Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly colder tonight, with lowest temperature about 38 degrees; to- morrow fair and warmer. Temperatures today—Highest, 51, at 10 a.m.; lowest, 44, at 2 a.m.; temperature at 1 p.m., 50, Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 10 85th YEAR. No. 34,1 Entered as. second class matter post office, Washington, D, C. 57. “LUKEW Interior’s Answer to Letter Held Perfunctory. STATE DINNER BID IS MISSED Windsor Considers U.S. Tour Early Next Year. BULLETIN. PARIS, Nov. 6 ().—The Duke of Windsor is considering a journey to Soviet Russia to balance his re- cent tour of Nazi Germany, a per- son close to the royal party said tonight. By the Assoctated Press. PARIS, Nov. 6.—A member of the Duke of Windsor’s suite said today that the feeling within the Duke’s en- tourage that United States officials took a “lukewarm attitude” toward his proposed American tour was one of the reasons for the decision to “post- pone” it. Close advisers of the former King of England were said to have felt there was a “lack of enthusiasm” on the part of Washington officials. This, coupled with American labor leaders’ criticism, was considered to make it advisable to call off the journey. A spokesman for the American Em- bassy said that Ambassador William C. Bullitt already had called on the Duke and Duchess to say good-by be- fore the postponement decision was made known. The Ambassador arrived at the ‘Windsors’ hotel at 10 &.m. Friday and was met in the lobby by Lt. Dudley Forwood, the Duke's equerry. Together they went up to the Windsors’ apart- ments. Two and a quarter hours later the Ambassador came downstairs alone and left the hotel. Letter to Interior. ‘The Duke, it was said, sent a letter to the Department of the Interior at ‘Washington asking “suggestions” for his itinerary. The reply, which men- tioned several public works projects, was said to have been considered by the Duke’s advisers as “perfunctory.” (Secretary of the Interior Ickes has had no direct communica- tion with the Duke regarding the tour, an Interior Department spokesman said today. (“The Secretary never had a let- ter from the Duke, never was asked to write the Duke and never wrote him,” the spokesman said. (Secretary Ickes did receive a cablegram from Charles Bedaux, asking the location of housing and reclamation projects, it was said. The Secretary supplied the infor- mation requested and Mr. Bedaux expressed himself “well pleased” with the response, the department spokesman said. (The department declined to make public the text'of the com- munications between Secretary Ickes and Mr. Bedaux.) Some members of the Duke's suite ‘were represented as having felt that the couple should have been offered a state dinner at the White House instead of the planned tea, from which Mrs. Roosevelt was to have been ab- sent. Next Spring May Be Time. These advisers were said to feel that “» better atmosphere” could be cre- 26 for en American journey, pocsibly < 0 i dlclosed thaf iue pocsibility of making the four at that time was being studied. The Windsors now are resolved to “forget America” for the time being, & member of their party declared. “At least, over the week end they ‘will act as nothing had happened; as if there never had been any trip to America planned,” this source said. “They will lunéh here and there, see some friends and do some shop- ping just like on any other of their days in Paris.” Forwood refused to confirm a re- port that the Duke telephoned King George before the postponement. “A call to the King is in the realm of his royal highness’ private affairs and it stands to reason such news must lack official confirmation,” he said. A press conference scheduled for this afternoon was not held. A mem- ber of the Duke's suite declared the Windsors “haven’t the slightest idea What they are going to do next.” Persons close to the Windsors de- acribed the former British monarch as hopeful that public opinion in America would “change” within a few months, opening the way for the trip, Wwhich was to have begun today. Nearly 70 trunks, it was learned, sent to -Cherbourg for the voyage. on ihe Bremen were reloaded today and shipped back to Paris. The Duke. and Duchess: and their party remained in the seclusion of the royal suite all morning. Even David Storler, . the Duke's bodyguard, who ‘usually strolls through the hotel lobby, ‘Was not seen, (8¢e' WINDSOR, Page A-0.). " BOMB KILLS AMERICAN Parent Snatches His Baby Boy From Burn- ing Home. By a Staft Correspondent of The Ster. ALEXANDRIA, Va,, Nov. 6.