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The times-news., 1937-06-25
STRIKE MEDIATION
UP TO PRESIDENT

CLEVELAND, June 25. (UP)
Attempts to negotiate the
month-old steel strike struck a
deadlock last night when Republic
Steel corporation and Youngstown
Sheet e. Tube company rejected
an invitation of the Federal Med
iation board to meet with union
leaders in an attempt to reach a
settlement.
Shortly after the lapse Of the
Federal board mediation attempt.
Gov. Martin l.. Davey Of Ohio or
dered National Guardsmen on
duty at the steel mills to protect
anyone who wanted to return TO
work.
Whether that meant that the
companies would open the gates
and invite all employees to return
to their jobs-under protection of
National Guard bayonets-wss
uncertain. Davey also ordered the
guardsmen to protect strikers so
long as their activities were con-
fined to legal picketing.
The Mediation Board, consist
ing of Charles Taft II, chairman;
Edward F. McGrady and Lloyd
X. Garrison, criticized the four
steel companies involved in the
strike for refusing to sign a con-
tract with the CIO, calling that
refusal "unwise." The board ad-
ded that the only hope for settle
ment was to get representatives
of Bethlehem, Steel, Inland Steel,
Republic Steel and Youngstown
Sheet & Tube company, to agree
to meet with union leaders.
That hope evaporated last night
when Youngstown and Republic
fatty rejected the boards appeal
in this brief statement:
"The proposal submitted by the
Mediation Board and given out
for publication is exactly the same
as the one discussed in the meet
ing today and which we were OBJ
liged to reject. We are very sorry
that all we can do is to reaffirm
the position we have maintained
from the beginning. We cannot.
in justice to our employees, sign a
contract with the CIO."
Inland Steel and Bethlehem
made no statement Immediately.
Last nights developments ap-
parently put the whole steel strike
up to President Roosevelt, Philip
Murray, strike leader, offered To
accept the President as final ar
briter" in the dispute and said he
would bind the union to accept
any settlement Mr.. Roosevelt
could make.
Mayor Lionel Evans Of Youngs-
town telegraphed the President
asking him to protect persons who
wanted to return to work.
Last night the Mediators said,
in formal statement:
"Our conferences and discus
sions have thus far failed to pro-
duce a basis of adjustment, al
though the issues have been clari-
fed.
"We think the companies in re-
fusing to make an agreement are
taking an unwise position.
eve publicly urge the heads Of
the four companies to accept our
invitation, to meet at once with
the union representatives and our
board, and to discuss terms Of
settlement and the future rela-
tions Of management and employ
Continued on page thrssl. :.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
CIRDLER SAYS
.C.L, 0. BREAKS
ITS CONTRACTS
Terms of Agreements Only
Kept When Convenient
Senators Are Told

WASHINGTON, June 25. UP)
Tom NJ. Girdler, baldish, blunt
spoken board chairman of Rcpub-
lie Steel, yesterday accused the
Committee for Industrial Organ
ization Of calling the current steel
strike "to get more dues" and said
he would not sign a contract with
what he described as a wholly
irresponsible union"
Appearing before the senate
post office committee, Girdler said
in response to questioning that
even if the CIO were chosen by
his employees as their bargaining
agent in National Labor Board
election, he still would not sign
with such "violent, racketeering
organization" since "the law does
not require it,
After questioning that lasted
most of the day Girdler was fol-
lowed by William V. Daily, assis-
tant corporation counsel for Chi
cago, who presented an affidavit
signed by Chicago policeman as
serting that in the Memorial Bay
riot at the Republics South Chi
cago plant that resulted in ten
deaths, strikers were armed with
clubs, iron pipes, broken bottles,
bags of pepper and other weap-
OnS.
Girdler made these specific
charges against the labor union:
!. "The CIO has denied to free
American citizens, who refuse to
pay tribute to it, the right to
work.
2. "The CIO encourages and
promotes violence and disregard
of law.
3. "The CIO is associated with
communism; many Of its leaders
and organizers are avowed COM
muniStS."
His reference to Murray as a
"liar" came when he discussed
the labor leaders assertion that
the sole issue of the strike was a
signed contract. He added, how
ever, that the fundamental issue
"is not one involving wages, hours
or working conditions"
In a prepared statement he read
at the outset of his testimony he
elaborated his view of the CIO by
asserting:
"When Republic Steel signed a
contract the terms of that con-
tract are held inviolate by it.
When the CIO signs a contract,
events of recent months have con-
clusively proved that the terms are
kept by it only when convenient
for the CIO to keep them.
"The responsibility Of the C1O
is well established by the fact that
200 strikes and walkouts have
taken place in the plants of the
General Motors Corporation since
that corporation signed an agree
ment with the CIO which called
for an end of strikes during the
period of the agreement.
Further evidence of the ire
sponsible character of the CIO is
to be seen in the lawless and ter
roristic conduct Of it's members
since the beginning of the present
strike. Republic plants have been
surrounded by armed crowds who
call themselves pickets and who
by force and violence have impris-
oned in the plants thousands of
employees who refused to heed the
strike call and remained at work."
The times-news., 1937-06-25
HORDE ENTERS
JOHNSTOWN ON
PICKET DUTY
Action Sequel to Lifting
of Martial Law by
Governor Earle
200 STATE POLICE
LEFT TO KEEP ORDER

