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—2 F¥M PRESIDENT TELLS OF JOINING SOCIETY Denies Knowing of Guild’s Charge Newspaper Group Is Company-Dominated. President Roosevelt told his press conference today that he knew noth- ing about charges of the American Newspaper Guild that the American Press Society, in which he yesterday accepted honorary membership, is an “employer-dominated” organization. The Executive Committee of the ‘Washington Newspaper Guild last night approved resolutions in which | they asked.both President Roosevelt and Chief Justice Hughes to recon- sider their acceptance of honorary memberships in the American Press Society. The. guild's resolutions were being dispatched by mail to both Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Hughes. Questioned about the controversy this morning, Mr. Roosevelt said both he and Steve Early, his secretary, had read the constitution of the Ameri- can Press Society and decided that it “looked pretty good.” Quotes Society’s Constitution. He then quoted a section of the con- stitution outlining the objectives of the society as being designed to im- prove the standards of American news- papers and newspaper work. “We said ‘amen’ and accepted,” the President said smilingly. In the resolutions the Washington Guild stated that the American Press Society was “organized by newspaper executives and interests hostile to the principles of the American Newspaper Guild and is regarded by the rank and file of working newspaper men and women as an employer-dominated or- ganization.” The guild, the resolution to- the President continued, “considers it in- credible that the President of the United States, who has shown a com- mendable interest in the betterment of the conditions of the worker, would, if properly informed by his secretariat | of the true character of the American Press Society, have lent his name to such a subversive enterprise.” Letter to Justice Hughes. In its resolution to Chief Justice Hughes the guild charged that the society “has engaged in activities in conflict with the American News- paper Guild and its principles which might eventually be brought to issue before the Supreme Court.” In brief, the American Press So- ciety by the terms of its constitu- | tion dedicates itself primarily to rais- ing the standards of journalism with~ out recourse to collective bargaining. The constitution does provide, how- ever, that contract negotiations may be initiated if unanimous approval | of the society's Board of Governors is first obtained. President Rosevelt’s acceptance of honorary membership in the American Press Society creates a division of allegiance in the Roosevelt family, | since Mrs. Roosevelt, a daily col- umnist, is a member of the American | Newspaper Guild. A Pig Whose Mother Barks. | FALLS CITY, Nebr., Nov. 12 (#).— There's a pig on a farm near here | that comes running when it hears its foster mother bark Born a runt, it was given to young Buddy Reschke, whose parents op- €rate the farm. Buddy's dog ac- cepted it as a member of her family &nd nursed it. Now both are fast friends, eat together out of a trough and romp together. | Member Attacks || CoalBoardBlast | | Of Gen. Johnson Smith Says Ex-Head of N. R. A. Sought Jobs for Two Men. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson's recent at- tack on the Bituminous Coal Commis- sion in his syndicated newspaper col- umn drew a sharp retort today from Clarence E. Smith, a member of the | commission. Mr. Smith declared that if the com- mission has any patronage ‘“head- aches” Gen. Johnson is in a better Position than any one else to know about them. He pointed out that at the ¥ery moment the paper carrying “cen. Johnson's outburst was placed on his desk, the commission’s Managerial Committee was in session considering two appointments “of which the gen- eral had considerable knowledge.” One of the appointments, Mr. Smith explained, involved Mead S. Johnson, brother of Gen. Johnson, who was appointed a special agent at a salary ©f $3,800 a year. The other, he said, concerned Frederick A. Reiman, who was a receptionist in Gen. Johnson’s ©ffice when he was head of the N. R. A. Mr. Reiman was appointed a special Investigator at a salary of $3,200 a year. “‘With characteristic energy and per- &lstence,” Mr. Smith said, “Gen. John- son