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Evening star., 1936-03-31

A sleepness night brought Mrs. G. b.
Sefken, 1925 N street, scurrying to the
office of James w. Lauderdale, assist
ant corporation counsel today, to pro-
test against the all-night ringing OF
chimes in the National City Christian
Church, at Thomas Circle.
At a hearing in Lauderdale's office.
it was brought out that new janitor
at the church left the chimes In the
tower ring all night, instead OF turn
ing them of at pm.
Mrs. Sefken. an attorney In the Bu-
reau Of Internal Revenue, begged
Lauderdale to stop the chimes.
I'm o good churchgoer, but those
bells keep me awake all night" she
declared. "It isn't q plain ring, it's
q below. The man who gave the bells
to the church lives In California, and
the preacher lives so far away he isn't
bothered. The japitor, it seems, can
stand anything"
Evening star., 1936-03-31

tured that affords q greater velocity
and greater penetration power than
the current type. It is such a menace
that the millions of dollars worth Of
equipment purchased by the law en-
forcement agencies in the country, in
cluding ours-such as bullet-prooof
vests and shields used in approaching
houses to make raids-all Of it will be
absolutely useless with this high-pow-
cred equipment and ammunition about
to be put on the market"
He said the new cartridge has q
velocity Of 1,679 feet per second, as
compared with the regular velocity Of
a .38-caliber bullet of 895 feet per Sec
ond. Whereas the regular bullet will
penetrate . T-inch pine board, the
new bullet will penetrate three steel
plates and three X Inch pine boards.
Hoover said the bullet is an Ameri-
can invention, y
Evening star., 1936-03-31
HUGE GERMAN AIRSHIP
GOES AROUND FRANCE
6y the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 31.-The great new
German dirigible, the Hindenburg,
flew west today on its first voyage to
South America, passing over the
Netherlands to avoid French territory
before turning to the. south.
The air ministry explained the
Hindenburg's unusual course by way
of Holland on grounds that the French
Government had not given permission
for the ship to fly over France.
The giant airship took of at $40
am. 11:40 pm, E. s. T., Monday +,
bearing 81 passengers, q crew of 10
and a cargo of about 1900 pounds. It
headed directly for Rio de Janiero.
Brazil.
Evening star., 1936-03-31
BILL
GIVEN APPROVAL
House Committee Reports
State-Justice.C Commerce.
Labor Measure.
b. the Associated Press.

% tAiS SASoSNA~s~e @~se'
Appropriation of $114,667, 400 for
running the State, Justice, Commerce
and Labor Departments during the
1887 fiscal year was recommended to
the House today by its Appropriations
Committee.
More money for the "G-men," for
additional inspectors to increase safety
of ships, for building Federal prisons
and for extending airways was in
cluded.
The measure was s7,90o,074 larger
than the current years allowance, but
$7,984,177 under budget estimates.
The State Department was allowed
$17,654, 400; the Justice Department.
SAL ,261 800; the Commerce Depart
ment, 34,054, 700, and the Labor De-
partment, $21 .6s7 900.
The committee said new construc-
ton and new laws. including the social
security and Guffey coal control acts,
accounted for the increase.
The committee was lavish in its
praise of the Bureau of Investigation,
under J. Edgar Hoover.
Public Opinion Changed.
"The activities of the C Man have
caught the public fancy" it reported
"" Public opinion, which at one
time was inclined somewhat to glorify
the parasitic racketeer and gangster.
has now allied itself on the side of
law and order"
The committee recommended a
$225, 900 increase in the budget esti-
mate to give the bureau $6,025, 900.
1t said that Through the bureaus
efforts, fines, recoveries, and savings
for the fiscal year 1885 amounted to
$38, 500, 900, an So saving for every
dollar spent"
Needing pleas Of ]. B. Weaver, head
(See BILL. Page A.4l
Evening star., 1936-03-31
QUEzON LAUDS MURPHY

MANILA, March 81 (P.-Praise for
his part in advancing Philippine inde-
pendence was given High Commission
er Frank Murphy today as President
Manuel L. Quezon, during ceremonies
at the University of the Philippines
where an honorary degree of doctor
of laws was conferred upon Murphy.
President Quezon said that when
the history of the Philippine struggle
for freedom is written, due credit for
their work in behalf of the islands
independence would be given Murphy
and Francis B. Harrison, governor
general of the Philippines from 1918
to 1921.
Evening star., 1936-03-31

sooty CRIME glued to the mesh Of
window screens and blown to window
sills. walls, woodwork and furniture.
The sediment borne by smoke not
only trespasses on private residences,
but also smears sidewalks and public
places, soils pedestrians clothes and
mars the beauty Of much architec-
ture. Several weeks were required
recently to clean by sand blasting and
steam the surfaces of a number of
downtown buildings, including The
Star, which had been discolored by
SCOT.
What are the causes of this sooty
condition in a city of comparatively
few factory chimneys? H. K. Kugel,
the Districts new smoke regulation
engineer, says there are many.
First. he says. is improper installa-
ton of heating or power equipment.
Many buildings have been erected
(See CLEANUP. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1936-03-31
BY the Associated Press.

