Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1937, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR,. WASHI NGTON, D. C, FRIDAY. JULY —_—— e e SHERIFF DISARMS | [ W ashington | |EARHART SPEEDS | Budge Wins Wimbledon Title In Straight Sets From German CANNERY GUARDS Shooting of Striker Sets Off Clash Between Officials at Cambridge. BULLETIN, By the Ascociated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Md., July 2.— The American Federation of Labor flled charges with the National Labor Relations Board today that the Phillips Can Co. and the Phillips Packing Co. have violated the Wagner labor relations act. By the Assoclated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Md., July 2.—Sheriff Roy 8. Melvin collected an armful of shotguns from cannery guards on Federal orders today after two colored strikers reported they were fired on while passing & factory of the strike- closed Phillips Packing Co. The sheriff took the guns, picked out as having been fired recently, to the county jail, where the Federal men planned to examine them. Both eingle and double barreled guns were dncluded in the sheriff's collection. The firing at the plant set off a gharp clash between two groups trying to bring peace to the 8-day-old walk- out that closed the Phillips plants, rated as the third largest cannery in the country. . Investigation of the shooting, in which one colored man was wounded, led to a heated difference of opinion between agents of the Senate Civil Liberties Committee and ,Dorchester County authorities as to jurisdiction in the case Probers Arrive. ‘The committee’s investigators, Ben- net Schauffier and Jacob Blum, en- «ered the muddied labor picture here emid a flurry of excitement as great A8 any yet produced in the strike that tmade 2,000 company employes idle. Schauffier is regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, and Blum is the N. L. R. B. regional attor- ney. \ They arrived here after the com- pany's announcement it would not re- sume operations—an announcement withheld from the strikers last night— and about two hours before the shoot- ing at the plant, Tells of Shooting. James Field, one of the colored men, reported company guards opened Gre on him and James Powell as they walked along the highway between factory B and factory C. Powell was peppered with buckshot from ankle to head. Field was unharmed. Officers removed Powell to the county jail after his wounds were dressed, Because he was not charged with any offense, Blum said, he “re- quested” that the man be released. State's Attorney Gorman Hill said Blum had “demanded” Powell's re- lease “by authority of the Federal Government.” After a heated debate in the jail offices, Powell was set free. Later Hill issued a warrant charg- ing Powell with assault and battery during a melee at the plant gates yes- terday. Hill sald Powell had been dentified as involved in a previously unreported attempt, to set fire to gas tanks of the Phillips Oil Co. Hill said the attempt was made shortly after the strike began. The State's attor- ney said he might make further eharges later. Another Man Hurt. ‘The Powell shooting was the sec- ond occurrence of violence in a day that was marked by the announce- ment of Col. Albanus Phillips, com- PaAny president, in rejecting union proposals for settlement, that ‘“‘pro- duction will not be resumed.” James Roberts, colored, was injured during yesterday's violence. He re- ceived a three-inch head wound from e nightstick wielded by Sheriff Roy Melvin. s AMERICANS WAIT YACHTING ‘FINALS’ Vanderbilt's Ranger Favorite to Defend “Mug” Against Endeavour II. B85 the Associated Press. NEWPORT, R. L, July 2—T. O. M. Bopwith intrusted all his hopes of eapturing the America’s Cup to his slim, Blue Endeavour II today, as his American rivals groomed their three prospective defenders for a third and final series of trials starting tomorrow. Obeervers believed Harold S. Van- Gerbilt’s Ranger, would be the choice of the American committee to de- fend the “gold mug.” Ranger, un- defeated in preliminary trials, held ® wide margin over her rivals, Gerard B. Lambert'’s Yankee and Chandler Hovey'’s Rainbow, 8opwith announced his decision to #ace Endeavour II with complete lack of ceremony. He announced casually that the newer sloop had proved faster to windward than Endeavour I, Which he also brought, The international races are sched- uled to begin July 31. In the inter- vening month, Sopwith plans tune-up races for his challenger against her older sister sloop. SLAYER OF GIRLS STILL A MYSTERY Police Start From Scratch Again as “Eddie the Sailor” Joins Freed Suspects. By the Assoclated