Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1937, Page 11

Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. White Take Women'’s Section. Star Finals Tonight. With a fina! spurt which netted them a 67 per cent gain over their first-half match play, Mrs. Van' A. Clarke, co-defending champion, and Mrs. H. C. White yesterday won the women's pair championship in the District bridge tournament at the ®horeham Hotel. The victors tallied a total of 387'; match points to lead the runners-up— Mrs. Frederick Van Nuys and Mrs. Winslow Van Devanter—by 331; match ts. Mrs. Van Nuys, wife of the iana Senator, and her partner had & final score of 354 points after leading the fleld at the end of first-half play. Mrs. M. R. West, co-defender of the frophy, and her partner, Mrs. James M. Lemon, finished in third position with 351 points after tying for tenth piace in the opening play. In fourth piace came Mrs. Allen Rutherford and Mrs. E. B. Swanson, with 349 points, Mrs. Hubbard Mott and Mrs. Frieda Boyee finished fifth, one point behind. Upset in Mixed Play. An upset was registered in the mixed fr championships last night when rs, Boyce and Vic D. Zeve of Chi- eago, who could place no better than fifth in the first-half play, scored & fotal of 593 points to take top hon- ors. It was the first time Mrs. Boyce and Zeve had played together, the pair having met just before the tour- nament got under way. Another pair of outsiders—Mrs. Marold Young and W. S. Woodard— placed second with 583 match points. Scoring 577 points, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lemon, the defending cham- pions, wound up in third place. Next in line were Mrs. A. P. Stockvis and lewis R. Watson, jr., fourth with 87412; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hamlin, fifth with 567!2 points; Mrs. Allen Rutherford and C. B. Pennebaker sixth with 5591, points, and Mrs. C. B. Pennebaker and O. J. Brot- man seventh with 5582 points. Qualifies for National. Mrs. Pat McCarran, wife of the Nevada Senator, and Mrs. L. M. Leddy took first-place honors in the national tournament entry game with 65 match points, thus qualifying for the national tournament to be held here November 29 to December 5. Second, third and fourth places were taken, respectively, by Mrs. E. B. Bwanson and James Souralis, 63': points; H. J. C. Kunkel and L. R. ‘Wickersham, Harrisburg, Pa.. pair, B91; points, and Dr. Charles Duffy and Gerald Colvin, New Bern, N. C., pair, 87 points. Washingtonians have figured in the winning combination in each event thus far. Two other championships were to | be decided today—the intermediate event for The Evening Star Trophy and the open pair event. ‘The latter contest was to get under way at 2:30 pm, with the finals scheduled for tonight at 8:30 o'clock. Players from many cities, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Har- risburg, New York, Cleveland, Cin- einnati, Chicago, Reading, Pa., and Buffalo, were expected to compete. ‘The finals of The Star Trophy event also will be played tonight, beginning at 8:30 o'clock. Miss Jeannette Mar- cus and Oliver E. Burton, representing the Vanderbilt Club, led the field at the end of the first-half play. THREE GENERATIONS HURT IN CAR CRASH Nine Persons Injured in Collision on Four-Lane Baltimore Highway. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 9.—Six Mo- dina, Pa., residents, three generations ©of the same family, suffered critical injuries today in an automobile col- lision on the Washington Boulevard near here. They were Louis Heilmer, 75; Charles Smith, 44; Heilmer's son-in- Jaw; Mrs, Mary Smith, 42, Smith's wife; Mrs. Jeannette Smith, Smith's mother; Howard, 12, and Mabel, 15, Bmith's children. St. Agnes’ Hospital attendants said each suffered head wounds and in- ternal injuries and several received fractures. Heilmer and Mrs. Jean- nette Smith were unconscious when fdmitted. Patrolman Norman Brooks of Hale- thorpe said the driver of the other car suffered a fractured leg and other injuries and was identified from papers as John N. Mullally, Baltimore. Brooks said the man refused to give his name. The patrolman said he was unable to determine the cause