JOHNSTOWN. Pa. June %
(UP). More than 5000 coal min
erS on a labor holiday from soft
coal fields marched into Johns
town today to aid the union steel
workers, striking against BCthlc-
hem Steel Corporation.
Shouting and singing, the min
ers established picket lines around
Bethlehem'S closed plant and de-
clared "wc can't let steel workers
lose this strike"
Bethlehem Steel Corp. had an
nounced last night that II would
be physically impossible to open
it's big Cambria plant today de-
spite lifting Of martial law here
by Gov. George II. Earle.
The company statement was
made as the Steel Workers Or
ganizing Committee, which called
a strike against Bethlehem on
June l2, prepared To picket the
cight-milc long plant for the first
time since Gov. Earle ordered Il
shutdown last Sunday.
In lifting his modified form
of martial law from JOhnStown,
the governor also permitted the
reopening of the Cambria mills
eff the operators so desire.
After a plant has been down
for almost a week, IL is physically
impossible TO resume operations at
Z a. m. Friday" s. ID. Evans, rep
reSentative of Bethlehem, said.
A crew Of 500 men has been
permitted TO enter the closed plant
by arrangement with state police
and highway patrOlmcn sent here
TO enforce martial law. Another
force of 100 men has been work
ing in Bcthlehem'S struck cap
tive" coal mines.
Evans would not say when the
company planned to reopen the
mill.
"No other plans have been
made" he said.
Colonel Augustine :. Jancway,
military governor of Gambia coun-
ty. who has commanded a force
of between $50 and 400 officers
since martial law went into effect.
announced that Capt. William a.
Clark. of the state police, was in
charge of 200 officers. They will
remain here to assist local authorl-
ties preserve order.
al believe Captain Clark will
provide satisfactory protection for
anyone who wants to return TO
work" Janeway said.
The SWOC summoned its mem
bers to return to picket duty at 7
a m. EST today when martial law
was discontinued.
The governors order may have
raised a legal question, however,
and observers wondered if the
company would reopen the plant
if by doing so it waved it's legal
right TO sue for possible damages
caused by the five-day shutdown.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
Informal Opening
Attracts Many To
Jennie Bowen's S

The Jennie Bowen store. which
had been undergoing improvcntS
due to doubling the capacity of
the floor space, was informally
opened Wednesday with new de
partmcnts we'll stocked and others
enlarged. The new departments
include thOS for underwear,
SportSwcar, cottons and linens. A
sale i'm the cotton shop is an
nounccd for Saturday, Monday
and Tuesday.
The store capacity was more
than doubled by removing a sec
rion of the wawllall between the
Jennie Bowen store and the ad-
joining stOrcrOom, thus providing
two front entrances. While the
informal opening did not convey
any idea Of birthday, the en-
largcmcnt marks the beginning of
the sixth year of business in these
quarters by Miss Bowen. The
opening was largely attended and
elected complimentary remarks.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
Church Leaders
To Meet Tonight

An important meeting of the
officers and other leaders Of the
First Methodist church is to be
held tonight in the church parolrs
to transact certain matters of
business in connection with the
refinancing of the church debt.
DR.. Gilbert r. Combs, pastor, said
it is hoped that this will be the
last general meeting of the lead
ers of the church that will need to
be held in connection with this
debt settlement. "But it is very
necessary that all those that have
been invited to this meeting shall
attend, he added.
Members who have received in
vitations to this meeting are urg-
ed to be on hand promptly.
Among other items of business, it
is likely that a special session of
the quarterly conference will need
to be held,
The times-news., 1937-06-25
TRADE OR VAR
ALTERNATIVE rs
Hull And Van iceland to
Renew Exploration For
World Welfare

