Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; gentle west and southwest winds. Temperatures today—Highest, 88, at 2 p.m.; lowest, 72, at 6 am. Full report on page B-4. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 16 85th YEAR. No. 34,090. Entered as second class thatter post office, Washington, D. C. —_ CHOLER ch —_— ———— WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1937—FORTY-TWO PAGES. L2y ENDANGERS AMERICANS IN SHANGHAI FRENCH QUARTER AS PORT IS CLOSE | Protective Measures Taken as| Reports of Black Plague Add to Horrors of War. NAVY CANCELS SHORE LEAVES AND ORDERS CHINESE ASHORE Japanese Burn Bodies of Chinese Civil-{ ians Which Brought Millions of Dis- ease-Carrying Rats to Stricken Area. BACKGROUND— Dollar liner President Hoover, bombarded by Chinese planes yes- terday, was second American vessel struck by flying shells while on mercy mission of etacuating Americans from war-battered Shanghai. On August 20 cruiser Augusta was struck and one sailor was killed and 17 were injured. Fighting in the S tensity as Japan continues to pour against China. By the Associated Press SHANGHAI, August 31.—Cholera broke out today in | i | Shanghai's French concession, where most of the city’s ! Americans live. hanghai area has increased in in- troops into area in undeclared war The outbreak became known shortly before midnight, after a day in which United States authorities closed the port of Shanghai to all American ships except naval vessels, marooning for the time being some 2,000 Americans who | have not been evacuated from the zone of Shanghai Sino- Japanese war. Meanwhile an unidentified bomber attacked, but did not damage, the Italian-operated steamer Lung Shan, filled | | French concession authorities took every measure to halt the | [}HINA SENHS UFFER with Chinese refugees. spread of the cholera, deadly intestinal disease which yearly takes its toll of underfed Asiatics. (The State Department announced there are three de- stroyers in Shanghai under Admiral Yarnell's orders. The ships can take 1,800 American citizens on board whenever the authorities there decide necessary.) that wholesale evacuation is Earlier in the day, with cholera dangers rising from overtaxed sanitation facilities and the steady drain on water supplies, the United States Navy canceled shore leaves and all Chinese hands were ordered off the flagship Augusta. Reports of the black (bubonic) plague in native areas sfldedf to the horrors of war. Japanese Burn Bodies. Hundreds of bodies of Chinese civilians, killed in air raids and by artillery and machine-gun fire in Hongkew, brought millions of disease-carrying rats and insects to the areas north of Soochow Creek. Sanitary officers from the International Settlement were seriously ham- pered in their work there The Javanese military insisted the stricken sec- tions be closed because of the presence of looters and the danger of Chinese troops returning there from the north and west. Japanese were firing the bodies| after saturating them with gasoline. | This in itself horrified the surviving Chinese, for they believe the burning of a body means there can be no re- demption in the life beyond. The bombing of the Lung Shan cre- ated a panic, although no damage was reported. | The ship was bombed near Woo- | sung, north of Shanghai, where the | ‘Whangpoo and Yangtze Rivers flow | together for the embattled city's only waterway—and only avenue of escape —to the sea. Court Martial Awaits Pilots. i Court martial awaits the Chinese | aviators who bombed the Dollar liner | President Hoover. That was an- | nounced today from the headquarters | of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in | Nanking. Chiang was “most gravely con- | cerned” over the incident, his aides said. (Japanese naval authorities an- | nounced yesterday that their seaplanes | had shot down one of the four planes | which bombed the Hoover, and that | the plane was of American make.) The order clesing the port from Ad- miral Yarnell, commander in chief of the Asiatic Fleet, and Consul General Clarence Gauss was the di- rect result of the bombing yesterday (See SHIPS, Page A-5.) JOBLESS CENSUS TO GET UNDER WAY Officials in Charge Will Advance Plans Soon After Labor Day. By the Associated Press. The five officials named to direct the unemployment census authorized by Congress will work out detailed arrangements