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Evening star., 1937-03-26
BY the Associated Press,

PITTSBURGH, March 26.-Thir-
teen men and women died last night
in the crash of giant T. W. A. air
liner a few hundred yards from safety
A level meadow that might have
saved their lives strethced just ahead,
out of reach of the newest type Douglas
DO-2 monoplane, luxury liner of the
skyways.
Eyewitnesses agreed Pilot F. Law
renee Bohnet apparently lost game
fight to bring the faltering machine
down on this long level stretch.
Mrs. Catherine Schramm, early at
the scene, watched the great ship
circle desperately, then nose directly
down and crack up few hundred feet
from her home
II heard the plane so close above
my head that thought surely it was
going to strike the house. ran out
in time to see 1t circling, as II to
head down to the meadow. when
Evening star., 1937-03-26
ROOSEVELT PARLEY
0NLAB0R AWAITED
Strike Problem Most Press
ing for President, Ending
Vacation Today.
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
The question of whether the Gov
ernment can do anything about sit
down strikes topped stack of public
problems awaiting President Roose-
velt's return from Georgia.
The President will call congressional
leaders to his office soon after he
reaches the Capital tomorrow. Aides
said he would discuss with them the
labor situation, as we'll as other major
questions.
Some sentiment for Government
action against sit-doWn strikes devel-
oped in floor speeches of Senators and
Representatives this week.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, Of
Michigan said he hoped the President
would make some statement on the
subject. Administration leaders point
ed out, however, there appeared to be
little Federal officials could do unless
a State asked for assistance.
Relief Decision Due.
Relief will be among the first legis-
lative matters to occupy Mr.. Roose-
welt. Congressman are waiting for his
answer to the question, How much is
needed for relief in the next fiscal
year?
Some of them hope for budget
balancing cut in expenditures for the
needy, but others maintain the Fed
eral Government must provide more
not less-relief.
The President has been studying the
relief problem at his Georgia cottage,
working on message he expects TO
transmit to Congress April 10.
One administration objective which
has not yet been written into sug-
gested legislation is fixing wage and
hour standards. The report OF q
IT
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Mrs. Roosevelt Back.

After a lecture tour which carried
her into seven Southern and South
western States, Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt returned to the White House
today.
The Presidents wife left Washing
ton March S. Her itinerary included
points in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Smudge Pots Saue Cherry Buds;
rs Degrees Tonight Is Forecast

day and will be kept lighted tonight.
This precautionary measure, the first
time it has ever been resorted to in
the park system here, is believed to
have Offset the blight Of fast-drop-
ping tmperature that reached low
of 81 degrees just before dawn.
Forecaster Charles l.. Mitchell pre-
dicted the temperature would sink to
about Is degrees tonight. Tomorrow
(See CHERRY BUDS, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1937-03-26
PALAT|AL A|RL|NER
CRASH KILLING IS
REMAINS MYSTERY
Five Federal Inspectors to
Probe Disaster Near
Pittsburgh.
PILOT OF SISTER SHIP
WITNESSES PLUNGE
Bodies of Victims Are Cut and
Battered Almost Beyond
Recognition.
BULLETIN.