—One child was burned to death and another was rescued by its father when the home of W. C. Tyler, at 2 Rogers avenue, was destroyed by fire early today. Ann Willett, 3 years old, was trapped in a second-story bedroom when flames closed in after her father, Howard E. Willett, had carried his year-old son Howard, jr., to safety. Mrs. Violet Willett was preparing to fix breakfast for her husband shortly before 7 o'clock this morning when the fire broke out. Her husband said she poured kero- sene onto a fire in the kitchen stove “to make it catch” and the flames shot up and ignited the wall. In an instant the fire was roaring through the small frame structure. Mr. Willett dashed upstairs, snatched his son from the crib where he was sleeping and took him to the street outside. He returned and attempted to rescue Ann, but the bedroom was cloaked in flames which drove him back. Meanwhile Mrs. Willett and Mr. Willett's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Tyler, with whom the Willetts lived, fled from the burning home. The baby boy suffered slight burns and was carried to Alexandria Hos- pital for medical attention. Firemen from No. 1 Truck Company and No. 4 Engine Company responded on an alarm turned in by neighbors BEDAUX SEES YULE VISIT BY WINDSOR “We Must Find Some One to Take Care of Him,” Retiring-Gui By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK Nov. 6—In harried mood Charles E. Bedaux, self-ousted guide of the postponed American tour of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, voiced belief today that Windsor might visit this country during the Christ- mas holiday season. Visibly upset by the Duke's last- minute announcement Bedaux paced the living room of his suite at the Plaza Hotel and said, worriedly: “If the Duke comes we must find some one to take care of him. I'm afraid he won't come now, although he might a lttle later—during the holidays.” The stocky efficiency engineer, once & humble “sandhog” who burrowed in the muck of under-river tunnels, said he had not been so disturbed since he was & youngster and invented what he thought was a sensational new kind of toothpaste which would make him & millionaire. tried it out on come of my friends,” be “It ckaned the teeth i bui 16 took the cuamel of, yesterday and implored Windsor to relieve him of his role. Today Bedaux struck back at those attacks. He sald labor critics him “all wrong” and that his paten “Bedaux unit system of labor” which it is used. “Invariably, when labor studies Be- daux seriously and understands the system, it is with us,” he said. Tells of Hitler Experience. With earnest mien he explained: “Before Hitler came into power we had s big business in Ge ey an argument started in the press, just like it is doing here. “Then Hitler came into power and I found myself facing odds too great for me. Our mansger was a full- blooded Jew and I had a Prench name, We had to close down and send our engineers to other countries.” system. In Great Britain, he “tremendous pany has a * business.’ {FREIGHTER-1S DAMAGED IN ‘HARBOR COLLISION Auto Dealer, Pirst U. 8. National : to Die in Actual War Zone. BHANGHAL, Nov. 8 (#).—The body of C. M. Robertson, Philadelphia au- lomobile dealer who was believed to be iheYirst American killed in the actual 'War zone, was brought back to Shang- bal today. Ohinese said Robertson and 13 Chi- mese laborers were killed two days ago W s Japanese air bomb while the American was inspecting special tech- nical work in the Pootung area, across he Whangpoo River from the Inter- national ; Settlement. q he WITH SVI]M?[ MORNING EDITION Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1937—FORTY PAGES. % AIDES OF DUKE BLAMENW REGULATIONS TRIP’S CANCELLATION ONION AIRPORT EASE ARM” OFFICIALSTAKE-OFF RULINGS Child Dies in Fire as Father’s Second Rescue Attempt Fails ANN WILLETT. and the blaze was extinguished shortly after their arrival. Both Mz, Willett and Mr. Tyler are employed by De Lashmutt Bros, Ar- lington County contractors. b..0.P. POLICY J0B INTRUSTED 10 100 Program Committee, com- promise Move, to Weigh Conference Fate,-tswa: By G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staft Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, Nov. 6.