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Evening star., 1936-10-25
SHIP UNIONS MOVE
/ TOAVERT STRIKE
Offer "Compromise" for
Peace, but Threat of Dock
Tie-Up Persists.
BY the Associated Press.

oy tIiS AocoSiotto AASoos
SAN FRANCISCO, October "a
Maritime unions prepared tonight
what they said was a compromise
proposal for peace on the water front,
but the threat of q strike or tie-up
still overhung Pacific Coast shipping.
The unions informed Rear Admiral
Harry G. Hamlet, Federal Maritime
Commission representative, that a
strike next week would mot be neces-
sary' If the ship owners would agree
to four conditions in renewing old
agreements.
Hamlet was asked to put the pro-
posal before the ship owners. He de-
clined comment, but observers said
the prospects for its acceptance did
not appear encouraging because the
employers already had waived their
demands for modification of old agree
ments and probably would stick to
their previous stand that the unions
should do likewise.
Wage Increase Proposed.
An eleventh-hour proposal of for
eign and Eastern ship owners to in
crease longshoremen's wages also faced
doubtful outlook.
The union proposal called for a
continuation Of the presidential hir-
ing of union men; cash payments for
overtime to sea-going union members !;
a basic 8-hour day for licensed ships
personnel and cooks and stewards,
and assurance that the conditions
would be retroactive.
With the result of strike vote due
tomorrow, it was said Admiral Ham,
let would present the proposal to ship
| owners as soon as possible.
At stake for the unions were wages,
hours and working conditions of ST.
900 men.
Employers Want Old Agreements
Employers avowedly stood ready to
extend old working agreements for
one year. and reiterated that stand
today. but they were represented as
| desiring assurance the agreements
would be observed. They complained
| the old agreements were repeatedly
violated by unauthorized strikes.
Immediately at issue was whether
the maritime workers would strike
next Wednesday, as limited in their
recent demand that shipowners grant
basic demands at once and negotiate
settlement of other differences.
The union members voted on
whether to authorize their leaders
to call a strike Wednesday, in the
event peace had not been made.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Old Rifle Kills Man, ga.

EASTHAMPToN. Mass. October "a
tP)-A rife In the hands OF Victor
Inelish. IL. killed the boys grand
father. william Mitchell. 81. tonight.
Medical examiner Edward B. Ryan
of Easthampton ruled the death &C
cidentaI. The boy found an old ~
rif,e Ia the attic and rs he was show
ing It to his father 1t was discnarsed
A bullet struck Mitchell IN the fore
head and he died immediately.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
SEPTEMBER BUILDING
UP $40 OVER 1885
Seasonal Decline Of 1870 Noted
From Previous Month, Says
Miss Perkins.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
A 81 per cent increase in building
activity during September, compared
with the same month last year, was
reported yesterday by the Labor De-
partment.
At the same time Secretary Perkins
said there was a seasonal decline of
1875 per cent from August to Septem-
ber.
She said this was due to a lessened
amount Of public building. Private
building showed an advance Of / per
cent in September over August.
Miss Perkins said that, during the
first nine months of 1896, permits is
sued for buildings in cities of 10000
or more totaled $997, ,924 900, a gain of
II per cent over the first nine months
Of 1885.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
PEEK ASSAILS FARM
AND TARIFF POLICIES
Former Roosevelt Adviser Charges
New Deal Attempting to
Regiment Agriculture.
kv thu Assor,ate<- prass

kv the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. October "a
George N. Peek. former agricultural
adjustment administrator, said in a
campaign speech today the Roosevelt
administration is attempting to regi-
ment the Nations farmers under the
guise Of soil conservation"
The former Roosevelt adviser also
told Republican rally the Hull recip-
rocal tariff program was without
beneficial effects" to the farmer and
asserted the administrations domes-
tic farm program was unsound.
Henry Wallace" he said, lis deep
in his dream of Transforming the
United States into a sort of glorified
Depar ment of Agriculture. with him.
self and President Roosevelt in the re-
spective roles of Joseph and Pharaoh.
ruling as dictators."
Evening star., 1936-10-25
REVIEW EXPECTED
OF WAGNER ACT
Announcement Tomorrow il
Supreme Court Has
Decided.
By the Associated Press.