PITTSBURGH, March 26 P).-
Officials Of the Transcontinental e.
Western Airlines declared today
that ice forming on the control
equipment caused the crash of its
airllner near Pittsburgh with the
loss of 13 lives
BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, March 26.-The
nose dive Of palatial skyliner into a
hillside, carrying its Is occupants to
instant death, furnished today another
mystery of the airways.
The giant Transcontinental & West
ern Airlines Silver Bird, nearing the
s2,000,000 Allegheny County Airport
for stop on its journey from New
ark to Chicago, dropped like plum
set yesterday.
The sky was clear for some 2,400
feet, there was not much wind, and a
sister ship was cruising few hundred
yards above and behind the twin
motored Douglas CO, numbered 800.
Capt. A. w. Wilkins, winging home
the second ship, turned his head to
avoid looking at the doomed liners
final 50-foot drop. He estimated the
fatal plunge began about 1,700 feet up
and that Pilot F. Lawrence Bohnet, a
veteran of 10 years service, made two
complete left turns with his planes
nose pointed straight down.
Bodies Badly Battered.
All the victims except the pretty
blond hostess, Doris C. Hammons of
Elk City, Okla. were battered almost
beyond recognition, They were cata-
pulled to the front of the ship, whose
nose plowed into hillside on the
fringe of Mount Lebanon, fashionable
suburb.
The dead:
Edward j. Fleming, jr,, %, student,
Standard Oil Co. employe, 6042 Brook
side boulevard, Kansas City.
c. r. (Dick) Levers, %, student,
Standard Oil Co. employe, 6l15 Oak
street, Kansas City.
Hasan Haxhi, Albanian representa-
tive of Diamond T. Motor Car Co.,
1912 West Sixty-second place Argo, Ill
John F. Hermann, As, engineer and
inventor, 700 East Broadway, Lin
coin, Ill.
Frederick D. Lehman, 25, Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance Co., 240 North
Third street. Harrisburg, Pa.
Miss Pauline Trask 81, school teach
er. Germantown, Pa.
Edgar E. Brazelton, 36, stove sales
manager, 200 South Kenilworth, Elm
hurst, III.
Mary Black 80, employe of Stand
ard Brands, Inc, New York.
Miss Frances Reed, %, department
store employe and New York Uni
versity student, of Wheeling, w. Va,
and 20 Christopher street, New York.
E. G. Neill, 81, Curtis Publishing
Co, 5344 Girard avenue, Minneapolis,
MINI.
Capt. F. L. Larry Bohnet, 149
Bentley avenue, Newark chief pilot.
Howard E. Warwick, l64 North
Orton Park, East Orange, N. j., CO.
pilot.
Doris c. Hammons, hostess, Elk
City. Okla.
Investigations by Coroner w. j. Nc
Gregor of Allegheny County, the air.
lCoe AID CPASH po0e AN
Evening star., 1937-03-26
MURDER AND SUICIDE
ARE LAID TO INSANITY
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, March ga recurrent
fit of insanity was blamed by police
today for the shooting in which
jeremiah Mackey, 35. former special
police officer, yesterday took three lives
and his own.
Dead of bullet from his brothers
police pistol was DR.. Charles E. Mackey,
43, Boston School Committee member,
shot down as he attempted to in
vestigate the Staying of Paul Costa, 81
Costas sister Alice, 10, maid in the
Mackey home, was next to fall, then
the crazed man ended his rampage by
taking his own life.
Police Capt. John F. Mccarthy OF
the homicide squad reported an official
finding of murder and suicide, caused
by insanity.
Evening star., 1937-03-26

Papal Message to Mexicans Is Due
Saturday.
VATICAN CITY, March &c P).-
The Vatican announced today the
papal encyclical on Mexico would be
published in Italian and Spanish on
Saturday, although it will carry an
Easter Sunday date.
The encyclical was said to be un-
likely to touch on controversial sub
jects and would be instead a direct
appeal to the people of Mexico to re-
turn to full practice of the Catholic
faith.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
COLLIE DOG RESCUES
BOY, IS, FROM BULL
Bites at Savage Animals Hind
Feet as It Threatens Pros
trate Youth.
he Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WAVERLY, N. Y, March 90
"Toots," 45-pound collie dog, is the
hero today of the rural hill section
near here for saving Robert Kline, Is.
from the savage attack of a 1900
pound bull.
Robert was closing a barnyard gate
when he was attacked and knocked
to the ground. AS the enraged animal
renewed its attack one sharp horn
tore through the youths rubber boot
and ripped a heavy jacket but did not
cause bodily injury.
"Toots" rushed to his masters as
sistance and bit viciously at the bulls
hind feet, frightening it so that II
lunged forward and stepped on the
PROSTATE boy, and then made off.
Robert was only slightly injured.
although he suffered from shock.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
LINER SAILS

