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Evening star., 1937-02-16
Man Takes POcketbOOk
As Cellar Fire Disrupts Party
Scottie Dog of C. L. Wolcott in Cheuy
Chase Credited With Saving Other
Property of Guests.

After all the excitement died down
at the c. L. Wolcott home, 10 West
Kirke street, Chevy Chase. Md, and
the smoke from the fire in the cellar
had blown away, and the Wolcotts
and bridge guests were eating their
ice cream last night, it was discovered
that Mrs. Elizabeth Vose's pocketbook
was stolen and the strange man with
the handkerchief over the lower part
Of his face was not Jack at all, but .
bandit,
Everybody was too excited about the
fire to pay any attention to the pocket
books Of the guests, lying on a small
table near the door, except MacGregor,
the Wolcott's Scottish terrier, who can
be ferocious on occasions, and was
credited today with saving the pocket
books of the other two guests from the
intruder
To begin at the beginning. Miss
Helen Wolcott and her three bridge
Evening star., 1937-02-16

How President Roosevelt helped 70
speed DR.. Rex Tugwell's dash by flsh-
ing boat and seaplane from Barbados
to the New York hospital where his
daughter lay critically i'll Of pneu-
monia was revealed at the White House
today
The father arrived at the bedside OF
his 18-year-old daughter yesterday
morning after q Pan-American air.
liner went OF its route to pick him up
from a slow-moving fishing boat at
sea between Barbados and Trinidad
When DR.. Tugwell was first advised
Of his daughters serious illness ne
found he would be unable to get air.
plane transportation from Barbados,
and that he must wait long time for
boat passage to Trinidad.
Becoming frantic, DR.. Tugwel de-
cided to appeal to his former chief.
President Roosevelt was seated in his
study at the White House about II
O'Clock Wednesday night when he re-
ceived DR.. Tugwell's cablegram.
A hurried inquiry disclosed there
were q few Marine Corps airplanes
nearby, but their range was deemed
too short to make the flight to Bar
bados In safety. Abandoning this
idea, the President appealed to the
Pan American Airways.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
Shot Woman Pinned to Floor
I2Hours by Body of Dead Mon

floor Of the front hall, her head on
a pillow, and Armstrong; head on
her breast. "A nickel-plated revolver
lay in the mans lap. The revorler
contained one discharged and three
loaded shells and another discharged
shell lay nearby on the floor.
Mrs. viel told the officers the man
had called at her home last night and
requested her to 60 out with him. When
she refused, she said, he shot her,
then killed himself.
oficers quoted her as saying Arm
strong stood watching her for sew
eral moments before turning the gun
on himself. She managed to drag
q pillow from q nearby sofa and
propped her head on it before he shot
himself. she added, but his body fell
across her and pinned her to the
floor.
Police said Armstrong was acut so.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
HUGHES DELAYS HOP

NEW YORK, February 16 (P.-At-
tendants at Floyd Bennett Field said
Howard Hughes, lanky holder of sew
eral air records, had postponed pro-
posed take-off at dawn today in one of
his speed planes on secret flight.
They said unfavorable weather re-
ports Influenced the former movie pro-
ducer not to make the trip he had IN
mind. He had ordered a twin-engined
monoplane fueled and ready at dawn.
Hughes hurtled his tiny SINGLE
motored speedster from Los Angeles
to Newark Airport q month ago in Z
hours IS minutes-an average of 51a
miles a minute-to set o new trans
continental record.
Evening star., 1937-02-16

