Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1937, Page 2

SEIZURE OF FRENCH VESSEL IS PROBED Sloop Turns Back to Port. Tregastel Caught Trying to Aid Refugees. Br the Associated Press. PARIS, July 5 (#).—A French sloop returned today from a dash to the Spanish Biscayan shoreline to in- vestigate insurgent seizure of the French freighter Tregastel, and French officials expressed hope the incident would be settled speedily. The sloop Vanquois put back alone into Bayonne. Authorities announced they had learned the Tregastel car- ried neither cargo nor refugees when the was captured by the insurgent cruiser Almirante Cervera off San- tander Sunday. She was taken in charge within Bpanish territorial waters while trying to enter Santander to pick up refu- gees. and was escorted to insurgent- held Bilbao. She had on board a neutral observer of the European Non- Intervention Committee, Officials were unable to confirm a published report thal the Tregastel was fired upon. Tt was believed in naval circles that both the Vauquois and a submarine chaser had returned after confirming that the Tregastel was legally escorted to Bilbao since insurgents had an- nounced a coastal blockade and the Tregastel was within Spanish waters. Both the Vauquois and the sub tarine chaser CH-2 were ordered to the area yesterday. French consuls at San Sebastian and Bilbao, insur- gent ports, were ordered to investi- gate the incident. + The Tregastel was one of three vessels under charter to the French Leftist Committee of Popular Aid to carry food to Santander and bring out refugees from the war-crowded city. The committee was organized to aid the Madrid-Valencia government. Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos in- structed the Ambassador to London, Charles Corbin, to hold fast to| France's stand that non-intervention naval control must be continued around Spain or else France will re- #ume 1its freedom to supply the Spanish government with war materials. (Germany and TItaly, which have withdrawn f{rom the neutral naval patrol, want it scrapped and belligerent rights granted to both Spanish sides.) speaking at Lorient, came an expres- sion of belief that “economic misery™ in Germany and Italy might keep them fiom starting & war and “push them back into international col- taboration.” TRIPLE ATTACK ORDERED Prepare Drives on East, North, Center Fronts. # MADRID, 5 (4).—TRhe govern- ment ordered vigorous atlack on three fronts today in Central, Eastern and Northern Spain against General- ijssimo Francisco Franco's insurgent armies. Preparatory to the decisive general offensive, government troops drove forward in co-ordinated surprise at- tacks. Two peaks were capiured on the central front, the western slopes of Mount Mellilio were occupied on the Basque front in the north, and on the Aragon front several trench lines fell to the government in the El Quezo sector. Insurgent bombers flew over Va- lencia, temporary headquarters of the Spanish government, but were driven off by anti-aircraft guns. On their way back they dropped bombs over the | surrounding countryside. Two per- | gons were reported killed. On the Teruel front the government troops reached the outskirts of Santa Eulalia without encountering any re- Eistance. (An insurgent comminique reaching Hendaye, France, said the government attack on Mellilio Mountain had been repulsed with heavy losses to the gov- ernment forces.) Francis X. Gorman, president of the United Textile Workers of America, left for Valencia after conferring with government leaders on economic and industrial conditions in government- held territory. CROWDS ATTRACTED TO CAMP OF POLES Many Examples of Customs and Products of Land Found on Jamboree Grounds. One of the most distinctive ex- hibits at the jamboree camp has been &et up by the Polish group. Entering through a tyvpical Polish farmyard gate, one finds many exam- ples of the customs and products of Poland. The American Boy Scouts are most interested in a glider, poised ready for flight, and in a canoe with a sail on it, a popular way af boating in the visitors’ homeland. In front of the exhibiton tent is a small pole of ancient carved figures, which looks a lot like an American Indian totem pole. This, the Polish boys explain, contains images and symbols going back centuries in Pol- Ish folklore. Inside the tent there are small figures of peasants in the costumes of each region and examples of their work—linens, vases, baskets—together with photographs of these workers. Placards invite you to visit Poland— “The Heart of Europe,” and tell you what ships to take. “Little Poland” is crowded with visi- tors all day, Scouts and the general public. Loyalists BLUM GIVES REASONS