of the crash, which occurred on a four-lane high- ‘way when there was little traffic: Both automobiles were wrecked beyond re- pair, he said. | The Pennsylvanians were en route to the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Hurt in Fall Down Stairs. Raymond Taylor, 45, of 224 Tenth street southeast, today is in Casualty Hospital with serious injuries suffered in a fall down the stairs at his home yesterday afternoon. He has concus- sion of the brain, cuts on the scalp |« and possibly a fracture of the skull. His condition was reported as “unde- termined.” Badge Rescues "Bailiff From . . . Hospitalization Although he wasn't even sick, Paul McGee, Police Court bailiff, came close to ending up in the hospital yesterday. Only by displaying his badge and shouting, “You ean’t do this to me!” did he escape. It came about when a Soldiers’ Home inmate, whose personal bond for intoxication was taken by Judge Robert E. Mattingly, was too feeble to go back to the institution alone. An ambulance was summoned and the veteran was placed in the rear, unseen by the driver. The doctor also climbed in back and McGee got up front with the driver, to show the way to the home. Despite McGee's protests, the driver headed for the hospital, refusing to desist until McGee identified himself and made it clear where they were to go. “Shucks,” said the driver, thought you was the patient.” “1 A dnughttr‘ despite the fact that neci THE EVENING Mrs. Myrtle Arrington of Woodbridge, Va., shown at the Alex- andria Hospital after giving birth to a healthy 8-pound 10-ounce she was suffering from a broken received in an auto accident four days before. | By a Baff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 9.— Despite a broken neck and the birth of her nineteenth child, Mrs, Myrtle Arrington, 39-year-old wife of a ‘Woodbridge railroad employe, was “on the road to recovery” today. Mrs. Arrington, who was married 21 years ago, was brought to Alexandria Hospital on Sunday with a fractured neck suffered when an automobue in which she was riding skidded and over- turned near her home. On Thursday—just four days later —she astounded local members of the medical profession when she gave birth to her nineteenth child, an 8 pound 10 ounce daughter. Her attending physicians, Dr. C. L. Fifer, who is treating her for the neck fracture, and Dr. J. A. Sims, who ad- ministered obstetrical attention, both marveled this morning and declared Mrs. Arrington would regain her health. ‘The mother, apparently undismayed Woman, Neck Broken in Crash, Bears Her Nineteenth Child by her injury in the thrill of fondling her newborn baby, smiled hal her doctors' decision and would name the child Nadine Gene- vieve. “I've sad s0 many children,” she declared, “that I'd almost run out of | names,” she said. So unusual is Mrs. Arrington’s case that Dr. Fifer has been requested to write it in detail for the Journal of the American Medical Association. Mrs. Arrington was married to Charles Arrington, who is employed at Woodbridge, Va., by the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad, when she was 18 years old. The sixteenth child born of their happy marriage, Glenwood Arrington, 3 years old, was injured in the crash that broke Mrs. Arrington’s neck. But his condition is believed to be not serious. Her seventeenth baby, a 2-year-old girl, and two other occupants of the car were uninjured. FAIRFAX GROUPS CONFER ON AIMS to Co-ordinate Meeting Time Schedule. Special Dispatch to The Star FAIRFAX, Va., October 9.—Repre- sentatives from more than 100 or- ganizations throughout Fairfax Coun- ty took part yesterday in ths first annual all-day organization confer- ence sponsored by the County Cham- ber of Commerce. The session was called as a step toward co-ordinating meeting-time schedules of the various groups in the county and for the purpose of securing information concerning the aims and programs of work of the organizations. Mrs. Florence Jodzies, secretary of the Chamber of Com- merce, presided and introduced the speakers, After a greeting from the direciors of the trade body by Vice President William J. Cleveland the remainder of the morning session was