Press. INGLEWOOD, Calif.,, July 2—Baf- fled detectives started from scratch again today in their search for the strangler of three little girls. With the exception of one person, scion of a wealthy New York and Los Angeles family, all suspects were eliminated as police took a new tack in their investigation-—the belief the children were killed by some one with whom they were acquainted. Even “Eddie the Sailor,” for whom police have been seeking since the beaten and garroted bodies of the girls were found in a Baldwin Hills ravine Monday, was freed from sus- picion. For he, too, was a comparative stranger to Madeline Everett, 7; her sister, Melba, 9, and 8-year-old Jean- ette Stephens. Several persons have told officials & man known as “Eddie the Sailor,” who amused children at Centinela Park by showing them how to tie knots, was playing with the victims Saturday when they disappeared from the playground. Y A Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. MUST DRESS. O THE Montagues and the Capu- lets couldn't get together after all. At least that's the opinion you'd have if you get your journalism pictorially and don't read the news stories accompanying the “art.” Take this photograph appear- ing in yesterday's papers, taken after the wedding of Farnklin D. Roosevelt, jr, and Ethel du Pont. Looks very much as though the boys couldn't get together in the mat- ter of dress. There's the President, clad in what certainly appears to be & business suit. Then Franklin, jr, stands there swathed in the glory of a cutaway. And off on the right, Eugene du Pont poses with the group, white-cloaked in a Summer dinner jacket. The story mentions Mr. du Pont’s appearance at the wedding with “a gardenia in the lapel of his cuta- way,” s0 he must have changed early in the evening, but it still looks as though he's flaunting capitalism, or something Heck Mr. du Pont, we've got a white dinner jacket, so it can't be a symbol of capitalism. * x x x SWANK. That cutaway of Franklin, jr.s, has indirectly brought a local news lad in line for a lot of kidding, in- cidentally. ~ All because a weekly news picture magazine displayed shots of the President's son being fitted for the wedding firry, cap- tioned the picture with some men= tion of “a semi-swank tailor.” Local lad has some of his clothes done by the same tailor. Now his friends practically leer over the “semi” in “semi-swank. * ok K X DISCOVERY. IE’THUSBLAH did not drown in in the flood. ‘The fate of the gent is reported to have had a lot of learned folks by the ears for a couple of millenjums— at least for a Jong time. But comes now a distinguished Hebraic scholar, “who has made a great discovery.” “I have discovered,” he announced proudly when tracked to his lair be- neath a pile of Hebrew books in a local library, “that Methuselah died before the flood.” Now don’t take this too lightly. If the patriarch had perished in the inundation it would have been the very devil of a mess. It would speak ill for the character of Noah to have left his grandpappy behind to drown when he set out in his one-way ferry boat. And Noah—as we gather from “Green Pastures” and other sources— was a fine fellow. Do you want to believe he left Methuselah to be swal- lowed up by the waves? * ok ox % VINDICATION. the scholar announced, slapping closed one of the Hebraic vol- umes, “have vindicated Methuselah and Noah." Here's how it works: Genesis says: Methuselah lived 187 years and begat Lamech. A few verses further on it says: And Lamech lived 182 vears and begat Noah. “Remember,” says the scholar, “that Methuselah was 369 years old when his first grandchild was born.” Now Noah, as the Bible says, was 600 years old at the start of the flood. This would leave Methuselah 969, the age at which he died. Easy to jump carelessly to the con- clusion that Noah left him behind to drown. But the scholar points out a clear statement a chapter further on, which seems to have been missed by all the boys. This says the flood started, not in Noah's 600th, but his 601st yeer, that is, hetween his 600th and 601st birthdays. Furthermore, it atarted on the “seventeenth day of the second month.” giving Methselah a whole month and a half in which to die be- fore the inundation. M ON SECOND THOUGHT. Naturally we were all pepped up over being the first to announce these tidings, but nert day the scholar himself came 'round to the office. “I have thought it over,” he said, “and I fear I will be subjected to ridicule if my name is associated with the discovery.” Doesn’t seem fair that we can't have a good authoritative name to back up the report that Methuselah was not one of the sinners left to die in the water and that