Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1940, Page 2

Voiding of Ethyl Corp. Licenses Gives U. S. Club Over Monopolies System of Control Over Merchandising Nullified By Supreme Court By J. A. FOX. The Government today Wwas equipped with a new weapon in the fight on monopolies, a Supreme Court decision yesterday restricting materially the rights which indus- tries may exercise under patents. In a unanimous opinion—with Jus- tices McReynolds and Roberts not participating—the court knocked out the licensing system under which the Ethyl Gasoline Corp. controls the distribution by refiners and job- bers of almost 90 per cent of the high-test motor fuel in this coun- try, upholding the Government con- tention that it violates the anti-trust laws. The Ethyl Corp., owned jointly by Standard Oil, General Motors and E. I. du Pont, had defended the licensing system on the ground that its patents cover the whole field of distribution by applying to the tetra- ethyl lead fluid that improves the quality of the gasoline with which it is blended, the combination of | this fluid and gasoline by refiners to produce a fuel with anti-knock characteristics and the method of using such fuel in internal com- bustion engines. The Government contended the patent rights ended when the fluid was sold to refiners, and that the “basic purpose” of the licensing system was “to compel Jobbers to maintain resale prices of gasoline.” “Important,” Says Arnold. The Supreme Court said that anti- trust and patent laws do not sanc- tion “regulation of prices and the suppression of competition among the purchasers of the patented article, bringing an immediate | statement from Thurman Arnold, | Assistant Attorney General in charge of anti-trust prosecutions, that it was “the most important | decision on the use of patents to restrain trade that ever has been handed down by any court.” He| added: | “The decision in effect goes far | beyond the oil industry. It will| serve as a very helpful guide to the department in our general investiga- | tion of patents.” The opinion, delivered by Justice Stone, afirmed a decision from the District Court of the Southern Dis- trict of New York, which had en- Joined further operation of the licensing system because a small group of price-cutting jobbers had been excluded from dealing in the patented product . The lower court said, however, that a'‘“clear case | of price maintenance” had not been | made out. Pervasive Influence. Justice Stone said that “while not all applicants (for licenses) who have failed to maintain prices and | marketing policies have been re- Jected, the record leaves no doubt that appellant (Ethyl) has made use of its dominant position in the trade to exercise control over prices and marketing policies of jobbers in a sufficient number of cases and | with sufficiént éontinuity to make its" the Urited ‘States Court of attitude toward price-cutting a per- vasive influence in the jobbing trade.” | In setting up the limits of the | corporation’s patent rights, Justice Stone said that by its sales to re- finers the organization “relinquishes its exclusive right to use the pat- ented fluid and it relinquishes to the licensed jobbers its exclusive rights to sell the lead-treated fuel by permitting the licensed refiners to manufacture and sell the fuel to them.” “By the authorized sales of the fuel by refiners to jobbers” the court continued, “the patent mo- nopoly over it is exhausted, and after the sale neither appellant nor refiners may longer rely on the patents to exercise any control over the price at which the fuel may be resold.” In another decision, read by Jus- tice Roberts, the court ruled that the Communications Commission, in STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, COSTA RICAN VISITORS—House guests at the presidential mansion last night were the President- elect of Costa Rica and his wife. Pictured on the White House steps are, left to right, Senora de Calderon Guardia, Mrs. Roosevelt, President-elect Dr. Rafael A. Calderon Guardia and Secretary of State Cordell Hull. (8tory on Page B-1.) ;;;k Study of Merits Urged In Garand Rifle Controversy Suitabliity of Semi-Automatic as‘Standard Infantry Weapon Questioned by Magazine Questioning the suitability of the is needed to face the facts in a new Garand semi-automatic rifle for adoption as the standard in- fantry weapon of the Army to the | exclusion of the time-tried Spring- field, the magazine American Rifle- man, organ of the