Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional showers this afternoon, probably ending early tonight; tomorrow fair, not much change in temperature; gentle winds, mostly northeast. Tem- peratures today—Highest, 73, at noon; lowest, 69, at 6 a.m. New York Stock Market Closed Today 85th YEAR. No. INDIANA HARBOR, FEARING VIOLENCE, BEGS FOR TROOPS Militia Moves Into Cleveland | as C. 1. 0. Steel Forces Are Realigned. EARLE JOINS ORATORS HEARTENING STRIKERS | "You Have Roosevelt, a Liberal Congress and Me,” He Tells Rain-Soaked Crowd. BACKGROUND— Bethlehem, Republic, Youngs- town Sheet & Tube and Inland have declined to sign contracts with John L. Lewis' steel union on the ground it considers C. I. O. groups irresponsible. Gov. George Earle of Pennsyl- vania closed the Bethlchem plant two weeks ago with a martial law order, subscquently lifted restric- tions. Br the Associatea Press, CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 5.—C. L O.s strike legions, pepped by Fourth | of July oratorical fireworks that ter- | rific rainstorms could not dismay, 1e- formed their lines today on the last two remaining strike battlegrounds— | Cleveland and Indiana Harbor, Ind. ‘ Troops were moved into Cleveland to preserve the peace when Republic | Steel reopens its four large plants | here tomorrow ‘ There were no troops at Indiana | Harbor, where the Youngstown Sheet ! & Tube Co. is awaiting guarantees of safety for its men before reopening; but there were pleas for troops, and$ ® prediction that “there will be blood- | shed if protection is not supplied | immediatel;.” | The union’s crack orators sought at. Fourth of Nt rallies to put new iron in their men's determination to “fight it out” (as Philip Murray, strike chairr , put it) “a week, a month, a yea , 10 years.” Earle Speech Cheered. Pennsylvania’s New Deal Gov. George Eatle flew through a thun- derstorm to reach a rainsoaked rally at Johnstown, Pa., and tell the cheer- | ing strikers and sympathizers: “You | don't need acis of violence when you have Pranklin Délano Roosevelt in Washington, a liberal Congress, and & Governor like me.” Bethlehem's Steel's plant at Johns- town, sprawling for 7 miles through the valley, was idle over the holiday week end. It reopens tomorrow, and | the management says the working | force is viriually normal. Few pickets are on the line there A committee of six ministers of diana Harbor telegraphed Gov. 'ownsend of Indiana that they had conducted a secret poll of steel work- ers in the Calumet area, which in- cludes the milis of both Indiana and Illinois around Lake Michigan and that 86.8 per cent of the steel workers favored “return to work with safety,” &nd 13.2 per cent wanted to remain on strike pending “signing of the contract requested by C. I. O.” | The Ministerial Commitiee, which | was non-sectarian, told the Governor | “the situation is entirely out of con- ! trol.” and “there will be bloodshed if | protection is not supplied immedi- ately.” From another source, the *“Associ- ation of Steel Emploves'—an inde- pendent, non-strike union of Younas-' town Sheet & Tube Co. workers—the Governor was 1mportuned 10 send troops. The Sheet & Tube Co. is ready to reopen, it announced, as! #oon as authorities provide protection | for the workers, & majority of whom, | accordirg to the company, have ex- | pressed & desire to return to work at the concern’s East Chicago, Ind., plant, ! employing about 6,000 men. Militia Demobilized. Gov. Townsend made no sign that ! he would meet the requests for troops. | Militia was mobilized last week for | & few hours and was then demobilized | when Inland Steel and the C. I O.i came to agreement, and 12,900 men | went back to work there | Ohio troops were sent to Cleveland | st the request of Mayor Harold Bur- | ton and Sheriff Martin O'Donnell, Wwho told the Governor “violence and disorder are certain unless proper | steps are taken to prevent it.”” “Peace- ful picketing” will be permitted, but | the number of pickets will be limited | to 12 at each entrance Johnstown, Youngstown and War- ren, Ohio, mass meetings