The President Coolidge, Damaged
in Crash, Repaired.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 26 (P).-
After II days in drydock for patching
up the large hole in her bowplates, the
Dollar liner President Coolidge, which
collided with and sank a tanker in the
Golden Gate March 6, was bound to-
day for the Orient.
Tidewater Associated Oil Co.. own
ers of the tanker, have sued for $685.
327 damages from the Dollar Line,
charging negligence on the part of the
liners navigators.
The vessel sailed with SOL passen-
gers, lit fewer than when she hit the
tanker and was forced to turn back.
Many persons Cancelled reservation
and left on other ships.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Summary of Today's Star

Validity of thousands of parking signs
is challenged. Page B-1
Henry Gilligan resigns from Board Of
Education. Page B-1
Former bank teller accused in $4,000
embezzlement. Page B-1
Senate D. c. Committee may act on
Juvenile Court bill. Page B-1
D. c.. share in highway funds ap-
proved by committee. Page B-l
SPORTS.
Nationals finding left-hand pitching
to their liking. Page C-1
Reds counted as one of five teams in
N L. pennant fight. Page C-1
Some of major teams using veterans in
rebuilding attempts. Page c.
Columbia has track team that rivals
California outfits. Page C-3
District horses compete in Redland
Hunt meet tomorrow. Page c.
EDITORIALS AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-l0
This and That. Page A-1O
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
Political Mill Page A-10
Washington Observations. Page A-10
David Lawrence. Page ALI
Paul Mallon. Page ALL
Dorothy Thompson. Page ALL
Constantine Brown. Page ALL
Lemuel Parton. Page ALL
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page Az
Young Washington. Page Ais
Traffic Convictions. Page B-8
Vital Statistics. Page BIS
City News in Brief. Page B-8
Dorothy Dix. Page BIZ
Bedtime Story. Page B-13
Natures Story. Page BIS
Crossword Puzzle. Page C-5
letter.out. Haee C.0
Evening star., 1937-03-26

SUPREME COURT ISSUE.
Hearings on court bill in recess until
Tuesday. Page Al
Readers express views on Supreme
Court change. Page Al
STRIKE SITUATION.
Speedy solution is seen in Chrysler
dispute Page Al
Roosevelt parley on strikes awaited
here Page Al
NATIONAL.
Cafe shake down" ring smashed in
New York. Page Al
Crash Of airliner killing 13 remains
mystery. Page Al
Confirmation of maritime appointees
hits snag. Page Ar
Confidence in plane unshaken, Amelia
Earhart says. Page Al
Federal Reserve studying possible
Wage-hour programs. Page AS
FOREIGN.
Anti-Jewish boycotts burst into vio-
lence in Poland. Page B-14
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Smudge pots used as safety measure,
blossoms intact. Page Al
Easter visitors arrive here by thou
sands Page Az
Dress rehearsal held for Easter sun
rise chorus. Page Ar
Jury discharged after failure to agree
in Dawson case. Page AS
Federal Judge scores "glimnner racket"
IN sentencing trio. Psse A.l3
Evening star., 1937-03-26
STRIKE THREATENED
Glasgow Arms Workers Demand
Higher Wages.

GLASGOW, March 26 LP). - Two
thousand armament workers, engaged
on the British governments S7,500,-
100000 defense program threatened
today to go on strike unless they re-
ceived a 2-cents-an-hour wage in
crease.
The workers set tomorrow as the
deadline for compliance with their de-
mand They are employed in the
engineering department. of the Park
head Forge of William Beardmore Co.
Evening star., 1937-03-26

Passenger Missing From Ship.
NORFOLK, Va, March 26 P).-The
disappearance Of a passenger listed as
Ed Leroy, address unknown, from the
steamship George Washington, was re-
ported to Norfolk police yesterday
when the ship docked after trip from
New York.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Oil Well Blaze Fought.

TUSSY, Okla, March rs OP).-Oil
well fire-fghters prepared today to
blast out a 120-foot column of fame,
fed by 100000 cubic feet of gas daily.
which shot from q well and melted q
steel derrick.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Wing Ice Grounds
Touring Sea Culls;
Repairs Are Made
by the Associated Press.