National Rifie Association, in an article which will be published April 1, calls for an open, thorough discussion of the relative merits of the two weapons. The article points out that it is desirable that public answers be made to questions concerning the | effects of adopting the Garand on service of supply and fire control discipline of troops, particularly of new troops; the capacity of Ameri- can industry to manufacture the Garand on a wartime produc(ion’ basis and the wisdom of abandoning the new post-war M-1 high-power ammunition in favor of the older World War type which now has been adopted as standard by the Army for the Garand and other weapons. “Frankness Requires Courage.” “Frankness frequently reqnlres‘ courage,” the American Rifleman comments. “The much-publicized Garand (M-1) rifle coupled with the M-2 (1906) ammunition has be- come the center of a growing storm of discussion. Complicated by’ such other factors as tactical policies and wartime production problems, the situation is easily confused, and it is difficult to obtain all the facts. Obviously, however, matters are reaching a point where the courage friendly, frank, constructive man- ner. Unfortunately there have al- ready been injected angles of propa- ganda, bad temper and an unwar- ranted fear of offending the ‘higher- ups, which are dangerous, un- necessary and undesirable from the standpoint of constructive accom- plishment.” Division of Opinion Cited. The article states that there is a division of opinion within the serv- ices as to the wisdom of adopting | any semi-automatic rifie for gen- eral issue and as to the practicability of the Garand. Revisions in the design of the Garand have become necessary since the rifle has been placed on a production basis, it is stated in the article. It also is charged that because of “the rela- | tively poorer accuracy of the Gar- and the Army, in order to main- tain the morale of enlisted men by making it possible for them to qualify, has completely revamped its qualification course, and the Ma- rine Corps has materially lowered its qualification scores under those previously required with the Spring- field.” The article continues: “We only feel that matters have reached a point where some one should have the courage to bring the discussion | out of byways that seem to lead no- where onto the highway that leads to frank, friendly, constructive ef- fort in behalf of the Nation's efficient defense.” y . : 1 granting a permit for a new fdio station, need not consider the sffect the competition would have onl an existing station. This opinion reversed a rul bli 8. for the District of Columbia, which required the commission to issue findings of fact on this question. “Plainly it is not the purpose of the Federal Communications Act to protect a licensee against competi- tion, but to protect the public,” Jus- tice Roberts said, adding: “Congress intended to leave com- petition in the business of broad- casting where it found it, to permit a licensee who was not interfering electrically with other broadcasters to survive or succumb according to his ability to make his programs at- tractive to the public.” No dissent was announced. Jus- tice McReynolds did not participate. The Court of Appeals directed the commission to make findings of fact as to whether a proposed station to be operated by the Telegraph Herald of Dubuque, Iowa, would injure financially a station already oper- ated by Sanders Bros. A license had been granted the | Weather Report (Furnished by the United District of Columbia—Fair and continued cold, with lowest tempera- ture about 25 degrees tonight; tomorrow cloudy, with slowly rising tem- perature; rain tomorrow night and Thursday; gentle northwest winds be- | coming east or southeast and increasing tomorrow. | Maryland—Fair and continued cold tonight; tomorrow cloudy, with slowly rising temperature followed by rain in east and rain or snow in west portion tomorrow night; Thursday rain. ) Virginia—Fair, not quite so cold in south portion tonight; tomorrow ncreasing cloudiness, with slowly rising temperature followed by rain to- morrow night and Thursday and in extreme southwest portion tomorrow afternoon. West Virginia—Cloudy tonight, changing to rain by tomorrow night; EY The western disturbance s advancing |’ Siears (354 Saches).. ar .54 inches). Shd falling Tapidly over he Gull of Alaska and the adiacent coastal region with lowest ressures at Kodiak, Alaska. 