WASHINGTON. June -. (UP)
Belgian Premier Paul Van iceland
and Secretary of State Cordell
Hull agreed after long confer
cnceS that more liberal trade poll
cieS must prevail throughout the
world if peace and general wei
fare are to be preserved.
Hull indicated that, in effect, he
told Van iceland that eff goods
doesn't cross frontiers then troops
will"
He suggested to the visiting
statesman. with support Of PrcSi-
dent Roosevelt that European ma
tions should adopt program Of
libcralizing trade and extend the
good neighbOr" policy which the
United States has followed in the
western hemisphere with satiSfac-
tory results.
On his part Van iceland is re
liabIy understood to have said the
American cooperation in some
fOrm-eithcr direct or indirect.
is of utmost Importance for the
appeaScmcnt of troubles and tur-
moil in Europe.
Van iceland disclosed last night
that his talks with Hull had dcvcl-
Oped so that il was advisable to
see each other again, although nc
had originally planned to depart
finally from Washington on Sat
urday. He said he would return
here Tuesday for his final talk.
Some matters needed thinking
over further. he said. He would
not tell what they were.
The premier plans to sail for
Europe on June 30.
Both emphasized that their con-
verSations were only of a broad
exploratory nature and that moth
ing concrete was expected to
emerge directly from them.
In the background was the pos
sibility of a new world economic
conference but Van iceland is un-
derStood TO have made it clear
that he thought the time was not
ripe and Mr.. Roosevelt and Hull
indicated they agreed.
Van iceland therefore regard
ed his conversations as. an ex-
change of information which will
be fruitful at some later date
when the prospects of information
al cooperation are. more promis-
ing. it was stated reliably.
The premier last night said that
his talks with Hull dealt with the
world economic situation and par
ticularly the possibilities of reduc.
ing obstacles to a freer flow of
commerce. He said Hull pointed
out that for three years the Unit
ed States has pursued full pro-
gram for that purpose under the
"good neighbor" policy and that
Continued on page three)
The times-news., 1937-06-25
DEATH TAKES
b.. MERRELL
Edneyville Man Will Be
Given Burial Satur-
day A. M.

4. l.. Mcrrell, 6S, of the Edncy-
willie community, died at z o'clock
last night at the Mountain Sani-
tarium.
Funeral sreviceS well be con
duced at the Mt. MORTAL church
on Saturday morning at IL
o'clock. Burial will follow there.
A native of BuncOmbe county,
he is survived by his widow, and
the following children: Luther,
Lindsey, and Roy Merrell, Mrs.
Harley Rhodes, Mrs. Howard
Barnwell. all of Edneyville, Mrs.
J. l.. Greene. of Lenoir, Mrs. W.
G. Lott, Mrs. Frank Britain, of
Winston-Salem, Mrs. J. c. White
sides, of Charleston, S. c., Miss
Hester Merrell, Hendersonville.
He is also survived by two
brothers, J. w. Merrell, of Spar
tanburg, S. c., and 7. NJ. Merrell,
of Gerton, and one sister, Mrs,
w. S. Wall, of Mccormick, S. c.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
Heat WANING;
OVER 50 DEAD
Plains States First Torrid
Wave Of Summer
Reaches 100 Deg.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June %.
(UP)-The summers first heat
wave began to relax its 100 de-
gree griup upon the plains states
and southwest last night after
four days of blasting heat which
resulted in more than 30 deaths.
Twelve persons died of heat
prostratiOn in six states and 10
others were drowned while seek
ing respite from the heat in lakes
and streams Of nine states.
A cool front moved slowly
southeastward out Of the Cana
dian prairie provinces and wealth
or bureau observers believed it
would temper the heat over the
North Central States and possibly
ALLEVIATE conditions as far south
us Oklahoma.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
TONSILS REMOVED;
YAWNING is ENDED

CHARLOTTE, June 25. (UP).
Mrs. Jesse Hinshaw yawned as
they placed her on an operating
table yesterday. She had yawned
almost continually for II days,
and her jaws were tired. Last
night, after removal of her ton
sils, physicians said the operation
apparently "cured" Mrs. Hin
shaw's strange ailment. She hasn't
yaWned since.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
STEEL MAKERS
RETURNING TO
|OHI0 PLANTS
National Guard Protects
Men Wanting to Work;
Farley in Collapse
E. |. O. BUNCH SAYS
STRIKE IS STILL ON


