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Evening star., 1937-07-04
GLIDER PILOT SCARS
81 MILES IN TEST
Harland Ross Records Longest
Trip of Day as Flights
Arc Continued,
b. the Associated Press.


ELM1RA, N. Y, July 3.-Harland
Ross OF Montellelo, Calf, recorded
the longest glider fight of the day
as pilots continued national soaring
championship tests here.
Ross landed at Sunbury. Pa. After
night OF "a miles in 4 hours and
IT minutes. He estimated that al
one time he rose to 5,4O0 feet.
In other distance flights. Emil L.
hecka, Long Island City. reached East
Smfthfield, Pa. 20 miles away: Ches-
ter Decker, Glen Rock. N. j., landed
at Lockhaven, Pa. 73 miles away.
after four-hour flight; Peter Reidel,
German, reached Millville, Pa, u
miles, and levin Barringer, Philadel-
phia. scared to Leolin, Pa, IS miles.
Floyd Sweet, Elmira, stayed aloft
above Emira for three hours in an
altitude test, while Richard c. du
Pont. Wilmington, Del, and Lehecka,
engaged in a two-hour altitude duel
which attracted the attention Of hun
dreds Of spectators.
Evening star., 1937-07-04
TWO FLYING BOATS
SET FOR SEA HOPS
Clipper Ill in Newfoundland,
Poised for Flight to
Foyres, ireland.
By the Associated Press,

BO1WOOD, Newfoundland, July
3.-Two deep hulled flying boats OF
bungalow proportions were groomed
tonight to span the North Atlantic and
link the Old World with the new on
Monday by commercial air transport.
On lake cupped by the fats of
Newfoundland an American airplane
the Pan-American Clipper III. rode
at anchor, ready for the 1900 mile
flight to Foynes, Ireland
She arrived late today from Man
haSset Bay. Long Island. after a flight
Of l,073 miles.
Weather Delays British Craft.
At Southampton. England awaiting
more favorable weather conditions on
the Irish coast, the British Imperial
Always flying boat Caledonia was
manned for the initial leg OF her west
ward voyage, to Foynes, probably to-
morrow
Each boat, carrying only the crews
on the first OF series Of survey flights
before establishment OF regular pas
senger service, was expected to make
the crossing in about IS hours They
have cruising speeds Of about l60 miles
an hour.
When the Clipper. with 4 tonnage
approximately half that Of Christie
pher Columbus saiiship Nina. comes
to rest at the mouth Of the River
Shannon. Europe will have its first
glimpse of An American commercial
flying boat.
A British flying boat resembling the
Caledonia. but Of smaller tonnage, is
In scheduled service between New
York and Hamilton. Bermuda.
The Clipper is expected TO remain
at Foynes through "Wednesday and
f1y the 35l miles to Southampton
Thursday
The Caledonia. commanded by Capt
A. S Wllcockson, is scheduled to fly
from BotWood to Montreal on a lei
surely voyage which will terminate at
New York Friday.
Capt. Harold E. Gray Of the Clipper
said the flight from Manhasset Bay
was uneventful He negotiated the
1913 miles in hours and % minutes
flying time. landing here at 3:l8 pm.
(E. s. t. after brief stop at Shediac
Bay, New Brunswick.
Evening star., 1937-07-04
BIBLE SCHOOL TO START

