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The Washington times., 1934-11-13
Announces Marriage

Mrs. Baker, wife Of the late
Mr.. William Thomas Baker, Of
Troy. Mo-, announces the mar.
rage Of her daughter, Miss
Lillian Thomas Baker, Of this
city, and Mr.. George Oscar
Bond, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Bond, of Hyannis, Mass,
Saturday, November 10 at the
National City Christian Church
in Washington, Rev. r. H.
Miller officiating.
The Washington times., 1934-11-13
Envoy Trucco in Capital

Embassy, Senior Don Fernando
FLAMES Benitez, who went to
New York yesterday by plane.
to Join the Ambassador and his
family, returned with them to
the Embassy.
Brig. Gen. Robert A. Brown,
U. S. A., retired, and Mrs. Brown,
of San Francisco, Calf, are
spending a few days in Wash
ington at the Martinique.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
MINNESOTA PLANS
PENSATION SUIT
Attorney General Claims $73 900
Remains Unpaid by New
York Company.
By the Associated Press.

ST. PAUL, July 14-Attorney Gen
eral Harry II. Peterson announced
today he will institute action to chal-
lenge the eonstitutionality of a New
York State law in an attempt to COL
lect approximately s73 900 for unpaid
Minnesota'S workmen'S compensation
claimants as the result of liquidation
of the Southern Surety Co. of New
York
He also said he planned to prepare
an amendment to the Minnesota
State law which would make it man
datory for foreign insurance COM
panies to post a 100000 bond with
the Minnesota Insurance CommiS-
sioner before being allowed to trans
act business in this State.
Under the present Minnesota law,
foreign insurance companies are re-
quired either to post a 100000 bond
in this State or certify that bond
of the same amount has been posted
in the State in which the concern
was incorporated.
New York authorities indicated
they would claim a prior right to
the 100000 posted by the Southern
Surety Co. in New York, under a
New York law which provides that
compensation claims shall be lien
against the assets OF the employer.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
MARYLAND FAMILY
GETS THREAT NOTES
$500 Demanded to Prevent Kid
naping 15-Year-0ld
Daughter.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. July l4.-Linthicum
Heights police tonight revealed three
eXtortion notes. demanding $500. had
been received by a family of nearby
Shipley Heights ON threats to kidnap
their l5-year-old daughter.
The three notes according to police
had been received by Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse L. CriSman during the past week.
One was thrown into the yard OF
their modest home, attached TO a
brick
The girl. Evelyn Lowe. a pretty
brunette Step-child. said she was ap-
preached by three men near the Lin
thicum Heights post office last Satur-
day and invited to get into their auto
mobile One of them said he knew
her father and called her by name.
CriSman. driver of an oil truck be-
tween Baltimore and Washington, said
the mans name, 'HoShing," was not
familiar TO him
The girl saw "HoShing" again Mon
6ay nieht and the next morning the
FIRST rote was found on the front
porch. The third note. which was
found on the sill OF the kitchen door
Thursday night. said the money must
be produced by July l6
Evening star., 1934-07-15
DOMESTIC Jobs
SHOW INCREASE
District Emergency Relief
Cooperation With Public
Employment Aids.

Jobs for domestic and personal help
now are being provided at a faster
pace. through cooperation with the
Public Employment Center. ass In
diana avenue. Mrs Pauline Shereshef-
sky, field supervisor Of the District
Emergency Relief Division, reported
yesterday
The increase IN placements still Il
not commensurate with the increased
ability Of Washington housekeepers 10
employ this help since the partial res
toration Of Government pay became
effective. she added
Since May IA the division has fled
7s9 applications with the Employment
Center and Of this number regular po-
SitionS we're obtained for 1871. Be
tween 250 and 300 others we're placed
in part-time Jobs or on day work since
the Inauguration of this service by
the relief unit in May.
Applications for work made by per-
sons on the relief rolls are handled
by Mrs Pearl NJ. Flipper. case worker.
who maintains an office at ass Indi-
ana avenue.
Applicants are allowed the Use Of
a waiting room between and 10 am.
to flll any demands for immediate
help that may be received by phone"
Mrs Shereshefsky said. Prospective
employers who call after 10 am. will
be supplied with help the following
day.
Every Washington family should
avail itself OF this free employment
service and when in need OF a maid.
butler. cook laundresS, nurse. house
keeper or any kind Of domestic or
Evening star., 1934-07-15

