Evening Star Newspaper, June 3, 1937, Page 2

DRIFT OF POLAR G FLOE RAPD Director of Soviet Expedi- | tion Says It Surpasses All Expectations. Life at the Soviet scientific base at the North Pole and the aims and hopes of the erpedition are dis- cussed here by an eminent scientist who headed the advance party. ' BRY PROF. OTTO J. SCHMIDT. by the North American . Inc, and the New ®r Radio to Tne Star. NORTH POLE, June 3 —For many eenturies the North Pole has at- tracted and awed humanity. Daring men who have sought to reach it| either perished or returned without | bhaying attained it Nevertheless, | they have, enriched humanity with nef knowledge The American, Admiral Peary. was | the first to reach the Pole. His glory will never fade, But present times are diffierent Eotence cannot be satisfied with rare glances behind the curtain of mys- | tery. It demands continued, unceas- ing observations and the collection of enormous factual material in order to make sound conclusions and ap- plv them in practice. Soviet science, broadly supported bv its government and the enthusiasm of the whole country, has entered | upon that road of a thorough study | conguest of the north. Numerous ex- | peditions on ice breakers in the estab- lishment of the great northern sea route and the creation of dozens of polar stations prepared us for the work at the Pole itself. We con-| firmed Nansen's theory of drift across | the polar basin with our experience | ©of permanent polar stations and with | modern technique in the form of | radio and airplanes. Due to generous rupport from the Soviet government, | e. expedition has been carried out on an unprecedented scale. Planes Land on Ice. ! Four large airplanes flew over the after passing it, hunted They landed on | g from the that large piloted by such as could land ice fields in the heart and it is inter al and sport s stored airplane: d Arctic pilots pyanov and Moloko ared the most observations e been times dally the wieather bureau at Moscow, from Where it is being distributed over the {Whole world, thus permitting more as- ®ured forecasts of weather, which, to a cpnsiderabie degree, is made in the 'polar regions. | Drift Exceeds Expectations. * Observations of the drif dlally intere 18 physically imp time at the actual North Pole because 1f 15 in constant motion. And its speed ~+-up to half a mile hourly—exceeds all | expectations. So far, the drift has been toward Europe, but it is possible it will turn toward America or possibly go back from where it started The answer to that question, in which are concealed the iaws of the movement of ice and water in the Polar Qcean, as well as many other scientific wuestions, will be supplied by the wor ‘of the four men we will leave at the | excellently equipped scientific station he ice floe—Papanin, Krenkel, hoff and Feodorov. These brave people will spent about a year there. the scientific observation which they will make, their radio sta- fes toward the Arc yossible including perfectly on between the t tes across We who ca e first plane have been 1 than a week on an ice floe and have been drifting with it from the Pole proper. Thirty: Eve persons have arrived on the four | planes. The Arctic never saw so many people Life On Floe Comfortable. Life on our ice floe is so well or- | #anized and goes on under such com- paratively comfortable conditions that #t is hard to believe that this is that ‘very Pole which has cost so many dives. On the brilliantly white snow of our 4ce floe, which is surrounded by piles ®f broken ice, stand our beautiful orange and red planes, our windmill, radio antenna and a dozen tents. People rush back and forth, busy with their work, or just walk and enjoy the | shimmering cf the ice under the rays | of the sun We have come to feel | that, after a struggle with nature, we will sign a firm and honorable | peace with her. However, it is still ® long time until the expedition is ended and we know not what diffi- | culties we may yet have to face. FORMER FIRE HALL DAMAGED BY FLAMES| Loss Put at Dollars Several in Blaze at Thousand Clarendon. B a 8taff Corraspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va, June 3.—Dam- 8ge estimated at several thousand dollars was done to the old Claren- don fire hall by a fire which started | on the second floor early today. Fire | companies from Clarendon, Arlington | and Ballston fought the blaze. | The building was being used as al filling station, garage and a furni- ture store. Origin of the fire has not been determined by Fire Chief May- nard Saunders. FOUR PLEAD GUILTY Quartet of Young Men Admit Causing One-Night Crime Wave. PETERSBURG. Va, June 3 (#).