Noah was not an ungrateful grandson. Doesn’t seem fair, A ’ * ok x % MYSTERY. ANDEMONIUM reigned. as the saying goes, and if you don't mind a cliche now and again. Any- how, it reigned. Horns barked raucously. A’ delivery motorcycle, parked double, blocked traffic on the downtown street and had things in no end of a mess. The driver couldn't be located. ‘Then a cab drew up on the other side of the street, a young colored lad alighted, walked across, boarder the motorcycle, started just like that and was off. Passersby stared. They're still trying to figure where the guy had been and why he left his motor- cycle in the middle of the street to go for a ride in a taxi. Probably was just a plot to keep the onlookers awake a night or two AGROSS PAGIFIC Aviatrix on Most Dangerous Leg of Flight Around World. BULLETIN. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.—A radio contact was made with Amelia Parhart's plane at 6:18 am,P. S T (9:18am,E 8 T) today by operators at Howland Island, goal of her 2570-mile flight, the Coast Guard here was advised. Atmospheric conditions were unsatisfactory for clear radio reception and no details were re- ceived. By the Associated Pre: SYDNEY, Australia, July 2.— Amelia Earhart sped across 2,550 miles of the South Seas today toward Howland Island on what she described a3 “the worst section” of her leisurely flight around the globe, The slim American hopped off from Lae, New Guinea, at 7 p.m., Eastern standard time, yesterday for the dis- tant American-owned outpost which she said she hoped to reach in 18 hours, Weather conditions were perfect as Miss Earhart lifted her monoplane into the air. A run of nearly 900 yards was necessary before the plane left the ground with its heavy load of gasoline. Her ultimate destination, with her navigator, Capt. Fred Noonan, is Oak- land, Calif. When she arrives she will have circled the globe. Miss Earhart had been delayed at Lae several days, postponing her flight because of slight mechanical troubles and bad weather conditions. The Americans flew to Lae from Port Darwin on the Northern coast of Australia. Miss Earhart has kept her flight as close to the Equator as pos- sible, At Howland, however, she will turn northward to Hawaii. MESSAGE UNDECIPHERABLE., Miss Earhart’s Husband Follows Prog- ress of Flight. SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 (&#).— Amelia Earhart blazed a new air trail over the South Pacific today in a hazardous 2,570-mile flight from Lae, New Guinea, to tiny Howland Island. The first radio message received early today by Coast Guard headquar- ters here, where George Putnam is listening in on-his wife's flight, was undecipherable. Putnam said he “as- sumed” the flight was proceeding nor- mally. It is the longest and most perilous flight ever undertaken by America's leading feminine aviator. To aid her the United States Navy stationed the oceon-going tug Ontario midway along her route and the Coast Guard sent the cutter Itasca to How- land Island. The flight called for precise naviga- tion by Fred Noonan, who charted Miss Earhart's course and is flying with her. Howland is only half a mile wide and 2 miles long. NATIONAL GLIDER ELIMINATIONS LISTED Sectional Meets to Pick Entries for Next Year's Com- petition. By the Associated Press. ELMIRA, N. Y, July 2—The Na- tion’s glider pilots who want to com- pete in next year's national soaring contests will have to qualify in district eliminations. William Enyart, contest chairman for the American Aeronautics Associa- tion, announced that such meets are being planned for the Pacific Coast, Midwest, Central and Southern sec- tions to select the best pilots. Meanwhile, spectators at Harris Hill were treated to an exhibition of nerve and skill by Jonas Pyragius, Lithuanian pilot who was one of the few to soar in practice flights yester- day. While flying upside down at 1,500 feet, the hood over the cockpit of his sail plane came loose. Pyragius grasped it with one hand and handled the controls with the other until he righted the plane. Then he threw the trying to dope it all out. DEADLOCK IS BROKEN ON SUGAR LEGISLATION House Agriculture Committee Re- ports Favorably on Bill for Quota System. Ay the Associated Press. The House Agriculture Committee broke a long deadlock on sugar legis- lation today by reporting favorably the Jones “compromise” bill. It provides for a quota system for division of the American market among domestic and foreign producing areas. The measure, designed to replace the Jones-Costigan quota system, which expires December 31, follows general recommendations of President Roose- wvelt. In addition to setting up a new quota system, the