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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
FARLEY ON DOCK STRIKE
CALLED BY LABOR BOARD
Move Taken to Prevent Dispute
From Spreading Among
Coastwise Lines.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 14.-In an eff
fort to settle the longshoremen's strike
against the Clyde Mallory steamship
line and to prevent the strike spread
ing to other coastwise lines, the
Regional Laboar Board today issued
an invitation to representatives OF
both sides to meet this afternoon in
an effort to iron out difficulties ex-
listing between them.
The strike against the Clyde NAL
Tory line was called last Friday in an
effort to gain recognition for the In
ternational Longshorernen' Union, &C
cording to Joseph P. Ryan, president
There is no disagreement over wages
The line is continuing operations
with substitute workers. Ryan an
nounced the strike is to be extended
today to the Morgan line of the
Southern Pacific Co., against which
the union is conducting a strike In
Gulf of Mexico ports
Six hundred men are reported to
have walked out at the Clyde Mallory
docks. There has been no violence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
LOCKING OUT HIT +
IN FORD COMPANY
M. E. S. A. Organizer to File
Protest With National
Labor Board.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, May 14.-Jay j. Crit
fin, organizer for the Mechanics Ed
ucational Society of America, said to-
day that a committee would leave for
Washington tomorrow to lodge a pro-
test with the National Labor Board
against what he termed the locking
out" of several hundred members by
the Ford Motor Co.
He said that 265 of the approx
mately 500 men dismissed when de-
partment was shut down at the Ford
plant had been taken back, but that
return of all of the men would be
sought, Griffin charges the closing of
the department came shortly after a
number of the M. E. S. A. members
had worn their membership badges to
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14

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was sued for divorce there six months
ago. The suit charged that Hickman
had too many women"
Mrs. Helen M Hickman of Alameda
refused to believe her husband was
involved in the Staying.
After the divorce action was filed
officers said, Hickman moved to an
apartment here, where he was located
last night.
Was Dancing and Drinking.
Capt. Dullea said Hickman was in
party of four dancing and drinking
with Miss Jeppesen Saturday night
and into Sunday morning. Hickman,
Capt. Dullea said, declared he had
no knowledge of the girls death.
Others in the party who were ques-
toned were Thomas Dee, 40, official
Of an engineering concern, and Miss
Blanche Mckay, attractive blond re-
siding at a San Francisco hotel
Dee and Miss Mckay, both of whom
declared they left Hickman's apart
ment prior to Miss Jeppesens de-
parture and knew nothing of her
before dawn after several hours OF
questioning.
Miss Mckay said she was employed
as a stenographer by the Federal
Government, and insisted she did not
know Miss Jeppesen.
Hickman, who told police he first
met Miss Jeppesen May 8 through
Dee. was quoted by Capt. Dullea as
saying:
AT no time have my relations with
her advanced beyond a proper state. "
Seen Entering Elevator.
Assistant District Attorney Peter
Mullins, who participated in the in
vestigation, however, said employees
at the hotel apartment reported they
had seen Hickman enter the elevator
with the girl.
Emil Heitzman, night attendant in
the garage where Hickman stores his
automobile. was quoted by police as
saying he was almost sure" he saw
the car leave the garage shortly after
8 am.
Carl Johnson, who works with Heitz-
man, said he checked the cars in
the garage at 2:45 am. and that
Hickman's was there then. Neither
Of the men saw the car come back
into the garage, where police found
it and seized it that they might check
it for fngerprints.
Miss Jeiopesen was the daughter OF
Mrs. Emma Jeppesen. widow of an
Ogden banker.
Her body was found in a tunnel
near an old stadium in the park by
John c. Gentry, 81, who was on his
way to work at riding stable.
Miss Jeppesen, on a vacation from
her employment with an Ogden news
paper. had been in San Francisco five
weeks, visiting at the home of family
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. H. N. Hush.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14

