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The Washington times., 1933-10-04
BOMBS QUELL
STEEL MILL
RIOTERS
Strike Spread Follows Fiqht
In Which 3 Are Hurt;
Women Take Hand

PITTSBURGH. Oct. 4 1.NsJ.
One man was shot down and two
others were slugged, one probably
fatally, as mob violence reared a
menacing head today in the
spreading tri-State steel strikes
coincident with a rapid wane in
the scope of the bituminous coal
holiday.
Shouting epithets, raging
mob of 400 pickets "ganged" about
100 employees of the Spang- -Chal-
FAINT Seamless Tube Company at
Ambridge.
More than two score women
were in the picket lines and took
part in the fighting.
Bombs Hurled
Several shots we're fired.
Steel company deputies raced
to the scene. Tear gas bombs
were hurled into the advancing
mob as the menaced workers fled.
Behind them they left Alton
Curry, 30, an employe. his head
battered in and his clothes spat
tered with blood.
He was taken to the Valley Hos.
pital at Ambridge where his con.
dition was reported as critical.
Luke Starchenko, 81, a picket,
was shot in the side. His condi.
tion was serious.
Harry Kuntz, 80. Of Ambridge,
a Spang employe, also was clubbed
in the melee.
C. r. Barton, vice president in
charge of operations, disclaimed
any responsibility for the volley
Of shots.
Sheriff Charles j. OLaughlin
charged "dum dunn" bullets we're
used. These spread on contact
with the target, mangling the VIC
Tins.
Truces Fail
Prompt action by striking soft
coal miners to offset defectionS
within their own ranks today re-
suited in abrupt abandonment Of
efforts to resume operations in the
vast western Pennsylvania btu
minous coal region.
Thousands Of miners who trooped
back to work last night and this
morning we're drawn out again by
hasty mobilization of pickets.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04

Angeles was rushed to the scene.
Great billows of smoke gave
an ominouS appearance over the
park and when the horror of the
disaster became known, thousands
rushed to park entrances and to
hospitals. Hundreds of them
were relatives of men who had
been working in the park.
Blamed On the Wind
So horribly were the bodies Of
the victims burned that no at
tempt was made to identify them
last night. They were numbered
in the morgue which was then
closed. The task of identifying
the bodies was to start today, and
officials said that teeth offered
almost the sole hope Of positive
identification.
"The wind did it."
So said James Davies, sur
vivor. He escaped with his life
by running into the wind instead
Of from it. He said:
"They didn't have a chance.
They thought they could run
ahead Of the fire"
The blackened bodies, knees
bent and arms twisted to shield
their faces, gave mute evidence
Of how the county workmen had
fallen IA holocaust.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
] A A|LBREAKER
ROBS BANK

ST. MARYS, Ohio, Oct.
GNSD.-Search for the 10 con
victs who broke out of the Michi
gan City Qnd) prison last week,
was given new impetus today fol
lowing identification Of one Of
them last night as a member of a
quintet that held up the First Ma.
tional Bank here late yesterday
afternoon and looted the vault OF
$12.050.
Following the holdup, the thugs
fled in an automobile on a high.
way which leads either to Cincin.
natl or Michigan.
The convict. identified as one of
those who participated in the dar.
ing robbery, was Charles Makeley
former resident of St. Marys.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
PWA AGAIN HITS
At POLITICS

Behind the announcement that
Secretary Of the Interior Harold
L. Ickes has placed Ebert K. Bur
lew in charge Of all personnel
matters for the Department Of
the Interior and the Public Works
Administration, Washington OBJ
servers today diScerned a new
move to keep partisan politics
wholly outside the expenditure Of
the $3,300,000,000 public works
fund.
The unequivocal order Of Ickes
with reference to personnel mat
ters clearly takes them entirely
out Of the hands of E. Edward
Hurja, formerly Postmaster Cen
eral Farley's right-hand man, who
was given a job in the Interior
Department some months ago. 1t
was expected at that time that
Hurja would have plenty to say
regarding jobs, particularly in the
Public Works Administration.
Now Hurja has been relegated
to the position of administrative
assistant to Col. H. M. Waite, Of
the Public Works Administration,
and it is authoritatively stated
that he will have nothing to do
with the handling of personnel
matters.
Ickes never has been very re.
ceptive to Postmaster General
Farley's overtures on behalf of de-
serving Democrats.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
SUICIDE CLOSES
COURT CASE