Belief that the Supreme Court
agreed yesterday whether to pass upon
constitutionality of the Wagner labor
relations act was expressed last night
by Government attorneys.
Challenges of the legislation by the
Associated Press and by the Wash
ington, Virginia & Maryland Coach
Co. were before the justices.
II q decision was reached at their
regular Saturday afternoon confer
ence, it will be announced at the noon
session tomorrow. In the event the
court agrees to review the controversy
1t will hear arguments within a few
weeks and later announce a final de-
cision.
If review Is refused, the decisions
Of lower courts sustaining the act will
remain in effect.
Through Solicitor General Stanley
Reed, the Government joined in both
requests for review. Observers gen.
orally believed that greatly strength
ened the probability that the justices
would consent to pass on the dispute
Important Question.
"Constitutionality of the national
labor relations act" Reed told the
tribunal, lis an important question OF
Federal law, which has not been. but
should be settled by this court"
The legislation. designed to guar
antee collective bargaining to workers,
establishes a Labor Relations Board
to settle industrial disputes.
Another petition before the justices
yesterday. on which action is possible
Monday, was an application by Il
linois Communists to compel State Of
ficials to place the names of the party
candidates for President and Vice
President on the ballot for the No
vember 3 election.
The court already has ordered a re-
cess from tomorrow to November 8,
during which no arguments are to be
heard. Its pans would have to be
changed and unprecedented speed en-
ployed to bring about a final ruling
on the petition by election day.
Justice Stone, who has been con-
fined to his bed several days with
an intestinal ailment, was absent from
yesterdays conference. Aides said
he had been put to bed as a precau-
ton and was about recovered.
Appeal From New York.
In one of the labor relations cases
which the court may review, the As
sociated Press appealed to the tri-
bunal from a ruling by the Circuit
Court of Appeals at New York, direct
ing the reinstatement of Morris Wat
son, discharged employe of the press
associations New York Office. In the
other, the coach company appealed
from decision Of the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals, ordering reinstate-
ment of l8 discharged employees.
Reimbursement of back pay to Wat
son and the coach company employees
also was ordered by the lower courts.
In its petition, the Associated Press
contended freedom of speech and
freedom of the press" is seriously
jeopardized" by the legislation. This
was disputed by the Government.
The coach company said its case
was the first presented to the court
wherein the act has been applied to
company admittedly engaged in in
terstate commerce"
Other cases involving the act have
been filed. but no announcement as
to granting or refusing a review OF
them Is expected before November O.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
CONTINUES CRUISE

The new destroyer U. s. S. Dray-
ton, in European waters on her shake
down cruise. left Gravesend. England,
yesterday for Algiers, where she Is
due Wednesday.
The Navy Department said yester-
day that the vessel will visit WILLIE
franche. France, and Genoa, Italy, be-
fore returning to the United States,
and she will dock at Norfolk Navy
Yard on December 6. The Drayton
Is commanded by Comdr. Ralph @.
Pennoyer, United States Navy. who
formerly was on duty In the ONCE Of
the Judge advocate general here.
Evening star., 1936-10-25

"The sunflowers took root, sprang
up and flourished. So now If Mr.
Landons forces are interested in Sc
curing boutonnieres, all they have to
do is to cross the Jersey Dikes and
collect w. P. A. sunflowers."
PUBLIC PULSE.
Newspaper men usually feel that
they can sense the public's interest
in news events. NoU and then they
are urong.
Recently one OF the fraternity
appeared before the Women's Club
OF WoodSide, Md, to anSWer queS-
tons on current events. Three
subjects predominated among the
questions - the Simpson divorce
case, politics and the Spanish reu-
olution. One subject brought 10
questions and the other tloo each.
Returning to his Office, he asked
number OF associates Uhich sub
ject they thought evoked the 10
questions They Uere unanimous
in selecting the Simpson case.
They Uere prong. 1t Uds the
Spanish reUolutioni
MYSTERY.
omen, who enjoy world wide
reputation as super sleuths, were
put on their mettle recently by q
postscript in a letter written to the
El Paso, Tex. Office of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation by district
coroner. The text of the letter was
official business. routine request for
fingerprint cards. but this was the
postscript:
"P. S.-Last Christmas my niece
(she daughter my niece had a case
her husband menaced her to do all
bad he could-and the door did re-
suit broken and bolt or bar was
upon the little table, and put fire 10
the mattress. blankets, dresses, ETC..
etc, nobody did see the misdoer. The
case was reported to the assistant dis
trict attorney and he did nothing
What was the trouble?"
Evening star., 1936-10-25
SEVEN WRITERS ABOARD.
Six Take Air Liner for New York on
Arrival at Alameda.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALAMEDA, Calf, October IA
l7-day trans-Pacific air Odyssey ended
today when the China Clipper arrived
here to complete its 16,000-mile pre-
liminary passenger round trip to
Manila.
Seven news writers, in q great
hurry. stepped out of the big ocean
plane and dashed to a nearby field
where another airliner whisked six of
them of in the direction of New York
Miss Dorothy Kilgallen. only woman
in the party, boarded private plane
for the East.
The seven included five who made
the round trip starting from here Oc-
tober Z, and two others finishing a
globe -circling jaunt.
1T was a swell trip; I've got to be
going-goodby!" shouted Charles E.
Harner, Associated Press staff writer,
as he and his fellow travellers hurried
toward the waiting New York plane.
The big Clipper, bucking head
winds, required 81 hours and 81 min
utes to negotiate the last leg of her
history-making hop, the 2,400 miles
from Honolulu to Alameda.
Despite the fact that typhoons de-
layed the Clipper four days, she made
the round trip in less time than the
fastest steamships require for the one
way journey. The surface liners travel
from here to Manila in about three
weeks.
Besides Harner the China Clippers
round-trip passengers were Harry
FrantZ of the United Press; c. B.
Allen, New York Herald-Tribune; L.
D. Lyman, New York Times; William
w. Chaplin of Universal Service, and
William Van Dusen, Pan-American
Airways official.
The China Clipper also carried Miss
Kilgallen of the New York Journal
and Leo Kieran of the New York
Times, who, with another reporter, H.
r. Ekins, left New York October / on
q round-the-world trip. Ekins COM
pleted his voyage last Monday.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Guessers Given Break.

