Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1940, Page 1

Weather Forecast Increasing cloudiness and today; tomorrow fair and continued cold continued cold. Temperatures yesterday—Highest, 35, at 4:30 pm.; lowest, 22, at 6 am. Pn-m% No. 1,827—No. 35,026. Within 2 Weeks Seen by British U-Boats Reported . Entering North Sea’ And Atlantic BERLIN EXPECTING Molotoff visit to forge Italian tie; belief persists in spite of Tass denial Soviet Pre- mier will make trip. Page A-5 EUROPE CELEBRATES Easter against war background; Jerusa- lem mecca of pilgrims; Pope Pius broadcasts message. Page A-12 REYNAUD MAPPING program to step up tempo of war; confers with ehiefs of army and navy and inner cabinet. Page A-14 FIRST BIG WAR USE of planes may be starting, savs Maj. Eliot; Scapa Flow and Sylt attacks be- lieved marking turning point. Page A-16 | By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 23.—The start of undersea warfare “on a scale un- dreamed of in the world war” within two weeks was declared probable by informed quarters in Britain today. German submarines were reported filtering through mine fields and allied surface patrols into the North Bea and Atlantic for a new wave of attacks on the British bread line that runs the breadth of the seven seas, A large number of U-boats were reported just outside Norwegian waters yesterday and a German submarine commander was quoted by a Norwegian fishing captain as saying German underseas craft soon would be as thick as fishing smacks in the North Sea waters. Many Built This Winter. Neutral naval officers in London said they believed “more than half” the new wave of submarines emerg- ing from the Kiel Canal into the North Sea had been built this winter. Informed German sources wsserted several weeks ago that.the Reich was completing one submarine ® day. Moreover, neutral officers asserted the crews probably were experienced’ and said that the almost general as- sumption in London that Germany i3 suffering a submarine crew short- 8ge probably is wrong. Informed quarters admitted that the wave of sinkings this week, when seven neutral merchantmen were sunk by submarines in two days, may prove to be the prelude to a general offensive under the seas. The British Navy faces its se- wverest test so far of the war, they said. Nevertheless Winston Church- ill, first Lord of the Admiralty, and his chief aides were represented as confident Britain has the ships to throttle the attack, and enough sub- marines of her own to strike back hard at the principal sea road re- maining open to Germany. Ore Carrier Torpedoed. ‘This route, from Scandinavia to Germany, over which the Reich’s ore ships carry iron for the Krupp and Skoda armaments forges, yes- terday was the scene of a British attack for the first time in the war. The German ore carrier, Hed- denheim, was torpedoed in the Kat- tegat off the Danish coast. While Germany may attempt to bring more submarines into action than in the World War, Britons said they are better prepared to resist. At the start of the war the Royal Navy had about 200 destroyers “list- ed,” besides special submarine chasers and other craft. Since then an extensive building program has added to this fleet, and the regular navy has been supplemented by a reserve fleet of converted merchant- men and trawlers especially equipped to hunt submersibles. < ‘The twenty-ninth week of the war, ending yesterday, brought verified reports of 15 ship sinkings, including 10 neutrals. Denmark alone lost 6 vessels to German U-boat attacks, representing 10,441 gross tons. Seven Danish seamen were killed and 56 reported missing. Observers ex- pressed belief the Nazis were at- tempting to scare the Danes into stopping vital dairy shipments to England. The new losses sent the known total for the war to 488 ships of 19 nations and the tonnage loss to 1,638,376. More than 3766 persons have lost their lives and 1484 have been listed as missing. Hanko Milifary Base Taken Over by Reds By the Associated Press. X HELSINKI, March 23.—Russian officers took over the vital Finnish * military base at Hanko today. Only one Finnish liaison officer remained in the entire Hanko area. An official Finnish communique syid the last civillans—the technical staffs of the electric and water plants—left Hanko at noon. “The last Finnish military po- Mce authorities departed at mid- night March 22,” said the commu- nique announcing official “cession” of the territory under a 30-year Jease in the Finnish-Russian peace treaty. The territory was turned over to Russia in a formal ceremony at the town halk Garner Delegates File in California By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 23. —More than enough signatures to qualify a slate of Garner-for-Presi- dent delegates on the May 7 presi- dential primary ballot were flled with the Secretary of State today. A slate of delegates, having the support of Gov. Culbert Olson and ted Btates Wes dotalis ‘on Fate Ak u report. List of ‘Candidates’ For Commissioner Continues to Grow By DON 8. WARREN. