Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1938, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair and colder, low about 14 tonight; tomorrow fair, contin- ued cold; moderate winds. Temperatures today—Highest, 34, at 2 at 9:30 am.; 27 at 2 pm. Full report on page A- Closing New York Markets, Page 16 86th YEAR. No. 34.2 MIDWEST LASHED BY RAGING STORMS WITH DEATH TOLL 9 Floods and Severe Cold Add to Havoc in Winter’s Worst Disturbance. CITIES ARE ISOLATED AND SCHOOLS CLOSED Snow Hits as Far South as Ten- nessee—Automobiles Abandoned on Choked Iowa Roads. Drop to 14 Tonight Is Predicted Here; Tomorrow Fair The coldest weather of the win- ter was expected tonight in the District, with a minimum of about 14 degrees. The forecast is for “fair and colder tonight, tomorrow fair and continued cold. accompanied by moderate to fresh west and north- west winds.” Br the Associated Press. Deaths attributed to flood waters and 8 severe cold wave mounted to nine today while the Middle West dug out | of the winter’s worst storm. Only New England, the Far West and Florida escaped subfreezing temperatures. Snow blocked highways, stalled trains and disrupted communication and power service in some areas. Wis- consin, Minnesota, Iowa, upper Michi- gan and the Dakotas bore the brunt of the storm. Some relief was offered - when flood waters receded in Illinois, ‘Wisconsin and Arkansas. Continued freezing temperatures | were forecast for tonight as far South as the Gulf States, with a heavy frost predicted for Northern Florida. Gen- erally fair weather was expected in | the South. A temperature of 11 below zero made Alexandria, Minn., one of the coldest spots in the Midwestern ice box. Devils Lake, N. Dak, was close behind at 10 below, while Bismarck, in the same State, had a negative 6. ‘The low was 6 at Kansas City, 12 at Chicago and 34 at Boston. Winnipeg continued as the coldest spot on the ‘weather map, reporting 24 below zero. Sub-freezing in South. Virtually all Southern sections had | sub-freezing readings. They ranged from Miami's low of 50 and New Orleans’ 32 to 20 at Memphis and 10 at Bentonville, Ark., and 4 below | at Mount Mitchell, N. C. Atlanta bhad a low of 22. High winds which hampered ship- ping and traffic had subsided in most places. A Coast Guard cutter went to the aid of the Boston trawler Ripple for the second time in 12 hours because of a leaking boiler. The Ripple is off the New England coast. The British freighter Pencarrow was adrift off Halifax, Nova Scotia, and & salvage tug was en route to it in heavy seas. New York City reported a high of 56 Tuesday, a record for January 25, but the mercury slid swiftly to 25| as the chill wave reached the metrop- | olis. | Light snow flurries struck near | ‘Nashville, Tenn., where the low read- ing was 16. It ranged from 10 to 20 | in Arkansas, where a crest of 43 feet, 17 above flood level, was pre- dicted by Friday in the Ouachita River near Camden. Winter Wheat Damaged. No crop damage was reported in the Bouth, but the winter wheat crop in the Middle West was expected to suffer. Calumet, Mich,, had a snowstorm described as the worst in 20 years. One man was asphyxiated in the cab of his truck while trying to open a | road for a doctor on an emergency | call. Five drownings had been report- ed in Illinois and Tennessee. Another casualty included a child frozen to death at Crocker, S. Dak. Detroit reported two deaths in Michigan due to a winter storm. Forty automobiles we== abandoned near Garnes, i, ceeause of snow- choked highways. Two passenger trains were snowbound several hours in deep drifts near Centuria, Wis. ‘Twenty-two passengers took refuge in a farmhouse near Manitowoc when | their bus stalled in snowdrifts during & blizzard. Many schools were closed in Wis- eonsin and Michigan. Twenty-five men were marooned in an ore mine near Ishpeming, Mich., and rescue squads searched for crews of six snow plows unreported near Escanaba. Fair and Colder Nearby. Except for a small area in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, where snow was falling, most of Mary- land and Virginia reported fair and much colder weather today. Through- out Virginia there was a 20 to 30 degree drop in temperatures in the last 24 hours. A cold northwest wind swept a spell of early spring weather out of Maryland, leaving high water, soaked ground and considerable wind damage in its wake. The gale unroofed a number of farm buildings near Hagerstown, and toppled a construction tower against & new building in Baltimore. The force of the wind piled up a high tide in the Wicomico River and flooded a few low streets in Salisbury. The Potomac River rose 2 feet at Cumberland following an inch and a half of rain in Western Maryland. Thunder, hail and lightening accom- panied sorhe of the storms. — . John Roosevelt Recovering. CA! E, Mass., Jan. 26 (#).