bill would authorize a tax of half a cent a pound on manufac- tured sugar to raise funds for payment of benefits to domestic producers who comply with production‘®control regu- lations. Benefit payments would be denied growers who employ child labor. ’ hood away and landed. HIT-RUN SUSPECT IS FREE ON BOND Elmer Imlay, Jr., Overtaken by Cab Driver After Boy, 3, Is Run Down. Elmer E. Imlay, jr., 2825 Myrtle avenue northeast, who was chased and caught by a taxicab driver yes- terday after he allegedly ran down a boy in the street, was at liberty on $1,000 bond for appearance in Traffic Court to- day. < According to police, Imlay drove off hur- riedly after strik- : ing 7-year=-old Vito Policelli, 534 Third street northeast, as the boy was crossing M street at Third northeast. ‘The cab driver, Thomas Adams, 2619 Bladensburg road, was driving some distance be- hind Imlay when the accident hap- pened, it was reported. After gaining the permission of & woman passenger in his cab, Adams started in pursuit, chasing Imlay several blocks and through several red lights before crowding his machine to the curb at Second street and Florida avenue northeast. At No. 9 precinct Imlay was charged with hit-and-run driving. Young Policelli was treated at Sib- ley Hospital for a slight cut to the face and released. TAX CLAIMS ABATED Max Schmeling Gains as Treasury Relents. ‘The Treasury has abated $104,396 in tax clsims against Max Schmeling, German boxer. Officials said yesterday he was over-assessed on 1933 and 1933 income taxes, Vit Policelli, rJ DONALD BUDGE. —A. P. Photo. By the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON, England, July 2.— Don Budge, lanky red-head from Oak- land, Calif,, today won the all-Eng- land singles tennis championship, blasting Germany's Baron Gottfried von Cramm off the courts in straight sets. 69, 6—4, 6—2. The American Davis Cup star’s decisive triumph climaxed a brilliant performance throughout the famed Wimbledon tournament. En route to the title relinquished by Fred Perry, now a professional, Budge dropped only one set and that to his Davis Cup team-mate, Frankie Parker of Milwaukee. For Von Cramm it was his second successive trouncing in Wimbledon's | final. He lost to Perry last year, 6—1, 6—1, 6—0. Budge required only an hour and five minutes to annex the title. Im- mediately after the match both went to the royal box to be introduced to Queen Mary. Asked what the Queen Mother llld‘ to him, Budge replied: ) “I don’t think it's proper to lell‘ that. Just say the she congratulated | me.” “I was lucky to play probably the finest tennis of my life just when I wanted to,” he added. “I couldn't believe it when I reached that match point. “Von Cramm is a great player and a great gentleman “No, I am not going to turn pro- | fessional " Later Budge returned to the royal box and sat with Lady S8amuel Hoare, watching a doubles match from the front row with Queen Mary, but not | in chatting distance. Von Cramm, who was soundly whipped by Fred Perry in the 1936 | finals, 6—1, 6—1, 6—C wasn't discon- | solate “I was playing the best I knew how,” the German said, “but I don't | think any man who ever played at | Wimbledon could beat your American today." Point scores and stroke analyses of sets follow: | Budge had only one erratic streak, in the middle of the second set, when for three games——the fifth, sixth and seventh—his forehand went haywire. He won only three points all told in those three games. He quickly regained his devastating form, however, and thereafter there never was any doubt who had com- mand. Von Cramm could carry games | to deuce, but Budge then calmly won them. The new champion scored few placements until the final set, but he was hitting the kind of shots that Von Cramm couldn’t return. For the three sets Von Cramm made 66 errors, including 28 nets and 37 outs as well as a single doublefault. Budge, in the meanwhile, made only 52 errors, in- cluding 24 nets, 25 outs and three doublefaults. Yvon Petra and Mme. Simone | Mathieu of France reathed the finala of mixed doubles by defeating Daniel Prenn of Germany and Evelyn Dear- man of England, 6—2, 6—4. The win- | ners will meet Budge and Alice Marble | of San Francisco in the finals tomor- row. Budge and Miss Marble won their semi-final round match yesterday. | First Set—Point Score. Budge 315 055 444—31—6 | Von Cramm 543 433 222283 Stroke Analysis. Place. Aces. ments. Nets. Outs. Budge 0 VonCramm 0 10 10 13 Second Set—Point Score. | Budge 443 420 145 4—31—6 | Von Cramm . 225 144 413 1—27—4 Stroke Analysis. Place- Double Aces. ments. Nets. Outs. {gults. 0 6 1 9 2 1 Double faults 0 0 Budge Von Cramm. 