Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1940, Page 1

Weather Forecast Fair and continued cold, with lowest about 36 degrees tonight; fair, somewhat warmer. today—Highest, 50, at 43, at 1 am. tomorrow, Temperatures 2 p.m.; lowest, From the United States Weather Burun report Full details on Page A. Closing New York Markets, Page 18. Bth YEAR. No. 35,055. ermans Blast 2 Allied Bases truck in Heart y Splinter in aid on Dombas GARNETT D. HORNER. pt. Robert M. Losey, 31, an tant United States military he in Stockholm, was killed German bomb in Norway prday while trying to help uate families of American ign Service officers from the zone, the State Department informed today. b death is the first American ing casualty in the second d War, following several nar- escapes for diplomatic officials | rman and Russian bombings of | d, Finland and Norway. derick A. Sterling, American fter to Sweden, cabled to the Department at: 1 pam. (Stock< ¥ Namsos, Andalsnes CAPT. ROBERT M. LOSEY. time) that he had just been in- pd of Capt.: Losey's death;in.a | am from Opdal, Norway,| d by a Maj. Yssum, presumabl\ | prwegian Army officer. rday, this telegram.read: erican Military Attache Capt. ! was killed by ‘German | per at Dombas today. Inform Harriman. - He will be sent to- ow (Monday) via Roros to as where insfructions from ions are awaited.” retary of State Hull, expressing regret at the death of Capt. | p, said at his press conference y that he would have to get| [ information about immediate mstances surrounding the | before he could sey whethefl diplomatic by this Government. Struck in Heart. pm Stockholm came word mahK Goteborg newspaper Handels ! ingen said the American offi- vas killed by a bomb splinter | struck him in the heart. e captain, it said, was stand- | pright in a mountain tunnel | hg a German air bombardment lombas when a bomb exploded | of the tunnel and a frag-| struck him. The newspaper | nobody else in the tunnel was mbas is on the railroad about iles south"an@ west of Trond- Comdr. Ole O. Hagen, Amer- naval attache ‘who now is near | as was asked by Mr. Sterling eive the body and await further ctions. State ant.menz immedi- | instructed Mr. Sterling to ob- all possible information on the mstances of Capt. “Los ;- Aiding U. 8. Refugees. s. Florence Jaffray Harrim ican Minister tq Norway, bag ted Saturday to the depart- from Sarna, Sweden, that Losey had gone into Norway tablish contact with a party of | ican women and children being hated under escort of Lt. Comdr. The party of refugees, in- ng 17 wives and children of gn service officers remaining on at Oslo, safely crossed the bor- | nto Sweden at Fjallnas yester- he department was informed. s. Harriman, who accompanied [Norwegian government on its| from Oslo in the face of Ger- invasion, narrowly escaped ! an bombing herself last week.| reported Friday that she had through barricades around um shortly before the town destroyed by German bombers, 50 casualties. pt. Losey served from August, to January, 1940, with the| ing and operations section of pffice of the chief of Air Corps In February he left for Hel- . Finland, as assistant military he for air. Early this month; jvas given the additional duty istant military attache for air| orway and Sweden. Commissioned in 1929. was born May 27, 1908, at ew, Towa, and was appointed e Military Academy from New Py in 1925. On graduation in he was commissioned a second enant of field artillery. He had detailed at Brooks Field, s; Kelly Field, Texas; Mather Calif,, and Barksdale Field, i, 1934 he was ordered to the ornia Institute of Technology, was graduated with the degree aster of science in meteorology. then served at March Field as porological officer until August, when he returned to the insti- The following June he re- pd the degree of master of ce in air engineering. Fol- g his graduation, he came to hington for his tour of duty }:t Losey is survived by his wife, (See LOSEY, Page A-3) e et inese Claim Capture Japanese Center he Associated Press. IGKING, April 22 —Capture Japanese strategic center 25 s northwest of Nanchang by ese troops driving toward the time capital of Kiangsi Province reported today by the Chinese ral News Agency, anwhile, the news agency said, ing continued around Chung- Mountain in the southwestern of Shansi Province, to which Japanese were said to have ed reinforcements of 40,000 men e past few days. e Chinese asserted they had d Japanese efforts to move hward across the Yellow River ler of the province. Phraid’ and Mé}fsw!