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Evening star., 1937-03-05
u. S. Apologies to Germany
For La Cllardia Slur on Hitler
Berlin Press Cites NeU York Crime
Conditions in Rene,Ued attack
on MUvOr.

upon the head of the German state
and the German government.
I'm this country the right Of freedom
Of speech is guaranteed by the Consti-
tuition to every citizen and is cherished
as a part Of the national heritage
This. however, does not lessen the
regret Of the Government when ut
terances either by private citizens or
by public officials speaking in an indi-
vidual capacity give offense to a gov
ernment with which we have official
relations.
Il very earnestly deprecate the ut
terances which have thus given offense
to the German government. They do
not represent the attitude of this Gov
(See LA GUARDIA, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-03-05
SABOTAGE CASE
SETTLEMENT HIT
48 U. S. Claimants Fight
$4,000, 900 Payments for
BLACK Tom Blasts.
BY REX COLLIER.

With more than S22 900 900 OF Ger
man reparations money at stake.
group of 48 American award holders
today opened battle against proposed
settlement in that amount by the
German-American Mixed Claims Com
mission Of the famous Black Tom
Kingsland World War sabotage"
cases.
A brief filed with the commission on
behalf of the Standard Oil Co. of New
Jersey, the International Harvester
Co., the Singer Manufacturing Co. and
other reparations claimants chal-
lenges the legality Of tentative agree
ment approved by Robert W. Bonynge,
American agent before the commission.
Permission to intervene in opposition
to the settlement is asked.
Roland 8. Morris, former Ambassa-
dor to Japan and now professor OF in
ternational law at the University OF
Pennsylvania, points out on behalf OF
the award holders that the suggested
settlement would surrender the only
available reparations money to claim
ants whose charges Of German sabo-
tage in the New Jersey munitions ex-
plosions have never been proved.
Blasts Destroyed Munitions.
The claimants in the sabotage cases
are the Lehish Valley Railroad Co..
the agency Of the Canadian Car &
Foundry Co.. and some so insurance
companies, all of whom seek damages
as a result Of the sabotage" explosions
at the Black Tom, N. j., terminal OF
the railroad company and at the
Kingsland, N. j., plant of the foundry.
Four persons were killed. many per-
sons injured and more than 300 car
loads of ammunition destroyed in the
explosions, the first of which occurred
January IL. 1916, at Kingsland, and
the second on July 20, 1917, at Black
Tom
The American Government, acting
on behalf of the claimants, charged
the explosions were the deliberate
work of German spies. ReamS OF
evidence were introduced seeking to
prove that German agents were con-
ducting a campaign of sabotage in this
country at the time of the New Jer-
sey explosions. Germany produced
trunkfuls Of documents to disprove
the charges.
The cases were first settled in ia
vor of Germany in 1882, but a rehear-
ing was granted when the United
States produced q workman at whose
Evening star., 1937-03-05
Martin to Demand Motor
Officials Recognize U. A.
W. A. as Sole Bargaining
Agency for Employees.
A. F. OF |. AID ASKED
IN PITTSBURGH FIGHT
Company Union" Faction Urges
Green to Provide Active Assist
ance in Organizing Workers 0p.
posed to c. I. 0.-Drive in Shoe
Industry Draws Fire.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Plans OF John L. LeWis' Commit
tee for Industrial Organization to
organize all Dorkers in each mass
production industry into one large
union, regardless OF the Uork they
do. has been opposed strenuously
by American Federation of Labor,
additionally in tdpor OF orodnizd-
tion by craft.
United Mine Workers, OF uhich
LeCis is president, and nine other
c. /. o. unions Uere suspended,
out not expelled, last year from
A. F. OF L. for "insurrection."
BY the Associated Press.
Homer Martin, president Of the
United Automobile Workers of Amer
lea, announced in Detroit today the
union will present an "ultimatum" to
Chrysler Corp. officials this afternoon.
demanding an immediate answer to a
request for recognition as sole bar
gaining agency for the automobile
producers $1,000 employees
Meanwhile. in Pittsburgh, employe
representatives, claiming to represent
$4,000 workers of Carnegie Illinois
Steel Corp, appealed to President
William Green of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor to help them fight
John l. Lewis Committee for Indus
trial Organization.
The representatives voted to drop
their present form Of collective bar
gaining and telegraphed Green for
counsel and advice on reorganization
Of the so-called company union"
Leaving a conference with Chrysler
officials, Martin said:
The corporation is face to face with
the question OF whether it will or will
not recognize the union as the sole
collective bargaining agency.
There will be no lodging or post
ponement Of this issue. This is a union
ultimatum."
He added that the ultimatum had
not been presented in the morning
meeting. but that he expected an
answer "one way or the other" this
afternoon.
The action Of the Carnegie Illinois
(see LABOR, Page A-2J
Evening star., 1937-03-05
1887 Cost of Var Ma
chine Mounts to
$I,348,695,OOO.

