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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-08-24

A Grand Jury official tells Senator
Copeland that witnesses against gang
sters stand before US terrified. per-
spiration standing out. upon them,
afraid to speak OUT
Racketeers, 1t seems, keep spies
around the Grand Jury room and who
ever talks is quickly punished.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-08-24

Governor Lehman Of New York says
professional gang elements preying
upon lawful industry have grown to
such proportions that drastic measures
are Immediately needed"
Mr.. Mulrooney. formerly Police Com
missioner of New York. wants ian
American DEVILS Island" to discourage
racketeers, and advocates the use of
the lash.
Evening star., 1933-07-31
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary Perkins today told the steel
industry the working hours It proposes
are too long and the wages too low
to accomplish the recovery acts broad
purpose" of unemployment and wide
spread purchasing power.
Appearing at the opening session OF
hearings on the code, fixing pay and
hours for the industry. the woman
cabinet officer asserted it did not make
adequate provisions for the abolish
ment of child labor and severely criti-
cized the proposed method Of appor-
tioning hours.
Instead of numerous wage zones with
differing hourly rates, ranging from 70
cents in the South to 40 cents In highly
the number of such zones with a dif-
ferential be determined by q thorough
study Of living costs.
I'm view Of the privileges and the
freedom granted to the industry by
the Government to combine for the
purpose Of eliminating evils that beset
the industry" she said, 1T Is disap-
pointing to find that in framing sec
ton of the proposed code the In
dustry did not rise to the opportunity
of ruling out the seven-day week from
the steel industry. the 12-hour day and
all unduly long working hours.
1.-The proposal for an average OF 40
hours per week within any six-month
period not only permits these evils to
stand in the face of thousands OF un-
employed who are begging for work,
Evening star., 1933-07-31
Secretary Perkins Mistaken
For Radical Labor Agitator
Steel Town Mayor Bars
Her Speech, But She
Makes 1t Anyway.

Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
was mistaken for q Communist agitator
by the mayor Of Homestead, Pa. q
short distance from Pittsburgh, who
refused her permission to address the
steel workers Of his city in the town
square last Friday, It became known
today. Miss Perkins confirmed the re-
port.
After the public meeting place was
denied her she said she obtained per-
mission from the postmaster Of the
town to address the workers. 1t was
reported she had an audience Of sew
eral hundred In front Of the small post
office building.
Pittsburgh and q few hours after her
arrival she delivered an address at the
public hearing on the steel code before
National Recovery Administrator Hugh
johnson. In this address she an
nounced that she would nke>to change
the designation Of the Department Of
Labor to the Department for LAbor,"
for she said she intended to see the
working man get his just rights.
During her inspection Of the plants
around Pittsburgh she reported she
made many observations, principally
that the average steel worker has too
long daily working hours and not
enough time to enjoy the contents Of
his lunch pail during the brief noon
recess.
Meantime, rather Francis J. Haas,
of the National Catholic welfare Board.
and Q member Of the National Indus.
trial Recovery Advisory Committee.
Evening star., 1933-07-31
PRESIDENT DELAYS
SOME REGR0UP|NG
Lack of Time and Outlook for
Repeal Are Causes for
Action.

Inability to make the comprehensive
shifts involving thousands Of workers
in the short time allotted and the pos
sibility of prohibition repeal. which
would entail additional changes in the
prospective arrangement today devel-
oped as principal reasons for holding
up some features Of President Roose-
velt's reorganization program, scheduled
to be effective August 10.
A series Of executive orders providing
for the delay was signed by President
Roosevelt just before departure on his
vacation and are now at the State De-
partment awaiting distribution through
out the service.
Positions Protected.
The positions of an army Of workers
who would have been dropped by the
reorganizations are protected for the
time being.
Another cheering note also was in
jected into the employment situation
when the Civil Service Commission an
nounced that more than 200 appoint
ments had been made In new agencies
in the past week. This brings to ap-
proximately 600 the total number OF
persons re-employed after being dropped
In the retrenchment program.
The new executive orders have effect
as follows:
The consolidation of the Bureaus Of
Internal Revenue and Industrial Aco-
hol into q Division Of Internal Reve-
nue., which also will include the permit
functions Of the present Bureau Of Pro-
hibition, Is delayed until December 81
unless sooner ordered by the Secretary
Of the Treasury and approved by the
President.
The establishment of centralized divi-
sions OF disbursement and procurement
In the Treasury Department, doing
away with the individual units in the
departments and independent of1ces. is
held up under the same conditions.
Held Up Until September 80.
The separation Of employees, which
otherwise would be automatic with the
establishment Of the office Of national
parks, buildings and reservations in the
Interior Department, to include, among
others, the Office Of public buildings and
public parks of the National Capital,
is held up until September 80. unless
Continued on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1933-07-31
THREE PERSONS KILLED
BY TORNADO IN TEXAS

