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THE SUN VDAY STAR, WASHIN GTON, D. C, -AUGUST B8, ’ B 1937—PART . ONE D.C. GUARDSMEN ARRIVE IN CANP Will Prepare for Intensive Training After Quiet Sunday. BY ROBERT A. ERWIN, Btafl Correspondent of The Star. CAMP ALBERT C. RITCHIE, CAS- CADE, Md., August 7.—Districi Na- tional Guardsmen made themsel es at | home today in their city of tents, nestled on a plateau in the Western | Marylan-Pennsylvania mountains, with | & day of rest, ceremony and inspection separating them from two weeks of in- tensive military Monday Col. John W, Oehmann, command- ing officer, let the 820 Guardsmen and officers take it easy, after their arrival from Washington this morning on a special train In his conference tonight with his staff of officers Col. Oehmann called for discipline among the men, cleanli- ness in camp, military precision in drill and the honor system for the Guardsmen when they are away from camp. He agreed with Maj. William T. Roy, commander of the Special Troop of the 20th Division and assis- arian of the House of that tary police v only when encampment Roy will be and gate guards for the camp period. He and Col. Oehmann set a speed limit of 15 miles an hour for automobiles ii camp. The Districe outfit took over the camp from the Maryland National Guard, which had been here for two weeks. Preliminary plans were made for the reception here Thursday of Gov Harry W. Nice of Maryland and Mayor Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore. A special parade will be staged in their honor. A 19-gun salute will be fired on the Governor's arrival In addition to four District detach- ments of the 29th Division, including the 121st Engineers, the special troop, control necessary | charge of traffic training bl‘mnl\mg‘ Albert Dyer, William Neel right, 32-year-old crossing guard, assistant public defender, Triple Slaying Trial Opens shown with as he went on trial at Los Angeles for the attack killing of three little Englewood, Calif., the Quartermaster Company, Company | A, 372nd Infantry, the 104th Medical Regiment of the division is here. It is composed of 350 men and 28 officers from Danville and Norfolk, Va. Baltimore City and County the command of Capt O’Connell, regimental adjutant, ing the arrival tomorrow of Col Frederick E. Vinup of Baltimore, divi- sion surgeon and commanding officer. Executive officers attending tonight's conference were Capt. F. 8. Maier of the 104th Medical Regiment. Capt Louis M. Gos: executive officer of the special troops; Maj. Roy, Capt Hugh Everett, adjutant of the special troops; Lieut. Donald Falk, com- mander the Military Police, and Capt. C. E. Smithson, adjutant of the 121st Engineers. The Sunday program includes ligious services, regimental narade and recreation. On Monday the Guardsmen will participate 'm nm dJU ll, close order formatio and special classes. A mmre is | scheduled for Thursday night on the | battle of Gettysburg, followed by a visit to the battlefield Friday. PR DENTAI. SESSION ‘ TO OPEN TUESDAYi National Association’s Presldent and Others to Speak at 3-Day Meeting. 7 L. Davis, president of nal Dental Association, will principal speaker at 8 p.m at the opening of that or- e-day convention at Junior High His subject will be “Chang- es Toward Dentistry From and Without Motion pictures also w et this meet which the public. They will *Story of Dentistry.” Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president of Howard University, will deliver the welcoming address. Mrs, Alicia Mc Kinney Howard of the universit; hygiene department will speak on “The Dental Hygienest and Health” Dr. A. Harry Ostrow, dental super- | visor of the District’s Health Depart- ment, will offer greetings. Invoca- tion will be delivered by Rev. Daniel E. Wiseman, pastor of the Lutheran | Church of Our Redeemer. Dr. J Leroy Baxter also will speak. Musical selictions will be sung by the Tempo | Clioral Society. As a pre to the opening meeting, Dr. Robert Thompson of Westfieldfi N. J, and Dr. Roscoe Brown of the United States Health Department, will speak on dentistry 8t 4 pm. Tuesday over Radio Station WERC Other wil begi CHARGES OF CONTEMPT ARE FACED BY WARNER Retired Auto Manufacturer Is Or- Court Frida ated Pres the ‘Tuesday Within be shown open to depict the se held sions of the convent University fon dered hy to Answer B LOS ANGELES, August 7.—T W. Warner, sr, weal etired a accessory manufactu was ordered today cause Priday he should not held in contempt of court in the $510,000 damage Mrs. Pearl Antibus, H wood private detective. Warner did not appear yesterday a deposition Hearing concerning the suit names Warner and 1 representatives of the district s office Antibus charges she beaten and abused when Warner & rald on her home to “rescue son, Thomas W. Warner, jr his sweetheart, a pretty divorcee. SEES THIRD TERM MOVE BRIDGEPORT (), —Gov told inter lieved there is ¢ Asso to show be why suit of was led his from Conn August 7 ank Murphy of Michigan ewers here today he be- considerable support in the for & d term for President Roosevelt Asked whether there was “apprecia- ble support for a third term for President Roosevelt,” he replied “I¥s appreciable The Michigan chief executive de- elined to be quoted further on the subject and would not say if he felt jon such support was strong enough for | renomination and re-election President desired it. ') if the and | under | Richard O.