—The Republc- an National Committee's Executive Committee, entrusted with the job of naming a “Committee on Program” ‘with 100 members, today met here to consider its problem. Under the “compromise” resolution adopted yesterday by the national committee—a substitute for a proposal that a Republican national conference be called forthwith for next year— the Program Committee is to draft & set of principles and make recommen- dation to the national committee whether a future national conference is to be held. ‘The report of the Program Commit- tee will go to the national and that body will determine finally the “most effective and practical man- ner, whether by a national forum, conference or of " of present- ing the report to the Nation. Claim Hoover Plan Killed. Opponents of the midconvention “Im:deupsaneof!tmdtm“ next year, which originally was spon- by former President Herbert They insist that the plan cannot again be successtully revived, even ‘though the national committee is to have another chance to' con- sider the matter. They are leaving Chicago today rejoicing. ‘The supporters of the convention idea, however, refuse to be down- g § g H i1,3831% ma,m.e:n.i Roper Gives Approval. love Due to Permit Op- erations All Winter. NEW ORDER BECOMES EFFECTIVE NOV. 15 Planes Allowed to Leave on Short Runways Under Certain Fa- vorable Conditions, BACKGROUND— The Capital's airport problem has been worrisome for a decade, critical for flve months (since pilots announced their dislike of landing. at Washington Airport because ‘of the highway which bisects it and the factory towers which surround it). A recent at- tempt to move transport plane landing facilities to Bolling, the Army plane fleld in Anacostia, was given a setback by a ruling that the airlines would have to divide the cost of installing terminal Jacilities, New flying regulations which prob- ably will permit Washington Airport to continue in operation throughout the winter, with possible minor inter- ruptions in service during periods of most unfavorable winds, were an- nounced today by Secretary of Com- merce Roper. They become effective November 15, The new regulations extend limita- tions to include Boeing twin-engine transport planes, but lighten the re- strictions on use of the larger-type Douglas liners. > 8 In the case of the Douglas DC-2 and DC-3 airplanes, landings and | take-ofs of which now are restricted to the long runway, the new regula- tions will permit cross-field take-offs under favorable conditions. Landings :m take-offs with both types on the t runway are prohibited during hours of darkness. In the case of the DC-2, use of the short runway is pro- hibited if the gross load of the air- plane exceeds 17,000 pounds. The present minimum is 15,000 pounds. Losd Limit Allowed, In the case of the larger DC-3 type, of the short runway is prohibited the gross load exceeds 22,000 grown by new .and larger air transport lanes. pmm of the Goodyear airship hangar at Washington Airport will be requested at a hearing before the Cor- poration Commission of Virginia at Richmond November 30, it was an- runway across this area might become (See AIRPORT, Page ) W\ 7 \\ R Iy D x x = R JURY SENTENCES MRS. HAHN TO DIE Mother, 31, Found Guilty of Poison Death—Group De- liberates 21/, Hours. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Nov. 6—Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn, 3l1-year-old blond mother, was convicted of first-degree murder today in the poison death of Jacod Wagner, 78-year-old retired gardener. The jury did not recom- mend mercy, making the death pen- alty mandatory. The jurors spent about two and one-half hours in actual deliberation since receiving the case last night. Mrs. Hahn would be the first wom- an ever executed in Ohio. 8he appeared in the courtroom ‘nervous and distraught, her blond hair of the jury, read the verdict. As Mrs. Hahn heard the death decree, she made no move, except to lower her' head slightly, and pursed her lips.. . Judge Charles S. Bell had previously warned the spectators against making any demonstration and dozens -of uniformed special guards were sta- tioned about the courtroom to enforce his order. As Judge Bell thanked the jurors and went through the usual routine for adjournment, Mrs. Hahn looked up and stared fixedly at the jurist. Mrs, Hahn confided to deputy sher- iffs that MM‘;M% slept a Y during the t. Counseled by the prosecutor to “show no mercy,” the jury received the case last night and an hour later ‘was ordered locked up. The group was sequestered in a downtown hotel, guarded by a balliff and two women deputies, Judge Charles S. Bell offered