at a meeting soon after Labor day, associates said today. The board 5 composed of the Secre- taries of Labor and Commerce, the ‘works progress administrator, the director of the Census Bureau and the head of the Central Statistical Board. President Roosevelt signed yesterday & bill providing for a voluntary regis- tration of the jobless and tabulation of data on part-time employment and job opportunities. The census is to be completed by next April 1. ‘The bill authorized use of $5,000,000 of W. P. A. funds, but Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, told the Senate, at time of passage, that prob- ably not more than $4,000,000 would be needed. Both President Roosevelt and W. P. A. Administrator Harry L. Hopkins in the past have opposed taking an un- employment census, on the grounds the Government had all the informa- tion needed to carry on its relief work. Later, however, Hopkins said a cen- sus could be helpful “in order to un- derstand more completely the nature of the present unemployment prob- lem.” ‘There have been widely divergent estimates as to the number of unem- ployed. Occident’s Ships Make Shanghai Scene a Paradox By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, August 31.—American and other Occidental warships trailed gay streamers and flags today on Shanghai's water front in peaceful celebration of the 57th birthday of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. But Japanese warships down the Whangpoo belched an explosive scene of war and death at Chinese land con- centrations a few miles north of Shanghai. The U. S. S. Augusta, flagship of the Asiatic Fleet, flew bright pennants fro mevery mast to lead the interna- tional pageant of battlecraft honor- ing the Netherlands’ sovereign. FRENCH RAILWAYS ARE NATIONALIZED Government Takes Over Six Great Systems With More Than 26,000 Miles. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 31.—France's gov- ernment today decreed the nationali- 2ation of the country’s railroads. Six great rail systems of more than 26,000 miles were banded into a single national railroad company. A communique which announced the nationalization measure said simply that President Albert Lebrun had signed a decree “reorganizing the rail- roads.” 4 But, ministers said, the decree—to be made public tonight—provided for government control of the new Na- tional Railway Co. This decree completes the nationali- zation program of the Peoples’ Front, the Socialist-Radical Socialist-Com- munist coalition-which is in power in France. The program has brought munitions plants, airplane factories and the Bank of France under the thumb of the gov- ernment. It is the last measure of Chautemps’ “Summer financial dictatorship.” The decree powers voted to him in June, which enabled him, among other things, to devalue the franc, expire at midnight tonight. The principal raflways involved gnd their mileages are: Nord, 2,357; Est, 3,009; Paris-Orleans, 4,881; Paris- Lyon-Mediteranee, 6,180; Midi, 2,678; Etat, 5667; Alsacc Lorraine, 1,304. The accumulated deficit of the rail- way systems, which has been met by the treasury, was estimated at more than 27,000,000,000 francs (about $1,000,000,000) at the end of 1936. Railroad receipts for the same year amounted to 10,015,000,000 francs (about $38,000,000). D TO U. - \ AMBASSADOR WANG Of China as he arrived at the State Department today to present apologies on the bombing of the liner President Hoover in China. —Harris-Ewing Photo. O FILL REDRESS Hull Says U. S. Appreciates Prompt Proposals and Agology. By the Assogiated Press. The Chinese government proposed to the United States today full finan- cial and moral redress for the bomb- ing yesterday of the Dollar liner, the President Hoover. Secretary Hull said profound regrets of the Chinese government and its offer tc compensate was made through Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson at Nanking and Dr. C. T. Wang, Ambas- sador of China, who called upon Hull this morning. Asked at his press conference if | China’s apology and statement were | | satisfactory to this Government, Hull | | said he was merely relating what had | | happened so far. He declined further | comment. Hull added, however, that the| United States deeply appreciated the | Jpromptness with which China accept- ed responsibility for the shelling of the liner and its accompanying