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mer Miss Francesca Ginechesi Of
Chevy Chase, Md.

mer Miss Francesca Ginechesi OF
Chevy Chase, Md.
Mrs. w. Wayne Wirgman, with. her
daughter, Miss Polly Wirgman, who
returned from Europe q week or two
ago, will open their apartment at the
Wardman Park Hotel Tuesday.
Miss Marion Boyle will entertain a.
luncheon at the Shoreham Saturday
for Miss Katherine Kramer, whose
wedding will take place June /.
Mrs. A. L. Scott will entertain at
luncheon Wednesday In honor of Mrs.
L. E. Werder Of Sacramento, Calf,
who t the house guest Of Mrs. Scots
sister, Mrs. Frank B. Warren.
Mrs Jessie Mann will entertain at
the Shoreham at a luncheon Thurs
day
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Gibbs. jr.,
OF jacksonville, Fla, are visiting in
Washington, and are staying at the
Carlton Hotel.
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Miss Eileen Virginia
Berrall Bride of
Mr.. Hall.

xISS EILEEN VIRGINIA BER-
M RAIL-, daughter of Mr., and
w Mrs. James Berrall, and Mr..
4 4 Arthur Hall of New York, son
Of Mrs. John Hall and the late Mr..
Hall of London England, were mar
ried last evening. The wedding took
place in historic st. Johns Church
in Georgetown, the rector, the Rev.
DR.. F. Bland Tucker, officiating at 8
o'clock. The quaint little church was
decorated with clusters of white
peonies on the altar and gay Spring
blossoms were tied with white satin
ribbons to the pews reserved for men,
bers Of the two families
Mr.. Berrall escorted his daughter
and gave her in marriage. She wore
conventional white satin, fashioned
with long sleeves and long train The
square neck was becomingly filled with
rare old duchesse lace of her great
grandmother, the late Dorothy Batch
elder Her tulle veil was gracefully
arranged with band of duchesse lace
of her grandmother's and held by
ried bouquet of white roses and lilies
Of the valley.
Mrs. Clarence NJ Charest, sister of
the bride, was matron of honor; Miss
Ann Turner was maid of honor and
the brides other sister, Miss Kath-
arine Berrall, was bridesmaid Mrs.
Charest wore peach-color marquisette,
made with long, very full, flaring skirt,
and tiny bows were on each OF the
graduated ruff1es. Her bouquet of
Spring blossoms was tied with wide
turquoise blue ribbon. Miss Turner
wore a similar costume of turquoise
blue marquisette and her bouquet of
Spring flowers was tied with broad
peach-color ribbon. Miss Berrall was
dressed like Miss Turner, and peach
color ribbon was tied about her
bouquet
Mr.. John Niemann OF New York
was best man and the ushers in
cluded Mr. Clarence NJ Charest, Mr..
J. Lloyd Berrall of Montclair, N. j.,
and Mr.. Joel j. Berrall, brothers of
the bride, and Mr.. Egan of New
York.
Following the ceremony a reception
was held in the Georgetown home of
the brides parents, which was gay
with quantities of Spring flowers and
greens. Mrs. Berrall, who received
with the bride and bridegroom. wore
a white tlowered crepe gown with a
maienta sash
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Hall left for
wedding trip, the bride wearing black
f1owered crepe with which she had
a black hat. trimmed with feather
flowers, matching the flowers in her
dress. They will make their home In
New York
Among the out-of town guests were
MIR. and Mrs John Niemann, Mr.. and
Mrs. Klopfer, Mr. and Mrs A. J.
Townsend and Miss Katharine Ber-
rail- of New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Sher-
man Of Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs.
j, L. Berrall of Montclair and Mr..
Grayson Buckner of Virginia.
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Residential
And Official
Social Notes
Hostesses to
Hold Annual Picnic
Luncheon.

Continued From First Page
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Miss Leila Kathleen Nestor
and Mr.. Harry Wilson Married.

daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Emerson Nestor of WASH
ington, and Mr.. Harry Norman Wilson
Of Easton, Md, son Of State Senator
and Mrs. William Roger Wilson of
Ingleside, Nd, were married Friday
afternoon, April 80, at 4 O'Clock in St.
Andrews Episcopal Church in College
Park, Md, the Rev. DR.. Ronald Taylor
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BEER GAIN PULLING
Japanese Production 1O4 Per Cent
Higher for Quarter.