“fldfila 'Brifish Planes Bomb ‘German Troop Ferry By Air fo Norway Aalborg and Stavanger Bases Are Attacked In Night Raids By the Associated Press. LONDON. April 22.—The British air force is synchronizing raids on 1 German. bases in Norway and Den- mark, attempting to choke off the action would be | Nazi air ferry service which poured | German troops into the invaded north eountry. Air Ministry announcements said heth Aalborg, in Northern Denmark, and Stavanger, Sotithern Norwegian | port,-had been raided during the night by British bombers repeating | attacks that“on the previous night also included Kristiansand, ahother southern port. The Stavanger airdrome was “bombed and machine-gunned” de- | | stroying “a number of enemy air- | craft,” the ministry said. The Aal- | | borg airdrome, which British be- | lieve is Germany’s only large field in | Denmark, was said to have suffered | “extensive damage by hlgb explo- sive and dncendiary bombs.” ..(Dnish police declared a state of “alr alarm” in Aalborg and jssued instru for safety during bombing sftaeks.) British fighters tbday two planes SW hetian: [75ss Islands, off northern Scottish | coast. No I Claim Numbe An unoficxaf Oft-the. 100 air miles rmm “&snumber of enemv aircraft destroyell;” a? ‘dbRe’ to Nl‘flrplfw i ey Bl The: release added that the first | operations B EHE o K said: fi}flcahon a"%e . 1t “The mdra‘m -beundary lights were on, the flare path was in posi- tion and four enemy aircraft were circling the field preparatory to landing. They quickly made off when a British bomber opened the attack.” Ground defense forces were active, searchlights were ranging in wide ares and anti-aircraft fire was in- tense, the report continued, “as the British aircraft, striking in rapid sl‘lccession. came in over the target.” Control Tower Bombed. “One pilot, approaching from a height of only 100 feet, found that most of the searchlights could not be depressed to so low a level and, rising over the target, was able to place an accurate salvo of bombs on a road near the airdrome control tower.” By the light of the moon at Sta- vanger, Norway, nearly 50 enemy planes were seen scattered around the edge of the bomb-pitted air- drome by flyers raiding that point, this unofficial account said. About 15 of the planes, grouped close to- Left in Flames, Berlin Declares U. S. TELLS NATIONALS in Hun- gary to consider leaving soon; extension of war would obstruct travel, Legation advises. Page A-11 By LOUIS P. LOCHNER, Associated Press Foreign Correspondent. BERLIN, April 22—A pro- longed Nazi air raid which left jin flames two Norwegian ports used by the allies as troop foot- holds was reported today as the Germans said they had scored new triumphs over their foe. DNB, official German news agefey,, said the West Norwegian towns -of Namsos and:Andalsnes. respectively 100 miles norfh and south of the German-held. city of Trondheim, were burning after being hard hit by Germdn bombs. DNB mdded| that British troops at Namsos fled in_panic to the mounmu duxlng the raid. On other fronts, the Gerrun com- munique said the British lost two submarines over the week end and that the British had bombsrded | the far-northern ore port of Narvik but did not land troops. The DNB report, supplementing the high command's communique, said the Germans had gained ground | steadily northeast and south of | Trondheim. { Planes Shot Dewn. Meanwhile, it was French planes hat dowyy T ing yesterday’: S‘EZr‘lal fighting ov Norway, thet North: sh m he | f For Evacuation Before Attack By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, April 22.—Brit- ish warnings that the far-north Norwegian port of Narvik, held by Germany, would be bombard- ed and advising residents to leave the ore town before firing today. The Britigh | the Narvik citi- zens until ‘?4;?‘?”!.