Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1938, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy: probably occasional show= ers tonight and tomorrow; slightly warm- er tonight; Monday probably fair and cooler. Temperatures today—Highest, 76, at noon; lowest, 62, at 6 a.m.; 70 at 1 p.m. Full report on page A-2. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 14 86th YEAR. No. RED FLAG RASED ABOVE FACTORES N NORTH FRANCE Daladier’s Resignation Is| Demanded by 14,000 Textile Strikers. WORK WEEK EXTENSION PROTESTED BY 150,000 | Labor Urged to Remain Calm in Face of Czechoslovak-German Crisis, However. BACKGROUND— New Franch labor troubles have arisen out of Premier Daladier's abandonment of the 40-hour week in defense and allied industrics. Workers have been urged to defy the cabinet decree issued several days ago. Daladier secks to spur defense in face of big German mobilization for army maneuvers. By tae Acsociated Press. PARIS, Sept. 3.—Thousands of workers occupied textile mills in the Amiens region of Northern France today in the first of a series of strikes threatened by French labor to force the cabinet to “respect labor laws.” Chanting “Daladier (Premier Edouard Daladier) Resign!"” 14,000 workers took possession of the build- ings and raised Red flags over 24 factories in Amiens and Abbeville after hasty arbitration efforts of the government—worried also by the in- ternational situation—failed. 150,000 at Mass Meetings. Labor leaders estimated 150,000 workers throughout France jnined in mass meetings last night, protesting against Daladier's extension of the work week beyond the legal 40-hour limit in industries outside those work- ing for the national defense. The main demonstration was con- ducted in Paris, where Leftist labor leaders reiterated their suppori for any workers refusing to work the “illegal” additional hours ordered by government decree. A hopeful note was seen, however, in the fact that most of the speeches urged the workers to remain calm in view of the Czech-German crisis and declared labor had never raised obstacles to the increase of production for national defense. Strikers Reduced Temporarily. Representatives of the Labor Minis- try, fearing that 500,000 workers would make good their threats to strike un- less they got satisfaction on pay and collective contract demands, were able to cut the number of Amiens strikers from 14,000 to 2,500—but only tem- porarily. Soon after the short-lived arbitra- tion efforts, all the employes walked out again. Demonstrators paraded with banners demanding that premier ‘respect the social resign.” Five hundred armed Mobile guards and 600 police were alert against di orders. Train Strike in Lille. At Lille 800 street car workers re- mained on strike for the re-employ- ment of 37 discharged laborers. The French cabinet met yesterday in a 2!, hour session devoted mostly to the international situation, Constant interviews have been go- Ing on with diplomats at the foreign office. During the conferences For- eign Minister Georges Bonnet was faid to have gone little farther than to express “France's warm hope of peaceful settlement of the cris Political observers said they be- lieved European tension arising from the Czech-Nazi dispute over minority rights was slightly relaxed. YOUTH AND 2 WOMEN KILLED IN FLOODS Colorado Town Is Left a Muddy Morass of Crushed Buildings. Damage Is Heavy. By the Associated Press. DENVER. Sept. 3.—Cloudburst-fed &treams roaring out of the Rockies in Northern Colorado drowned two women and a boy, swept through three communities and continued to rise to- | dav. The resort town of Morrison, 15 miles southwest of Denver, was left a muddy morass of crushed buildings by a flood that rolled down Bear Creek and Mount Vernon Canyon. The bodies of a woman and a boy about 8 were recovered from Bear Creck near Morrison. Mrs. Walter Boyd. about 30, wife of 8 physician at Louisville, Colo.. drowned when the couple’s automobile plunged into Coal Creek, 2 miles east of Louisville Residents of Morrison estimated damage would run into millions, Several motorists hastily abandoned their automobiles and fled for higher ground when they heard the flood- waters approaching, and said they saw their machines carried into the churning river. Morrison has a permanent popula- tion of about 110. Sheriff Richart said he believed “15 or 20" bridges were carried away by @Coal Creek and Rock Creek. At Erie, about seven miles northeast of Louisville, Coal Creek rose 3 feet, forcing the evacuation of a score or more families in the coal mining com- | munity of 1,000. The floods paralyzed highway traffic throughout most of North Central Colorado, U. S., Australia Plan Pact. SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 3 (#).