0 IS BIEE Third Set—Point Score. Budge 454 648 18—40—6 | Von Cramm 271 406 46—30—2 Stroke Analysis. Piace- Double | Aces. ments. Nets. Outa. faults, Budge! <. =98 =20/ S8 A S Von Cramm. 0 (D 15 0 bamlits Strip $1 FromNew York Thieves Rob Mrs. Jose- phine Forrestal in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 2.—A quartet of jewel thieves invaded fashionable Beckman place early today, and at | gunpoint stripped a society matron | of jewelry valued at $100,000. | The robbery occurred only a few doors from the apartment house where Mrs. Nancy Evans Titterton, victim of last year's’ sensational bathtub mur- der, was strangled. Mrs. Josephine Ogden Forrestal, socially prominent victim of Manhat- tan's latest jewelry robbery, told police the bandits took two platinum brace- lets set with diamonds and two plati- num rings. . | ‘They did not take anything from | her escort, Richard B. W. Hall, a broker, overlooking $700 he had in his pocket. As Mrs. Forrestal and Hall arrived at the entrance of her apartment in Hall's chauffeured limousine, and alighted, the bandit car drove up, | they related. Before Frederick Tuck- er, the chauffeur, could open the car | door for Mrs. Forrestal, one of the robbers stuck & gun against his side, saying: “What's your hurry, buddy?” Another bandit climbed into the car and pulled the bracelets from Mrs. Forrestal's arms and the rings from her fingers. The other two robbers stood on the opposite side of the car. The robbery lasted only s few sec- onds. Miss Large Roll of Bills. One of the men put his hand into Hall's right trouser pocket, but found nothing. He did not take time to search another pocket, where Hall had a large roll of bills. At that point two men in another car drove up and muttered, with an oath, to one of the robbers: “Hurry up, Joe.” The bandits then fled in their car, later found abandoned nearby, & fender dented. Hall and Joseph Alroy, special pa- trolmen of the Beekman residential area, dashed into .the basement of the apartment building and tele- phoned police. Four radio patrol cars of officers arrived at the scene and a police alarm was broadcast. “I think if we had been a little tougher we could have saved some jewelry,” Mrs. Forrestal remarked later to police. “I think we did all right,” Hall com- mented, grimly. Describe Robbers. Hall and Mrs. Forrestal provided po- lice with descriptions of two of the bandits. The leader, they said, was about 30 years old and apparently a foreigner. After Mrs. Forrestal returned to her apartment from police headquarters, where she viewed pictures in the rogues gallery, she found a third brace- let which she at first thought she also had lost in L‘Nbblr!. 00,000 in Gems Society Woman MRS. JOSEPHINE FORRESTAL. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Hall is associated with Dillon, "ead & Co. Mrs. Forrestal's husband, James V. Forrestal, was at home at the time of the hold-up, having returned from his country home at Wheatly Hills, Long Island. Car Attracts Patrolman. Shortly before the robbery, the ban- dit car pulled into Beekman place, near Mrs. Forrestal's apartment, and parked about 5 feet from the curb, attracting the attention of Special Pa- trolman Roy. “You can’t park here,” said Roy, approaching the car. “You'll have to move.” “Okay,” replied the driver. “We're going out in a minute.” “You'll have to go now,” said Roy and went back to his post. Just then Hall's limousine turned into Beekman place and stopped in front of Mrs. Forrestal's apartment. The bandit car followed and stopped close by. So quickly was the robbery executed that, detectives said, Joseph Schmidt, doorman at an adjacent apartment building, whd was away from his post just long enough to escort the Countess Ilinsky frem her car to her apartment, witnessed no part of the hold-up. The robbery climaxed a series of jewel hold-ups recently, which resulted in designation of a special squad to escort night club patrons home at their request in an effort to thwart bandits who frequent the clubs with a view to “spotting” women wearing considerable jewelry, following them home and robbing. JOINT TAX RETURN LOSES TS5 MILLION Senators Told That Single Levy on Family Income Would Jump Revenues. BACKGROUND— When March income tax returns proved disappointing, Treasury staff uncovered use of several ef- Jective devices for reduction of tar liability. President asked Congress to conduct public hearings, during which names of some of Nation's best known persoWalities have been mentioned among those employing one or more unique procedures to cut their tax obligations. By the Associated Pre Roswell Magill, Treasury Undersec- retary, told congressional tax