— Changing their plea from not guilty to J7guilty after several Common- weaith'’s witnesses had testified in H{fffings Court here yesterday, four youmg men charged with responsibil- itgador a minor wave of banditry in Pepprshurg, Richmond, Chesterfield Coumty and Charles City County welE3entenced to eight years' impris- omment each by Judge R. T. Wilson. ‘The four, who waived trial by jur: 1%, Raymond Grubbs, 28, and hi | brother Josh, 20, of Chesterfield, and Sam Aikens, 20, and Dewey Owens, 320, of South Richmond. A series of hold-ups charged against the four were all committed on the night of May 12 and began with the theft of an automobile in Peters- 1 | when somebody THE EVENING Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. TOPSY-TURVY. HE old question, why are we right-side-up, or are we? has been raised again by a recent occurrence at Garfield Hos- pital. One of the nurses out there suddenly discovered that whenever she started to write she inscribed letters back-end-to and upside-down, just as her writing would appear in a mirror. The phenomenon is by no means unknown, sometimes occurring in children, but they grow out of it. Whether the nurse will overcome it, too, or will have to advise people to read her correspondence in front of a mirror, doctors are not prepared to predict. The incident was mentioned, how- ever, by a prominent local eye doctor brought up the old poser, why should we see things right- side-up instead of the other way? Why shouldn't people appear to be walking on their heads, and trees to be hanging from apples? An image strikes the retina of why doesn’t it stay that way? aren’t we all? s JULEPS. Friend of ours had a large mint julep soiree at his place in Virgmia this week, with guests strewn abotut the lawn under the big trees and practically nobody in the house ercept waiters, who charged back and forth bearing trays of freshly crushed ice and bundles of mint. One guest wandered into the resi- dence, however, and was strolling about upstairs. julep in hand, when le walked into a small room and to his surprise saw a large dog sitting on the rug. Before he could back out. the dog was between him and the door, growling ominously. Guest saw he was trapped, so he sat down and sipped a while, think- g it over. Every time he moved, the dog bared its teeth and growled again When the refreshments 1were gone, the victim decided to set up a howl of his own. It was an- swered fairly soon by his host, who came in and called off the dog, apologized profusely. “It would have been all right if only I could have thought of the right name. to make friends 1with him.” said the fellow. “But I tried every mame in dog language and he paid no attention. What's he called?” Julep,” said Relp us, it's the truth, too. * % ok % VERSATILITY. FELLOW who should know, has tipped us off to the fact that bus And the host. and so0 drivers in the western division (Chevy | Chase section) of this city, have been supplied with the cutest little brooms and dust pans, and instructions for their use. Seems they are now to be their own housekeepers as well as chauffeurs, the company having de- cided to dispense with the cleaners who used to do the work. * % ox % STEAM ROOM. ECAUSE we've often been on the verge of swooning puddle of butter when entering cars that have been left out in the sun all day with the windows up, we re- cently persuaded the Research De- partment to whip out a thermometer | and look into statistics on the mag- ter Result: R. D. discovered that tem- peratures run as high as 132 degrees in well-boiled automobiles, which means that all you have to do to get a good Turkish bath is wrap yourself up in some heavy toweling, climb into the car, close the windows and walit for the sun to do its worst. * x x x PALS. In New York on an assignment, a reporter friend of ours ran out of money and let the desperate word get back to the office “I need $50, but .right away.” Couple of the boys received this vaguely familiar plea at about 2 p.m. one afternoon, and sat douwn to think it over. At 2:30 they sent a reply. “Columbia Pictures publicity de- partment says when Ronald Col- man landed in this country he had only $57 in the world stop what are you grousing about?” Half an hour later came the fol- low-up message. “Besides, what would you do with £50 i/ you had it question mark there 1sn't that much money in the world stop not in the newspaper world at least love and kisses.” After muttering around his hotel room for a while, the broke one went out and borrowed $50 from a New York acquaintance. “Whatsa matter, Washington friends didn’t come through?” said the New Yorker. “Sure, they came through all right. I asked for $50, and they sent $50 worth of collect telegrams erplaining why they weren’'t going to lend it to me.” * % K ok STAND-UPPER. 'HE non-athletic girl and her boy friend were sitting on a bench in Potomac Park, facing the bridle paths. It was a fine Sunday afternoon, and all manner of riders came by—the young, the old, the clever, the inept, the lean and the fat. Around a bend in the path came an exceedingly buxom lass, posting for dear life, lifting far out of the saddle, settling back with a resounding smack. In passing she nodded to the girl on the bench, went chugging on her way. The N.-A. G. locked down the path after her a moment, then said reflec- tively to nobody in particular. ‘That's Maybelle. She's a stenog- rapher in our office. I always won- dered why she saved all her filing for Mondays.” the eye upside-down, and | into a small | STAR, WASHING1O. THURSDAY MISS EARHART OFF FOR PARAMARIBO Aviatrix on Third Leg of Her Round-the-World Flight. BULLETI! PARAMARIBO, Duich Guiana, June 3 (#.