— Premier Joseph A. Lyons indicated today United States-Australian trade treaty discussions had reached a point where it was hoped a formal basis for negotiations would “be found at no distant date.” 4 34,458. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Ry the Associated Press. Army pursuit plane from Langley Field, Va., crashed into a three-room house near here today and injured three of the eight occupants in a fog {and rain that forced down 11 other pursuit planes in this vicinity. One of the 11 was slightly damaged. The planes, flying from Langley Field to Montgomery, Ala. left their | base about 2 am. today. The three occupants of the wrecked plane bailed out before the crash and were reported not hurt. The names on the wrecked plane’s plate were | Comdr. L. P. Beverly, Aerial Gunner C. 8. Downer and C. L. Guyer, | left the scene for an unannounced | destination before reporters arrived. | Six-year-old Fred Lee Ganns was the most seriously injured when the | plane plummeted through the roof of | Share-cropper Harry B. Gann's house | about 6 a.m. | His brother, 9-year-old Donald, and the father suffered minor cuts. Some ch REIDSVILLE, N. C., Sept. 3.—An! They | WASHINGTON, Part Pilotless Plane Crashés On Farmhouse, Injuring Three Gas Tank of Army Craft Em pty—Throe' in Crew Bailed Out—11 Others Forced Down in Fog and Rain. of the household members were in bed at the time. ‘The pilotless plane whirled to earth through a clump of poplar trees in the front yard of Mr. Gann's home and part of the wreckage was left in the trees, thus breaking the fall on the house. The wings, rudder and piston heads crashed through the roof and front part of the house. Part of the wreckage was found more than 150 feet to the rear The gas tank was empty. | Maj. R. L. Maugham, flight com- | mander, said that after the 12 planes | had been out an hour 3 gof lost in the rain and fog. He said they flew | the beacons looking for a place ,to |land, but because of the low ceiling they could see neither the ground nor each other. | Harry Gann said the plane crashed into his house like a thunderclap from a clear sky. He said that for several minutes he did not know what hap- pened, so sudden was the impact and | | so great the confusion as members | [of his household dashed around in a I'wild stampede. LAW WITHORAMWS N KNP HONT Officials Believed Acting to | Permit Rancher to Make | Contact. INSURGENTS OPEN B, BRO ATTACK Offensive Begun With Heavy | Bombardment of All Parts of Line. i (Pictures on page A-2.) | By the Associated Press. | YUBA CITY, Calif., Sept. 3.—Fed- eral and State forces were abruptly withdrawn from the hunt for kid- napers of Mrs. W. R. Meeks in what | observers suggested today might be a move to permit her abductors to make a contact with her orchardist husband. | Shortly after Gov. Frank Merriam recalled 120 National Guardsmen and 100 State highway patrolmen, N. J. L. | Pieper, Federal Bureau of Investiga- | tion chief from San Francis an- | ! nounced that the F. B. I. was with- | drawing from the case. | “There is no evidence thus far” | | Mr. Pieper said, “of the violation of | any Federal law. I am v.-it.hdrnw‘mgj |F. B. 1. men from the case, but the | facilities of our office will be open.” | | The “G-nfen” withdrew just 24 hours | after Mr. Meeks reported two roughly dressed men had kidnaped his 55- year-old wife, demanding $15,000 ran- | | som. Ranchers’ who had joined in yes- terday’s extensive hunt for the trace of the kidnapers of Mrs. Meeks' body | expressed belief outside law agents withdrew to permit the abductors to give Meeks details of how to pay the ransom Fears for Woman's Life. Sheriff Bert Ullrey., who again as- sumed full charge of the hunt, ex- pressed fear for the life of Mrs. Meeks, whom, he said, was in the hands of | desperate men. | “We are hoping that our search does | yield the body of