investi- gators today the Government's reve- nues could be increased approximately $193,000,000 annually if husbands and wives throughout the country were re- quired to pay a single tax on their Joint incomes. Discussing the question of commu- nity prosperity, Magill said eight States permitted & husband and wife each to report one-half of a family income for tax purposes, although all the income may have been earned by only one of them. This division placed their in- comes in lower brackets and thus re- duced their taxes, he said. The so-called community property States are California, Texas, Louis- iana, Kentucky, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho ang Nevada. Magill said if husbands and wives in these States alone had been required to pay in- come taxes on their total income in 1936 the Government would have re- ceived an additional $34,000,000. Astor Is “Cleared.” When the committee started its ses- sion Magill said he had ascertained that the yacht Nourmahal, owned by Vincent Astor, had not been incor- porated and its expenses had not been deducted from Astor's tax returns. President Roosevelt has taker. sev- eral fishing trips on the yacht. Representative Crowther, Repub- lican, of New York had asked Magill for information abbut it. Previously the committee had heard testimony that some yachts had been incor- porated in schemes used by wealthy persons to reduce their taxes. Magill’s testimony came after Charles T. Russell, deputy commissioner of internal revenue, had recommended tightening of the pension trust pro- visions in the revenue laws, In that connection, Magill told the committee one of the remedies for abuse of the pension trust provisions being considered was an amendment | to require that all such trusts be irre- vocable. Pensions as a Dodge. Representative Vinson, Democrat, of Kentucky, had pointed out companies creating revocable trusts could dissolve them whenever such action would be to their tax advantage. In a statement filed with the com- mittee Russell said that “information vailable indicates that some taxpayers are attempting to converft into a tax avoidance mechanism a statutory pro- vision designed to encourage pensions.” “The evidence on hand indicates that some closely held and closely con- trolled corporations are attempting to distribute profits in the guise of pen- sions,” he said. Arthur H. Kent, assistant general counsel of the Treasury, discussed tax- atlon of non-resident aliens. Treas- ury officials had lists of individual names, but because no question of illegality was involved, the lists were not inserted in the official record. Aliens Benefitted. Kent said non-resident aliens en- joyed some “very substantial tax bene- fits” under present rates, as compared with residents of similar income, “This inequality,” he said, “could be minimized, or removed, and sub- stantial additional revenue obtained by some readjustment of the with- | holding rates and or the imposition of an additional tax burden by way of surtax upon the non-resident alien reciplents of larger incomes.” When Kent finished, the committee | adjourned until Tuesday, when it will meet in executive session. Magill said he believed the Treasury had con- cluded its presentation of testimony for the record. Chairman Doughton tnld reporters the investigators would determine future procedure Tuesday and decide whether to subpoena some of the in- dividuals whose names have been brought into the hearings. Referring to the spectacular intro- duction of prominent persons into the tax hearing Undersecretary Magill told the Investigating Committee: “The name business is substantially over.” Seven Save $1,750.000. Magill told reporters the Treasury was willing to help should the commit- tee desire to examine tax returns of Presiderit and Mrs. Roosevelt and ad- ministration chiefs, as suggested by Representative Fish, Republican, of New York. — SHOOTING SUSPECT FLEES VIA WINDOW Baxter Albert, Wounded, Jumps Out of Hospital—Is Later Found Hiding. Baxter Albert, 45, colored, 809 First street, who allegedly shot his 16-year- old daughter in the leg yesterday and then seriously wounded himself below the heart, leaped from a window at Casualty Hospital early today and later was found hiding in Stanton Park. Albert shot at his wife in the back yard of his home, police said, but the bullet struck the girl, Margurita. He then shot himself, jumped a fence and ran into an alley back of 61 H street, where he was found by police. He was returned to the hospital today after Officer C. F. Smith of the ninth precinct found him in the park. SCOUT OFFICIAL TALKS Washington Kiwanians Hear Dr. George J. Fisher. Rejoicing