DES MONIES. Iowa (R.-E. C.
Lytton, Drake University business
manager. said, the school will hold
noon luncheon each Monday follow
ing q Drake game and that the Sec
ond-gussers will be given plenty Of
opportunity to raxz coaches and
players
just to refresh their memory. mo-
ton pictures Of the, games viii ne
shown. '
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
w. P. A. PROJECT.

A STORY of w. p. A. sunfiowe-s
~ was told in a downtown cock
~ tail room the other afternoon.
4 = The narrator. recently re-
turned from New York, described the
desolste wastes that greet one the
other side of the Holland Tunnel
the Jersey Flats"
"They were really so barren and
uninteresting, she said, that w.
P. A. workers, in search of ways 10
utilize their crews and at the same
time contribute to general improve
ment Of the landscape, conceived the
idea Of planting sunflower seeds sew
eral months ago along this highway.
The idea was to enliven the scene
and obliterate certain Objectionable
signboards and dump heaps that had
sprung up.
Evening star., 1936-10-25

B. H Light, an employe OF the
Alexandria Gazette. spilled the bills
out Of his pocket on Saturday night.
He advertised the fact in Mondays
paper. and received special delivery
letter containing the bills early Tues
day. A tourist found the money, saw
the ad, and returned the bills before
leaving the city.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
ARMS SEIZED IN CUBA
II Members of Radical Movement
Arrested in Raid.

By Radio to The Star.
HAVANA, october 24.-Army secret
service agents seized an arsenal of
arms. ammunition and dynamite in
a midtown raid here today and arrest
ed IL persons, including three women,
members of the Young Cuba radical
movement.
II was the second important arms
seizure within "a hours. Both caches
were discovered In underground hid
ing places with anti-government doc
uments.
tCopyrisht. 1860
Evening star., 1936-10-25
LECTURE ON MAGIC
William Seabrook to Tell OF
Arabia and Haiti.

William Seabrook, author and lee
turer, will speak under the auspices OF
the Sigma Tau Delta, honorary Eng
lish fraternity at Wilson Teachers
College, tomorrow at 8 pm. in the
auditorium of Roosevelt High School.
The speakers subject will be Magic
and Witchcraft," the material for
which was drawn from his visits to
Arabia. where he spent q year and
half living with various native trimes,
and in Haiti, where he spent more
than a year studying the voodoo wor-
shippers.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Baby browns in Milk.

ABILENE, Tex, October a R.-
Doris Merle Hollingshead, 1o-month.
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
Hollingshead. drowned in q five-gallon
can Of milk at the home Of her grand.
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Jefi Key. near
here, today.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
TROTZKY SUES PAPER
Bolshevist Exile Plans to "Un.
mask" Policy Of Soviets.

OSLO. Norway, October "a tP.-
Declaring he intends to "unmask" the
reckless policy of the Soviets, Leon
Trotzky, Bolshevist exile. today an
nounced a suit against the newspaper
Arbeideren, Norways principal Com
munist organ.
The suit was based on a dispatch
from Moscow which the newspaper
published last August, headed "Kiroff
Murder Committed on Trotzky's Di-
rect Advice" 1t accused Trotzky of
cooperating with the German secret
police,
Evening star., 1936-10-25
HUNGER STRIKE ENDS

Coal Miners, Demands Accepted,
Come Out of Pits.
BEUTHEN, Germany, October "a
R.-Eight hundred coal miners
across the Polish border, ending a
hunger strike. stumbled out of their
pits tonight, exhausted by their four
day fast
The management accepted all their
demands for more pay and better
working conditions. The miners will
70 back to work Monday
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Marine League Plans Dance.