apology. Discipline for Pilot. The head of the Chinese govern- ment, Hull said, took “special interest” in all matters of the incident and promised that the pilot of the Chinese airplane which attacked the Hoover would be court-martialed and severely punished. In speaking of the incident in which several persons were injured, one fa- tally, Hull described the shelling as | “unlawful, inexcusable and negligent.” He said that every one deplored the loss of life that attended this incident and others in the Shanghai area dur- ing the turbulent times. The Chinese government, Hull as- serted, proposed “every sort” of finan- cial redress for damage done the Hoo- ver and for injuries to American na- tionals aboard the liner. Ambassador Wang issued a state- ment to newspaper men after calling on the Seeretary. Held a Mistake. ‘Wang said in the statement that the bombing of the Hoover was a “mis- take” and that the Chinese airmen had no intention of attacking the ship of any friendly country. The text of Ambassador Wang's statement: “The Dollar Line steamer President Hoover was bombed on August 30, 1937, by mistake by a Chinese airplane near the mouth of the Yangtze River. The ship was slightly damaged and several passengers and crew were in- jured. The position of the ship while hit was between two Japanese war ves- sels and she was, therefore, mistaken for & Japanese transport by the air- man, who had absolutely no intention of attacking any American ship or ships of friendly countries. “Acting under instructions of my government, I called on the Hon. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, this morning to express in the name of my government the profound regret over the accident, and to inform the Secretary of State that the Chinese government assumes the responsibil- ity and is ready to make immediate redress for the accident.” Shells Fall in France. MONTPELIER, France, August 31 (#).—Two large shells, apparently fired from the sea, fell into the village of Frontignan close to large supply tanks of industrial gasoline yesterday. The propectiles landed in open ground and caused no damage. Police began immediate investigation. Caustic Author Finishes Work. TAOS, N. Mex, August 31 (P)— Aldous Huxley, caustic English au- thor, today finished “Ends and Means,” & philosophic study of the theme that nothing, in itself, is able to secure human happiness. 5 ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION S. SHIPS City Is Rocked by Japanese Shells. SEEN PRELUDE TO BIG PUSH CaplureofWoosung Is Reported by Commanders. By the Associated Press. SHANGHALI, August 31.—The heavy guns of the Japanese fleet in the Yangtze and Whangpoo crashed into ‘action at dawn today in what appeared to be the prelude of Japan's big push against the Chinese lines encircling Shanghai. This international city of 3,500,000 persons, now in its third week of un- declared war, rocked to the steedy bombardment. The Japanese shells were pitting a wide area around Woo- sung and its historic forts at the con- fluence of the two rivers 12 miles north of here. Report Woosung Captured. Japanese commanders reported their forces had captured the town of Woosung. A Domei (Japanese) News Agency dispatch said the invaders had occupied the Woosung forts. The forts, China's vital defenses on the lower Whangpoo, had been held by at least’ one division of Chinese troops despite almost inces- sant Japanese aerial, naval and artil- lery bombardments for more than two weeks. Chinese denied that the Japanese had started an advance from the Woosung area. They declared Chinese forces had | repelled a Japanese attack and that | the Japanese were barely holding their lines in that sector, about 12 miles from Shanghai. There apparently was a gap in the Japanese lines between Woosung and Liuho, 12 miles to the northwest, which the Japanese were trying des- perately to close so they would have a consolidated position for their drive on Shanghal. Howitzers in Position. Chinese howitzers were rushed inlo, position on the International Recrea- tion Club race course just west of the already wrecked Shanghai municipal center at Kiangwan. The heavy im- placements only a few miles north of the International Settlement bound- ary soon added their dull roar tb ‘he cannonade. Chinese authorities said more than 200 Chinese war refugees and wounded | soldiers were annihilated by Japanese bombs while they were awaiting trans- portation at the Yanghong bus station near Woosung. Hundreds were report- ed wounded. Before the devastating fire of planes and heavy artillery began the Jap- anese Army and foreign police com- bined forces to drive 12,000 bewildered Chinese from their homes in the Hongkew and Yangtzepoo districts on Shanghai’s north side. The frightened populace resisted at " (See BOMBARDMENT, Page A-4) Flying Cadet Sought. SHREVEPORT, La., August 31 (#).