in the absence of regi- mentation in the life of American youth, Dr. George J. Pisher, deputy chief Scout executive, yesterday toid ‘Washington Kiwanians American tra- ditions must be impressed on the minds of this country’s youth to guard against the “sad spectacle” of youth life in some other countries. The whole meeting, held at the May- flower Hotel, was turned over to Boy Boouts. George P. Mangan presided. £ Hits Fascism THREATENS “GOOD NEIGH- BOR” POLICY, HE SAYS. GASTON NERVAL. Fascist penetration in Latin America was cited today as a dan- ger to the ultimate success of the *“'good neighbor” policy in the West- ern Hemisphere by Nerval, Bolivian Journalist and author, in the last of a series of lectures delivered at the University of Maryland as a Summer course on inter-American relations. Nerval's writings appear regularly in The Star and he is the author of & widely known book on Pan-American problems, ‘Autopsy of the Monroe Doctrine” (Macmil- lan, 1934). Next week he will speak at American University on “Latin America in World Politics.” FIREWORKS BLAST KILLS &, HURTS 13 Window Display in Idaho Town Set 0ff—Children Are Blamed. By the Associated Press, NAMPA, Idaho, July 2.—The toll of a pre-holiday fireworks explosion rose to five today with the death of two more persons who were caught in the blast of a store's whole supply. Mrs. Ernest Miller, 28, and Mrs. George Le Delle, 38, died of wounds they suffered yeseterday when the fire- works display was accidentally set off. More than 15 were injured. Fire Chief L. T. Lessinger said a child touched off a fireworks window display yesterday that turned a crowded combination drug store and beauty parlor into an inferno of darting explosives. Mrs. T. C. Danjels, 29, her dress a sudden sheet of flame, died in the store. Girl, 3, Is Killed. Three-year-old Katherine Miller and 12-year-old Ardyce Pavek, rushed to hospitals with 15 other victims, died within a few hours Several of the other victims suf= fered broken arms and legs in addi- tion to powder burns Coroner William Talley said an in- quest would be held to determine the cause of the blast and Sheriff Harold Meyer remarked, “We'll talk to the surviving victims and then decide what to do.” Mrs. Dora Smith, who escaped with 1240 ARE LT FROMW.P.A.ROLL Reduction to June 26 Left 1,821,151 on Rosters, but More to Go. By the Associated Press. Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress administrator, announced today that W.P. A. had cut off more than 124,000 | workers in the two weeks ending June 26. That action reduced the num- ber of persons employed to 1.821.151, The reduction is in line with Hop- kins' intention to trim the rolis to 1,665,477 by June 15. The number of persons working on June 26 by States Alabama, 20668; Arkansas, 23653; California, 98.6 Colorado, 19.837; Connecticut, 17.364; Delaware, 1.931: District of Columbia, | 6,523; Florida, 25.356; Georgia, 23,761. | Idaho. 4.700; Tlinois, 132,188; In- | diana, 54.143; Iowa. 19.642: Kansas, 30.704; Kentucky, 41321; Louisiana, 26.145. Maine, 3.048: Maryland, 10,- | 760; Massachusetts, 79.583 | Michigan, 50.514; Minnesota, 37,999, | Mississippi, 17.892; Missouri, 64,65 Montana, 9.387; Nebraska, 19.058; Nevada, 1,441; New Hampshire, 5,926; New Jersev. 67,396; N Mexico, 8.244; New York City, 1 04; New York (exclusive of New York City), 66.939. North Carolina, 22.670; North Da- kota, 11,943, Ohio, 99.000; Oklahoma, 48.651; Oregon, 13,206; Pennsylvania 179,738: Rhode Island, 11.414; South Carolina, 19,572; South Dakota, 13,- 764; Tennessee, 23,342. Texas, 68,213; Utah, 7511; Ver- mont, 2,907; Virginia, 19.284; Wash- ington, 25,508; West Virginia, 32,059; Wisconsin, 42,063: Wyoming, 2,365; Alaska, 13; Hawaii, 3658 Reductions were shown for all States, except Delaware, North Da- kota, Utah and Alaska, which showed increases during the two weeks rang- ing from 1 in Delaware to 342 in Utah. | Arizona, 7.682; PARTY FOR BOYS’ CLUB Linen Shower Tonight for Police Organization. A linen shower for the benefit of the Metropolitan Police Boys' Club Camp at Scotland, Md, will be held at 8| o'clock tonight in the home of Mrs. Arthur H. Bryde, 217 E street south- east. * Mrs. Alyce Thume is chairman of the Committee on Arrangements, as- sisted by Mrs. Ernest W. Brown, wife of the superintendent of police and | founder of the club. Entertainment will be furnished by the Harmonica | Band of the club from police pre- cinet No. 5. W hite House Ends Picture Agencies’ Ban Roosevelt Told ‘Love Feast’ Service Was Proper. Ey the Associated Press. HYDE PARK. N. Y., July 2.