yesterday | all brought out ringing declarations by C. I O. leaders that the strike | is being vigorousiy carried on. Some of the statements were: | Philip Murray, at Johnstown: “All| we ask is a square deal, and we have every reason to believe our pickets (in (See ST’}:ELTP;ge A7) ACCOKEEK MAN, 25, DROWNS IN CREEK Henry (“Buck”) Penn Loses Life While in Swimming With Friends. Brecial Dispatch to The Star. ACCOKEEK, Md,, July 5—Henry (“Buck”) Penn, 25 an employe of the Capital Material Co., who made his home with his mother here, drowned in Piscataway Creek yester- day while in swimming with friends near Fort Washington. Penn, sole support of his mother and several small brothers and sis- ters, had been in the water for about two hours when he was missed. Mem- bers of the party began a search and his body was found entangled in the tall grass which chokes the stream. A Pending funeral arrangements, th body was taken to the Hunt & Ryan 34,03 | 74 and miscellaneous causes accounted AF.LCARRES are | cent. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Fourth Toll 322 Lives, but None By Fireworks Traffic Fatalities Are Greatest, With 200 Killed. By the Associated Press. The lives lost during the Nation's | celebration of its 161st independence anniversary stood at 322 today with not a single death directly attributed to fireworks. sible for 200 of the deaths, drownings for 48. The Independence day casualty list, | the third largest since 1930, was| above the average for the past eight years. From 1930 to 1937 the | Fourth of July death total was 2,117, | An average of approximately 264 deaths for each year. The day’'s toll was slightly below last year's {otal of 346. Although the holiday passed with- out a single fireworks death, an As- | sociated Press survey showed hundreds | were treated for injuries from ex- plosives. Thirty-six firecracker vic- {‘Vlms were treated in Chicago hos- | pitals. Many of those burned or maimed by incautions handling of firecrackers were from communities which had ‘outlawed” fireworks in deference to the “safe and sane Fourth” campaign, an editor of a Chicago newspaper. New York, with 28 deaths, led the (See MISHAPS, Page A-4) BATTLETOC.1.0. Green’s Organization to Urge Employers to Sign | as Protection. BACKGROUND— In August, 1936, Executive Coun- | cil of A. F. of L. suspended 10 union afiliates of C. 1. 0. thus cutting approximately 1,000,000 | members jrom 3,000,000 total of or- | ganized workers. Breach has continued and deep- ened since that date, with C. I. 0. | adding several unmions and more | than doubling its membership as it fought to organize steel, auto- | mobile and other great mass pro- | duction industries. By the ‘ soclated Press. ! Informed persons said today the American Federation of Labor would seek closed shop agreements as a part of its strategy in & renewed struggle for organized labor supremacy with John L. Lewis’ Committee for Indus- trial Organization. Organizers will tell employers, it was asserted, that a closed shop would be to their advantage because of the federation’s ban on sit-8own strikes and its record of adherence to con- ! tracts. By this means the A. F. of L. chief- tains hope to gain sole right of rep- | resentation even in some plants where | sentiment for the C. I. O. is strong. Major sit-down strikes have been by unions affiliated with the C. I. O. | 200 Organizers in Field. The federation has employed about 50 additional organizers for this mem- bership campaign, bringing to 200 the | total number it has in the field. They under direction of Lewis Hines, appointed by President William Green | to lead the battle with the C. 1. O. To finance the eampaign, the A. F. of L. Executive Council asked unions | {or double federation dues of two cents A member a month, instead of one | Green said nearly all had re- | sponded, increasing the federation's | monthly income about $30,000. i Lewis, publicly, has assumed an attitude of complete indifference | toward the A. F. of L. campaign. | Miss Perkins Backs Up. i Disclosure of the federation's strat- egy was coincidental with a_state- : ment from Secretary of Labor Perkins | that sit-down strikes were “unsuited” to America. She predicied unions would quit using them. A request from Representative Dit- ter, Republican of Pennsylvania, for clarification of her views on sit-downs brought the statement from the sec- retary. —_— BINGHAMS INVITE 1,200 | LONDON, July 5 (#).