The Marine Corps League will cele-
brate the birthday of the corps with
q dinner and dance November 10, be-
ginning at 7:30 pm. at Epstein's res
taurant. Reservations may be made
through Detachment Comdr. =. b.
Garrett. 2032 Otis street northeast.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
ASHES OF COLUMBUS
ARE PUT IN NEW URN
New Rock-Crystal Receptacle Pre-
sented by President of Do
minican Republic.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Dominican
Republic, October 24-The ashes of
Christopher Columbus were deposited
today in a new rock-crystai urn. The
urn, replacing the original lead casket.
was presented by President Rafael
Trujillo in observance of his birthday.
High diplomatic officials attended
the ceremonies at the Columbus tomb.
The president asserted that the
transfer was the first step in pro-
gram to end with lighthouse memo
rial six years hence, the 450th ami
versary Of the discovery Of America.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Readers Guide
and
News Summary
PART ONE.
Matt. Netps Section.
The Sunday star-oct. rs, 1886.

POLITICS .... veg
Iandon urges System to prevent world
war, protect U. S. Page Al
Landon victory by $4,000 votes in New
Jersey predicted. Page Al
A. P. survey shows probable record
presidential vote. Page AS
Lemke charges New Dealers continu-
ing scarcity" Page AS
Senator Guffey promises to introduce
new coal bill. Page AS
Kennedy says Alfred E. Smith wanted
dictator in 1888. Page ALL
Bainbridge Colby says Roosevelt is
afraid" of record. Page BE-
Father Coughlin sees u. s. preparing
to extend war credits. Page B.?
West Virginia survey points to New
Deal victory. Page b-3
President passes up cruise to work on
final campaign speeches. Page B-3
Historic Mecklenburg aids Democratic
drift in North Carolina. Page B-5
NATIONAL.
Son held in death of rich Hunting
ton, w. Va, widow. Page Al
Maritime unions move to avert Pacific
Coast strike. Page Az
Supreme Court may review Wagner
labor relations act. Page AZ
Pacific Coast fearful as shipping strike
crisis nears. Page Az
Gov. Earle asks probe Of employees
social security notices. Page A-9
FOREIGN.
Insurgents bomb Madrid suburbs as
land forces advance. Page Al
U. s. Embassy in Madrid reopened as
place of refuge. Page AS
Mrs Simpsons divorce suit due for
hearing Tuesday. Page A
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Suit charges police bonding victimiza-
ton in Prince Georges. Page Al
Gated this afternoon. Page A-10
Complete Navy day program at Navy
Yard here announced. Page B-l
Workers Alliance claims "moral vic
tory" after hearing. Page B-1
Street car survey to be completed
soon. Page B-1
Streets annual report asks more relief
funds. Page B-l
Two dairies file opposition to milk
price increase. Page B-1
SPORTS.
G. U. in tie with N. Y. u; Maryland
beats Syracuse. Page B-6
Catholic U. and American U. on short
end of scores. Page b.
Princeton nips Navy: Pitt smothers
Notre Dame. Page BIS
Lewis is called best first-year infielder
in majors. Page B-9
U. S. horsemen hold slight lead in
international event. Page Bio
Talma Dee scores upset victory in big
Laurel race. Page Bill
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page Az
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Evening star., 1936-10-25
HEY. DIOGENES.

A N OPTIMISTIC man who inserted
an ad in a newspaper for the
return of three $40 bills he lost on
the main street in Alexandria proved
his faith in humanity the other day.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Buy Feeder Pigs.

Swine growers In Duplin County
N. CO purchased 77000 pounds Of
Western feeder pigs this season.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
NM TWIN
Feature Section.
PART FIVE.
Financial, Classified.

Financial, Classified.
Industrial recovery lags. Page G-1
D. c. business advances. Page G-1
Research brings new prod
ucts. Page G-1
Stocks turn dull (table). Page Co.
Sugar bonds climb (table). Page G-3
Curb list narrow (table). Page Ga
Classified advertising. Pages GAIA
Evening star., 1936-10-25
PART TWO.
Editorial Section
PART THREE.