R1VERDALE, Md, July 3 (SpeciaD
Vacation church school will begin
Tuesday morning at . o'clock At the
Riverdale Presbyterian Church with
the following in charge Of classes:
Miss Janet Roby, Miss Elizabeth
Powers. Miss Mary Josephine Mitchell,
Miss Winifred Simms. Mrs. Frances
Mitchell. and Rev. Keith Curtis super
Vlslng. Part-time assistants are Miss
Grma WEIGH, Miss Doris Walker, Mrs.
norman Gleckler and Mrs. T. T..
Marquis.
Ihere is no registration fee, and
children from 4 to IL years will be
aomltted. Glasses will be held daily
to July Is.
Evening star., 1937-07-04
INLAND WALKS OUT
OF LABOR HEARING
Dispute Over Recording Of
Testimony Ends in Open
Break.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 3.-Representatives
OF the Inland Steel Co. bolted q Ma
tional Labor Relation Board hearing
on a complaint against the firm to-
day.
They took a walk" from the ses-
sions designed to settle the paramount
issue Of the steel strike-the signing
OF contracts between management and
labor organizations-after a sharp
dispute over the recording Of tesu-
mony.
The controversy revolved about 4
court reporter hired by Inland coun-
sci to make a complete transcript Of
the proceedings. Examiner Charles
A. Wood Of the N. L. r. B. said he
would not object If the reporter en-
gagged by the board consented. The
latter said he would agree If the In
iand reporter did not jot down the
"on-the-record" testimony.
Wood then instructed the Inland
reporter to take down only the rec
ord' matter. Ernest Ballard. Inland
attorney, ordered him to report In
1ull. The Inland reporter complied
With Ballard's suggestion, despite
Woods order to halt
The Inland reporter was elected
and Ballard and his aides departed
Immediately
Ballard said Inland would return
II the offlcial reporter or the one
engaged by Inland is permitted to
record all the proceedings.
The hearings were based on tina
Steel Workers Organizing Commit.
tees charge that Inland violated tn.
wagner act by refusing TO sign an
agreement.
Evening star., 1937-07-04
Fire Delegates Picked.

COTTAGE CITY, Nd. July (Spe-
ciaD.-The Cottage City Volunteer
Fire Department has elected Chief
Samuel Tayman. William T. Bell, Ed
ward Wilson, John L. Gibson and
Vincent A. Simmel as delegates to the
annual convention Of the Prince
Georges County Volunteer Firemen's 8
Association, to be held August IL, at
Bladensburg. with John Nebel, Will
liam A. Bobb, George A. E. Rheinbold,
E. B. Ardeeser and T. Weston Scott,
jr., alternates.
Evening star., 1937-07-04
TWO CAPITAL CLERICS
SAIL FOR CONFERENCE
Canon Stokes and Rev. Oliver
Hart to Attend Farley
at Oxford.

Canon Arson Phelp Stokes Of Wash
ington Cathedral and Rev. Oliver J.
Hart. rector of st. Johns Episcopal
Church here, sailed from New York
yesterday to attend the World Confer
ence on Church and State At oxford
University in England this month.
Canon Stokes will be one of the
American speakers al. the conference.
Former Ambassador AlanSson B.
Houghton, q member OF the Cathedral
chapter, also will address the meeting.
Others among the IS American
churchmen en- route to the conference
include DR.. Charles S. Mcfarland,
secretary emeritus OF the Federal
Council Of Churches; Dr. Henry Smith
Leiper, executive secretary of the
American section OF the Universal
Christian Council; DR.. Charles j.
Turck of Philadelphia; Right Rev.
Bertrand Stevens Of Los Angeles and
DR.. John Rood Cunningham Of
Winston Salem, N. G.
Evening star., 1937-07-04
20 Days the Penalty
For Forgetting Order
Not to Take a Drink
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
DANVILLE, Ky, July s.-John
Gordon had his chance, but didn't
take it, so today he went to the
workhouse.
Police Judge Jay Harlan gave
him his choice yesterday Of going
to the workhouse or sitting in
front Of the court house holding a
sign that read: Drunk again
forgot"
Gordon chose the sign. Two
hours later he was missing. Po-
lice found him at home-and
drunk, they said.
Today Judge Harlan decreed
10 days incarceration for skipping
yesterdays sentence and 10 days
for forgetting" again.
Evening star., 1937-07-04

tempt and brutality when they were
trying to improve their working con-
ditions and status by collective bar
gaining We all hope that will soon
be 4 thing Of the past.
Il am opposed to the use Of force
and violence in labor disputes by the
employers, as we'll as by the wage
earners. and II public officials are
obliged to use force should be only
after every effort at reasonable per-
suasion Of both sides has broken
down"
Evening star., 1937-07-04
Reelected BY 0ptometrists.