personally pressed for both of these appointments.” {As for Gen. Johnson’s comment on #quabbles over furniture at the com- mission and the style of brass goboons, Mr. Smith declared: “If Gen. Johnson were to visit the offices of the commission he would find that there are no more damask drapes H t To Wed After boss now.” E» the Associated Press. ENVER, Nov. 12—Showman Billy Rose today said he has discarded all “silly shenani- gans” about concealing his romance with Eleanor Holm Jarrett and decided to declare publicly that | they would be married as soon as they are divorced from their present | spouses. And when they are married, Rose said, Miss Holm simply will be his | wife. Her careers as swimmer, movie | player and actress in his huge stage spectacles will be chucked. Glamorous Miss Holm, who defied { the American Olympic Committee last | year and was bounced out of the big | Berlin show as a result, assented | meekly: “He's the boss.” Rose said his divorce from Fanny | Brice, comedienne, would be up to | her. Miss Holm, he said, will take | action to divorce her singer-husband, | Arthur Jarrett, as soon as she com- pletes movie retakes in Hollywood. “I trust Miss Brice undoubtedly will | get her divorce as soon as she can,” Rose stated, “but she’s busy en a pic- ture and probably won’t be able to leave Hollywood for several weeks.” He said he and Miss Holm would leave immediately for San Francisco. | She will hurry on to Hollywood. “Eleanor and I haven't had much | chance to see each other since we met |and fell in love in Cleveland—where she was starring in my aquacade pro- | duction last summer,” Rose recounted. !“I was out in Fort Worth all sum- mer.” “She came from Hollywood to Fort | Worth last week to see the opening of my new show and then she came along with the troupe to Denver. “Several in my show were good friends she made at Cleveland she wanted to be with them. “Well, it was after we'd been to- gether a couple of days again that a reporter came to my door last night. and | THE EVEN. Eleanor Holm and Billy Rose Getting Decrees Eleanor Holm Jarrett did the smiling, but not the talking last night at Denver when Billy Rose announced they would be married as soon as they divorced their present spouses, Fanny Brice and Arthur Jarrett. Photographed with Rose as they dis- cussed their plans, Eleanor said: “I'm through talking. He’s —Copyright, A. P, Wirephoto. “Instead of trying any silly she- nanigans then about ducking the newspapers, I decided to make a simple, clear statement.” Now 37, Rose's career stepped through stages as shorthand cham- pion, song writer, and “Fanny Brice's husband” before he attained top recognition as a producer with his first spectacle, “Jumbo.” Miss Holm, & record-breaking back- | stroke swimmer, smashed the front pages when she was banned from the | 1936 Olympic team. American Olympic officials dropped | her on charges she drank champagne aboard the liner that carried Ameri- | can contestants to Germany. Her | husband, radio crooner and orchestra | leader, went to Germany, protesting | her dismissal. Jarrett is now | Hollywood. “All of us have the nicest feelings about our mates,” Rose stated, in | direct, matter-of-fact manner. | “But too many careers in a family | mean too much separation. We're all agreed on that. “Miss Brice is a great star. And right now she’s tied up in Hollywood for five years. Mr. Jarrett is in Holly- wood and he faces a good career. “Miss Holm is tops in her field, and T've kind of stumbled along.” Rose said Miss Brice knew of the situation but he would not say when | he advised her of his decision to marry Eleanor. “But, after all, there is nothing | sudden about it,” he declared. At Beverly Hills, Miss Brice said, “I don't know a thing about it, | when asked it she would divorce Rose. | The dialect comedienne observed | her 46th birthday anniversary last | month. She and Rose were married by Mayor Jimmy Walker in New York | City in 1929, two years after she di- vorced Jules | had her nose reshaped. Profits Tax Catechism Capital Gains Levies ERE are some questions and answers about the taxes on undistributed corporate profits and capital gains, modifica- tion of which is being considered by a House subcommittee at the behest of business men: What is the undistributed profits tax? A levy on surpluses which