Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1937, Page 4

RIOT PROBE HEARS OF POLICE ATTACK Massillon Steel Worker Says He Heard Officer Demand “Clean-up.” BACKGROUND— Republic Steel wos foremost member of bloc of independents that decided to fight rather than sign agreements with C. I. O. Re- sult was bitter strike in plants of those companies, with outbreaks of violence in several instances bring- ing nearly score of deaths to strike sympathizers., La Follette Committee investi- gated Chicago killing of 10 pickets, with Labor Board inquiry confined to Ohio incidents. By the Assoclated Press. The Labor Relations Board heard & fifth account today of the Massillon, ©Ohio, steel strike riot on July 11. Jonn Veto, 22-year-old ladle man in the Republic Steel Corp.'s Massil- lon plant, described the riot in broken English at the board’s hearing on its | complaint Republic had violated the Wagner labor disputes act before and during the strike. The riot occurred about 11 pm. About 5 o'clock that afternoon, Veto said, he heard Bill Henderson, Repnb- lic chipper foreman and a special city policeman, tell a companion that “we are going to clean them up tonight.” Like the four union men who de- scribed the riot yesterday, Veto said the shooting started immediately after policemen had ordered the driver of a car parked opposite Committee for Industrial Organization headquarters to turn off his lights. “Two cops went forward and yelled ‘Shut them lights up.’ " Veto testified. “Let’s Bust 'Em Up.” “That guy shut ‘em up. They stepped back a couple of steps and yelled ‘Let's bust 'em up.’ “They then dropped flat. shot came by right near me. it was tear gas.” Veto previously had testified he was standing on the front steps of C. I. O. headquarters at the time. After this first shot, Veto said, he went into the front room of headquar- ters. He heard some one outside sa: “God, they're not blanks; bullets,” be said. During the shooting, he said, one of his comrades went to the front door to see what was going on-and was shot in the leg by a deputy sheriff. Veto 6aid he helped carry the wounded man to the kitchen, where he was laid on the top of an icebox. Two women went 1o the door to shout for an ambulance, he said, and came back saying, “Gosh. Wwe been shot at twice.” Stumbled Over Man in Street. After getting the wounded man into an ambulance, Veto said, he ran out of the riot area. On his way. he said, he stumbled over a man lying on the street. Veto agreed with yesterday's wit- nesses that about 20 special police were around C. I. O. headquarters that night. Three other strikers, Christ Conzas, John Angelo and Mark Turky, testi- fied police routed them out of their rooming house beds near strike head- quarters about three hours after the riot and took them to the Canton Work House. They were held with- out charges for two days, then re- ledsed, they said. The police who picked them up, they said, searched their rooms for weapons but found none. The Labor Board expected to con- clude its hearing today on the Massil- lon riot and to turn to other events in the recent walkout. ‘The hearing may shift to Cleveland after conclusion of the riot testi- mony. Then a I think Painters * (Continued From Pirst Page.) and strike director for the painters, was to confer today with officials of some of these other locals and with Harry S. Wender, attorney for the ele- vator constructors, who assisted in preparation of the formal charges lodged with the regional office of the Labor Board yesterday. Holcombe said he planned also to comfer with officials of the building trafes department of the American Federation of Labor with a view to solfciting further support of the paint- ers fight. ‘“We will never go back on Treasury Department jobs until these discrim- inatory conditions are corrected,” Hojcombe declared emphatically this marning. ding some reply to the formal chirges placed yesterday against two , Holcombe said that no picket linds will be maintained on the Fed- ers] jobs. he charges were directed at the firjhs of Willlam Wilson & Sons of Atlnta, Ga., and Coons & Reptis of Neli York City, both authorized to hafidle jobs at the Internal Revenue Bullding and the City Post Office, on gralinds that they had refused to hire unipn labor. , [Painters’ Strike Pressure. ’&ut the pressure of the painters’ strike will become more