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 5.-Ths British
air force today disclosed its plan to
defend London from air attack by q
cage of steel cables in asking Parlia-
ment for appropriations that would
boost the total 1887 cost Of Britain's
war machine to f269, ,739, 900 ($1 ,348,-
695, ,000).
The air ministry announced its ex-
pense estimates for the current year
would reach 2,5oo,o00 ($412,5o0,-
000) or more than double the amount
asked for last year.
The Royal Air Force, Viscount
Swinton, secretary Of state for air,
announced, would be increased to
10000 officers and men with . first
(see LONDON, Page A.6.)
Evening star., 1937-03-05

24-year-old Otis
Hilderbrand. cap
tain of ushers,
who was fatally
injured during
an argument at
a filling station
near the airport.
An autopsy at
t he Distric c t
Morgue this aft
ernoon revealed
that Hilderbrand
died as the result
of q fractured
S k ull. Hilder-
brand suffered an
eve injury. IL was
Evening star., 1937-03-05
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The United States apologized to Ger
many today for remarks made recently
by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia Of New
Yourk about Chancellor Adolf Hitler,
The State Department said that
James c. Dunn, chief of the Division
of Western European Affairs, in an
oral statement to DR.. Hans Thomson,
counselor of the German Embassy,
said, in substance:
The German government through
its embassy here makes complaint
against certain utterances Of Hon.
Fiorello La Guardia in a public ad-
dress at the Hotel Astor in New York
on March 3, stating that such utter
ances seriously and severely reflect
Evening star., 1937-03-05
London Plans Air Raid Defense
By Cage of Steel Cables in Sky
''BalloOn Barrage''
Held Good Defense
Against Air Raids
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 5.-Military
experts today stressed the bal
loon barrage" as one Of the most
efficient Of modern weapons
against an attacking airplane
fleet.
The balloon barrage consists Of
a series of kite balloons which
support steel cables. From the
cables hangs a screen Of wires.
Any contact with these wires,
however slight, Is said to be
enough to wreck an airplane or
cause a pilot to lose control Of
his machine.
The idea was tested, with sue
cess, at Paris during the World
War.
Evening star., 1937-03-05
POUNDAGE FOILS ESCAPE

BELGRADE, March S LP.-Life in
Milwowiltza Penitentiary agreed so
we'll with Ivan Kralec he gained 18
pounds and lost his chance to escape
today.
The engineer, seeking to flee through
a tunnel dug to his exact measure
by friends from the outside, was un-
able to force four extra inches of
waistline through the hole and stuck
fast.
Evening star., 1937-03-05
Woman of ITO
Belle at FrOIic
OfFIOrida Club
Modern Dress Cred.
tied by IO5.Year.
Old for "YOuth."
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March S.
Mrs. Martha Weeks, ITO. is looking
younger than ever. Charles W. FL
bridge, los, said at the frolic of the
Three Quarter Century Club.
II guess it's because she's dressing
more modern" said Eldridge. at the
annual Winter event, attended by
10000
Mrs. Weeks, resident Of Lithia.
near Tampa. was honor guest. Until
year ago she did her own house.
work. but now her neighbors help out
She declined an invitation to spend
the night as guest Of local hotel.
"I've got to 60 home and feed my
hens" she said. They'll wonder
where ! am"
Evening star., 1937-03-05

own days as a newspaper reporter in
Toronto when a young man, held a
short conference with newspaper men
at the Canadian Legation at noon.
He was informed that President
Roosevelt had stated this morning
their conference would embrace all
subjects of international interest to
the continents of North and South
America.
In this connection, he was asked
whether they would discuss united
(See KING, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-03-05
HUGHES FLIES SOUTH
Leaves New York in Airliner.
Believed En- Route to Miami.