Of their employees fail; the unions can
help If they could agree that the
loneshoremen's strike be submitted to
arbitration.
The strike has reached such dimen-
sions that the public interest is para
mount to everything else.
1t is the policy OF the United States
declared in the national industrial
recovery act TO induce and maintain
united action of labor and manage
ment," and Ito remove distractions to
the free flow of interstate and foreign
commerce =" united action of labor
and management is now lacking and
the free flow of interstate and foreign
commerce is obstructed.
This condition can be remedied only
by the intelligent cooperation OF the
parties to the dispute.
Unless the dispute can be brought
to a speedy termination 1t will become
our duty TO make an independent in
vestigation, and TO make a formal re-
port to the President Of the United
States. through the Secretary of Labor,
of the findings and the recommenda-
tions of this board and in making
such recommendation it will be our
duty to place the responsibility where
we think it belongs.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
THREE DIXIE GOVERNORS
TO SPEAK BEFORE A. EFF.
Both Division Veterans to Meet in
Asheville September
%, 20 and 80.
Rv The AsSocIatrd Pres.


ASHEVILLE. N. c.. July l4-Govs,
Ehrmghaus OF North Carolina, Nc
Ahster OF Tennessee and Blackwood of
South Carolina are among the sched-
uled speakers TOR the biennial re-
union Of 30th A. E. F. Division vet
Grams in ASheyllle September 28. 29
ana 80. The program was announced
here today.
The three-day reunion will include
two business sessions, a street parade,
memorial exercises and a )amboree at
the ball park. Music will be furnished
by a United States band from Fort
Bragg. n. c.
Memorial services will bring the re-
union to a close. John McSween.
president OF Presbyterian College ana
chaplain in the Hath Field Artillery
during the war. VIII deliver the me
morlal address.
Maj Gen Edward NJ. Lewis of
Berkeley CALI, wartime commander
OF the 3Uth Division. mas announced
his intention &c attend, while ii also
IS expected that MAJ. Gen. John F.
ORyan, wartime commander OF the
3Uth's sister division. the 27th o. New
York. VIII be present. Gen. Lewis IS
retired and Gen. Organ is police
commissioner Of New York City.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
T.V. A. REJECTS DAM SITE

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July IA GP).-
The Tennessee Valley Authority an
nounced today that the construction
Of a power dam and regulating reser-
volr on the French Broad River above
AShevllle, N. G., lis not economically
lustined at the present time"
The proposed dam Is one OF four
to be constructed from an appropr1-
alton of S48 900 900 voted the T. V. A
by the last Congress.
Carl A. Book, assistant chief engl-
neer OF the L. V. A, SAID: The
topography OF TINS site affords a nat
ural reservoir basin which, cOnsid-
cred for its physical aspects alone. is
one of the best of such sites in the
Tennessee Valley. However, the pre-
liminary data available regarding this
project indicates the cost of water
produced there would be so much
greater than the cost of similar power
produced at other locations that we
are forced to tn conclusion that the
construction of a dam at this site is
not economically justified"
Evening star., 1934-07-15
OMAHA TRAM UNION
AUTHORIZES STRIKE
Vote, 3S9 to /, Follows Rejec-
tion of Proposal offered
by Arbitrators.
By The Assncinted Press