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, veteran District auditor and budget officer, who for many years has been & key official in the municipal setup, ap- peared last night as a “likely” choice s successor to Commissioner George E. Allen, who will relinquish his post April 15, according to talk in politi- cal circles about town. It was emphasized there has been no commitment made so far and that there is a growing list of names being proposed for appointment to the $9,000 commissionership, several of whom, it was said, are gaining strong backing. Prominently listed among other “possibilities”, were Coleman Jen- nings, a past president of the Wash- ington Community Chest; Ringgold Hart, an attorney in private practice here, who formerly served as as- sistant corporation counsel of the District; Richmond B. Keech, vice chairman of the Public Utilities Commission; Sefton Darr, a past e Sundoy Shap ‘WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 24, 1940,—114 PAGES. i i Auditor Donovan Believed - Blg Sub Drive Likely to Succeed Allen MAJ. DANIEL J. DONOVAN. president of the District Bar Asso- ciation, who now is actively identi- fied with the District suffrage cam- paign; John Locher, president of " (See DONOVAN, Page A-5) Preserve New Deal By Choosing Garner, Sheppard Asks Party Vice President’s Record Cited as Two States Await Primary. Test By G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator Sheppard of Texas, him- self an ardent New Dealer, last night made a Nation-wide appeal to Democrats to nominate Vice Pres- ident Garner for President. Speaking over the air, Senator Sheppard said: “It should be obvious that the work of this administration ought to be perpetuated, in order that the liberal objectives remaining may be attained. “Clearly, then, the people should devote the most careful thought to the problem of choosing the best qualified man to succeed our pres- ent great President.” Describing Vice President Garner as a practical liberal, “closely iden- tified with the liberal program of the past few years, who has had that length of experience in gov- ernmental affairs which alone can provide the perspective needed to orient that program into the basic ideals of the American democricy,” Senator Sheppard pointed out that Garner was elected on the same ticket with President Roosevelt in 1932 and in 1936. Wisconsin Primary to Be Test. A week from next Tuesday, the supporters of Vice President Gar- ner and the supporters of a third- term nomination for President Roosevelt will clash at the polls in the Wisconsin presidential pref- erential primary. This will be fol- lowed a week later by a similar contest in the Illinois primary. In neither of these States has the President, on his own initiative, entered the primaries against Mr..| Garner. He has simply refrained from withdrawing his name. The third-termers are seeking in these contests, without having had any definite statement from the Presi- ident that he will run again, to flatten beyond resuscitation the candidacy of Vice President Garner. ‘The speech made by Senator Sheppard last night is the first that has been broadcast nationally in the interest of Mr Garner’s candidacy since last December. At that time Mr. Garner announced his uncon- ditional candidacy, and E. B. Ger- many, Garner manager and Demo- cratic State chairman of Texas, made a brief radio talk extolling the Vice President. No Speeches by Garner. The Vice President himself has made no speeches whatever—and it does not appear that he will do so— in this pre-convention campaign. He has written several letters and tele- grams to supporters in various States holding preferential primaries that his name could be entered. Beyond that he has not gone. President Roosevelt, on the other hand, while also making no speeches regarding the presidential nomination, has not given any public authorization - to the entry of his name into the pri- maries. Nevertheless, it has been entered. Just when the New Deal third- termers had reached the conclusion that the bandwagon wheels were turning well and rapidly for a re- nomination of the President, Post- master General Farley last week threw a monkey wrench. He an- nounced he was a candidate “with- out reservation.” Whether this is interpreted as meaning that Mr. Farley will run in opposition to President Roosevelt if the latter becomes a candidate for the presidential nomination, or as meaning that the President has de- termined not to'run, it can