given to short reports from representatives of a number of county and community groups, including the Board of Su- pervisors, School Board, Welfare Board, Red Cross, Fairfax Rotary Club, Business, and Professional ‘Women's group; county federation, churches, home demonstration and 4-H clubs, Pomona Grange, Agricul- tural Advisory Board, garden clubs, Community Chest and county bar association. R. Walton Moore, counselor of the State Department, headed the speak- ers of the afternoon session. He talked on the “Past, Present and Fu- ture of Fairfax County.” State Sen- alor John W. Rust asserted the gov- ernment of the counties can be im- proved. Other speakers included Ben B. Lawshe of the United States Cham- ber of Commerce, Mrs. David L. Wing, headmistress of Madeira School; Dr. Edward M. Holmes, Jjr,, county public health director; Divi- sion Supt. W. T. Woodson, and Fran- cis P. Miller, president of the Cham- ber of Commerce. COURT BUILDING PLEA IS ASSAILED BY,HAZEN Terms “Ridiculous” Garnett Pro- posal Structure Be Placed Un- der Federal Control. Commissioner Hazen today termed “ridiculous” & proposal by United Btates Attorney Leslie C. Garnett that the new District Police Court Build- ing be placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice. In a prompt rejoiner Hazen said the District taxpayers are paying for the new building, and he could see no reason why the Federal Govern- ment should be given control of the building. In answer to Garnett's plea for space for the grand jury in the court building Hazen asked: “Why doesn’t the Attorney General provide space for the Federal prosecution machinery in & Federal building?” He added that numerous District agencies are in crowded quarters and that all available District space is needed for them. s mtoiier iy Prepares for Snubs. That old Greek, Diogenes, certainly made his point clear in & striking, if urpusual, way. He was once seen of- fering his hand to a statue and, natu- rally, asked why? “To accustom my=- self to & refusal,” the philosopher said. Organization Parley Seeks ! O'CONOR PLEDGES 10 EASETAX LOAD Latest Maryland Candidate Promises Not to Build Po- litical Machine. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 9.—Attorney General Herbert R. O'Conor, newest candidate for the Democratic guber- natorial nomination, opened his cam- paign with a pledge of economy de- signed to ease the load on the tax- payers’ mind and wallet. If elected, “I shall endeavor to get at least a dollar in value for every dollar of the taxpayers' money,” he told the Wallbrook Democratic Club last night. “I shall try to locate and stop every leak.” He berated the Republican admin- istration of Gov. Harry W. Nice with the charge that “Much of our money is not spent economically and much of it for things we very well could do without.” Won't “Build Machine.” “Frankly, I want to be Governor. If I am chosen, as I hope to be, I promise you that I shall go at once into the tax situation and do some- thing to bring order and system out of the present helter-skelter unsci- entific. wasteful and makeshift meth- ods by which your money is being collected and spent. “I shall not attempt to build an O’Conor political machine, and I shall make my appointments with an eye to the quality of service the ap- pointees can render the State.” “There will be no budget sent by me to the General Assembly that will take most of the time of the legisla- tive session * * * to untangle in order to find out what it means and what it contains.” Rebukes David Winebrenner. David C. Winebrenner, 3d, Frederick County Democrat who has announced support of Mayor Howard W. Jackson for the Democratic selection, came in for a share of rebuke, “David,” said O’'Conor, * * * states that a number of the political leaders who are backing my candidacy are doing so primarily because they are convinced that it meets with public approval * * * that the political- minded individuals previously con- sidered other prospective candidates * * * but were forced to the conclusion that I would be acceptable to the rank and file of the party. “That is the finest compliment that I could be paid. But just to keep the record