The police books were closed
today in the case Of Clarence M.
Danforth, As. For he will never
appear in court to answer charge
of non-support. Death has closed
the action.
Arrested here last Thursday on
the charge, preferred by his wife,
an employe Of the Y. w. C. A.,
Danforth was released on $500
bond.
Last night in a hotel room in
Richmond, Va. he placed pistol
against his head and pulled the
trigger. He was dead when doctors
reached him.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
So {. {. c. CAMPS
FOR VIRGINIA

Virginia will have SO Civilian
Conservation Corps camps this
winter, Robert Fechner, director
Of emergency conservation work,
has announced.
OF the SO projects approved, 38
are on national forest and State
and private lands. The rest are
on national and State park lands.
Under the winter setup as ap-
proved by Director Fechner, not
less than 1890 men will be work
ing on the Presidents reforesta-
ton program in Virginia during
the winter. A majority will be
taken from the States c. c. c.
quota, and most of the men will
do general forest Improvement
work,
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Z ARMY FL|ERS
DIE IN CRASH
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Booker was still breathing, they
summoned an ambulance.
The plane left Langley Field
this morning, carrying supplies
and equipment for Middleton,
Pa.
Lieut.. Booker, who was %, is
survived by a bride of only a
week, it was learned. He is a
reserve officer and was married
Just before going on active duty
at the Virginia post. His home
was in Phoebus, Va.
Rhoads, the radio operator,
was married and the father of
two young children. His family
resides in Hampton, Va.
An immediate investigation Of
the cause of the crash was Or
dered by military authorities.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
GUIDANCE UNIT
MEETS OCT, IS

Approximately $50 delegates
from six Eastern states will gather
ir Washington october 10, for q
three-day conference Of the Adult
Guidance Council.
The council is composed Of Gin
Reserve secretaries, advisors and
committee members Of the Y. w.
C: A., and is sponsored by the
National Girl Reserve Depart
ment.
Among those who will address
the conference are Miss Grace
Abbot, chairman of the United
States Children's Bureau; Miss
jeanette Lampson, of the Inter.
national Council of Religious Ed
ucation. and DR.. Howard Thur
man. of the School Of Religion at
AHowand University,
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
HOPKINS BOYS
Do THE|RPART

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 4
The BUY Now" campaign Of
the NRA is being backed to the
limit by two Johns Hopkins Uni
versity students who have posted
on a bulletin board a list Of last
years text books which they
desire to sell secondhand. Their
advertisement reads:
Bargains in Books for Bright
BimbOes. Buy Now. Lowest
Prices in Town. Before Prices
Go Up. We Are Members Of
the NRA. We Do Our Part"
Among the school books listed
below this sales talk are. college
Writing" ''Embryology Of the
Pig" and volumes on French
mathematics. logic, chemistry and
other subjects,
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
CRAWLING FIRE
Of DEATH SEEN
BY WITNESS
4 Don't Know Who Saved Me-
Says Panic Victim, But
| Thank God He Did

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 G.NSJ.
Tears welled in blood-shot eyes
as survivors told stirring stories
of the flaming disaster in Grit
fifth Public Park.
One of the most graphic stories
was told by Noel Gregg. whose
body was battered by the feet
of terror stricken men racing
from the flames. A fellow work.
man rescued him. Gregg said:
Somebody yelled, there's q
fire, we've got to put out
Suddenly l saw a big sheet Of
flame, as big as the City Hall,
1t seemed to me, leap mp.
CRAWLING FLAMES
"The fire appeared to be
crawling toward us like a huge
snake, moving sideways. Smoke
was streaming from 1t. Pretty
soon began to hear men
screaming and shrieking. I
knew then that lots Of follows
had been trapped.
"On the ground 1 saw three
men, their heads down. The
flames, it appeared, were reach
ing for them. I couldn't get to
them. There were barriers Of fire
between. My tongue began to
swell and / thought my eyes
would pop from my head.
81 heard one piercing scream
and then / lost consciousness.
Somehow or other the fire did
not reach me. I must have
been trampled on by men
racing for safety, for my chest
and stomach are bruised. When
/ came to 1 was outside the
danger zone, lying on the
ground gaSping for breath.
Il don't know who rescued
me. 1 only know that / thank
God he did"
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Mine Picket Run Down
At Plants Gate

SHELBURN, Ind. Oct. 4 QN.S)
Serious trouble was reported to
have broken out today at the
Starburn coal mine, east of here,
when Frank Stalder, of Wilford,
a picketer at the nonunion mine,
was reported run over fatally by
an automobile.
The tragedy occurred, it was
said, when pickets tried to pre-
vent a mine official from enter
ing the mine property and threw
rocks through the windshield.
The mine had been under heavy
armed guard for months but had
not been picketed until today.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Max BGer's Wife
DiUOrced In MericO