CLEVELAND, June 25. (UP)
Steel men went back TO their jobs
on the vast Mahoning Valley in
dustrial war front today on the
heels Of four terror-laden bomb
explosions and challenge Of union
leaders that the strike is still on.
Collapse Of federal mediation
negotiations and Gov. Davey's or
der for the national guard TO pro-
tcct back-to-work marchers was
the signal for their return.
Every hour a stream Of men
with lunch boxes tucked under
their arms strodc back through
the mill gates for the first time in
a month.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
co NJ N ONS is
TOLD OF CRISIS
Members Are Startled AS
Speech of Premier Par
allels Pre-War Talk

LONDON, June 25. (UP)-The
government today informed the
house of commons that there is
grave danger of war in Europe
but that with patience and eau
ton Great Britain may avert it.
Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain made a dramatic speech
that startled the members of COM
mons and struck parallel to the
historic speech of Sir Edward
Grey, late in July, 1914, on the
eve of the World war when he
warned of dangers ahead.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
Crystal Springs
Hotel Is Leased

CHARLOTTE, June 25.-Coy
Langford, Charlotte realtor, an
nounced today that he had leased
to ]. Addison Lambeth, brother Of
Walter and Charles E. Lambeth,
of Charlotte, the Crystal Springs
hotel in Laurel Park, Henderson
vile.
Mr.. Lambeth is the assistant
manager of the Miami Biltmore
hotel, in Miami. 1t was announced
that the hotel in Hendersonville
would be opened on Monday and
operated through the summer.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
May Bar Expert
Tax Service For
u. S. Tax Payers

WASHINGTON, June 25. -
CUP)-Senator Robert LaFol!ette
today said legislative action may
be necessary to prevent treasury
trained lawyers and accountants
from entering practice against
the government in private tax
cases. LaFollette asked the treas
ury to supply him with names OF
government tax experts who have
resigned in recent years to take
up private practice Of tax cases.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
SEVEN NAZI WARSHlPS
ENTER MEDITERRANEAN

GIBRALTER, June 20. (UPJ
A feet of seven German war
ships, led by the 10000 ton
"pocket battleship" Admiral
Scheer, steamed through the
Straits of Gibraltar last night in
to the Mediterranean
Following the Scheer were the
cruiser Nuremberg and the de-
stroyers Kondor, Albatross, Grief,
Tiger and Fake.
Other units Of the German navy
arrived late in the day at Cadiz,
Spanish insurgent naval base west
of Gibraltar.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
WADESBoRo BANS COWS

WADESBORO, June 25. (UP)
Cows were banished from this
town of 5000 population yester-
day by an ordinance fixing a S25
penalty for keeping cow within
the corporate limits. Seventy-fve
cow owners began hunting new
pastures.
The times-news., 1937-06-25

ROME, June %. (UP)-Prem-
ier Bcnito Mussolini today order
ed Italian warships to station
thcmlclves just outside the three
mile territorial limit of Spanish
Loyalist waters and be ready to
defend any Italian merchant ship
against attack.
This development was accom-
panied by plain imtimations that
Mussolini is determined to act
with deadly swiftness if Loyalist
airplancs molent Italian shipping.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
FATHER INDICTED

BOWLING GREEN, Va, June
25. (UP).-A Virginia grand jury
here today indicted Frank Lam
bert, 27, Richmond tobacco sales
man, for manslaughter in the
death of his two-year-old daugh-
ter, following an accident We'd
nesday.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
COLIN CLIVE DYING

HOLLYWOOD, June 25. (UPl
Colin Give, English stage and
screen actor, was reported dying
today in Cedars of Lebanon hos
pital, where he was confined with
a heart ailment. He is under an
oxygen tent.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
TWO EXPLOSIONS
NEAR REPUBLIC FIRM

CANTON, o., June 25. (UP)-
Two bomb explosions were report
ed near the Republic Steel Corpo-
ration's picketed mills today. One
of the bombs blew up a section
of the Wheeling and Lake Erie
spur track.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
SEAPLANE SPANS u, S.

WASHINGTON, June 25. (UP)
A Scaplanc landed safely at North
Beach airport today from San
Diego, after a 17-hour flight.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
ORLEANS HEAT DEATH

NEW ORLEANS, June Is.
(UP) First heat prostration
death of the season was reported
here yesterday as record tempera-
lures continued on the gulf coast.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight and Sat
urday, becoming unsettled in west
portion; slightly warmer tonight.
The times-news., 1937-06-25
GOOD AFTERNOON