—Amelia Earhart landed here today at 12:50 am. (11:50 am,, E. 8. T.), on the third leg of her round-the-world flight. The American woman fiyer set her heavy plane safely down after a flight of 6 hours and 2 minutes from Caripito, Venezuela. She was expected to stay here until some time tomorrow. By the Associated Press., MIAMI, Fla, June 3.—Amelia Ear- hart took off from Caripito, Venezuela, at 11:48 am. Greenwich time (6:48 Eastern standard time) today, bound for Paramaribo, Netherlands Guiana, on the third leg of her round-the- world flight. Pan-American Airways, over whose route Miss Earhart is flying, reported the take-off of the aviatrix and Capt. Fred Noonan, her navigator, was without incident. Paramaribo is 750 miles south and east of Caripito and it was thought Miss Earhart would require only four or five hours to reach this goal. Pan-American weather reports from Georgetown, British Guiana, indicated the big twin-engined monoplane would have clear weather all the way. FLIGHT 1S DELAYED, | e | Miss Earhart Tells of Takeoff and | Hop From San Juan. BY AMELIA EARHART, By Wireless to The Star. CARIPITO, Venezuela, June 3.—I rolled out of bed at 3:45 yesterday morning in order to make a dawn take-off from San Juan, Puerto Rico, but aviation plans are as likely as those of mice or men to go astray, and it turned out the Electra did not lift her wheels from the runway until 5:30, Eastern standard time I had intended to hop 1.000 miles direct to Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, but owing to the later start and the | tact that construction work at the | San Juan Airfield shortened the av | able take-off distance, I decided to make Caripito for refueling purposes, From the time we crossed the green mountains of Puerto Ric. until we sighted the Island of Margarita (Venezuela) to starboard. we saw nothing but the tops of cumul clouds and the biie sea below. I flew at 8,000 feet most of the way, buck- ing headwinds of probably 30 miles per hour. ‘The coast of Venezuela in the hazy distance was my first glimpse of South America As we drew near I saw densely wooded mountains with wide valleys in between. open plain and jungle. I had never seen a jungle before | A muddy river wound through the | mountain pass we followed. A few | miles inland lay the red-roofed town | of Caripito, with squat oil tanks on | the outskirts. There was a lovely air- field with paved runways and a well- equipped hangar. It is managed Jjointly by the Pan-American Alrways and the Standard Oil Co. We were met by Don Andres Ro- lando, President of the state of Mona- gas, and Don Ramiro Rendiles, secre- | tary general, who were accompanied by their wives. They cordially wel- comed us to their beautiful country and hoped we would enjoy our stay. | The crew of the Electra (consisting of Miss Earhart and her navigator, | Capt. Noonan) were guests at a luncheon prepared and served in the hangar by the Standard Oil personnel. steak and grape juice to fruit cake. At my place were two orchids, such |as one wears only on special occa- lfin)ns in town. They grow wild here and were beautiful, even against my | crumpled flying shirt (Copyright, 1937.) BOARD WILL STUDY UNION-FORD DISPUTE Labor Relations Group Prepares to Examine Charges of Dis- criminatory Releases. Investigators and attorneys of two regional offices of the National Labor Relations Board today prepared to ex- amine charges against the Ford Motor Co., filed with them this week by the United Automobile Workers of Amer- ica. Charging discriminatory discharges brought on by membership in the union, the U. A. W. complaints were filed at Detroit and Somerville, Mass. Announcement of the action was made yesterday by Homer Martin, U. A. W, president, after a conference here with John L. Lewis, chairman of the Com- mittee for Industrial Organization, and Richard T. Frankensteen, a re- gional officer of the U. A. W, Martin also disclosed yesterday that the U. A. W. is planning inten- sive organization drives in several leading airplane manufacturing plants of the country, among them those of Douglas, Boeing, Lockheed, Consolidated and Pratt-Whitney. | Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Routine business. Joint committee continues wage and hour hearings. Interstate Commerce Committee continues rail financing inquiry. Appropriations Subcommittee begins work on relief bill. House: Begins debate on oil conservation bill. Ways and Means Committee studies nuisance tax extension. Post Office Committee considers establishment of airmail feeder routes. TOMORROW. 