BY the Associated Press
OMAHA, July 14-Officials OF the
Tram Workers Union announced to-
day that tram and bus operators, and
shopmen had voted. 389 to /, to
authorize a street car strike.
four-day strike last April tied
up traffic here and in Council Bluffs,
Iowa, before an agreement was
reached to arbitrate The present
strike vote followed rejection by the
union employees of report announced
yesterday by an arbitration board of
three.
The boards chief concession to the
employees was the granting of a wage
increase to bus and trolley operators
from 81 to SIS cents an hour. Shop
men were denied an increase. The
union had demanded a 16-cent an
hour increase for all employees.
j. M. Parker. international vice
president of the tram union. an Amer
ican Federation of Labor affiliate,
said he had telegraphed the situation
to national headquarters. Eighteen
international officials must be con-
suited. he said, before further action
on the strike vote can be taken.
Evening star., 1934-07-15

Continued From First Page)
the municipal boundaries but said the
State would be glad to cooperate"
with city officers If requested to do so.
Supplies COngested.
"The highway patrol" said the
chief executive, lis not going to see
on the highways
Supplies normally destined for San
Francisco we're congested far back in
the surrounding rural areas. Peta-
luna, 35 miles to the north, which
calls itself "the egg market of the
world" because it sells some $50, 900 900
eggs annually. was congested with It's
favorite product. Fruit and vegetables
were piled high on platforms and In
warehouses OF the rich San Joaquin
and Santa Clara valleys. to the south.
More scattered reports OF violence
to truck operators and others trickled
in. Six men were held at Santa Rosa.
so miles north of here, on charges
growing out Of the attempted burning
of truck.
An inquiry was begun in Portland
into the death of James E. Bateson, a
switchman, who was fatally injured
when group Of men, presumably
strikers disconnected an air line Of
string Of moving cars. His death was
the eighth resulting from strike .vio-
lence on the coast since the beginning
of the walkout May 8.
Portland Aid Voted
Truck drivers in Portland voted last
night to support the Central labor
Council there on the question CT g
general strike in Portland
Four men were injured in fighting
last night between strikers and nom
union dock workers at Wilmington.
near Los Angeles Police broke up the
battle and arrested eight persons.
other cities than San Francesca
also felt the pinch of commodity
shortages Portland had 100000
gallons of gasoline in outlying storage
tanks, but little in the city. The
storage area was reported under
siege"
Seattle's gasoline supply was cur
tailed. but the acute need was for fuel
oil. One Puget Sound oil burning
steamer was converted into a wood
burner and shipping men said others
would be treated similarly II the fuel
shortage continued.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
STEEL WORKERS
TO GET INCREASE
New Contracts Assure 3lE2
Per Cent More at Several
Mills for 90 Days.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. July I4.-Sheet and
tin plate workers at several of the
country's independent steel mills are
assured an increase Of 81 per cent
in wages for the next 90 days. under
contracts with employers announced
today by the Amalgamated ASsocia-
tion of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers.
II the price of steel STAYS up. the
raise" may last longer. out If the
market price goes down the workers
stand q chance Of taking pay re-
ductIon later.
Change From Former Base.
Under the contract. reached be-
tween the Amalgamated and the
Western Sheet and Tin Plate Manu-
facturers Association. the base price
of sheet steel upon which the wage
scale is TO be determined was set at
81 Is per 100 pounds This is a
change from the former base price
OF 50 so
The change automatically gives the
workers the increase for two months,
President Michael F. Tighe of the
Amalgamated announced.
The workers pay is adjusted on 4
sliding scale and may be changed
every sc days. depending on condi-
tions in the industry Under the new
wage terms for every scent increase
over $2l5 in the selling price. the
workers will receive a IA per cent
increase in wages.
Sheet is selling today for S265 and
under the new scale the workers will
receive Is per cent over the base
price. as compared to IL per cent
which they received under the old
contract. Tighe said,
II the selling price of the metal
goes below $3.50, the workers will
take a cut.
Tighe observed: But that's the
gamble We have to take-that the
price will stay up
Submission TO Republic.
The new scale will be submitted TO
the Republic Steel Corporation, which
withdrew from the contract negotia-
tions after taking part for the last
q years. Elias jenkins, secretary Of
the manufacturers group representing
seven companies which took part in
the conferences, said. however. that
he had no idea what they would do
about it,"
In past years the contract served
as a guide for many steel mills, in
Guiding those not involved in the
negotiations.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
TEXTILE WALKOUT
BALLOT DUE TODAY
Delegates of AZ Alabama
Locals to Fix Date
for Strike.
Rv The Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. July IA
Delegates from AZ Alabama locals Of
the United Textile Workers of
America were assembling tonight to
take a vote tomorrow fixing a date
for a strike involving approximately
$4,000 operatives.
Three mills in the State employing
1000 workers have been shut down
this week as a result of walkouts and
the management of each plant has
announced an indefinite closing. The
mills closed were the Dwight Manu-
featuring Co. at Gadson and the Sara
toga Victory Mills at Albertville and
GuntersyilIe.
There was no disorder attendant
on any of the strikers, but at the
Dwight mill in Gadsen scores OF
picketS were at the gates and vowed
no shipments would be permitted
Railroads were being permitted to
switch only necessary coal into the
plant.
John Dean, national representative
of the United Textile Workers, said
the objectives of the proposed walk
out would De.
/. A maximum 30-hour week.
2. A minimum Sl2 weekly wage for
80 hours. work.
3. Abolition OF the "stretch-out"
system, under which operatives attend
more looms.
4. Reinstatement of all jobs elimin-
ated under "stretch-out
5. employment of all persons dis
charged for union activity.
6. Recognition of the United Tex
tile Workers of America as the rep
resentative Of the workers for col
lective bargaining under the terms of
section IA of the national recovery
act
But so far as could be learned no
demands have as yet been made on
mill owners.
The Alamaba textile industry en-
ploys approximately $4,000 operatives
of whom the union claims 1900 are
affiliates.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
Starred Boy Is Found Tied
On Bed IN Fathers Home