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 4 G.N.sD.
Dorothy Dunbar Wells Baer was
granted a divorce from Max Baer,
heavyweight prize fighter, at
Juarez. Mexico. her attorney an
nounced today. The decree was
granted on grounds Of incompati-
bility by mutual consent of Baer
and his wife. Neither Baer nor
his wife was in the aourt room
when the decree was signed, Mex.
lean law providing if the parties
agree, third party can present
their case,
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
BANKERS GOT $50 FOR 2oCEkT STOCK PROBERS ARE TOLD
Million Dollar
Rum Supply;
l7Men Seized

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 Q.N.S0.
The last days of prohibition
were enlivened today with a
million dollar liquor seizure
aboard a deserted freighter in
the Hudson River-as bizarre
drama as any enacted against
the lurid backdrop of the IA
year dry era in America.
A mystery vessel in accord
ance with rum-running tradi-
ton, the freighter was taken
over by customs authorities
after its crew of II had scuttled
for shore following a radio
warning that came cracking
over the air during the night.
Police in Haverstraw, N. Y,
seized the II men on suspicion
and held them as vagrants un-
til the customs office in this
city had a chance to question
them. The crew seemed be-
wildered and some of them
muttered that their captain had
skipped out on them by train.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
CLASS To TRAIN
SEA SCOUTS

A Sea Scout training course for
readers will open Thursday, o.
bober IL, at the Sea Scout Base.
and will continue for five Thurs
days from 7::30 to $50 p. m.
It Is the first training course
Of this kind to be given in Wash
angton for several years, and will
Include instruction in the new
procedures and methods.
The regional Sea Scout director,
Leo Callahan, and local officials
will take part in the training Of
present Sea Scout leaders and
thoaa who intend soon to enter
thas older boys program.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
GET-R|CH-QU|CK
TRICKS Barred
BY PECORA
Dillon, Read & Co. Partners
Got Profit Of $4,300,000 on
Deal, Senate Quiz Shows
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
The partners of Dillon, Read
& Co., the New York investment
house, shared a profit of $4,300,'
900 in 1929 through the sale Of
stock in the U. S. and Foreign
Securities Corp, Robert E. Chris
tie, jr., one of the partners, re,
Vealed today at the Senate in.
quiry into Wall Street banking
practices.
The partners obtained the
stock when the corporation was
organized in 1924. They sold a
portion of their holdings in the
1929 boom days at tremendous
profit.
Cost 20 Cents, Brought $53
The stock cost the partners 20
cents a share. Christie said they
sold 1852 shares in 1929 at an
average price of $5318 a share.
The transactions we're perfectly
legal but were spread upon the
records to show how bankers
could get rich quick.
Christie, president-elect of the
American Investment Bankers As
sociation, didn't make as much
profit as some of his associates.
He purchased 5000 shares of
the United States and Foreign
stock in 1927 at $40 a share from
q partner, who had bought it
for 90 cents a share in 1924. He
sold 1900 shares at $53,188 for
q profit of $151, ,345.
Syndicate Members Named
He revealed that Clarence Dill
Ion, head of the firm, who pre-
ceded him on the stand, and some
other partners, did not join the
selling syndicate. Those who
did join were: C. M. Miller, H.
c. Ritter, 3rd., w. A. Read, C.
j. Birmingham, Dean Mathey, R.
II. Ballard, w. A. Phillips, w.
Wilcox. jr., Robert C. Haywood,
and Christie. The 9eekman
Company Ltd, also was taken
Into the syndicate.
Urges Full Publicity
Pitless publicity on all phases
of investment securities was rec
Dmmended by Clarence Dillon.
Dillon declared the public was
entitled to "the maximum Of in
formation" about every security
offered for sale on the market.
He added:
"That'S the way to estab-
1sh public confidence"
He urged frequent publication
Df information about all securi-
ties.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
JOHNSON AWAY,
AIDES WAIT
BY International News servio.

Considerable confusion pre-.
vailed at NRA headquarters to-
day when it was developed that
the dynamic administrator, Gen,
Hugh s. johnson, was miss
ing"
johnson was supposed to have
returned from New York last
night with II new codes signed
by President Roosevelt, and a
meeting had been called for II
a. M, Of all the deputy admins.
traitors and advisory board chair
men to discuss them and other
matters.
A score of them assembled in
his office, but the General didn't
show up.
Thirty minutes Of telephoning
finally developed that johnson
had not returned, and he was
finally located at the Waldorf
Astoria in New York, he loconi-
cally explained he was "tied up"
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
SHIP COMP ANY
WON CONTRACT
ON PULL"
J. {. Dockendorff DiScIoseS
How Bids Were Drawn at
Senate Investigation
BY international News Service