4 Senate: Probably will not meet. Joint committee on wage-and-hour legislation continues hearings. Subcommittee on District supply bill confers with Commissioners pre- liminary to rewriting House bill. House: Holds memorial service for Iate Speaker Byrns. Public Lands Committee considers Oregon and California land grant bill, 10 am. Subcommittee of Foreign Affairs Committee considers exposition bills, 11 am. Subcommittee of Judiciary Commit- tee resumes consideration of bill to amend employes’ compensation act, 10:30 a.m > | They were fed everything from beef- | | Text of President’s Message Seven Regional Boards to Deal With Flood, Dust, Drought Control Urged in Note on Planning. OLLOWING is the text of Presi- dent Roosevelt's message to Congress today on regional planning: Nature has given recurrent and poignant warnings through dust storms, floods and droughts that we must act while there is yet time if we would preserve for ourselves and our posterity the natural sources of a virile national life, Experience has taught us that the prudent husbandry of our na- tional estate requires far-sighted management. Floods, droughts and dust storms are in a very real sense manifestations of Nature's re- fusal to tolerate continued abuse of her bounties. Prudent manage- ment demands not merely works which will guard against these calamities, but carefully formu- lated plans to prevent their occur- rence. Such plans require co- ordination of many related activi- ties. For instance, our recent experi= ences of floods have made clear that the problem must be ap- proached as one involving more than great works on main streams at the places where major disasters threaten to occur. There must also be measures of prevention and control among tributaries and throughout the entire headwaters areas. A comprehensive plan of flood control must embrace not only downstream levies and flood- ways, and retarding dams and reservoirs on major tributaries, but also smaller dams and reservoirs on the lesser tributaries, and measures of applied conservation throughout an entire drainage area, such as restoration of for- ests and grasses on inferior lands, and encouragement of farm prac- tices which diminish run-off and prevent erosion on arable lands. Should Solve Problem From Bottom. Taking care of our natural es- tate, together with the stopping of existing waste and building it back to a higher productivity, is a national problem. At last we have undertaken a national policy. But it is not wise to direct every- thing from Washington. National planning should start at the bot- tom. or, in other words, the prob- Jems of townships, counties and States should be co-ordinated through large geographical regions and come to the Capitol of the Nation for final co-ordination. Thus the Congress would receive a complete picture in which no local detail had been overlooked. It is also well to remember that improvements of our national heri- tage frequently confer special bene- fits upon regions immediately affected, and a large measure of co-operffion from State and local agencies in the undertakings and financing of important projects may fairlv be asked for. Any division of the United States into regions for the husbandry of its resources must possess some de- gree of flexibility. The area most suitable as a reglon for the carry- ing out of an integrated program designed to prevent floods is the basin including the watersheds of a pivotal river. But other problems, dependent upon other combina- tions of natural economic and social factors, may require a some- what different area to permit the most effective functional program. Many Problems of Different Natures. For instance, the problem of the Great Plains area is a problem of rainfall, relatively high loose, friable soils and un- ble agricultural practices. The natural area for solution of the Great Plains drought problem is different from that for the solution of dynamic water problems pre- sented by the rivers which traverse that area. The rational area for administration of a Great Plains rehabilitation program crosses the drainage areas of a number of parallel major tributaries of the Mississippi River. It should, there- fore, be kept in mind that in es- tablishing & region for one type of comprehensive program, parts or all of the same area may be included in a different region for another type of comprehensive program, with the result of a Federal system, as it were, of programs and admin- istrative areas for solution of basic- ally different, yet interrelated problems. Neither the exact scope nor the most appropriate administrative mechanism for regional husbandry can at the start be projected upon any single blue print. But it is important that we set up without delay some regional machinery to acquaint us with our problem. I think, however, that for the time being we might give consider- ation of the creation of seven re- gional authorities or agencies; one on the Atlantic seaboard; a second for the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley; a third for the drainage basin of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers; a fourth embracing the drainage basins of the Missouri River and the Red River of the North; a fifth embrac- ing the drainage basins of the Ar- kansas, Red, and Rio Grande Riv- ers; a sixth for the basins of the Colorado River and rivers flowing into the Pacific south of the Cali- fornia-Oregon line; and a seventh for the Columbia River basin. And in addition I should leave undis- turbed the Mississippi River Com- mission, which is well equipped to handle the problems immediately attending the channel of that great river. Apart from the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Columbia Valley Au- thority, and