| pena- | girls who were lured from a public park. Mr. and Mrs. Merle O. Everett, parents of two of the slain children, Madeline and Melba Everett, watch the trial. Cam/r*qhi any. Wzrr'plm{m (1.0, CALLSSTRIYE OF SILK WORKERS 6,000 in Passaic Valley Told to Walk Out to “Stabil- ize” Industry. BY the Associated Press | PATERSON, N. J, August 7.—C. T | O. leaders today called on the Passaic Valley's 6,000 silk and rayon workers | to strike Monday—a strike they said was intended to raise standards of the workers and stabilize the industry for the employe: The proposed strike, which the Tex- tile Workers' Organizing Committee hoped would be Nation-wide, except r those plants which have signed reements with the Committee for Industrial Organization, was termed by the T. W. O. C. “the first real gen- eral strike in the silk and rayon in dust: Carl Holderman, regional T. W. O C. director, said the strike, if Na- tion-wide, would affect 60,000 workers | 43,00 of whom, he said, sre employed in Pennsylvania. The T. W.O. C. an- | | nounced in New York that agreements | had been signed with some Pennsyl- | wildly vania, Massachusetts and New York | companies, and it was thus impossible |to determine how widespread the | threatened strike would be Larger manufacturers, their spokes- | men have said, were not opposing the | | strike, but were hoping it would result | in one standard of wages, hours and other working conditions for the entire | industry The str tion, a 40-hour week, 10 to 20 per cent wage increases, $15 weekly minimum for h s, $18 minimum for weavers, sole collective bargaining rights and seniority rights, Horace Greeley “Goes West."” ATLANTA, August 7 Greeley went west today. Greeley the elderly Zoo camel named for the publisher w urged “Go West, young man ) West,” died of a stomach ailment Courtesy. ien the streets are covered with or water there are always some rivers who exhibit no considertation pedestrians or other cars. They tinue to dash rapidly by, shower- ing everything and every one within range with a spray of dirty water aps this is the same type of who at other times threatens safety by his reckless acts /) -~Horace Grant Park W of s demand union recogni- | | De | after 2 CONVICTS SLAIN INPRISON BREAK Attempt Fails as Hostage! | By the Associated Press. Guard Gets Away During March to Gate. By the Associated Press. EDDYVILLE, Ky, prisoners were slain probably, fatally wounded when three convicts sought to escape the Western Kentucky State Peniten- here this afternoon August T.—Two and another from tiary The two prisoners who were killed seized Deputy Warden Ben Wilson as he prison dining room Ezra Davenport, for two rape count, The two killed, serving 50 years victions and one robbery Robert 34 21, con- and Benewitz, the warden’s guns and started shoot- ing Anderson Allen, serving a sentence for bank robbery, was hit by flying bullets and is not ex- pected to live. He did not participate in the attempted escape. Seizing Wilton as & hostage the two convicts aided by a third, Earl Webb, serving a term for | marched toward the main entrance of the prison As they neared the next to the last gate, Wilson broke from them and dashed down the side of the prison building. The three con' ran to the main gafe and with the warden's pistol forced the guards to open them Meanwhile Wilson a used other | guards and as the men walked ont the main steps guards on them, killing Davenpo witz. Webb surrendered after his federates fell Davenport was received at the pri two years ago after he and Willie De Boe were convicted of rape charges Boe was hanged at Smithland he was permitted to speak for 45 minutes to the crowd of spectators including the complaining witness. Business Men to Meet. The regular monthly meeting of the Southeast Business Men's Asso- ciation will be held at 8:15 p.m. to- opened fire and Be con- morrow in the office of the president, | 314 Pennsyl- | Clarence P. Donohoe, vania avenue southeast Justu'e Has \o On Trial i By the Associated Press LYNBROOK, N ne fugitive from out of the majesty of the law Yi ca piece | today He romped, free, in Connecticut while being tried for a crime on Long Island, and there appeared to be no way to enforce a death sentence which may be decreed against him | A man wanted by the law could be returned across State lines through extradition proceedings. Or the G- men might nab him for Federal trial But justice seemingly had no teeth | in the case of the dog. Attorneys on both sides of the trial | of King, police - airedale mongrel accused of jr., 6, have been thumbing law books since testimony in the case ended yesterday. Tonight neither side had s single citation. Justice of the Peace A v biting Andrew Planding | Toeth for Dog in Neighboring State, Norman Lent gave them until Tuesday to find legal precedents for action on Wednesday whether the dog should | be condemned, as demanded by bitten boy's parents. He explained it was no use handing down a death sentence