FOR YIELDING OFFICE By the Associatea Press. BORDEAU, France, July 5—Leon Blum told a Socialist meeting here yesterday that he yielded the premier- ship to Camille Chautemps to avoid political conflict Auring & period of | International tension. Blum, now vice premier, resigned when Parliament refused to grant him | Washington Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. E DON'T know if it's Wash- ington or just life, but there's something funny going on in the dry clean- Tired of doing without the use of her clothes because she wasn't in to pay the driver when he called, a woman we know started a charge ac- three months. Eventually, however, she made the mistake of calling the shop to inquire if a certain garment would be back for sure at a certain due back, but it wasn't, and she had to go to a party in a second-rate costume that probably changed the entire course of her life. complained. ““We delivered the dress,” said the clerk, “but you weren't in." “But I have a charge account,” the lady countered. laughingly, “Why didn't you tell us!" * x % X GRAB. EPRESENTATIVES are always once in a while grow demonstrative on the subject. The latest member of Congress to call attention to his district is Repre- In a letter to his colleagues Repre- sentative Shafer gravely informed them that if they would call at his office there would be a package wait- would be some articles manufactured in his district. It is reported that many legislators, enamored by the fact Representative the articles, are calling for their pack- ages. Curiosity leads them, and then there is the old “grab bag” surprise | angle, too, isn't there? SHRINKAGE. A young lady who works at the Federal Housing Corp. and nat- urally would be much embarrassed a street car the other day during a heavy rain and wondered why every one was looking and laughing at her, dress she was wearing had shrunk and its lowest ertremity was well abore her knees. It is reported a certain merchant when the young lady descended upon him with the gleam of dattle in her eye and the dress just over her arm this time! CROUCHIN'. . "OUNG MARTIN BABCOCK, son of | E. Claude Babcock, president of | the United Civil Service Employes, is the Boy Scouts, and in order properly to perform this duty wrote out the talk he planned to deliver at the various points of interest over the approval. In descriptive matter for one public | building, Babcock Senior encountered the phrase “lions crouching.” you?” he inquired. “Nope, crouchin’. They are crouch- in’ aren’t they?” There Was no answer to that argu- Wayside SLIP. ing business. count that functioned beautifully for time. The clerk assured her it was So she called her dry cleaner and “My goodness,” replied the clerk, proud of their home districts and sentative Paul W. Shafer of Michigan. ing for them and in this package Shafer didn't enumerate or describe | . xox % by the use of her mame boarded She soom found out. A wew had a dad time of it the nert day, * o ox % acting as a guide during the visit of Capital and submitted it for parental “You mean ‘lions couchant,’ don't | ment. % ox HUNTER. I‘r SEEMS that a good hunter has a good memory. Frank Earnshaw of the United States Biological Survey's Division of Game Management, just returned from an inspection of Federal big-game areas in the West, tells that Merle Jacobs, at the Hart Mountain area in Oregon, took him out and showed where years ago he had shot the mule deer used in one of the survey's edu- cational exhibits. Earnshaw had admired the speci- men, and he was telling Jscobs so. Jacobs said he'd show him where he ®ot the deer. After they had walked a while, Jacobs said: “It was right about ‘here.” He stooped over and | picked up the two shells he had used. | Earnshaw brought them back to| Washington. ok X CONFUSIN'. It may be necessary for the Way- side to abandon its Department- of-Utter-Confusion. The Yhing is getting too utterly comjusing for every one, especially the printer. Last time we had an item of a confusing character a couple of typographical errors that crept past every one except a sardonic copy boy made the thing completely in- comprehensible. One of the letters it brought from a bewildered reader made the sig- nificant point: “Your department of utter con- fusion never was more eficient. See attached clipping.” We saw. * x % % ROMANCE. AN OPERATIVE whose eyes always are filled with atardust and her nostrils with the scent of jasmine is wondering just what will be the ro- mantic ending of an incident on the bus this morning. The four characters in the drama were a pretty girl, handsome man, expensive tie and errant breese.. All the way downtown the hoydenish zephyr kept grabbing the man's tie and