HORNELL, N. Y, March 20
Two sea gulls, forced down in the
business section here with their
wings coated with ice, continued
their migratory flight today
thanks to police and Game
Warden F. S. Maloney.
Police captured the birds and
Maloney thawed them out. More
than so of the birds landed On
the flats south Of this city yes
terday during a sleet storm.
Evening star., 1937-03-26

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March ga 81, ,000,-
000-a-year restaurant shake down, "
fashioned by the hand of murdered
gangster and spawn Of a big city's
economic life, was smashed today.
The foreman of blue ribbon" jury
in Supreme Court-which in this
State is a trial court-intoned the
word guilty" 1872 separate times last
night against the seven defendants.
AS he finished, woman relatives
shrieked in the corridors and two de-
PENDANTS cried out, protesting their
innocence.
Impassive as the jury filed in after
deliberating only three and a half
hours on almost 10 weeks of testi-
mony, black-mouStached Thomas E.
Dewey, special prosecutor, tailed an
other in his long series of victories
against organized crime.
Face 20O-Year Terms.
Facing maximum terms of 200 to
300 years each were men adjudged
guilty of extortion and conspiracy in
the formation of restaurant own
ers' association" and in the operation
of two restaurant employees unions
The defendants: Abraham Cohen,
counsel for the Metropolitan Restau-
rant and Cafeteria Association; Harry
Vogelstein, attorney and an associ-
alton organizer; Philip Grossel, asso-
citation secretary; Paul N. Coulcher,
secretary of the Walters Union local;
Aladar Retek, organizer of the
walters local; Irving Epstein, busi-
ness agent of the Cafeteria Workers
Union, and John J. Williams, labor
chief of the same local.
One Pleads Guilty.
An eighth man, Louis Beitcher, col
lector, pleaded guilty.
Court attendants had difficulty in
restoring quiet after the denlonstra-
ton, in which Williams and Retek
shouted denials they were muir
derers" or extortionists.
I'm not guilty" yelled williams
Retek, who served in the Austrian
Army in the World War, sobbed, "It
isn't right. I'm not gLnman, not
a murderer"
At least two murders, including
that of Arthur Dutch Schultz
Flegenh-imer, one-time beer baron
of the Bronx who turned to other
fields after repeal, occurred while the
restaurant extortion business was in
full flower. Misunderstanding, stencil
bom"ings and other violences were
resorted to by the racket's overlords.
THE verdict establishes that rack
eteering can be crushed" commented
Dewey.
Sentences will be pronounced
April Z.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
GAS SAFETY PLAN
OFFERED IN TEXAS
Explosion Military Court
Urges State Agency,
Periodic Inspections.
E the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, March ga mill.
tary court which Investigated the New
London school explosion made a pre-.
llminary report to Gov. James v. All.
red today, recommending creation OF
State agency to supervise erection
Of public buildings and installation Of
heating and lighting devices.
1t recommended that the agency
make periodic inspections of such
buildings and be empowered to en-.
force protective regulations, and that
legislation be enacted requiring the
mixing of malodorant with gas sc
any leaks would be more noticeable.
The first report will be followed BY
more detailed one in about two weeks
and both will be submitted to legis-
lative committee ordered to investigate
the explosion.
Accumulation Blamed.
The report blamed the explosion or
accumulation of gas in the foundation
area between the ground and the
concrete first floor, saying the ex-
plosive mixture of gas and air prob
ably was fired by operation of a knife
switch on an electric line in manua
training room adjacent to the area
1t said the retaining walls of the
foundation and the floor were "the
same thing as a reinforced concrete
box with the open side resting against
the EARTH" that there were but four
air vents of approximately II by "a
inches, which were covered with grills
and screen wire, and the only other
outlet was 4-foot square trap door
opening into the manual training
room.
Strata Seepage Not Cause.
Daniel Harrington, director of the
Safety Division of the Bureau o1
Mines, said today his field men at the
scene of the New London, Tex, school,
explosion had definitely established
that the blast did not result from
seepage of gas through the strata. He
said his men made borings deep into
the earth beneath the shattered
school.
At the request of school boards in
nearby towns, Bureau of Mines OFF,
cials were making Investigations to
determine whether other buildings
were in danger of explosions similar
to that which killed more than 400
children at New London.
David j. Price, explosion expert for
the Agriculture Department, said his
findings will be given to Secretary
Wallace for transmittal to Gov. Alfred
of Texas. He declined to discuss
them in advance.
Evening star., 1937-03-26


