Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1937, Page 7

WERTOFACEU.S. INSECOND BATTLE Labor Board to Open Hear- ing Tomorrow on Steel Firm Terrorism Charges. By the Associated Press. NEW CUMBERLAND, W. Va, Au- gust 14 —Frnest T. Weir wiil meet the Federal Government Monday in the second major contest of his career to run his huge steel properties without | governmental intervention. | The National Labor Relations Board will open a hearing here on its com- plaiAt that the Weirton Steel Co., subsidiary of Weir's National Steel| Corp., employed terrorism against the | Steel Workers' Organizing Commit- tee | Three years ago Weirton Steel won | @& court decision against the Gove ment’s charge that it violated 7-A of the old national indust covery act by attempting to dominate | the company’s system of employe rep- resentation In the latest legal fight the em- ploye representatives and the Weirton Steel Security League, claiming 10, 000 members out of 12,000 workers, | will be aligned on the side of the com- | pany. ! The Steel Workers' Organization Committee brousht the original| eharges against the Weirton, W. Va., | steel concern last May 9. | ‘The union charged that union mem- | bers were attacked and beaten at the direction of Claude Conway. chairman of the Employes’ Security Teague, and that the company had dismissed 160 workers for union activities since June, 1936 | Agents of the TLabor Board investi- | gated the charges and the board served | its complaint August 1, asserting the company had used threats and cos cion to obtain signatures to a work ers' petition approving the employe representatives’ plan. Legion Changes Commanders Police Lieut. Thomas Mason, mander of the District Department, American Legion, is pectured receiving congratulations of Poli yum{/ commander. THE SUNDAY r. (left), newly elected com- ce Lieut, Horace Lineburg, out- -—Star Staff Photo. The board charged that: The company maintained a system | of espionage agalnst the union. Sponsored secret police, referred to as the “hatchet gang,” to intimidate union members and their families Two hundred and seventy-nine work- ers were fired for union activities be- | tween July 5, 1935, and July 21, 1937. And by financiat contributions and other support, the company aided the employe representative system. Last Wednesday the Labor Board | granted a request of the employe rep- resentatives to intervene in the hear- | had acted “in concert” with the union | in bringing its complaint and added The company issued & categorical denial of all charges yesterday and | asked the board (o dismiss its com- plaint on the grounds that the board's Jjurisdiction was unconstitutional, and Denying that the company was en gaged in interstate commerce. The company's answer asserted the Wagner labor relations act did not apply to it. The answer charged that the board that the board was disqualified from “exercising a judicial function” m-»“ cause of its participation in bringing the proceedings. Flvers (Continued From First Page.) = == since 5:40 a.in.. E. S. T., Friday, when the plane broadeast that it was pass- ing over the polar region in a tem- perature of 35 degrees below zero Levaneffskv's predicament ng! & quick reaction among American as well as Russian fivers. Pilot re noted for his aerial “mer exploits in the Far North, took off in & laree, high-speed plane witn Co-piot Walter Hall and two Russian representatives, E. A Smirnov and M. Beliakov, for a quick gearch between Fairbanks and the Arctic shore. Crosson Helps Searchers. Crosson hopped over the forbidding Endicott Mountain range 230 miles north of here and continued on to Flaxman Island, near the Arctic shore | at the 146th meridian. He coverad a large area at a 200-mile-an-hour clip without finding anything clip without finding anything. On their | return, Simonov, & radio enginger, said | the next move in the search was un- | decided. The other two planes searched to the northeast of Fairbanks as far as the Porcupine River distriet near Fort Yukon, 150 miles from here, and the other flanked Crosson on the left | going as far as Wild River Pass, 250 | miles to the northwest, in the Endi- | cott range ‘The call of fellowship also brought Jimmy Mattern, American long-dis- | tance flyer, into the hunt in an effort to repay an act of mercv by h’\anP‘Y- &ky, "Russia’s Lindbergh.” Mattern took off at 8:30 pm., E. S. ‘T.. tonight from