&. Eli&r'n Standard ti to leave the be- leaguered patt The Britigh: dreibion 0. snb:m | Narvik to concentrated bombard- ,}ment apparently was the allied an- er to the German aerial attack yesterday on Namsos, Norwegian port south of Narvik and a landing place for British troops. Allied troops apparently were oc- cupying positions north and south of Narvik, but the German garrison was said to. have been strongly reinforced by troops flown in by .erm transports. Twenty planes were said to have landed Friday, 15 Saturday and 3 yesterday. Swedish ~ sources estimated the. Nazi forces there now total 3,000, while the British were believed to have landed more than 5,000 men at Harstad, 35 miles north. e Swedes Protest to Reich. Meanwhile, Sweden protested strongly ‘to Berlin against incursions by ez wsrplnns over her territory “measures to prevent announced repetmon of flights which “\es‘er-! officially that nine British and two | day were especially numerous and RE0 2 5 ! it] &n?afciQWfih a steadily expandmg‘ bhttiénonen afbxt door dnd N 4 Sweden al dy had t: starts (] hmadcast thteé thmes w € 9 2 o8 | ing p‘f’ecm s to!prev’fitpt‘hie&%u have been shd? own b@ex“ St.avanié!' ¢t fHom ‘Wring(nz osliieerivhia Airport, foun oraskiédoi & nmnum-oQ ov;ng s voro) t- o | :v.:rb?e fizfiwééxman coast w’?}dflhfifi? hTroops. '::“,:mkoafig [ ‘From Pres s to Home Within the Hour’ Most people in Washington have The Star delivered to their homes every evening and Sunday morning. () Means Associsted Press. THREE CENTS. JACK, YouVe CERTAINLY GOT To HAVE SOMETHING. Roosevelt Calls for a Liberal Pmr— IPickefing Limitations /Are Ruled Invalid By Supreme Court . Alabama and California Laws Held Curbs on mddombf'fificmmn s the. A;wcmed Press, Legislation regylafing picketing in Alabama afid & Calforria county was held’ unconstitutional today by the Supreme Coy The Alabama tatifté, eiacted in 1923, was challenged by the Ameri- Democrats Take Foreign Policy As Key Campaign Theme Farley Joins Chorus and Calls Roosevelt’s Record for Keeping Out of War ‘Remarkable’ By the Associated Press. relations in a radio speech Saturday In line with Fresident Roosevelt's night to Young Democrats' rallies, | assertion that the United States in which he called for nominatiort | “was keeping out of the wars in by his party of “a liberal pair of Europe and Asia,” Democratic lead- | candidates, running on a liberal and ers gave every indication today of | forward-looking platform.” making administration foreign pol- icy a key point in their political | campaigning. The latest expression of Demo- cratic views came last night from‘ Postmaster General Farley, who de- | L iy &mfl xand u,l‘ : € Ihg - [inland from debarkation points on the others were downed on the west. Noeaoh (cait i wete ireroitadient gaged in a series of fierce clashes with German forces on the Trond- heim and Oslo fronts. livend: bn The £t in Norwdy was xfiap- ing into a full-fledged war in the i i bt ottt Norwegians and Germam some | m%kfi?‘fit ;;.nh i r' tover or‘ lni'llery ;nd‘lflhl btnmnn( 5 h i e t Tt Jeidinotn, 35 miies nnrth ol’ 'l‘rondhenfl, lshd- Bl 60 miles north of Oslo, near the Swedish frontier. Approximately 1300, miles of pough (praein-separetes the two bltlle fronts. FRe ENMing areund - Verdiisdra; IEIIMSIEN, according to Swedish sources, de- veloped ' when allied forces, driving | south: arm oflmlng l’ landing at Nal mpLeC Getthat ~ILAlald op the 100-mile T way-lmp inkingthet o port ¢ Trondheim, the key. wcan:;a} Ngr‘ way. . Verdalsora,y feudy.- ern front. | (The allies also claimed to have shot “11 German planes “over the week ‘end. Unverified | claims indicated three additional | planes may have been brought | down, | (German pilots flew over | northern, eastern and southeast- | ern gdistricts of France, as well |} the Paris ares, 'y quar- | s’!aldkd)d allied carried | issigns.over-G y.) n m)ops ed Nor- captured Sullered heavy | 0SS Ic was asslfled supplies ol wmm mred cars | v with- out a hitch. ™y b | ‘th m@ c pique re- 56 ed anerchant % British de- | in fighting | around Norway. ‘J’ugam o) aniounce- nrent dj ew communlel- tion lines ‘ween German forces and_ine ing off British attacks on Terman air bases. ‘The Germans said they expanded their occupation of the Trondheim area without meeting serious op- position, Bergen and Stavanger Linked. Further success in the Bergen region as well as around Oslo was reported. The Oslo German forces have established connections with Stavanger, where German troops are landed by air transport, it was said. The high command communique follows: “Narvik again was bombarded yes- terday by enemy naval forces with- out effecting a landing of troops anywhere in the regions occupied by Germans. “German troops in the Trondheim region reached ppints important for the continuation of operations. No serious fighting occurred anywhere. “In the Bergen sector booty seized by German troops was increased by a number of modern®guns and a considerable amount of. material. “A land connection between Ger- man troops in occupied regions from (See LONDON, Page A-6.) (See BERLIN, Page A-5.) Summary of Page. Amusements, B-16 B-14-15 Editorials A-8 Finance A-15 Lost, Found B-11 Page. Obituary A-10 Radio Serial Story B-8 Society B-3 Sports A-12-14 ‘Woman's Page, B-10 Comics Foreign British planes blast German air ferry to Norway. Page A-1 Nazi bomb kills U. S. attache aiding refugees. Page A-1 2 British subs and 4 planes week- end toll, say Nazis. Page A-1 Destroyer officer describes dramatic Narvik battle. Page A-2 Far East situation seen threatening U. S.