straight, I want to repeat * * * that I have never been, am not now, nor intend to be committed to any politician or group of poli- ticians ¢ * o> T SERMON SERIES TO END Church of the Pilgrims Pastor to| Speak on “The Crogs.” Dr. Andrew Reid Bird will preach at the Church of the Pilgrims tomor- Tow &t 11 a.m. on “The Cross and the Commonplace.” The topic of the eve- ning service at 8 o'clock will be “The Cross and the Ultimate.” These two conclude the series of sermons on the general theme of “Living in the Light and Warmth and Power of the Cross.” \The Young People’s Society and the Pellowship Group, for older young people, will have their meetings at 6 Pm. The following officers have just been elected in Young People’s So- ciety: Walter Bird, president; Evelyn Carptiner, vice president; Charles Kel- tary; J. C. Stokes, editor; Robert Her- ring and Francis Knight, group lead- ers. STAR, WASHINGTON, Glenwood Arrington, 3-year-old son of Mrs. Arrington, who suffered cuts about the face in the same ac- - cident. + (ONGRESS POLLED O INTERVENTION '51 Members, Replying, Vote 3 to 1 Against Sanctions or Active Warfare. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 9 —The Inquirer said last night that 51 United States Senators and Representatives voting so far in a poll conducted by the newspaper were nearly three to one against co-operating with the League of Nations or active interven- tion against Japan. | The question asked the members of Congress was: “If pronouncements of United States and League of Nations condemning Japan as aggressor in Far East war prove ineffectual, would you favor or oppose our co-operating with League either in sanctions or active inter- vention?” Returns up to last night showed 14 for co-operation, 37 against co-opera- tion and 6 non-committal. The Inquirer said those voting for co-operation were: Democrats, Senator H. H. Schwartz, Wyoming; Representatives, J. Burr- wood Daly, James L. Quinn, Charles 1. Faddis, Charles R. Eckert, all of Pennsylvania; John A. Martin, Colo- rado; Samuel Dickstein and Emanuel Celler, New York; Joe Hendricks, Florida; Robert L. Ramsey, West Vir- ginia, and Richard M. Duncan, Mis- souri. Republicans, Senator Warren R. Austin,» Vermont; Representative E. Harold Cluett, New York. Farmer-Labor, Representative Henry G. Teigan, Minnesota. 3 ‘Those opposing co-operation: Democrats, Representatives Ira W. Drew, Francis E. Walter, Michael J. Stack, Leon Sacks, James H. Gildea, all Pennsylvania; John S. McGroarty, California; Alfred M. Phillips, Con- necticut; Samuel B. Pettengill, In- diana; Thomas O'Malley, Wisconsin; Ross A. Collins, Mississippi; William H. Sutphin, New Jersey; Maury Mav- erick, Texas; Andrew J. May and Em- met O'Neal, Kentucky; T. Alan Golds- borough, Maryland; William A. Ash- brook, Ohio; J. Mark Wilcox, Florida; Lyle H. Boren, Oklahoma, and Rich- ard M. Atkinson, Tennessee. Republicans—Senator William E. Borah, Idaho; Representatives Roy O. Woodruff, George A. Dondero and Clare E. Hoffman, Michigan; U, S. Guyer, Kansas; N. M. Mason and Chester Thompson, Illinois; J. Will Taylor, Tennessee; Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota; Ralph O. Brewster, Maine; Robert F. Rich, Pennsylvania; Francis H. Case, South Dakota; Lloyd Thurston, Towa; Fred J. Douglas and Hamilton Fish, New York; Arthur B. Jenks, New Hampehire; Thomas A. Jenkins, Ohio. Progressive—Representative Harry Sauthoff, Wisconsin. Those the Inquirer listed as non- committal on the question were: Democrats—Senator Josiah W. Bai- ley, North Carolina; Representatives James A. Meeks, Illinois; Alfred L. Bulwinkle and Lindsay C. Warren, North Carolina; Walter Chandler, ‘Tennessee; and Otha D. Wearin, Iowa, | The 88 persons arrested today were ordered to appear in court October 20. Bernice Norton. D. C, SBATURDAY, QCTOBER 9, 1937. Mother With Broken Neck Recovering After Birth of Baby No. 19 Here is the baby Mrs. Arrington bore even while suffer- ing from an injury which ordinarily proves fatal. Two-day- old Nadine Genevieve Arrington, in the arms of Nurse —Star Staff Photos. Court Clears Mountaineer, 83, ‘Witching’ Uc mng Ey the Associaied Press, - CLINTWOOD, Va., October 