corpora- tions do not distribute in dividends to stockholders. The rates range from 7 to 27 per cent, increasing in propor- tion to the amount of surplus with- held from distribution. ‘What was its purpose? First, to get more revenue from corporations storing up surpluses; sec- ond, to encourage distribution of profits. How does it affect individuals? It causes many corporations to dis- burse in dividends funds which they otherwise might hold as reserves. This increases income in the hands of in- dividual stockholders, who pay in- creased income taxes. Argument for It. ‘What are some arguments advanced for the tax? ?) = Treasury spokesmen have said it prevents accumulation of funds which should go to security holders. When surpluses are not distributed, they said, security holders enjoy their bene- &nd ornate goboons around here than there is fact in his current column.” fits in the form of more valuable in- vestments, but avoid payment of SireN il ART PICTURE Sets Number 1, 2,3, 4and 5 Now Available C‘ANY one is entitled to one week’s set of Four Pictures in the Art Appreciation cam of The Star upon payment of gn only 39c at the Art Counter in the Business Office of The Evening Star. By mail—inclose 46¢ (stamps not acceptable), addressed to the Art Appreciation Counter, The d 4rt Appreciation Counter, Evening Star. Indicate desired set—No. 1—2—3-—4—5 Workings of, and Arguments Pro and Con on and Corporate Listed. higher income taxes. Also, some per- sons contend, the tax tends to in- crease the buying power of security holders. ‘What are arguments against it? Business men contend the levy weak- ens corporation financial structures by forcing payment of excessive divi- dends and prevents accumulation of reserves for use in business recessions. They say the dividend distributions often prevent plant expanston, thus retarding employment, and that the tax weighs more heavily on the small company seeking to grow than on th big, established corporation. ‘What is the capital gains tax? A tax which takes part of the gain an individual realizes on a capital as- set. If, for instance, a person bought & security for $100 and sold it at $200, he would have to pay the tax on the $100 gain. How it Works. How does it work? It taxes at at a greater rate capital gains over a short period than those realized over a long period. If, for example, a person realizes a gain on a capital asset he has held for not more than a year, he must include all the gain in his net income, and the gain is taxable at regular income tax rates. If, however, he has held the assets for more than 10 years, he must include only 30 per cent of the gain in his net income. Varying in-between rates are fixed. ‘What arguments have been advanced for the tax? That capital gains constitute income-. and thus should be taxed along with wages, dividends and other income; that the tax encourages long-term in- vestment as against quick, speculative buying and selling. On what grounds is it opposed? Opponents argue it takes so large a share of security profits that it tends to drive traders from the stock market. This, they contend, weakens the mar- ket and lays the basis for sharp price recessions. NEW PREHISTORIC BEAST PROVO, Utah, Nov. 12 '(#).—Bones & farmer uncovered while digging a ditch near here were described by a University of Utah geologist today as those of “an extinct form of elephant covered with hair about 15 inches long, with an undercoat of wool.” “It stood 12 feet high at the shoul- ders and was much larger than the African elephant,” Dr. Frederick J. Pack said. The animal's head, hip bone and a leg bone were excavated. ’ (S} R WOL PAY DISPUTE PARLEY RESUMED Technicians Meet With Com- pany Officials on New Wage Scale. Negotiations were resumed at 10 am. today in the wage dispute be- tween Radio Station WOL and tech- nicians after General Manager Wil- liam B. Dolph had notified employes of the recommendations that he would be willing to make to Leroy Mark, president of the American Broadcast- ing Co., operator of the local Mutual network affiliate. Sigce 2:15 p.m. yesterday the sta- tion has been operating under an “armistice,” both sides agreeing to take no determined action pending in | (Nicky) Arnstein and | | charged his love grew cold when she | outcome of this morning’s conference. The management’s latest proposal would establish a basic rate of $30.50 per week, with an increase of $1.50 per week each six months up to a maximum of $50, which would be reached in seven years, the new scale to be placed in effect immediately on final acceptance by the technicians. Wage Comparisons, Made. Mr. Dolph pointed out that the rate being demanded—$35 to $55— compared with a $37 to $52.50 scale in force at a Baltimore station charging four times WOL's hourly time rate and approved by the C.1.0.