By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, July 31-Three per-
sons lost their lives and scores were in
jured Sunday as a tornado swept
through Oak Cliff, residential district in
Southwestern Dallas, wrecking approx
mately 100 homes and causing damage
estimated in excess of $685.
I G. Searcy, %, was crushed to death
when the storm demolished his home.
Thomas w. Henley, 70, died of a heart
attack as he watched the storm bear
down on him and roar over his house.
skull fracture received when her home
collapsed
Rainfall measured 2.23 inches.
During q downpour in excess Of 5
inches in nearby Fort Worth, jamie
Burton, Z. was washed into q storm
sewer and drowned.
Evening star., 1933-07-31
TRIP TO MOON AND BACK "WORTH
EXPENSE OF TWO BATTLESFIIPS''
Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Annapolis Con
siders Passenger Carrying Rocket.

coming the falling -in-an-elevator SEN
sation that would 60 with being aboard
a manmade meteor are as nothing IN
Conrad's opinion.
"The first 125 miles or so would be
the hardest" he continued. "The earth
is covered by q layer Of atmosphere
about l25 miles deep that gets thinner
and thinner until there is nothing"
He explained the rocket passenger
could drift around the moon taking pic
lures and then. with little Of the fuel
left, start back. The ship would ease
in and out Of the atmosphere to cool
of and then the passengers could take
to their parachutes.
"As for the benefits to be expected
from the trip to the moon-well," he
concluded, 'the possible benefits Of Co.
lumbus' trip probably looked as meager
at the outset and the relative cost would
be about the same"
Evening star., 1933-07-31
COMPANY UNION IS OUT
OF CODE BUT STEEL MEN
ARE SOLD ON PROPOSAL
Hours and Pay in Steel Code
Criticized by Miss Perkins
Lacks Assurance Child Labor Will Be
abolished, Labor Secretary Declares
at opening Session of Hearings.

but It will intensity irregularity Of EN-
ployment by stimulating unduly long
hours during some months to be alter
mated with very little work during other
months so that the average may be
kept down to 40 hours.
ut Is not my purpose to suggest the
exact number Of hours that the indus
try ought to set as the maximum
will have to be determined by the num-
Der of iron and steel workers now un-
employed that have to be reabsorbed
= and to q certain extent by the
| technical processes Of the tndustry'''
Thirty-six hours per week, which Y
six hours day for six days, or 80
| five days, offer interesting opportunities
| for unemployment Of large numbers OF
| persons ."
The proposal to divide the country
into 81 separate wage districts with
differentials of and cents an hour
she found to have "the appearance OF
an arbitrary fixing Of wages that can
hardly be justified by differences In
| costs Of living"
An industry that has been given the
privilege Of preventing unfair price
| competition must assume the respon-
sibility also Of preventing unfair wage
compeCltlOn, Sne SAID.
Higher Standard Suggested.
1.-THE low rates Of IS and 27 cents per
hour for the two Southern districts
are presumably based on the predomi
nance Of Negro labor in those districts
But Negroes are also consumers.
Their cost of living Is not lower than
the living costs Of the whites; it Is
Continued on Page 2, Column Sd
Evening star., 1933-07-31
SPREADING;
10000 NOW ARE OUT
Fresh Disorders Reported.
Additional Troops May
Be Called.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, July 31.-Fresh
disorders broke out in the Western
Pennsylvania coal fields today as new
walkouts pushed the number Of striking
miners past the 10000 mark and
brought reliable reports that additional
troops may be ordered to the scene.
At the same time, Gov. Pinchot tele-
graphed an invitation to strike leaders
and Thomas Moses, president of the H.
G. Frick Coke Co., to meet him In Har-
risburg tomorrow to effect permanent
peace" In the Fayette County coal re-
gion.
Reports that three more companies Of
militia may be called to augment the
325 National Guardsmen who began
patrol duty today were heard after Maj.
Gen. Edward c. Shannon, Guard COM
mander, arrived for survey Of the sit
uation.
New strikes were declared at the
Nemacolin mine Of the Buckeye Coal
Co., where 5000 walked out, and In
Washington County. where 1900 struck.
However, ATS Washington County
wage increases.
with many of its mines idle and some
working on q curtailed basis, the Frick
Co. reopened its Standard Coke plant
at Mount Pleasant, the largest beehive
oven works In the world.
The plant has been idle for more
than q year. The company announced
it IS hiring all the men it can get.
rauegor Crov,inS
Minor disorders in the Fayette
County sector this morning heightened
the tension shortly after the Guards
men, who arrived Saturday, began pa
trolling the strike area.
Guardsmen reported that a man In
a picket line at Colonial Mine No. 8 OF
the H. G. Ffick Coke Co., where four
men were shot last week, threw six
stones into group Of miners accom-
panied by few women.
A patrol Of 10 Guardsmen in COM
mand Of Lieut.. Clarence Urban faced
200 pickets who soldiers said attempted
to block the mine entrance to men seek
| ing to return to work.
Sergt Isidore Catapano seized the
stone -thrower and turned him over to
State police, who sent him home. They
said he was standing next to woman
| OF go who also had stones IN her hand.
| She was not molested.
Pickets and strikers resented being
| forced to clear a path to the mine en-
| trance Martin Ryan, chairman Of q
local union, entered the National Guard
encampment and demanded to see Mai
Kenneth w. Momeyer, commanding the
battalion sent to the strike area on
| orders Of Gov. Pinchot.
Ryan protested that some of YOU
men broke through our picket lines"
| Is q clean-cut case Of violence. I'm
Maj. Momeyer waited for report
from his patrol, then told Ryan, this
Is q clean-cut case Of violence. I'm
here to preserve the peace. I'm not 60
ing to have any entrances to private
property blocked"
| Patrol 12-Mile Front.
Pickets at the No. 8 mine said n
workers entered the workings as the
path was cleared. Eight hundred were
employed before the strike.
| Frick officials had announced the
mine would be open to workers who
| wished to return.
In patrols of to 20 men, Maj
Momeyer distributed the troops beforl
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1933-07-31
RETAILERS CODE
NEARF|NAL FORM
Number of Stores to Be In
cIuded in 48.Hour Week
Pr0bIematical.
onicials Of the Recovery Administra-