— John velt, youngest son of the President, was recovering in the se- clusion of a friend’s home today from s sore throat and cold that forced him to miss & midyear examination in sociology at Harvard University yesterday. The illness was not con- sidered serious. “Young Roosevelt est temperature am.; lowest, 24, 2. Entered as second c! post office, Washini 38. . Buckles as @b Niagara’s “Falls View” Bridge WASHINGTON, D. Ice Jam Hits It With Dynamite Steel By the Associated Press, NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Jan. 26.— Niagara's famous “Falls View Bridge,"” a high-flung steel structure known to millions of honeymooners, wavered dangerously today under the onslaught of the hugest Niagara Falls ice jam in 30 years. Engineers prepared to attack the ice with dynamite as a heavy wall, estimated in some places to be 100 feet high, rose in the gorge below the falls. The bridge, rumbling under tremendous ice pressure, was closed to all traffic. Soon afterward a “wave" appeared in its middle and several steel beams were twisted. Early this afternoon, while a crowd watched, part of the upper bridge structure shifted perceptibly down- Engineers to Attack 100-Foot-H ighWall to Save Historic Span. stream. Several large steel girders supporting the arch had previously been twisted by ice. A section of the upper part of the | span, about 3 or 4 feet long, bulged jout 6 inches to a foot. The move- ment was accompanied by a rumbling noise and was over in a few seconds | _ A spokesman for the International | Railway Co., owners of the bridge, said | ice pressure appeared to be remaining constant, however, and expressed the belief the span would hold. | Squeezed between the rocky Cana- |dian and American shores, the ice | reached up on dry land and tossed the famous “Maid of the Mist" tourist steamers off their winter drydock. Whether the steamers could survive (See BRIDGE, Page A-5.) (4 KILLED IN PARIS MUNITIONS BLASTS |Grenades Seized in Probe of Plot Explode in Being Moved. Bv the Associated Press. PARIS, Jan. 26.—Munitions taken from the revolutionary band C. 8. A.R. | today sent 14 men to their deaths in | terrific explosions which wrecked the | isolated Municipal Pyrotechnic Labor- atory in Villejuif, a Paris suburb, The blasts came as thousands of confiscated hand grenades were being loaded into army trucks for removal to the artillery park at Versailles. { The dead included five soldiers, three civilian laborers, three chemists, | chauffeur. Ten persons were injured. Only One Eyewitness. One of these, a chemist named Gerard, was the only eyewitness. He was standing on a knoll in the wooded laboratory grounds and suffered face burns. “I have lived through s nightmare | and the awakening was atrocious,” he | said. “It was just 9:30. A military crew | from Versailles was beginning to carry the munitions to two trucks when the explosion happened. Instinctively I threw myself to the ground. “When 1 got up I saw about me only the trucks in flames and tangled iron | and steel, all smoking. As for the men, they had disappeared.” Of the injured two were painters at work in a laboratory building and seven residents of nearby houses. Victims Thrown Into Tree Tops. Some of the victims were thrown into nearby tree tops. The badly disfigured bodies were taken to hospitals for identification while police investigated to determine whether there were more victims. Interior Minister Albert Sarraut per- sonally directed an inquiry. The police expressed belief at least one of nine cases, each of which held 3,000 grenades, fell and set off the blasts. Kling blamed the explosions on “great clumsiness.” He declared the loading should not have created special danger. most of Paris, and windows and houses about the building were shattered. An infantry battalion guarded the laboratory while search was continued through the wreckage. Police believed the explosions accidental. The laboratory was under orders of the Paris prefecture of police and had been used as & storeroom for arms and munitions seized during investi- gation of the C. S. A. R. secret society which allegedly plotted to overthrow the French regime. GAMBLING WITNESS FOR U. S. MISSING Woman Sought to Testify in Case of Reno Pair Accused of Swindling. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 26.—United States Attorney William P. Maloney disclosed today that Mrs. Ruth Bowen Moore of Alameda, Calif., an impor- tant prosecution witness in the Gov- ernment’s case against William J. Graham and James C. McKay, Reno, Nev., gamblers, had disappeared. Gra- ham and McKay are accused of parti- cipating in confidence game swindles amounting to $2,500,000. Maloney said the woman, brought here as a Government witness from her California home, had been living in terror for months past and had begged him for the closest protection before she would agree to leave her Alameda home to come East for the trial. Her husband, Noble John Moore, ad- mitted confidence men and self-styled “‘gentlemen of the underworld,” was on the stand today as the third trial of McKay and Graham and three other defendants on mail fraud and con- spiracy charges resumed. Two other witnesses previously have failed to appear to testify in the case. MRS. CULBERTSON SUES Divorce Case of Famous Bridge Couple in Courts Today. RENO, Nex, Jan. 26 (#)—The bridge romance of Ely Culbertson and his wife, the former Josephine Mur- phy, which began at a card party more than 14 years ago, wound up to- day in the Reno divorce courts. Charging mental cruelty, Mrs. Cul- bertson filed suit to dissolve their marriage and asked the court to ap- prove an' agreement settling their property rights and providing for the future custody of their two children, Joyce, 10, and Bruce, 9. planned ‘to take his final midyear examination tomorrow. He is & senior. « ’ ‘The case was to be tried privately without contest later today. | two police inspectors and one police | THRDTERMASKED B MINERS BLOG |Proposal for Roosevelt to Stay in Office Is Given Convention. By JOHN C. HENRY. Renomination and re-election of | President Roosevelt for a third term | in the White House was demanded | this morning by a bloc of delegates attending the 35th Biennial Conven- | | tlon of the United Mine Workers, being held at the Rialto Theater here. The proposal was contained in a set | of resolutions submitted to the con- vention by more than a half-dozen locals of the U. M. W. in West Vir- | ginia and Pennsylvania, principal coal-producing States. In support of | their position, most of them cited an | | Incomplete program of social ]Eglsli-‘ | tion started during the first years of | Mr. Roosevelt's occupancy of the‘ White House. This, they state, could best be completed under his direction. In addition to those resolutions favoring the President’s continuance in office, several others content them- | ’selvn merely with commending his | record during the last five years. | Attack on A. F. L. Today's morning session was marked by a vitriolic attack on the American Federation of Labor by Philip Murray, vice president of the Mine Workers and chairman of the Special Nego- Laboratory Director Andre | The explosions were audible through | tiating Committee which attempted to effect a reconciliation between the | Committee for Industrial Organization | and the A. F.of L. | Blaming the deadlock on the im. potency of the Federation Committee and the certain obstructionist tactics of such Federation leaders as President Hutcheson of the carpenters and Presi- dent Wharton of the machinists, Mr. Murray shouted: “The C. I O. has done everything | it could honorably and in good faith | to bring about unity in the labor| movement. The failure lies on the doorstep of the A. F. of L. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C.,, WEDNESDAY, NAVY SUPPLY BILL OVER $543,000,000 GIVEN T0 SENATE Committee Adds $2,536,850 for Work on Ships Already Commissioned. INCREASE ONLY $32,348 ABOVE HOUSE TOTAL Slashes Made in Several Items. Reopening of Nearby Torpedo Station Voted. After adding $2,536.850 for addi- tional work on vessels commissioned last summer, the Senate Appropria- tions Committee today reported favor- ably a $549,227,842 naval supply bill | for the coming fiscal vear. The change in the construction item would make available $119.900,000, which includes without change the $18.422,000 earmarked by the House for beginning work on the following | new vessels: Two battleships, two cruisers, eight | destroyers, six submarines, one mine- sweeper, one submarine tender, one fleet tug and one oiler. $32,348 Above House Total. Although several Navy functions were given increases amounting to | more than $3,000,000 in all, the Sen- ate committee cut almost a corre- sponding amount from other items, so the net increase above the House total is only $32,348. The Senate committee approved without change House items which in- clude $1,532,000 for reopening the Naval Torpedo Station at Alexandria, Va.. established during the World War, and $450.000 toward construction of the Naval Medical Center in Wash- ingtdn. ‘The reductions made to offset the increases were: Strategic materials, $3.000.000, and pay and subsistence al- lowances of aviation officers, a cut of $8.000. In addition to adding the $2,536.850 to the replacement and construction fund, the Senate committee increased other activities by the following amounts: Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $317,248, most of which is for pay of enlisted men and also for repair work |at the Naval Academy; yards and | docks, $160.000, for improving facilities in the Canal Zone and Hawaii; Marine Corps, $15,000, for miscellaneous sup- | plies. The $2.536.850 added to the con- struction item is to be used for further work on 25 vessels commissioned prior | to July 1, 1937. At the same time the committee struck out a House limita- tion which would have definitely pro- hibited this work. The Navy bill now joins the inde- pendent offices appropriation bill on the Senate calendar awaiting con- sideration as soon as the anti-lynch- ing bill debate is over. Construction and Machinery. | The $119,900,000 above referred to | in connection with enlargement of the | Navy is only the item for construction surrender. that the labor movement go back to where it was three years ago. The C. I. O. will not yield to such a prcgram.” A storm of applause from the miners greeted this pledge of the speaker. Earlier Mr. Murray, in reviewing | the progress of the C. I. O. in adding | 3,000,00 members to its original nu- | cleus of 1,000,000, had estimated that the organizing movement had in- creased the purchasing power of America’s workers by $3,500,000,000. 1,200 Resolutions Offered. Passing on recommendations that the report of officers submitted yesterda be approved, the convention indorsed suggestion that Congress should au- thorize the use of $5,000,000,000 in ‘he old-age pension reserve to finance a large-scale low-cost housing program. Mr. Murray’s address on the C. I. O.- A. F. of L. feud opened consideration of a committee report indorsing U. M. W. participation in this movement. With some 1,200 resolutions before it, the convention must digest during the next 10 days a wide range of rank (See MINERS, Page A-5) and machinery. Counting the $20.- 700,000 in the House bill for armor | and armament for these vessels, which | the Senate committee did not change, | the total being appropriated at this | time toward the building program becomes more than $140,000,000. It also has been estimated that about $44,800,000 will continue available next year from funds already ap- propriated. Counting this carry- over there would be more than $184,- 000,000 available for the Navy's re- placement and construction program during the coming year. Chairmen of five House committees, who discussed the “whole defense lay- out” with President Roosevelt yester- (See NAVY, Page A-5) — Town Bars Movies. SWARTHMORE, Pa., Jan. 26 (#)— This college town wants no movies within its limits. A mass meeting of townsmen so decided last night by a vote of 563 to 37. The Borough Coun- cil had indicated it might amend the zoning laws to permit erection of a theater. Summary of Page. Amusements A-14 Comics .. B-14-15 Page. Radio ..____ B-9 Serial Story_.A-7 Society ..