Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Local thundershowers probable tonight and tomorrow; not much change in tem- perature. Temperatures today—Highest, 90, at 1:45 p.m.; lowest, 70, at 5 a.m. Temperature at 2 p.m., 89. Full report on page A-17. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 16 85th YEAR. No. NEW TRUCE HALTS PEIPING FIGHTING, BUT TOKID GIRDS FOREXTENDEDWAR Japanese Troops Reported Leaving Positions After Night of Furious Struggle Near Ancient Capital. AMERICAN TOURISTS FLEEING TO TIENTSIN Heavy Artillery and Tanks Are Brought Into Action—Yoko- hama Silk Market Drops in An- ticipation of Formal Hostilities. Army Command Changed. BACKGROUND— Under treaty signed with major foreign powers after Borer Upris- ing of 1901, China granted them rights to maintain garrisons in area to keep open a corridor to the sea. Chinese say Japan continuously has sought to gain domination of area since. Wednesday mnight fighting be- tween Chinese and Japanese sol- diers started at Marco Polo Bridge, near Peiping. Chinese asserted Japan precipitated incident to have erxcuse for extending her zome of snfluence in North China. BULLETIN. PEIPING, July 12 (M.—The rattle of machine guns tonight told Peiping that the five-day battle between Chinese and Japanese troops along the Yungting Ri 10 miles west of the city, had been resumed. By the Associated Press, -~ PEIPING, July 12.—Reliable Chinese sources said today the newest out- break of fighting between Chinese and Japanese troops had been halted by an armistice concluded by local au- thorities. Japanese troops were reported with- drawing from their positions in the western suburbs of this former capital of ancient China to their base at Fengtai, southwest of the city. Chinese sources reported heavy Josses in the fighting last night for three villages on the Yungting River, * 10 miles west of Peiping. Tanks and | artillery were ssid to have been brought into the action, described as “furious.” The firing could be heard clearly in Peiping. The heavy throb of cannon fire and the sharp crack of rifles came from the vicinity of Wanpinghsien, the walled village near Marco Polo Bridge. Tanks Near Golf Course, The Feaviest fighting at- Wanpingh- gien was thought to have ended before 2 am, although the engagement be- ~came general at other points just be- fore dawn. Tanks brought up by the Japanese from Fengtai were under- | stood to have been operating in the neighborhood of the international golf course where, according to Japanese reports, the Chinese troops were en- | trenched. ‘The fighting last night broke out just an hour after Chinese officials + had announced a settlement had been reached. They indicated full Japan- ese demands had not been accepted for complete withdrawal of Chinese | troops from the area and reparation | for what Japanese charged was an unwarranted attack on their troops. Peiping was quiet at daylight, al- though the local garrison of Chinese | troops had spent the night b cading street corners and throwing up sand- bag fortifications. Barricades were | erected in front of the Rockefeller | Peiping Union Medical College, which, | in the 1933 clash between Japan and China, gave valuable medical aid to “ the Chinese. Japanese civilians armed with clubs (See CHINA, Page A-5.) HOSPITAL TRANSFER DECREE IS SIGNED Justice Cox's Action Authorizes Trustees to Sell Friendship Meeting House. Justice Joseph W. Cox signed a decree today authorizing trustees of the Friends Meeting House, 1811 I street, to sell the property to a doc- tors’ corporation planning construc- tion of a million-dollar hospital to | connect with the two medical build- ings on the Eighteenth and Ninteenth street corners of I street. His decree, removing doubt as to , Whether the trustees had power to transfer title of the historic old meet- ing house, cleared up the last legal problem in proceedings preliminary to | building the hospital. Construction is | expected to start in October. Dr. Charles Stanley White is presi- dent of Doctors’ Hospital, Inc., formed by a group of medical men owning and operating the Columbia and Washing- ton medical buildings to build and operate the hogpital as part of a . modern medical center, RED SQUARE SPECTACLE WITNESSED BY DAVIES By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, July 12.—United States | Ambassador Joseph E. Davies wit- nessed his first Red Square spectacle today as 100,000 scantily-clad men and women athletes paraded past Joseph Stalin in the annual physical culture 4 parade. One group of men in the colorful pageant, heads shaved bald, wore only blue trunks and tennis shoes, and an- 34,040, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. b WASHINGTON, Soviet Trio A ppro;he_s Pole On Hop From Moscowto U. S.; Snowstorm Reported in Path Giant Plane, With Gromoff at Controls, Follows Route Blazed Last Month. San Francisco Probable Destination. BACKGROUND— First of Soviet flights looking to Russian-United States commercial airline was completed when plane landed June 20 at Vancouver, Wash., after hop from Moscow over North Pole. Polar expedition in Spring was first preparation. Party headed by Dr. Otto Schmidt established base mear pole for meteorological studies and as communications link. Br the Associated Press. OSCOW July 12.