Los Angeles for Oak- land on the first leg of his flight to the Arctic to search for the Russians. He arrived at Oakland Airport at 10:38 pm. (E. S. T.) and said there he would refuel and make adjustments on his plane before attempting a non- | &top flight to Fairbanks. Mattern e»; pected to leave Oakland early to- | morrow morning | From Oakland he will fly non-stop, in an estimated 18 hours, to Fair-| banks, his operations base. | Asked by Envoy, He Says. | He said his participation in the eearch is the result of a telephonic request from Acting Ambassador Cumansky at Washington, who said the Russian government would guar- antee all expenses. A telegraphic request to the Air Commerce Bureau at Washington for permission to make the flight was granted immediately Levaneffsky and his compar&ons had expected to reach Fairbanks in about 80 hours Pilot S. E. Robbins and Mechanic Clyde Armistead soared to the east in a pontooned plane in the search. Pilot. Murray Stewart and Mechanic Paul Brewis headed westward The three searching planes expected to work generally toward Alaska's Arctic coast. 500 miles to the north. They had little to guide them—no position report from the transpolar' fivers since they crossed the world's top and nothing to indicate which way they had stiayed from thelr | @lmost straight north and south | course, if at all. Ahead lay the hazards of approach- | ing Arctic Winter, the prospect of | fog off the desolate Point Barrow | region, the creeping Arctic night, | thousands of miles of drifting ice | floes, stretches of open watet and ! : 1 AT THESE COOL VACAT]ON PLACES ~fares less than medical bills | Russian representatives said a six- | troops and vessels,” ! ment.” ’xzreal expanses of uninhabited xub-l Arctic wasteland. The condition of the Soviet plane, | reputedly weighing 36 tons loaded | and the status of its gasoline supply were the thoughts of north- landers. Equipment in Boubt. They did not know exactly what equipment the six fiyers had, “but month supply of food was carried. ‘Whether the plane could transmit radio messages without one or more of its motors functioning was not known here. The Russian Embassy in Washing- ton said there was “no real anxiety so far as the safety of the crew and plane” was concerned. The Embassy expressed the belief the plane might have been forced down “in some region between the North Pole and Alaska.” That area includes the worst of | the Arctic—1.200 miles of frigid sea | between the pole and Point Barrow embracing the two great “blind spots™ untouched by civilized man except for a few aerial crossings. = China memnupd Frnm First Page.) would be sent “‘post haste” for whn]e-‘ sale evacuations if necessary, the Sec- | retary added Senator Nye, Republican, of North | Dakota, leader of the “mandatory | neutrality” bloc, urged that the neu- | trality law be invoked immediately | against Japan and China. “We sohuld evacuate Shanghai im- | medm!ely and then withdraw all our he said. “There is no telling what the end may be if our nationals and forces remain there. Some stepping on American toes might cause anger of officials to rise | before we know it here, and we might find curselves involved in another in- ternational conflict.” Senator Borah of Idaho, ranking Republican member of the Foreign Relations Committee, urged that the United States “keep out of the con- | trovers Not having all the infor- mation at his disposal, he said he would not presume to say what steps | should be taken at this moment. “World Suicide” Seen. “The world seems determined to commit suicide by more wars and more armaments and more taxes,' Borah said. “I think we can longest preserve our civilization by staying out of it.” Elaborating on his statement, Sena- tor Pittmar said: “Undoubtedly developments in China | have broadened tremendously, indi- cating it is a war to the finish. Until now an armistice has been possible and still is possible.” Pittman said he would “hate to have to adjudicate that there is in ! progress a war to the finish and then | find in & couple of days that they've quit shboting and reached a settle- He pointed out that foreign governments were able to mediate after the clashing between Japanese and Chinese troops at Shanghai in 1932. | “That may happen again here” he | | said, “but things. are very rapidly | reaching a sMge where an grmuuce’ is impossible. e S The high cost of operation is