Ondcials Of the Recovery Administra-
ton today were whipping together
final draft Of a code for the retail in
dustry, under which merchants would
operate pending its formal considera-
ton and approval instead Of under
President Roosevelt's blanket wage and
hour agreement.
A premature announcement was gtver
today that all retail stores would be per-
mitted a 48-hour week instead Of the
4o-hour week specified in the President,
agreement.
Later, however, A. D. Whiteside, q
deputy administrator, said it had not
been determined whether this would af-
feet all stores or only those In the
smaller cities
These smaller stores have contende6
that since they are now working some
60 to 80 hours, cutting to 40 would be
financially impossible.
Exemption Denied.
Meanwhile, Hugh S. johnson, CHIEF
administrator, said the plan to permit
the retailers to operate temporarily un.
der their own code and use the oflcia
blue eagle" insignia was not an ex-
emption from the Presidents agreement
but was fulfilling the intent Of the
agreement to speed up the submission
? of codes.
johnson emphasized that there would
be no big group exempted Of any kind
There were numerous requests for de.
tails and texts of the retailers code a:
DIR rafted but no satisfaction ON any such
points could be obtained at the Indus
trial Administration or. indeed, from
retail executives themselves.
The only information Forthcoming
was that work on the draft still wa.
going on and that even those partic-
ipating were at loss to know how the
hours. wages and other questions woulc
be settled.
Others Expected to Apply.
The removal of the retail stores from
the blanket agreement places them In
the same category with cotton textiles
and related industries, and shipbuild-
ing, which have had permanent code
provided for them.
It is expected a number Of other in.
dustries, in presenting their permanent
codes for approval, would ask permis-
sion to operate under them temporarily
instead Of the Presidents agreement.
johnson said no modification of the
Presidents general agreement was In
volved In the action.
This agreement by the President wa.
proposed as lever for speeding up the
presentation Of Codes" johnson said
"and as result the retailers have come
/Contin,od an PAGE Q Column ~
Evening star., 1933-07-31
DRIVE PLANNED ON CRIMINALS
MAKES EARTH SMALL FOR THEM
James S. Boan, Head of New Worldwide Group, Is
Confident Cooperation Will Bring Success