-Japanese war. Page A-2 Nazi envoy in Rome reported on way home to see Hitler. Page A-6 National Senate expenditures group to probe Maryland campaign. Page A-1 Farley lauds foreign policy of Roose- velt administration. Page A-1 Heavy tides hit New England after severe storm. Page A-2 Inquiry opens in train wreck killing 30 persons. Page A-3 Associated Press meeting hears four war correspondents. Page A-3 Pennsylvania voters to decide Guf- fey’s fate tomorrow. Page A-7 Congress seen appropriating $7,870,- 000,000 this year. Page A-7 Harrington tells W. P. A. workers to vote as they please. B-14| Page A-11 Orol’yu‘d Puzzle, Today’s Star Cotton and grain payments dispute delays farm bill. Page A-18 Washington and Vicinity House begins fight over sales-income tax legislation. Page A-1 Six suicides recorded in Washing- ton during week end. Page A-1 Commissioner Young pledges support to D. C. Committee. Page A-2 Senate hearings on 1941 D. C. appro- priation bill begun. Page B-1 Editorial and Comment This and That. Answers to Questions. Letters to The Star. David Lawrence. Frederic Willlam Wile.. Constantine Brown. Charles G. Ross. Alsop and Kintner. Sports Boston'’s chill threatens to add to woes of Nats. Page A-12 Tests due this week may untangle Kentucky Derby dope. Page A-12 Coach rates Central nine best in school’s history. Page A-13 Star-sponsored Federal golf tourney schiedule praised. Page A-14 Page A-8 Page A-8 Page A-8 Page A-9 Page A-9 Page A-9 Page A-9 Page A-9 Miscellan Nature’s Letter-Out. Bedtime Story. Winning Contract. Uncle Ray’s Corner, dren, Page B-11 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-15 Page B-15 ed q;ccesu mTcnuse it lies pn the, rallvuu lin a highwa# 9 ‘gifimh border 30 mil in flames “e;-figy bg‘xt)pos ing lorces fought for:fts posgession. . Allies Tnp\'zled 160 Mllu The allied: tfobps attemptihg ‘to stem the German advénce north from Oslo were reported to have reached Elverum after traveling more than 160 miles by rail from the west coast port of Andalsnes, which is 100 miles south of Trond- heim. The Norwegian Legation here an- nounced early today that the swift- moving allied column, supported by tanks, had attacked the Germans at Elverum after dislodging the in- vaders from Hamar, 20 miles to the west. There were unconfirmed re- ports that the British actually had occupied Elverum. (In Berlin, German sources de- nied the British had recaptured Hamar.) The progress of the fighting in this area, however, was confused by German reports that Nazi troops had reached Lillehammer, 25 miles north of Hamar. A Norwegian communi- que said the Germans had attacked Lillehammer repeatedly: from the air last night, but did not acknowl- edge that it had fallen. Sweden, holding steadfastly to her policy of neutrality, was keyed to taut readiness as the war swirled close along her frontiers. Sweden achieved peak preparedness short of gemeral mobilization. Swedes were worried by incursions o’ German planes. Extraordinary air defense precautions were taken and one influential Swedish news- paper went so far as to charge that German airmen were reconnoitering Sweden’s defenses. Swedish anti-aircraft batteries, under strict orders to guard against (See STOCKHOLM, Page A-5.) Forum Discussion On Farm Labor Secretary of Agriculture Wal- lace and Col. Philip B. Fleming, administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Labor De- partment, will be the speekers tonight on the National Radio Forum over WMAL at 10:30 o'clock. Secretary Wallace will discuss with Col. Fleming “The -Rela- tion of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Agriculture.” ™ The program is arranfed by The Star and is heard over a coast-to-coast metwork of the National Broadeasting Co. can Federation of Labor on behalf clared that the record of the Roose- The President gave no hint as to what candidates might win his sup- { port in event he does not run for a third term, but observers were quick to attach political significance to a conference