the Mississippi River Commission, the work of these regional bodies, at least in their early years, would consist chiefly in developing integrated plans to conserve and safeguard the pru- dent use of waters, water power, solls, forests and other resources of the areas intrusted to their charge. Planning Board To Co-ordinate Work. Such regional bodies would also Provide a useful mechanism through which consultation among the various governmental agencies working in the field could be effect- ed for the development of inte- grated programs of related active ities. Projected programs would be reported by the regional bodies an- nually to the Congress through the President after he has had the projects checked and revised in light of national budgetary con- siderations and of national plan- ning policies, When the National Planning Board is established, I should expect to use that agency to co-ordinate the development of re- gional planning to insure conform- ity to national policy, but not to give to the proposed national plan- ning board any executive authority over the construction of public Wworks or over management of com- pleted works. Projects authorized to be under- taken by the Congress could then be carried out in whole or in part by those departments of the Govern- ment best equipped for the purpose, or if desirable in any particular case, by one of the regional bodies. There should be a close co-ordina- tion of the work done by the various agencies of Government to prevent friction, overlapping and unneces- sary administrative expense and 1o insure the integrated development of related activities. Congress Free to Fix Nature of Policy. ‘There should be the closest co- operation also with the developing State and local agancies in this field. particularly the State, re- gional and local planning boards and the commissions on interstate co-operation which work through interstate compacts ratified by the Congress and through interstate administrative .arrangements. And provision shculd be made for the effective administration of hydro- electric projects which have been or may be undertaken as a part of a multiple purpose watershed devel- opment. The water-power resources of the Nation must be protected from private monopoly and used for the benefit of the people This proposal is in the interest of economy and the prevention of overlapping or one-sided develop- ments. It leaves the Congress wholly free to determine what shall be undertaken and provides the Congress with a complete picture not only of the needs of each one of the regions, but of the relationship of each of the regions to the whole of the Nation If, for example, the Congress could have had before it at this ses- sion a complete picture of imme- diate and long-term needs, I think its task in providing for flood pre- vention and drought emergencies would have been an easier one. For nearly a year I have studied this great subject intensively and have discussed it with many of the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. My rec- ommendations in,this message fall into the same category as my former recommendation relating to the reorganization of the executive branch of the Government. I hope, therefore, that both of thsse im- portant matters may have your at- tention at this session. STRIKE m VIRGINIA SNAGS VOTE IN OHIO Bargaining Election Held Up in Dispute Over Eli- gibility. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, June 3.—A proposal! for a bargaining agency election among employes of the strike-closed Industrial Rayon Corp. plant here was snagged today on disagreemeni over whether employes at the struck Covington, Va., plant would be eligible | to vote. Representatives of an employe as- sociation and the C. I. O. Textile ‘Workers' Organizing Committee said they would agree to the election pro- posed by Common Pleas Judge Samuel H. Silbert and then went into confer- ence with the jurist. After three hours of discussion be- hind closed doors Judge Silbert an- nounced “the conference has gone on the rocks.” “We want it understood that we want a vote not only on the local situ- ation but on the situation in the Cov- ington plant,” said Arthur P. Me- Nulty, assistant general counsel for the C. L. O. group. “The situation there is entirely dif- ferent,” countered Walter T. Kinder, company counsel. “The workers have no employes’ association and the only bargaining group is the T. W. O. C.” The strike at Industrial Rayon's Virginia plant started March 29. Cleveland T. W. O. C. unionists struck last month after friction with the em- ploye association, and then filed charges with the National Labor Rela- | tions Foard accusing the concern of dominating & “company union.” STEEL RIOT VICTIMS HONORED AT RITES Unionists Eulogize Five Who Were Killed, Promise to. Continue Fight. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 3.