William M. McNair, mayor of Pitts
burgh, was threatened today with
eviction from House Ways and
Means Committee hearing on the new
tax program when he repeatedly inter-
rupted committee members who ques-
toned him after he had urged them
not to ''tax the shirts off our backs. T"
With Chairman Doughton turning
red in the face and pounding repeat
edly with his gavel, McNair said Con-
gressmen had interrupted his testi-
mony and he had a right to interrupt
them.
I'm the mayor of a great CITY," he
roared, land I have a right to come
down here and say what think"
McNair strolled angrily from the
committee room as he concluded, still
muttering protests.
He had asked the committee to
start economizing and leave some
thing for our community"
First Bite Of Cherry"
The Federal Government, he said,
gets ''the first bite of cherry, and then
there isn't anything left"
"Of course, you guys can put on
these taxes If you want to-" the mayor
exclaimed, "but want you to leave us
q little money"
A proposed tax on corporation earn
ings paid into surplus, McNair said,
will take a lot of money out of Pitts
burgh."
More money will leave Pittsburgh
and come to Washington after the bill
passes than before" he said.
"A majority Of the committee hope
So" interrupted Representative Wood
run, Republican, of Michigan.
Il sincerely hope not" the mayor
replied.
McNair took the stand at the second
day Of hearings as strenuous efforts to
scrap the $79e 100000 tax program
developed. Already Representative
Lamneck, Democrat, of Ohio had ex-
q
Evening star., 1936-03-31
Bv the Associated Press


BERLIN, March 31.-Joachim Won
Ribbentrop. Reichsfuehrer Hitler's spe-
cial ambassador. flew to London today
carrying with him an answer said
by a high authority to contain a
gesture of conciliation toward the
Locarno treaty powers proposals fol-
European peace.
Won Ribbentrop and his staff oc-
cupied two airplanes. The size OF
the delegation indicated the Germans
were prepared for lengthy negotiations
The document Won Ribbentrop car
ried was said to contain several con-
crete suggestions for the maintenance
of peace
1t was suggested that the supposed
conciliatory gesture was such as An
thony Eden, British foreign secretary
had implored Hitler to make. What
it was, however, was not Immediately
divulged.
Won Ribbentrop was ordered to &c
directly to Eden.
DR.. Hans H. Dieckhoff, former
counsellor of the German Embassy In
Washington and now a foreign office
expert, was ordered to accompany
Won Ribbentrop.
The order was interpreted as show
ing desire on the part of Hitler to
have some one on hand in London
to reply to any request for further
explanation of his proposals.
Wilhelmstrasse spokeSmen intimated
that Der Fuehrer's peace proposals had
10 be altered, because of the critical
Evening star., 1936-03-31
CAPTURE OF KARPIS
IS DENIED IN KANSAS
Speculation Upon Possibility Had
Followed Arkansas Tear
Gas Raid.
By the Associated Press.


TOPEKA, Kans., March 3l.-After
day of wonder as to whether Fed
eral agents had captured Alvin Kar-
pis, public enemy No. l." in a tear
gas raid near Hot Springs, Ark, the
Kansas highway patrol was informed
last night the attempt was a failure
Lieut.. Col. Wint Smith, director OF
the patrol, who arrived at the farm
house after the raid, telephoned his
office and Frank Stone, his assistant,
announced Smith said he believed
Karpis had been there but had left. "
Hot Springs heard a report that a
man and two women were taken from
the house, but the agents refused to
confirm or deny it.
Evening star., 1936-03-31