DR.. Edwin H. Silver returned to
Washington yesterday following his
reelection a. chairman of the Motor
Vision Commission Of the American
Optometric Association. . post he has
held for IL terms, at the A. O. A..
annual convention In Rochester, N. Y.
Evening star., 1937-07-04
Representation Is Issue.

eeoASJ Aor Government eSta bliSh-
ment merely because it held a ma
jority membership.
Representation Is Issue.
Government workers unions lonp
nave mad the unquestioned right to
bargain collectively, whether this en :
tailed negotiation Of wage scales or
adjustment Of grievances, in Congress
or IN individual offices as the case
might be. 1t has been customary, how
ever, for union spokesmen to appear In
oehaf OF their own membership.
The possibility that the right Of
representation would become an i'm
portant issue. however, was seen lust
ABOUT the time the U. F. w. was COM
Ing into existence, when the Railroad
Retirement Board announced that it
had recognized Lodge 375 Of the A. F..
q. E. the bargaining agency for
board employees belonging to the union,
The lodge is an afiiliate of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor, which WAS
set up when the first Retirement Board
lodge OF the A. F. G. E. was ousted
IN the purge of liberals" at the De-
troit convention last September.
The board explained that this new
lodge included in its membership more
than so per cent of the active en-
ployes Of the agency and that, there
fore, the recognition was extended
except in the case of employees who
have been or may be denied member
ship in the lodge"
The board" its announcement
added, will treat with such employees
rs it may deem appropriate. It is
assumed that all employees not now
members are eligible to apply for
membership In your lodge"
The U. F. w. is counting ON dra wing
members from the Retirement Board,
the National Federation of Federal
Employees, largest and oldest of the
white collar" unions. has member
ship there in its Departmental Local 2.
Premium on Campaigning.
Carried to a logical conclusion, the
board policy would put 4 premium on
heated campaigning by rival groups
Evening star., 1937-07-04
Finds Quiet Place-in Cemetery.

1AaNS NuAcL AlaSc-AA SomotC1y'
MINNEAPOLIS, July R>.-A man
fo41hd fast asleep In = cemetery here
early today, explained to Patrolman
Herman Didrickson, who awakened
him; There's 80 much hrecracker
shooting going on that this 10 the only.
quiet place In town could find"
Evening star., 1937-07-04
Federal Unions

Continued From Fifth Page,
Evening star., 1937-07-04

agency for a Government establish
ment merely because it held a ma
Jority membership.
Evening star., 1937-07-04
Steel

Continued Prom First PaRe.)
The Valley settler., 1937-12-23
re Heal, TIT:


about $l00. 90 has been turned in to lrs.
B.J .Binlslc, Clairat n CT the Logi or 4uxil-
liary Conf ttee VIZ eli i S hnndlin,r the
sales of Cnri tnas seals.
Representa- ives from the Alcri can Legion,
Pioneer Grange, A.E.r.C., Palmer School,
Tasilla School, LotanusHca valley aospi tai,
and the Civic Ccntor LoncIla1crs Clu0
attended tic acctin.' Tuesday tc help
orConi &c o Ioal til Council for this dis
trict. Every one was there but three
Coloaists who were supposed to DC on the
committee to represent Tie L.V.F. C.A., the
Colony Council and the IIouololIcrs' CLUBS.
The next meeting Will DC held the first
Thursday in January.
Tillian Bouuons, US. Deputy ars..a2l has
authority to close all places of business
dispensing liquor if they do not have
their 1888 liconso b. midnight OF December
q.
The family of Thomas Snyder ere back fro1.
the States. T.loJ have been hero Z week.
Vernon 0lastod has an electric Il hit
plant installed on his tract to furnis 81
power for his wood work. ne nadli nory and
Lights for tho house and buildint3s.
4 baby girl vas worn to Mr. and Lirs.
Oscar Mndsron this morning, December IS
The Valley settler., 1937-12-23