— Fighting planes were dispatched from Barksdale Field today' in search of Flying Cadet Guy Edgerton of Kelly Field, San Antonio, who failed to re- port yesterday after a student flight of 13 planes ran into bad weather. Cadet Edgerton, who enlisted from Kenly, N. C, was believed in some remote area away from a telephone. Summary of Page --C-10-11 --C-12 Page Radio ....._A-14 Short Story.B-10 Society Sports ___ ‘Woman's Pg..C-4 Comics Drama _ Editorials A-8 Finance ..__A-15 Lost & Found C-5 Obituary ...A-10 WAR IN FAR EAST. Shanghai closed to U. S. ships after bombing of liner. Page A-1 Liner Hoover narrowly misses sinking by Chinese planes. Page A-4 East meets West in Chinese dinner for war refugees. Page A-5 ‘World safety dependent on interven- tion, Chiang declares. Page A-5 FOREIGN. Insurgents break through government lines on Zaragoza front. Page A-2 NATIONAL. Jobless census plans to be advanced soon after Labor day. Page A-1 Electric Products workers warned to join A, F.of L, Page A-1 Pope’s aides to carry on his architec- tural work here. BPage A-2 Decision on Mellon tax cases expected within a month. Page A-3 ‘Taber cites Federal expenditures and ' taxes in statement. Page A-3 Start of 1937 cotton loan program is announced by Wallace. Page A-3 Navy to transport U. S. delegates to Peru air parley. Page B-7 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Health camp contributors see gift re- sults in children. Page A-2 Transport pilots to attend airport hearings here. Page A-6 A. B. C. Board asks assiginment of full-time counsel. Page B-1 Court fight against new business tax considered by dealers. Page B-1 Washington antique dealer killed in auto crash in N. J. Page B-1 ny Star TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE; THAT, MY F The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. RIENDS, ) Me IS THE QUESTION! 1 REPORTED DEAD INCAR-BUS CRASH 35 Are Believed Injured at Goshen, Ind.—Help Is Rushed to Scene. By the Assoclated Press. GOSHEN, Ind, August 31.—At least seven persons were reported to have been killed 5 miles north of here today in a crash of a heavily loaded trans- port bus and a sedan. Twenty injured were brought to hospitals here and at least 15 others were reported to have been taken to nearby cities. Three of the dead were identified as A. G. Carpentier of Iowa City, Iowa; Mrs. James Kelleher of Albany, N. Y., and Raymond J. Buskin of St. Louis. Carpentier and Mrs. Kelleher were passengers and Buskin was an at- tendant on the bus. 3 The accident occurred at the inter- section of roads 20 and 15. Witnesses said the sedan drove onto the main highway and crashed into the bus. The vehicle overturned and came to a stop on its top. The sedan was de- molished and the bus damaged badly. There were about 40 passengers on the bus. The occupants of the sedan were unidentified. A card was found in it bearing the name “Allison Bishopric Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, Ohijo.” The license plates were Ohio 114-AB. The driver of the bus was Lee Cal- lahan, 32, of Toledo. ‘The bus was bound from Chicago to | | Cleveland. Ambulances from Goshen and Elk- hart were rushed to the scene and the dead and injured were hurried to hos- pitals, making immediate identifica- tion difficult. STRIKE TO BE WEIGHED CLEVELAND, August 31 (#).