When they questioned Mrs. Anoer-
son about the o0y, authorities SAID.
she to.d them he was tied To keep
MIN from eating the plaster on the
wall. subsequently. the ponce re-
ported Caron ana MIS- ANDERSON
denied having ued the boy up. olam-
ing II on the oJner cnlldren.
AT a hearing IN munclpai court, no
action was taken against eltner adult,
but the Judge ordered the boy placed
in the CUSTODY OF the Cnlld welfare
Department
Neignbors reported they had seen
the boy eating deoayed food found in
the neighborhood.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
San Fraqcisco Ready for Worst
As General Strike Is Ordered

dores struck May g. At one time
there were 175 vessels in port here
and scores in Portland and Seattle
The Los Angeles Harbor was kept
open with non-union help.
San Francisco was declared by bus
mess leaders to be losing 81 900 900
a day because OF the strike. State
owned piers were clogged with cargo
and none could be moved. The San
Francisco Industrial Association, Il
group OF business men, finally de-
manded Opening OF the port"
With non-uniOn men under police
protection, movement of cargo from
the State owned water front was
started. Clashes between union
pickets and police led to a pitched
battle July ). in which two union
men were killed by police bullets. 81
other persons We're shot and scores
gasSed and beaten.
Gov. Merriam called out . 900 Ma
tional Guardsmen. Union sentiment
began crystallizing behind the water
front workers. Day by day talk of
the general strike grew louder. culmi-
mating in today's action.
The more sympathetic unions did
not wait for the concerted movement
but walked out one by one on their
own initiative. The truck drivers.
taXicab drivers, butchers, and a few
others dropped their work and almost
Immediately the wheels of commerce
began to slow down.
Flow of Goods Halted.
So effective was the blockade set
up by strikers that the vital flow of
necessities into the city virtually
stopped two days ago; trucks were
overturned and non-union drivers
beaten. The frightened citizenry
went on a buying stampede and
started boarding goods.
San Francisco. surrounded on three
sides by water and having as its only
other outlet the 4-mile- wide penin-
sula to the southwark became viz
tualiy isolated.
The problem of supplying fresh food
became uppermost. Both Gov Mer-
riam and Mayor RoSsi vowed the
hungry would be fed.
Forty San Francisco hospitals pre-
sented an outstanding problem. The
city and the Community Chest made
emergency arrangements to supply
the City and County Hospital and
the emergency hospitals with fuel
and fresh food under special arrange
mentS with the strikers. Private
| hospitals, however, were not included
in these plans
RED ACTIVITY Is SEN
Evening star., 1934-07-15
RAI0N MILL TRUCE
AGREED BY STRIKERS
Conference st Office Of Virginia
Governor Promise Preven-
ton of Violence.
By The Associated Press