Higher for Quarter.
TOXIC P.-The land OF the cherry
blossoms Is now overflowing with beer.
Omcial Japan is groggy trying to
understand why.
New government taxes recently
raised the price Of the beverage, yet
Deer consumption in March was 81 per
cent higher than the same month last
year and production for the first
quarter rose l04 per cent.
Puzzled oficials are working on a
good Japanese translation OF "gesund-
heit."
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Roanoke, where the bridegroom Is
general manager and vice president
of the Virginia Bridge Co. The bride
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. w.
A. Harvey of Montevallo, Ala. and
is a graduate Of Alabama Women's
College and lie Gordon Bleu Paris.
She has been a teacher of home
economics and chemistry at Wash
ington Seminary in Atlanta.
Miss Fora Dorroh Bride
OF Mr.. William Etheredge.
THE wedding of Miss Fora Dorroh
and Mr.. William Vernon Eth
eredge. formerly of Norfolk. Va. and
now of Washington, took place We'd
nesday morning at $50 O'Clock in
the Eldon Apartments The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. Pur-
cell Storey, assistant to the minis
ter of the Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist Church South. where both the
bride and bridegroom are members
of the choir.
The bride wore beige sheer crepe
dress with carnelian accessories
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Etheredge left
on wedding trip by motor through
Virginia.
After June l they will be at home
at 2608 Third street northeast.
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a KISS EILEEN VIRGINIA BER-
M RAIL-, daughter of Mr., and
wv Mrs. James Berrall, and Mr..
4 Arthur Hall of New York, son
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goods prices, mentioned steel and
copper particularly.
He said steel quotations have
climbed about s6 ton, which was two
or three times the wage boost granted
recently by the industry.
Some mines, he continued, could
chalk up profit on 8 and cent
copper, but this metal now was selling
at 10 or 10 cents.
Foreign Demand Is Factor.
Commerce Department reports
showed heavy foreign buying as prob
able factor in durable goods price in
creases, listing substantial upturns in
exports of both steel and copper this
year
The Federal Reserve Boards busi-
ness index listed iron and steel pro-
duction at l29 per cent of the 1923-25
average. This, compared with such
consumer goods as textiles at 1876 per
cent. food products at 81 per cent,
leather and shoes at l34 per cent, and
tobacco manufactures at 1853 per cent.
Federal Housing Administration off,
cials reported they are making care
full study Of price increases in building
materials to determine their effect
on construction activities.
For some time. the F. H A has
been concerned lest a too-rapid up
trend in building costs retard con-
struction. Attention has centered
particularly on lumber costs.
Estimating that 100000 to 1000
new dwelling units would be built this
year. the administration said this was
predicted on the assumption that
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FOUND.

FRATERNITY PIN. Falls Church S34-F-4l
SUM OF MONEY-Connecticut ave. Cal
evenings after s. WyzanSki, Potomac
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prices would not advance so rapidly
as to slow up construction.
Budget to Be Revamped.
Mr. Roosevelt said yesterday the
Federal budget-generally regarded as
an influence on price levels-would be
revamped in a message to Congress
about April IA.
The message will estimate relief
needs for the 1888 fiscal year, and
will recast revenue and expenditure
expectations in the light of Federal
| financial activities thus far this year
Informed authorities, scanning fig
ures since last July l, said estimates of
gross receipts and expenditures may
be trimmed.
Failure of March income tax re-
! ceipts to meet estimates, they said
! indicated the years revenue estimate
would be reduced, while margin"
| Of more than several million during
/ the next three months might make
| possible some cut in projected expend-
! itures.
Evening star., 1937-04-03