—Some 1,200 | Americans in London were invited | to attend Ambassador Robert Worth Bingham's garden party today in cele- bration of the United States’ Inde- pendence day. Miss Henrietta Bingham was to| help her parents receive the guests under marquees on the embassy lawn. | labor | Rail Spans Blown Up. PONCE, Puerto Rico, July 5 (#).— Independence day dynamiters blew up two railway bridges and set fire to three coaches today. Nationalists in Puerto Rico have demonstrated fre- quently in favor of independence from the United States. Eighteen persons = Automobile accidents were respon- | |FIRECRACKERS, GUNS | Tickets are available at the Ellipse | who took advantage of the long holi- | | crackers are: WASHIN RAIN THREATENING POSTPONEMENT OF FREWORKS SHOW ‘Spectacle Would Be Held | | Tomorrow — Traffic Takes 1 Life Here. CAUSE INJURIES TO 15 Alexandria Couple Killed Near | Altoona, Pa., in Collision of Automobiles, Rain today threatened postpone- ment until tomorrow night of the District’s giant Independence day celebration, scheduled to begin at 7:15 | pm. at the Ellipse with & Marine | Band concert and to end with a spec- | | tacular 45-minute fireworks display. The pageantry will go off on sched- | ule if the weather is dry, officials said, but a shower at the start of the cele- bration or during it would bring about the postponement. Ticket buyers are | being given identification tags to en- | | started in 1907 by James Keeley, then ' able them to return tomorrow if they: are disappointed tonight. Dull skies led residents of Mont- | gomery and Prince Georges Counties ' | to call off an all-day celebration which was to have_ included athletics. & v | rade and fireworks display in Takoma Park, Md. One (raffic death and 15 minor injuries from July Fourth carelessness | with firecrackers or guns was the toll | of the first 24 hours of the two-day | Independence day celebration in and near Washington. Last vear's count was 14 traffic dead and 60 firecracker injuries. Dies in Hospital Here. Joseph Henson, colored, 69, Po- | moniey, Md., died in Providence Hos- ' pital this morning after being struck by & hit-and-run driver last night | ear Brants Corner, Md. Other hos- | piials treated 1] motorists and pedes- trians who suffered bruises and frac- tures in trafic mishaps. Mrs. Thelma Fowler, 25, of Alexan- dria, Va.. and her husband, Arthur E. Fowler, 29, were killed near Altoona, | Pa, the Associated Press reported, ! when their car was in collision with | an automobile driven by Walter H. Measing. Nutley, N. J. Measing posted $1.500 bond pending a coroner’s in- | quest. Police attributed the few’ injuries . on the Fourth to the fact firecracker owners have all day today to enjoy the splutter and fuss of sizzling gun- powder. If rain does not interfere, | the most colorful pyrotechnic display in Washington's history will light the ! skies tonight at the Ellipse celebra- i tion, which begins at 7:15 o'clock and ends with a 45-minule skyrocket pro- gram The Weather Bureau had forecast ! showers for today and it started rain- | ing this morning. | Despite the unfavorable outlook, ' the Independence Day Commiitee ex- pects almost 100,000 persons to pack the greensward behind the White House 1f the rain stops. Twelve thousand chairs, obtainable for 25 | cents aplece, have been provided, and here is room for 80,000 to stand. and the Keystone Automobile Club. Extra Cars to Be Run. ‘The Capital Transit Co. completed arrangements for special service over its lines approaching the Ellipse. Be- ginning at 5 p.m. and lasting as long as necessary after the fireworks dis- play, extra cars and buses will be run to care for the throng attending the celebration. Washington stores were closed all day today to permit their