Society Section.
Evening star., 1936-10-25

EMAIL Tito Schipa, Italian
tenor, who likes to 60 TO the
r movies and to dabble in
~ modernistic art, Is one Of
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-26
BOARD FORMED
TO REGULATE
VALLEY LABOR

Appointment of labor board tc
arrange for sufficient agricultural
labor during peak seasons and tc
prevent the influx of unnecessary
labortook place "Wednesday. Argyle
MacLachlan of CaleXico was named
chairman.
Members of the board are: Virgil
Simms of Brawley, secretary; o. J
Bradshaw. Evan T. HeWes, Hugh T
Osborne, Fred r. Bright, Earl " c.
Northrop of Ell Centro; Harvey Has
tain B. NJ. Graham, of BraWley;
Bill Wilkinson of Calipatria; w. j
Gregg of Holtville; A. Y Preble OF
Imperial; Ike Schlatter of Calexico
and b. A. Harrigan, agricultural
commissioner.
The board will arrange to have
sufficient labor for the harvesting
of crops and will prevent the great
influx of labor such as occurred this
winter.
Bob Wilson of the state chamber
of commerce was present at the
meeting and spoke OF the program
of the state organization in this re-
gard.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-26
WIDOW, SON OF SLAIN OFFICER
TO GET NO COUNTY INSURANCE

Mrs. Ula z. Null and Bromley Ivan
Null will receive nothing from the
insurance of Imperial county for the
death of Special Deputy Sheriff
Ivan E. Null
They are the widow and son of
the officer who was shot and killed
near Holtyille in October, 1895, by
Marvin Morris, Noble Morris and
Woodrow Corley. The bandits later
were apprehended, tried, and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary.
Mrs. Null applied to the industrial
accident commission for a ruling
upon her request for insurance as
result of her husbands death.
She named Imperial county. Sheriff
Robert w. Ware, and the State
Compensation Insurance fund in
her application.
The commission ruled that Mrs.
Null and her l6-year- son take
nothing from the insurance fund
and that the employer be discharged
from all liability. This automatic
ally released the county and the
sheriff as the county is insured
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-26

floods fled from their homes agaln
in the Wheeling district where the
river, already above flcod stage,
was rising steadily.
The MCnongahela and Allegheny
rivers were receding at Pittsburgh
ending, for the time, new flood
threat there.
The rising Ohio halted rehabili-
tation work in the upper valley
Intense suffering from the flood
crest that wrecked many commun-
titles CT the upper valley last week
continued in the vicinity of Gin
cinati The town of Covington,
KY, was under an iron quarantine
against spinal meningitis which
was reported to have caused two
deaths.
Residents CT Indiana commun-
tiles prepared for the Ohio crest
when it reaches them.
Cold weather reduced the pos
Sibility of extensive damage from
swollen streams in Wisconsin and
Minnesot Ia.
The Mississippi was rising in
Minnesota but Officials said there
was no real danger"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-26
DRIVE PUSHED
ON WORK FOR
VALLEY MEN

Imperial county supervisors are
work en- the All-American canal
and desilting works for county
residents who are not on relief
rolls.
The Works Progress administra-
tiCn order makes it mandatory to
employ 80 per cent relief roll
workers.
A telegram was dispatched
Thursday to Frank Mclaughlin,
WPA administrator in San Fran
cisco by the supervisors The tele-
gram read as follows:
Under authority conferred upon
you by Harry Hopkins admins
trative order No. 26, We respect
rully submit that sufficient quail
flied relief labor is not available
in this vicinity for contractors re-
deSilting works in this county.
Therefore, we request you to grant
exemption for these jobs making
employment of 80 per cent relief
labor mandatory.
Our situation is as presented
in official figures quoted in our
recent telegram to you." The tele-
gram was signed by Supervisor A
Y. Preble for the board.
Supervisors object to the present
practice of shipping in relief roll
workers from other counties to
take the work fer which hundreds
of non-relief Imperial county men
are available.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-26
WOMAN ADMITS
GIVING AID IN
JAIL BREAK

Marthina Brown pleaded guilty in
superior court Thursday to aiding
James Brown in his escape from the
Imperial county jail. She then ap-
piled for probation.
She told officers that she wished
to get it over with and asked to
be given the opportunity to plead
guilty and ask for the mercy of the
court.
The Negro aided Brown to escape
by arranging transportation to take
them to Mexicai A few hours af-
ter they disappeared, they we're ar
rested in the border city and re-
turned to Jail. Brown was jailed for
six months for petty theft. He was
said to have been successful in short
change deals with Ell Centro and
Holtville service station operators
as his victims He now is charged
with escape.
Brown was found to have a long
criminal record.