___.B-3 Sports ___A-18-19 Woman's Pg. B-8 Editorials --_A-10 Finance ... A-15 Lost & Found B-9 Obituary ___A-12 FOREIGN, 14 killed in Paris blasts of seized munitions. Page A-1 Aurora Borealis fills Europe with fear of fire and war. Page A-4 Japan’s campaign on rail “lifeline” of China stalled. Page A-4 NATIONAL. Senate committee reports $549,000,000 naval bill. Page A-1 Ickes criticized for setking to speed up Burlew hearing. Page A-1 Midwest lashed by raging storms; death toll, 9. Page A-1 Benate to vote tomorrow on cloture petition. Page A-1 President reiterates opposition to wage- cutting. Page A-1 President heads list of those getting tax refunds. Page A-2 Geiger case taken under advisement by House group. Page A-3 McNutt to report on Japanese leases in Philippines. Page A-5 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. D. C. appropriation bill reported House. in 3 A-1 All in readiness for Noyes testimonial dinner. Page A-2 Bwedenborg to be honored at dinner here. Page A-3 Randolph bills would raise pay, curb overtime, Page A-4 ‘Two hundred needy families denied aid each wesk. Page A-5 Today's Star Gerard warns of dangers to American democracy. Page A-7 D. C. “world-cruise” schooner safe near Norfolk. Page A-12 “Impartial survey” of relief situation here asked. Page B-1 D. C. to seek Federal help on lunch fund. Page B-1 House committee members criticize District officials. Page B-1 Twenty-five indictments returned against alleged bandits. Page B-1 Commission to decide soon on rate of return for Pepco. Page B-1 SPORTS. Eastern basket conference may expand at session here. Page A-18 Cool reception looms for Terry as scribes’ frolic. Page A-18 14-club limit fails to boost golf scores. Page A-18 Santa Anita attendance and mutuel records cracked. Page A-19 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 ‘This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions, Page A-10 ‘Washington Observations. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 The Capital Parade. Page A-11 Dorothy Thompson. Page A-11 Constantine Brown. Page A-11 Lemuel Parton. Page A-11 MISCELLANY. City News in Brief. Nature's Children. Bedtime Story. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Shipping News. Vital Statistics. Cross-word Letter-Out. Winning Contract. Page A-7 Page A-6 Page A-7 Page B-8 Page B-§ Page B-9 Page B-9 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-15 JANUARY 26, 1938—THIRTY-SIX PAGES.ex%x* | | m . | to Expedite Action on Bur- ‘ lew Nomination. | | Interior Ickes to expedite a Senate | committee hearing on the nomination tary drew sharp criticism today from | Senator Pittman, Democrat, of Ne- | Secretary Ickes had telephoned | Chairman Adams of the Public Lands ings, and asked that the hearing be expedited because he was handicapped | by lack of an Assistant Secretary. Senator Lee, Democrat, of Oklaho- | Pittman Criticizes Attempt i | An attempt by Secretary of the | of Ebert K. Burlew as Assistant Secre- | vada. Committee, which is holding the hear- in administration of his department i ma, then asked Senator Pittman, who | | how much time he would require to conclude his examination. I want to state that I consider this |a’ very .important matter,” Senator | Pittman answered, *“The proper de- termination of the qualifications of Mr. Burlew are of far more importance |than a slight inconvenience to Mr. | Ickes. I intend to present every fact | T have bearing on this man’s qualifica- tions. T would be derelict in by duty if I did less.” Libel Suit Probed. Chairman Adams and Senator Lee | both assured Senator Pittman there was no intention on their part to | curtail his questioning. The Nevada Senator spent most of | the morning session questioning Mr. Burlew about a statement he had made in 1933 to Louis R. Glavis, for- mer chief investigator of the Interior Department. to libel suits by Frank E. Bonner, former executive secretary of the | Federal Power Commission, and Frank W. Griffith, former chief clerk of the commission, against certain Hearst newspapers. Senator Pittman brought out that the Power Commission in 1928 had prepared and sent to a House commit- tee a report severely criticizing cer- tain power companies for having in- flated the value of their properties. The power companies, according to the Senator, “kicked to the commission” about this report, and it was with- drawn and a deleted report sub- stituted. Report Disappeared, Later, according to Senator Pitt- man. some of the Hearst newspapers Ppublished stories based on the original report, but after they had been sued for libel, the original report disap- peared from the files of the Interior Department. Despite the fact this report was of vital importance to the defense of the libel suits, Senator Pittman deciared, it was not located until Secretary Wil- bur, former head of the Interior De- partment, was preparing to relinquish his office. At that time he found the report in a private drawer in the safe in his office. Mr. Burlew, according to the state- ment by him to Mr. Glavis, admitted he knew the report had been found, but did not communicate this fact to the attorneys in the libel case. He sald, however, that he had told Mr. Bonner about it. The transcript read by Senator Pitt- man showed Nathan R. Margold, then solicitor for the Interior Department, took the position that Mr. Burlew should have told the attorneys imme- diately that the missing report had been found. STEEL PLANT CLOSED INC. I. 0. DUES DRIVE Officer Says Men Prevented From Coming to Work—Union Official Denies Charge. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH. Jan. 26.—A dues- collecting campaign of the C. I. O. Steel Workers' Organizing Commit- tee resulted today in the closing of the Allegheny Steel To.'s plant at Brackenridge, the company reported. Vice President James O. Carr said the mill, employing 5,000, was shut down because 8. W. O. C. pickets at the gates “prevented men from com- | ing to work whether union or non- union unless the men had a receipt for dues, a dues card or a pass from the union.” Philip Clowes, sub-regional direc- tor ‘of the union, denied the pickets were interfering with men entering the plant. 3 | had been interrogating Mr. Burlew, | The statement related | Fishermen Use Rake to Catch Numbed Bass By the Associated Press. TOMS RIVER, N. J., Jan. 26 (#).— | | the cold that fishermen are raking ‘em in. Barnegat Bay has been dotted with fishing boats since Clinton Cooper of | Seaside Park discovered the fish were | too cold to object to being jerked into & boat with an oyster rake. Local Izaak Waltons said the bass came into the bay looking for blood worms in the mud. STOCKSOFF$1T0% N SELLNG WAVE Doubts Over Profit Pros- pects Aggravated by Cuts in Dividends. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—The heaviest selling of the new year bowled over steel, copper, chemical, farm imple- ment and other industrial shares for losses of $1 to more than $6 tod: Selling thinned out after midday, but prices remained around the lowest of the session. Transactions on the stock exchange in the first three hours totaled 1,250,000 shares, compared with | only 350,000 in the corresponding | period yesterday. | Doubts over profit prospects in | speculative circles were aggravated by | several dividend cuts and omissions. American Water Works broke more ] than $1 when directors decided against payment of the common. Among the | extreme losers, Allied Chemicals was off more than $7 at one time and Sloss-Sheffield Steel $9. In the van of the retreat were such issues as United States Steel, Bethle- hem, Anaconda Copper, Chrysler, Kennecott, Eastman Kodak, J. I Case, Johns Manville, General Mo- tors, Westinghouse, General Electric, Allied Chemical and International Nickel. Foremost in market discussion was President Roosevelt's stand against wage reductions as a means to lower prices for manufactured goods and industrial materials. Brokers said it seemed to increase the nervousness of shareholders over profit-making pros- pects. Earning reports now appear- ing showing severe shrinkage in profits in the last three months of 1937 also were seen as an important selling factor. Transactions on the stock exchange in the first hour were 580,000 shares, exceeding the total for the full session yesterday. Most bonds and commodi- ties also were lower. TWO FLYERS KILLED IN SCOTT FIELD CRASH Men Are Tentatively Identified as Navy Officer and Aviation Cadet. By the Associated Press. BELLEVILLE, Ill, Jan. 26.—Two men tentatively identified as Lt. Comdr. Emile Chourre, U. 8. N, of San Diego, Calif.,, and Aviation Cadet Michael J. Ola, were killed today when their plane struck a mooring mast at Scott Field, near here. ‘The ship was coming in for a land- ing at the Army’s former lighter-than- air base. It struck the 250-foot mast at the top, ripped off a wing and crashed about 250 yards away. There was no fire. Both men were dead when soldiers reached the wreckage. Lt. Comdr. Chourre, about 45, was said to have been stationed as an in- spector at an aircraft company which has been manufacturing planes for the Navy. o — TICKET MIX-UP NETS TRACK EMPLOYE $2,860 B) the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26.