employes to” enjoy and observe Independence | | day, Edward D. Shaw. secretary of | the Merchants and Manufacturers’ | Association, reported. The thousands' of Government employes and others day to leave town Friday and Sat- | urday were still gone. not expected to | return until late tonight or early to- morrow. Among the persons injured by fire- Robert Johnson, 17, of 741 Thir- teenth street southeast, treated " (See FOURTH, Page A-4) O0SAKA TEMPLE SOLD TO SUPPLY NAVY IRON Great Edifice Brings $150,000 as 3,000 Japanese Dealers Bid. By the Assoctated Press. OSAKA, Japan, July 5—The mag- nificent temple of humanity was sold under the auctioneer's hammer today to furnish scrap iron for war ships of Japan’s increasing navy. The edifice, vacant since the gov- ernment suppressed the Hitonomichi sect for esorteric rites, was sold for $150,000 to an Osaka scrap iron mer- chant who will dismantle it and sell the metal. Some 3.000 iron dealers flocked to the temple, bidding in the hope they could resell the massive were killed on Palm Sunday during a clash. framework to the navy for a sub- stantial profit. B3 the Associatec Press. FOYNES, Ireland, July 5—The Im- perial Alrways flying boat Caledonia was poised at the mouth of the River Shannon today for a pioneering 1,800~ mile commercial survey flight across the Atlantic. Given favorable weather, the ship was scheduled to leave Western Ire- land at 7 pm. (1 p. Eastern stand- ard time), and head out over the At- lantic toward Botwood, Newfound- land, on the proposed trans-Atlantic commercial air route. Three hours later the Pan Ameri funeral home in Waldorf. U. S., British Clippers Poised For Two-Way Ocean Flights Clipper III was to shoot down thei runways at Botwood Airport and point her nose eastward across the ocean. It was possible the two huge flying boats, co-operating in the commercial survey, might sight one another pass- ing somewhere in mid-ocean. West-to-east headwinds were to be against the Caledonia, and it was estimated the flight to Newfoundland would require about 16 hours. As the Caledonia rocked on the gray waters at the mouth of the Shannon, hundreds of foreign tourists gathered at Foynes and nearby Limerick to wit- | ness the takeoff. Bad weather Saturday held up the (See OLIPPER. Page A-10) GTON, D. Fhoeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION a, MONDAY, JULY OY 1937 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ny Star THAT SEEMS To BE ABOUT “THE ONLY THING T RECOGNIZE] AROUND HERE. | Sl UARDCONFESSES TAPLE SLAYIS | | After 11-Hour Grilling, Ad- mits Killing Three Cali- fornia Girls. (Pictures on Page A-2.) By the Associa‘'ea Press, LOS ANGELES, July 5—Broken by 11 hours of constant grilling, a 32- vear-old W. P. A. worker paced & cell today after confessing, Detective Lieut. | Leroy Sanderson said, the brutal at- tack-slaying of three little girls. By his own words, Sanderson said Albert Dyer branded himesl[ as the man who strangled Madeline Everett, | 7. her sisler, Melba, 8, and 9-year-old Jeanette Stephens, and ravished their bodies as they lav in & sands ravine. “We shall, of course, ask for the death verdict,” said District Attorney Buron Fitls when Dyer's purported confession was obtained last night. He said he was filing three murder charges. ' Conlesses at Police Threat. Dyer, employed by the W. P. A to guard children at a street crossing near Centinela Park in suburban In- glewood, broke, Sanderson said, when police threatened to take him to Inglewood, where enraged citizens milled about the police station dur- | ing questicning of other suspects last ! week. | “Well—I did it!” he gasped, San- | derson related Then Dyer’s wife reached his side. “He never did it,” she cried—"he never did it!" b | On the morning of their death, Dyer | said, he played with the girls in the | park. It was then, Sanderson asserted, ! the guard persuaded them to hunt rabbits in the nearby hills. They Finally Agreed. “They said their mothers didn't want them to, but I kept telling them how much fun it was and finally they agreed that they would meet me,” the 138-pound. 