970.7 milli- ars (28.03 inches). and T Wasn. 08> millibars essiire remains low from I’,"J..m over "theocean.’ Caribou g ars (2 B vssure prevalls over the Southern Gult of 'Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula With lowest pressure about 1010 millibars, Fien pressure overlies the region east of he Mississippi Valley with center of hiehest Akron. 10003 Pressure is low ssure at Parkersburg, W. Va.. 3. Piiibars (30.51 inches). Precipitation has eccurred quite generally over the Far West- ern States and from the Northern Rocky Mountain reglon eastward to the igsissippl Valley. Light rain has A Bouthern Texas and lieht snow furries ave persisted in the Northern Appalachiai egion and portions of the New Englan tates. The weather has become much warmer over_the States east of the Rocky Mountains. but temperatures_still remain considerabiy below normal. ~ Temperatures are somewhat lower over the Western Plateau region. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear Harpers Ferry: Potomac River slightly muddy at Great Falls today. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperatures. Barometer. Yesterday— Degrees. Inches. pm. 30.2 Today- s i foon Record 30 27 25 3 for Last 24 Mours. {1l CProm noon vesterday to noon today.) | Miam! 36, noon today. Year ago. 85. Bt i ", (odey. Year avo. b: Record Temperatures This Year. ighest. 65, on March 20.- west. 7. ‘on Janusry 20, Humidity for Last 24 Hours. @Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) ighest. 35 per cent. at 8 est, 18 per cent, at ay. 5 The Sun and Moen. fin. mprrow Modn. y " 77 10:04 pam. Automobile lights must be ome-half hour after sunset. Tide Tables Crurnish i tes Coast id Beoditic buritss 7_inches), and low | Mi States Weather Buresu.) followed by light snow tomorrow rising temperature. Precipitation Monthly precipitation in_inches tn the Capital (current month to date): Month, 1940 January 2.12 February 7 Weather in Various Cities. Barom K Low. Akl Weath arom High. Low. fall. Weather. Avllene __ 3008 88 43 -0 "Cloudy Albany Atlante Atl City _ altimore rm'gham Bismarck 3191301 Eh et Charleston icago Cincinnati . Cleveland Columbia _ 30 Davenport - 30. nver Des Moines Detroit _ EF3 El Paso _ 2! Galveston Helena __ 2 uron 30. Tndian'p'lis 30. Jacks'nville Kans. Cit: L. A T SRRBTEIRBRZ! 190053 9124300 RS9 S90 EEREER R T e B R S D AR SRR RSB BBEBE P i FPhil'delphia Phoenix . Pittsburgh P‘tl'ad. Me, P'tr'd, Ore. B S 1t ORI 130 o 203 e, ReIBHR a3, bl aa e DanLD ShRIRLADE LA DL AL Riaa AR &o3 S»R33 newspaper by the commission, which contended that existing sta- tions have no right to “protection from competition.” The' - commissiog#ls0 wasserfed that Banders Bros. had suffered no legal injury and had no right to appeal to the Court of Appeals. In other actions the court: Agreed to review a Federal Dis- trict Court decision sustaining the constitutionality of the National Bituminuous Coal Act, designed to stabilize the industry by price fixing. Refused to review a decision that the Constitution affords no pro- tection against private interference with freedom of speech and of the press. The Justice Department had appealed from a Fifth Circuit Court ruling which set aside the con- viction of five persons accused of conspiring to prevent Henry P. Ewald, executive editor of Mobile (Ala.) Daily Newspapers, Inc., from continuing an anti-gambling cam- gn. Agreed to on the consti- tutionality of a 1939 Pennsylvania law requiring aliens to register an- nually and to carry an identifica- tion card. Sustained, in the first decision to be delivered by Justice Murphy, a 1935 Oklahoma law imposing a tax on income received by national banks in that State from United States Government bonds which had been made tax exempt by Con- gress, Returned to Minnesota courts for further action litigation in- volving constitutionality of a tax on chain stores graduated accord- ing to the amount of gross sales. Held unconstitutional New York City's 2 per cent sales tax as ap- plied to fuel oil sold by the Gulf Oil Corp. for use on outgoing Eu- ropean liners. Airport Wins Permit RICHMOND, Va., March 26 (P — 4 An order entered by the State Cor- poration Commission today granted an application of Isaac W. Garth and Jack Rubin for a permit to operate the Arlington Airport, 3 miles northeast of Alexandria in Fairfax County. —A. P. Photo, 5-Man Inner Cabinet Expected fo Press British War Effort Co-operation of Liberal And Labor Leaders Held Unlikely By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 26.