NEW YORK, March LP.-Howard
Hughes, flying millionaire. who set a
new transcontinental speed record re-
Gently, took off in his Douglas airliner
today for destination believed to be
Miami, Fla.
Officials at the field said Hughes, al
ways taciturn, merely intimated that
he was flying to Florida. He took only
his mechanic in the ship he bought
some time ago from Transcontinental
Western AirlineS, where it had been in
use as flying laboratory" This was
not the ship in which he made the
transcontinental record.
Workers at the field said he took
about enough" gas to fly to Miami.
Evening star., 1937-03-05

FOREIGN.
Goebbel's newspaper in Berlin assails
Mayor La Guardia. Page Al
Blum cabinet lifts ban on gold trad
ing. Page Al
London plans steel cables in sky to
check raiders. Page Al
NATIONAL.
Award holders oppose settlement Of
Black Tom case. Page Al
Canadian premier's visit linked to st.
Lawrence waterway. Page Al
A. F. of L. opens fight on c. I. o.
unionization drive. Page Al
Opponents map fight on Roosevelt
court reform. Page Al
Terrorism during textile strike de-
scribed to committee. Page Al
Sea captain faces murder charge after
woman's story. Page B-4
Morgan partners questioned on res
cue loan" Page Al
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Father missing, D. c. to care for two
little girls. Page Al
Mai Brown denies big-time gamblers
are screened" Page AS
Conferences on fate of Fidelity begun
by experts. Page Az
Thousands Of Navy Yard workers to
be laid of. Page B-1
Representative Engel denounces D. G.
health conditions. Page B-1
Trafic claims Sand victim as safety
drive u pushed. Page B.1
Evening star., 1937-03-05

The possibility of Canadian
American discussion of united
front" of nations of the Western
Hemisphere in their affairs with the
rest of the world loomed today with
the arrival in Washington of Ca
madam Prime Minister w. L. Mac
Kenzie King for an overnight visit
with President Roosevelt at the White
House.
The prime minister, recalling his
Evening star., 1937-03-05
Trained to Bark Twice if Police

man Appears.
BUDAPEST, March R).-nona
Serfoezoe told police today her dog,
which barked once when he sighted
q civilian and twice when a police
man was coming, should really have
credit for the 80 burglaries she con-
fessed.
If the Job seemed difficult, she ex-
planned, she even let the dog climb
through open apartment windows and
carry things down while she watched
outside.
Evening star., 1937-03-05
) TO Be QU|ZzED
IN USHER'SD DEATH
Otis Hi|derbrand Fatally In.
jured During Argument
Near Airport.

Five ushers from q downtown thea
ter were taken to Arlington County
this afternoon for questioning in con-
nection with the death early today of
Evening star., 1937-03-05
Bank Official Dies.

PALM BEACH, Fla, March 5 JP-
William A. Simonson. senior vice presi-
dent and director of the National City
Bank Of New York, died today.
Evening star., 1937-03-05
Summary of Today's Star

Chest broadcast brings job offers to
unemployed men. Page Bis
Real estate regulation bill given Senate
D. C. Committee. Page C-1
FINANCIAL.
Bonds hesitant (table). Page Ais
Trade pushes ahead. Page Ais
Freight loadings down. Page Ais
Steel leads stock rally
(table). Page Ais
Curb list mixed (table). Page ALI
SPORTS.
Mats rockies are displaying power at
bat at Orlando. Page D-1
Eastern and Western quints battling
for championship tonight. Page DE-
Capital athletes will be prominent in
Baltimore indoor meet. Page d.
Finance is heavy favorite in Widener
Cup race at Hialeah. Page D-3
Evening star., 1937-03-05

(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1937-03-05
DOG AIDS BURGLAR

(See SABOTAGE, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-03-05

(See USHER, Page A-2.) .
Evening star., 1937-03-05

20. 8 weather Bureau ForecastJ
Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly
warmer tomorrow: lowest temperature
about SO degrees; gentle to moderate
winds. Temperatures-Highes 81. at
2:3o pm. yesterday; lowest, 43, at am.
today. Full report on page Biz.
The Washington times., 1937-09-25
"The Gun D0dger"
By CHARLES McGUIRK

the police records it listed an unSolved mystery
There never were any and there anything
printed about the case because the people involved in
irritable and therefore, potential dynamite in any libel suit
The Washington times., 1937-09-25

$50 George, I guess its curtains
for you and me. I can't give you
back your ring right now because
I forgot and left it on the kitchen
sink.
Come up and see me sometime.
If business picks up. maybe We'll
get together again. Meanwhile,
that was a nice dinner Here.
Give the chef a dime for me"
If he had been a man of spirit,
he would have insisted on accom-.
panying Mia to the kitchen sink
and retrieving the ring. But he
was too low in spirits.
That night, he sank to the
depths. 1t was about midnight
that he decided to end it all. Yes
Georges was going to commit sui
eide.
There was only one difficulty
Georges had been brought up to
believe that it was terrible crime
to take ones own life. The crime
angle didn't bother him as much,
however, as the belief that anyone
who killed himself went straight
TO hell. And it was then he
thought Of Mike Castano.
He had known Mike for many
The Washington times., 1937-09-25