Methods by which the Black
Diamond Steamship Corporation
obtained a $7,500,000 ocean mail
contract without competitive
bids today were under fire by
a Senate investigation commit
tee.
j. E. Dockendorff, president Of
the corporation, admitted the
bids were drawn so htat no COM
pany but his own could fulfill
their terms.
Hoover played Pets"
The subsidy was awarded in
1881 following a bitter twoyear
fight for ownership OF the IL
shipping board vessel comprising
the Black Diamond Lines. Ar
rayed against the Chapman in
terests, Rockendorff was finally
successful in this fight. The con-
troversy between Dockendorff
and the Chapman group, con-
trolling the U. S. Lines, split the
shipping board into factions.
Charges that former President
Hoover played pets" by instruct
ing T. v. O'Connor, then the
boards chairman, to award the
contract to Rockendorff were
read into the record.
Did Some Lobbying
Dockendorff revealed that he
lobbied successfully to secure the
appointment of j. Caldwell Jenk
ms, vice president of the Emerg.
ency Fleet Corporation, as acting
president of this agency.
He referred habitually to Jenk-
ms in his private correspondence
as "our friend"
Soon after Jenkins resigned
from the Shipping Board, Docken-
dorff gave him a job as vice
president of the Black Diamond
Company, which he still holds.
Dockendorff referred to the
ocean mail contract, amounting
to $750,O0O annually for 10 years,
as 80 much velvet"
The investigating committee
croSS-examined Dockendorff re-
garding a protracted fight be-
tween his company and the Chap
man-controlled United States lines
for purchase Of the IL govern
ment vessels which the witness
had operated under shipping
board contract.
Board Split
The fight, begun in 1929 and
terminated the following year,
split the board wide open and en-
gagged the personal attention of
Hoover.
Dockendorff finally secured the
line for $2.400,000 after he had
retained Former Assistant Attor-
ney General william j. Donovan
to represent him in a legal capac-
ity. Donovan took the question to
Hoover. For his services, he re-
ceived 100000.
Senator Black CD Of Alabama,
the committee chairman. de-
clared he received the highest
commission paid to any shipping
manager anywhere in the world
during the time he managed the
Black Diamond Line for the Ship
ping Board. This commission
amounted to 712 per cent on eX-
ports and 9 per cent on imports.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
GALES HEADED
FOR FLORIDA
BY International News Service
nanoarAllS ualeS and n0SSihl

BY International News Service
Dangerous gales and possibly
winds of hurricane proportion are
due to strike the Florida keys
this afternoon or tonight, the
Weather Bureau declared today
as it isued warnings to both the
Atlantic and Gulf Coasts Of the
Peninsula State.
Northeast warnings were or.
dered from Jupiter to Key West,
and from Tarpon Springs south,
ward on the Gulf side of the State
The disturbance is southeast OF
Havana.
Another tropical disturbance of
less intensity was also reported
central about 400 miles south of
Bermuda and moving northeast
ward.
HAVANA, Oct. 4 GN.sJ-A
hurricane which roared through
Matanzas Province yesterday and
is now curving back toward the
Cuban coast after apparently
passing. back to sea may reach an
Intensity of IS miles an hour when
ht strikes Havana, the National
Observatory warned at 11:45 a. m.
today.
Business houses are being shut
tered and other precautions taken
against serious damage.
The Belen and National OBJ
eervatories reported that the
storm was curving back toward
Cuba. Winds Of so miles an hour
velocity were anticipated, and
firemen warned residents OF the
Malecon Ocean drive of a possible
tidal wave.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
HdUenner Reelected
Head of Civic Group

DR.. George C. Havenner was re-
elected president of the Anacostia
Citizens Association at meet,
ing last night. Others elected
were Robert L. Thompson and
Mrs. Carrie G.. Smith, vice presi-
dents; William Denhos, treas
urer, and w. j. Tuckerman, sec
retary.
The group adopted a resolution
asking that Sixteenth Street be
cut through from Minnesota Ave
nue. to Anasocstia Park. A sec
ond resolution Endorsed the Lions
Club boys club move,
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Foreign Trade ShOWs
World InlprOUenlent
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
The foreign trade figures Of Al
leading commercial countries
were generally better in the first
half Of the year than in the
same period a year ago, accord
ing to a. report made today by
the foreign commerce depart
ment of the United States Cham.
ber of Commerce. On the i'm
port side of the ledger IS coun-
tries made gains, while nine
countries recorded losses above
20 per cent.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Crowder and Schumacher
Foes In Second Series Tilt

sun was ducking in and out of
drifting clouds which apparently
had something behind them.
But that something was still
several hours off, according to
weather indications.
The air in the saucer was close
and stuffy and spectators famed
themselves with their programs.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
KingsfOrd-Sn1
Hons for Australia