only be regardel as a check to the third- term draft idea. Since Mr. Farley's statement in Springfield, Mass, no prominent New Dealer has come forward to attack the Postmaster General. It may be a lull before the storm, or it may be that the New Dealers are not anxious to bring about a devas- tating break between themselves and the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. . Secretary of the Interior Ickes, who has been one of the prime movers in the third-term movement, spoke of Mr. Farley most kindly at & press conference immediately fol- lowing Mr. Farley's “without reser- vation” statement. Yesterday it was a prominent New Dealer and third-term boomer, Senator Guffey, Democrat, of Penn- sylvania who took up the cudgels for Mr, Farley after Senator Van Nuys of Indiana had demanded Mr. Far- former United States Senator Wil- liam Gibbs McAdoo, already has “been filed in favor of a third term for President Roosevelt. ley retire from the chairmanship of the national committee. “T see no reason whatever for Jim {Gontinued on Page A%, Ookumn 43 ‘./‘ A ¥ Veto Hinfed if Trade Pact Rafification Plan Is Voted Harrison Will Open Senate Fight Over Issue Tomorrow BACKGROUND— In 1937 Congress extended to June 12, 1940, administration’s authority to megotiate reciprocal trade agreements without Senate ratification. Opposition to low- tariff aspects of pacts grew last summer, - chiefly in agricultural West. President Roosevelt em- phasized need for program as Jactor in foundation of any world Ppeace. By J. A. O'LEARY. The reciprocal trade program ex- tension bill faces possibility of a presidential veto if its opponents succeed in making the agreements subject to Senate ratification, well informed Senate sources predicted yesterday. As both sides marshaled forces to begin the Senate fight on the issue tomorrow, however, administration leaders believe they have the votes to defeat the ratification amendment which will be the storm center of the debate. The line-up on ratification ad- mittedly is close, but informal polls place the margin, at from three to | seven votes against such an amend- ment. Even if the advocates of rati- fication should turn the tide during | the 10 days or two weeks of debate, the restrictive amendment still would have to go through the House, which rejected a similar motion, 177 to 157. The House vote on final passage was 216 to 168. If Senate ratification of future agreements should be required, the administration would have little to lose by a veto, since such an amend- ment would make the resolution, in effect, a mere invitation to the State Department to recommend agree- ments to the - Senate, which the President could do anyway under the Constitution. Describing the present law, under which trade agreements are worked | out by direct negotiation with other nations, as preferable to the “log rolling” of congressional tariff bilis, Senator Norris, Independent, of Ne- braska, declared a Senate ratifica- tion amendment would kill the pro- gram for all practical purposes. Re- calling that it would take a two- thirds vote to ratify the agreements in the Senate, the veteran Nebras- kan said: “It never would be possible to satisfy two-thirds of the Senate. The agreements would bring on almost perpetual debate.” Harrison - to Open Debate. Chairman Harrison of the Semate Finance Committee is prepared to open the debate tomorrow. He will be field marshal for the ddministra- tion forces in their battle to pass without restrictive amendments the resolution already approved by the House, extending the authority to make trade agreements for three more years. Without the pending resolution the Trade Agreement Act would expire June 12, Senate Minority Leader McNary contended yesterday the advocates of requiring ratification - have a chance of winning. He said: “The amendment most likely of adoption will be the one calling for Senate ratification, and from present polls the vote is exceedingly close and leaning slightly toward its adoption.” Senator Pittman, Democrat, of Nevada, an advocate of the ratifica- tion amendment, urged the Demo- crats yesterday to remember “That " (Sec TRADE, Page A-12) ‘Theft’ of $3,200 Ring Solved; Puppy Is Culprit By the Associated Press. BRIDGEPOKT, Conn., March 23. —Police learned the identity of the “thief” who made off with & sap- phire ring valued at $3,200 by George Hughes, but didn’t te. Mr. Hughes told detectives 14 hours after he reported the missing the culprit was a neighbor’s puppy. e ring had been tied up in a expiained, and the. dog. had s explained, an dog ap- parently tugged it from his pocket during & romp. The handkerchief, -ring still der a table. Radio Prbgrams, Page F-5 Complete Index, Page { Fighting Planes Built for U. S. May Go to