Mrs. Meeks,” he “but there is a possibility that o Mr. Meeks, who said he could not raise $15,000 even if he sold his ranch and all his other possessions, was | quoted by Sheriff Ullrey as saying the | two men accosted him and his wife about midnight Thursday, shortly after the departure of some guests. ‘ One man was armed, Mr. Meeks related, and the pair bound the couple, ransacked the house, then carried Mrs. Meeks outside and departed with her | in the ranchers’ automobile, which was found abandoned in Marysville, 12 | les away, several hours later. | “Unless you pay $15,000 by midnight Saturday youwll never see your wife | again,” Meeks said one of the | abductors told him. “We'll contact you in a couple of | days for that $15,000.” | | Had “Oklahoma Accent.” Mr. Meeks described the men as| speaking with an “QOklahoma accent,” | which Sheriff Ullrey said might indi- cate they were here for the fruit har- vest along with hundreds of other migrants from dust bowl areas. Discovery yesterday of some burned | clothing and a torn piece of stained | pillow slip in a dry river bottom was discredited by National Guardsmen, | who found the articles as being con- | nected with Mrs. Meeks’ disappearance. | Finding of tire marks and shoe | prints beneath a bridge near the ranch home was investigated on the theory they migzht mark the spot where | | the woman was transferred to a sec- ond automobile before the Meeks car was abandoned. Federal agents refused to disclose | whether they found fingerprints of | |any value on the rancher's recovered | automobile. | Sheffield, Ex-Envoy, Dies. | SARANAC INN, N. Y., Sept. 3 (#).— James Rockwell Sheffield, 74, Ambas- | sador to Mexico from 1924 to 1927 and | special Ambassador to Venezuela in 1930, died here last night. BACKGROUND— Fighting in Spain stalemated on their principal jronts since insur- gents failed to recover territory captured by Loyalists in offensives across Ebro and Segre Rivers in July. Loyalists later halted rebel adrvance toward Almaden, mercury mining center, in Southwest Spain. By the Associated Press. HENDAVYE. France, Sept. 3—Span- ish insurgent forces launched a new attack on government positions today on all sectors of the Ebro front in Southern Catalonia. The new offensive began with a heavy bombardment of the govern- ment's lines by insurgent planes and | artillery. Insurgent advices said Gen. Fran- cisco Franco’s infantry charged under | the protective barrage and captured & number of the government's first line trenches. | Government casualties were high, the insurgents said, and many pris- oners were taken. ‘The government’s southern army, commanded by Gen. Jose Asensio, was reported to have launched a new of-| fensive on the Estremadura front in the southwest after a lull of several days. The militiameny who halted the insurgent drive on that southwestern front with a counter-offensive two weeks ago. apparently were trying to | wear down the insurgents by striking first in one sector and then another in a series of swift attacks. They made little, if any, headway, however. Government communiques reported only isolated successes, all of | which were promptly denied by the insurgents. Both sides were said to be strength- ening their defenses on all fronts, building new observation posts and moving up supplies. British Strengchen Force. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 3 (#.—The arrival” of the werld's biggesc| warship, the British battle cruiser Hood; six other warships and five seaplanes was officially announced to- day. The activities of Spanish in- surgent warships near here have been causing the British concern. The other ships are the battle cruiser Repulse, the destroyers Im- pulsive, Intrepid and Icarus and the submarines Thames and Sea Lion. They were accompanied from the vicinity of Malta by five fiying boats | of the 228th General Reconnaissance Squadron. They were expected to ar- | rive this afternoqp. The London Sfi‘um.y said the Hood | probably would lay off Tangier sev-| eral days because of a “spot of bother” | in the Strait of Gibraltar, where four | Spanish insurgent vessels engaged the | government destroyer Jose Luis Diez in battle August 27. The Jose Luis Diez was crippled and 26 men were killed aboard her. SEWING MACHINE HELD Handbook Raiders Say Owner Can Have It, Win or Lose. CHICAGO, Sept. 3 (#).