- afliated American Radio Telegra- phers’ Association. The station head contends the technicians are being unreasonable in view of WOL's low power and charge to advertisers. The employes are pressing for wages which they consider *comparable” to those recently won by Columbia Broadcast- ing System operators in New York City and Washington. Negotiations for the men have been conducted by John Austin, local organ- izer for the union, with John Gantt, oldest technician in point of service, as spokesman for the employes. Although C. I. O. activity was begun in September and conferences with the management were being held recently, first indication of the strike came yes- terday morning when listeners dialed in vain for the Musical Clock program. Four men staged the sit-down in the control room at the station’s main quarters in the Heurich Building, while three more “held” the transmitter on the top floor of the Annapolis Hotel. After Mr. Dolph had refused to re- sume negotiations until the station was put on the air, the technicians agreed to a truce, and Tony Wakeman took the microphone at 2:15. No explana- tion was given the radio audience. A further difficulty faced the station Vesterday when the Federal Communi- cations Commission was notified, as required, that the transmitter was silent. The Federal agency informed the management that it could not sanction a protracted period off the air unless it was impossible to procure any licensed technicians. A station with authority to operate 24 hours a day if desired must remain on the air, accord- ing to F. C. C. rules, two-thirds of that time, except in emergencies beyond the control of the management. No Action Likely. Commission sources explained, how- ever, that the granting of a petition to remain silent by the P. C. C. would {alter the situation, and that, even though no such plea were allowed, no steps would be taken against a sta- tion if it were unable to find qualified replacements. That the labor trouble disrupted the normal routines of many Washing- tonians was evidenced by the hundreds of telephone calls which poured into WOL to receive the explanation of “technical difficulties.” A woman complained that she had been “standing around in her shorts, and everything,” waiting for the re- ducing program. Followers of the “numbers game" fretted when they were unable to obtain the Pimlico race totals at the usual hour, > Cheerfulness prevailed at the sta- tion throughout, however. The an- nouncers, taking no part in the strike, lounged in the studios, posed willingly for “gag” pictures to denote idleness. ey CHURCH FEDERATION TO DEDICATE HOME Rev. Horace E. Cromer, President, Will Conduct Ceremony Tomorrow. The new home of the Washington Federation of Churches, at 1751 N street N.W., will be dedicated about 4 p.m. tomorrow by the Rev. Horace E. Cromer; federation president. Mrs. Frank A. Linzel, president of the Womar's Council of the federation, will speak briefly. The federation will hold open house from 3 to 9 p.m., during which time clergymeh of the various denomina- tions will be received along with the general secretaries of Christian asso- ciations. Justin Lawrie. soloist of the Foun- dry Methodist Episcopal Church, will sing at the dedication ceremonies. The ‘federation’s new home is a gift. Since its being turned over to the organization some months ago it has been remodeled and renovated. It contains offices of the federation, quarters for several members of the staff and rooms available for rent to young women. VARGAS’ SON DOESN'T EVEN SKIP A CLASS Brazilian Whose Father Became Dictator Is a Student at Johns Hopkins. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Nov. 12—The as- sumption by his father of dictatorial power over Brazil didn’t keep Getulio Vargas, jr., son of Brazil'’s President, away from his Johns Hopkins Univer- sity classes today—but the registrar's office seemed to wish it had. Young Vargas, a sophomore in the university’s School of Engineering, be- came an important person overnight to many people, clerks in the office indi- cated, and so long as he was in class no one could reach him by telephone— not even the Brazilian Embassy in ‘Washington. At young Vargas' North Calvert street home a woman’s voice replied to inquiries with the assertion, “He just won't be home until 5 o'clock and that’s all I know.” A long laboratory lesson in physics kept the new dictator’s son occupied this afternoo { GIRL FOUND DEAD OF GAS POISONING Stepdaughter of D. C. Law- yer Discovered in Room, Two Jets Open. By the Associated Pr.ss. NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—Miss Cath- erine Wilds, 27, a private secretary in the religious department of Harper Bros., publishers, was found dead from gas poisoning in her Irving place apartment today. Manson Radford, a distant eousin, said Miss Wilds was the stepdaughter of Paul Campbell, & lawyer in the of- fice of the United States Attorney General. Gas was flowing from two open jets when Albert Sekinger, superintendent of the Irving place building, forced the door of Miss Wild's apartment. She was clad in & kimono. On a dresser Patrolman Raymond Cooney found a note, which read, in part: “Dear Piggly: I'm sorry. Can't stand any more doubts. I need some faith. Sorry I piked out.” Radford said Miss Wilds was horn somewhere in Kentucky and was a graduate of the University of North Carolina. She came to Harpers’ about & year ago, the publishers said. She was & cousin of Mrs. Allen Tate, wife of the poet. Attorney in Claims Division. Paul Campbell is an attorney. in the Claims Division of the Department of Justice. He was appointed from Ten- nessee. Friends said he left for New York upon learning of the death of Miss ‘Wilds. Mr. Campbell resides at 1312 Twen- ty-second street South, Arlington, Va. VIRGINIA RAILROADS GET 2-CENT RATE Action of State Corporation Com- mission Affects Only Seaboard Air Line and Southern. B) the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 12.—The State Corporation Commission granted railroads operating in Virginia permis- sion today to increase passenger coach rates from 112 to 2 cents a mile, be- ginning Monday. The commission’s action will affect only the Seaboard Air Line and South- ern, as other Virginia rail carriers al- ready have been allowed increases in coach rates. in rates on tne grounds that the rise in costs of materials, taxation and wages justified a higher passenger rate. 13 AT GREENBELT SEEK COUNCIL JOBS | Election to Be Held November 23. Only One Woman Entered for Balloting. The more superstitious residents of the Greenbelt community are hoping that at least one other person will file application for election to the Green- belt Council before the voting gets | under way November 23 ‘When the hats already in the ring were counted today, it was found that 13 persons are seeking the five council memberships. The contestants are: Louis Bessemer, Public Health Serv- ice clerk; George S. Bauer, draftsman in the War Department; George W. Bradford, clerk in the Justice Depart- ment; H. H. Maurer, a mechanic for United Airlines; Allen A. Morrison, ac- countant at the Veterans Administra- tion: Robert E. Jacobsen, assistant manager of the Greenbelt Consumer Services, Inc.; Mrs. Theodora Murray, housewife and only woman entry; El- bert Ferguson, Public Works Adminis- tration clerk; Glendon Allred, Recon- struction Pinance Corp., clerk; Sher- rod E. East, assistant reader at the Library of Congress; Frank S. Harris, accountant at Chestnut Farms Dairy; Robert D. Hayes, Works Progress Ad- ministration clerk, and John S. Beck- ham, mailer for The Star. The council will have & hand in the executive duties of the government, while the administrative powers will be in the hands of Roy S. Braden, town manager. EMMONS SMITH WILL NAMES WIDOW, CHILDREN Paper Is Filed for Probate in District Court—Houghton Is Executor. The widow and two children of Em- mons 8. Smith, who died October 28, were named . beneficiaries in his will, which was filed for probate in District Court today. Mr. Smith directed that his estate be held in trust by Woodson P. Hough- ton, a local attorney, and the Lincoln National Bank. They were instructed