39— Witchcraft came out of a superstitious past today to touch lightly & 1937 court case and quickly vanish again as “Rocky Joe" Stanley, 83-year-old patriarch, won dismissal of charges of calling 82-year-old “Aunt Jane” Dutton a witch. Curious persons by the hundreds came eager for hair-tingling tales of eerie figures riding down the lonely | coves and over the towering slopes of | the Cumberlands, but no witches| danced, no cauldrons simmered and | only one of five witnesses testified that | the keen-eyed Mountaineer used un- known power in doctoring cattle. *“Rocky Joe™ did not take the stand. “I havge no power; it's all God's,” he said after striding from the court | room with the words “I knew if I| got justice this is what would happen.” He Cured the Cow. He sat through the hearing in Trial Justice Gallie Friends' court, a non- Chalant spectator, but other specta- tores laughed loudly at times and the | court had to rap for order. It was from Alec Mullins, a State witness, that the testimony of “Rocky Joe’s” cattle doctoring came, and Mul- lins gave the only testimony that the aged father of 15 children had ever mentioned. “Aunt Jane” might have been construed as attributing to her connections with witchcraft. “I heard him talk a little about witcheraft,” said Mullins, “He claimed to be a doctor against such as that. An old man had a cow that went wild and tried to run over every- body. Uncle Joe came down and ‘Aunt Jane,’ 82 doctored her s little. Some time last Spring he said he had doctored the cow and Aunt Jane was pretty poorly on account of it.” “Aunt Jane” Bewildered. Miles Sykes, owner of the cow. said he told his wife to let Stanley doctor the cow and Raymond Muliins testi- fled that “Rocky Joe” doctored a cow on one occasion. Both disclaimed any belief in magic or witchcraft as did J. W. Childress and Henry Stanley, the only other witnesses. The defense offered no testimony and “Aunt Jane” did not take the stand for the prosecution. Like the witch burnings of three centuries ago the trial settled nothing other than to give the sged father his freedom and leave “Aunt Jane,” a little woman who nervously twisted a checkered apron in her hands, ap- parently bewildered. Won't Commit Self. She it was who, apparently fright- ened, swore out the warrant for Rocky Joe” on the ground that he had called her a witch and said she would die. ‘The white-bearded “Rocky Joe™” talked readily in corridors of the Bible and the church, but he remained si- lent on the subject of witchcraft and whether he believed in conjuring. Overalled and bewiskered neigh- bors from the Rocky Branch and Cane Creek sections who followed the proceedings intently apparently sided with the witnesses in their skepticism of magic arts, although the scalps of some may tingle on dark nights as they recall some of the legends told by persons who swapped tales before court opened. 88 MORE ARRESTED INTAG CAMPAIGN Another Furore Created as Arlington Police Issue Im- proper License Tickets. BY a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., October 9.— Another traffic furore was created this morning. among Arlington motorists when six county police parked their machines at Pershing drive and North ‘Washington boulevard and issued tickets to 88 motorists, bearing District and other out-of-State tags, for driv- ing with “improper tags.” : ‘This is the third such foray in as many Saturdays by police. The num- ber of tickets issued to date is 424 and there is to be no let-up, Officer James Scott said, until all local residents, who still retain out-of-State tags, are made to buy Virginia license plates. He explained the policy to be followed by the police is to conduct the arrests in unexpected places on un- announced dates, The procedure is to issue tickets to all automobiles with foreign tags and mo charge is placed against those found to be bona fide residents elsewhere. Punishment is usually light for those residents who obtain proper tags before ordered to appear in court. Gilbert’s Daughter in Debut ONE DIES, ONE HURT IN VIRGINIA CRASH Boyce Man Killed as Car Plunges Into 60-Foot Ra- vine Near Berryville. Special Dispateh to The Star. BERRYVILLE, Va. Ociober 9.