the plant was given by one OF the
few visitors allowed to enter.
The men used springs of car
cushions to improvise comforta BILE
beds" he said. They slept with
their clothes on, even their shoes.
When I asked one man why he
didn't take off his shoes another near
by said sternly: He better not Many
went to sleep grimy-faced.
Rules Enforced, Union Says.
The strikers appointed marshals to
patrol the building and enforce COM
pany rules. They were on guard par
ticularly against fire.
The plant is so large that many
of the men had not known each other
and they gathered in clots to get ac-
quainted.'
The strikers listed their union as
No. 249. The explained it had been
organized so recently that no officers
have been elected yet
Spokesmen said that men who had
worked in the plant for "a years were
included among $50 laid off recently.
They claimed that 80 per cent of those
laid off yesterday were union men
Kelley declared that when H. c.
Doss, plant manager, and Joseph Bush,
superintendent, were approached they
said they would dismiss the men as
they pleased"
The union men professed to have
information that production was to
be reduced Monday from 538 to $50
cars daily.
Ford Official Explains.
At Detroit. high official Of the
Ford company asserted that strike
in Kansas City "if we are correctly
advised, will not last long if the men
realize the necessity for the temporary
lay-off" that precipitated the strike
When the sit-doWn strikes began in
the automobile industry" this Off
cial said, "Mr Ford did not step
up production and ordered it held
at the existing level.
1T was discovered few days
ago that the Kansas City plant was
running 80 cars day ahead of
schedule and it was ordered reduced
That necessitated laying off 200 to
300 men temporarily, and apparently
the men laid off thought they were
being picked on. AS a matter of fact,
it was a normal lay-off, done in a
normal manner in order to maintain
our schedules as determined when
the sit-downs in other plants began.
1T was not Mr.. F'ord's intention to
go to town so to speak, because other
manufacturers were caught with Sit
downs, and therefore our schedule,
which could easily be stepped up In
any of our plants, was held steady"
PEACE PARLEYS IN DETROIT.
Evening star., 1937-04-03
M|hNESOTASTR|KE
ENDS AFTER RIOTS
Contract Signed After Gov
ernor Criticizes SheriH's
Methods,
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBERT LEA. Mimi, April 3.-An
agreement was reached today ending
the strike at the American Gas
Machine Co. here after q day Of riot
ing in which four persons were
injured.
Signed by Gov. Elmer Benson,
Russell Hanson, president of the COM
pany, and Peter Lauritsen, president
of Local 2, Independent Union OF All
Workers. the compact provides recog-
milton of the union as sole bargaining
agency 'in the event the workers
receive charter from q national
labor organization within go days"
A secret election will be conducted
under supervision of the Governor.
with a majority vote to determine
with which national organization
they will affiliate"
The company agreed to dismiss all
legal proceedings" arising from the
strike and ito recommend dismissal
of the charges against Floyd Heilman,"
union strike leader. whom Sheriff Hell
mer Myre arrested yesterday with So
| others.
Will Rehire All Men.
The company agreed to rehire all
men on the pay rolls at the time of
the strike without discrimination and
promised to reopen the plant imme-
diately.
A truce whereby union officials
agreed not to enter the plant or con-
duct demonstrations and company off,
cials said they would not reopen
marked the first step OF the all-night
arbitration meeting in which the Gov
ernor acted as mediator.
| The peace conference came on the
heels of Gov Benson's statement con-
demning what he called brutal as
sault" on peaceful pickets.
He leveled his criticism at Sheriff
Helmer Myre and $50 deputies who
clashed with pickets and directed tear
gas attack at headquarters of the
union
Fifty-four strikers and sympathlzers
arrested by Sheriff Myre without
charge were freed at the suggestion of
| the Governor. who said loss of human
life" would have been inevitable had
they not been released Those ar
rested we're ordered to appear in court
Monday
Tear Gas and Flaming Blankets.
| Unionists entrenched in their head
quarters threw flaming blankets and
| boiling water from windows at the
deputies The latter brought tear gas
and clubs into play.
Angered by the arrests. a crowd OF
several hundred persons later threat
ened jail delivery but instead turned
upon the plant. En- route, a police
car was pushed into a river, another
was burned and several automobiles
were upset in the streets.
| At the plant the crowd threw rocks
and other missiles through windows
and drove non-striking workers to
upper floors The company manage
ment estimated damage to the plant
at $4,000.
Gov. Benson attributed the destruc-
ton of property in the riots to the
attacks on the union headquarters
and on the pickets" He said public
officials were guilty of most fiagrant
denial of civil rights guaran-
teed by our laws and by the Con-
stitution."
Evening star., 1937-04-03
HUNT '2DHUSBAND'
OF MRS. GEDE0N
Police Say Slain Woman
Introduced Man as Her
"NeW" Mate.
BY the Associated Press