—A Soviet airplane flying toward the United States today was rap- idly approaching the North Pole. At 2:17 pm. (7:17 am. Eastern standard time), the plane reported its position by radio as 70 degrees north | _E the latitude, about 1,400 miles from North Pole. It was not expected to reach the Pole until about 24 hours after the take-off, which was at 3:22 a.m. (8:22 p.m. Sunday, Eastern stand- ard time.). Seeking a distance record in the sec- ond Soviet attempt to span the roof of‘the world by air, the plane has yet to overcome a polar snowstorm and a vast waste of polar ice. Brief radio reports reported all well aboard the plane and indicated she was making excellent speed on the first stages of the flight to the United States. The Soviet air ace, Mikhail Grom- off, reported he and his two com- panions passed the latitude of Arch- angel at 9:10 a.m. (2:10 a.m., Eastern | standard time) and left the continent | (5 am,| of Europe behind at noon | Eastern standard time). Xcept for small islands, the flyers (See FLIGHT, Page A-3) TWO DIE IN'STEEL STRIKE CLASH AT OHIO G. 1. 0. BASE Toll of Violent Deaths Is Raised to 15—Six More Wounded in Battle. BACKGROUND— Independent steel plants recently have resumed operations after being closed since May 26, when C. I. 0. Organizing Committee declared strike against Republic, Youngstown’ Sheet & Tube and In- land steel companies. Later strike extended to Cambria Works of Bethlehem Steel Corp. “Little steel” has refused to sign contracts with C. I. 0., holding union “ir- responsible.” B> the Associated Press. MASSILLON, Ohio, July 12—Two | men died today of bullet wounds re- ceived in a clash between police and strikers near a Steel Workers' Organiz- ing Committee headquarters here, bringing to 15 the toll of the seven- week old steel strike. Six other persons were wounded in the clash. Police arrested 141 men, charging them with suspicion and disorderly conduct, or holding them on open charges for investigation. Flugencio Calzada, identified as a native of Mexico and a former Re- public mill employe, was the first to die. Coroner Edward Reno said a 38 caliber revolver bullet crashed through the back of Calzada's head. Nick Valdos, 45, died of a gun- shot wound in the abdomen several hours after the fighting. ations. Plans went forward. meanwhilé, for the reopening of the last major units of steel mills closed by the strike which at its height made 100,000 men idle in seven States. These are the works of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. at Indiana Harbor, Ind, Where | .y .q upon the heads of all govern- 7,700 workers have been idle. In Columbus, Ohio, Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood ordered immedi- ate hearing on its merits of a C. I. O. suit to enjoin the use of National Guardsmen in the Mahoning Valley strike zone. the State's efforts to obtain a change of venue. i Several Fist Fights. The clash here coincided with sev- eral fist fights on another strike front, East Chicago, Ind., where Youngs- town Sheet & Tube Co. plans to re- open its mills to 7,700 workers in a day or two. Two thousand men and women gathered at the Sheet & Tube Works' gates, apparently with the desire to return to work, but dispersed when the gates were not opened. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend of Indiana an- nounced the Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee had agreed to permit work- ers to return to their jobs under a labor policy outlined by the company, but J. C. Argetsinger, Sheet & Tube | vice president, said, “This company has not made any agreement, contract or method of settlement with any of- ficer or official of the State of In- diana or any of its subdivisions.” A strikers’ “victory” celebration turned into confusion, and at 8 am. today the picket line was re-estab- lished. Twenty minutes later it dis- banded again, but at 9 am. Jack Rusak, Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee strike leader, instructed pickets to keep on the march, but “off company property.” Thirty-five policemen guarded the reopening today of Republic’s Dil- worth-Porter division in Pittsburgh, employing about 450. There was no disorder. A Republic official said two strike-closed mines near Uniontown, Pa., also would reopen this week. Representative John T. Bernard, Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota, in charge of the C. I. O. effort to choke off the ore supply of strike-affected steel companies, said the S. W. O. C. had enrolled 68 per cent of the 8,000 to 12,000 range workers. ‘The National Labor Relations Board meanwhile opened a hearing to de- termine whether International Har- vester Co. ore miners should vote by mines or as & unit on their collective bargaining agency. The company, which said the C. I. O. “jumped the gun” by calling a strike in four of (See VIOLENCE, Page A-5.) . Yugoslav Officer in Paris. PARIS, July 12 (#).