— Harvey Thomas Poston, 24, of near Boyce, this county, was instantly killed in an automobile accident early last night when the car in which he was riding went out of control on the Berryville-Winchester highway and crashed over an embankment at the Opequon Creek Bridge, five miles west of here. Lewis Hummer, a companion, was injured and taken to the Winchester Memorial Hospital, where his condi- tion is not regarded as serious. The continuous barking of a dog belonging to Walter Hardesty, who resides near the bridge, led Hardesty to find the damaged automobile and the two men at the bottom of the ravine, which is about 60 feet below the highway. Poston is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther N. Poston of this county. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Eliza- beth Hough and three brothers, Claude Poston, Edward Poston and Clifton Poston, all of Clarke County. Services will be conducted tomor- row afternoon from the John H. End- ers funeral home at 2:30 by Rev. .Dr. L. A. Parker, pastor of the Berryville Baptist Church. Interment will be in the Green Hill Cemetery. CHARGES ATTACK Girl Says Boys Took Her to Se- cluded Spot on Bicyele. Leatrice Joy Gilbert, 13-year-old daughter of the late John Gilbert, famous screen lover, will make her film debut in “Bene- ley, treasurer; Martha Young, secre-| fits Forgot,” for the same studio with which her father worked. Miss bert is shown rehearsing for her role with her mother, Leatrice Joy, former silent picture star. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto, LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 9 (#).— ‘Two 'teen-age boys were under arrest today after a 15-year-old girl charged they abducted her on a bicycle last night, took her to a secluded spot in Camp Taylor, & suburb, and attacked her. Mrs. Jennie Vitatow, mother of the girl, also named Jennie, swore out warrants against Orval Yokum, -17, and Arlie Riggs, 16. Strip Teasers’ Apparel Stolen From Theater Robbers are stooping pretty low these dfys—they're even stesling the apparel of strip-tease artists. ‘The loot, including “five yards of “three-color” chiffon and a net cape, was reported stolen yesterday from two performers at the Gayety. Also taken from a backstage dress- ing room were several fur-trimmed evening dresses, a pair of satin pa- jamas, & black net jacket and a pair of gold slippers.” It sll was valued at g110. ., i CROP REPORT SPUR T0 CONGRESS CALL Cotton Forecast Called Final Push to Special Session. By the Associased Press. ‘The Agriculture Department’s eot- ton crop forecast of 17,573,000 bales, second largest in history, appeared today to give the final push, if any is needed, toward a special sesison of ess. If one is called, probably between November 8 and 16, surplus erop con- trol legisiation will be its first busi- nees. On that legislatior, aimed at stabiliz- ing prices and supplies, the admin- istration pins hopes of stopping such sharp price declines as the newest cotton estimate caused. New Orleans quotations dropped as much as $2.15 a bale after the fore- cast was flashed over the wires yes- terday, and the staple for future delivery slumped $1.4> to $1.90 a bale at New rork. Prices touched the lowest points in more than four years. Moves Considered. Informed persons said President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace, in & private discussion late yesterday, considered these moves to aid the cotton South, where prosperity leans heavily on the “white gold": 1. A apecial session of Congress to tighten up production control over cotton next year. 2. Revision upward of the Govern- ment cotton loan from its present top of 9 cents a pound, in an effort to bolster market prices which have dropped below 8 cents. 3. Reduction in the acreage lmit for cotton to be planied under the present farm benefit legislation. ‘The new crop estimate was nearly 1,500,000 bales above the prediction & month earlier and more than 5,.