—The State attorney’s police possessed a sewing machine today as a result of the cur- rent raids on handbooks. It was found by ax-wielding officers yesterday while they were chopping up the furnishings of the 46th hand- book raided during the last fortnight. It was tagged: “Personal loan. Lady $2.” 4t. Thomas Kelly said the woman can have her sewing machine if she can prove it's hers, whether she won the race bet or not. Crisfield Mayor | Bx the Associated Press. CRISFIELD, Md. Sept. 3.—Mayor William E. Ward of Crisfield declared today there would be no official re- ception for President Roosevelt when he arrives here Monday for a cam- paign swing on the Eastern Shore in behalf of Representative David J. Lewis, New Deal candidate for the Democratic senatorial nomination. Mayor Ward, a Republican, was| elected last January. “If Mr. Roosevelt was coming to ' Roosevelt, Coming as Politician (Other Maryland political news on Page .{»ZJ Will Ignore Crisfield as President of the United States, I would be only too glad to meet him and extend the hospitality of the city due the occupant of that great office,” the Mayor said. “But Mr. Roosevelt is coming to the Eastern Shore as a politician and 50 I am not going to pay any atten- tion to him. B “There isn’t going to be any deco- ration of the town either, unless somebody wants to pay for it out of his own pocket.” D. C., SATURDAY, of the house. ! ful discussions about the next | July 7. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION HENLEIN'S ACCORD WITH FUEHRER 1S CLOSELY GUARDED | Hitler Believed to Have Ordered Firm Stand *on Demands. SHIFT TO MODERATION PLACED UNDER DOUBT :Continued Nazi Press Campaign Deemed Sign Peace Was Not Decided On. | BACKGROUND— | Konrad Henlein, leader of au- tonomy-seeking Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia, went ta Berch- tesgaden Thursday to confer with Adolf Hitler, his protector. Field Marshal Goering and pther Ger- man generals present. Henlein and Hitler held second secret confer- ence yesterday, after which Henlein returned to Praha. By the Associated Press. BERCHTESGADEN, Germany, Sept. | —The supposition persisted today that Adolf Hitler told the leader of Nazis in Czechoslovakia to insist on official recognition of national social- | ism by the Czech government. | SEPTEMBER 3, 1938—TWENTY-EIGHT ¢ Foening Star GOODBYE, OLFELLOW. YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT HELP To ME THUS FAR. The only‘ evening paper in Washington witg the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. PAGES. ## (Some retu; (#) Mean: i 4 I i i\ N PUSH PROSECUTION Hitler kept his counsel about de- | cisions he arrived at in conferences | Thursday and Friday with Konrad Henlein, leader of the autonomy-seek- ing, Nazi-supported Sudeten German minority in the neighbor country. So did Henlein. So, also, did other Nazi officials who attended the fate- step in the Czech-German dispute about | minority rights. | Fuehrer Unknown Quantity. Officials shrugged their shoulders when asked about the Berchtesgaden consultations. There was much spec- ulation which ended with, always an unknown quantity Fuehrer.” It was said, howev if Hitler advised moderation in dispute he had reversed his attitude because he has been opposed to com- promise, It was considered extremely signifi- cant that the anti-Czech press cam- paign the controlled Nazi press has waged the past months continued un- abated today. Close followers of the present crisis and previous similar | campaigns point out with assurance that had Henlein and Hitler arrived | at a complete decision to make peace with the Praha government the at- | tacks would have ceased today. Believed Stieking to Program. | It seemed logical to assume Hitler advised the Sudeten spokesman to | stick to his eight-point program enun- ciated April 24 and demanding, in brief, complete freedom in Sudeten German districts to subscribe to Nazi ideology. To the Czech government that would mean official recognition of Naziism in Czechoslovakia. | Millions of Germans failed today to | find answers in their newspapers this morning to the question they, like millions elsewhere in Europe have been asking—exactly what is the Hitler- Henlein accord on the Sudeten Ger- man problem? There was only vesterday's curt announcement that the two leaders had an intimate discussion of the situ- | ation in the seclusion of the chancel- | lor's imposing mountain home in the mountains above Berchtesgaden, and had “complete accord in their judg- ment of the situation.” ‘ Fear “Saturday Surprise.” Those who had expected an ameli- oration today asked themselves how long the tension would continue and whether they could expect another “Saturday Ssurprise” like the an-| nouncement of German rearmament, remilitarization of the Rhineland or (See CZECHS, Page A-3) Slayer Ruled Insane. MARTINEZ, Calif, Sept. 3 (P).