—Lonnie Gray, seller of $10 tickets at the Santa Anita race track, punched out five No. 5 tickets—on Bright Mark. The customer insisted he had been misunderstood, demanding five tick- ets on No. 6. The ticket seller thus was stuck with five $10 tickets on No. 5. In a photo finish Bright Mark won and paid $114.40. Gray eollected $3,- 860, T — The striped bass are so numb from | The only in Washington wit] evening paper the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. s Associated Pre: ATTORNEY MILLER MUST FACE COURT Cited to Show Cause Whyj He Should Not Be Held in Contempt. Robert I. Miller, Washington at- | torney and sportsman, was cited today by Judge John P. McMahon to appear before the Police Court Board of Judges on February 2 at 1:30 pm. to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court and suspended or disbarred from practice in Police Court. Judge McMahon's action was taken on petition of the Special Grievance Committee for Police Court of the District Bar Association, which charged that the attorney brought a “false” telegram into court while de- fending a woman charged with larceny several months ago. ‘While Attorney Miller was defending Rose Holzer he took the woman into court on March 1. it was set forth, and had her plead guilty on three charges or larceny. At that time, it was said, the defendant was released on her per- sonal recognizance for appearance for sentence on May 6. Continuance Obtained. On May 6, the petitioners said, At- torney Miller appeared in court and secured a continuance until the next day on the assurance his client was not in the city. The petitioners said they believed the attorney's repre- sentations were falsely made and his client on that day had been in his office. On the following day. it was charge Mr. Miller brought into court a tel gram purportedly signed by his client be in Washington on account of sick- ness. Doctor’s certificate will follow.” | Messages Declared False. | The committee charged that the of Mr. Miller for the purpose of de- ceiving the court. The committee, headed by Austin F, Canfleld, includes Attorneys William A. Gallagher, George Monk and Frank- lin Yasmer. Mr. Miller is the third lawyer who has been cited to appear before the board of judges on recom- mendation of the committee. The two other attorneys, along with two bonds- board. o CARDOZO INTENTION TO RETIRE RUMORED President Has Urged Justice to Delay Any Decision Until After Recovery, Is Report. By the Associated Press. A usually well-informed authority said today Justice Cardozo had noti- fled President Roosevelt informally of an intention to retire from the Su- preme Court, but that the Chief Exec- utive had urged him to remain. The justice, before he became seri- ously ill, was reported to have sent word to the President through friends that he believed his health would not permit him to serve longer. Mr. Roosevelt was described as hav- ing proposed that Justice Cardozo withhold action until he recovers and then determine whether he feels in shape to continue. There has been talk among his friends in Congress of passing a spe- cial act to give him full retirement benefits. The New Yorker has served only since 1932 and so would not be eligible for retirement pay under the present law, which requires 10 years’ service. Retirement rumors also have circu- lated about Justice Brandeis and Mc- Reynolds. One report in congressional circles said they have agreed to go off together at some indefinite date. Neither has made any public com- ment. REED IN SENATE RACE Former Kansas Governor Won't Be a “Rubber Stamp.” PARSONS, Kans, Jan. 26 (#).— Former Gov. Clyde M. Reed, Parsons publisher, formally entered the race for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate today and sald if elected he would not & ‘rubber- stamp’ at any time for ‘anybody.” Reed, Kansas Governor from 1929- 1931, seeks the office now held by Sen- ator George McGill, Democrat, who hu:'.mdluud he would seek re-eles- ( in New York, which said, “Unable to | | telegram was false and had been pre- | pared and transmitted at the instance | men, are awaiting a decision from the | THREE CENTS. PARED §1.017,380, D.C. APPROPRIATION BILL 1 REPORTED $45,827,322 to Support City Government in 1939 Recommended. REDUCTION OF DEFICIT TO $1,972,500 SEEN Provision for Power Survey Is One of Several Surprise Suggestions. By JAMES E. CHINN, A slash of $1,517,380 in District ap- propriations from 1939 estimates of the Budget Bureau was recommended to the House today by the District Appropriation Committee in reporting the 1939 appropriation bill. Altogether, the supply bill calls for