- 000,000 bales above last year's crop. The President indicated in his re- cent speech at Grand PForks, N. Dak,, that cotton was a commodity which he had in mind when he talked of early crop control action. Cotton seed is planted as early as February and the President pointed out that even if a surplus control bill were passed at the regular ses- sion, beginning in January, it hardly could be working.by the second month of the year. He emphasized in speeches and in talks with Western members of Con- gress that prosperity of cotton farmers meant much to wheat, beet and corn farmers, Opinions of Congressmen. He reported afterward that three- fourths of the Senators and Repre- sentatives he interviewed on the West- ern trip favored a special session for general crop control action, On top of the President’s expressed sentiments, BSecretary Wallace told newsmen yesterday the present 9-cent loan and 3-cent subsidy gave no as- surance, in the face of the extraord- inary yield, that the cotton price would hold at 12 cents. Current cotton quo- tations confirmed his statements. Even though some further step is taken to bolster the sagging price of cotton this year, Wallace still wants the surplus crop measure applied to all next year's crops, as a safeguard against such as now has happened to the South’s leading crop. R. C. A. REACHES ACCORD WITH RADIO WORKERS Contract Covers 10,000 Employes of Camden Plant—“Scars of Strike” Declared Healed. B) the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 9.—The United States Electrical and Radio ‘Workers’ of America, a C. I. O. affiliate, last night announced the signing of a working agreement covering the 10,000 employes of the Camden, N. J., plant of the R. C. A. Manufacturing Co. The announcement said the agree- ment “heals the scars left by one of the first great C. I. O. strikes,” during which hundreds of strikers were in- jured and arrested in the Summer of 1938. It provides immediate recognition of local 103, U. E. & R. W. A., as sole collective bargaining agency for the Camden plant. Payment of approximately $100,000 in 1936 vacation pay withheld from several thousand strikers as & result of the strike. A 36-hour week and rates of pay at least equal to those paid in the radio manufacturing industry in the Camden-Philadelphia area, where the highest rates in the industry prevail. ‘The union agreed to ask the National Labor Relations Board to withdraw all discrimination charges filed against the company. Rome (Continued From First Page.) unofficially that the Italian reply ruled out the possibility of a meeting to discuss withdrawal of volunteers | m; unless Germany was invited. The Spanish government's note, which also was reported sent to Paris, claimed the Valencia government had information that new Italian inter- vention in the Spanish war would in- clude “gas attacks on Spanish cities” of strategic importance. A spokesman for the Italian Em- bassy termed the Spanish allegations “an absurd, bombastic statement.” British government officials indi- cated they would devote the week end reply. Informed sources said that in view of the absence of Foreign Secre- tary Anthony Eden, who was at Bal- be followed by a review of the entire situation by the cabinet next Wed- nesday. » Chamberlain Cautious. ter Neville Chamberlain’s speech last night, so0 far as policy and action were concerned, Great Britain wants to go slowly, although strong pressure for quick action is expected. Chamberlain’s speech, replying to President Roosevelt'’s proposal of a |33 “quarantine” of aggressor nations, placed Britain solidly behind the forces working for international peace. ‘The prime minister described the President’s pronouncements Tuesday at Chicago as “a clarion call from the other side of the Atlantic.” Reich Favers Refusal. BERLIN, October 9 (#).—Italy’s | Br refusal to take part in a coriference with PFrance and Great Britain on the question of withdrawing foreign volunteers from the Spanish civil war met with unqualified approval in offi- clal German circles today. A to careful consideration of the Italian | B ‘The cautious tone of Prime Minis- | Ka: was taken to -indicate |y ex¥ A—]1 METHODISTS VOTE TOINCREASE WORK Baltimore Conference to Give Attention to Bishop’s Crusade Today. By the Assoelated Prees. WINCHESTER, Va.,, October 9.