— | | Superior Judge A. F. 3ray adjudged | Mrs. Emile Reinecker, 49, innocent | by reason of insanity after hearing | testimony yesterday that she shot and | killed her 76-year-old invalid mother 7 -~ Mrs. Reinecker said fear that she | had an incurable disease and would | be “sent away." leaving her mother, | Mrs. Marie Renkwitz, destitute, led | her to commit the deed. N PRISON BAINE | Attorney to Ask Grand Jury to Indict Warden and 13 on Jury Finding. By the Acsociated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 3.—The Commonwealth took prompt steps to- day to “prosecute vigorously” two Phil- adelphia County Prison executives and 12 subordinates charged by a coroner’s jury with “criminal negligence” in the sweat-box cell deaths of four convicts Assistant District Attorney John A. Boyle, who directed the State's inves- tigation of the "baking alive” of the prisoners in a “Klondike” punishment pen two weeks ago, announced he would ask a grand jury next week to indict the 14, including two physicians. A specially selected jury of four bus- iness men and two club women, at the conclusion of a three-day inquest yes- terday. found these persons were re- | sponsible: | Warden Willlam B. Mills, Deputy | Warden Frank A. Craven, Capt. of Guards James McGuire, Dr. George Enoch and Dr. Hans Abrahams, prison physicians, and Guards Alfred W.| Brough, Francis Smith, Edward Cork- ery, Samuel James, Thomas Cava- naugh, John Mulhern, Sylvester Weaver, William Staines and Robert Morrow. Mr. Mills. Mr. Craven and most ofi the others were arrested immediately. All were held for the grand jury. Bail for the warden and his deputy was fixed at $10,000 each, while that for | others was less. | The jury exonerated Guard Sergt.| James Hart. accused by Mills and Craven of giving—without authority— the order that sent steam hissing into & battery of radiators lining the pun- ishment block corridor. | RAILROAD REHIRES 1,200 New York Central to Put Men to | auditors and examine the agency's| Work in Indianapolis Shops. CINCINNATI, Sept. 3 (# —C. S. Millard, vice president of the New York Central Railroad, announced to- day that 1200 men would be put back to work in the Beach Grove shops at Indianapolis. Work will be resumed next Wed- nesday in the locomotive and pas- senger car shops. The reopening of the shops, Mr. Millard reported, is due to an accumulation of maintenance | and repair work. — British Comedian Dies. LONDON, Sept. 3 (#).—Bert Coote, | British comedian who panicked United ! States audiences at the end of the| last century with the vaudeville sketch, “A Lamb on Wall Street,” died las night at his London home. He was 70. Summary of Today's Star Page. | A9 Page. Amusements B-12 Church News A-6-7 _ B-10-11 Editorials 8 Financial . _A-14 Garden Page A-11 Lost & Found B-5 Obituary _._.A-4 FOREIGN. Insurgents launch big attack along Ebro front. Page A-1 Henlein's accori with Fuehrer is closely guarded. Page A-1 French strikers seize textile factories at Amiens. Page A-1 Chinese power sets Japanese back on heels. Page A-3 Jewish purge already begun in Italian schools. 