Allies Army and Navy Revises Policy; New Models Released BACKGROUND— British-French agents seeking to arrange to buy $1,000,000,000 of United States-built warplanes, are anzious to obtain later mod- els than those already released by War and Navy Departments. Some congressional comment has been critical, fearing adverse af- Ject on United States defense program. President Roosevelt last Tuesday said it was sheer “bunk” to contend our military secrets were being divulged through planes sales, that foreign purchases helped expand United States manufacturing facilities. By the Associated Press. The Army and Navy were reported authoritatively yesterday to have de- cided on a general shakeup of their Tairplane purchasing programs with the atm-both of speeding fulfillment of British and French orders and getting better and- cheaper planes for themselves. The new policy, shaped in eco- operation with Treasury officials, in- volves transfer to the allies 6f pos- sibly several hundred planes nearing completion for the American armed services, temporarily ' sidetracking some Army-Navy orders, and release for sale abroad of additional new moder fighting aircraft. Administration spokesmen expect to bare details of the new policy at this week’s postponed inquiry by the House Military Affairs Committee on the effect ‘of foreign purchases on the national defense. They are believed ready to stress: That there will be no final delay in the Army Air Corps $300,000,000 expansion to 5500 or more planes by mid-1941. That mass production resulting from the allied orders will insure both lower prices and improved models to the armed services. Aluminum Price to Be Cut. Bearing on the latter contention Was an announcement yésterday by Louis Johnson, Assistant Secretary of War, of a prospectivé reduction in the cost of aluminum which is widely used in aircraft. The price will be cut 5 per cent or mere on Tuesday by the Aluminum Co. of America, Mr. Johnson said. Estimating this would save the War Department $510,716 on two contracts alone, Mr. Johnson toid reporters it .was hoped to obtain refunds from several additional manufacturers. “This shows mass production is bringing down costs,” he said. ‘The projected new policy involves & basic revision of the existing offi- cial regulation that no late designed military plane should be sold abroad until an improved model was under contract to some Government agency. Two 400-mile-an-hour pursuit planes, the Lockheed P-38 and Cur- tiss P-40, were released to the allies recently under this policy. Thus far France and Britain have been denied permission to buy duplicates of five other Army planes. Navy Would Speed Production. A Navy spokesman, it was learned, already has advised Congress that the Navy favors the sale to foreign nations of the latest type weapons— stripped of military secrets—as a practical means of speeding its own airplane construction program and reducing the cost. Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, told a Senate Appropriations Sub- committee in closed hearings, mem- bers sald, that, far from retarding naval plane building, foreign orders had made it possible to obtain bet- ter and faster ships at lower prices. Admiral Towers was questioned on this point when he appeared to tes- tify on the $965,000,000 naval appro- priations bill. 3 Committee members said he de- clared emphatically that no appli- ances nor accessories which the Navy considers to be military secrets had been released in sales thus far to Eritish, French and Finnish pur- chasers. The situation, -as outlined by Ad- miral Towers, was said to be this: The Navy has found as a matter of practical application that it is able (See PLANES, Page A-3.) 231. R. A. Men Foiled Trying fo Escape Dartmoor Prison Two Jailers Bound, Cell Block Fired; Riot Leaders in Solitary By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 23.—Members of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, confined in ancient Dartmoor Prison, were foiled today in a break for freedom during which they bound two jailers, set fire to a cell block and defled guards from behind a barricade. The riot, apparently staged in cele- bration of the anniversary of Dub- lin’s “bloody Easter” uprising of 1916, started early in the afternoon when the prison force was depleted by de- parture of warders who had been granted a holiday. Authorities said the revolt was staged by 23 I. R. A. men, some of | pec! them serving sentences of 15 years or maore. They had been kept segre- gated from English prisoners to avoid incidents and they were being exercised in the hall of the prison block when they attacked the guards. Hundreds of persons were at- tracted to the scene as dense clouds of black smoke rolled from the prison and Devon