using the ends of it to tickle the girl's cheek. Periodically she would brush away the tie and he would grab it, holding it securely against his manly chest. Then they both would relax and the breese, watching its chance, would grab the tie and start whishing it at the girl's face. Instead of getting angry, as you might have, the nice young people eventually began to treat the thing as an omen, or something. When our operative had to leave the hus they were chatting ayay with an amiability fraught with afl sorts of mad possi- bilities. dictatorial financial powers to deal with diminished gold reserves and an anticipated budget deficit. Referring presumably to the Span- Ish non-intervengion crisis, Blum asked “How could it be doubted that FPrance would not be able to bring all its weight to bear in such formidable conjecture, if it was engaged in a lengthy political conflict prolonged, perhaps, by social conflicts?” Rather than oppose_the Senate in the face of internatiofl possibilities, Blum gave up his office, he asserted. Base Ball Fan Eleotrocuted. ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C, July § ().—A bolt of lightning charging a wire he held electrocuted Basil Cooper, 27, at the base ball park here yester- day. Observers said Cooper was sup- porting himself by the wire in the crowded stands during a thunder- storm. Presentation of plays recently was revived in Califor: first theater, an adobe structure at Monterey. THE EVENING STAR, Confessed Killer of Three This dramatic picture show. little Inglewood, Calif., girls, being carried from the Los An he collapsed during questioning late last night. s Albert D_l/-er, 32, who admitted TAX “LOOPHOLES” LAWS SKETCHED Committee to Decide To-! morrow on Future Avoid- ance Probe Course. By the Associated Press, ‘The Treasury has sketched a legis- lative program to seal “loopholes” in the revenue laws, officials disclosed | They added that the suggestions will be laid before the Senate-House Committee on Tax Evasion and Avoid- | ance whenever the committee is ready to receive it | The committee will decide tomor- | row whether to continue hearings in | its tax investigation or to begin draft- | ing legisiation at once. | Treasury tax officials and attorneys | already have explained to the com- mittee & series of alleged tax avoid- | ance devices, sprinkling their testi- mony with the names of leaders in | finance, business and society. “Withholding Tax” Increase. | The authorities disclosed that one major proposal to increase tax revenues will be an increase in the “withholding tax" levied against in- terest, dividends and othér income paid non-resident aliens. { Now 10 per cent, this tax may be ' more than doubled in an effort to| | put aliens on a tax-paying par with | resident Americans. | Some authorities said foreigners re- | celving income from this country may be given a choice of paying a 20 to! 30 per cent withholding tax or the | regular income tax paid by residents. | Other proposals for tightening the | tax structure include: Modification of a provision allow- | ing oil and mining companies to take | tax deductions on account of deple- | tion in mines or wells. | Increase in the existing surtax rates | on personal holding companies. These | rates now range from 8 to 48 per cent, | compared with & surtax range of 4 to | 75 per cent on individuals. Changes in special tax deductions now allowed personal holding com- panies. A requirement that individuals re- | port their holdings in foreign com- | panies, with penalties for failure to do so. Property Laws Modification. Modification by Federal statute of community property laws in eight States. These laws permit husband and wife to divide income, filing separate tax reports and payving taxes | in lower brackets, Restriction of incorporation of | yachts, racing stables, estates and | “hobby farms.” Limitation of tax reductions for interest payments to prohibit what officials call “artificial” deductions. A provision requiring persons who | create foreign corporstions to pay | taxes on the corporation's income. The | taxes would be prorated according to each indiyidual's holding of stock in the foreign company. In addition to the legislative pro- gram, the Treasury and State De- partment are working on proposals to exchange tax information with foreign countries. Treasury officlals have told the congressional committee one of the chief difficulties in checking the amount of taxes due from Americans who set up companies in other coun- tries has been lack of co-operation by officials of those countries. Methods now are being worked out by which this Government will give other nations information about the holdings of their nationals here