3 Page A-3 5,000 Japanese land on Yangtze bank. Page A-3 Easing of war fever doubted as sure change for better. Page A-5 Radio Real Estate B-1-2-3-4 Short Story-. A-4 Society .. A-10 Sports ___A-12-13 Women's Features __A-11 Comics NATIONAL. F. B. I gnd State withdraw from Cali- fornia kidnap hunt. Page A-1 Steps taken to prosecute 14 in prison “bakings.” Page A-1 Foreign trouble holds Roosevelt in Capital. Page A-3 WASHINGTON AND NEARBY. Welkhted body from river identified as Fort Belvoir goldier. Page A-1 Probable showers fail to daunt Labor Day week-enders. Page A-1 Lewis barnstorms prior to President’s Maryland visit. Page A-2 Tydings to reveal Roosevelt interfer- ence views of 1930. _ Page A-2] New charges placed against Medical Society in G. H. A. row. Page A-16 Eight persons injured when fleeing liquor car crashes. Page A-16 Army air headquarters to be moved to Tlinois. Page A-16 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-8 This and That. Pagg A-8 Answers to Questions. Page_ A-8 Letters to The Star. Page A-8 Of Stars, Men and Atoms. Page. A-8 David Lawrence. Page A-9 ‘The Capital Parade. Page A-9 G. Gould Lincoln. Page A-9 Constantine Brown. Page_ A-9 Lemuel Parton. Page A-9 MISCELLANY. Nature's Children. Vital Statistics. Dorothy Dix. Cross-Word Puszle. _ Bedtime Story. Letter-Out. s Winning Contract. Page A-4 Page A-4 Page A-10 Page B-10 Page B-11 SPORTS. Bonura to A's for Moses is hinted as likely winter deal. Page A-12 Harry Saunders regains D. C. horseshoe pitching championship. Page A-12 Di Mag regains bat form as Ruffing hurls 20th victory. Page A-12 Aussies unfeazed by odds as Davis Cyp net battle starts. Page A-13 Ghezzi and Hogan shoot 28 under par to take golf lead. Page A-13 Redskins think they can win even with Baugh and Smith out. Page A-13 \ 15 Lose Relief Benefits After Drinking Liquor Mayor Finds Some in Tour Who Asked for Shoes. By the Associated Press. WOBURN, Mass, Sept. 3—The names of 15 relief regjpients today were ordered stricken “from welfare rolls after Mayor Willlam E. Kane, who several months ago fathered and then abandoned a cage-for-drunks plan, found them drinking in liquor establishments. Mr. Kane reported that in a per- sonal tour of 10 drinking places last night he found men and woman who were receiving relief drinking beer and highballs. Some of them, he said, had only recently filed applications for shoes for their children Mr. Kane, who dropped his cage-- for-drunks plan only after some ques- tion arose as to its legality, said he “didn’'t sneak up on any of these people.” “I walked right in the front doors," he said. DONAHEY RECESSES COMMITTEE ON T.V.A. Chairman Says He Could Charge ‘No Bad Faith Either to the Authority or Probers.' By the Associated Press. KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Sept. 3.—Its seven-week inquiry here closed, the T. V. A. Congressional Investigating Committee today was recessed subject to call, with its chairman, Senator Vie Donahey. Democrat, of Ohio, leav- ing behind the word that he could “charge no bad faith either to the Authority or to this committee " Prospects were, said Senator Dona- | hey, that the group would be recon- vened within the next two months at Washington to hear the report of power program. Before leaving for Washington, the chairman declared: “The T. V. A. has willingly brought us everything asked for—I can charge no bad faith either to the Authority or to this committee. For myself, I would say no organization spending such sums as have been spent could fail to make some mistakes. I am surprised that no more have been discovered.” Representative Wolverton, Repub- lican, of New Jersey said he woult remain in Knoxville several weeks “inquiring into matters we have not | touched upbn.' PHILCO PARLEY CALLED PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 3 (P).— Union representatives and officials of the Philadelphia Storage Battery Co., makers of Philco radios, calied a conference today 'for next Tuesday to aliscuss reopening of the company's plant, closed since May 1 by a strike. Three locals of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers voted last night to accept a new contract and re- turn to work. The agreement provides for wage cuts, job reclassification, a preferential shop and unlimited manu- facture of parts in the factory. ‘When operating at capacity produc- | tion the plant employes 13,000 workers. RIVER VICTINS BODY DENTIFIED Fingerprints Reveal Man Was Soldier on Duty at Fort Belvoir. The weighted body washed ashore near Fort Belvoir Thursday was identi- fied today as that of Pvt. Charles Slinkamp of Company D, 5th Engineer Corps, who had been A. W. O. L. from the military reservation since August 22. Identification was established through fingerprints by agents of the Federal Bureau of Identification. The prints were taken off the badly- decomposed body by Detective Sergt. | Russell A. Hawes of Alexandria, who took a special