The Corporation announces that they viii
have to make charge Of So. 90 for tic
use Of the neotin5 room in the basement
Of tho Dorm terry to cover the cost Of
Ii citing an jaritor service.
ltrs. Carl Fri cllson lost & pair or woolcn
cloves on Saturday afternoon somewhere
between Dr.. Al5rocht S house and the
rotostolt Church. They were brown vi til
Ii Il cuffs. L you found then, notify her
Leave then wi tn HI OK 1T the Trading Post.
Tie 3ooy boz born to ilrs. John Pfoiff on
Docea3or 18th Iii CO week later.
Dr.. and Lrs. Carl al broc..t woro guests of
lr. G. iirs. John Iocl,zc-le in Grandvi lie Iii oh.
recently. They showed movies Of
scenes il TIC lGtaruska Valley to some
local Friends, including the folks Of
ii Ok end Fran III cho1s. IT. Hookzoua was
working IN the Trading Post a CIV months
QGo.
The Palmer Boys won tie BASKETBALL gone
at Elutna last Friday evening IA to s.
Tic girls lost by point, 90 to 81.
Tie girls and 5oys Of the FLA. and .T.A.,
school orCuni zati ons, had vcincr roast
and skating party the Iianseu-A1d erson
Lake last Sunday, December 10.
Mrs. .i9ri on Pooro end her 0nUy :irl re-
turned to their hone this week.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
Wright on Verge
Of Collapse With
Court Ordeal Near
California Airline Official Who SLeIU Wife
And Best Friend GiUen SedGtiUes

GLENDALE, Cal, Nov. 13 QN.S)-On the verge of col
lapse Paul A. Wright slayer of his wife, Evelyn and his best
iend John Kmme under the of his personal ply
scian in the city jail today He faced arragnment
murder charges before night with preliminary hearing
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
Says
She'll Grab
MY Man

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 13.-"May-
be that gal can swim better than
I can, but there's nothing else she
can do better. and Billy still be-
longs to me. He's My Man.
Fannie Brice never put more
feeling into the Hes Ny Man"
song that made her famous than
she did in that answer to the an
nouncement Of her husband. Billy
Rose, Snowman, that he will wed
Eleanor Holm Jarrett when they
get their respective divorces.
II don't know a thing about
it," Fannie said, but she made it
clear she will find out everything
when the couple, en- route from
Denver, reach the Coast.
In her best cross-examining
mood, Miss Brice awaited the pair
who at Cheyenne, Wyo., reaf-
firmed their intention to wed
when Eleanor and Art Jarrett,
Miss Holm's husband, get divorces.
Fannie Indicated she will put
all the fervor with which her torch
songs are imbued into the queries
she will pop at the statuesque
Eleanor and little Billy.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
RELATIVES co
TO RYAN'S AID

HICKORY, N. c., Nov. 10
GN.SO. Mysterious strangers,
identified tentatively as agents Of
the multi-millionaire Ryan clan,
began to filter into town, indicat~
ing the fight has begun to help
Basil A. "Pat" Ryan obtain
an annulment of his marriage to
his one-night bride. I
One such "agent" slid through
the doors of the Memorial Hos,
pital, where Ryan is i'll, but his
credentials we're spurned and he
was shown the gate.
SILENCE IMPOSED
After Ryan gave an exclusive
interview yesterday his physicians
imposed strict silence upon him.
In that interview, Ryan de-
clared he wanted an annulmenS
Of his marriage to 21-year-old
Martha Barkley Ryan, daughter
Of a local politician and mother
of a baby son. He protested he
was in such a daze from Carolina
corn whiskey that he remembered
nothing of the marriage ceremony.
REGISTED STUDIED
In connection with the infiltrar
ton Of agents" of Ryan's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barry Ryan.
sr., it was learned that one Of
the aces of the annulment action
will be violet-ray treatment Of
the hotel register which Ryan
attempted to sign when he. his
bride and her baby arrived there
on the honeymoon night, a week
ago Thursday.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13