County police were sum- moned to aid in quelling the dis- turbance. More than an hour elapsed before the blaze was extinguished and po- lice broke through the barricade to capture the ringleaders, who were placed in solitary confinement. The Home Office subsequently is- sued a brief statement saying that order had been restored and that damage was “slight.” Prom outside the prison the only damage visible was a large hole in the cell block roof. Only three prisoners ever have escaped from the ancient prison, which since 1932 has been under the direction of Maj. C. J. Pannall, 61- year-old army veteran. Strafed by War Plane, Danish Hunters Report By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, March 23.—Mem- bers of a Danish hunting party re- ported they were machine-gunned today by an airplane of unidentified nationality near Nymendegab, on the west coast about 110 miles from the Danish-German frontier. No one was hit. Cold Cancels Sunrise Rite MILWAUKEE, March 23 (#).— Milwaukee's Easter sunrise services, an annual event at the Lake Mich- igan waterfront, were canceled to- night when the United States Weather Bureau predicted a tem- perature of 2 degrees above zero for tomorrow morning. Hockaday Is Loose Again! Scatters Chickens for Peace (Picture on Page B-2.) By the Associated Press. , NEW YORK, March 23.—Whoop- ing and roaring, a man dressed in Santa Claus costume topped with an safely inside, was found un- | Indian headdress rode a creaking ‘wagon into Rockefeller Center today and tried to distribute 600 live chickens “in the interest of world » “I'm Santa Claus from Santa Fe,” he roared, “and I'm giv. g away chickens. Chickens with reathers on ‘em. Peace! The whole world's going to have peace.” Pedestrians in the plaza stopped. ‘The crowd around the skating rink turned to the strange figure who grinned amiably. “I'm old Santa Claus from Santa Fe,” he bellowed. “On the Q. T, though, I'm old Woody Hockaday. Have a chicken, my friend.” Ting | He held out two birds, but specta- tors y shied. “Come on, my friends,” he shouted. “Old Santa Claus’ chickens won't bite you. Take one home for the kiddies. -Any chickens today? same old Santa Claus coming your way.” A2 | to horse’s back and turned west on Fiftieth street, roaring his tidings of peace and chickens with the cop in pursuit. At Sixth avenue he halted, and began giving away more chickens. Men and women held out their hands. Kids scrambled into the wagon and seized chickens. Feathers flew. And finally the puffing cop arrived. Santa Claus shoved a chicken into his face. Another policeman ran over. “I'm just giving away chickens,” shouted Santa Claus. So they tcok him to the West Forty-Seventh street police station. The far-famed Woody—he was booked by the gendarmes as Hock- aday—was charged with cruelty to £nimals " on the complaint of an agent of the A. S. P. C. A, and then was sent to Bellevue Hospital for observation after he tried unsuec- cessfully to escape in front of the station. It was the first time, so far as could be learned, that Hockaday The | had used live chickens in his spec- Chicken tacular demonstrations. feathers have been his medium here- tofore: He once dumped pounds of EVENING AND DELIVERED IN CITY Capital Is Due to Escape Rain On Coldest Easter in Years \Chg[ches to Hold Extra Services; Most of Nation Shivers What promised to be_the coldest]the-.fashion parade into & post- Easter in 17 years blew in this morn- ing on a great blast of polar air | - | which sent thermometers tumbling throughout half of the country, but ‘Washingtonians took comfort in the fact the weatherman foresaw no rain. The mercury was expected to go down to 18 degrees this morning at about the time early worshippers turn out for mass in the Catholic churches and Holy Communion in the Protestant churches. A reading of 18 would be the lowest since the Easter of April 1, 1923, when the mercury reached 15. The forecast called for increasing cloudiness and continued cold to- day, foilowed by fair and continued cold tomorrow. Gentle to moderate northwest and north winds were ex- ted. The raw March weather may turn season review of last winter's furs and overcoats, but it will hardly be severe enough to discouragdé the thousands of worshippers expected at Easter services in churches throughout the city. Only in the far West and deep South was the prospect pleasing for & warm, spring-like Easter. An in- flow of cold air from the far North sent winds of mid-January tempera- ture blowing across most of the East- ern two-thirds of the country. The prospect for the Rocky Mountain States was much the same, while in New York and adjoining States squalls, snow flurries and drifts blocked rural roads and sent tem- peratures tumbling. A light snow, whipped into deep drifts by a 40-mile wind, virtually isolated four New York State cities (See EASTER, Page A-5) Neutrality Law Joker 'Fire Claims One D:d, Lets U. S. Vessels Call at Marseille On Way Home From East, They Carry Cargo and Passengers Out, Not In By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 23.