if there was no way to bring the dog back to New York State to| carry out the penalty King was sent o his owner, Mrs. Ralph Drummond, as a gift to Wilbur H. Fogg of near Greenwich, shortly after the Planding Conpecticut by child was mjured on the Point Look- | out Beach July 3 The Planding boy’s parents exhibited scratches on their son’s body as evi- dence that King was vicious and should be put to death. Mrs. Drum- | mond insisted the dog was merely playful. She was supported at the trial by B. P. C. A. agents who exam- ined King at Scardale. | to fix wage and hour | than | by | on | possible representative of the public | retary of Labor and { tion’s | man of the Union Pacific Railway Jed a line of convicts into the | up for 17 years | on & bank robbery charge, snatched | the | murder, | | and simflar products, and Spain, coal The justice said he would announce | N #mes Not Given in Guest List the | | genla would not attend LISTPOSSIBILITIES FORWAGES BOARD Official Circles Put Lubin’s Name High in List for Pay-Hour Jobs. | Br the Associated Press If Congress sets up a five-man board standards, in- formed officlals predicted yesterday, President Roosevelt will appoint mem- bers representing labor, business and the public st large The wage-hour measure is pending in the House. As passed by the Sen- 15-(# it would give the board authori to order wage increases or shorter hours in industries which pay less 40 cents an hour or have a work week in excess of 40 hours. Officials, who asked not to be quoted name, placed Isador Lubin high the list of possible appointees. Lubin, commissioner of labor sta- tistics, formerly was an economics professor at the University of Michi- | gan and an economist at the Brook- ings Institution Davis Mentioned. William ¥. Davis, a New York patent attorney, was mentioned as a | on the board He formerly served | as N. R. A. compliance director and was a member of the committee | which analyzed results of the N. R. A. | after the Supreme Court invalidated it. | Also mentioned were two other | members of the N. R. A. Analysis Committee—George M. Harrison and | George H. Mead. Harrison is presi- | dent of the Association of Railway | Labor Executives. Mead, a Dayton, Ohio, manufacturer, is former chair- man of the Business Advisory Council. | Two former heads of the N. R, A.— | Donald Richberg and S. Clay Wil- | liams—were among those listed. Rich- berg is practicing law in Washington | and Williams is chairman of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co Some officials said Mr. Roosevelt | might appoint a woman to the board Josephine Roche, Assistant Secretary | of the Treasury, was mentioned. Head of Mining Firm. Miss Roche, who helped draft the social security program, has been president of a coal mining company | in Colorado. She was the first Colo- rado coal operator to sign a contract with the United Mine Workers of America. Others mentioned for the $10,000-a- year jobs were Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Sec- the administra- | “trouble-shooter” in labor dis- putes. Morris Leeds, Philadelphia business man, M. B. Folsom of Rochester, N treasurer of the Eastman Kodak Co. W. A. Harriman of New York, chair- Y., Walter Wheeler of Stamford, Conn., | manufacturer. U.S. ADDS DUTIES | ON NINE COUNTRIES Levies Inunded to Check Their Advantages Over American Goods. Treasury officials said yesterday they have imposed countervailing du- | ties against nine countries to check | | laws authorize the Treas- | ury to levy additional duties against | imports of subsidized products. The tari articles on which foreign countries grant subsidies. The levies are tended to prevent forelgn producers who receive grants from obtaining & | competitive advantage over American | producers in the American market With some foreign nations trying to become economically officials said many new cases of sub- sidization have developed. They re- ported the Treasury has employed the | weapon of countervailing duties most | frequently against Australia and Ger- many. At present, they reported, ties are in effect against A shipments of fruits, butter, wool or wool tops, certain types of sugar and fencing wire. German products’ bearing the dutles include wheat, beans, peas, cameras and calf and kid leather, France must pay countervailing du- | ties on fish and codfish roe, and Great Britain and the Irish Free State are | subject to the imposts on alcoholic | spirits. In addition, duties are levied on silk and artificial silk from Eng- land Other countries subject to the du- | ties are Denmark, butter; the Nether- | lands, peas; South Africa, cattle, baef these du- | tralian | combed CHILD'S INTELLIGENCE _ RATES HER A GENIUS Quotient of 170 Credited Seattle Girl, 5, Who Has Mental Age of 9-Year-Old. the Associated Press SEATTLE, August 7 M. Blair, University psychologist, today credited chubby ear-old Barbara Sherley, daugh- ter of a textbook salesman, with an intelligence quotient of 170, or 30 points higher than the minimum rating for a genius. Prof. Blair said he used the Stan- ford University revision of the Binet test He said Barbara had a mental age | of almost 9 years. H. H. Sherley, the father, took