—Demands for changes in the British govern- ment for a harder-hitting war against Germany were couplcd to- day with predictions thet Liberal and Labor opposition leaders would refuse to join the administration of Prime Minister Chamberlain, There were reports that a five- | man cabinet would replace the pres- ent nine-man inner group and that | Mr. Chamberlain would ask Labor- | ite Leaders Clement Attlee and | | Herbert Morrison and the Liberal Sir Archibald Sinclair to join a broadened government, but these men were believed to prefer re- maining in a position from which they could eriticize. This smaller group would be | composed of Mr. Chamberlain, First iLord of the Admiralty Winston | Churchill, who would be given in- | creased authority as spokesman for land, sea and air forces, and for the | Ministries of Supply and Shipping; | Chancellor of the Exchecuer Sir| John Simon, Lord Halifax and ! Lord Privy Seal Sir Samuel Hoare. | Scattered End-the-War Votes. Scattered “end-the-war" votes by tions over the week end, which| members of Parliament criticized | but the government left ummuz- zled. gained little public attention. Instead, the public was intent on | the tightening of the blockade of | | Germany and upon beating German propaganda. “Peace front” candidates were given only a negligible vote in re- cent by-elections, indicating that | public opinion generally favors pressing the war rather than mak- ing peace with Hitler. In the last such election, at Leeds March 14, a Conservative, backed by Mr. Chamberlain—J. J. C. Hender- son—defeated a “peace” candidate, | 23.882 to 722. Nevertheless, dissatisfaction with the pace of the war was expressed despite government statements of satisfactory progress and despite Mr. Chamberlain’s announced strategy of fighting a safety-first war. The blockade has “gaping holes,” the Evening News declared today. The paper said: “Chamberlain, in one of his more soothing speeches, assured the nation that the gaps were ‘very small, indeed,” but a study of the facts does not support his optimism.” Propaganda “Defeat” Seen. On the propaganda front, the Eve- ning Standard said that Britain “has suffered persistent and prolonged defeat * * +.” “London has not yet understood that too great a strictness may in- flict as severe a damage on our cause as too great a laxity,” this paper said Lord Snell, Labor leader in the House of Lords, asserted that Brit- ish news abroad was “hopelessly smothered and outpaced,” continued the Standard, and was assured by Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax “that he was giving his personal attention to this subject.” “More protests will no doubt bring forth more assurances,” the Standard said. The Evening News criticized Lord Halifax, stating that “the impor- tance of the diplomatic battlefield still is lacking official recognition.” “That is a mistake,” continued the paper, “which our enemies are not making. They know that a diplo- matic victory often is less .costly than a triumph in the field. * * * Foreign affairs seem to be but little more than a sideshow in our war effort.” Playboy Buckner Surrenders For 2-Year Fraud Sentence By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 26 —William P. Buckner, jr., playboy promoter who tried his hand at Washington lobbying with champagne and cho- rus girls, surrendered to Federal authorities today to begin serving & 2-year sentence for mail fraud and conspiracy in the Philippine Railway bond swindle. The 32-year-old Buckner, who a year ago was making long-distance telephone calls to Loretta Young in Hollywood, observed smilingly that imprisonment “won’t kill me.” “I haven't been to a Broadway night club in two years,” he said when asked about his recent noc- turnal activities. Side Streets Another Matter. “How about the side streets?” “Oh, that's another matter,” Buckner grinned. (Virtually all the “Broadway” night clubs on side streets). Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard, rejecting yesterday a plea for de- layed surrender, remarked: “It seems to me that this man might b&.h:’t:ur nhfl.:l prison than leading ¢ he -been reported to lead” - Buckner wasn't there to hear that, but today he appeared as non- chalant as he was in the days when 4'he was interesting Hollywood people, or trying to interest them, in Philip- pine railroad bonds, and trying in Washington to get legislation to re- deem the defaulted securities. Two Face 18 Month Terms. Convicted with him last summer were William J. Gillespie, Brook- lyn lawyer, and Felipe Buencamino, a member of the Philippine National Eegislature, both of whom face 18 months in Federal prison. The Government charged that, as officers of a bondholders’ protective committee, they wasted in drinking parties the money advanced by fel- low-bondholders to pay for the ex- pensesg-of a campaign to redeem the ities, :Buckner, who will serve his sen- tence in the Northeastern Peniten- tiary at Lewisburg, Pa. probably ‘will remain here a week or two in #he Federal House of Detention until the Government has gathered enough prisoners to make a regular train shipment $o Lewisburg. » labor unions and peace orgauiza- | | New York. He added that he also Dies fo Invesfigate Reports of Soviet Espionage in U. S. Communist Who Used Roosevelt's Name in Party Booklet Hunted By the Associated Press, Chairman Dies, Democrat, of Texas said today the House Com- mittee on Un-American Activities would inquire immediately into re- ports that Russia had hundreds of agents in the United States to obtain military and industrial secrets. “We propose to summon witnesses as fast as we can locate them to find out about these reports of espi- onage by the Soviet Union,” Mr. Dies said. “We want to ask one important Communist about the subject mat- ter of radiograms he sent to Moscow recently.” Mr. Dies made these statements to reporters while Secret Service men were searching for a Commu- nist who used the name “Franklin D. Roosevelt” on his Communist party membcrship booklet. Sought Protection. James H. Dolsen, who said he was a Pittsburgh Communist, testified yesterda% he had written the Presi- dent’s name in the booklet at the request of another Communist who wanted to be “protected” by a false name.” Mr. Dolsen said he tried to dis- suade the other man from select- ing that name because “Franklin D. Roosevelt never was a Communist and never would be.” After the witness declined to an- swer questions about party affairs and some of his own activities, the Dies Committee decided to start con- | tempt proceedings against him. Chairman Dies said hé was con- sidering further action against Mr. Dolsen on a charge of being an ac- | cessory to the misuse of the Presi- | dent’s name. Stephen Early, White | House secretary who called the Secret Service into the case, de- scribed the use of the President’s | name as too preposterous to discuss. It was “obviously a forgery,” he said. Vote Unanimous. | Mr. Dolsen based his refusal to answer a long flst of queries on the | ground that no congressional com- | mittee had authority to investigate | | irrelevant matters, that some of the" | answers might incriminate him, and | that he had the right to protect the | names of certain persons. i Nevertheless, the four committee | members present unanimously voted to institute contempt proceedings. Mr. Dies said it was not certain whether the action would be taken through Speaker Bankhead of the House, through Federal attorneys here, or officials in Pittsburgh. Discussing the investigation of re- | ports about Russian agents, Mr. Dies | said that committee agents were | searching primarily for Clarence | Hathaway, editor of the Daily Worker, Communist newspaper in would like to bring Nicholas Do#en- berg. a Soviet official, to Washing- ton from New York, where he is awaiting sentence for violating pass- port laws. “Some of these witnesses are ducking us now, but we’ll get them all before we're through,” Mr. Dies said. “All of these big-shot Com- munists are reporting everything they learn directly to Moscow.” Spivak Seized on Charge Of Criminal Libel PITTSBURGH, March 26 (&) Criminal libel charges filed by a former investigator for the Dies Committee brought about the arrest here of John L. Spivak, 'umnr, lecturer and writer for the’ Com- munist Daily Worker and Commu- nist magazine New Masses. After a bitter attack upon Father Coughlin before a community forum last night, Mr. Spivak was taken into custody on a complaint of Ed- ward Francis Sullivan, who claimed Mr. Spivak libeled him in his book “Secret Armies.” accusing him of being a Nazl agent among other things. Handcuffed to a husky policeman, Mr. Spivak was about to be trans- ferred from a police car to that of & constable from suburban Cora- opolis when he started screaming: “Police! Police! Get the police, they're taking me for a ride.” The cries continued so Mr. Spi- vak's hat was shoved into his mouth as a gag. Justice of the Peace George Kazer fixed bond at $5,000, declaring he set that figure because the accused man lived out of the State. Date of hearing was not set immediately. Courf Change Sought - In Racing News Suit By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, March 26.