holders in building and loan associa-
tons, similar to the insurance pro-
vided for bank depositors is the fourth
phase Of the program. These institu-
lions are custodians of the funds Of
small savers, and it is essential that
they should be given every reasonable
protection. Insurance of this type Is
necessary in order to arrest any fur
Their drain on these institutions and
to put them in a position to resume
normal, useful function.
st believe that the initiation Of this
bread and sound program will do
much to alleviate distress and to raise
perceptibly the standards of good
living for many Of our families
throughout the land"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
us. THREAT HELD
DANGERTO WHEAT.
London Believes Proposal to
Dump Grain Is Aimed
at Argentina.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 14.-Secretary Wal
lace's threat that the United States
would dump wheat on the world mar
ket unless exporting nations got
together on an agreement to limit
sales was interpreted today by men,
bers of the World Wheat Commission
in session here, as aimed squarely at
Argentina.
The American threat was regarded
as endangering all exporting nations
and the commission will make another
attempt this week to prevent Argen-
tina breaking the export quota pact.
The United States, Canada and Aus
tralia are expected to offer her part
of their quota rights or export on
the condition that the South Ameri-
can nation will curb her shipments
abroad
Representatives of the United States,
Canada, Australia, England. France
and Germany met today in an attempt
to salvage something of the wreckage
of the Wheat Conference, which blew
up Friday when the minimum price
scheme was defeated.
Alternative Plans.
The following alternative plans are
most likely to be proposed:
Cd An export quota agreement
keeping more constant check on wheat
ha o1ly
adopted last Fall.
(2) The marketing agreement among
the governments to regulate wheat
sales in proportion to the demands.
1t is unlikely that a new minimum
price scheme will be sought at this
weeks session. Said one delegate:
THE price scheme is dead for the
Summer. No one is going to try to
revive it under any new guise."
Despite the disappointment of the
Americans because of the defeat OF
the price scheme, they agreed that
this defeat alone would not justify
American dumping.
They said that the price scheme was
intended merely as a supplementary
measure to the 1888 wheat agreement
and that its defeat did not mean the
breakdown of the agreement. How
ever, they said, unless Argentina.
which refused to accept the minimum
price scheme, would agree to some
other efficient form of restriction, the
other big four delegates feel that a
breakdown is inevitable.
Hope Threat Is Needed.
They said they hope that Wallace's
threat would be needed by the Argen-
tine Government, since the dumping
of the huge stock of wheat which the
United States holds would be disas-
trous to all exporters, including
Argentina.
American farmers are protected
from loss in the world wheat markets,
as virtually all American exports are
made through the subsidized Pacific
Northwest Emergency Exporters As
ISOLATION. That organization has ship
ped only about 100000 bushels this
year, although the American quota
limit is 100000.
The question facing the United
States delegation is whether Argen-
tina should be loaned part of this
balance or should it all be sold, no
matter how badly depressed is the
price.
American delegates said the i'm
portant consideration was that North
American brands of wheat are sub
stantially superior to those of Argen-
tina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14