—The American Export and the American President Steamship Lines, it was disclosed today, have for five months permitted their ships to call at the port of Marseille, France, under a techinicality of the American neu- trality law. Spokesmen for the lines said the directors believed the service had been legal, although it was under- stood State Department officials in Washington are now studying the question of whether an American- flag vessel can legally enter a bellig- erent port. The neutrality law prohibits an American vessel from entering a zone of combat defined by the Presi- dent, and also from carrying pas- sengers and cargo into belligerent ports. It does not deal, however, with the carrying of passengers or cargo out of a belligerent port. Marseille, on the Mediterranean, was not included in the combat zones proclaimed by President Roosevelt, but under the law is a belligerent port. The American ships, it was dis- closed, have taken -cargo and pas- sengers out of the French port but not into it. They have called there on their way home from the Far East or the Levant. Company officials said they had not been instructed by Washington to omit the French port. The Amer- ican President Lines announced, however, that its next homeward- bound vessel, the President Gar- fleld, would omit the port. Recapture of Lingshan Claimed by Chinese By the Associated Press. CHUNGKING, Chins, March 24 (Sunday).—The Chinese Central News Agency reported today that Chinese troops had recaptured Ling- shan, in the South China province of Kwangtung, Friday morning and that Japan suffered more than 4,000 casualties in fighting in that sector during the past five days. Earlier, a Chinese spokesman said the Japanese suffered heavy blows in a thrust northward from Ling shan and that the Chinese had re- taken a number of vantage points around the Nanning-Yamchow high- way. ‘The Ceritral News Agency said the Japanese are in full retreat toward their base at Yamchow. Foreign Planes Reported Over Northeast Holland Woman Is Hurt And Baby Saved Boy, 3, Tossed Into Girl’s Arms From Second-Story Window (Pictures on Page B-1.) An autopsy was to be performed today on the body of Henry Break- iron, 29, a taxicab driver, who died yesterday in a fire at 1910 Calvert street N.W. in which a woman was injured and a child dropped to safety from a second-story window. ‘The autopsy was to determine the cause of death, and probably will have a bearing on whether an in- quest will be ordered by the coroner. Mr. Breakiron, apparently dead from suffocation, was found on the steps of the burning, three-story building by firemen who carried him outside and applied artificial respiration in a futile effort to re- vive him. Four other occupants of the build- ing, trapped on the upper floors by flames spreading to both stairways, leaped from a second-floor window across a ‘space to the roof of a nearby garage. Woman Injures Back. Mrs. Lena Powell, 46, was in an undetermined condition at Emer- gency Hospital todasy with an in- jury to her back suffered when she leaped from the window and struck on the edge of the garage roof. The fire broke out shortly after noon and was confined to the floor. The heroine of the disastrous fire was 16-year-old Jennis Tenney, who was caring for 3-year-old Johnny Freeman while his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Preeman, were at work. Miss Tenney leaped to the garage roof and caught Johnny in her arms when he was dropped from the window by another occupant, Dannie Sherrill. * Mrs. Bdna Kishbaugh, landlady of tfie apartment house, and Mr. Sherrill also leaped from the win- dow. Before she leaped Mrs. Kishbaugh said she called to Mr. Breakiron and told him to follow them through the window. The man, however, had run down the steps. It was believed he turned back when he found that exit closed and was unabel to make the upper floor because of the heat and smoke. Landiady Suffers Burns. Mrs. Kishbaugh was slightly burn- ed about the face and her hair was scorched. She saw Mrs. Powell fall elightly short of the garage roof and, taking her time, put all her strength into the leap an« landed safely. , The fire, it was said, started in a ground-floor apartment. The blaze spread rapidly through the ground floor. i# said: Miss “When the fire started I picked &thebnbymdmrmtomdm Single Copy 10 Cents SUNDAY 75 CENTS AND SUBURBS MONTH Filibuster Effort In House fo Bar Sales Tax Seen Randolph Hopes Bill