Spain thinks nothing Of bomb
ing before breakfast, while the
most that Americans can do is try
not to think of IL.
Evening star., 1937-09-15
CORN INQUIRY BEGUN
BY BOARD IN CHICAGO
Action Follows Indications of
Technical Corner on Sep
tember Delivery.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 15-The
Chicago Tribune said today the Chicago
Board of Trade, because of indications
of a technical corner in the September
delivery of corn, has made inquiries
concerning the amount held by each
speculator and cash firm.
The boards Business Conduct Com
mittee was reported by the newspaper
to have notified correspondents Of
Chicago grain firms by telegraph to
report Immediately how much Sep
tember corn is held by each commits
sion house customer-with names and
addresses.
This was the first time, it was said.
that such action has ever been taken.
Trade reports indicated that many
short sellers of corn would be unable
to obtain corn to fulfill their contracts
by September 81, when trading in the
September future ends.
AT the opening of trade here TODAY
there were 15,754,000 bushels of un-
completed contracts in September
corn, the total having been reduced
only 3,500,000 bushels during the last
six weeks.
Evening star., 1937-09-15
MODERATE GAINS
SHOWN BY STEEL
Not Sufficient, However, to
Check Shrinkage of Mill
BackIogs.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, September 15.-New
steel business has shown a moderate
improvement thus far In September
over the first part of August, but the
gain has not been sufficient to prevent
the further shrinkage of mill back
logs, Iron Age said in its weekly re-
view of the industry.
Operations we're estimated at so per
cent of capacity, which, while above
the Labor day week rate. is 3 points
below the pre-holiday output.
Tonnage received by the mills this
month, the trade publication stated,
''is variously figured at from is to 30
per cent over the first half of last
| month. Such improvement as has
occurred has come in the face of war
scares and a drastic stock market
slump, which undoubtedly have added
to the hesitance of buyers The steel
industry has been mystified by the
sharp decline in prices of it's securities.
After allowing for some revision down.
ward in operations and business vol
ume from the recent high rates. 1t
sees no reason for a pessimistic view
OF steel trade conditions over the re-
mainder of the year.
Adjustment of Operations.
What actually is happening now
is gradual adjustment of operations
to current demand. Consumption re-
mains high in number of important
industries, including can making and
farm equipment manufacturing, with
automobile production in a rising
trend that will call for more steel
soon; but at the same time a good
many consumers and jobbers have
fairly large stocks which they are
liquidating before placing replenish-
ment orders. With a probable rising
trend in new business from now on
and some further drop in operations,
a balance between supply and demand
is expected to be reached within the
next few weeks.
| This current readjustment to a
delayed Fall demand finds reflection
again this week in the scrap markets,
where prices of steel-making grades
have declined so cents to ST a ton in
several of the principal centers. Steel
companies have almost entirely stopped
buying scrap. The Iron Age scrap
composite price, at 1888, is still
s2.25 above the low point in June and
$3.50 below the Spring peak. 1t has
dropped SIPS since August "A.
Presents Mixed Picture.
Production of steel presents a
mixed picture. In an effort to make
up for lost time last week, some mills
in the Pittsburgh district are tempo
rarily running at higher than their
| pre-holiday rate and the district as
a whole is averaging 80 per cent of
capacity, same as week before last.
At Chicago, however, the decline from
two weeks ago is 51a points to 801z
per cent. Compared with the week
ended September 4, there have also
been downward revisions of operations
in the Youngstown, Cleveland-Lorain
and Buffalo districts.
Although steel backlogs have been
declining, pig iron orders for the re-
mainder of the year are substantial.
At Chicago shipments are running
we'll ahead Of those last month. Ma.
chine tool orders rose about per cent
in August and the outlook for Fall IL
encouraging. An order for 400 presses
was placed by General Motors Corp.
for its new hardware plant at Tren-
ton, N. j."
Evening star., 1937-09-15
Tea Advertising
Campaign Slated
Over Large Area
Special Dispatch to The Star

opeCldl DlSpdtCn 10 Inc StaT.
NEW YORK, September l5.-The
experimental advertising campaigns
for black tea sponsored by tea growers
of India, Ceylon. Java and Sumatra
during the past year and a half have
been so successful that, beginning Oc-
tober l, the program will be enlarged
to cover the entire Nation rather than
selected test" areas, according to
Benjamin Wood, managing director of
the Tea Bureau.
The new program, financed by an
increased annual budget of 81 900 900,
will include the continued use of news
papers, the addition of magazines of
national circulation. outdoor displays
and merchandising promotion for or
ganized groups.
First high point in the new cam
paign will come with Turn to Tea
sale week from November 20 to De-
cenlber 4. The cooperative merchan-
dising efforts, as we'll as the scheduled
national advertising, will be in high
gear by then, he said, and will con-
tinue through the entire year.