The fight probably will be made
between June Is and July IS. 1t is
never possible to set an exact date
] in advance for a shakespeare flight,
it was explained by DR.. Gilbert Gros-
venor, president of the National Geo.
graphic Society. Good weather is abb
| Solutely essential for the safety and
| success of such flights, and the as
| surance of satisfactory conditions
| probably will not be known more than
| a day ahead OF the take-off. One of
the important considerations in the
choice of the location near Rapid City
| was the excellent showing made in
| studies by the Weather Bureau of
past weather conditions in the region.
| These records show there is strong
probability that during the period
from mid-June to mid-July there will
be several days of ideal weather, dur
ing which the atmosphere through
which the balloon is likely to drift
will be wholly free from clouds and
haze. Dust storms, which usually
last only day or so, will be of little
| consequence, the Weather Bureau de-
| clares
In explaining why the Black Hills
location was chosen and why it was
| necessary to pass by a number of
communities that had offered generous
| cooperation, DR.. GroSvenor pointed
out that getting the huge gas bag
safely aloft is the most difficult free
balloon problem that has ever been
| faced.
The bag, built with a capacity of
three million cubic feet, is five times
| the size of the largest American bal
loon heretofore constructed, and more
than three-and-a-half times the size
of the largest balloon built in Europe.
Nine hours will be required to initiate
it. If the bag we're inflated in open
country is would become in effect
gigantic sail and would present for
| hours a vast bulk of cloth to any
| wind that might be blowing. Even
a breeze of five miles an hour might
endanger the success of the take-off.
1t was therefore considered advis-
| able to find basin, sheltered from
winds. in which the balloon could be
allowed to reach up to its full height
Of 300 feet without danger. The
| PONhCb Al Vic A41iAc VI oOuOAI DdAOJb
is believed to furnish an almost ideal
site. The floor is grassy meadow
approximately 600 feet square. 1t Is
almost completely enclosed by cliffs
and hills. On two sides the rim rises
$50 feet above the floor. On the re-
naming sides it is somewhat lower.
Because Of the prevailing surface
winds above the cliffs. It Is likely
the balloon will leave the pocket over
the lower portion of the rim.
Present at the meeting which de-
cided upon the take-off point were
DR.. Lyman j. Briggs, Brig. Gen.
Oscar Westover of the United States
Army Air Corps, DR.. Willis r. Gregg,
chief of the United States Weather
Bureau; DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor. presi-
dent of the National Geographic So
ciety; DR.. John Oliver La GORGE, vice
president, and Maj. Kepner and Lieut..
Orvil A. Anderson, United States Army
Air Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
DELAYED HARTMAN
TRIAL CALLED TODAY
Peggy Hopkins Joyce Expected
to Testify Against Former
Bank Head.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 14-The oft-de-
layed trial of Joseph w. Hartman,
charged with misapplication of funds
of the Hartman National Bank, was
called in Federal Court today.
Indicted in April 1888, the banker
pleaded i'll health and avoided imme-
diate trial Then he vanished from
a nursing home, and after being
found, pleaded insanity. He was de-
clared sane, but trial was put of
again from time to time.
Hartman is accused of misapplica-
ton of $780, 900 of bank funds and
misrepresentation of stock of the same
value before the bank, Of which he
was president, collapsed.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce, a depositor,
is expected to be a witness against
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
barrow Writes Firmly.

The identity of the code authority
cannot be divulged until some official
public statement is made about it, but
the sarcastic pen of Clarence barrow
left no doubt concerning its identity or
his feelings about it in his statement
to the President.
None of those connected with the
report will talk. The five members
of the Review Board who joined with
Dalrow in signing it are lmpersonat-
ing bumps on a log temporarily. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has indicated he Will
have nothing to say about it until he
gets a report from the Department of
Justice, the N. R. A. and the Federal
Trade Commission.
Such caution appears to be tUor-
ranted. II the charge is UeH
founded it may be enough to blo,D
up a considerable portion OF the
N. R. A. II not it must be exposed
as false.
There seems to be no intention on
the part of the White House to keep
it secret any longer than necessary to
60 to the bottom of the matter.
Report Vividly Written.
The officials have been so close
mouthed lately that the Darrow re-
port has become an equally inter-
esting mystery with Dillingers where
abouts.
Nevertheless some of the better in
formed inner circlers, who have had
q a the rannrt the
summary of it, covers about 81 type
written pages and contains about
5000 or 1000 words, written in the
best Darrow style.
1t handles the N. r. A. problem
from a purely judicial viewpoint las
much as Darrow ever could be judi
ciaD and tries to make a case against
existing N. R. A. practice.
No personal reference is made to
Gen. johnson in any critical ,oay,
although many of his policies are
subjected to bloD-torch analysis.
The administration already is NOV
ing to meet some of the objections.
The move to exempt little fellows
from codes was one step.
The next probably will be revision
of the price-fixing features.
These are not the results of the
Darrow report, although it may have
fastened the moves along. For weeks
the White House pillars have been
working on proposed notifications
and revisions of N. R. A. policies.
War Scare Arrives.
The usual Spring war scare from
Europe arrived by grapevine on time
this week end.
France is starting it this time The
French press began leading up to it
by publishing reports that the gov
| eminent would increase the compul-
sorry age for military service from Il
months to Is, Is and finally q
months. The French government
slipped these reports to the press, al
though official denials were issued
later.
The people are not being misled by
the denials. They know France al
ready has discussed the idea with
Belgium and Belgium is expected to
adopt the plan also They believe it
makes further disarmament efforts
futile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
LOCAL COUPLE INJURED
IN KNOXVILLE ACCIDENT

Stephen D. Lefas and his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth McNew Lefas, 1915 Lamont
street, were injured in an automobile
accident about II miles west of Knox
vile, Tenn, yesterday, according to
the Associated Press.
The couple, dispatch from Knox
vile stated, were riding In one of two
cars that overturned while travelling
side by side.
Lefas, who is manager of the CAL
win D. Griffith bottling plant, Oil
Second street northeast, received
broken right arm, and his wife. an
employee of the General Accounting
Office, was bruised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
STRIKING AUTO WORKERS
TIGHTEN PICKET LINES
$4,000 Still at Work in Buick
Plant, Although $4,000 OF
Assembly Line Are Out.