Police today we're still without
a clue to the whereabouts Of two
missing Central High School
girls, Leone Greer, II, and Velma
Tomlin, IA.
For a time it was believed the
girls might have been picked up
by two gunner on the Baltimore
Boulevard Wednesday night.
John c. Gouldman, automobile
salesman who was kidnapped and
robbed by the gunner, told police
the men had picked up two girl
hitch hikers, but he was unable
to identify them as the girls
picked up by the robbers.
The Tomlin girl has run away
from home several times in the
past, police records disclosed. The
two girls were traced by police to
Charlottesville, Va, where they
visited at the home Of relatives.
Last Wednesday they were given
fares back to Washington, but it
has not been determined if they
returned here.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13

for Thursday.
So serious was his condition that
his physician, DR.. Charles Gowan,
in addition to administering seda-
tives, was forced to resort to
psychological treatment to calm
the accused.
Wright's story that he shot and
killed his pretty wife, former De
troit socialite, and his friend Of
long standing, Kimmel, when he
ssw them embracing was chal-
lenged by the district attorneys
office at the coroner's inquest.
The 38-year-old aviation official
insisted that when he saw the
pair sitting in the iving-room of
the palatial Wright home early
Tuesday morning, a white flame
flashed before him, he seized a
gun and fired blindly, killing his
wife and fatally wounding
Kimmel.
The challenge came at the con-
cluSion of narrowing day for the
general manager of the Burbank
Union Air Terminal.
He heard a coroner's Jury re-
turn a verdict Of dual homicide
and then learned that a double.
murder complaint had been filed
against him by Police Chief Yer.
non Brown, of Glendale.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
MRS. MAXWELL
TO FACE COURT

WISE, Va, Nov. 13.-Mrs. Ann
Maxwell must go on trial at the
March term of circuit court for
the murder of her husband, Trigg
Maxwell, for which her daughter,
Edith Maxwell, is now under sen.
tence of 20 years in the peniten.
tiary.
Just who will defend the mother
has not yet been determined.
Miss Maxwell's defense counsel
was employed by outside sources,
and the family is virtually bank.
rupt, having spent every dollar in
various appeals.
Feeling against the mother Is
even stronger than against the
daughter, as the prosecution
charged during the trials of Miss
Maxwell that the home life Of
Trigg Maxwell was very unhappy
and that the mother was largely
responsible. for this.
1t is expected that Miss Max
well, who will be taken to the
perltentiary within the next few
days, will be subpoenaed as a de.
fense witness.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
Storm Centers
Over MARYLAND

G.N.S0 Storm warnings were
displayed along the Atlantic Coast
today from Atlantic City to East
port, Me-, following reports to the
Weather Bureau of a storm whose
winds are expected to reach gale
proportions this afternoon or early
tonight.
The disturbance this morning
was reported centered over Mary
land, moving to the northward
and northeastward. Strong east,
shifting to southeastern-south
winds, accompanied the storm.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13

They are out today. Out in 178
places in the District and nearby
Maryland and Virginia. Ready
and waiting for the thousands Of
readers of this newspaper. And
every place of distribution, or
Coupon Exchange Station, is sup
piled with sufficient copies OF the
Standard American Encyclopedia
Volumes I and II to take care OF
all demands.
Come early or late and present
your seven consecutively numbered
coupons and the 49 cent fee and
claim your Volume No. II of the
Standard American Encyclopedia
or Volume No. I if you started a
week late.
Tomorrow the winners Of the
Student Encyclopedia Competition
will be listed in the Washington
Herald.Ti.ncs. From neighboring
States and the District the entries
came by hundreds for the 30 prizes
offered. 1888 editions Of the
Hammond Atlas of the World.
And here's good news for bright
boys and girls who tried hard and
missed. Tomorrow a brand new
competition for so more Hammond
Aliases will be offered in the
Washington Herald! Times. The Of.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
Japanese Sailors
Try Sit-Strike
International News Photo

BOSTON, Nov. 13 G.N.SO.
Casting aside their eastern philos-
ophy, 35 members Of the crew Of
the japanese freighter Marne
Maru today adopted the American
sit-down strike as a means of pro-
testing carrying a deck load of
scrap metal. Departure Of the
Marne Maru was held up by the
strike of the crew, which refused
to work while the scrap was
loaded on the deck.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
CIO Workers Vote
For Meat Boycott