Of information concerning criminals,
and while he made it clear that the
world police force will not be empow-
cred to overstep existing extration laws,
he said it could do much toward sup
plying international prosecutors with
valuable information.
Additional ways and means Of bring
ing to justice those who indulge in ac-
tivities outside the law were in the
making today as delegates to the fortieth
annual convention Of the International
Association Of Chiefs Of Police ASSEM-.
bled.
Chief Of Police Joseph serk Of st.
Louis expressed what probably viii b
the attitude Of other members upon his
arrival last night when he urged that
the death sentence be applied more
freely 10 convicted kidnapers. He said
he was certain it would reduce tho
number Of abductions.
Evening star., 1933-07-31
SCORES BURIED IN RUINS
IN CZECH HOTEL BLAST
Three Bodies Recovered, 10 Believed
Killed and so Injured as Bomb Ex-
plodes at City of Brunn.

flames from the explosion shot 200 feet
In the air.
The explosion took place at 7:45 am,
when most Of the guests were still in
side
The entire first floor, including a
restaurant, was demolished. Windows
in all nearby buildings were shattered.
Police, flremen and soldiers were
called out for rescue work and to main
tain order among inhabitants, who were
thrown into a panic.
1t was not learned at first whether
1t was bomb or gas explosion.
Brunn has population of 263. .646,
and is IN West Central Czechoslovakia
about ITO miles southeast of Praha.
Evening star., 1933-07-31
R. F. c. JUNE LOANS
TOTAL $18,34,439
$500, 100000 Also AHocated
to Treasury for Home
Refinancing.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton reported to Congress today that it
had authorized advances in loans and
for relief purposes aggregating $685.
304, ,439 during June. and had allocated
$200, 10000 to the Treasury for the
capital stock of the Home Owners Loan
Corporation.
Loans authorized to banks and other
financial institutions totalled $l19,-
$50, ,404.
Those for self-liquidating and recon-
struction projects amounted to $685.
772,613.
The corporation turned over $37,-
910,142 to the Emergency Relief Agency
for distribution among the States.
The corporation bought preferred
stock in bank and trust companies to
the amount of $4,838, 900 and author
lied loans of $3,350,000 on preferred
stock
A loan of $6,o00,o0o to the Great
Northern Railway Co. at ST. Paul was
authorized along with one to the Den
yer & Rio Grande Western Co. totaling
$3.50, 900, at 6 per cent interest.
Most Of the loans to banks and trust
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1933-07-31
CAR BLAST BLOWS
WOMAN TO BITS
Explosion Rips Apart Car and
Portions of Driver Found
900 Feet Away.
BY the Associated Press.


PORTERSVILLE, Pa, July 31.-Mrs
James Rubright, about IS. was blown
to bits today in an explosion which
ripped apart an automobile In lonely
lane miles from Portersville.
The blast blew parts Of the automo-
bile 600 feet, shattered six windows IN
a farm house and was heard in Porters-
vile. State police hurried to the scene
Part Of the woman's head was found
300 feet away in q wheat field. An arm
and hand were found an equal distance
In the opposite direction.
Police located the license plate Of the
car-Pennsylvania JL-697-and found
It listed under the name Of James Rub
right, q garage owner Of nearby Har-
mony.
They found his wife has been living
with Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Annabel at
New Castle Mrs. Annabel said q man
called for Mrs. Rubright last night and
drove away with her in q car.
The explosion occurred near the o.
D. Myers farm home. Miss Mamie
Myers, a daughter, told police she heard
q car approach the house at l am,
heard the squeak Of brakes and mans
voice.
Then came the explosion, which she
said tumbled her out Of bed.
Evening star., 1933-07-31
PLANNING TO COMPETE

DETROIT, July 81 R.-Word was
received here by the committee in
charge Of arrangements for the Harms
worth Trophy Race that Hubert Scott
Paine, British challenger, has made
full arrangements to come to Detroit. +"
In q !cablegram received by the COM
mittee today, Scott-Paine said he would
make definite decision regarding his
participation In the trophy race not
later than Thursday Of the present
week.
There has been some uncertainty as
to whether Scott-Paine would have his
Harmsworth Regatta, scheduled for
early in September.
Evening star., 1933-07-31
By the Associated Press.