BY the Associated Press.
FLINT, Mich, May 14.-Striking
union employees of the Fisher Body
Corporation Plant No. frightened
their picket lines today, but H. H.
Curtice, president and general man
ager Of the Buick Motor Co., whose
plant has been reported closed, said
that $4,000 were at work there today.
Operations in the Buick plant were
curtailed Friday, the day following
the walk-out in the Fisher plant,
which makes Buick bodies. Curtice
said, however, that while the assembly
line had not been operating, WORK
proceeded In other departments.
Those of the $4,000 Buick employees
who were laid of Friday were told to
return Tuesday. There was no an
nouncement today of what arrange
ments were being made to obtain q
now Of bodies, particularly for new
Buick model introduced Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
BRITISH TO AWAIT
DEBT CONDITIONS
Sir John Says Circum-
stances of Moment" Will
Guide Course.
Continued From First Page

Great Britain would proceed with a
token payment as evidence of good
faith" pending negotiations to read
just the debt, despite the American
warning.
Some, however, commended for out
right default.
The questions on ornaments re-
volved around a demand that the
government state its position as re-
suit Of the crisis in disarmament dis
cussions and the strengthening of
military forces by many nations.
The opposition also demanded full
and frank discussion of German debt
negotiations.
Despite the pressing demands for
an immediate statement on the debts,
it was indicated in Downing Street
that final action on British policy
may await President RooseveltS mes
sage to Congress-expected within a
week or 10 days.
Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Am
dassador at Washington. is keeping in
close touch with the State Depart
ment and may, If necessary, present
memorandum to the American
Government. It was learned, how
ever, that no note is contemplated at
present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
Governor Plays Stork.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (P.-Dr. Ben
jamin B. Noeur, Governor Of Arizona,
took time of from his official duties
to usher another Arizona citizen into
the world.
En- route here, the Governor was
stopped by residents of Tonic Basin
and hurried to the home of David
Holiday, Forest Service employe. A
short time later son was born to
the Holidays. He was named Ben
jamin. .....----.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
FRENCH NOT TO PAY.
Issue Not Being Considered, Says
Official Spokesman.

issue NOT Being CONSIDERED, says
Official Spokesman.
PARIS, May IA P.-A war debt
payment to the United States. either
whole or in part, is not even under
consideration, it was declared by a
high official spokesman today.
There is no question of sending a
note to Washington, such as that OF
the British. asking the effect of the
Johnson bill, the spokesman said.
The French government was repre-
scented as relying solely on reports
from Ambassador Andre de Laboulaye,
at Washington.
When the debt question is taken up
by the cabinet, it was declared, there
will be nothing more than a discus
sion of the text OF the note to be sent
to America, announcing that France
again will pass up payment.
This note is to go forward before
June Is, when the payment is due.
The decision not to pay is based on
the assertion that the situation which
has prompted France in the past to
withhold payment remains unaltered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14