:Would get along without MIN.
st remained with the prisoner about
half hour this morning.
THE guards submitted the follow.
ing long hand report:
He said the State will never solve
the case by sending him to the chair,
as he is innocent. He wanted to know
ii it would be possible to make a radio
appeal to the public If any one knows
anything about the case to come for-
ward and tell
He wants his son to grow up and
be honest and to know his father is
innocent. He told us he got convicted
for having money in his possession
without knowing what kind Of money
it was"
Kimberling made his announcement
from the steps of the prison.
Breaks Down in Despair.
Hauptman had retained his cold re-
serve early last night in the face Of
news that his second clemency plea
had been rejected by the Court Of
Pardons and that Gov. Hoffman had
said there would not be another re-
prieve.
But as the hours remaining for him
sped by, he broke down in despair.
Throughout his long Imprisonment
even in the face of other striking
blows at his chances of escape-Haupt-
mann had held the iron nerve that
caused Attorney General David T.
Wilentz to say at his Pennington trial:
He is cold; he will be thawed out
when he hears that switch-that Is the
time he will talk"
Kimberling said no arrangements
had been made for the disposition
of Hauptmann's body after the elec-
trocution 1t may be removed from
the prison any time after the elec-
trocution, he said.
C. Lloyd Fisher, and Rev. John
Matthiesen. Hauptmann's spiritual adj
wiser, meanwhile arrived at the prison
to see the condemned man.
Other Condemned Man.
Charles Zeid, condemned Philadel-
phia gangster, who will go to the chair
d lew DC1ULC
did not emulate Hauptmann in refus-
ing to order last meal.
Zeid asked for celery and olives.
roast chicken, buttered peas, French
fried potatoes, cherries, cake, coffee
or milk and cigar.
Kimberling said Hauptmann could
have a similar meal If he desired.
Zeid ate hearty breakfast of corn
flakes and milk. poached eggs and po.
tatoes. toast. butter and coffee. Haupt-
mann left his meal untouched.
Kimberling said he did not think he
would permit Mrs. Hauptmann to see
her husband today unless something
very unusual arose." Mrs. Haupt-
mann say her husband probably for
the last time yesterday.
Appearing this morning looking
worried and wan but considerably i'm.
proved over last night, she said she
.lsee HAUEMANN. Page A-so
Evening star., 1936-03-31
Hauptmann Asks
Last Meal Sent
To Jafsie Condor,
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j.. March 31.-Bruno
Richard Hauptmann when asked
about his last meal declared today
to the State Prison warden:
"I'd like to have that last meal
sent to DR.. Condon"
He was referring to DR.. John F..
Condor, the Bronx professor who paid
to a man he identified as Hauptmann
the $4,000 Lindbergh kidnap ransom
money in a Bronx cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-03-31
BRUNO BREAKS DOWN, CRYING INNOCENCE
Mushroom Tunnel
Fills With Smoke;
Owner Is Trapped
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March 81
Smoke trapped H. E. Dorthley,
elderly mushroom fancier. in q
labyrinth. of tunnels under his
burning home today.
While firemen battled the
flames, Policemen Chester Nor
gan and Harry Workman donned
oxygen helmets and searched un-
derground. At the end of a
quarter mile long passageway
they found Dorthley gasping for
breath. He was rescued unin-
jured.
Evening star., 1936-03-31
CONDON IS SILENT
ON LATEST MOVES
Secludes Self in Bronx Home as
Hauptmann Death Hour
Nears.
By the Associated Press

By the ASSOclateu FrtSS
NEW YORK, March 31.-Dr. John
F. Condor, the Lindbergh interme-
diary, secluded himself in his Bronx
home today and made no comment
on the failure of the last ditch effort
of Richard Bruno Hauptmann to
escape death in the electric chair.
"Jafsie," who identified Hauptmann
as the ransom negotiator to whom he
paid $4,000, planned to spend the
evening at home with members of his
family.
Evening star., 1936-03-31
L Cannot Lie,' Sobs Condemned
Man-Final Hopes to
Escape Chair Gone.
SPENDS HOURS DURING NIGHT
WRITING MOTHER IN GERMANY
Talks About How Family Will Get Along
Without Him-Wants Son to
Know He Is Cuiltless.
B u L L E T N.

TRENTON, N. j., March 81 o9-An appeal to JUS
Bruno Richard Hauptmann set for tonight was made
today by counsel for the condemned man. They asked
the stay to permit further investigation of the late
breaking Developments including the Confession of
Paul H. Wendell, later repudiated, that he kidnapped
the Lindbergh baby.
Evening star., 1936-03-31
M'NA|R IN CLASH
AT TAX HEARING
Pittsburgh Mayor Threat
ened With Eviction for
Interruptions.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
When the Supreme Court out
la,ped the processing-tar-supported
A. A. A. and Congress passed the
bonus, President Roosevelt told
Congress it iDould haze to pay the
farmers and the soldiers out OF
nep tares. Since then, q Ways and
Means Subcommittee has modi-
fled somewhat the White House
reUenue proposals of new leuy on
undistributed corporation profits
toith companion leuy on individual
income from diUidends, and COIN
cidental repeal OF tares on corpo-
rate income, capital stock and er-
cess profits. Full committee be-
gan hearings yesterday.
Evening star., 1936-03-31