bS tlle ASSOCIATED Press.
NEW YORK, April 3 (P).-Bafled
police sought another phantom-a
second husband" OF Mrs. Mary Ged-
eon-today in the frantic search for
clues in the triple murder Easter
morning on Beekman Hill
Deprived of their chief suspect" by
release in $1,000 bail on a gun charge
of Joseph Gedeon, slight upholsterer.
detectives turned in new direction
looking for the killer
I'VE have received reports, several
of which have been corroborated," said
Detective Lieut.. Walter Harding, that
Mrs. Gedeon, within the last two years,
introduced man to several OF her
friends as her new husband.
We are now seeking this man. MOI
that we have any proof that he actual
ly married Mrs. Gedeon, but II they
were on such an intimate relation
ship We want to question him. Sew
eral of Mrs Gedeon's friends have
told us about this man and we are
now seeking him"
Estranged From Wife.
Cedeon. who found the bodies Of
his strangled wife and art model
daughter, 20-year-old "Ronnie" Ged-
con, when he visited their fat in hope
of reconciliation Easter morning
has been estranged from his wife for
over two years, and has been living
in the back room of his upholsterer
shop on East Thirty-fourth street.
Police examined needles in his tiny
upholstery shop, but were loath to say
exactly what kind of an instrument
was used to kill the third victim.
Frank Byrnes, roomer in the Gedeon
household.
For the first time they professed
interest in a story Gedeon, estranged
from his wife, told after the killings
that a Boston millionaire" may have
hired some one to murder Veronica
because she ignored his attentions.
Laundryman Gives Clue.
A laundry man, Charles Sturtevant,
told detectives Mrs. Gedeon had COM
planned the alleged wealthy admirer
was leading her daughter too gay a
life. He also said he noticed a
swarthy, heavily built man lettering
in the hallway outside the Gedeon
apartment last Saturday,
Gedeon's attorney issued state
ment signed by three examining
physicians after the suspects release
from the Tombs late yesterday to
support his charge that the prisoner
had been "brutally beaten" by the
police
Police Commissioner Lewis J. VAL
entine denied the man was mlstreated.
Abrasions and contusionS were found
on the upholsterer's head aid body,
the physicians said
Evening star., 1937-04-03
VIDAL'S CAR MISSING

The automobile of Engene L. Vidal
former head of the Bureau of Air
Commerce, was being sought by police
today after he reported it stolen while
he was out of the city on a business
trip.
Vidal, who lives at 1903 Connecticut
sive coupe, was missing from its park
ing place on @ street near Connecti-
cut avenue when he returned after a
weeks trip.
Evening star., 1937-04-03

After Joseph Gedeon questioned by police the
murder of his Wte, daughter odger Easter Sunday
released bail yesterday his attorney issued statement signed
By three examining physicians Which he charged edeOn
"buay beaten" by detecues The Attorney Peter F. Sab
batino pointing Gedeons "They
used the old back tactics him." Sabbatino said
-COpuri0ht A. P WirephOtO
Evening star., 1937-04-03
COAL PAY RAISES
TOTAL S85,o)O,0ll)
ne-Day Shutdown Ended
by Agreement Increas-
ing Wages.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 3.-The Nations
soft coal industry, after a one-day
shutdown. was free of strike threat
today, with a new compact in effect
granting miners wage increases aggre-
eating S85,000000 annually.
The shortest shutdown in the BIZ
luminous mining of a dozen States
was climaxed late yesterday with a
two-year agreement between the
operators and the United Mine
Workers of America providing in
creased pay for more than 100000
employees.
The operators spokesman estimated
the boost probably would cause an
increase in the price of coal at the
mine of Is cents a ton. The union
said it would add only IS cents to the
cost of mining a ton.
No strike occurred, said the union
The men just refused to work without
contract. The old agreement ex-
pired at midnight Wednesday,
Edward F. McGrady, Assistant
Secretary of Labor, called the culmi-
nation of the eks-long negotiations
industrial craftsmanship" Secretary
Perkins said it proved settlements
could be reached without recourse to
costly strikes and lockouts.'
Both Yielded, Lewis Says.
John L. Lewis, union president, said:
"Both sides yielded on certain points
and there was a spirit Of mutual COM
promise and an effort to compose the
differences in the industry without a
strike"
In behalf of the operators, Charles
O'Neill of New York said he joined
Lewis in expressing pleasure at the
outcome of the negotiations"
Often afflicted with protracted and
sometimes violent strikes, the bltumln-
Gus industry ironed out its problems
over a conference board in six weeks
negotiating.
Originally the miners asked Id
per cent pay increase, a cut in the
work week from 35 to 80 hours, two
weeks vacation with pay and guar
antee of 200 days of work year.
This is what they got: A 5O-cents'
a-day increase for inside labor palc
by the day, 10 cents increase for load
ing machine operators, 10 per cent foi
yardage and deadWork ttaklng ou'
slate and rock, etc., and 9 cents
ton for those paid by the ton for Goa
mined by machine.
Under the new agreement the basic
daily pay in the North will be S6, as
against the former $3.50, and in the
South, $3.50.
Those paid by the day, with a few
exceptions. also are to get time and
half for overtime.
Three Not Included.
Three soft coal districts, where ar
estimated $4,000 to 10000 miners are
employed. were not embraced in the
agreement, but it was believed in min
ing circles that contracts for them
would be signed in time. They are the
Southern Appalachian, or Tennessee;
the Hazard, KY, and the Virginia
areas
Operators there declined to sign the
agreement until they found whether
the Southern Appalachian scale was
In what they felt was proper balance.
Evening star., 1937-04-03