guests were serving the ice cream In
the kitchen about 1890 o'clock last
night when they smelled smoke. At
that juncture, the front door was
thrown open and young white man,
masked but unarmed, rushed In. Mrs.
Ralph Mccoy, 600 Rolling road, who
was in the front room shifting out the
source Of the blaze, thought it must
be her hosts brother Jack in a
practical joking mood.
"Oh, look at Jack" she exclaimed,
"how funny he looks with that
handkerchief over his face"
She had not seen the intruder
seize one of the pocketbooks which
belonged to Mrs. Vose, 405 Edgewood
avenue, Silver Spring. but she did
notice MacGregor dash furiously at
the man, who retreated suddenly
through the front door.
BY this time Mrs Wolcott, who was
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Evening star., 1937-02-16
PRESIDENT SPURS
FARM TENANT AID
Tells Congress "Action to
Provide Security" Is
imperative.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt told Congress
today faction to provide security" for
the Nations farm population Is i'm
perative.
Sending to the legislators a report
Of his Special Committee on Farm
Tenancy, the Chief Executive declared
I'VE can no longer postpone action"
Most Americans believe" Mr..
Roosevelt said, that our form of gov
ernment does not prohibit action on
behalf of those who need help"
Necessities Emphasized.
The committee, he sal emphasized
these necessities:
First, action to open the doors of
ownership to tenants who now have
the requisite and ability and expert
ence, but who can become owners only
with the assistance of liberal credit,
OF. long terms, and technical advice.
Second. modest loans. with the nee
essary guidance and education to pre-
vent small owners from slipping into
tenancy and to help the masses of
tenants, croppers and farm laborers
at the very bottom Of the agricultural
ladder increase their standards of liv-
ing. achieve greater security and be-
gin the upward climb toward land
ownership.
Third, the retirement by public
agencies of land proved to be un-
suited for farming and assistance to
the families living thereon in find
ing homes on good land.
Fourth, cooperation with State
and local agencies of government to
improve the general leasing system"
Grave Problem.
The President said action along such
lines should furnish a sound basis
for beginning a program for improv-
ing the present intolerable condition
OF the lowest-income farm families"
He asserted the only solution to the
problem is "a Nationwide program
under Federal leadership and with
the assistance of States, counties
communities and individuals"
Discussing the report, the Presi-
dent said it revealed "a grave prob
lem Of great magnitude and COM
plexity"
"The American dream of the
family-size farm, owned by the fam
lily which operates it, has become
more and more remote.
'The agriculture ladder, on which
an energetic young man might ascend
from hired hand to tenant to inde-
pendent owner, Is no longer serving
its purpose"
He pointed out that two of every
five farmers are tenants, while on
some farm lands the ratio is as great
as seven out of every ten farmers.
The tenant population has been
Evening star., 1937-02-16
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, February 1e.-Mrs.
Leonora M. Viel, 37-year-old divoreee,
was found in her home here today
critically wounded, with q dead man
lying across her body. She told police
she had lain in that position more
than II hours.
Mrs. viel had been shot below the
heart. Police officers, summoned TO
the home by phone call from an un-
identified person. quoted her as saying
the shooting occurred about 1890 last
night. She said the slain man was
william Henry Armstrong.
Patrolmen Harry Miller and Orville
Cook, crew of q radio car, and Sergt.
George Dixon responded to the mys-
terious telephone summons. They said
they found the house locked but heard
q woman scream "I've been shot!"
They broke in through rear
window and found Mrs. viel on I >
Evening star., 1937-02-16
Boy, Seized on Mothers Tip,
Admits Part in HOld.Ups
2Others Held, Another Hunted as Gang
IsProbed-Broadcast Describing Red
Haired Bandit Leads to Arrest.

A mothers suspicion that her son
had done something wrong apparently
was confirmed today. as police held the
l9-year-old youth in the belief he was
the "red-haired bandit" who. with
two accomplices, has been harassing
Washington merchants for the last
two weeks.
The suspect-Richard Carl Parks,
69l6 Willow street, Takoma Park, D.
C.-was taken into custody late yes
terday after his mother. Mrs Richard
Morley. went to police headquarters be-
cause she heard radio lookout for a
youth fitting her sons description. He
admitted his part in several hold-ups,
according to Detective Lieut.. John
Fowler.
Two other youths-one of them JOS
Evening star., 1937-02-16
MYSTERY SHROUDS
ATTACK ON WOMAN
Naval Officers Wife GriIIed
in Honolulu After Al
legged Assault.
By the Associated Press,

1y tuc hssOCl&IcQ FISSS.
HONOLULU, February ia story
of assault recalling Honolulu's sensa-
tional Massie case was told and retoid
today by a Navy officers wife under
protracted police questioning.
Mrs. Bennett S. Coping. 24-year-
old wife of q submarine commando,
reported she was dragged from her
hotel cottage across rs feet of open
yard into a garage and attacked.
When DR.. Henry M. Akina, assistant
city-county physician, announced
after two examinations there was no
indication she had been attacked,
police questioned her through last
night into the early morning hours
today.
Will Be Examined Again.
Police Chief William A. Gabrielson
said Mrs. Coping would be questioned
again and that she would be given q
third physical examination.
The young woman, who was born
and reared in the Philippines, where
she married Lieut.. Coping seven years
ago, remained calm under questioning
and showed no sign Of hysteria.
She said, Gabrielson related, that as
she left her hotel room at o'clock
yesterday morning, some hours after
an all-day drinking party Of Navy
folk, man suddenly appeared in the
hallway and seized her by the throat
with both hands.
Mrs. Coping said she lost con-
sciousneSs. She said she recovered
in the garage as her assailant was
leaving, speaking to her solicitously.
Unlike the assault upon Mrs. Thalia
Massie, who said she was attacked
-1See ASSAULT PAGE A-5D
Evening star., 1937-02-16
UNIV. H|TLER|SM'
CHARGEDBY GREEN
Won't Accept 0usting From
Union Without Fight,
He Tells NeWSmen.
By the Associated Press.