—S. R. Harvey, assistant president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, announced today chairmen of 14 locals of Union Greyhound bus drivers would confer here Thursday to discuss a strike on the carrier's Pennsylvania and central lines. Seven Pennsylvania Greyhound chairmen and seven from the central Greyhound lines, representing ap- proximately 1,000 drivers, will attend the meeting, Harvey said. The railroad trainmen, Harvey ex- plained, has attempted for four months to obtain representation rights of nine Greyhound units in the country. Today’s Star Agreement on slaughter house to be sought tomorrow. Page Public hearings on budget to be September 10 and 11. Page EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Questions and Answers. Political Mill. Stars, Men and Atoms. David Lawrence. H. R. Baukhage. Mark Sullivan, Jay Franklin. Delia Pynchon. SPORTS. Farr gains admiration of fans in de- feat by Louis. Page C-1 Louis lacks sparkle of champion, Schmeling observes. Page C-1 Nats are too far back to hope for first division. Page C-% McGraw's “boys” lead drive of Giants to league lead. Page C-2 Diffenbaugh is spark plug of profes- sional golf in D. C. Page C-3 FINANCIAL. Bonds are narrow, quiet (table). Page A-15 Page A-15 Page A-16 Page A-16 Page A-17 Page A-17 [ dddddddddsd o © © © o o G0 G0 S G0 Auto price boosts predicted. D. C. clearings rise. Stocks edge up (table). Curb rise selections (table). Oil output at new peak. MISCELLANY. Shipping News. Dorothy Dix, Betsy Caswell. Vital Statistics. Traffic Convictions. Nature’s Children. City News in Brief, Cross-Word Puzzle. Bedtime Stories, Letter-Out. Winning Contract. Page A-18 Page B-10 Page B-10 Page C-5 Page C-5 Page C-5 Page C-5 Page C-10 Page C-10 Page C-11 Page C-11 4 Described as the most rigid peace- time regulations ever issued by the Navy Department, new orders have recently been promulgated, it was learned today, under which civilian photographers are warned that they may be prosecuted under the espionage act, if they fail to comply with the rulings regarding pictures of naval subjects. The new ban applies as well to photographs by naval personnel. Officers and enlisted men are advised, | own cameras aboard ship for taking | pictures outside naval jurisdiction. | “While on board, cameras will be in the custody of the commanding | officer,” say the new regulations, known officially as General Order 96. “Under no circumstances will they be used aboard ship without official per- mission and competent supervision.” Photographs not to be released with- out reference to the Navy Department include those that disclose informa- tion classified as secret, confidential Navy Threatens Spying Charge| For Outlawed Picture Taking or restricted; naval drydocks or ships therein; ships under construction and | ‘mechflnical devices intended for use thereon; any picture taken on board | | ship showing details of armament, fire control equipment, interior views or special details of construction; under- water body views of naval vessels; any phase of naval gunnery or any details of ordnance equipment; fleet dispositions and technical maneuvers; land force operations and equipment; smoke screens; naval radio and sound equipment; aerial photographs of navy however, that they are permitted their | yards, stations and bases; Army posts, depots and stations; foreign ports and harbors and aerial photographs of strategic areas, as designated by the Secretary of the Navy, and air space reservations, as designated by the President of the United States. o Movies as well as still pictures are embraced in the new regulations. One | copy of every still photograph is to be | given to the Navy, under the new regulations, “For its non-commercial use without reference to and entirely independent of any copyright.” LOCAL MAN SHOT OVERSANITY TEST | Husband Opens Fire on Man Who, With Others, Signed Papers. Brooding over his recent commit- ment to Gallinger Hospital for mental observation, after which he was pro- nounced mentally sound, Charles J. Kelly, 34, of the 700 block of Sixth street today shot and seriously wound- ed David F. Poole, 51, who had been instrumental in sending him to the institution, according to police. Poole was shot through the chin in the garage in the rear of his home at 1320 Tenth street. The bullet coursed downward through his neck. Oxygen was sdministered to Poole immediately after his arrival at Emergency Hos- pital and physicians said he probably would recover. Kelly was arrested by Policemen E. C. Helms and L. I. Mason, second pre- cinct, in the kitchen of Poole's home, where his wife and 16-month-old baby have been living. Committed for Test. Several days ago, the officers re- ported, Mr. and Mrs. Poole and Mrs. Kelly joined in signing papers com- mitting Kelly to Gallinger Hospital for a sanity test. He was pronounced mentally sound and released last Thursday. Kelly told police that fellow em- ployes