it was learned Mr. Roosevelt shortly will have with oA tg,, break, the ; hgpiortang beu; | of Byron Thornhill. | The Shasta County (Calif.) ordi- 4n wag @attacked eM of John y, v«}:lo delivered th opiinians, sd@id mey imjited free- Esgii'l of’ dfsth: ss‘? i Justice McReynolds dlssented In agother decision today the couft”’held’'invalid ah’ agreement under: 'which San Frahcisco trans- | fers; to ag:n\nte power. corporation | ¥léctric' dnergy gerteratéd at the | | Heteh Hetehy hydro-electric project. | i In the picketing case, counsel for | thé ' Ameri¢an ‘Pederation’ ‘of Labor, amnun g Mr: Thornhill, had con- the A'!aba a statute, as in- i TBEdte » Supreme fulpicketing p&fnflfifigipfiegogsmulmnam in- {ringed; freedom, of speech, No Threats, Coprt Told. M#. Tbrnbill shid that all he did | was to stk another employe of the Brown Wood of * hrowh\nme Carlson. Justice Mul e his pepaployment cuntil a strike in “progress had been settled. pex lgure drere' 14 threats or show » he-added.; 3] ‘for ‘the C. I. O, repre- ! g Mr. Carlson, contended the | shas a County ordinance prohibited | peaceful: ptckeung and hence un- | constitutionally infringed freedom of speech. carrying banners at the site of the Delta Tunnel project, where there was a jurisdictional dispute between the C. I O. and the A. F. L. Mr. Carlson was said to have carried a banner on which was inscribed: “This job unfair to C. 1.0.” California Ordinance. The Shasta County ordinance pro- pose of influencing persons to re- frain from working there. Mr. Carlson was sentenced to serve 12 days in jail or pay a $25 fine. His conviction was upheld by the Cali- fornia Superior Court for Shasta County. In the Alabama case the statute prohibited picketing “for the pur- pose of hindering, delaying or inter- fering with or injuring any lawful business or enterprise of another.” It also outlawed loitering, “with- out a just cause or legal excuse” near a place of business for the pur- pose of inducing other persons not to trade with or work for the busi- ness. Mr. Thornhill was fined $100. His conviction was sustained by the Alabama Court of Appeals. “Thwarted Law’s Purpose.” Government attorneys said the Hetch Hetchy decision would per- mit San Francisco to acquire a municipal distribution * system or arrange with a private power com- pany for distribution of the current without the latter having any con- trol over it. Justice Black delivered the opinion (Bee COURT, Page A-7) Cromwell fo Resign As Minister fo Canada By the Associuted Press. OTTAWA, April 22—James H. Cromwell, United States Minister to Canada, will resign his post within the next month to run for the Demo- cratic nomination as Senator from New Jersey. Mr. Cromwell in making this an- nouncement said he “had to resign” in view of Secretary of State Hull's statement, made Saturday, that he expected the envoy to Canada to leave his post to contest the New Jersey primary on May 21. Mr. Cromwell, who was appointed Minister here on January 4, ex- pressed regret that he would not be able to make a projected tour of the Dominion with his wife, the former Doris Duke, velt administration in keeping the | Senator Wheeler, Democrat, | Nation out of war was a “remark- | Montana. Mr. Wheeler, a potential | ably outstanding one” and called for | candidate for the presidency if Mr. a solid front by the republics of this Roosevelt does not run, also has continent against European aggres- | figured in speculation as a possible of | rgqu’vmg Co., Inc. | Al not to resum Shasta County officials said Mr. ‘ Carlson was one of 29 C.I. O. pickets | hibited picketing in the vicinity of | any place of business for the pur-| sion. Mr. Roosevelt touched on world runmng mate for Presxdem Roose- (See POLITICS, Page A-4. Senate Unit Orders Probe of Spending In Maryland.Race Committee Acts on ‘Own ‘ Initiative’ in Contest ‘ Of Radcliffe and Bruce By G. GOULD LINCOLN. paign Expenditures Committee to- | day were ordered into Maryland to | | look into charges of heavy spending | |in the Democratic senatorial pri-( mary campaign. Chairman Gillette of Towa said | the committee was “acting on its | | own initiative,” as it is empowered to do, and on its own information. No sworn complaints had been | made, he added. Opponents in the primary are Senator Radcliffe and Howard Bruce, Democratic national commit- teeman for Maryland. Senator Gillette said no orders had gone out to inquire into the State’s Republican senatorial cam- paign in which former Gov. Nice