in re- turn for similar data on Americans with holdings abroad. France and Canada have displayed interest, officials said. THREE DIE IN CRASH Train Strikes Car at Crossing in Kentucky. WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky, July § (®)—Three persons, apparently a man, his wife, and a child sbout 2 years old, were killed last night when | their automobile was struck by a Southern Railway passenger train near here. Prom papers found in the car, the dead man was identified tenta- tively as J. G. MacCampbell of Potts, Pa. There were no known witnesses to the accident, which occurred shortly before midnight, Baby Drowns in Inch of Water. TWIN FALLS, Idaho, July 5 (&) — An 8-month-old baby who drowned in an inch of water was Idaho's only reported Fourth of July fatality. The | reach the production stage, Polhamus | child, son of Mr. ang Mrs. Ross Mares, rolled frow a bla. down a slight ineline into & stream RUBBER CROWING WITHIN 0., SFEN U. S. Scientist Says Trees Have Survived Several Florida Winters. By the Associated Press The United States mav obtain an increasing amount of rubber in the future from within its own borders | and South and Central America, a | Government scientist said yester- | day. Leroy G. Polhamus, expert of the Agriculture Department, said rubber now is being produced experimentally in California and Florida, and that | commercial interests are developing production in Brazil, Panama and | Costa Rica | The United States uses each vear | about 600,000 of the 1,000,000 tons of crude rubber produced by the Trees Survive Winter. Polhamus said rubber trees from Brazil and Central America have withstood several Winters in Florida, where waste lands may be used for commercial rubber production some | day. | About 95 per cent of the world's' Tubber supply now comes from the | East Indies. Polhamus said cheap labor there made commercial pro- | duction in this country impossible, unless military and economic restric- | tions should send crude prices up to | about $1 a pound, as happened during the World War, Golden rod and the guayule plant 8 Dnative of Mexico and the Southwest and similar to sage brush, | both have been utilized in producing | rubber in California. Cost 30 Cents a Pound. Polhamus said several thousand | acres of guayule were planted, but production costs amounted to about | 30 cents & pound for the rubber, at | a time when depression sent rubber | prices down to 5 and 6 cents. A small pencentage of the world's rubber exports now comes from native trees in Brazil and Bolivia. A large| American automobile manufacturer | (Ford Motors) established & commer- cial rubber area in Brazil about 1925. | Trees require five to seven years to | world. ' | | said, and so the output from this ven- | ture should be rapidly increasing. Botanist Skeptical. MIAMI Fia, July 5 (#)—Walter M. Buswell, botanist at the University | of Miami who was associated with the late Thomas A. Edison in his ex- periments to produce rubber from native Florida plants, said today he doubted production in this State ever would be practicable except in time of war or other emergency. Buswell said Edison's experiments showed several varieties of golden rod yielded rubber “of very good quality,” but the cost was too great to compete with imported rubber. The rubber tree can be grown successfully in Florida, but the labor costs are so much higher than in rubber-produc- Ing countries competition is impos- sivle in normal times, he said. MEN, WOMEN IN TEST FOR JOB “MONOPOLY” Three-Month Contest Will Decide ‘Which Sex Does Better Work in Mill, By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, July 5—Five Woonsocket spinning mills are pre- paring a test as the result of an arbi- tration board award in a labor dis- pute to determine cver a three-month period whether men or women do the best work. If the men win they get the jobs | on one of the two major shifts; if the women win they get the jobs. It all started with a strike 10 days ago, when approximately 800 workers walked out demanding shorter hours, higher wages and an agreement that men be hired in the future instead of ‘women, whenever there was a va- cancy. An arbitration board settled all issues except that of male versus female supremacy. . King of Gypsies Crowned. WARSAW, Poland, July 5 (P)— Sixty-eight-year-old Janus Z. Kwiek was crowned king of gypsies in all Europe and beyond the seas yesterday and pledged himself to seek a national home to bring the wanderings of his people to an end. Several thousand people paid 20 cents to $1.50 to view the coronation in an athletic field, . Beggar Has $337 Cash. KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 5 (#).