to pay the income to his widow, Mrs. Betty Grove Smith, as long as she lives. On her death the two minor children, Emmons S. Smith, 3d, and Betty Fairfax Smith, will receive the income, should they be less than 30 years old. If their mother is dead when they reach that age they will receive the principal. Provision is made for Mrs. Smith and the children to continue to occupy the family home at 2216 Massachu- setts avenue N.W. The law firm of Ellis, Houghton & Ellis represented the estate. ——e .MRS. W’KAY DIES AT 90 Mrs. Sallie McKay, 90, died Wed- nesday at her home, 1882 Columbia road, where she lived with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Charles D. Pennebaker. Fu- neral services are being held this aft- ernoon in the Washington Heights Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Bardstown, Ky. Linthicum Able of Bardstown, came to Washington about 35 years ago, after the death of her husband, Lud- well McKay. Besides . her daughter she leaves eight grandchildren, eight great- grandchildren and one great-great- grandchild. Y Hair Cuttings Stored Away: Among the Tigre people of Ethiopia, people put the cuttings of hair from their heads away in a secret place lest they be magically injured by others through their shorn hair, ) \ The railroads requested the increase | Mrs, McKay, formerly Miss Sallie | Bt On U. S..British “Front” Norman W. Davis (left), Large, and Anthony W. Eden, British Foreign Minister, in an in- Jormal conversation preceding the Brussels parley on how to halt Sino-Japanese conflict. United States Ambassador at —A. P. Photo. GIRL HITCH-HIKERS SOUGHT BY POLICE Pair Hunted as Aid in Search for Escaped Convicts Who Gave Them Lift. Two girl hitch-hikers who were picked up on the Baltimore highway early yesterday by a pair of escaped convicts and robbers were being sought by Maryland authorities today as local police coped with a wave of | petty banditry. : | The girls were described as young | and pretty by John C. Gouldman, an automobile salesman, of 900 Critten- den street N.-W., who was abducted by the bandits, robbed of most of his | clothing and forced from his car on a side road near Laurel. The bandits, believed to be Irving Limper, 33, and John E. Carson, who escaped Monday from the Maryland | State Prison Farm at Hagerstown while | serving long sentences for robbery, | went up to Gouldman Wednesday | night at & garage where he was em- ployed, 1431 Irving street N.W., and | asked him to demonstrate a second- hand automobile. | Gouldman took the pair into a (‘ar} and soon was ordered at the point of pistols to drive toward Baltimore. | Near Laurel, Gouldman said, the ban- | dits stopped and picked up two girls “who looked to be about 14 or 16| years old.” The gunmen then made Gouldman drive down a side road, ! where they stripped him of most of his clothing before driving away with | his automobile. Violence Feared. | The girls were not with the ban- dits a few hours later when they stopped in Baltimore long enough to rob Melvin Dudley, 28, of $2 after inquiring directions to Philadelphia. | Dudley took the license number of the car, which corresponded with that of the machine Gouldman had | been demonstrating. Pennsylvania and Maryland police | were supplied with descritpions of the bandits and the stolen car. Authorities in Maryland feared the girls might have met with some vio- | lence from the men. The young | hitch-hikers had not been located at noon today. Meanwhile, a series of hold-ups | and robberies here kept Washington ! police on the jump. A colored robber | last night slugged Lloyd R. King, 31, a taxicab driver, and robbed him of $3 and his cab. The robbery occurred in the 200 block of Morgan street N.E. after | King, who lives at 815 Eleventh street N.W., had picked up the “fare” at Eleventh and I streets N.W. Colored Man Robs Several. A colored hold-up man who has committed several recent robberies with the aid of an “old rusty pistol” last night added two new -ictims to his list. He robbed Jack V.. Vaughn, manager of a filling station at 1500 Florida avenue N.E, of $6 and shortly afterward took $12 from Glen D. Wright, manager of a gasoline sta- tion at 1700 Benning road N.E. Three colored thugs yesterday aft- ernoon took $100 at the point of pistols from Theodore Knott of Alex- andria while he was walking in