and former Mayor William E. Broening of Baltimore are the con- testants. Tydings Made Charge in Talk. Senator Tydings of Maryland, who is supporting Senator Radcliffe for renomination, speaking Friday at Frederick, charged that “money is being spent in this campaign like it has never been spent before.” He insisted there was widespread use of money in the Bruce campaign. “We've got to provide some way in this State,” said Senator Tydings, “where a poor man can run for of- fice. I'm afraid things are reaching a point where unless we put up safe- guards at once, a poor man never will be able to hold any sort of office in Maryland. * He said that very few $1,000 news- paper advertisements, little radio time and no groups of 15 or 20 paid workers in every county would be utilized by Senator Radcliffe, implying that these agencies were being utilized by Mr. Bruce. “You can’t do thase things when " (See POLITICS, Page A-10) 'Youth, 19, Unhappy In Love, Among Six ‘Suicides in 48 Hours Only Son, Home on Visit, Found Dead in Garage By Anxious Father A 19-year-old boy—an only son, home from school for a week-end | early today, a suicide because of an | unhappy love affair. He was the sixth person to commit suicide in Washington since midnight Satur- | day. In addition, a 29-year-old woman lay near death in Emergency Hos- | pital after a plunge from the Cal- | vert Street Bridge. Members of her family said they believed she had attempted to kill herself. The dead are: George C. Stenz, 19, of 3328 Mount Pleasant street N.W., a Central High | School graduate, found dead of car- bon monoxide poisoning in the ga- rage behind his home. Near the body was a note addressed to his sweetheart, with whom he had ap- parently quarreled. Mrs. Ethel Hillman, 43, found d"ad in the kitchen of her apartment at | 1133 Thirteenth street N.W. early | today by her husband. Gas jets| were open. Police said she left no notes, but had made previous at- tempts to kill herself. Jane Z. Lofink, 25, of 1436 Ogden street N.W., an Agriculture Depart- ment’ employe, who was found dead in bed -early yesterday, apparently from an overdose of sleeping pcwder She left notes in which she said, broke my heart . Lemuel K. Taylor, 46, a World War veteran, who leaped three stories down an inside stairwell in| Walter Reed Hospital early yester- day. He had been a patient at the hospital for several months. James Louis Cook, 32, of 1015 Sev- enteenth place N.E., who was found dead in the gas-filled kitchen of his home last night by his wife. Andrew C. Murphy, 29, of 1121 I street N.E., son of a retired police- man, found dead of gas poisoning in " (See SUICIDE, Page A-4) (Picture on Page B-1.) The United States Army had gained its first close look at an au- thentic “blitzkreig” today and there was a movement on foot to see that all the country’s artillery be an- chored more securely as a result. When reports of the first engage- ment in the lightning war were all in, it was possible to determine: 1. That two colored men, mighty of muscle, were very definitely in the guardhouse, while a third was in full and speedy retreat. - 2. That one 300-pound cannon was missing from old Fort McPher- son in the Arlington Cemetery-Fort Myer reservation and that a 600- pound cannon was out of action— and almost out of sight. The two prisoners of war were haled before a United States com- missioner in Alexandria, Va., this morning, with stealing Fort's Guns Saved From Raiders In Spirited Arlington Action Government property—to wit, the 300-pound and the 600-pound can- non. The tale shaped up as follows: A visitor in the Arlington Ceme- tery about 3:45 p.m., yesterday no- ticed some strange doings in the Fort McPherson section. He summoned guards and Sergt. Augustus H. Sel- linger and Pvt. Phillips L. G. Ruark came on the double quick. They arrived at the base of an embankment to find two colored youths getting into an automobile. They took a second look at the car. Out the back door protruded a piece of artillery. It was a good- sized cannon—made of bronze in Civil War days, weighing about 600 pounds and stretching 7 feet over all. The cemetery guards, both ex- soldiers, closed in and captured the boys. The two looked a little sheep- ish and then explained that they had been up on the embankment (See GUNS, Page A-3) — A § i House Vofes To Consider D. C. Sales Tax Decides to Take Up Plan for Dual Levy; Tally Is 229 to 40 BULLETIN. The House voted, 229 to 40, this afternoon to consider a