LYMPNE AIRPORT. England,
Oct. 4 QN.S).-Piloting his
monoplane, Miss Southern Cross,
Sir Charles KingSford-Smith, Au-
stralian airman, took off today
for Brindisi, Italy, en- route to
Wyndham, Australia.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Oldham Winter
Seen Losing
His Grip

Winter is not what it used
to be. 1t has been getting
warmer and warmer ever since
1900.
And summer. too. Is not what
it used to be. For it gets cooler
and cooler.
]. s. Kincer. of the Weather
Bureau, said this at a meeting
of the Botanical Society, OF
Washington.
But he didn't say why.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04

seem so real that half a dozen
times I started into a box stall
to buy a hot dog and bottle of
beer.
like the way they announced
where the batter came from, his
home town, his weight, age, bat
ting average and whom he had
been keeping company with.
And that's what should be
done with radio singers:
"This crooner is from Ade-
mold, N. ]. He sings left
handed, weighs 11S pounds
without his tonsils. He sang
335 songs last year, with moth
ing to remember 'em by but his
first with Claremore, Okla, in
been divorced three times, al
break"
Vaan
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Dollar improves
In London Market

LONDON, Oct. 4 G.N.S).-The
American dollar opened at $4.781a
to the pound sterling on the Lon
don Exchange today, unchanged
from yesterdays close. At 1880
a. M, the dollar hit $4.77h.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
INJURED AT PRACTICE

Harlan Forbes, jr.. 16-year- old
Alexandria High School football
player, is in the Alexandria Hos
pital in a serious condition from
injuries received Monday after
noon at football practice.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Lindberghs Land
At SOUTHAMPTON

SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 4 G.NS)
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh arrived at the Woolston
seaplane airport after a flight
from Stavanger, Norway. It was
Colonel Lindbergh's first visit to
England since his memorable
flight across the Atlantic from
New York to Paris.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
WILL ROGERS Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, Oct. 4.-Those announcers
of the world series, in both radio systems did great
job. have a radio in my stable. WE'LL they made it
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
CONDITION OF TREASURY

BY International News Service
Treasury balance, $1,151, ,267,-
O24.75; M. I. r., SHAFTS, ,437 SO:
customs receipts, $1,191, 1893. .46.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-08
A. A.. u. w. Will Open
Fall Season Monday

Miss Lydia Bertsch. coz Sixth st..
will be hostees to the Bismarck
branch, American Association Of Uni
versity Women, 1t the first meeting
Of the fall season Monday evening,
Sept. IL. Assisting Miss Bertsch In
receiving will be Misses Sylvia Sell
and oenevieve Parsons.
Mrs. =. ]. Conrad, president Of the
branch, will report on the national
convention. which she attended In
Minneapolis last spring, and there
will be musical numbers.
The years program, which includes
many new features, will be outlined
at this time. It provides for better
understanding Of the organization and
It's aims and for better acquaintance
among the membership. according to
Mrs. r. II. Waldo. program chairman.
The branch chairmen, Misses Ger
trude Evarts and Dorothy Moses for
education and international relations,
and Mrs. Alfred 8. Dale and Mrs. w.
b. Pierce for legislation and fellow
ship, will have . place on the monthly
programs for presentation Of their
plans and news Of association activi-
ties. Outside speakers will be intro
duced from time to time Is surprise
features.
Miss Parsons has recently accepted
appointment as membership chairman
for the branch, Mrs. Conrad an
nounces.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-08
State President Of
B. P. w. Club Coming

Miss Lillian dubelman. Valley City,
state president Of the North Dakota
Federation Of Business and Profess
stonal Women's clubs, will visit the
local club Monday evening, Sept. IL.
Miss Gubelman Is making her first
official visit to the clubs Of the state
since her election to the office Of
president.
Arrangements for entertaining Miss
dubelman during her stay here were
completed at meeting Of the club
board held Wednesday evening. The
regular date for the meeting would be
Tuesday. Sept. IL, but It was put
ahead one day In order to accommo-
Gate Miss Churchman'S schedule.
Monday nights meetig will be called
ut 8 o'clock in the World War Me.
mortal building and the main pro-
gram feature will be an address by
the state president, who will explain
the objective for the new year. Re-
Treatments will be served following
the program and business session.
y = 4
Sergeant I. E. West was guest Of
honor at q surprise birthday party
given by Mrs. West Thursday evening
In their quarters at Fort Lincoln. The