appropriations of $45,8827,322 to sup- port the municipal government in the 1939 fiscal year, of which $5,000,000 would constitute the Federal payment. The total recommended is just $361,= 746 more than appropriated for the current year. Under the bill the net anticipated budget deficit in the coming fiscal year would be reduced to a new low of $1,972,500. The irony of this situation is that at the same time the appropriation bill was reported, the Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee of the District Legisla- tive Committee of the House was at work behind closed doors perfecting a revenue bill that ‘would saddle on taxpayers in the new fiscal year an additional tax burden of $8,000,000 or $10,000000—far more than |is needed to keep the District out of the red. Power Survey Approved. A surprise element in the appropria- tion bill was provision for steps toward possible development of a municipally- owned and operated power plant. An item of $15,000 for a survey of the city’s power needs by the Federal Power Commission was approved. Some of the other unexpected pro- visions of major import in the bill provide for: Hospitalization in the future of all child patients now cared for at the Gallinger Hospital in Children's Hos- pital. Re-establishment of the long-vacant i office of people's counsel. Sixty thousand dollars for prep- aration of plans for a new cel | public library to be located on a site in the Municipal Center area on Penn- sylvania avenue between John Mare shall place and Sixth street N.W, facing the Mellon Art Gallery. Autoists to Pay for Light. As previously intimated, the eom- mittee carried out its plans to place the expense of maintaining the street- lighting bill of $765,000 in the coming fiscal year on automobile owners, The bill specifically provides that the cost of street lights shall be borne by the gasoline tax instead of the general revenue fund as in the past. Fears have been expressed that such a move would constitute diversion of gasoline tax revenues and jeopardize an allotment of Federal highway aid funds, estimated to range from $650,~ 000 to $750.000. School Budget Hit. The public school budget, as usual, bore the brunt of the intensive prun- | ing process. A total of $636,000, most of which | Supt. Frank W. Ballou wanted to | employ additional teachers, was | lopped off, in addition to $25,000 for the purchase of fuel. The commite tee cut into the fuel bill on the ground that school custodial employes are inefficien and waste that much money every year. Other reductions, but not quite so large, were scattered in various branches of the municipal service. An item of $210,000, which the Budget Bureay recommended for pur- chase of & site for the proposed National Guard armory, was elim- inated, together with $200,000 for in- stallation of a new trunk line water main in M street and $8100 for increasing the nursing service in the Health Department. Police Department Benefits. ‘The committee, however, was more liberal with the Police Department. It not only provided $500,000 to begin construction of a new $1,500,000 headquarters building in the muni- cipal center, but authorized Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown to go ahead to the extent of $10,000 in restoring the old second precinct station in the heart of Washington's socalled “erime area.” And, in addition, it increased Maj. Brown's “confidential fund from $2,000 to $10,000 so he will be able to employ more “undercover men” to (See D. C. BILL, Page A-6.) FORD OFFICERS CITE 23% DROP IN SALES Fall in Business, Not Anti-Union Policy, Called Reason for Non-Employment. By the Assoctated Press. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26.—Witnesses at & National Labor Relations Board hearing told today how & 23 per cent decline in the national sale of Ford automobiles in the last six months had affected production and employment at the company's Bt. Louis plant. The testimony of Thomas W. 8kin- ner of Detroit, assistant general sales manager, and Milton N. Johnson, manager of the St. Louis plant, was intended to establish that present business conditions, and not the com- pany’s alleged anti-union policy, pre- vented the reinstatement of many old employes. 4 Ford business increased greatly in the first six months of 1937, Skinner said, but a gradual decline began in July. By November sales were about 50 per cent under the same month in 1936, he asserted.