a choice of three verdicts: Conviction without recommendation, calling for electrocution; conviction with mercy recommendssi, maizing life imprison- ment manhdatory, and scquittal. Accused of killing by poison three elderly men besides Mr. Wagner she sat motionless but staring fixedly at Prosecutor Dudley M. Outcalt as he closed the State’s argument, declaring: “We have here the most heartless, cruel, greedy-person that has come in the scope of our lives * * * show no mercy. Judge Bell instructed the jury that State's evidence, offered to show Al- bert Palmer, 72; George Obendoerfer, 67, and George Gsellman, died of poison at Mrs. Hahn's hands, could be considered only to ‘“prove tlie de- fendant’s motive” or a “scheme or plan” employed by the woman. Summary of Today's Star .. WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. New flying regulations announced for Airport. Page A-1 for Fentertaining Strike at Washington Milk Bottle Ex- settled. Page A-12 48 D. C. residents named to Jobless Census Committee. Page A-12 D. C. officials to confer on legality of health group. Page A-12 SPORTS. Grid tilts in U. S. today lure '1,000,000 fans. + Page C-9 ‘Tough day seen for District teams. C-9 CHARLIE, | CANT FIND 'WORDS HERE o EXPRESS MY REAL FEELINZS! MRS.ANNA MARIE HAHN. VM.LLEADS, 75, AT ENDOF KA fiaryland Launches Drive After First Touchdown, but Is Stopped. BULLETIN. LEXINGTON, Va. Nov. 6 (#).— V. M. L was leading Maryland 7 to 6 Lere today at the end of the first half. By the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Va, Nov. 6—With neither team able to make a sustained drive in the other's territory, Mary- land and V. M. I were deadfocked, 0 1o 0, here today at the end of the ot quarter, V. M. L got the first break when Jim Meade, the Old Liners' speedy back, fumbled and Strickler recovered for V. M. I on the Maryland 30. Two passes and an attempt at the line failed and Andy Trzeciak punted out of bounds on the Maryland l-yard line. Meade booted out and Weidinger ended the second V. M. I. threat when he intercepted Paul Shu’s pass on the Maryland 30. Jim Meade led the Maryland drive which carried to the V. M. L. 42 as the period ended. POLICE FIGHT MILK STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS At Least One Injured, Several Bruised in: Clash Over Plant Deliveries. By the Associated Press. OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Nov. 6.—At least one man was injured and several others were shaken and bruised today when milk strike sympathisers, State police and 8t. Lawrence County depu- ties clashed over the delivery of milk in the Dairymen’s League plant at nearby Heuvelton. State troopers estimated 200 strike sympathizers took pert in the brief fight. Milk was dumped into the highway and kerosene and oil was thrown over s truck loaded with cans of milk. > Picketing Ended By Court When Jobs Are Filled The only evening paper in Washington with the Assgociated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 145,355 (8ome returns .ot yet received.) UP) Means Associated Pross, {2 ARRESTED HERE INNARCOTIC RAIDS Round-up of Organized Ring Claimed by the Police. Heroin Is Found. ‘What was described as an organized narcotic ring here was broken up to- day when Treasury agents, aided by Metropolitan police, arrested 22 per- sons and selsed & quantity of heroin in a series of raids that began at mid- night. Several of the prisoners were said to be large scale distributors. Two of the prisoners, a man and a woman, were reported injured in an attempt to escape capture by leaping from a second-story window in the Commissioner Hary J. Anslinger of the Bureau of Narcotics said the those first identified, according to an official Treasury statement, were: Lee Keys, Robert Blackwell and Lena Hough, all of 1528 Ninth street N.W. Marshall Robinson and Robert Fra- zer of 1837 Pifth street N.W. Edwin McClain and Charles F. Moore of 916 Westminster street N.W. John Hiter and Ada Reid, 942 Rhode Lsland avenue N.W. Roy Johnson, 1201% Six-and-a-Half street N.W. THREE ARE KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK q of Engine Crew Pinned Un- “der Debris After Truck Derails Cars. RE +H T i [ -Ei 85% ok it : i : i 1 1 : { i i sk E EE i gk gl TWO RAXIS STOLEN Same Two Colored Men Apparent- Iy Robbed Both Drivers. men who robbed the drivers before their machines, were reported and early today. found abandoned. TWO CENTS. ITALY J0INS REICH AND JAPAN IN PACT FOR WAR ON ‘REDS Communist Peril to World Seen in Treaty—Rome’s Campaign Hailed. AGREEMENT LACKING MILITARY PROVISIONS Ciano, Ribbentrop and Hotta Sign Triplicate Accord With Four Articles, BACKGROUND— Germany and Japan last No- vember signed agreement for co- operative action against the Come munist International, whose lead- ership holds dominant positions in government of U. S. S. R. Agree- ment provided for mutual police agrion against activities of Comin- tern and for exchange of informa- tion. Mussolini was guest of Reichsfuehrer Hitler in September, when amm-ntl for Ralian en- trance info agreement ary believed to have been made. 7 B the Assoctatea Press. ROME, Nov. 6.