6y tQ6 ASSOClhtcu 1AcSS'
ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 31.-A trip
to the moon and back in a passenger
carrying rocket, in the opinion OF w. A.
Conrad, assistant professor in mathemat-
les in the United States Naval Acad-
envy, is worth the cost Of building two
battieships-about 100000. 900.
"ef course, $100. 0.000, 900. taken by
itself, sounds big" he said, but when
you consider that $l00, 0,000, 900 is the
cost of only two battleships, you begin
to take 1t in, and Tor one think the
rocket project would be worth as much
as two battleships."
"The biggest obstacle" he said, "is
the fuel problem. It would take 5000
tons of hydrogen and oxygen or Of alco-
hol and oxygen to carry Q lotion pay
load to the moon"
Besides that problem. those Of dodg-
Ing falling stars en- route and OF over
Evening star., 1933-07-31
CHURCH CANDLES STOLEN

ATLANTA, July 81 R.-Police today
docketed Q burglary from the Greek
Orthodox Church Of $500 worth Of wax
candles.
w. p. Chotas told ofncers the thieves
entered the church by removing . glasa
In the rear Of the building. Two hum
dred candles, valued ct $3.50 each, were
stolen, along with two gallons OF olive
Gil and three gallons Of vinegar.
Evening star., 1933-07-31
BOY, 10, KEPT CHAINED;
JUNK DEALER ARRESTED
Police Quote Accused as Saying
Lad Was Tied Up Because
He Stayed Out Nights.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WHEELING, w. Va, July 31.-A o.
year old junk dealer is held for hearing
on accusations Of State police that he
tied the hands Of a 10-year-old boy and
secured him to q cellar rafter with q
dog chain.
They arrested Charles Robert and
said he told them the lad, William Kim
mey, was tied up because he stayed out
late nights.
His mother, Mrs Emma KINNEY, in
whose house he was found, was not ar
rested, but was ordered to appear at
Roberts hearing.
Police said Robert Is q cousin Of the
lads mother who lived with them.
Evening star., 1933-07-31
BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July ST.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 31.-The earth isn't
going to be big enough for criminals
in the future If the well laid plans Of
the newly organized world police force
to bring about q national exchange Of
prisoners succeeds.
James s. Bolan, New York City's
police commissioner and first presi-
dent Of the new worldwide group
which grew out Of the convention Of
the World Association Of Detectives last
week, said that what Is needed IS CO.
operation.
As he sees the situation, - far more
expeditions clearance Of data pertaining
to, and fuller collaboration In, the ap-
prehension Of international criminals"
Is vital to success.
In the past. he said. police had been
handicapped by lack Of an exchange
Evening star., 1933-07-31
BY the Associated Press.

BRUNN. Czechoslovakia. July 81
the front Of the four story Hotel Europa
was blown OF today and about 10 per-
sons were killed and so injured by a
bomb which, police said, may have been
exploded by a man who wished to kill
himself, his wife and his child.
Scores Of guests were buried in the
ruins. Three bodies were recovered but
late this afternoon 1t still could not be
determined exactly how many were dead.
The authorities said the total probably
would remain below 10. Seven Of the
injured were in critical condition.
The blast rocked the whole city and
Evening star., 1933-07-31
MERCURY STILL SOARING
WITH NO RELIEF IN SIGHT
Temperature Of 90 Expected-Tor-
rid Spell to Last for
Several Days

No relief from the heat was in pros
pect today, with temperatures running
slightly higher than yesterday and the
prediction Of the United States Weather
Bureau for fair and warm.
At $50 yesterday the mercury
reached 90 degrees and today was ex-
pccted to touch 96. At 1880 am. it
had climbed to 90 degrees.
The forecaster said the hot spell prob
ably would last several days longer, but
was not likely to equal the record heat
Of 100 degrees recorded June 8.
Evening star., 1933-07-31

HOLLYWOOD, July 81 @.-A
daughter weighing 5 pounds and IA
ounces was born to Skeets Gallagher,
movie comedian, and Mrs. Gallagher at
a hospital Saturday night. The Gal
laghers have young son.
Evening star., 1933-07-31

who accompanied Miss Perkins on her
inspection trip, charged the mayor and
police Of the town openly kept workers
from hearing the cabinet onhcer speak.
Father Haas reported that permis-
union labor leaders of that district.
The place was too small and when she
received q telegram, according to
Father Haas, from George Beaumont,
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1933-07-31
Tied and Handcu6ed.

MY feet were tied together and
was handcuffed." young O'Connell said
In the interview. This proved to be
rather uncomfortable, but the only
mark I have from it Is a small one
on the wrist
Because Of my blindfold I had no
opportunity to see any of the persons
guarding me. MY eyes we're not taped,
Continued on Page 4, Column 1.)
Evening star., 1933-07-31

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Evening star., 1933-07-31
Gallagher Has Daughter.

Continued on Page 2, Column 81