5-foot-5 suspect was quoted | as confessing. At the appoinied hour, his story continued, “I watched the three girls coming down the road. They were dressed in bright-colored clothes and | looked fresh and nice.” Their route lay through a bean field and down & steep-sidea ary wash. “We sat down to rest and I asked Madeline, that was the youngest one, | to come with me up the draw a bit and see if we could scare out a bunny. She came right along and the other two girls agreed to stay behind, Chokes Madeline to Death. “When out of sight of the others, I reached out and grabbed Madeline by the neck and choked her to death. When I thought she was dead, I knot- ted & rope around her neck to make sure.” Madeline’s limp body was Jjammed into a narrow crevice. "“Then I singled out, Jeanette. I told her we'd trapped a rabbit and said (8ee MURDERS, Page A-3) left THIRD IN FAMILY DIES OF POISONOUS FUNGI Two Others Seriously Ill After Eating What They Believed Mushrooms. By the Associated Press. HUNTINGTON, W. Va, July 5— Five-year-old Mary Louise Raub died today, the third victim of a family meal which physicians said may have included poisonous fungi mistaken for mushrooms. Two Raub children died yesterday, several hours after the family of 11 Wwas stricken at their isolated farm home at Glenwood. Mrs. Raub, the only member of the family who did not partake of the dish, was not affected. One by one the children fell ill, and finally the father, G. F. Raub, was stricken. The most seriously ill today were Raub and his 7-year-old daugh- ter, Margaret. ean HELD AS FUGITIVE Police Say Man Fled From Caro- lina Road Gang. Edward Lane, 27, of Spartanburg, 8. C., was arrested here yesterday by Detective Sergt. Howard Ogle as 8| fugitive from a South Carolina road gang. Ogle said Lane, who wag serving s three-year term with th gang for assault and robbery, told him.he | ence { former Gov. | first word of Mrs. fled becsuse he “wanted s vacation.” Vicar Who Wed Windsor Sure of Real Love Match Arrives in New York for Lecture Tour of U. S. | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 5—The little vicar who stirred a church contro- versy by marrying the Duke of Wind- sor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield said today if he had it to do over again he would “do the same thing.” The vicar, Rev. Robert Anderson Jardine. who arrived aboard the Queen Mary for a two-month coast-10-coast lecture tour, said he thought it “un- fair” for the Church of England not to look at the wedding from the spiritual stanapoint “The Archbishop of Canterbury took & political view of the subject rather than & spiritual view,” said the vicar. “I have married divorced commoners before, and if I had this to do over again. I would do the same thing. I wanted the couple to have a fair | chance.” Rev. Jardine said he thought the romance of the duke and Mrs. War- fleld was a “real lasting love match.” “They are intensely happy,” he said. “Those who say it will not last are false prophets. match.” MRS. FRANK 0. LOWDEN FOUND DEAD IN HER BED Wife of Ex-Governor of Illinois Was Daughter of Pullman, Sleeping Car Magnate. By the Associated Press. OREGON, IIl, July 5—Mrs. Flor- Pullman Lowden, 69, wife of Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, was found dead in bed early today at her home, Sinissippi Farm, | near here. A maid at the home gave out the Lowden's death. She said it was unexpected and that Mrs. Lowden had not been ill. Mrs. Lowden was the daughter of George M. Pullman, multimillionaire sleeping car manufacturer, from whom she inherited a large fortune. She | married Lowden on August 29. 1896. Three daughters and a son survive. With her husband, who has been a | prominent figure in councils of the Republican party for many years, Mrs. Lowden returned recently from an extensive tour in Europe. DETROIT W.INS, 8T04 Chicago Beaten in Holiday Morn- ing Game. DETROIT, July 5 (#).