—Italy Jjoined Japan and Germany today in an accord against Communism which their protocol declared “continues to place the civilized world” in the “constant” danger of war. The protocol stipulated that Ttaly be considered an original signatory of the nearly year-old German-Japanese pact against the Communist Interna- tional. The protocol was a short document, giving a 150-word introductory state- ment the three powers’ reasons for the agreement. The introduction declared that only by close collaboration of “all states interested in maintaining peace” could the war danger be removed. Tribute Paid to Italy. It paid a separate tribute to Italy which “has combatted ; this danger with an inflexible deteffnination and has eliminated interpational Com= munism from its territory.” Italy had decided, the introduction went on, to associate herself with Germany. and Japan “wbo on their part are animated by the same will to defend themselves against the Communist International.” Four brief articles ‘were appended after the introductory statement, set- ting forth these clauses: 1. Italy enters the anti-Comintern . | agreement of November 11, 1936, 2. Italy will be considered as a sig- natory of the origina¥ accord. 3. The protocol is made an integral part of the previous accord and its supplementary protocol. . 4. The protocol is done in triplicat in Rome. The new accord was written in Italian, German and Japanese. The broadened accord contained no military clauses. The agreement, as originally concluded, however, bound the signatories to keep each other in- formed of international Communist activities and te act together on “necessary defense measures.” After the ceremony of signing the triplicate pact at Palazzo Chigi the three powers’ representatives went to Palazzo Venezia to give Premier Mus- solini formal notification. Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano, Joachim von Rib- bentrop, German Ambassador to Lon- don, and Masaaki Hotta, Japanese Ambassador to Rome, signed for their governments an hour before noon. Von Ribbentrop, who had been given = special mission to Rome for this pur- pose, had negotiated the nearly year- old anti Communism pact between Germany and Japan which was en- larged by today’s actign to include Italy. " Communique Issued, An official communique said: “This morning a protocol has been signed by which Italy enters the agree= ment against the Communist Inter- nationale already agreed upon between Germany and Jdpan Nov. 25, 1936.” The German-Japanese accord had provided for an exchange of police information and a permanent German- Japanese commission to co-operate in the international campaign against the Comintern. Goebbels Ridicules War Fear. BERLIN, Nov. 6 (#).—Dr. Paul Jos- .| eph Goebbels, propaganda minister, last night ridiculed the idea that the friendship of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy meant war. “They are the only nations in Europe which are in agreement on methods to solve European problems peaceably,” he told a mass meeting of 10,000 amid loud cheers. Pact' Held Encouraging. TOKIO, Nov. 6 (#).—The Japansse foreign. office, denouncing “machina- tions of the Communist Interna- tional,” sald today Italy’s adherence to the Japanese-German anti-Com= munist pact was “really encourag- ing.” / GROCER SLAYS WIFE AND SELF WITH KNIFE Tenant in Building Tells Balti- more Coroner He Heard Couple Quarreling at Breakfast. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, Nov. 6.—Philip San- dler, 43, East Baltimore grocer, stabbed his wife Ruth, 43, to death in their home today and killed himself with the knife. Coroner Paul Schenker returned s verdict of murder and suicide. James Jenkins, colored tenant im-the bufld- ing, told Dr. Schenker he heard the couple quarreling at breakfast. They had frequently, the coroner =