—Unionists and sympathizers gathered in South Chi- cago today for & mass funeral for five of the six men killed in the steel strike riot Memorial day. In eulogies to the dead who fell in a clash with police near the Republic Steel Corp. plant union leaders pledged continuance of the fight against that firm, Inland Steel Corp, and Youngs- town Sheet & Tube Co. Several hundred persons attended funeral rites at Indiana Harbor, Ind., yesterday for Kenneth Reed, Inland employe, who was slain in the riot. Nicholas Fontecchio, a Committee for Industrial Organization chieftain, de- clared Reed met death “through the brutality of the despotic rulers of the industry.” Five leaders of the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, which called the strike, conferred with Mayor Ed- ward Kelly and demanded he remove Police Commissioner James P. Aliman and Supervising Capt. James Moeney from office. They also demanded pros- ecution of police who engaged in the riot. The Mayor asked for proof of their charges against the officers. o Scouts Overcome by Gas. VALETTA, Malta, June 3 (P)— Twenty scouts were overcome by gas yesterday during a mock air raid in preparation for a scheduled full dress rehearsal of war drills and resoue work. FORD CHALLENGE DECISION DELAYED Judge to Decide Tomorrow on Jurisdiction—More Witnesses Called. BACKGROUND— Sucgessful in gaining bargaining contracts with General Motors and other large automotive plants, C. I. O. turned to organizing Ford plants last week. Leaders who in- itiated drive were beaten at gates of Rouge plant in Detroit, tem- porarily delaying eflort. Charges were laid before Labor Relations Board and probe of riot was begun by State and city officials. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, June 3.—Common Pleas Judge Ralph W. Liddy called addi- tional witnesses today to testify con- cerning a riot outside the Ford Motor Co.'s big Dearborn plant, after de- laying for 24 hours his decision on & challenge to his jurisdiction in the case The Dearborn city attorney and counsel for unnamed Ford workers, who were subpoenaed for the one- man grand jury investigation, con- tended the court had no authority to inquire into the disturbance in the suburb May 26, when 18 persons were injured as United Automobile Workers tried to distribute union literature. on the question tomorrow, meanwhile refraining from questioning persons represented by the compaining attor- neys. He proceeded to hear other witnesses. As the inquiry resumed, the union announced it would seek wage in- creases for General Motors employes sion of its agreement with the cor- poration. Will Draft Demands. Wyndham Mortimer, U. A. W. A i vice president, sald delegates from union locals in G. M. plants through- out the country will draft demands at A conference here Saturday and Sun- day. Under the February 11 | compact h ended a prolonged | strike either party may file notice for revision or termination on or after | June 11. The agreement does not ex- pire until August 11. Mortimer said sole collective bar- gaining is not “a burning issue.” “After all, we could get exclusive bargaining rights under a Wagner labor relations law election,” he said. *The corporation is not bargaining with anybody eise, anyway, 50 it isn't im- | portant.” One of the demands to be discussed Mortimer said, will be a minimum wage for all General Motors plants in the United States 5.500 Return to Work. A union pledge of no further inter- ference with non-union workers paved the wayv for 5500 employes to return to work at the Chevrolet grey iron foundry in Seginaw. A strike resulted in suspension of operations yesterday after members of the United Automobile Workers of America ejected six non-union men from the plant. The strike was callad “unauthorized” by Ed Hall, U. A. W. A. vice president. Nearly a dozen witnesses—officials | of Dearborn, union members who were | beaten and kicked, Ford employes and terms of = grand jury yesterday. Subpenas issued for the appearance of Edsel Ford, president of the company. and Harry Bennett, his personnell director, re- mained unserved. Prosecutor Duncan | C. McCrea said he had been unable | to locate them | tion in the General Motors unit at Baginaw caused the closing of | Chevrolet engine plants at Flint. Com- | pany officials said they would be idle today and tomorrow. FIRE TWICE ROUTS SHIP’S CREW OF 52 Five Reported Seriously Injured on German Freighter Off Manila. By the Associated Press. MANILA, P. I, June 3 —Fire drove the crew of 52 from the German mo- tor ship Oliva for the second time to- day as rainstorms balked three air- seriously injured fighting the flames. Offices of the Hamburg American Line here reported the crew was taken off by the German steamer Friderun Earlier the crew had taken to lifeboats but returned to fight the fire when rain squalls started. The same rain kept two United States Army amphibian planes from finding the German motor ship, al- though they circled over the ship's position 120 miles southwest of Manila until their fuel dwindled. A 12-passenger commercial amphib- ian was driven back to Iloilo after fiying for 50 miles into bad weather. HORSEMAN’S ASSAILANT IS GIVEN YEAR IN PRISON By the Associated Pr WARRENTON, Va., June 3.