the 400 block of Eighth street S.W., and then held up Micholas J. La Fragiola, also of Alexandria, who was forced to hand over $20. A dark-skinned colored man last night held up Hyman Homer, pro- prietor of a grocery at 1801 Vermont avenue N.W,, and escaped with $22. Argentina's Exports Large. Argentina’s exports in the first nine months of this year were the largest on record. RACING Bowie— FIRST RACE—Purse, old maidens (Maryland bred); longs. Akehurst (Ecea: 11.30 6. Stitch In_Ti 8. RESULTS 2-year- 3 fur- 4.30 1,00 9.30 Rough Buddy, n B.. Jungo, In- ield. s b 5 —xChase Him, "Leah Fern: 1 Mase Last Ch: SECOND RACE—Purse, $1,000; claim- ing; 3.ye 11-16_miles. {Eddie 22,10 10.00 3.30 1130 160 230 An—Merre, Spotless fToikie Oike, nd Oak, Miss' Sycamore, May Music. Witeh, 'Vickson and Masie: Torquil. {-Field, Rockingham— By the Associated Press. Black e, 3800; clalmbng: W50 430 330 3.20 270 . The Triumvir, e, Traggat, Atcines and Largess. SECOND RACE—Purse. $800; claiming; 3-year-olds and up: 1.4 miles. Makelt (McCadden) 7.80 4. Beveau (May) Chilea (Wimmer) Time—1:48%. prism, Trait- Idle Money, 00; claiming; 70 270 430 310 330 . Pro Pal, Loval A Martin, *'Liltie Corperal am Convicts Sought IRVING LIMPER. D.C.TRAFFICTOLL HITS 90 FOR YEAR Woman, 87, Dies of Injuries After Being Struck by Automobile. The District's toll of traffic fatali- ties for the year stood at 90 today, 13 more than were recorded for a corre- sponding period in 1936, following the death of Mrs. Mary Davis, 87, of 1221 Massachusetts avenue N.W., who suc- cumbed to injuries received when struck by an automobile October 18. Mrs. Davis died Wednesday at her home, where she was under treatment for a fractured pelvis received when she walked in front of an automobile while waiting for a bus at Thirteenth street and Massachusetts avenue N.W. After investigation of the case, Cor- oner A. Magruder MacDonald an- nounced yesterday that Mrs. Davis' death was a result of the traffic injury. Frank P. Murphy, 1332 Massachu- setts avenue, who struck Mrs. Davis while backing his car into a parking space, according to police, is to appear at an inquest tomorrow. Sixteen-year-old Philip Moore of Hyattsville, Md., was in serious con- dition in Sibley Hospital today suffer- ing from a fractured skull, two broken legs and other injuries received yes- terday when he was struck by an au- tomobile near Florida and New York avenues N.E. Police said the car was operated by Albert P. McDonald, 20, of 1102 L street N.W. Charles Taber, 81, of 1213 {Douglas street N.E. received possibly a fracture of the right leg and head cuts when struck by an automobile at Twelfth | and Douglas streets N.E. Mr. Taber was treated at Casualty Hospital. Thomas J. McGuinness, 3719 Twelfth street N.E., was driver of the car, police said. A T-year-old colored child, Robert Exum of 8 Patterson street N.E., suf- fered a broken leg and other injuries when knocked down at North Capitol and W streets by a car operated by Frank H. Icht, 3821 Twenty-second street N.E., police reported. The boy | was taken to Sibley Hospital. 'S. E. . CITES THREE IN STOCK TRADING Two New York Firms Involved in Manipulation Charges of Airplane Shares. By the Associated Press. A Securities Commission examiner contended yesterday that two New York brokerage firms and three in- dividuals violated anti-manipulation sections of the Securities Exchange Act during trading in stock of the Kinner Airplane and Motor Corp. in 1935, Examiner Edward C. Johnson's charges against Charles C. Wright, Herbert King and Norman Stern and the firms of Arnold & Co.. and Wright | & Sexton were made public at the opening of oral arguments on his report, The examiner said the record did not show Jere Sexton and George S JOHN E. CARSON. ‘NSULT'BY D.A.R. CLAIMEDBY UMW, Refusal to Rent Hall for Convention Assailed by Union . By the Associated Press. The United Mine Workers, holding aloft the banner of their own patri- otism, cried “insult” today at the Daughters of the American Revolution. Thus there threatened to develop anew a controversy over a D. A. R. denial of a U. M. W. request for per- mission to hold its 1937 convention in Constitution Hall here. “The request was made—and denied | —many weeks ago. Subsequently Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treasurer of the miners, said the convention