keep- ing down the number of private auto- mobileskin Japan. STAR, GANGSTER SILVER FOUND BY POLIGE Service Numbering 100 Pieces Uncovered in Balti- more in Brady Search. By the Associaled Press. BALTIMORE, August 14—Balti- more police, continuing their week- long hunt for the three Brady gang- sters, today found an expensive silver | service resembling one stolen in an ! Indiana bank robbery. The silver, numbering more than 100 pieces, was found in the apartment two of the wanted men, James Dal- hover and Clarence Lee Shaffer, had | been occupying here. Capt. Matt Leach of the Indiana State Police re- quested Baltimore officers to search for the service, which was taken from the bank vault. It is being held at headquarters pending definite identification. Patrolmen Joseph Herget and Fred Fleischmann, the radio cruiser officers who engaged the three gangsters in a running gun fight here last Saturday, will be commended in & public cere- WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 15, mony Monday. The two chased,the bandit car al- though the gunmen Were using & machine gun and did not give up until the polce car was disabled and the officers’ ammunition exhausted. No trace has since been found of the three men, Dalhover, Shaffer and Itred Brady. Robes Foil Suicide. Because he donned fowing robes | to commit suicide & youth in the Wa- kayara district of Japan stll lives. He jumped off a cliff into hot springs at Yuzaki, but his clothes kept him | was seen by a passer-by | afloat. He and was rescued just as he was about to sink. Legion (Continued From First Page.) tell whether they gave this (clenching his first), or this (extending his hand | upward with open palm). The resolution as adopted requires all organizations invited to march with the Legion in the future to give | | pledge that only the American | salute will be used. The resolution further urged the national headquarters of the Legion to give “moral support” to investiga- tion of Nazi camps in New Jersev, In- diana, Wisconsin and other States Nazis and Fascists were added to resolution which branded Com- | | mu as ‘“sworn enemies of our government.” Introduced by Maj. Gen Amos A. Fries, wartime head of the Chemical Warfare Service and chair- !man of the Resolutions Committee, the resolution would bar these groups from permits to march on the streets or to assemble at any point in the city. Neither would they be allowed to ‘hold any position in the Govern- ment, or receive money or supplies for relief. The Nazis and Fascists | were added to the Communist reso- lution on motion of George H. Rycraw of James Reese Europe Post, Officers Installed. | Mason, who is in charge of the | Police Hack Inspector's Office, was cheered and serenaded by his buddies of the 2nd Division, who sang their division song in his honor. He won over Porter L. Bush of Lincoln Post by a vote of 114 to 69 The new officers, installed at once by Past Department Commender Paul J. McGahan, included First Vice Com- | mander Fred F. Money, who is com- mander of Sergeant Jasper Pr)st;‘ Second Vice Commander Jane R. | Cox. who is commander of U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, and Third Vice | Commander Fred A. Minnigh, who |is commander of the Government Delegates to the national conven- | tion of the Legion were elected as Printing Office Post | | | follows: Delegates Named. New Department Commander Ma- | son, retiring Department Commander | Horace W. Lineburg, Eleanor May- | nard, William P. Kershner, Theodore Cogswell, P. A. Sugrue, William J. | Barrett, J. Franklin Wilson, George | W. Phillips, A. E. Giegengack, Sam- uel Holston and Joseph J. Idler. National Executive Committeeman { Joseph J. Malloy also is a delegate, “Deploring” the attitude of the na- tional veterans' preference officer of | | the Legion, who had said veterans' | preference should now depend on executive order of the President, the District Department threw its full strength behind legislation such as the Starnes bills to accomplish vet- erans’ preference by law. The convention closed with a huge | reception and supper dance to honor the new department commander and | his staff, given by the 8 and 40. i & Shanghai and Kwangsi Province in | China will be connected by a rour-day‘ bus service. LABOR BILL GAINS Measure Provides Penalties in Strike-Breaking Cases. A bill providing penalties for strike- s who cross State lines passed