— Three New Testaments and $537.46 in cash were nd in the pockets of & WASHINGTON, man arre; here for begging, police mid today. D. ¢, MONDAY slaying and attacking three ngeles district attorney’s office after Mrs. Isabel Dyer was hyster- ical as this photo was taken during questioning about her husband’s actions. She re- Jused to believe him guilty. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. JULY 5, 19 Girls Collapses at Hearing Mr. and Mrs. George T. Ray in the Los Angeles Hall of Justice after Dyer confessed. Ray, medical clinic employe, laid claim to $5,000 rewards for capture of the slayer. gave the tip that led to Dyer’'s confession. Dyer behind the bars. He said he BALL GAME DELAYS COURT BILL BATTLE Robinson to Ask Wait Until Thursday After Calling Up Measure. | BACKGROUND— President Roosevelt on February 5 asked Congress to reorganize Fed- eral judiciary, the proposal centere ing about increase of Supreme Court from 9 to 15 members and compulsory retirement of justices at 70. Ajter lengthy hearing, Senate Judiciary Committee reported ad- versely on bill. Administration leadership is now backing compro- mise plan, but foes of whole plan are preparing for determined re- sistance. By the Associated Press. ‘The hotly contested battle over re- vamping ‘he Supreme Court enters its decisive phase this week after five months of preliminary skirmishing Majority Leader Robinson probably will call up the President’s judiciary bill for Senate consideration late to- morrow and immediately ask adjourn- | ment until Thursday. The Senate will | be in recess Wednesday because of the all-star base ball game here. Administration leaders indicated their first maneuver Thursday would | be to ask consideration of the com= promise introduced by Senator Logan, Democrat, of Kentucky, as a aubsti- | tute for the President’s original pro- | posal. Logan's measure would authorize appointment of one additional justice each year to supplement members of the court who fail to retire at 75, ‘The original bill would ha em- powered the President to appoint five new justices immediately—one for each incumbent over 70. Claims 54 Votes. Logan said he was certain of 54 (Story on Page A-1) Earhart Mapper Plats Possible Location in Sea LIEUT. COMDR. CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS. —Copyright, A P. Wirephoto. (Lieut. Comdr. Clarence S. Wil- liams, United States Naval Reserve, who mapped Amelia Karhart's flight around the world, has pre- pared this statement for the As- sociated Press:) BY. LIEUT. COMDR. CLARENCE §. WILLIAMS, United States Naval Resecve. LOS ANGELES, July 4 (#.—A cone of possibilities is the key to Miss Ear- hart’s position, It is to be assumed that when she and Capt. Noonan departed at 10 a.m. on July 2 from Lae, New Guinea, which was noon July 1, at Howland Island (6:30 pm, E. 8. T.), that the weather was clear and that throughout the rest of the morning and during the after- noon and early evening the plane was on its course. ‘The itinerary indicates they left New Britain about noon that day and reached Buka Island, 560 miles from the point of departure, a little before 2 pm. The course led directly over Buka Island and so this was an ex- cellent check point and should have given the flyers an accurate estimate of their position. One hour and 20 minutes after leav- ing Buka Island, they would have reached Marqueen Island of the Tauu group, which also would have given & good check on their position. A little more than %n hour later they would have been able to have gotten another fix on the Nukumanuu group, whicn is a little less than 900 miles from Lae. Could Check for 9300 Miles. Thus, it is seen that for 900 miles the fiyers had opportunities to check their positions and thertfore should have been on their course. It would have been about 4 p.m. When these islands were passed. The trade winds were, no doubt, blowing strongly, perhaps at 28 miles an hour. Miss Earhart might have corrected her base course about 8 degrees to the right to have overcome the effect of this wind, and was probably head- ing to the south of Howland Island. Now let us suppose that when the sun set the trade winds diminished in strength. Perhaps they died altogether. 