~ me ANSbNAateN fEESS-
RICHMOND. Va. July i4-Strik-
ing workers of the Tubize Chatillon
Rayon Mill al HopeWel agreed today.
through union officials, to declare a
To-day truce in picketins OF the plant
The srmiStice was arranged today
at a conference III the Governor 5
Office at which George f. MoorehouSe
union organizer: Peter Saunders. Secre-
tsEy Of the Commonwealth. Adlt.
Gen. s, Gardner Waller and Commits
Sldner OF Labor John Hopkins Hall
wete present
The workers agreed 10 leave the
mill gates Unguarded and 70 do their
best 10 prevent violence OF disorder
in.ithe community.
A second conference viii Ne held
July % between the striking workers
alth representatives Of the owners of
the mill. it was reported at the con-
ference. The truce was arranged tc
give the United States Department oi
Labor an opportunity 10 attempt to
ring about settlement Of tPe walk
e2ts
Evening star., 1934-07-15
RABBI WISE PREDICTS
HITLER DOWNFALL SOON
Jewish Leader Says Political
Fortunes of Chancellor
Are on Decline.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 14-Dr Stephen
S. Wise, honorary president OF the
American Jewish Congress, said to-
night before he sailed for Europe that
it would not surprise him to see Chan
cellor Hitler OF Germany soon rele-
gated TO the background.
He said the situation has entirely
changed from 10 months ago. when
Hitler TO him appeared likely to be-
come the dominating fgure OF Europe.
Now, ne said. his political fortunes
are on the decline.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
NUMBER Of STRIKE
GROUPS INCREASED
Additional Thousands Join
WaIkout, With Others
Due to Vote.
Ry the Associnted Press