The District Commissioners today
renewed their request to the Budget
Bureau to approve supplemental re-
lief appropriation of S258,G00 to take
care of 10000 employables, who were
dropped from the relief rolls today
until June.
Elwood Street, director of the Board
of Public Welfare, and a committee Of
social workers presented arguments t.
the Commissioners Tuesday board
meeting that unless the additional
money is provided serious suffering
will result among unemployed desti-
tute but employable citizens OF the
District"
At the same time Street outlined
a plan for furloughing members OF
the staff because of the curtallment
that will result if the supplemental
appropriation is disallowed. He did
not estimate the number to be
dropped.
Both the Board of Public Welfare
and the social workers asked that
the 1887 appropriation for relief be
increased. The House was author
lied 81 100000 for next year and it
is estimated that amount is about
half the total which will be needed.
Direct Relief Provision.
The Commissioners were told that
next years appropriation now will
permit the expenditure of only s110,-
685 for direct relief.
"This amount will obviously be
pitiably inadequate to meet public
distress in Washington under present
conditions" the Commissioners were
told by the social workers.
There is no encouraging prospect
that more INDECENT employables will
be taken on to the Federal pay roll.
In fact there is an evident, if not
avowed purpose to whittle down the
W. P. A. program. In the absence
of Congress until next January, If
no larger appropriation for direct
relief is made than that approved by
the House of Representatives, Wash
ington's plight will be indeed de-
plorable.
1--WE regard an adequate relief ap-
preparation for the coming fiscal year
as of parallel Importance with the
Board of Public Welfare's urgent re-
quest that the further supplemental
appropriation of $258,0O0 be sought" !"
Ufford Heads Delegation.
The delegation was headed by Wal
ter S. Ufford, chairman, who repre-
sented the Monday Evening Club.
Others on the committee were j. Hill
man Hollister of the Federation of
Churches, Mrs. william Kittle, League
of Women Voters; Ray H. Everett,
Washington Association of Social
Workers; Mrs. EStelle Schwartz, Dis
trict Federation of Women's Clubs;
Louisa S. Roberts, Council of Social
Agencies; Edna Kury. American Fed
Grafton of Government Employees;
Msgr. John O'Grady, Catholic Chari-
(See APPEAL. Page A-4)
Evening star., 1936-03-31
DOUG FAIRBANKS, JR., ILL

Victim of Influenza, Actor Is
Taken to Hospital.
LONDON, March 81 CP.-Douglas
Fairbanks, jr., suffering from in
fluenza, was taken to a nursing home
today.
Friends said that the young actor,
who recently returned from America,
was also suffering from overwork,
but that he was in the hospital only
as a precautionary measure.
Evening star., 1936-03-31
DISTRICT HEADS
RENEW PLEAFOR
S258,000 RELIEF
Supplemental Appropriation
Urged for 10000 De-
prived EmpIoyableS.
SERIOUS SUFFERING
FEARED BY STREET
Welfare Director and Committee
Present Arguments at
Board Meeting.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Between national relief policy,
administered by w. P. A., and ma
tionql budget policy, administered
by the Budget Bureau. Uoteless
District, gouerned exclusively by
Congress, is left in the lurch on
local relief problems. Policy OF
Federal w. P. A. has been to throw
relief clients back on community
care. Budget Bureau policy has
been to cut requests for District OF
Columbia funds, ,ohich must be
poted by Congress. Supplemental
$3.50, 900 appropriation for District
relief, passed last week by Con-
oress and still d,uaiting presidential
signature, piH only care for unenl-
ployables, District OF Columbia re-
lief officials say.
Evening star., 1936-03-31
HITLER EM|SSARY
SPEEDS TOLONDON
Reichsfuehrer's Answer Is
Held ConCiIiatory to
Locarno Powers.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
European crisis Uas precipitated
March 2 Uhen Germany nloped
troops into demilitarized zone OF
Rhineland in uiolation OF Versailles
and Locarno treaties.
France threatened military dc-
ton, but Britdin's compromising
attitude paved ,cay for negotiations.
Proposals OF Locarno poUers,
meeting in London, irere rejected by
Adolf Hitler. The conference ad-
5ourned without apaiting Reichs-
tuehrer's counter-proposals.
Evening star., 1936-03-31

(See HITLER, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1936-03-31
WEATHER.