of the United Automobile Workers OF
! America, said:
If the company will put the old
men back to work and lay the new
men off, we'll call off the strike. We
don't have any complaint about sea-
sonal lay-off. Heretofore they have
laid off the new men first"
At Detroit, Homer Martin, president
of the United Automobile Workers of
America said:
Henry Ford has been quoted as
paying the highest wages in the motor
car industry. That is an absolute un-
truth Working conditions are not
satisfactory to Ford employees
"Ford's admonition to working men
to stay out of the union evidently fell
on deaf ears.
The Ford Motor Co. makes motor
cars. Ford workers are motor car
workers and therefore are eligible to
belong to the U. A. w. A. The eventu-
ality will be an agreement with the
Ford Motor Co.
More Than 800 in Plant.
Lights were ablaze all night in the
plant which, under usual schedules,
does not operate Saturdays and Sun
days. Police estimates of the num-
Der of men in the plant were more
than 800"
Some strikers played cards. Others
LOT IN firoo - crnNkp
in the front yard. Doormen checked
them in and out as the plants mo
smoking" rule was enforced.
Still others gathered at windows to
shout at the small clusters of specta-
tors to take in food brought them by
wives and supporters. Members of a
Chevrolet Fisher union chapter said
they we're helping bring supplies.
I'VE want beer" some strikers ap-
pealed through the windows.
A restaurant across the way, doing a
booming business, declined to disobey
the plants mo drinking" rules.
Then give us something else be-
side water" the strikers chorused.
They were taken coffee.
A woman arrived at the building
with sleepy-eyed little girl and held
her up to the window.
rs my daddy in there?" the child
asked and then, a moment later ex-
claimed:
Eyes, there's my daddy"
Committee for Defense.
At the mass meeting o. w. Penney,
who said he was an executive COM
mitteeman for the Ford Union Local
of the U. A. w. A., recruited a COM
mittee for defense.
These men will keep transport
trucks from taking finished cars from
the plant and they will picket the
plant to defend our men inside" he
said.
Penney said the union boasted 1900
Ford members before the strike started
and had signed up 400 since then.
Ford, oldest of the big Three
the others are the also strike-affected
General Motors and Chrysler-always
has insisted on the open shop and
opposed unionization of workers.
I'VE do not propose to turn in
dustry over to labor unions" he once
said.
His plants have been singularly free
OF labor troubles during the past
decade. Recently he took precautions
against a strike call, building new
fences around the main plant at
Dearborn, Mich, and strengthening
factory gates.
A word picture Of activities inside
Evening star., 1937-04-03
Business
Continued From First Page.)

pushed prices upward. He said, how
ever. that it should stand ready to re-
inforce price foundation with emer-
gency spending when prices spiraled
doWnard.
Harry L. Hopkins, works progress
administrator, said the Presidents de-
sire to encourage the consumers goods
industries was perfectly obvious in
our present economic situation"
He said his agency was carrying out
the Presidents ideas, and that Of
$3.50 100000 the Government spent on
steel last year, exclusive of Army and
Navy work, only sl4,000000 was w. p.
A. money.
Mr.. Roosevelt, in discussing durable
Evening star., 1937-04-03
PEACE PARLEYS IN DETROIT.
Strikers Quit Chevrolet Plants u
Negotiations Are Resumed.

INCSVVl0tAVhS AAS ASSS~AAS~s
DETROIT, April 3 (R.-Spreading
labor troubles beset Americas three
largest motor car producers today for
the first time since the threat OF q
Nation wide automotive strike in 1884,
but conferences were arranged in two
Of the disputes.
Sit-down strikers marched out OF
the big Chevrolet motor assembly
plant of General Motors at Flint last
night after the management agreed
to discuss their complaints with rep
resentatives of the United Automo-
bile Workers of America today.
The conference seeking settlement
o. the paralyzing Chrysler Corps
strike was to resume in the Office of
Gov Frank Murphy at Lansing as
soon as high executives Of the cor
poration and the U. A. w. A. could
get together. Walter P. Chrysler
reached Lansing this morning, and
John L. Lewis was expected shortly.
Ford Motor Co. officials professed
to have no knowledge of the strike