—Cir- sentenced George Fewell of Marshall to a year's imprisonment for shooting Harry Kernes, farmer and race horse trainer, on Easter morning. The bul- let penetrated Kernes' lung. Fewell was tried in Fauquier Circuit Court yesterday, with Commonwealth Attorney C. W. Carter handling the prosecution and Charles G. Stone the defense. ALUMNI ELECT SILVER SPRING, Md, June 3 (Special). —Richard W. Dudley of Silver Spring was elected president of the Montgomery Blair Alumni Asso- ciation at the Spring meeting yester- day at Montgomery Blair Senior High School. Other officers elected are Miss Eliz- abeth Findley, Takoma Park, vice president; Miss Robert Wilkinson, Silver Spring, recording secretary Mrs. Irene Kramer, Takoma Parl membership secretary; Neal Holmead, ‘Woodside Park, treasurer, and Irwin Dietle, Montgomery Hills, sergeant- at-arms. e Work for 3,000 Men. Construction of the $40,000,000 bat- tleship Anson will give work to 3,000 men for three and one-half years at Clydebank, Scotland. Judge Liddy said he would rule | | next week, when it proposes a IQVI-‘ newspaper men—appeared before the | The temporary stoppage of produc- | planes in attempts to aid five men | cult Judge J. R. H. Alexander today | Passed Iliness of Jean Harlow By the Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, June 3 —Jean Harlow, exotic screen s has been in a critical condition from in- |flammation of the gall bladder, her mother disclosed today, but the actress | now has passed the crisis in her ill- ness. | “I feel like the been lifted from my shoulders, mother, Mrs. Jean Bello, exclaimed, near tears, after staving up all night outside her daughter's sick room. “This baby of mine is quite im- proved. Her doctor, Dr, E. C baugh, says she is out of danger.” Miss Harlow was stricken last Sat- urday. This morning, Mrs. Bello said, | the physician had planned an intra- | venous injection in an effort to bolster her daughter's ebbing strength, since |she has been unable to take food, even in liquid form | “Jean’s jllness was sudden." M Bello recalled “Saturday morning, before going to the studio she com- sted on working. She didn’t want to delay the which she was playing with Mr. Clark Gable. However, when she told me later in the dav, over the telephone, that she feit no better, I went to the | studio and brought her home.” whole world has picture MU WILLAWARD STUDENT HONORS Walter Johnson Will Present Base Ball Insignia to Son Edwin. By 8 8taff Correspondent o1 The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md. June 3 Walter Johnson, base ball's famed “Big Train,” was to hold the spot- | light here this afternoon entation of a base ball to his son Edwin, a member of the University of Marviand team, at class | day exercises on the campus. | Conducted by Prof. Charles S Richardson, the ceremonies were also to be featured by an address by Un: versity President H. C. Byrd As announced by the universi the awards to be made a pients include Silvester Medal | athl to college athletic: Chevy Chase. Guckeyson Wins Ring. Maryland ring. offered by .L Linhardt to the “man o for the year in athletics (Bill") Guckeyson, | street, Chevy Chase. Mortar Board Cup, offered to the v to- rec in John Gormley Charles John W been in attendance at least lege Park. The Jane morial Medal, given to the student from Prince Georges County “for e: cellence in scholarship and moral character,” Charles J. Janes, Ana- costia. Student medal and membership in the American Institute of Chemists, | given to the member of the senior class who has obtained the highest average in chemistry, Francis M. Bower, Mount Rainier. Medal to Freshman. | Sigma Phi Sigma Medal, offered by | the Delta Chapter to the freshman | making the highest scholastic average beth Harrover, Manassas, Va Delta Delta Delta Medal. given to the sophomore girl making the highest scholastic average for the first semester, Lydia McMullen Evans, Chevy Chase. Dinah Berman Memorial Medal, given to the sophomore who has ob- tained the highest scholastic average for two years in the College of Engi- neering, Thomas P. Wharton, College Park. members of all university teams. Seniors were to receive gold awards. | Two other important events are on the commencement program prior to | graduation exercises in Ritchie Coli- seum on Saturday. They are the Jjunior-senior German in the university gymnasium at 9 o'clock tonight and the commencement ball in the gym- nasium at the same time tomorrow. BROTHERS DIE IN TANK ST. LOUIS, June 3 (#).—Two brothers perished last night in a gasoline tank car at their filling sta- tion, in suburban Kirkwood. Oliver Behrens, 34, was attempting to measure the gasoline with a broom- stick as he stood on the top of the car. the open trap. to save his Lrother. before Dr. C. E. Bennett pronounced them dead. Engineers to Hold Picnic. The District of Columbia Society of ‘“old-time” picnic Saturday afternoon drives. Rock Creek Park. FEach family is to bring its own food basket. BYRNES SUPPORTS HUGE RELIEF cuT |Senator Urges Fund of $1,- 000,000,000 for Next Year. BACKGROUND— " Revolt over relief tuwo weeks agn threatened rapprochement between the Capitol and the White House. But House of Representatives agreed to $1,500.000,000 appropria- tion after indicating it would seck a cut. Whether the sum will aur- vive the Senate, however, is another question. By the