as nlediators sought to dUoid blood
shed.
BY the Associated Press.
LANSING. Mich, March 26.-Seek-
ing agreement on one issue-sole bar
gaining recognition-that will enable
10000 employees to return to work
quickly, Walter P. Chrysler and John
L. Lewis resumed their conferences in
Gov. Murphy's office here today.
A final agreement was not expected
in today's short session, but Gov.
Murphy, optimistic since he succeeded
in getting the two leaders together, as
serted that progress" was being made.
Today's conferences began shortly
after 9:l5 am. Eastern standard
tine). 1t was planned to recess them
over the Easter week end, resuming
probably on Tuesday.
A source close to the Governor,
Michigan's industrial peacemaker, ex-
pressed the belief the labor dispute
could be solved quickly, but that
Murphy preferred that the opponents
discuss the situation as long as they
choose rather than reach hasty de-
cision.
Keys Given State Troopers.
The evacuation of the eight striker
occupied Detroit plants was COM
| plated before dusk last evening when
the unionist sit-doWners surrendered
the keys to State troopers assigned to
guard the gates while the peace con-
| ference proceeds.
Under the terms of the agreement
reached by the corporation and the
United Automobile Workers Of Amer
lea Wednesday night, office workers
will have access to the premises, but
the plants will not be operated and
equipment will not be removed during
the negotiations.
The first task of the clerical force
was to complete the S2,000,000 pay
roll for work completed before the
strike began March when the
corporation declined to recognize the
union as the exclusive collective bar
gaining agent of the $1,000 employees.
Union recognition was the chief sub
ject before ChrySler and his associates
in their conference in Gov. Murphy S
Office with Lewis, chairman of the
Committee for Industrial Organization,
and officers of its affiliated U. A. w. A.
Guard Factory Entrances.
Gov. Murphy said 80 State police
were assigned to guard the factory
pot RI ioht nT
workers and company. He said the
truce provided that there be no picket
ing, although Homer Martin, union
president, had said before the strikers
marched from the plants that they
would be picketed during the negotia-
tions.
The negotiations will proceed until
an agreement on collective bargaining
has been reached" the Governor said.
He said that State police who in
Spected the plants as soon as the
strikers left notified him the buildings
were in excellent shape" and that
there were no reports of damage.
When the Chrysler strike is settled,
the most serious of the industrial con-
flicts will be over" Murphy said. Il
believe the leaders in other disputes
will follow rapidly with similar agree
ments. Some parties to other con-
troversies have been in communica-
ton with me. They include the Hud-
son Motor Car Co. and the REQ Motor
Car Co."
Conferences to settle the strike
which left 1900 workers of the REQ
truck factory here idle we're in recess
because one of the negotiators was
Evening star., 1937-03-26
.CHRYSLER PEACE
EXPECTED SOON AS
LEADERS CONFER
Brief ParIey Today Precedes
Adjournment Over Easter
Week End.
SPEEDY SOLUTION HELD
LIKELY BY GOV. MURPHY
State Troopers Guard Plants Evac-
uated by Workers After
18-Day Sit-Down.
BACKGROUND