Barbara to Prof. Blair to find out whether she was smart enough to | enter the first grade this Fall “She would be bored with first- grade work,” said Blair. FRANCO AIDES INVITED TO BOURBON WEDDING By ~Prof. Glenn of Washington Princess Dolores Is Daughter of Infante of Spain. By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 7 —Wedding plans announced disclosed that representatives of Span- | ish Insurgent Generalissimo Francisco | Franco will attend the marriage Au- | gust 16 of Princess Dolores of Bourbon and Prince Auguste Czartoryski of | the Lithuanian house. The list of guests said representa- tives of Franco would be present, but did not give their names. Former King Alfonso of Spain is now in Lausanne for the wedding, but it was stated former Queen Victoria FEu- Princess Dolores is s daughter of the Infante Osrlos of Spain. ] st to | in- | self-sufficient, | | litico-journalistic today | = Girl Saves Boy at Sea Resting from m’r lnmp mile swim through choppy nrean arjorie Murray, 19, is thanked by Arnold McCloat, A cabin cruiser overturned off Far Purk- Marjorie swam to shore and rescuers quickly started a search for McCloat and two other members of the waters, whose life she saved away, Long Island boamm ])arf:/ and mvwd rh('m ANGLO-NAZIFEUD SEENINEXPULSION Retalnatlon Hln'[(‘d After 3 German Newsmen Are Banned. By the Associated Press, LONDON, August 7—The British home office’s order compelling three German newspaper corresponderts to leave England tonight appeared likely controversy. ready have lef As Berlin dis man official there were indications Embassy here was prepar action in the matter of the Embassy to Renfrey Ambassad von Ribbentrop, is va- The correspondents’ plight erstood to be the subject of a ference, and it was indicated when two Embassy members returned London tomorrow the Embassy would at least “ask for further info mation” concerning th ome office order, told of of re the ing for some airplane e the Joachim catio on he No Explanation. The home office declined, without | explanation, to renew the labor per- mits of the German writers, and they | were given two weeks to wind up the! | personal affairs and leave the coun- (ry The one remaining in London was | | Werner here of the Berliner Lokalanzeiger the | Crome, chief correspondent last three years, about 40 years old The other two were younger men who had been here only a few months, representing a German agency cializing in news of Germans abroad, Franz Otto Wrede and Wold Dietrich | Langen Marie Edenhofer, Crome’s secretary, and another German woman, secre- tary to Langen, left some time ago. Crome said he was leave shortly Retaliation Expected. In Berlin the official German news agency said the government “makes no attempt the fact it has been most impressed by the English ac e agency add- ed that since the British government has taken action against per- sons whose presence it deems *“und viewpoint of Anglo- n relations,” it will be under- standable if “correspuading action is taken on the German side.” Only this week a four-months po- feud between Italy and Britain—in which all action was on the Italian side—was ended. Ital- lan correspondents returned to_Lon- don and Italy’s ban against enfry of several British newspapers has been withdrawn The virtual expulsion of the three | writers was the first such action taken by Britain against German corre- spondents in peace time. 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Johnson of Hot Springs | said the Los Angeles automobile work- er had improved, but added it may be two weeks to 18 months before he can be removed from the 1,000-pound res- | pirator in Carrie Tingley Hospital Hunt, stricken in an El Paso camp ground yesterday, was rushed here by | ambulance in a 121-mile race with | death The hospital, erected for New Mex- | ico's crippled children, is not sched- | d to open until next month. Gov. | by executive order, made Hunt patient No. 1. “This is the first time we've used the respirator, but we read the direc- tions and it's working fine,” the doc-’ tor reported. The “lung” is the only | one between Chicago and Los An- geles “How much longer éo I have to stay in here?” Hunt repeatedly demanded today Dr. Johnson assured him only until he was better. A3 GIRL SWIMS MILE OBRING 3RESCUE Battles Raging Seas After Launch Capsizes to Get Coast Guard Aid. he Associated Press NEW YORK, August into the ocean from a launch with three companions, 19. year-old Marjorle Murray swam frightened and exhausted, through a mile of raging seas early today and obtained assistance for a dramatie rescue of her friends. “The first thing I knew I was in the rough water and it was breaking all around me,” she recounted. "My By T.~Hurled capsizing | hair was soaked and hanging in my face. * * * “I started swimming for help. * * * Pretty soon I realized I would have to take off my beach pajamas. They were bogging me down. I climbed out of them and got out of my and kept on swimming “I headed for the only light I could see when I was lifted up on the crest of a wave. I almost lost hope of ever reaching shore, but I kept seeing those lights and kept fighting." 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