effective with timip was indicated today when iron wotkers installing book stacks in the Arehives Building neared the point ‘whire their work must be suspended undil certain painting can be com- plefed. In connection with the Labor De- pastment ruling in the District strike , John Locher, chairman of the Bullding Trades Council, declared it completely satisfactory to labor and exyjressed the opinion it was equally nt:hcmry to contractors employing unipn workmen. Qol. Sultan explained that the deci- sioR rendered by Secretary Perkins was binding on non-union contractors and after discussing the decision with unien representatives and the two © ESTABLISHED 1865 o COOL BREEZES 24 Hours a Day Make your own cool weather d ease; instoll ot once Barker Ventilator Doors in your ! apartment or home. Barker Zipni the lowest in Wash- 9 ington and et present prices 2 you will save money. are different; they're gl‘ heavy and made to Jast! ' 6EO. M. BARKER LUMBER --and MILLWORK ~649-651 N. Y. Ave. N.W. 1523 Tth St. N.W. Net. 1342, “The Lumber Number” r Star Coming TOM MIX BRINGS CIRCUS TOM MIX, Greatest of all cowboy screen stars, and his new screen horse Warrior, an all-white Arabian stallion. Tom ap- pears in person as the star of the Tom Miz Circus, which will be in Washington three days, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, staging afternoon and night shows each day on the new circus grounds at Twenty-fifth street and Ben- ning road. contractors involved, he said all con- cerned were ‘“‘apparently satisfied.” The ruling, which would prevent the reduction of labor costs by the device | of employing laborers at laborers’ | wages to perform skilled work, upheld | the position insisted on by the local | Building Trades Council and union contractors. The orders to resume work are for John W. Hunt, who is building the Paul Junior High and Young Schools. Col. Sultan said that the contract with the Jeffress-Dyer Co. for the Grimke School would be signed im- mediately and work started Monday. A stop order had been issued against Hunt while the contraet in the other case was held up pending settlement of the dispute. District inspectors, Sultan said, would be instructed to see that the | Labor Department's decision is ad- | hered to in every respect and that work proceeds in conformity to regu- lations. There are & few “minor matters” still in debate, Col. Sultan said. These were referred to the newly appointed Labor Relations Board of the Dis- trict. | — CHICKENS ACCUSED Nebraska Man Denies His Fowls Ate Onfons. ) OMAHA, Nebr., July 23 (#).—James Jensen said yesterday his chickens have “onion breath” and he would Pprove it in District Court. Last week Jensen's neighbor, T. C. Bailey, won & $12 judgment against Jensen in Municipal Court on a claim Jensen’s chickens ate Bailey's onions. Completely Air- Cooled Single and double breasted, for sports and evening wear. An excep- tional buy at___ MARCONI BURIED NEAR FIRST HOME 300,000 Line Streets of Bologna as Body Arrives for Last Rites. By the Assoclated Press. BOLOGNA, Italy, July 23.-—Gugliel- mo Marconi came home in death today and his body was laid to rest near the scene of his earliest experiments in wireless telegraphy. Three hundred thousand persons lined the streets of this famous uni- versity and industrial city to witness the solemn passage of the funeral pro- cession—from the railroad station to 8t. Petronius Cathedral and then to the Marconi family vault at a four- teenth century monastery just outside Bologna. On the opposite side of the city, at Pontecchio, was Marconi's father's country home where 42 years ago the studious young Italian sent his first wireless signal through the ether. He died early Tuesday in Rome at the age of 63. On arrivgl this morning from Rome, the body was turned over to Bologna authorities by Prince Colonna, gov- ernor of Rome. 8quadrons of airplanes—symbol of the Fascist state Marconi's acience helped bulld—roared in salute over the hearse and its followers while the cortege wended toward the cathedral for the funeral mass. Later the procession reformed and continued to the cemetery beside the ancient Carthusian Charter House. Marconl's widow rode behind the hearze. After the interment, Marquis Luigi Solari, president of the Marconi Co., read over the radio a speech Marconi had written and was to have read at the