Yesterdays evacuation of ChryS-
Ter plants by striking automobile
workers brought truce in second
major drtUe OF John L. LeUiS'
Committee for Industrial Organ
i2ation to unionise motor industry
Sit-doUn had lasted 18 days before
Michigdn'S Cor. Murphy persuaded
company officials and union lead
ers to agree on armistice.
Previously, prolonged sit-doun
strike in General Motors plants
ended under similar circumstances.
Court orders calling for arrest of
10orkers 1Dere ignored in both strikes
as n1ediators sought to aUoid blood
she'd.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
CAFE 'SHAKEDOWN'
RING IS SMASHED.
Seven Found Guilty by New
York Jury Cause Scene
in Court.
BACKGROUND

BACK KGROUND-
Thomas E. DeWey pds appointed
special prosecutor in Ne1U York
several years ago to clean up al
legged "rackets" in the United
States largest city.
Prostitution, policy game pro-
moters and numerous industrial
rdckets, such as those in sdluaging
bricks, baking and supplying
community OF 800 900 Uith dressed
poultry, haze felt the pressure Of his
investigations and conuictions hare
resulted in nearly all of them.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
WEATHER,

20. 8. Weather Bureau Fbreca8t.J
Fair tonight and tomorrow; somewhat
colder tonight, with lowest temperature
about Is degrees; moderate northwest
winds. Temperatures-Highest, 10. at
2:10 pm. yesterday; lowest, 81, at am.
today Full report on page B-14.
Evening star., 1937-03-26

(See STRIKE, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-03-26
ENCYCLICAL PLANNED

(See JUDICIARY, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1937-03-26

tSee ROOSEVELT, Page AS
Evening star., 1937-03-26

(eee v1CT1M1. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-03-26

PITTSBURGH, March 26 (P.-
Officials of the TranScontinental e.
Western Airlines declared today
that ice forming on the control
equipment caused the crash of its
airliner near Pittsburgh with the
loss of 13 lives.
Evening star., 1937-08-12
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Keiths-"The Toast of New York"
Jim Fisk makes and loses Millions at
11:25 am, las, 3:25, 5:25, 7:25 and
OPS pm.
Palace-"The Good Earth" superb
translation Of Pearl Bucks novel to
the screen, At II am, 1888, 4:l0, 6:45
and $50 pm.
Capitol-"Topper," the cinema goes
hilarious with a Thorne Smith novel,
at II an, lao, 4:25, 7;05 and Gas
pm. Stage shows at 1245, $3.50, $40
and S:55 pm.
Earle-"San Quentin" drama in q
prison and a tough criminal Is tanned,
at II am, 1875, 4:25, tbs and 1905
pm. Stage shows at 1910, $3.50, $40
and 9:l0 pm.
Columbia-"Easy Living" full OF
comedy just for the fun Of it, at II AS
am, 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45
pm.
MetrOp0litan-"Ever Since Eve"
Marion Davies latest venture into the
fields Of modern movie humor, at
1920 am, 1925, 1925. $50. 7:ss and
$40 pm.
Rialto-"Under the Red Robe"
swashbuckling adventure in the day
Of Cardinal Richelieu. 1T l1:45 am,
1:50, 3:55, 6, $40 and 1920 pm.
Little-"Rose Marie" revival Of the
popular Macdonald Eddy musical, at
II am. los, 3;15, 5:25, 7:30 and
9:40pm.
TranS-Lux-Newsa and, shorts. Show
runs l hour and IS minutes, continu-
Gus from 10 am. until midnight.
A m b a $ d Or-"Captains Coura-
geous," superb screen translation Of
the Kipling story, at S, ITO and $50
pm.
Penn THE Eanperor's Candle
sticks" espionage, adventure and
romance, at 2:l5, 4:05, $50. TAO and
$50 pm.
Sheridan-"New Faces OF 1887" 4
host of newcomers have fun in 4 light
hearted musical, at 2. 1855, 5:55, 7:45
and 9:45 pm.
Tivoli-"The Singing Marine" Dick
Powelrs latest musical, at l:30, $50,
5:35, 735 and $40 pm.
Uptown-"New Faces Of 1887" at
2, 4, 5:55. 7:45 and $50 pm.
ROadside-"The Haunted Mill" an
other old-time melodrama brought to
life, at $3.50 pm.