— The Baltimore annual conference of the Methodist. Episcopal Church South voted yesterday to increase its an- nual work program from $80,000 to $82,000, increasing its budget to $142,- 000 for the ensuing fiscal year. Bishop Arthur J. Moore, presiding, told the conference he was anxious that it give due attention to the sec- ond phase of the bishop's crusade. He called a meeting this afternoon of pre- siding elders, board chairmen, mission leaders, and others conducting the crusade with the announcement that a report was to be formulated by them and would be a matter of special busi= ness today. The election of ministerial and lay delegates to the general conference Alabama next May was completed with the following named: Clerics—Revs. N. B. Harmon and J. C. Copenhaver of Roanoke, E. C. Berry of Washington, Hubert Syden- stricker of Winchester, G. G. Martin of Staunton, Homer H. Sherman -of Front Royal, H. M. Canter of Wash- ington and E. L. Woolf of Harrison- burg. Lay Delegates Named. Lay delegates—John H. Rosenberger of Winchester, J. E. Easter of Roa- noke, N. B. Canter of Harrisonburg, George H. Lamar of Rockville, Dr. C. 8. Coffman of Lewisburg, W. Va.: J R. Norman of Elk Garden, W. Va.: George R. Harrison of Baltimore and Dr. R. L. Durham of Buena Vista. More than $200 was received in a special offering for Chinese war vice tims and presented to Dr. W. G, Cramm, General Secretary of the Board of Missions. The conference adopted an amend- ment by Dr. Harmon that the come mittee be enlarged to include presid~ ing elders of the conference border districts—four representative members of the Baltimore conference, includ- ing two laymen from the area which would fall in the Northeastern juris- diction, and that conferences be held between those concerned in unifica. tion. John H. Rosenberger, conference lay leader, presided at the anniver- sary service of the Board of Lay Ac- tivities last night. Dr. G. L. More- Jock of Nashville, general secretary, was the principal speaker. Coffey Heads Mission Board, Rev. Harry Scott Coffey of Cov- ington, Va., was elected president of the Board of Missions at an execu- tive session of the board. Bishop Moore told the conference that Japan was in charge of mili- tarists. “The wrong side seems to be in charge today,” he said. e added that what is happening in China will affect the perpetuity of “our Christian church.* Paying tribute 1o the ehurch's mis- sionaries, in China, Dr. Cramm said “not one has left his post, though bgmbs have fallen within & bloek of them.” THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy, fol- lowed by rain beginning late tonight and tomorrow; slowly rising tempera- ture; gentle to moderate northeast and east winds. Maryland and Virginia—Increasing cloudiness, followed by rain beginning late tonight or tomorrow; slowly rising temperature. ‘West. Virginia—Probably rain tonight and tomorrow; warmer in east portion tonight. . River Report. Potomac River very cloudy and Shenandoah muddy at Harpers Ferry; | slightly muddy at Great Falls. | Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer, Yestorday— 4 pm 8 pm. Midnight Today- 0 p.m. yesterday. Lowest, 40, 3:30 am. today. Year 0, B8, Highest, 38, 2 Year ag0. 71 Et Record Temperatures This Yesr. Highest. 97, on August 20 Lowest. 19. on February 2% Humidity for Last 24 H (Prom noon yesterday to noon soday.) Highest, 97 per cent. at 3 am, Lowest,' 30 per cent. at 3 p.m. Tide Tables (Purnished by United St Geod Tomorrow. High Low High Low Rises. Sun. today 611 8un. tomorrow 612 Moon. today 11:01 a.m. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date) Mouth, 1937, January __ February Sox. Sentember October November T Amwassd Baltimore.” Md Birmingham Bismarck. N. D. alo, N. Y. Charleston, 8.C. Chicago, Tl Cincinnati, Ohio moral with the King, this study would | Denv. 3! o0 S03 R AR New York, Oklahoms ' City Omaha, Nebr.. Philadelphia hoenix. Arf i Z Clear «-~ Cloudy 23833332 FOREIGN. (7 &.m.. Greenwich time. tods London, England 81 Prance est, Prance _ Zurich, Switzerland S Bt raitar, (Noon, Greenwich tis Horts (Fayal). Azores (Curfent observations.) 8t. Georges Bermuda. 74 8an Juan. Puerto Rice. Havana, Cubs Colon, Oanal Zone.