% s. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair and much colder. lowest temper
ature tonight about 80 degrees: tomorrow
fair and continued cold. Temperatures
Highest, 76, at 4:30 pm. yesterday; low
est, 81, at GAS am. today.
Full report on page ALL.
Evening star., 1936-03-31

(See STRETZ, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1936-03-31

(See BILL, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1936-03-31

(See TANA, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1936-03-31

(See CLEANUP, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1936-03-31

The only evening paper
in Washington with the
Associated Press News
and Wirephoto Services.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-04
Labor Begins to Make Billings Union Town

In many respects Billings, Montana, re-
sembles Minneapolis, Mimi population
excepted. The production and marketing
facilities of both towns are somewhat
identical, and the labor hating elements
in Billings find. their prototype in the no
torious Citizens Alliance of the larger city
an organization which by political cor
ruptiOn and thuggery had ruled Minneapo-
lis until about two years ago, when labor
forces took the field and steadily beat
back this group of reactionaries. The
same signs of labor solidarity are being
evidenced in Billings, and with the sup
port of workers and farm organizations in
and outside of that city the day is not far
distant when Billings will become an un-
healthy spot for the scab and his SYM
pathizers.
One of the greatest difficulties that
local labor has to content with is the in
difference of outsiders (some of whom
profess great sympathy" for labor at
home) who when they visit town fail
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-04
DEMAND ASYLUM
FOR TROTSKY

NEW YORK = (LsP) = The.
right of asylum for Leon Trot-
sky, co-leader with Lenin of the
Russian revolution, was demand
ed at a mass meeting held Fri
day in New York. The speakers
included Norman Thomas, Joseph
Schlossberg, secretary-treasurer of
the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers Of America, Max Schachtman,
English translator of Trotsky's
author
A wire was read from the ma
tional headquarters of the Social
list party. "The Socialist party
from the start has been for the
right of asylum for Leon Trot-
sky and for an impartial commits
sion to investigate the charges
against him. We denounce the
attempts of some elements to-
arouse a lynch spirit against him.
We hail the Mexican government
grant of asylum to Trotsky. We
call upon the workers of the
world to defend the right of asy-
lun for all working class politi-
cal exiles."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-04

to make any inquiries about conditions as
they affect the working class. No excuse,
however plausible, can condone this sabo-
tage against union men in their efforts
to secure decent living wage.
A glaring example of this attempt to
sabotage the efforts of union men in the
city of Billings has been lately called to
our. attention; and that there may be no
misunderstanding of the case we repro
duce the excuse" given for plunging the
knife into LabOr's back and the reply
made by the Secretary of the Yellowstone
Trades and Labor Assembly.
The Excuse" -presupposes that letter
of protest had been sent to the Mine Mill
and Smeltermen's Union of Great Falls by
the Yellowstone Trales and Assembly at
Billings, therefore, we publish the lame
excuse first and the reply-a very con-
vincing one one-which leaves no doubt
as to the proper attitude of union labor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-04
WPA LAY-OFF
CHECKED BY new
YORK PROTESTS
BY Federated Press

NEW YORK-Mass demonstra-
tions, protests, and a series of
sitdown strikes have resulted in
York City to about-face from
their recent ruthless announce
ment of wholesale curtailment of
work relief rolls.
Though pink slips continue to
be issued, most of the dismissed
workers are being rapidly rein
stated after securing Emergency
Relief Bureau Qualifications of
need. Pres Willis r Morgan of
the City Projects Council has es-
timated that less than one-half of
one percent of such people are
failing to secure certification.
Unemployed groups continue to
picket and demonstrate before
WPA officers, demanding en-
largement of various projects to
absorb their numbers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-04
EXCUSE"

talk with me in such manner hang up,
which I did.
Third | don't understand your attitude
Kindly check with my record regarding
labor in my position as an alderman in
your city council as you know I made q
special trip from Glacier Park down here
to the budget meeting and was one of the
men instrumental in seeing that wages
were raised for all city employees. At all
times at the council, whenever an oppor-
tunlty has been presented by your group
or any other unionized group, l have been
very glad to champion the cause of labor
in raising the standard of living of our
citizens in Great Falls.
i l have talked with three or four mem
bers of your union regarding this COM
munication and they have felt the very
same as l have hope that this explains
my stand, and in the future that the
Great Falls Mill and Smelterrnen's Union
will cooperate with me to the extent Of
notifying me by letter from this union the
fair to Organized Labor
1 also want to take this opportunity to
thank you people for the wonderful sup
port you have given athletics in the Great
Falls High School under nv regime I
know that the boys have appreciated that
marvellous support and that their playing
and the satisfaction that thew have given
you on the field of play has repaid you
for that support.
Hoping in the future that better CO.
operation will exist on your part in help
ing me to eliminate this error mentioned
by your organization
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) T. E. Hodges
Director of Athletics.