—Gen. Milutin Neditch, chief of the Yugoslavian gen- eral staff, arrived in Paris today for what army sources reported was & other passed the reviewing stand with 25 big eagles atop their heads. L 'Lmle Entente allies. conference to strengthen military co- operation between France and her { Police said | they had not determined his affili- | He reserved decision on |y ynder consideration, involving as PRESIDENT VETOES BILL 70 EXTEND LOW LOAN RATES {Federal Land Bank Conces- sion Hit as Unneeded. Cites Budget Efforts. BACKGROUND— Gor. Myers of the Farm Credit Administration asked the House Committee on Agriculture not to extend the 3.5 per cent Land Bank Loan on the ground it was a drain on the Treasury, promoted land speculation and was unnecessary, because farmers were prosperous enough to pay the old rate of jrom 4 to 5 per cent. Committee passed bill anyway, providing for 4 per cent base beginning next year, 3.5 per cent from now until then. A veto was expected. President Roosevelt today vetoed & bill to extend for two years low in- terest rates on Federal Land Bank loans. In a message to the House he said | the veto was based on & general lower- | ing of farm mortgage interest rates, | improved ability of farmers to pay interest and on the administration during the present fiscal year. The bill also would broaden the field of loans on which interest re- missioner loans, which now are 5 per cent. Pushing Balanced Budget, Anent the budget. he said: contemplated in the preparation of the budget for the fiscal year 1938. As the Congress is well aware, I am definitely seeking the balancing of the budget. To this end, I have ment departments, establishments and agencies to set up reserves of not less for the fiscal year 1938, except such funds as are not susceptible to such treatment. Approval by me of the it does an additional draft upon the Treasury in excess of $30,000,000 dur- ing the fiscal year 1938, would be totally inconsistent with my purpose to bring about a balancing of the budget for that year.” The President sent his veto mes- sage along on return from a week end trip on the Potomac during which he announced he had completed the reading of the four reports he had taken away with him and also had completed the dictation of the letter dealing with the adminitsatroi's im- mediate agriculture program which he will send probably today .or to- morrow to the chairmen respectively of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees. This will deal principally with pending legislation providing for farm tenancy and an ever normal granary. The President also completed on his trip the writing of a synopsis and statement to be made public simul- taneously on July 18 with the report Text of the President's veto message on Page A-4. (See VETO, Page A-4) SHIP FIRE REPORTED, CUTTERS SPEED TO AID Fragmentary Radio Message In- dicates Vessel in Trouble Off Diamond Shoals. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va, July 12—The Coast Guard cutters Murdock and George M. Bibb moved full speed ahead today toward an area off Dia- mond Shoals, N. C, where a frag- mentary wireless message last night indicated a ship was afire. Headquarters here said the Mur- dock, which was in Carolina waters when the message was received, prob- ably would be in the position from which the signal was believed to have come some time in the forenoon today, ‘The Bibb, sent from here, is expected to arrive several hours later. Last night's message, received at 10:30 E. S. T, said merely: “ ... Thick smoke coming out . , . Diamond Shoals . . .” Communications officers said they were unable to pick up any further signals, The vessel did not identify itself, L 4 ductions were granted by including a | 4 per cent rate on land bank com- | | 967 Norfolk, 96: Richmond. 