—An effort is planned to transfer from State to Federal court a suit seeking to restrain the Bell Telephone Co. from suspending service to a Steu- benville, Ohio, racing news agency. Attorneys for the company dis- closed the proposed step after ob- taining a postponement of injunc- tion proceedings yesterday. The transfer will be asked tomorrow be- :xuse interstate transmission is an ssue. Acting United States Attorney George Mashank said he had planned to intervene in the case as & “friend of the court” had it been tried in the county judiciary. The Federal prosecutor said he had been instructed to outline the Govern- ment’s attempt to curb racing news service, Congress in Brief Senate: Continues reciprocal trade debate, noon. House: Debates appropriation bill for N. Y. A, C. C.C. and labor agencies, noon. Agriculture Committee hears Sec- retary Wallace on farm credit pol- icies, 10 a.m. Labor Committee resumes discus- sion of Wagner Act amendments, 10:30 a.m. i Roosevelt Renamed HYDE PARK, N, Y. March 26 (P, —President Roosevelt was re-elected senior warden of St. James’' Epis- copal Church by the parish yester- day. Among vestrymen re-elected was James Roosevelt, the President’s eldest son. 2 (PRIRT) state. F3r.oi.. DistrictWFa RS County.FILLSTheNK .. Section (A.D. or Ward).. This book was issued on. Signatpre of (‘naln:an or Becretary, and Party Seal. _No Party Membdership Book IN PRESIDENT’S NAME—Here bership book in which the name of President Roosevelt was used by a member. . ? ' Shenandoah Homes JAMES H. DOLSEN. —A. P. Photos. Party Beal stamped thereon. & .....Branch Wazelrveed 1950, 3 e b oo ate ol wtrivt 19 valid unles it hey thw ¢ is the Communist party mem- 'Shaken by Quake Felt in 3 Towns Inquiries Swamp Phone Exchanges, but No Damage Is Reported By the Associated Press. | WOODSTOCK, Va., March 26.— | Barth shocks, which sounded like the rumbling of heavy trucks, shook War Cpnduct Issue As Canadians Go To Polls Today Liberal Party Seeking Confidence Yote for Mackenzie King By the Associajed Press, OTTAWA, March 26.—Conduct of the war against Germany was the central issue in voting today as Canada’s Liberal party government staked its existence on the first na- tional parliamentary election since October 14, 1935. The only parties which could command a majority of the 245 seats in the House of Commons un- aided are the Liberals, led by Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, and a National Government group headed by Dr. Robert J. Manion, Conservative leader. A week-end blizzard which blocked many roads was expected to reduce the number of today’s voters, previously estimated at about 5,000,000 out of approximately 6,500,000 eligible. The Liberals have received support in the past in the rural sections most likely to be af- fected by the weather. While the main campaign issue was conduct of the war, other is- sues relating to war and post-war problems were debated in the eight- week campaign. Mr. MacKenzie King dissolved Parliament January 25 and called the election in answer to critics of his war policy. War Record Attacked. Spokesman of the National Gov- ernment group attacked the admini- stration’s record of preparation for and actual conduct of the war, con- tending it was slow and inefficient. Liberal spokesmen contended the administration compared very favor- ably with that during the first six months of the World War, when a Conservative government was in power. Both major parties expressed op- position to conscription, proposing to carry on the system of voluntary enlistments under which some 90,- 000 Canadians have jained the colors. Members of the armed forcgs in Canada and England completed bal- loting Saturday but their totals | will not be known until April 1, |or later, | Of the 669 candidates for the 244 | seats at stake 239 are Liberals, 212 are followers of Dr. Manion, 96 rep- | houses along a narrow northeast-to- ; southwest strip of Shenandoah | County last night. | Woodstock, Edinburg and Toms | Brook felt a heavy tremor at 10:30 pm. and a lighter one at midnight. Accused Woman Taken To Philadelphia in Slaying Mrs. Effie Hattie Smith, 59, Washington cafeteria manager, was held in Philadelphia today on charges that she participated, with four others from