Assoctated Press Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, urged his colleagues on an appropriations subcommittee today to cut next year's relief fund to $1,000,- 009,000. Byrnes and the nine other members | of the group—many of them economy= minded—called Works Progress Ad=- ministrator Harry L. Hopkins befors them to support the administration's Fish- | in pres- | insignia | drought relief, tanding | 6705 Forty-sixth “woman of the senior class who has | three | years and has made the highest schol- | astic overage,” L. Voncile Davis, Col- | being sent by mail during the first semester, Mary Eliza- | Athletic letters were to be given to | request for $1,500,000,000 The House, overriding economy de- mands, voted approval of the larger | sum. Byrnes is frequently an administrae tion spokesman, but took issue with the President's supporters on other provisions in the relief bill Urges Local Assistance. He advocated that local communi- ties put up 40 per cent of the cost of W. P. A. projects. He proposed that local governments be required to show they needed help before they could |get any money from the FPederal Treasury. Senator Steiwer, Republican, of | Oregon, another subcommittee mem-= ber, was working on an amendment to define the kind of destitution that would warrant Federal relief. ‘When the bill reaches the full com- mittee, there will be further efforts to amend it. Senator McCarran, Demo- | erat, of Nevada, favors e; arking of some of the appropriation for specific purposes, despite the fact that the House defeated a similar proposal Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, said he would ask that States be pe: mitted to decide whether the unem- ployed would be given direct or work relief. He favored the Byrnes amend- | ments | Even before Hopkins began his testi= mony, some members of the committee were ready to support the administra- tion estimate Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, said he would oppose earmarking or reductions in the total fund McKellar agreed, however, that the proposal to make local communities put up part of the cost was worthy of }smd'\ He suggested that Congress might write some general rule into the law and give the administration authority to make exceptions. There were scattered demands that the appropriation be either more than $1.500,000,000 or less than $1,000,000- 000. Senator King. Democrat, of Utah, has proposed a substitute to appro- priate $800.000.000 and turn adminis- tration over to the States. Senator Frazi Republican. of North Dakota, was asking $1,000,000,000 extra for FORD HAS ‘ARSENAL ' ~ STRIKERS CHARGE nd the Machine Guns, Tear Gas, Bullets Being Mailed Into Plant, Union Men Claim. B the Asociated Press RICHMOND, Calif., Charges that machine guns, amm June | tion and tear gas were being zent into the Ford assembly plant here were voiced yesterday by striking union workers. The strikers accused the automobile company of violating the | Wagner act. Deputy District Attorney J. Vance Polier of Contra Costa County said union officials told him the arms were into the plant, closed since last Wednesday by the Douglass Goddard Me- | walkout Frank Slaby, president of the Rich- mond local of the United Automobile | Workers' Association, laid the charges | of Wagner act viclation before the Na- | tional Labor Relations Board yester- | dayv. He declared management intimi- dation had prevented the 1,800 work- ers from organizing Mrs. Alice M. Rosseter, the board's regional director, asked Plant Mana agers Clarence Bullwinkel and S. W, | Harrison to attend a conference to de- termine whether a formal board hear« ing was warranted. The officials did not comment I Richard Gladstein, union attorney, |and H. W. Anderson, U. A. W. vice president, asserted they could lead au- thorities to “arsenals.” SAL I West Point Coach Promoted. The War Department announced | today the promotion of First Lieut Garrison H. Davidson, head foot ball | coach at West Point, to captain in the Corps of Engineers, effective June 14. Consul Requests Tax Deductions On Liquor Bill Jester at Southampton Votes Expenses of Entertaining. B the Associated Press. An American Consul argued that when he buys drinks for visiting ad- mirals the Government should let him deduct the expense from his taxable He lost his balance and fell through | Board of Tax Appeals in & income. Perry N. Jester, now Consul at Southampton, England, informed the ief that Carl Behrens, 37,:hr spent $351.17 on beverdges and plunged into the tank in an attempt $153 on entertainment in 1935, when he was Consul at Barbados, British Firemen removed the two men and West Indies k, | used inhalators on them for an hour | It was, he said, the “usual cus- tomary hospitality to local Govern- ment officials, prominent members of the community and visiting naval of- ficers, including the real admiral and his staff.” Such entertainment, he said, is Professional Engineers will hold an | necessary to maintain a Consul's prese tige and further American interests. in seection 19, Beach and Bingham | He declared the Bureau of Internal Revenue erred in refusing to let him deduct the expenses. )