would meet in the Rialto Theater. He claimed Constitution Hall had been ob- tained, but the D. A. R. had canceled the contract. Request Refused. The hall manager, Fred E. Hand, said prior commitments had forced him to refuse the request when first it was made and that Kennedy never had an option. In its leading article today the United Mine Workers' Journal scoffed at this explanation as “merely a sub- terfuge to hide the real reason,” and said the refusal must be considered an | “insult” to labor. The article asserted that the D. A. R. “is an aristocratic outfit” and “pos- sibly some of its members felt deeply humiliated by the fact that a labor organization had occupied their hall two years ago.” The U. M. W. held its 1936 convention there. D. A. R. Held “High-hat.” An article referred to the D. A. R. as an “exclusive, high-hat organiza- tion” with some members “whose hands are never soiled with plebian dish water,” and added: “To all such, if any there are, we should like to say members of or- ganized labor are just as patriotic Americans as the members of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion.” ‘UNHAPPINESS’ MOTIVE IN WIDOW’S SUICIDE Motivated by “unhappiness,” Mrs. Ida E. Delozier, 36-year-old widow and mother of two children, took her life yesterday by inhaling illuminating gas at her home, 1208 Evarts street N.E. She was found in the kitchen by a Jjanitor, who told police gas was flow- ing from several open stove jets. Mrs. Delozier, who was employed at the Veterans' Administration, left a note for her sons, Joseph, 12, and Phillip, 14, explaining she was “not happy.” Coroner A. Magruder McDonald is- sued a certificate of sulcide. Simpson, co-partners of Wright, and | Roy W. Arnold, Maurice Goodman, Giuseppe Russo, Samuel Strasbourger and Benjamin F. Goodman, co- partners of King & Stern, “had any knowledge of nor did they participate | in such violations.” U. S. EMPLOYES’ RIGHT TO ORGANIZE UPHELD Letter to A. F. G. E. From Miss Perkins Cites Her Depart- ment's Position. In a letter to the American Federa- tion of Government Employes, Secre- tary of Labor Perkins yesterday as- sured that organization the Labor De- partment recognizes the right of Gov- ernment employes to be members of a union and the right to be represented by their unions in dealing with de- partment officials. “The Department of Labor recog- nizes, and always has recognized, the right of Government employes freely to associate themselves in the member- ship of any union of their own choice,” the letter stated. On receipt of the letter, Charles I. Stengle, president of the A. F. G. E,, announced that his group “has not had, and has not now, any complaints as to the attitude of the department with respect to personnel problems af- fecting its members there.” ERNEST M. CAVAN DIES; WAS VIRGINIA NATIVE Employe of B. & 0. Railroad for 35 Years Was Stricken at Work Yesterday. | Ernest M. Cavan, 54, of 518 Ritten- | house street N.W., a freight conductor | of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, | died in Emergency Hospital yesterday of a cerebral hemorrhage, with which he was stricken & few hours before while in the Eckington yards. Mr. Cavan. a native of West Point, Va., had lived here for many years and had been employed by the railroad about 35 years. | _ Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Sarah E. Cavan; two daughters, Mrs. William Heath and Mrs. Anre Rice, both of this city; four brothers, Richard H. Cavan, Greensboro, N. C.: William Cavan, Philadelphia, John R. and Ru- dolph L. Cavan. both of Richmond, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow at Mr. Cavan's late residence. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Buck Is Passed ‘OnPleaforU.S. Mating Bureau By the Associated Press. The Interior Department spurned today & New Yorker's proposal to set up & clearance bureau for the Na- tion’s lovelorn. “Why shouldn't the Government conduct one?” asked a letter to the department. “Don’t you realize noth- ing could be more worthy? “Don't treat this letter lightly,” added the author, whose name was withheld. The officials didn't. the buck to Capitol Hill. “You are aware,” they answered, “that the Department of the Interior could not set up such a correspondence bureau, as suggested, “without the authority of Congress.” They passed