94. “The passage of this bill was not | than 10 per cent of all funds available | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, MONDAY, HEAT KILLS 2 MORE HERE AS TOLL OVER U. 3. EXCEEDS 335 Seven Are Dead in D. C. Area—Showers Tonight and Tomorrow. MAN AND 6-MONTH-OLD ARE LATEST FATALITIES Body of 13-Year-01d Boy of Lan- ham, Md,, Is Recovered From River at Southhaven, Md. ‘Temperatures— ‘Two more deaths here this morning increased the toll of the six-day heat wave in and near Washington to seven, as forecasters predicted little relief from the rapidly-climbing tem- | perature. The heat already has cost | more than 335 lives throughout the | country. ‘The Weather Bureau's latest fore- cast predicted thundershowers tonight and tomorrow, with little change in temperature A man tentatively identified as The- odore Cotton, 45, Laurel Springs, N. J., collapsed shortly after 10 am. as/ he crossed the intersection of Third | and Gallatin streets. Less than an | hour later he died in the office of Dr. S. P. Porton, 300 Hamilton street. Baby Dies in Crib, Six-month-old Emily M. Waites, colored, died in her crib in her home | at 912 T street. | At Southhaven, Md, the body of Charles Rifenbarr, 13, Lanham, Md., was recovered from South River, where he had gone swimming Saturday dur- ing a picnic arranged by the White- field M. E. Church. JULY The names of two other Washing- | tonians had been added to the heat's fatality list overnight. They were Jesse W. Chism, 23, lame taxicab | driver, 1116 Tenth street southeast, and Philip Marshall, 52, of 2268 Ca- " thedral avenue, interior decorator | employed by the Government. Both | men were drowning victims. { Hospitals gave first aid during the | past 24 hours to seven persons who were overcome by the uncompromis- | ing rays of the sun, which shot the thermometers up to 93 degrees yes- terday., Dozens of other men and women were accorded first aid at ! home by hospital ambulance phy- policy of trying to balnace the budget | sicians. Temperature Higher in Six Cities. Only six cities saw the temperature g0 higher than the Capital's 93 yes. terday—Atlanta, 94. Birmingham, 94; Meridian, Miss., 96; Minneapolis, The | coolest city in the United States was San Francisco, which registered a high of 62 degrees. 2 Forecasters sald the current heat wave was following a path similar to that of the 1936 siege which lasted eight days. Throughout the country, people flocked to beaches, parks and coun- try retreats over the week end. Thou- sands fled from here to the Chesa- peake and the ocean. Coast Guards estimated at least 500,000 played along Chicago's lake-front beaches yester- day to escape the 93-degree heat. Chism, for whom Coroner A. Ma- gruder MacDonald issued a certificate of accidental drowning, was canoeing (See WEATHER, Page A-3) SON FINDS MOTHER DEAD OF 3 BULLET WOUNDS B) the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 12.—Louis Knight found the body of his mother, Mrs. Emma Saville, 45, lying on the floor of the kitchen with three bullet wounds in her chest, her dress on fire and gas flowing from the open Jets of the stove. Mrs. Jeannette Parks, the dead woman's daughter, said her mother had complained of the heat. She heard the shots and called her brother. Summary of Radio ._____.B-7 Short Story..B-6 Society -B-3 Sports ____B-9-10 Woman's Pg. B-8 Amusements B-18 Comics ..B-14-15 Editorials Finance - Lost & Found B-10 Obituary ... A-10 FOREIGN. Soviet trio toward Pacific Coast. Page A-1 Spanish civil war death toll placed at nearly million. Page A-3 NATIONAL. Bill to extend low interest rate on land bank loans vetoed. Page A-1 O’Mahoney hits court bill proponents for steamroller tactics. Page A-1 Final Earhart search awaits arrival of Lexington. Page A-1 Youth, 20, dies in chair for murder of girl. Page A-1 Mystery man of golf may fight extra- dition as bandit. Page A-6 Aid asked in protecting Polish Jews' rights. Page A-14 Two programs formulated to eliminate maritime labor troubles. Page A-14 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Two more deaths bring heat wave toll here to seven. Page A-1 ‘Taxicab liability measure passed by House. Page A-1 Use of D. C. funds for Camp Springs airport opposed. Page A-1 Thieves leave looted safe In Represent- ative's garage. Page B-1 Ten persons hurt here in series of auto flying accidents. ;ue B-1 12, 1937 -THIRTY a1 l “a i, r//l,{//,/, \ \ a e __ TAXIINSURANCE VOTED BY HOUSE Measure Designed to Regu- late Realty Brokers and Salesmen Also Passed. The House rapidly passed today two of the District bills on its calendar, | one requiring taxicabs and other pub- lic vehicles for hire to carry liability insurance, and the other designed to regulate and control real estate brokers and salesmen. The compulsory insurance bill for taxicabs was approved, despite a pre- diction by Representative Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana that it would result in at least a 10-cent increase in existing zone rates. He told the House | the insurance would cost taxi operators | at least $325 a year per cab—a fee |C. that would ruin them financially with- | They had reached “amen” when the out a rate increase sufficient to cover the premiums on the policies. The vote on the insurance