-—White House officials today lifted from two news photographic organizations a ban imposed because of pictures taken by visitors at the Democratic ‘“love feast” on Jefferson Island last week and distributed by the two services. The organizations are the Associ- ated Press, of which Edward Stanley is executive editor in the news photo division, and the Acme News Picture Service, of which Fred Ferguson is president. Ferguson and Stanley visited Presi- dent Roosevelt here yesterday and, following the conference, issued the following statement: “We called on the President at his invitation and laid before him our points of view with reference to the situation arising over the taking of pictures on Jefferson Island last week. “We did not make any request for action on the part of the President. ‘We merely wanted him to understand fully our position in the matter. “We told the President that we did not feel that there had been any im- propriety or violation of the agree- ments that we or other reputable news or photographic organizations main- tained with the White House. “We believe that the matter is being amicably adjusted in our negotiations with Secretary Early.” Stephen T. Early, secretary to President Roosevelt, notified the two services earlier in the week they would be put under a temporary ban. minor injuries, was at the soda fountain when the blast rocked the store, Packed With Children, “The store was packed with women and children—there were at least 30 in the place. Flames and fiying ex= plosives shot everywhere,” she said. “The whole front of the building was a mass of colored flames and loud explosions. Every one rushed to the back door. It was stuck, but finally they got it open and every one got out, someho Once before, on July 3, 1909, a fire« works explosion and fire swept Nampa “That one destroyed 25 buildings cost $350.000." said Lessinger. Yes- terday’s damages were estimated at $25,000. 10 D. C. BLIND LEAVE FOR 2 WEEKS' CAMP | Guests of Friends of the Moment at Happy Nook, Deale, Md. Others to Follow. Ten sightless persons left Washing- ton yesterday for two weeks of lfe in the open at Happy Md., as gu of the Fr Moment, local organization f ing the blind The contingent yesterday first of about 120 pe enjoy two-week outin from now until the fi . All expenses, 1 transportae tion to and from the camp, will be paid by the Friends of the Moment organization Outdoor recreation swimming and fish recordings of books as the principal indoor diversions. The camp is lim= ited to persons over 12 years of age Miss Louise Moore will be hostess and house mother for the Summer while Mrs. Ross T. McIntyre is ch: man of the sponsoring organization TWO SENTENCED IN NAJJUM SLAYING Meinzer Gets 20 Years, Ricker 3 to 15 in Death of In. surance Man. Prison sentences were imposed late yesterday on two youths who pleaded guilty to charges growing out of the death of James Najjum, 54-year-old insurance man. Robert W. Meinzer, 23, who had pleaded guilty to second-degree mur- der, was given a 20-year term, and Lawrence N. Ricks 23, who had pleaded guilty to manslaughter, was sentenced to from 3 to 15 years’ imprisonment . Beaten, Najjum’s body was found alongside the road in Capitol Heights, Md., last February. He was picked up by a motorist and taken to his home, 1809 North Capitol street. He died several days later in Sibley Hos- pital of cerebral hemorrhage Meinzer, Ricker and 19-vear-old Eunice Constance Gerardi were held by the coroner’s jury, but the grand jury declined to indict the girl. Tha two young men told police they picked Najjum up in their automo- bile, bought some liquor and went for a ride. was the of Septemt include h radio a SYLVAN THEATER MOVIES The regular Friday educational mo- tion picture films, under auspices of the Younz Men's Christian Associa- tion. will be shown at 8 p.m. today in the Sylvan Theater Tonight's series will include “Vol- canoes in Action,” sketches from the life of Brahms, the musician, and symphony orchestra studies Monarch of Bhopal Injured. While riding on the polo ground a* Roehampton, England, the wealthy Nawah of Bhopal was thrown from his horse and received head injuries, Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Debates farm tenancy bill La Follette Committee contirues ine quiry into Chicago strike fatalitiss. Labor Committee considers wagea hour bill Agrfculture Committee continues hearings on Norris power bill. House: Hears general debate. Joint Committee on Tax Dodging hears wind-up of Treasury's case. Agriculture Committee studies bill to simplify Farm Credit Administra« tion. Irrigation Committee opens hearing on Colorado River project. TOMORROW. Senate: Probably will not be in session, House: Will not be in session. ] t