inauguration of the new radio station at Bologna. “I confess,” Marconi had written, “that when 42 years ago I succeeded in making the first radio transmission at Pontecchio, I foresaw the possibility of sending electric waves to great dis- tances, but I did not hold hope of be- ing able to obtain the great satisfac- tion which is being accorded to me to- day. “In fact & major defect then was attributed to my invention—that of Ppossible interception of messages trans- mitted. This defect preoccupied me 80 much that for many years my prin- cipal researches were dedicated to its elimination, “Nevertheless, this ‘defect’ was uti- lized after about 30 years and has be- come radio—that means of reception which daily reaches more than 40,- 000,000 listeners.” Marconi’s fortune was estimated by some to be $25,000,000 and was be- qQueathed to his widow and four chil- dren. Spain (Continued From First hundred shelis ploughed into the cen- tral parts of the capital along Gran Via, Madrid's “Broadway,” and in the Chamberl section Dear the United States Embassy. The government guns pumped a thundering reply to the sheiling in the early hours. Artillery and aerial bombardments yesterday at Madrid MEN'S $16.75 AND $19.75 SUMMER SUITS $13.75 Smart Summer patterns in light and dark shades for sports and business wear. These suits are lightweight and decidedly com- fortable. They hold their shape without constant pressing and-cleaning. YOU MAY CHARGE IT! Nothing Down—Take ¢ Months to Pay! . $16.75 WHITE SUITS $9.75 ‘ Disappears MISS JANET WOHLSEN. —A. P. Wirephoto. towns in central Spain took more than 60 lives and brought injuries to more than 150 persons. With today’s shelling of the capital seven more deaths were reported. Insurgents in the Brunete sector, tip of government Gen. Jose Miaja’s salient west of Madrid, still were try- ing to push back the government forces, but on the western flank Miaja's militiamen were reported to have cut further into insurgent ter- ritory. Italian General Reported. Insurgents captured in the Brunete sector were reported to have told gov- ernment officers that several insurgent battalions had arrived recently from the north under the command of an “Italian general” whose name they re- fused to divulge. The insurgent navy, in both the Mediterranean on the east and the Bay of Biscay on the north, attempted to cut off government supplies. Dispatches from Santander, a Bis- cayan por¥ of the government, said the insurgent cruiser Almirante Cer- vera fired on the British ship Mac- Gregor as it left Santander with 2,000 refugees. It was said to have ceased fire when a British naval patrol ap- proached. Government planes bombed the Almirante Cervera, the minelayer Jupiter and several armed trawlers off Gijon, another government port. on the Bay of Biscay, the reports said. Rome Bids 600 Children. HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron- tier, July 23 (A).—The insurgent radio station at Salamanca announced that 600 Spanish children were sailing to- day for a vacation at an Italian beach resort on the invitation of the Rome government. Barcelona Reported Shelled. VALENCIA, 8pain, July 23 (#).— Advices from Barcelona early today said that government-held city in Northeastern Spain had been shelled by an insurgent warship, believed to be the cruiser Canarias, late last night. Details were not available im- mediately. b MSSNG GRL 1, | FEARED DROWNE Police Fail to Find Body After Disappearance From Rowboat. By the Associated Press. ELKTON, Md, July 23.—Relatives of 18-year-old Janet Wohlsen, who disappeared while fishing, decided to- day that the girl was probably drowned, “I'm afraid our last job is to find her body,” her uncle, Harry Wohlsen, said. “I think it should show up to- day.” He said the girl, who disappeared while fishing in the Northeast River Wednesday, might have bécome en- tangled in the long grass in the river. She was an expert swimmer and wore & bathing suit when she left home. A sweater she wore over the bathing sult was found in the empty rowboat. A black-hulled sailboat which at firsrt appeared to have some connection With the case was eliminated from it by William B. Hudgins, an engineer on a tugboat. He sald the sailboat preceded the tug down the river and that it passed the rowboat without changing its course. 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