bill was 41 to 21. Befare its approval, however, the House adopted an amendment of - fered by Schulte which would permit cab organizations to file a $75,000 cash bona with the Public Utllities Commission in lieu of an insurance policy. The bond would have to be maintained at that figure at all times. The bill to license and regulate real esiate brokers and salesmen was passed without debate and sent to the Senate. ‘The House also will consider later a bill authorizing the Public Utilities Commission to reduce the number of | taxicabs in operation. and a measure | providing for control and regulation of barbers. Real estate brokers and salesmen will be controlled under the real es- | tate bill through a commission to be | created by the Commissioners. The | commission would license the real es- tate dealers after passing on their qualifications to engage in the busi- ness. During discussion of the taxicab bill, Schulte declared the average District taxi driver is “very fortu- nate” if his net income averages $20 a week, and he doubted if a 10-cent raise in the zone rate would permit | them to carry the expensive insur- ance. FIGHTS U. S. STRIKES | | Measure Would Hit Government Efforts of C. I. O. Representative Hoffman, Republi- can, of Michigan offered legislation today to make it unlawful for any person to call, encourage or partici- pate in a strike against the Federal Government The Representative said the meas- ure was aimed at efforts of the Com- mittee for Industrial Organization to organize Federal workers in the new United Federal Workers of America. Today’s Star U. 8. notifies contractor to proceed de- spite non-union charges. Page B-1 Laundry strikers ask Labor Board to order election. Page B-1 105 of 124 indicted plead not guilty on gambling charges. Page B-1 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. 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. Yanks finally have conquered jinx Nats once held. Page B-9 Feller, effective but wild, needs ex- perience in minors. Page B-9 Freddie Steele, gentle and vicious, presents paradox. Page B-10 Four fair racket wielders share court honors here. Page B-10 U. 8. yacht trial losers proving true sportsmen. Page B-11 MISCELLANY. Shipping News. ‘Young Washington. Winning Contract. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Nature's Children. Page A-14 Page A-18 Page A-18 Page B-8 Page B-8 Page B-14 -FOUR Cross-word Puzzle, Bedtime Stories. Letter-out. Page B-14 Page B-15 Page B-15 & PAGES. #¥% ¢ Foening Star The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY'S Circulation, 128,835 (Bome returns not vet receiwed.) SUNDAY'S Circulation 145,626 (P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. FRANK, YOV COULD HAVE DONE TH\s ALL LAST SUMMER AND BEEN JUST AS Slayer of Girl Is Put to Death In Pennsylvania Alexander Meyer, 20, Goes to Chair Calmly. By the Associated Press. BELLEFONTE, Pa. July 12.—Alex- ander Meyer, 20. son of a ‘\5I]<tn-dfll retired coal operator, died in the elec tric chair at Rockview Penitentla this morning for the slaying of 16- year-old Helen Moyer, a high school girl. White-faced, but outwardly calm, Mever was led from his death cell and placed in the chair at 12:31 am (E. 8. T.). He was pronounced dead | 4 minutes later. The young slayer died as he recited | the 23d Psalm, repeating it after Rev. | F. Lauer, the prison chaplain. switch was pulled volts through his body. Mever, who was on parole from Huntingdon Reformatory for another sex crime, pleaded guilty to the slay- ing of the little high school girl Helen Moyer disappeared on Feb- ruary 11 on her way home from school. Meyer, arrested- a few days later, said in a statement that he deliberatelv ran her down with a truck. Then he attacked her and tossed her body down an abandoned well, NINE PUT ON TRIAL INBONDING RACKET Picking Jury in Georges Case Proves Tedious Task. | BACKGROUND— Keystone Automobile Club started an investigation of alleged bond- ing racket in nmearby Prince Georges County last Fall. A justice of the peace, a professional bonds- man and seven county officers were indicted early in December. Offi- cers were suspended and appoint- ment of the justice of the pcace was not renewed when it expired last Spring. Trial of the men, alleged to have defrauded Washing- ton motorists arrested on trafic violation charges, was postponed four times. Py a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MARLBORO, Md.. July 12.