Will Be Considered ‘On lts Merits’ DETAILED ANALYSIS of combins« tion income-sales tax levy to be acted on this week. Page A-6 MILITANT FIGHT on sales tax planned by consumers’ conference of citizens. Page A-6 By JAMES E. CHINN. Prediction that fiilibustering tac- tics would be resorted to in the House tomorrow to prevent con- sideration of a bill providing for a combination retail sales and income tax was made last night by Repre- sentative Boland of Pennsylvania, the majority whip. Chairman Randolph of the Dis- trict committee said he would make every effort to have the bill con- sidered “on its merits.” Mr. Boland indicated he believed there is considerable opposition in the House to the proposed 2 per cent retail sales tax with the result that various parliamentary moves probably would be made in an effort to block action on the dual revenue- raising bill. He also said he is personally opposed to a sales tax. G. 0. P. Opposition Seen. Chief opposition to the sales tax provision, however, is expected to come from Republican members, who last year joined with a Demo- cratic bloc in killing a similar plan for a combination sales-income tax. Minority Leader Martin declared he did not expect to take part in the impending fight over the revenue bill, although he thought it should not be called up until April 8 “out of courtesy” to Representatives Dirksen of Illinois, and Bates of Massachusetts, both Republicans, who fought the combination tax plan in the fiscal affairs subcom- mittee of the District committee of which they are members. Mr. Dirksen, who championed the present income tax law reaching down into the lower salary brackets, is back in his congressional district campsigning in preparation for the approaching Illinois primary April 9. Mr. Bates is in Panama on official business for the House Naval Affairs Committee. Te Consider Three Bills. Mr. Dirksen, it was said, was aware the tax bill would be called up tomorrow when he left Washing- ton Thursday. In addition to the sales-income tax plan, Mr. Randolph said yes- terday, he plans to call up three other District bills on the House calendar. They would: 1. Authorize the Capital Transit Co. to erect a waiting room and comfort station in the Commodore Barney Circle. 2. Require connection with the District sewerage system of eld- fashioned toilets when sewerage fa- cilities become available. 3. Authorize the Commissioners to accept and erect in the municipal center area a fountain in memory of deceased members of the Metro- politan Police Department. The House District Committee, at its regular weekly meeting tomorrow at 10:30 am. is scheduled to con- sider three bills favorably reported last week by subcommittees. One is designed to modernize and tighten the existing law regulating the prac- tice of dentistry. Another would allow police and firemen to retire voluntarily at half pay after 25 | years® service. The third is intended to regulate the practice of podiatry. The dentistry bill was approved Thursday by the Public Health Sub- committee after a public hearing. Since then the clerk of the District Committee has received a number of protests against certain of its provisions. Some of Washington's leading dentists, however, indorsed the measure at the public hearing. Woman and Baby Go To Jail After Shooting By the Associated Press. HAZARD, Ky, March 23.—Mrs. Georgia Miller, 27-year-old Eastern Kentucky mountain wife, and her 5-week-old daughter, Lou Caroline, were in the Perry County jail to- . day, the mother charged with shoot- ing and wounding her husband, Sam Miller, 29. Sheriff's Deputy Bill Cornett said the woman told him she learned last night her husband was in a road- house with another woman, and carrying Lou Caroline and a rifle in her arms she trugged two miles along & narrow mountain road to the tavern. The deputy said Mrs. Miller re- lated she handed the baby to some one inside the roadhouse and then shot her husband. Mr. Miller is in & critical condition.in a Hazard hos- pital with a bullet wound in the abdomen. Washington State .Feels Slight Quake By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, March 23.—An earth- quake centering in the Mount Rai- nier area shook dishes and windows in Western Washington at 7:10 p.m. (10:10 pm., ES.T.) tonight but ap- parently did no damage. The shock lasted only two or three seconds. Reports of the quake were received from the north end of Lake Wash- ington, near Seattle, as far east as Cliffdell, on the Naches Pass high- way 35 miles northwest of Yakima and southwest to Olympia. Revere Pitcher Brings $1,000 -NEW YORK, March 23 (#—A silver pitcher hammered by Paul Revere, the New England siiver- smith and horseback patriot, was bought at suction today for $1,000 by a New York dealer.