bill pro- viding a combination retail sales- income tax for the District. Three weeks ago the House flatly re- fused to even consider the plan. Another bitter fight over a bill providing for a combpination retail sales-income tax in the District was presaged in the House today The first indication of the impend- ing battle came shortly before 1 o'clock as Representative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland, a member of the District Committee, demanded a roll call of the House membership on a point of no quoium. He gave no reason for this move Three weeks ago the House by an overwhelming vote flatly refused even to consider the dual tax plan. Representative Kennedy raised his point of no quorum as Repre- sentative Nickols, Democrat, of Oklahoma, champion of the com- bined sales-income tax plan walked | into the well of the House to ap- peal for its consideration. Just a few minutes before, Chair- man Randolph of the District Com= mittee had urged the House to dee vote the afternoon to a discussion of the local tax situation, a subject, he said, with which the committee {had found to be very difficult to solve. Representative Randolph pointed out the District faces an anticipated revenue shortage of about $1.000,000 at the close of the current fiscal year, June 30. Moving swiftly, the House in | advance of Mr. Randolph’s plea for | consideration of the District fiscal | situation. passed and sent to the | Senate five bills. These provide: 1. A sabbatical leave of absence with part pay for District school teachers. 2. Revision of the Indeterminate | Sentence and Parole Act to bring it into closer conformity with Fed- eral law. 3. Tightening of existing law reg= ulating the practice of dentistry. 4. Strengthening existing law regulating the practice of podiatry. also | 5. Issuance of a license to Dr. | A. L. Ridings to practice the heal- ing art. | Retirement Bill Not Considered. A sixth bill—one which would | authorize the voluntary retirement of police and firemen with half pay after 25 years' service—was not called up. | There was discussion over only one | bill that was passed—the one to | tighten the law regulating podi- atrists. It was engendered by Rep- resentative Bolles, Republican, of | Wisconsin, a member of the District | Committee, who pleaded with the wHouse to kill the measure. | “We are regulating every thing now except blacksmiths,” he declared, “but they have gone out of busi- Investigators of the Senate Cam- | yisit_was found dead by his father | ness.” Three Washingtonians, | Adrift in Bay, Saved Three Washingtonians were res- cued early today from their dis- | abled cabin cruiser in the wind- ‘lashed Chesapeake Bay off Point | Lookout, Md., by the Norfolk & l Washington steamer Northland. The | vietims had been adrift for nine hours. According to reports of the steam- “shnp company, those rescued were | William G. Fritz, official of the | Washington Council of Social ‘Agenc)es and Mrs. Fritz and Max E:per, a newspaper photographer. Sailors aboard the Northland said | the ship’s lookout, Robert L. Mil- | burn, sighted distress flares, appar- ently made by the photographer’s flash bulbs, shortly after midnight, | and the steamer, under orders of her captain, Thomas J. Hewitt, pro- ceeded at once to the rescue. Griffs’ Game Postponed Epecial Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, April 22—Today's game | between the Nationals and Red Sox | was called off on account of wet grounds. Explosion Sinks Steamer LONDON, April 22 (#).—The Nor- | wegian steamer Bravore, 1,458 tons, sank today after an explosion off the southeast coast of England. Twenty of the crew of 24 were Bulletins Symphony Row Settled The National Symphony Or- chestra’s contract dispute with the Musicians’ Protective Union was settled today when the board of directors of the orchestra asso- ciation voted unanimously to ac- cept the new compromise for- mula, The union approved the plan Saturday. (Early Story on Page B-1.) W. P. A. Charges Studied In secret session, the House subcommittee handling the $975,~ 000,000 W. P. A. appropriation bill discussed with W. P. A. chiefs today that some of the money previously given the relief agency was mishandied. The charges, contained in a report by J. 0’'Con- nor Roberts, committee counsel, have not been made public, but Chairman Woodrum said that in general they alleged excessive * travel expenses and administra- tive costs, and W. P, A. work dons on private property. &