BY the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. July 1.-THE
lineup Of unions in the Pacific Coast
maritime dispute and the San Fran
cisco metropolitan area general strike
crisis follows: tAll affiliated with
American Federation of Labor.
Coast unions on strike
International LOngShoremen Asso-
citation. 10000 members, out since
May 8.
Ship Clerks Association of I. L. A.
300.
Sailors Union of the Pacific, 5000
Masters, mates and pilots, 900.
Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso-
citation. 1000.
Marine firemen, oilers, water tend
ers and wipers, 2200.
Cooks and Stewards.
Marine cooks and stewards, 1900
Machinists, ship. 100
Boilermakers, ship, 100.
Welders, ship, 80.
San Francisco and Eastbay (Oak-
land, Alameda, Berkeley unions al
ready out:
Teamsters Union, 3.700.
Wholesale butchers and slaughter
house workers. ITS.
TaXicab drivers and chauffeurs
5000.
Unions voting independently tc
strike:
Amalgated Association of Street
and Electric Railways and Motor
| Coach Employees of America Cstreet
car men in San Francisco 4,80O
members-at > am. Sunday.
1900 Butchers Quit.
San Francisco and Eastbay Retail
and Jobbing Butchers. 1900 (At
pm. today)
San Francisco Sausage Makers,
/ 200. cat pm. today
San Francisco Laundry Drivers and
Workers, 1900. (At 8 pm. today)
San Francisco Retail Delivery
Drivers, 375. tAt midnight)
| San Francisco Culinery Workers
5000 (At midnight Sunday)
Pledged TO support call for general
by delegates representing lis of 1T
unions in San Francisco, with total
membership of $4,000:
] Cleaners. Dyers and Pressers, 1000
Cooks Union, 1900.
/ Walters Union Including bar
tenders, 1900
/ BARRIERS Union. 1000.
! Theatrical Federation, $500.
! Others Involved.
/ And following for which no men,
| berShip announced: Auto Mechanics
/ Western Engineers, Builders Ma
/ terials. Hosting Engineers, District
/ Council of Carpenters, District Coun-
/ Gil of Painters, International Ladies
Garment Workers and CloakmakerS
BoilermakerS, International Union OF
/ Operating Engineers Molders' Union
| Painters and Paperhangers. Jewelry
Workers. Ice Wagon Drivers, COopers
| Union. Garage Employees. Beer Drivers
+ and Stablemen. San Francisco Build
+ ing Trades Council.
/ Eastbay alameda County
eral strike, bringing about complete
Walkout by Tuesday. called by Central
Labor Council and Building Trades
/ Council representing 100 unions with
/ 10000 membership.
Contra Costa County Upper East
bay, where oil retneries and many
industrial plants located Central
Labor Council, representing 5000
workers. called general strike meeting
Other individual unions in San
Francisco and EaStbay voting tonight
and tomorrow.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
Reporter Attacked
As He Covers Vote
On General Strike
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. July IA
Louis Ashlock, Associated Press
reporter covering the taking of
a general strike vote here, was
struck several times in the face
and his glasses we're broken to-
day by a man identified as Peter
Malta. who attacked group of
newspapeTmen in the Labor
Temple Press room.
Union men went to AShlock's
aid and attempted to control
Malta. but he broke away only
to be recaptured by other work
ers and police and placed under
arrest.
Ashloek was not seriously hurt.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
Rv .he Assoe.ated -.

BE ne ASSOclateC PreSs-
MANCHESTER, n H, July IA
l4-year-0ld boy. described by medical
authorities as undernOurlSned ana
unaer-developed, found IA ped
bound nanu ana loot with ShOeSJrngS.
was released today ana placed N the
CUSTODY OF the ChllQ Welfare Depart
menr
The boy. Albert Caron. lr. was
found by ponce IN a dwelling occupied
by MS fatner and otner cnIIoren ana
by Mrs. Mary Anderson ana ner chill
dren Ponce said the bonds hoiolng
the BOYS 5 hanos behind MS oack were
so ugnt tnat they had 10 oe severed
with q knI1es
Evening star., 1934-07-15
WAGE DATA SOUGHT
Pittsburgh Hearings to Arbitrate
Carmen's s Dispute.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. July IA Up
A special arbitration board will hold
public hearings. starting Monday. In
an effort to arbitrate new wage agree
ment between the Pittsburgh Rail-
ways Co. and street car operators.
Councilman John j. Kane represent
ing the street car mems union. an
nounced today.
The 1900 employees are now work
ing under an extension of their old
agreement. which expired May l. BY
a vote OF 98l to 80 they refused to
accept a Scent an hour increase
over the present scale of "A cents and
65 cents an hour.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
RED ACTIVITY is SEEN.
California Official Reports Plan to
Spread General Strike.

SACRAMENTO. Calf, July IA (P).
Clarence Morrill, chief of the State
Division of Criminal Identification
and Investigation, said here tonight
he had information that Communists
planned to seize upon the San Fran
cisco strike troubles TO start a gem
eral strike i'll the Stockton agricul-
tural area
His information. he said came
from a source high enough TO be
called a headquarters report"
Morrill, said he feared that should
the attempt to start strike at
Stockton be successful it would only
be step further for Communists
to attempt a Statewide industrial
and agricultural strike.