course in fingerprinting recently at the F. B. 1. Earlier, Sergi. Jud S. Johnson of Company D viewed the body at Wheatley's funeral home in Alexandria and stated he believed the dead man | was Pvt. Slinkamp. The partially- | amputated finger of the left hand and | | the lack of teeth corresponded, he said, with those features of the missing sol- dier. Investigation Continues. F. B. 1 agents and several officers | at the camp continued the investiga- | tion today to determine how the sol- dier came to his death. The body, when found on the shore |of the Potomac River, was Weighted | with a cast iron section of a manhole cover, which apparently came from the fort, Sergt. Johnson said. The weight was ‘secured about the man's neck with tent rope. Fairfax Coroner C. A. Ransom, who performed the autopsy, said the man could have committed suicide despite the fact there was no water in his lungs. The coroner explained that the repe wound twice about the man's neck was tied with a slip knot and that when the weight was released, the | force could have strangled the man before his head went under water. Transfer Had Been Denied. ‘ Pvt. Slinkamp recently had applied for a tour of duty in Hawaii, but the | transfer had been denied, due to his ill health. This had made him de- | spondent, friends at the fort said. The soldier had a service record of 22 years. He was 53. | Maj. H. R. Cole, post adjutant. ex- | plained that though Pvt. Slinkamp had been listed as absent from the fort ! since August 22, he was reported to | have spent Paturday night at the bar- | racks. Coroner Ransom said the body | apparently had been in the water for | at least four days. U. S. SHIP SETS MARK Tennessee's Main Batteries Fire ‘Plus-Perfect’ Score. SAN PEDRO, Calif., Sept. 3 (#)— The 14-inch main batteries of the bat- | tleship Tennessee fired a theoretically | “plus-perfect” score in short-range battle practice off San Clemente Island this week, Admiral Claude C. Bloch, | commander in chief of the fleet, said today. ‘The Tennessee's score was reported to have been materially above the all- time record established by the 16-imch turrets of the battleship West Virginia last year. Navy officials did not disclose scores 'of either the Tennessee or Virginia. Prospect of Showers Fails To Daunt Labor Day Plans A prospect of showers tonight and tomorrow failed to daunt the Labor Day week enders who were departing and arriving in Washington today in record numbers. ‘The closing of Federal departments on Labor Day gave thousands of Washington residents a long week end andan opportunity to visit nearby re- sorts for the final outing of the sum- mer season. A corresponding influx of sightseers was expected. The current forecast called for “mostly cloudy weather and probable occasional _showers tonight and to- morrow; Monday probably fair and cooler.” The low this morning was 62 degrees, the Weather Bureau re- ported. The sight-seeing business began to boom, yesterday and today as thou- sands of visitors arrived for the holi- day. The number of visitors this week end probably will double the total in 4 town last week, according to the best figures available. All highways from the city were pa- trolled by special details of police to- day to expedite the movement of the heawy traffic and to prevent seeidents. The patrols also will be on duty Mon- day to enforce the regulations among homeward-bound motorists. Calling attention to the heavy acci- dent tolls of Labor Day week ends in the past, three agencies joined hands in appealing to motorists to drive care- fully—the American Automobile Asso- ciation, the Keystone Automobile Club and the National Safety Council. Traffic by railway, bus and airplane also was heavy. The Pennsylvania- Central Airlines expected the best Labor Day business in its 12-year his- tory. The added attraction of the Air Races in Cleveland is increasing travel over the line, it was said. Some 175 extra sections have been added to ac- commodate the heavy traffic. ) Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 134,130 rns not yet received.) THREE CENTS. TEN FLYERS RACE FOR CLEVELAND AND BENDIX PRIZE New Record Predicted in $30,000 Cross-Country Flight—40,000 Watch. | THREE TO MAKE OHIO LEG NON-STOP TRIP Miss Cochran,Only Woman Entry, Flying Plane That Set New East-West Mark. (Picture