(C0nQnueQ from F1rSJ SageD
to make Rome and land in France
or Spain.
Today's attempt is the first trans
atlantic flight of the year.
Only a few friends of the flyers
were at the airport to see them off
The sky was overcast as the big plane
scared away.
The plane made perfect take-off,
rising easily into the air after a run
of about 1000 feet.
Pond, who was at the controls, kept
the plane at an altitude of 100 feet
as it flew over Jamaica Bay, then
banked it sharply and darted away
toward the northeast.
The Leonardo da Vinci has a
maximum speed Of $50 miles per hour
and a cruising speed of 100 miles.
The flyers are carrying a wireless
receiver and have made arrangements
for hourly weather reports.
Pond Outstanding Navigator.
Sabelli is 81 years old and lives in
New York His flying suit was loaned
to him by Peggy Rex Of Cleveland.
1t bears the autographs of Ethel
Barrymore, Frank Hawks and Jimmy
Doolittle
Pond, 40 years old, is considered an
outstanding navigator and pilot. He
makes his home at the Explorers
Club in New York.
The flight if successful, will be the
first from New York to Rome. Six
persons have been lost in as many
attempts.
Sabelli, who became an American
citizen several years ago. gained wide
notice in 1928 when he and Roger O.
williams projected flight to Italy in
the giant sesqui-plane Roma. The
flight did not materialize. and later
Sabelli sought S250,000 damages
against Bellanca Aircraft Corporation,
saying that after he spent time and
money planning the flight. the Bel
lancas, who had agreed to sell him the
plane, got it back from him.
Ship-to- Shore Service.
Capt. Pond added to his aviation
laurels in 1929 when he and another
flyer successfully carried mail to and
from the liner Leviathan, which was
outward bound, so miles off Ambrose
Channel lightship. 1t was a forerun-
ner of the ship-to-shore service of
more recent days.
Pond and Sabelli took for food IL
assorted sandwiches, three cans OF
tomato juice, jar of orange juice. a
quart of coffee, a gallon of water. three
pounds of eating chocolate, Italian
bread sticks and two cans of emer-
gency rations consisting of dried fruit
and pressed vegetables.
The plane carries the number 1897
WEATHER FAVORABLE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14

To help the show along, the French
also are planning display of naval
strength along their coast this month
Warships and planes are being massed
for maneuvers.
1t all helps to take the French
mind of the StdUisky scandals and
the internal monetary and govern-
mental situation. 1t does not mean
UT.
State Department Miffed.
The State Department is doing It's
best by lnnuendo to show its inner
rage at the British-Dutch rubber
agreement. 1t cannot do much Off.
cially because, theoretically, only pri-
vate interests in Britain and the
Netherlands are involved.
The first thing it did was to tell
American diplomatic representatives
in London and The Hague to prevent
the agreement from going through
but not to get caught at it. This
move failed.
Now every indirect inspirational
channel is being used to expose the
agreement as rubber price-raisine
hold-up. 1t is.
Outside of the effect on American
tire buyers the situation may have an
influence on Anglo-American rela-
tionship.
Attendance is slim in the House
these days because the primaries are
on back home. Congressman are
slipping away to mend their fences.
A certain smart Republican leader
told his colleagues in a congressional
cloak room the other day: IF you
try to put the Republican party
against this stock exchange regula-
ton bill you will not carry precinct
in the next election. Personally am
going to vote for it."
copyright, 1934)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
MURDER TRIAL HELD UP

DEDHAM, Mass, May IA R.-
The trial of Abe Faber and Murton
and Irving Millen. charged with kill
ing policeman during bank hold
up, was suspended until tomorrow
morning because of the death today
of the mother of George Stanley
Harvey, counsel for the Millens. The
defense was to have opened today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
FLOOD AT GALlLEE
BROWNS 20 PERSONS
Torrential Rainfall Sends Wall
of Water Down Tiberias'
Streets.

BY the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, May IA torrentlal
rainfall at noon today sent wall OF
water sweeping down the streets Oh
Liberals on the Sea Of Galilee. drown
ing at least 20 persons and reducing
much of the ancient city to ruins.
More than 1000 soldiers and police
men pushed into the town to search
the ruins and seek out the dead ano
injured.
The flood caught many inhabitants
unawares and swept them to death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14
What's What
BehindNews
In Capital
Code Authority Charge
Rated Highlight of
barrow Report.
BY PAUL MALLON.

TINE hidden dynamite in the un-
published Darrow report is a
charge that certain N. r. A
L code authority has been guilty
of malfeasance in Office.
The report demands action against
the business men on this particular
code authority for conducting it fla
gravity in the interests Of their own
firms to the detriment of competitors
That is supposed to be the reason
why President Roosevelt silently sat
down on the report, refusing to make
it public until his investigators could
find out whether the charge was true.
You may have noticed that one OF
the three agencies to which Mr.. Roose-
welt has referred the Darrow report
is the Department of Justice.