snate and was sent to the House for final enactment yesterday. The measure is designed to strengthen the Byrnes anti-strike- breaking law. which carries penalties for employers who bring strike- breakers acrc State lines to settle industrial disputes. WITH THIS COUPON WATCH REPAIRING ANY MAKE WATCH Cleaned $ Ad)usted Guaranteed One Year Main Springs B 12812 W F s nw. The Upstairs Jewelry Store A LOT OF PEOPLE EVIDENTLY WANT PUMPS A lady from Silver Spring, Md., writes that she ran an ad- vertisement for Pump for Sale in last Saturday’s and Sunday's Star. She says that the Satur- day’s Star was hardly off the press when she got a call and from then on until 10 p.m. had 29 calls, but sold the pump to the second person who called. PUMP. Myers electric; deep well: complete ‘with tank, good condi- tion: good bargain. She further says that some- thing was accomplished in a few hours that the men had been talking about for six months. From the above there are evi- dently a lot of people still in the market for pumps and that an ad in The Star will sell them. The orizinal unsolicited letter is on file in The Star Office. -fl[wayfi aj’s te,a -flfiea When you asked for smaller nos, others said it couldn't be done—but Wurlitzer produced a full scale grand only 4 6” in . That is why Wurlitzer is a step ahead in the produc- tion of small grands with thrilling tonal beauty and adequate volume for the larg- est home. PRICE $395 A NEW NOTE! Delightfully, en- 1937—PART ONE. LOANE’S s A7 711 Twelfth St, ————— A Quaint Reproduction Is Featured in Our Old Meeting House Maple Bedroom Croup One is carried back in memory to the Colonial period with its simplicity in design; its wonderfully precise mastercraftsmanship as exemplified in this reproduction of the “Old Meeting House" Bedroom Group. It is done, of course, as was the original, in solid rock maple, to which has been given that century-and-a-half old finish which con- sisted of many applications of boiled linseed oil, applied hot, result- ing in the soft, inimitable antique honey color. There can be nothing finer in Furniture production; and the motif survives today in genuine appreciation by the lovers of FINE FURNITURE and authentic designing. It is “open stock” , comprising Salem Chests, Highboys, Knee-Hole Lowboy Dressing Tables, Twin Poster Beds, Drop Leaf Night Tables, Hitchcock Chairs and Benches and Early American Chippendale An Eight-piece group, Gssemb!ed from 8340 Hanging Mirrors. the above pieces. Regular price $400 And a room so furnished calls for Hand Hooked Rugs Imbued with the spirit of the same period and the original designs duplicated with exquisite skill. Offered in the August Sale at these special redue- tions in price: Size Re{)u!(z' Price 9xl2 74.50 8x10 i 2.50 6x9 38.50 4x7 2 510) 3x5 175 7.95 2x3 450 23x46 Reduced Price $59.95 49.95 32.95 17.50 9.75 6.50 3.75 The August Sale makes a very important contribution of Alexander Smith & Sons’ Tru-Tone Broadloom Carpets Scarce as fine Broadloom Carpets really are and in the face o of rapidly advancing prices, you will find this an interesting chapter in the August Sale—one worthy of anticipating the wants for fall. Our stock is very complete in color and widths, and delivery can be made immediately, or your selection held in reserve for some later date. ! Stonehaven—An all-wool face Broadloom carpet of superior quality. Regular Price $4.50 sq. yd. Stratfield—Perhaps the most popular of the medium priced Broadlooms—in thirty Tru- Tone-colors—in 9 and 12 foot widths; some even 15 and 18 foot widths. Regular Price $4.75 sq. yd. 3.75 Sussex—The heavier grade of Broadloom, suitable for homes and offices, in 9, 12 and 15 foot widths. The colors are Cedar Rust, Copper Rose, Reseda Green, Black, Heathermist, Royal Blue, Havana Brown, Beaver Taupe, Hunter Green, Walnut, Arcadian Green, Admiralty Blue, Ivory White, Cherry Red, Antique, Mahogany, Nile Green, Jade Green, Horizon Blue, Desert Sand, Biscuit, Burgundy, Lacquer Red, Chippendale. Regular Price $7.50 sq. yd. Zilor—A new pebbly textured Broadloom, made of twisted yarn which will give maximum wear and eliminates foot prints. In nine colors and 9 and 12 foot widths. s 25 Regular Price $6.75 sq. yd. et 5' Boucle—A heavy quality Broadloom of twisted yarn—in 27 of the most desirable colors; and 9, 12 and 15 foot widths. Regular Price $8.50 sq. yd. & J. 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