—Home runs by Hank Greenberg, his eighteenth | of the season, and Billy Rogell, ac- counting for five runs, enabled De- troit to defeat Chicago, 8 to 4. in today's morning game. Boots Pof- fenberger won his first victory as & starting Tiger pitcher. Summary of Page. Amusements B-16 | Radio Comics __B-14-15 | Short, Story _B-12 Editorials ___ A-6 | Society ... _ B-3 Lost, Found.B-12| Sports __A-14-15 Obituary ___A-18| Woman's Pg. A-12 FOREIGN. U. 8., British clippers poised for two- ‘way ocean hops. NATIONAL. Fourth celebration takes lives of 310. Page A-1 Steel strikers reform lines on last two fronts. Page A-1 Committee on tax avoidance to decide course tomorrow. Wallace aides ready to start farm tenancy program. Page B-10 WASHINGTON AND NEARBY. Scouts participate in ceremonies at Arlington. Page A-1 D. C. Minimum Wage Board to plan procedure Priday. Page B-1 Senate action on D. C. tax bill likely to be delayed. Page A-2 Oldest Innabitants to hear Marvin urge D. C. suffrage. Page B-1 Safe robbers get $991 at confectionery store. Page B-2 Tax delinquencies decligy in Fairfa: County, Page A-4 Virginia murder believed solved as police slay chauffeur. Page B- Page. It is really a spiritual Page A-1 | Page A-2| SMITH AND BRITON - SETMARK INOPEN Audrey Boomer’s Record 69 | IsTiedby U.S. Golfer as | British Play Begins. B> the Associatea Press CARNOUSTIE, Scotland, July 5.— Blond Horton Smith, a demon with a putter when he's right, and tall, thin Aubrey Boomer, 40-year-old Englishman, who has been a profes- sional in France for a number of years, posted joint 69's over the cham- pionship Carnoustie course today to gain at least & temporary lead in the first qualifying round of the British open golf championship, Their scores were two under par and lowered Hector Thomson's course record by one stroke. Smith, out of last week's United States Ryder Cup victory with a lame back, was definitely in putting form on the first nine, where he scored five birdies with putts ranging from 9 10 24 feet. Boomer did his best work on the back nine, the 40-year- old veteran picking up two birdies on the homeward journey, while play- ing the other holes in par. Behind Boomer and Smith came | three players with course record 70's | scored over the shorter neighboring Burnside links, being used only for the qualifying rounds. One was Gene Sarazen, the veteran American who | won the British title in 1932 and today lost two strokes on the back nine after going out in 32, three under par. The others were young Ernest E (See GOLF, Page A-3) NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN | TALKS TO VAN ZEELAND | Belgian Premier Makes Full Re- port on Conversations With | Roosevelt. By the Associateo Press, LONDON, July 5.—Fresh from his talks with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Pre- | mier Paul Van Zeeland of Belgium made an exhaustive report today to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Foreign Minister Anthony Eden. President Roosevelt was “very hel ful—I am very satisfied with my visit | Van Zeeland said. Before the prime minister received the Belgian he indicated Great Brit- ain was nol taking the initiative | toward summoning & world economic conference. Title Match Begins. HOT SPRINGS, Va, July 5 (#.— Lily Harper, Portsmouth defender, | spotted 17-year-old Susie Ingalls of | Hot Springs three years as the young- | sters began today their 18-hole cham- plonship match in the Virginia State | women'’s golf tournament, Today’s Star EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. | Editortas. Page | This and That. Page Washington Observations. Page Answers to Questions. Page | David Lawrence. Page H. R. Baukhage. Page Jay Franklin. Page Constantine Brown. Page Headline Folk. Page SPORTS. All-Stars primed - for “power” tilt Wednesday. Page A-14 Terry “snooty” in choices for Nationa! League. Page A-14 Bucky Jacobs earns chance to start for Nats. Page A-14 Feller flashes sound arm despite de- feal by Tigers. Page A-14 Tilden doubts U. S. can win Davis Cup doubles. Page A-15 College grid evils are numerous sur- vey indicates. Page A-15 Brescia favored against Tow here to- morrow night. Page A-15 MISCELLANY. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Shipping News. Young Washington. ‘Winning Contract. Nature's Children, Cross-word Puzz| Bedtime Stories. ' ’ 1Letter-out. @ D% w3 EE S S Y Page A-12 Page A-12 Page B-8 Page B-9 Page B-12 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-15 Page B-15 The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. ¥ % SATURDAY'| Cireuiation, ® 129,871 SUNDAY'S Circulatio; 146,351 (Bome returns not yet received) P Means Associated Pr TWO CENTS. FROM EARLI Confuse Oper to Fix LL By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., July length assigned to Amelia Earha received that she is alive and on “The Pan-American station to her, including one to send thre said. short time ago that he was advis: almost immediately after the i “We heard the dashes here a | yet. We understand that Honolu three dashes.” Earlier Navy officials at Hono plane was sinking. Meaning 1 The operators said keying of E.S T from Miss Earhart and her navigator weary Pan-American operators at Howl, The radiomen, who have maintai SLOUTS TAKE PART INARLINGTON RITE 5.000 Picked Youths Lay Wreath at Tomb of Un- known Soldier. (Full Page of Jamboree News on Page A-6.) Braving showers which drenched un- furled colors in the Arlington Amphi- theater, 5,000 picked Scouts represent- | ing the United States and 24 forsign nations pledged themselves today to “defend at any cost our democratic free institutions.” The pledge was voiced in behalf of | Scoutdom by Dr. Ray O. Wyland. di- rector of education of the Boy Scouts of America, as a prelude to the laying of a wreath of flowers by foreign Scouth at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. As rain_deluged the assemblage. Dr Wyland exhorted the young pilgrims to be “patriots of peace, to carry on and preserve for posterity the blessings of liberty—that these honored dead may not have died in vain.” “Let us at this sacred national shrine,” Dr. Wyland said, “rededicate our lives and fortunes to the service of mankind and the defense and ex- pansion of every human right and the correction of every human wrong.” Dr. Wyland declared Scouts will protect to the limit freedom of the press, of speech, of conscience and of other essentials of a democracy. ‘The amphitheater was filled almost to capacity and hundreds of other Scouts and spectators stood in sur- rounding corridors, where they were protected from the rain. When Dr. ‘Wyland had completed his address the audience moved to the Unknown Soldier's Tomb, where the foreign Scouts stood tention. Dan Beard, patriarch of Scouting, stepped for- ward and placed & wreath at the tomb, after which other floral tributes were laid by the foreigners. As the wreaths were placed, the assembled Scouts sang “America.” The ceremonies were concluded with the playing of “Taps” by a Scout bugle corps from Racine, Wis. Dr. James E. West, chief executive, presided over the monies, Jamboree officials announced that the Sea Scout regatta will be held “rain or shine” beginning at 4 p.m. today off Hains Point. NATS RECALL CHASE CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 5 (#)—Calvin Griffith, president of the Chattanooga Lookouts, said today Kenneth Chase, left-handed pitcher, has been recalled by the Washington Nats. Chase, who has had several tryouts with the Washington club, has won 5 and lost 10 for the Lookouts. He will hurl against Little Rock today before leaving tonight. Scout cere- Bridge Roof Stolen. VENICE, July 5 (#).—The entire roof of the world-famous Bridge of Sighs—two tons of lead—was dis- covered today to have been stolen. The theft was nd out. when rain began to leak Y ugh the structure which has been visited by literally key transmission received at 5 am. (8 am. E. S were able only to pick up fragments. 4:30 am. and 5:30 a.m., Pacific Coast. time (7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. PLANE ON LAND, EARHART RADIO MESSAGE HINTS Three Dashes Come in on Lost Aviatrix’s Wavelength in Reply to Instructions. AIRCRAFT THOUGHT SINKING ER INDICATION Garbled Signals Out of Pacific Wastes rators Trying ocation. 5.