Cast of Characters in
The Gun Dodger"
GEORGES BEIRUT, an emo
tiOnal reStaurateur.
Mia, his girl.
TITLE, a cOmely waitress.
MIKE CASTANO, an oblig-
ing gunman.
Evening star., 1937-10-22
S35O,ODO OFFERED
FARM EXHIBITORS
Higher Prices Reported at
Kansas City Show of
Live Stock.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, October 22.-Plains
States farm people whose cattle,
horses, sheep, swine and poultry make
possible the American Royal Live
Stock Show, will take home S350,000
in prize and sale money this year.
Stable checks will go into the wal
lets of winning exhibitors. Others not
so fortunate, whose animals looked
like championship quality back home
but were nosed out in competition,
gained experience but not so much
cash.
The auction of carload lots of fat
cattle, the statistical department of
the Kansas City Stock Yards Co.
reported today, amounted to 100000,
about $4,000 less than last year.
Fewer cattle we're offered this year,
but prices generally were higher.
The grand champion carload lot Of
fat Angus cattle sold for $21 hun
dred while last year the price was
$3.50, rejecting both in price and
volume the dearth Of prime beef.
Auction of the 400 individual classes
today, including the grand champions,
was expected to bring more than
$4,000.
Cash premium awards totaled
S65,00o and sale of animals among
the various breeders was estimated at
S25 1000.
Donald Ray Fulkerson, the 12-year-
old gum-chewing boy from Trenton,
Mo, whose Angus yearling, Black
Bird, was selected as the grand cham
pion steer of the junior division, had
the promise today of another calf to
raise for next years show.
Roy Miller, Princeton, Mo-, breeder
from whom the lad bought Black Bird
for s25 year ago, told Donald he had
another calf for him to raise and
feed-"another grand champion"
Donald will part with Black Bird
today; the animal is to be sold in
the individual class auction.
Evening star., 1937-10-22
ILLNESS OF COUNSEL
HALTS M'AFEE TRIAL
Recess Taken Until Monday Fol
lowing Figth on Admission
Of Alleged Confession.

The District Court murder trial Of
William (Major) McAffee, 81, colored
janitor, was in recess today following
an attack yesterday on admissibility
of an alleged confession in which the
diminutive defendant is said to have
admitted Staying Mrs. Henrietta An
Gerson, 36, with an iron furnace
shaker August %. Sessions will be
resumed Monday.
The unexpected recess was occa-
stoned by the illness of Robert I. Mil
Ter, chief defense counsel. His con-
dition is thought not to be serious.
Miller sought to prevent introduc-
ton of the statement on the ground
it was obtained after a night of po-
lice harassment in which McAffee
was not allowed to obtain a reason
able amount of sleep.
Assistant United States Attorneys
Samuel F. Beach and Charles B. Muir
ray put several police officers on the
witness stand In an effort to refute
Miller's charge. Testimony concern
ing adrnissibility of the statement will
continue Monday. with the likelihood
that the trial will continue through
the middle of next week.
Evening star., 1937-10-22
K0HT TO VISIT CAPITAL
Norwegian Foreign Minister Will
Be Guest of President.

DR.. Halvdan Koht, minister of for
eign affairs of Norway, who will
arrive in New York Tuesday, plans g
visit to Washington during his short
stay. He will be entertained by the
President and Secretary of State.
A historian of some note, DR.. Koht
also has written biographies Of Bis
mark and Ibsen. He has been tc
America on two previous occasions
and has written three books on Amer
lean subjects.
Evening star., 1937-10-22
Spelling Prize
Of 1876 SOIUes
Pension AaUard
By the Associated Press.

NASHVILLE, october ~. - First
prize In q grammar school spelling
bee 81 years ago has had its reward
rur Cannon County farm woman.
Applying for an old-age pension
with the necessity Of proving her age
above e5, the woman could present
neither q birth certificate nor fam
lily Bible with the information.
Yesterday the State Welfare De-
partment received what Director Roy
L. Garis ruled was suficient proof.
It was . letter from the principal
Of . grammar sci1ool-written Octo-
Der 10, 1876-congratulating her on
winning . third grade spelling bee.
Evening star., 1937-10-22
ROOSEVELT INVITED
Gets Bid to st. Petersburg, Fla.
Golden Jubilee Fete.

President Roosevelt yesterday re-
ceived an invitation to visit st. Peters
burg, Fla, during the golden jubilee
anniversary of the founding of that
city.
The invitation was brought to the
White House by three boosters" from
st. Petersburg, each wearing a stiff
brim sailor straw hat with a wide
white hat band bearing the name "st
Petersburg"
The anniversary celebration will
last all Winter.
Evening star., 1937-10-22
BIOLOGISTS TO MEET
t54th Session to Be Held a
Cosmos Club Wednesday.