—With 270 challenges permitted the defense and prosecution, picking a jury proved a tedious process as a former justice of the peace, a bohdsman and seven | former Prince Georges County police- men went on trial here today charged with the operation of a bonding racket which victimized Washington motorists. Only three tentative "jurors had been selected at noon, although several score were summoned to the court room and rejected. One of the ques- tions asked was whether they be- (See BONDS, Page A-13.) that sent 2,000 Prince | | AIRPORT 1S URGED AT GAMP SPRINGS Opposition to Formal Report of Commission Develops Because of Distance. BACKGROUND— For 11 years Washington aero- nautical and civic organizations have been secking an airport ade- quate to handle the Capital's air transport requirements. Congress has appointed commissions, con- ducted hearings, published vol- umes of testimony. The District Airport Commission was created two years ago to solve the old problem: has been deliberating in secret and has filed a report which threatens to revive all the old con- troversies. Establishment of Washington's long- proposed municipal airport on a 1,900-acre site at Camp Springs, 102 miles away in Southern Maryland, was formally recommended to Con- gress today by the Congressional Air- port Commission. The recommendation was based on a 14 months' study of 49 potential airport sites in the vicinity of the District. only nine of which, however, were seriously considered. ‘The Camp Springs site was selected, the commission said, because it is on high ground and free from industrial ana residential development, as well | as natural hazards. Even before the text of the report | was made public, opposition to the Camp Springs site was developing among Washington civic, business and aeronautical organizations. Objec- tions to expenditure of District funds so far out in Maryland and to the distance of the location from the business center of the city were voiced. In recommending the Camp Springs site. The commission proposed con- struction of a new high-speed high- way connection with Anacostia Bridge, to facilitate transfer of passengers. Necessity for early construction of the new airport was stressed in the report, which declared that the present W ington-Hoover Airport is “in- viting disaster.” It also recommended that bills be introduced authorizing establishment of the airport and ap- propriating funds for its construc- tion. The commission estimated the Camp Springs site could be purchased and developed for $3,286.250. The method of financing construc- tion of the airport is one of the prob- lems which must be defermined by Congress. In the past, proposals made to Congress ranged from imposition of the entire cost upon the District through various degrees of District and Federal sharing of costs to assessment of the entire cost against the Federal Treasury. The bill creating the Airport Com- mission provided an appropriation of $10,000 for the use of the commission. The cost was shared equally by the District and Federal Governments. Aside from the Camp Springs site, the commission disclosed it had given serious consideration to enlargement of the Washington-Hoover Airport as well as development of Gravelly Point. However, it found objections to these two locations. The text of the report follows in part: “The commission outlined basic T (See AIRPORT, Page A-4) Further Search for Flyers Awaits Lexington’s Arrival Bs the Associated Press. HONOLULU, July 12.—The vast mid-Pacific hunt for Amelia Ear- hart, missing flyer, believed dead by some naval authorities, was called off today in the isolated Phoenix Islands sector and searchers awaited arrival of an aircraft carrier to open last- resort efforts. The carrier Lexington, steaming southward from here, was expected to reach the search area and launch her brood of 63 planes by Tuesday morning. Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin, 14th Naval District commandant, an- nounced the Navy had completed its fruitless search of the Phoenix Islands, more than 200 miles below the Equator and far south of the course Miss Earhart and her navigator had plotted in seeking bleak Howland Island, The aviatrix and her navigator, Prederick J. Nopnan, disappeared July 2, presumably within & short dis- tance of Howland Island, their goal on a 2570-mile flight from New Guinea. Arrival at the land-dot would have been the climax of Miss Earhart's “for fun” flight around the world. Admiral Murfin said the Lexington, running far below its top speed, had been assigned to “mop up” areas al- ready scanned by planes from the battleship Colorado, and to search other likely regions along the Equator. He said it was possible planes would go to the Gilbert Islands, nearly 600 miles west of Howland, although other searchers held it almost impossible the Earhart plane might have come down that far away. Admiral Murfin said the Colorado, whose three planes have made daily flights over the equatorial sea, would head for Pearl Harbor 1,500 miles away, after refueling three destroyers today which were preceding the Lex- ington. O'MAONEY FIRES ON'STEAMROLLER FOR COURT BiLL Charges Proponents of Measure Have No Idea What It Is About. {ATTACKS ROBINSON FOR CURBING DEBATE ‘\Judwiary Committee May Report Constitutional Amendment on Tribunal. BACKGROUND— Presidential suggestion to ine crease Supreme Court to 15 mema bers and force retirement of jus- tices at 70 precipitated bitter fight among Demncratic Senators. After months of consideration, Judiciary Committee reported adversely on proposal Administration then supported compromise bill which would allow appointment of one new justice each year if any justice reaching age of 75 failed to retire. Foes of both plans have urged constitu= tional amendment as means of re- vising court. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Battle over the court bill was re- | sumed in the Senate today with a | blistering attack by Senator O'Ma- | honey, Democrat. of Wyoming, on the administration leaders, whom he charged with steam-roller tactics. At the same time. O'Mahoney de- | clared proponents of the bill had made no arguments on the floor of the Senate in its support. He said he did not believe supporters of the come promise bill knew what was in it. in= cluding Majority Leader Robinson, who offered it. Tt is the most revolutionary measure ever broug] 10 the Senate,” O'Ma= honey said. He added that he in- tended during the course of his ree marks to preve that proponents of the compromise did not know its contents, In a running crossfire between O'Mahoney, Robinson and Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky, O'Mahoney demonstrated that ope ponents of the bill did not intend to let the Adm fon clamp down on the debate and he same time have opportunity to put through necessary legislation in their own good time. Barkley Questions O'Mahoney. arkley at one point asked O'Mae honey if he would agree to fixing September 17 for a vote on the compromise court bill O'Mahoney retorted that he would not meree to any proposal as long as the Senate rules were invoked to pree | vent a full and free debate. Earlier, O'Mahoney had severely criticized Senator Robinson for invoke ing Senate rules to limit debate. “The Senator from Arkansas, when |he laid down this compromise bill, | gave notice that he would not give us a chance to discuss this measurs fully,” the Wyoming Senator said. “He brought up, and the President pro tempore in the chair agreed to invoke, a rule which permits a Sen- ator to speak only twice in the same day on the subject “Under their contention, howaver, a day is not a calendar day, but a leg- islative day. A legislative day in the Senate may extend for one month, or . or three months." stitutional amendment fixing the number of justices and providing for compulsory retirement at 75 may be favorably reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee, it was indicated follo: a meeting of the committee at which an amendment proposed by Senator Andrews, Democrat, of Florie da discussed. The amendment, if recommended by the committee, probably will be used by Senators opposed to the court bill and the compromise substitute in an effort to head off that legislation. Senator Andrews appeared before the Judiciary Committee and dis- cussed his proposal. Under it the | Supreme Court would consist of a chief justice and an associate justice from each of the judicial circuits, There are 10 judicial circuits. Thus, if the amendment were adopted, the court would be increased to 11, a gain of 2 additional justices. Comment of Van Nuys. Senator Van Nuys, Democrat, of Indiana, an opponent of the Presi- dent’s court reorganization bill and a member of the Judiciary Committee, said on leaving the meeting “I believe that a constitutional amendment will be recormmended by the committee. I am opposed to a proposal which would leave the size of the court to be fixed by the number of judieial circuits that Congress may create. However, a constitutional amendment providing for a Supreme (See COURT, Page A-3.) RAINBOW DIVISION OPENS 19TH ANNUAL GATHERING Veterans From 26 States and D. C. to Spend 3 Days in Fun and Business. By the Assoctatec Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 12.—A bit more gray, veterans of the United States Army's celebrated Rainbow Division opened their nineteenth ane nual reunion here today. Ex-soldiers from 26 States and the District of Columbia were to take part in the three days of business and fun= making on the schedule. Meetings of the organizatiogs auxiliary also opened today. Both organizations joined in a reception last night. Concluding the reunion Wednesday will be a fireworks display along the Scioto River water front to com- memorate the division's participation in the Battle of Champagne in France. It was on July 14, 1918, that the division took up the Champagne- Marne defensive, which continued four days. The troops emerged victorious.