of a downtown restaurant joshed him about his sanity test when he returned to work and he became despondent and asked for a transfer to a restaurant in Baltimore. Police said that Kelly related he purchased & gun in Baltimore and returned to Washington to demand of Poole a full explanation of the rea- sons for his commitment. He was quoted as saying he hid in Poole's garage early this morning. Poole Refused to Talk. When he asked Poole for an ex- planation, Poole refused to talk, Kelly said. Kelly and his wife, a 22-year-old English girl, were married abroad and came to Washington about a year ago. They lived next door to the Pooles until they separated several weeks ago. Mrs. Kelly moved into the Poole house then. Mrs. Kelly recently found a job as companion to the wife of an Alex- andria attorney and had gone to her home to live. About & month ago, Officers Mason and Helms were called to the Poole home, where, they said, they found Kelly demanding that his wife return to live with him. The officers say they warned Kelly to stay away from the Poole home. TE G WIFE VISITS DYER LOS ANGELES, August 31 (P).— Albert Dyer was to be sentenced to the gallows today for the sex-slaying of three little girls. * He saw his wife, Isobel, yesterday, for what may be the last time. The two discussed, matter-of-factly, who would take care of their cat and ‘who would pay their bills. Dyer threw his arms about his wife and-kissed her, sobbing. She did not respond. His good-by to her was: “Well, T'll see you in heaven.” b + D. . REAL ESTATE BOARD COMPLETED Appointments Are Made and Commission Will Func- tion Immediately. BACKGROUND— Fore more than decade Washing- ton real estate associations have sought law by which business would be regulated here. Legislation fre- quently passed one branch of Con- gress, but until past session never got complete approval. Aimed at irresponsible dealers, regulatory laws are in eflfect in about 30 States, with National As- sociation of Real Estate Boards carrying on long-time drive for universal acceptance of such regu= lation, Creation of a commission to license and regulate the Washington real es- tate business was completed today when the Commissioners appointed Harry E. Doyle, a realtor, and Aubrey members of the board. The third member of the new commission is Fred D. Allen, the District assessor, who is made ex officio chairman of the body by the terms of the act of Congress which was signed a few days ago by President Roosevelt. John A. Petty, now a valuator for the Housing Administration, who formerly served for 10 years as secretary of the Washington Real Estate Board, was selected by the District Commissioners to be secretary of the new agency. ‘The board, to be known as the Dis- trict Real Estate Commission, will be- gin functioning promptly since the act prescribes that no Washington real estate broker or salesman may con- tinue in business after 90 days after the signing of the act unless he ob- tains a license from the commission. The two civilian members of the commission will be paid $10 for each day they serve and each day’s service is fixed at seven hours; the total com- pensation may not exceed $2,000 per year. The District assessor will re- ceive no additional compensation for his service. The salary for the sec- retary .as not yet been allocated by the €.vil Service Commission. The appointment of Doyle and Petty had been forecast, but Wardwell was a “dark horse.” ‘Wardwell, 36, who resides at 2505 Thirteenth street, now is special coun- sel to the Union Labor Life Insurance Co. He has practiced law since 1929. He is a product of Washington schools, a graduate of McKinley' Technical High School and holds an A. B. de- gree from the University of Maryland and an LL.B. degree from Georgetown University. c Employed by Realtors. From 1926 to 1928 he was an em- ploye of W. C. & A. N. Miller, realtors and builders, but it was said he had not worked for or been engaged in Associated Press. St. Clair Wardwell, a lawyer, as civilian | the real estate business in the past five years. The law specifies that no more than one of the two civilian commissioners may have been affili- ated with the real estate business in the last five years. Doyle is vice president of the Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc., and vice presi- dent of the National Mortgage Co. Yesterday’s