Cosmos Club Wednesday.
The 554th meeting of the Geologi-
cal Society of Washington will be held
at 8 pm. Wednesday at the Cosmos
Club. Four speakers have been
chosen to give short talks on geological
subjects. They are:
Gordon Rittenhouse, H. D. Miser,
r. E. Stevens and Taisia Stadni-
chenko. The lectures will be illus
trated with lantern slides.
Evening star., 1937-10-22
New Town Being Built.

II Commune del Carbone Goa
TOWN. Is the name OF q new town be.
ing built in the coal fields of Sardinia
and it will have large electrotherma
plant for working metallic ores.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

for ball players, adept In sliding
and many other forms of aero
battles seldom know how to save
themselves when they fall. Fred
Sington not long ago showed at
least one of the benefits Of his
football training by making a
flying roll and regaining his feet
without injury.
Washington baseball fans re.
joice in the return Of two old
favorites to the major leagues.
Ralph Red" KresS was purchased
some time ago by the Boston Red
Sox from the Minneapolis MillerS
Of the American Association, and
now Carl Reynolds, the soft
spoken Texan, has followed his
buddy over the comeback trail.
Reynolds returns to Chicago,
but this time with the Cubs. For
number Of years Reynolds was
q member of the Chicago White
Sox. Reynolds will join the Cubs
today.
He and Kress were shipped to
the Millers last winter in the
trade that brought Jimmy Was
dell to the GriffS.
Reynolds hit .348 in the AsSocia-
ton, led the league in doubles
with 40, hit II triples and 16 home
runs. He has ever been noted as q
great early season hitter, but at.
flicted with sinus trouble, has
faded OFF in his pace as the season
progressed. He is susceptible to
colds when travelling.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

Probably the handsomeSt rascal
the football SculptorS ever turned
out and they gave him splendid
personality with it, say nothing Of
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

well in the Bundy menage, don't
say I didn't warn you. Inciden'
tally, if all doesn't, don't say I did.
The real match Of the day in
the mems division, in fact, couples
Bobby Riggs, seeded No. 2 among
the homebreds, and Charles E.
Hare, of England, currently being
touted as the new and, in fact,
better Fred Perry. Be. that as it
might, the only thing we have on
him is that he played Bulge some
thing like a 1911 first set in the
Davis Cup challenge round and If
it really was a 12-10 first set,
you can always bring suit.
It isn't so much that you won't
be able to find me. You won't even
be able to find my lawyers.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
FANS TO HONOR
GRID WRESTLER

Bronko Nagurski, the recorg-
nized worlds wrestling champion
who defends his title against Joe
Cox, of Kansas, Friday (not Thurs
day. night at Griffith Stadium,
will be honored Friday at 1915
p. m. at a special luncheon at the
Harrington Hotel by some 40 ath-
letic-minded folk.
Members of the local Touch
down Club, outstanding members
Of the Minnesota State Society and
the Minnesota Alumni Association,
and Washington sports writer's will
honor the mat ruler and one time
All-American football great from
Minnesota University.
Dutch Bergman, head coach at
Catholic University, and a great
friend of the famous football play.
er-wreStling champion, will serve
as master of ceremonies. John T.
McGovern, another former ALI
American from Minnesota, is presi-
dent Of the Touchdown Club, but
recently left for his home State,
however, practically all other mem
berS Of the club will attend.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

Stone will have the injured
shoulder baked" today. and unless
complications develop, he will re-
join the team in Philadelphia to.
morrow.
II don't have to tell any.
one how pleased am to learn
that Stone will not be out of
action for any length Of time"
Griff said this morning. 1.-THE
X-ray showed no break and no
torn ngaments. If the injury
responds to treatment by heat,
Stone will go back to Philadel-
phia, and certainly will be back
in New York"
When Stone crashed in Boston
there were well-founded fears that
he would be lost to the team for
the remainder Of the season. His
is a common injury in baseball,
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

10 be trouthtuI ana exact, the
word didn't get around any fur
ther than from me to myself, it
being purely my surmise that the
lady is not due to get by this
quarter final round, because she's
meeting Dorothy May Bundy, the
little big girl from Santa Monica,
I'm making a finger and elbow
bet on Dorothy May. She's only
10, but the blood Of great tennis
playerS-May Sutton and Tom
Bundy-courses her veins and, be.
sides, I think she has the game.
Quite a full-blown, bouncing
lass, but she's remarkably agile
and she's not afraid to hit a ball.
1t is my impression that that's
what is the matter with the Marble
lady right now and, If all goes