FLINT, Mich, Nov. 13 G.N.S).
Protesting the rise in meat prices,
families of CIO workers prepared
to stage mo meat" week here,
starting today. The strike" will
continue until November 10. The
vomen's auxiliary of the CLOS
United Automobile Workers Union
voted the boycott last night.
Spokesman claimed families Of
10000 UAW workers here would
back the movement. Similar boy
colts are planned in Saginaw, Bay
City, Lansing and Detroit.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
Ex-ShOW Leaders
Death Quiz Opens
BOND MADE $4,000

CHICAGO, Nov. 13 (CT.P.SO.
Hints Of poison and disappearance
Of valuable jewelry prompted au-
thorities to agree upon exhuma-
ton today of the body of Nellie
Pearl, once powerful figure in
the show business, who died ap-
parently friendless and impover-
ished last September 30. She was
II when she died at County Hos
pital, four weeks after she fell
and suffered injuries in her hotel
bedroom,
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
AFL Strike Hats
Building of Canal

Ell CENTRIC, Calf, Nov. 13
G.N.S0.-Paralyzing work on Is
miles of the All.American Canal,
230 AFLaffiliated laborers struck
yesterday. They demand pay in
crease Of 60 cents an hour from
the present As cents and mini
mum of 40 hours work a week.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
Third MAN HELD.
in KIDNAPPING OF.
SEDER IN ". VA.
Ex-ConviCt Is Seized By
u. S. Agents

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Nov. 13
U.N.S).-Department Of Justice
agents were en- route her today
with the third of a trio of self.
confessed kidnapers who abducted
and held DR.. James I. Seder in a
coal mine for nine days.
The last to be arrested was Or.
vile Atkins, "a, an ex-convict who
has served a term in the State
prison at Moundsville for auto
theft, F. B. I. agents here said.
He was taken by Federal agents
in a house near Williamson. w.
Va.
BOND MADE $4,000
Arnett A. Booth, 46, and John
Travis, "a, both Of Huntington,
already under arrest on Federal
warrants charging using the mails
to extort and State warrants
charging kidnapping, we're ar.
raigned before a United States
commissioner last night and neld
for the Federal Grand Jury under
5000 bond.
The bonds were the same
amount the kidnapers asked of
Arthur Seder, of st. Paul, to re-
turn his 79-year-old father. He
was kidnapped on November 2 and
held in an abandoned coal mine
Is miles from Huntington for nine
days.
TWENTY YEARS POSSIBLE
Omen said that conviction on
the Federal charge carries a maxi
mum penalty of 20 years. Prose
cutor E. E. Winters, jr., of Cabell
county, said conviction under West
Virginia's kidnap law carries the
death penalty unless the jury
recommends mercy.
Detective Lieut.. L. j. Swami,
who conducted the investigation
in cooperation with Federal
agents, said the three men, all
former convicts, will be tried in
the February term of common
pleas court before Judge Henry
Clay Worth.
DR.. Seder, former head of the
West Virginia Anti-Saloon League
was reported recovering at Me.
mortal Hospital.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13

fer will be continued until mid
night of November 10. The tip is
out that Volume No. II of the
Standard American Encyclopedia
will be Of great assistance in an
swering the Is questions.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
Ancient TrOlleys
Scrapped at Last

LANCASTER, Ohio, Nov. 10
QN.S0.-After Al years Of faith
full service Lancaster's ancient and
battered trolleys have been re-
placed by modern auto buses.
Last trip Of No. "15" was
marred by a collision with an auto
mobile but it finished its farewell
Journey.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
Czechs to Avoid
German Conflict

PRAGUE, Nov. 13.-CzechoSlo-
vakia will avoid any action that
could become cause for a conflict
with Germany, Foreign Minister
Kamil Krofta said, expressing re-
gret over the anti-Czech campaign
now being conducted in the Nazi
press.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
Virginia Hunting.
Licenses Offered

ARLING GTON, Va. Nov. 13.
Virginia hunting licenses will be
issued at the clerks office in Ar
lington court house until 9 p. m.
today, Clerk c. Benjamin Laycock
announced. The office usually
closes at / p. m. Saturday.
The Virginia quail and rabbit
hunting season opens Monday.
The Washington times., 1937-11-13
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