4In that event, unless the pilot cha back to the base course, the plane would have headed § de- EMiss Earhart F aile;l to Obey Itasca’s 500-Kilocycle Order | By the Associated Press. | ‘The Coast Guard made public to- day a report from the cutter Itasca | telling of its efforts to help Amelia | Earhart locate Howland Island last | Friday just before she was forced ! down wide of her goal. The report gave the messages re- | ceived from Miss Earhart and said the Itasca had repeatedly broadcast instructions for her to transmit on | 500 kilocycles so the ship could use | & direction finder, but she neither | grees too far to the right, heading at a point more than 150 miles south of Howland Island. i On the other hand, there is & pos- | | sibility that the plane may have been | blown an equal amount north, thus giving & range of 16 degrees, which probably would represent the maxi- mum divergencies from the bage course, From this point on a reconstruction Oof the flight deserts the theory of prebabilities and follows a theory of possibilities, any one of which mnyt be correct or incorrect for that matter, With the maximum northerly | course leading to a point well to the morth of Howland Island and | the maximum southerly course lead- | ing to a point to the south of the| island, the era between the two possi- | ble courses may be designated as the cone of possibilities. In other | words, Miss Earhart and Capt. Noo- nan may have flown anywhere in this area. They may have come down somewhere within its confines. The problem, then, is to assume | the maximum limitations of the boundary lines of the cone about 300 miles wide at the base or mouth and to search in the included area. However, the plane will not be found at the spot where it landed, unless by some chance the fiyers| were able to find some island or iso- lated atoll. The current charts in-| dicate currents ranging from 10 to 40 miles a day, running in a west- erly direction. This would cause the plane to have drifted to the west- ward 40 miles each day for the past two and one-half days, or nearly 100 miles. Could Drift to Islands. A specially prepared chart indicates that on July 12, or 10 days after the | fiyers disappeared,” it would be pos- ible for them to reach Hunt Island, and & little later, Byron Island. On| July 13 they might reach Clerk Island | or PFrancis Island, and on July 14| Drummond Island or Sydenham Is- land. Thereafter, the South Pacific is a | vast wilderness, and while it is con- | ceivable that they might drift to the Solomon Islands, it is hardly possible they could endure the privations inci- dental to such an ordeal. ‘The search should be concentrated on the area within the limits of the sone of possibilities, and every effort should be made to comb the seas in that section, until at least the middle of the month. The search should be made in the | confiden expectation of finding both Miss Baveart and her brave navigator safe and sound. | Base Ship Repeatedly Asked Her to Use That Frequency Range ta Enable Use of Direction Finder. acknowledged nor complied with the advices, “The Itasca on July 2 was sta- tioned at Howland Island at the re- quest of Miss Earhart” the report said. “The Itasca’s duties were to keep Earhart advised of weather con- ditions at Howland Island and to act as homing vessel so the plane could obtain radio bearings on the Itasca. These were the sole radio duties re- quested by Miss Earhart. Ten Messages on July 2. “Ten messages were received from the plane on July 2. as follows: “2:45 a.m. (local time)—Recognized Earhart voice. Message not clear ex- cept “Cloudy weather, cloudy. “3:45 am.—Itasca from Earhart Itasca broadcasts on 3.105 kilocycles on hour and half hour. Repeat broad- cast on 3,105 kilocycles on hour and half hour. Overcast.” “4:43 am.— Heard Earhart voice. Signals unreadabie with five listening. “5:12 am. (from Earhart)—Want bearing on 3.105 kilocycles on hour. Will whistle in microphone.” Plane Clips Off Distance. “5:15 am—About 200 miles Oul.'i Whigtled briefly in microphome. “5:45 a.m —Please take bearing on us and report in half hour. I will make noise in microphone. About 100 miles out.’ “7:30 am—We must be on you, but cannot see you. Gas is running low. Have been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet.’ “7:57 am.—We are circling, but cannot see island. Canmot hear you. Go ahead on 7,500 kilocycles with long counts either now or on schedule. Time on half hour.” “8:03 a.m—"Earhart calling Ttasca. We received your signals, but unable to get minimum. Please take bearings on us and answer on 3,105 kilocycles.’ Earhart made long dashes for brief period, but emergency high frequency direction finder could not cut her in on 3,105 kilocycles. Running North and South. “8:44 a.m. Earhart catled the Itasca, | ‘We are on the line of position 157- | Will repeat this message on | 337. 6,210 kilocycles. north and south.’ “There were no other messages heard from Earhart on 6,210 or other frequencies. A high frequency direc- tion finder was set up on Howland Island as an additional emergency caution without Earhart's request of knowledge. The Itasca had it manned throughout the night, but never was able to secure bearings due to Ear- hart's very brief transmissions and her use of voice. “On 28 June the TItasca advised Earhart that the ship's direction finder frequency range is 550 to kilocycles. The Itasca ship direc- tion finder manned at 7:25 am. and Earhart was repeatedly requested to transmit on 500 kilocycles to enable ship to cut her in. She neither ac- knowledged nor complied, though the Itasca’s advice indicates plane's abili- ty to transmit on 500 kilocycles The communications were monitored throughout by officers."” Youth Group Has 4,000 Hostels. ée Youth Hostel Association main- 4,000 lodgings in 19 countries to secommodate youns travelers. We are running votes—a majority of 5—for the com- | promise, The same number, he added, |can be counted on to vote against | any effort to sidetrack or amend the | new bill. | senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon- | tana, veteran of a score of bitter par- liamentary battles, will lead the oppo- sition. He insisted his supporters | could defeat the President’s original | proposal and, if necessary, prevent in- | definitely a vote on any compromise | He announced he would not fight | the substitution of Logan's bill, nor | attempt to force a test of strength until “legitimate debate” has been Under way for at least two weeks. Then, Wheeler indicsted, he may | move to refer the measure to the | Judiciary Committee for study. Such | & maneuver, if successful, would pigeonhole the controversy at least for the rest 6f this session. If these tactics fail, opposition leaders said, they are prepared to filibuster for an unlimited period— that is, to prevent a vote on the Logan bill by unending debate. May Offer New Compromise. Some of the group said privatelv, however, they hoped to avoid a pro- | longed filibuster by advancing a new | compromise which might prove ace ceptable to both sides. Specifically, they suggested that the Logan measure be amended so 1t would not affect present justices. An administration supporter said | leaders are prepared to use any | parliamentary device necessary to in= | sure the House a chance to vote on | any court bill passed by the Senate. If the House Judiciary Committee attempted to block action, he de- | clared, a petition would be circulated |to take the bill from the committee | and permit its immediate considera- | tion in the House. ! This spokesman, who declined to be quoted by name, also said a drastic | “gag” rule would be employed if | necessary to prevent amendment of | the measure and to limit debate. 30 DRIVERS START VANDERBILT RACE | Second Annual Running Draws 40,000 to $60,000 Event at Westbury, N. Y. BULLETIN, WESTBURY, Long Island, N. Y. July 5 (#).—Bernd Rosemeyer German speed king, was leading the George Vanderbilt Cup fleld at the end of 40 miles at the Roose- velt Raceway here today. Rudolf Caracciola, another German, was second. Rosemeyer averaged 85.01 miles per hour for the 12 laps. B the Associated Press. ‘WESTBURY, N. Y., July 5.—Thirty crack American and European speed kings roared away at 12 o'clock (East- ern standard time) today in the sec- ond annual running of the $60,000 George Vanderbilt Cup race at Roose- velt Raceway here. A crowd esti- mated at 40.000 cheered the start The cars lined up in 10 rows of three | each. The signal that sent the speed | merchants, cream of the home-bred and foreign crop, sprinting a on the 300-mile test was given by Mrs. Margaret Emerson, motner of George Vanderbilt, the young sportsman who is the donor of the cup. As they swung around the first lap, the German Bernd Rosemeyer, the race favorite, led, followed by Rudolph Caracciola, another German. Rex Mays, best liked of the American drivers, was third. Tazio Nuvolari, winner of last year's race, followed Mays, with Dick Seaman, the lone British entry, fifth. Giuseppe Farina, another Italian, sixth; Ernest Delius, seventh, and Billy Winn, eighth. Caracciola charged into the lead in the third lap with Rosemeyer push- ing him hard. Appearance of the European drivers on the sterting line disproved the rumors they would | follow A. A. A. rules and wear crash | helmets, as the American pilots are | doing. ‘The Europeans clung to their customary aviation headgear. |COLORED fiEN HELD IN GROCER SLAYING In an effort to track down the | robber who shot and fatally wounded Max Dichter, 82, in his grocery store at 127 L street on June 22, police are holding two colored men for investi- gation, it was revealed today. De- tective Sergt. Clyde Sirange refused to reveal what connection the pris- oners have with the case. Dichter died Saturday at Sibley Hospital. He was shot when he dis- graded the armed robber's command D raise his hands and instead threw a scale at his asailant.