—Three long dashes on radio T.) on the wave rt, were declared todav by Paul Mantz, her technical adviser, to be the most hopeful sign yet land. in Hawaii sent out Instructions e long dashes if on land.” Mantz “George Palmer Putnam, her husband. telephoned to me a ed that three dashes were heard structions were sent out. nd this is the most hopeful sign lu and the Itasca also heard the lulu had received a garbled radio message, purportedly sent by Miss Earhart, which indicated her L The message, received by three Navy operators, was pieced together as follows: ““281 North Howiand call KHAQQ beyond north don’t hold with us much longer above water shut off.” s Guessed. Officials took the message, if it was authentic, to mean the plane was about 281 miles north of Howland Island, by Miss Earhart’s estimate, and sinking slowly. the message was poor and they It was received between Earlier this morning cross bearings taken on weak radio signals believed Frederick Noonan, further confused and and Wake Islands ned a ceaseless vigil in an effort tn locate the missing globe-girdling plane, said the bearing fixed the location of the mysterious transmitter as roughly Island. This location is miles from any landfall 400 miles northeast of Howland A previous bearing taken by Pan- American and Coast Honolulu last night Guardsmen in placed ihe sende in the vicinity of Gardner and Mc- Kean Islands in the Phoenix Group approximate land 150 miles south of How - This bearing may be inaccurate because of the weakness of the signals The British Moorby, 240 miles north of Howland, reported heard a strong, continuous carrier wave frequency near midnight last night, and for the last time at 1 am, (3:30 am. Pacific standard time) Coast Guardsmen declared they last heard the carrier at Honolulu at 1:30 (7 am., Eastern standard time), Voices of Both Heard. At Santa Paula, Ccalif, Walter Mc- Menamy, Los Angeles amateur radio operator who repeatedly has an- nounced interception of radio messages from M Earhart, said he heard her voice again &t 5:40 a m.. Pacific stand- ard time (8:40 Eastern standard time) today, followed 4 minutes later by that of her navigator, Capt. Frederick Noonan. steam “Reception was terrible because cf static, but I could make out Miss Earhart saying ‘KH'—the start of her call letters, KHAQQ I have heard her voice over the radio before. 1 am positive it was hers,” said McMenamy “At 5:44 I heard a man's voicr Capt. Noonan's I am sure. I could make out ‘QQ’ but not much else. He talked for a long time, apparently ex- plaining at great length his location It sounded as if he had his hand over the microphone—very blurred. Then the radio began to fade.” Power Ability Is Mystery. Coast Guard officials said they were encouraged by the repeated signals but were at a loss to explain how the Earhart plane could still have power to transmit. San Francisco Coast Guard radio men sent word tkey had received weak carrier waves on 3,105 kilocycles since 2:15 am. (5:15 am. Eastern standard time), at times for short intervals. If the signals being received at Howland, Baker and Wake Islands. San Francisco and Honolulu are a hoax, Coast Guardsmen expressed the belief they probably were being broad- cast from the coast or one of the i~ lands in the Phoenix group. The messages came as the Navy's fastest warships sped in search of the world-famous aviatrix and her navi- gator, who vanished in the lonely equa- torial Pacific three days ago. One armada, including the giant aircraft carrier Lexington—transport- ing 57 fighting planes and 3,000 men— dashed westward toward tiny How- land Island from California. Battleship Quits Honolulu. A battleship ploughed southward from Honolulu to aid the Coast Guard cutter Itasca in its search of the un- familiar Howland waters, where Miss " (See EARHAR’ Quezon in France. CHERBOURG, France, July 5 (7). — President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Commonwealth arrived here aboard the liner Bremen en route to Paris. He was met by Capt. Francis E. Cogswell, naval attache of the United States Embassy, and United States Consul Gen. Addison E. 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