to the subcommittee a | recommendation from the Comn sioners for inclusion in the tax |islation of a provision which would | authorize them to borrow money from the Federal Treas) to operate the | District government until revenues be- | ®in to pour into the municipal treas- A hot Summer sun started tempera- | Ury in the Fall tures upward again today after 24 hours of & heat wave that contributed | Posed income tax, which would Meanwhile, opponents of the pro- tap to one man's death and caused four | the salaries of all employes in the prostrations. The only possible relief from the heat offered by the Weather Bureau was “the remote chance of a thunder- shower this afternoon.” The expected high temperature for today was 93. the bureau said, one degree above yes- terday's peak. The latest forecast was “fair to- night” and probably tomorrow. slightly warmer tomorrow with “gentle vari- able winds.” From a low of 72 degrees at 5 am. when most of Washington's citizens were getting their soundest sleep of the night, the mercury climbed to 77 grees below vesterday's recorded at 4:30 p.m. 11 am. The Weather Bureau reported high humidity of 48 per cent at noon. This was somewhat offset by light north- west breezes. Carpenter Is Victim. high of 92, It was 84 at The man to whose death was re-| | ported was Martin L. Porter, 58. col- | ored, a carpenter, 1217 Mount Olivet | road northeast. He had complained of the heat yesterday. Last night, he moved his bed to a sleeping porch, but spent a sleepless night, his wife, Ada, said. He was found dead in bed at daybreak and Coroner A. M. MacDon- ald said death was due to a heart con- dition, aggravated by the heat. Alfred Stamback, 37, of 928 K street, who became ill at Bladensburg road and Morse street northeast, where he was working, ty Hospital. Taken to Hospital. Blanche I. Couch, 34, of street northeast, prostrated while working in the National Pants Co. plant, 408 First street southeast. She was taken to Providence Hospital Edwin Morris, 29, of 2712 Fourth street northeast, who collapsed while installing a refrigerator in a drug store at 1738 Connecticut avenue. was treated at Emergency Hospital. Roy Hart, 819 Eleventh street, over- come while painting a house at 4504 Elm street, Bethesda, Md. He was treated at the Workmen's Compensa- tion Clinic, Seventeenth and I streets. | |‘b12zy’ DEAN. SUSPENDED Frick Lays Him Off Indefinitely “for Good of Game.” NEW YORK, June 2 (#).— Ford Frick, president of the League, today suspended Jerome Her- man (Dizzy) Dean indefinitely for “conduct detrimental to the best in- terests of base ball, Girl Held Father's Slayer. SAN DIEGO, Calif,, June 2 (#).— Coroner Chester D. Gunn reported to- day 15-year-old Marion Ayres shot and killed her father, Frank Thomp- son Ayres, rather than see him beat | her mother. Ayres, 47, is chief petty officer on the U. 8. 8. Dallas. The shooting occurred in the Ayres' small | mountain cabjn near here. |at 7 a.m. and 82 at 9 a.m., just 10 de- | He was taken to Casual- | He | National | | District for $2,000,000 a year, are preparing to push a plan to substie tute a 20-cent increase in the real estate tax. The 20-cent boost would raise the real estate levy to $1.70 and produce between $2,000,000 and $2,- 400,000 in additional revenue Chairman Norton of the full com- mittee may take a prominent part in the move to increase real estate taxes. Originally she advocated a general sales tax in lieu of an income tax, but since the sales tax was scrapped by the subcommittee she is known to look with favor on a higher real estate levy Would Set Limit at $3,500. Mrs. Norton would support an in- | 7 (see D. C. TAXES, Page A-5) LARGE APARTMENT SOLD TO SYNDICATE Westchester Is Purchased by Syn- dicate for Price in Excess of $4,000,000. The Westchester, generally regarded as the District's largest apartment group, has been sold to an interna- tional business syndicate. it was an- nounced today by stockholder- of the Westchester Development Corp. It is | Washington’s largest private real es- | tate transaction in recent years Three large buildings at 4000 Cathe- dral avenue, comprising the Westches- | ter group, and 28 acres of ground were 709 C | yelivered to representatives of the syn- 1dmw: for a price quoted as “in excess | of $4,000,000." Amsinck, Sonne & Co. |of New York, included in the pur- | chasing group, represented the syndi= cate. Westchester stock was owned by Morris Cafritz, Gustave Ring and Har- vey Warwick, who jointly negotiated the sale. The new owners of the huge depart- ment development plan to erect addi= tional apartments on the 12 acres of the property which are still undevel- oped, it was stated. The Westchester contains 550 house- | keeping apartments, most of which are large units. The first building was started in 1930 by Cafritz Construce tion Co. and the third structure was completed in 1931. Many of Washe ington’s more prominent families have made their homes in the buildings. U. A. W. HEADS CONFER Martin and Frankensteen Meet With John L. Lewis. Homer Martin, president, and R. T. Frankensteen, Detroit organizational director of the United Automobile Workers, conferred today with Joha | L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization. Asked if there was a possibility of & strike being called in the Ford plants, Martin said there would be nc strike “unless it is forced by Ford.” %