this city, in a murder there tive years ago. Mrs. Smith was taken to Phila- delphia last night after suddenly deciding to waive extradition. Ar- rested Saturday night ai her home | in the 3500 block of New Hampshsire avenue N.W, she was arraigned in | Police Court yesterday mncrning and announced she would fight extradi- tion. In the afternoon, however, she changed her mind, end Phila- delphia police were given custody. She,was first linked to the slay- ing of Miss Winifred Flannery, 61, a housekeeper for a wealthy re- tired Navy officer, through a sta‘e- ment made by Joseph Guida, 48, of Washington. Guida said Mrs. Smith, who was then operating a tea room in Phila- delphia’s swank Rittenhouse Square district, had suggested the rob- bery, in the course of which Miss Flannery wes murdered. Further evidence connecting Mrs. Smith to the crime, the Associated Press re- ported, was offered by Santa Rug- gerio, 31, of New York, who also is held. The Washingtonians, other than Mrs. Smith and Guida, who are held in Philadelphia are Mrs. Helen Guida, 37; John Lagana, 37, and his wife, Angela, 35. Ruggerio, authori- | ties said, had exonerated Mrs. La- gana, who is his sister. I compared 7 cars bef Performance and ease-0 tenance cost is keeping me ve spent on : ation. Smaller cars & hard driving, I’ including lubric Farm folk felt their beds shake and | heard their windows rattle, but an | audience watching “Gone With the | Wind” in a Woodstock theater thought a heavy truck was passing in the street and was not alarmed. Residents of the upper Shenan- doah Valley section, unused to any such earth movements, first be- | lieved the initial shock was caused by an explosion. They swamped telephone exchanges of the three t towns with their inquiries, but re- ported no damage. ‘The tremors apparently were con- fined to a path several miles wide extending roughly from the south- | west toward the northeast through | the center of the Shenandoah Val- ley. Mrs. Earl Hollar, telephone op- erator at Edinburg, said she thought & heavy van had struck the building | in which the exchange is located. | The walls shook. The second shock at midnight seemed to her to be | much milder, like a truck passing some distance away. There were no reports early today of disruption of telephone or power service. Mrs. Hollar said lines pass- ing & Government powder magazine on Massanutten Mountain were in order. Citizens at Luray felt no shock. . The Rev. Prederick W. Sohon, di- rector of the Georgetown University Seismological Observatory here, said his instrument showed no sign of the Shenandoah tremor. The earth movement, however, may have been too slight for the instrument to re- cord, he added. el e L Americans are reported to be op- erating China’s secret airplane fac- tory. were no cheaper to run. The sesimonial of Mr. G. Lu” Chicago, resent the Co-operative Common- wealth Federation; 28 the New | Democracy and 94 are Independents | or of miscellaneous parties. | Death of Willie Poisson, Liberal candidate in the Three Rivers con- | stituency, resulted in postponement of the election there until some later date. On dissolution, the Liberals held 1176 seats and the Conservatives, 39. | The House of Commons term is for five years, unless sooner dissolved Senate members are summoned for life by the Governor General. ‘While the major parties were con- | cerned largely with the war issue, | the Co-operative Commonwealth | Federation campaigned on domestic, l‘financial and social matters. The New Democracy advocated war | mobilization of the whole power of | the nation: Dr. Manion's supporters have | argued that only a national govern- | ment formed without regard for }pam' lines can manage the war effort effectively. | Mr. Mackenzie King's Liberals ! have said, however, that if they do not win a majority they will not | participate in formation of & gov- ernment. Mr. Mackenzie King, a 65-year-old bachelor, has been in public life for 40 years. This was the third general election in which he has participat- 'ed as Prime Minister and the sixth | as Liberal Party leader. He is seek- |ing re-election to the House of | Commons from Prince Albert, Sas- | katchewan. | Both Leaders in Ottawa. His opponent, Dr. Manion, is 58, a Catholic, active in public affairs since 1917 after the World War in- terrupted his medical career. He has held a number of cabinet port- folics. He is a candidate in his home town, Fort William. 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