Circulation, 136,549 (8Bome returns not yet received.) TWG CENTS. BOARD DECLARES COMPANY-WORKER CONTRAGT INVALID Says Pittsburgh Electric Corporation Violated Labor Act. COERCION TESTIMONY POINTED OUT IN RULING Firm Complies With Court’s Or- der Employes Must Join A F. of L By the Associated Press. The National Labor Relations Board said today a contract between the National Electric Products Corp. and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers was invalid. The company in Pittsburgh today complied with a Federal Court order which, in effect, ordered its employes to join the International Brotherhood, a union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. A Federal judge recently upheld a closed shop contract which the brotherhood obtained with the come pany located at Ambridge, Pa. The board said the company had violated the Wagrer labor relations act by encouraging membership in the brotherhood and by recognizing it as the representative of the employes at a time when the company knew “the brotherhood did not represent the free choice of a majority of its employes.” “Because of unrefuted testimony that the brothernood was given its status in the plant By interference and coercion by the management, the board finds that the contract between the company and the brotherhood is invalid,” a board statement said. The United Brotherhood of FElec~ tricians and Radio Workers, an affiliate of the Committee for Industrial Or- ganization and rival of the I B. E. W., challenged the action of the com= pany in complying with the Federal court order. The united brotherhood contended the court was infringing upon the jurisdiction of the National Labor Board. “ROOSEVELT IN'40,” HINTED BY MURPHY Conditions Might Warrant a Third Term, Declares Michigan Governor. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 30.—Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan said in an inter- view today conditions by 1940 might warrant a third term for President Roosevelt. The Governor, returning home from a California vacation, paused here between trains. Asked if he had given consideration to his possible candidacy in a new political party, Gov. Murphy said: “I don’t know of any reason why I should be a candidate. It is not a question of party, however, in this critical period. It is too early, too, to predict now just who will lead the progressive forces. But it may be that the country's needs by 1940 will make it essential that Mr. Roosevelt be a candidate again.” Gov. Murphy was to enter University Hospital at Ann Arbor, Mich,, today for observation of a throat ailment, On insistence of his physicians he probably will be in the hospital for several days. He will move his ime mediate administration staff to his hospitial room. His physicians said his general econ- dition is excellent, but a pernicious throat condition had developed and was aggravated by “extreme fatigue.” CUBAN SUGAR BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Batista's Measure to “Co-ordi- nat” Island Industries to Become Law. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, August 31.—The corner- stone of Col. Fulgencio Batista’s “three year plan"—the sugar industry co= ordination bill—was voted by the House today and sent to President Federico Laredo Bru for his promised signature. The Senate passed the bill August 12. Col. Batista, Cuba’s military leader, has the announced purpose of dethron- ing sugar as Cuba’s king commodity in this legislation. Sugar has been Cuba's economic lifeblood for over half a century. Ace tion to spread sugar profits more wide« ly was made the first step toward a more rounded national economy in which Cuba is to produce more of what she consumes and develop addi= tional products for export. Air Pied Piper Ready to Attack SparrowPlague By the Associated Press. PERRY, N. Y, August 31.—Resi« dents of this Western New York vile lage watched the skies today for an aerial pied piper, who promised to rid them of a sparrow plague. Rus Brinkley, flying piper, planned to fiy from his home in Olean, 80 miles away, and blare from the skies at a noisy flock in Dolbeer street maple trees. The airplane has an amplifying system to blast Brinkley’s “magic fife” scare with multiplied vigor. “I'll be one of those craning their necks, and I sure hope it is & success,” declared Mayor Roy Spelticy, “Some- thing has to be done.”