on Page A-5.) By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Sept. 3—Ten planes sped toward Cleveland from Burbank, Calif., today in the eighth renewal of the Bendix. opening event of the National Air Races, They sought $30,000 in prizes— $20.000 for reaching Cleveland, $5,000 more for flying on to Bendix, N. J,, and $5000 for a Bendix transconti- nental record better than that of ‘9 hours, 35 minutes set last year by Frank Fuller. | Fuller, millionaire San FPrancisco | manufacturer and sportsman, was in today’'s race, too ay's The pilots took off from Burbank in this order (times given are East- ern standard): Ross Hadley, Los Angeles-4:47 am. | Max Constant, New York. 5:37 am. Jacqueline 6:13 am. John Hinchey and Charles Lajotte, | Los Angeles, 6:19 a.m. A. Paul Mantz, 6:25 am Frank Fuller, San Francisco, 7:10 am George 7:35 am Lee Gehlbach, New York, 8:08 am. Robert Perlick, Los Angeles, 8:15 a.m, Frank Cordova, New York, 8:43 a.m, Last year Fuller averaged 255 miles | @n hour across the country, reaching Cleveland in 7 hours 54 minutes. Officials freely predicted that speed records would be lowered. Cars were jammed for blocks around the Burbank airport, and estimates of ! the number of spectators ram as high as 40,000. Miss Cochran, piloting ship No. 13, was one of three entrants who hoped to reach Cleweland without a refuel- ing stop The others were Cordova in a Bellanca and Perlick in » Beechcraft. They pianned to fly at around 20.000 feet. The remaining seven. all flying the Southern route, expected to land for gasoline at El Paso. Texas, or Wichita, Kans, Elapsed Time Counts. Alexander P. de Seversky gave a hint of what could be expected today when he flew Jacqueline Cochran’s plane here from New York last Mon- day at an average of 260 miles an hour for a new East-West trans- continental record. While the FEast- West fiyers usually encounter head- winds, tailwinds aid the West-East Speedsters. Miss Cochran, the only woman in today's classic, placed third in 1937. She alone seeks the $2,500 women's prize. i The fastest elapsed time between here and Cleveland will determine the winner, who must cross the finish line at Cleveland Airport between 12 noon and 6 p.m. today. The winner to Cleveland gets $9.- 000, with four other prizes, in order, of $5.000, $3,000, $2.000 and $1,000. The winner to Bendix will get $1,000, and $5000 more if a new record is set. Second place pays $800 and third, $700. THREE DIE IN FIRE AFTER ROAD CRASH Baltimore Auto Driver Is Held Following Collision With | Truck in Delaware. By the Associated Press. NEWCASTLE, Del., Sept. 3 —Three unidentified men were burned to death today in the cab of a wrecked truck near here. | William C. Knight, 46, of Baltimore was placed under $5,000 bond in con- nection with the accident. Patrolman Walter Shaffer of the iDelnwnra State police said the truck Jnnd Knight's automobile were going | north on the Philadelphia road. Kitight's automobile was passing the | truck when the heavier vehicle left | the road, struck a power-line pole, { plunged into an embankment and | burst into flames. The truck's cab was telescoped into the front of the trailer body, trapping the three men in it. Flames enveloped | it immediately. ¥ The truck was so badly burned po- lice were unable to determine owner- ship immediately, but began a check of Virginia license plates attached to it. KNOXVILLE BEGINS USE OF T. V. A. ELECTRICITY Current Is Switched Into City at Midnight Without Break in Service. By the Associated Press. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 3.—More than 32,000 homes here#were energized today with T. V. A.-generated elec- tricity, marking the end of the city's five-year struggle for T. V. A. power. Current from the Norris transmis- sion lines was switched into the city last midnight, flowing through the system acquired by the city and T. V. A. yesterday in New York from the Tennessee Public Service Co. Factory whistles blew and sirens screamed ‘as the change-over was made without interruption of service. Knoxville is the first of the larger cities in the valley to acquire T. V. A. power and its “yardstick rates." Mayor Mynatt said operation by the city would result in an “annual saving to residents of about $1,035,000.” Cochran, New York, Los Angeles, | | Armistead, Los Angeles,