William Green, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, today
assailed as "Hitlerism" the order for
his expulsion from his own union, the
United Mine Workers.
Il won't take it lying down." he told
reporters after the Miners Interna-
tional Policy Committee had accused
him of treason" in the General Mo.
tors strike and called on union officials
to take away his membership.
Il have committed no act that
would justify such treatment" Green
said. It think in Germany Hitler
sends them to concentration camp,
doesn't he. when they oppose his will?
Here they expel you from your
union"
John P. Frey. president of the Fed
eration's metal trades department,
stepped to Green's side in the renewal
of battling inside organized labor's
ranks.
THE automobile workers strike was
much more than strike against Gen
eral Motors Corp" Frey said. 1T was
q strike against the American Fedora
ton of Labor and its affiliated inter-
national unions"
The auto strike was supported by
John L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers and head of the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization,
which is seeking to organize workers
in each large industry into a single
union.
Lewis and Green once were close
Icaa GpTEN pare A.2l
Evening star., 1937-02-16
C. &P. PHONE co.
INDICTED IN BETS
Charged With Abetting "Bookies"
in Baltimore Through Un-
listed Telephones.
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, February 16.-The
grand jury indicted the Chesapeake
g. Potomac Telephone Co. today on q
race-bet charge. Bail was fixed at
$1,000.
The indictment was on the usual
printed form with Is counts, charging
violation of the law by possession,
maintaining on premises and other
types of violations.
Judge Eugene O'Dunne yesterday.
in pointing out testimony at an alleged
gambling law violation trial of six
unlisted telephones of the defendant,
said any one aiding and abetting the
commission of q misdemeanor is
principal in tAs offense in the eyes OF
the law. -
Evening star., 1937-02-16

NATIONAL.
Sloan and Knudsen files stripped"
committee is told Page Al
General Motors and union meet for
peace parleys. Page Al
McCarran pushes Senate action on
Retirement plan. Page Al
Green assails U. M. w. expulsion order
as "Hitlerism." Page Al
La Toilette committee continues Gen.
eral Motors quiz. Page Al
Mystery wells attack on naval officers
wife. Page Al
G. o. P. vote theft trial opens in
Kansas City. Page AS
President to probe dismissal of colored
midshipman. Page AS
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Masked man takes pocketbook under
cover of fire. Page Al
Worried mother causes arrest of al
legged red-haired bandit. Page Al
President dubs Farley "46-to-2 Jim"
at party love feast. Page Az
Farnsworth awaits sentencing in espio-
mage case. Page Az
D. c. bar blasts Presidents judiciary
plan in resolution. Page A.4
Three TRUSTEES flee Occoquan Work.
house in prison truck. Page AT
Karl William Corby leaves bulk Of
estate to wife. Page AS
Engineer and van driver die as crash
derails train. Page As
D. c. Alley Dwelling Authority and
park funds approved. Page B-1
House group considering new budget
procedure for D. C. Page B-I
Col. Cooper's malicious prosecution"
suit dismissed. Page B-I
Licensing Of hookmakers suggested as
blow at racing bill Page B-1
McCarran to press for early hearings
on pay bill. Page B-l
Civil Service extension debated by
House committee. Page B-l
Evening star., 1937-02-16

eph S. Daneri. 21, of ia Quincy place
northeast, believed by police to have
been the driver for the gang-are un-
der arrest. while a fourth. who fed
from his home last night, leaving a
collection of rifles and revolvers be-
hind, is being sought.
Every available detective was out
looking for the bandits yesterday when
Mrs. Morley, her face lined with
worry. appeared at the ofice of De-
tective Chief Bernard W. Thomp-
son. who had been directing the off,
GERS working on the case.
Nervously, Mrs. Morley told the
detective chief she was afraid her son
had been using narcotics and she was
(See BANDIT, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-02-16
26NAT|ONS AGREE
TO ISOLATE SPAIN
AND END WARFARE
International Committee Ap.
proves New Proposal for
"HandS.off" Policy.
DEADLINE SET FOR BAN
ON AID FROM OUTSIDE
Plan of Accord Hastened When
Italy and Germany Show
Favorable Attitude.
BACKGROUND


While Spanish factions are bat
tling In apparent deadlock in ciuil
,0ar strife, begun last July, leading
nations again are pressing hands
OF" policy. The first non-inter-
pention attempt failed to satisfy
England and France because OF
evidences OF outside aid being giuen
tnSurgent forces. Suspicion espe-
cidlly tDds cast to Italy and Ger
many after repeated reports that
troops from both nations haze been
Observed in conflict in Spain. Berlin
and Rome denied such charges.
Yesterday Premier Blum issued
Uirtual ultimatum to Italy that
France no longer iDould tolerate
open inuasion OF Spain. This re-
suited in immediate calling OF ses-
sion of International Non -Interuen-
ton Committee.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
CHURCH VICTORY
SEEN IN GERMANY
Full CapituIation Indicated
by HitIer's Restoration
of Election Control.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Resignation teD days ago OF
Retch's Evangelical Church Coun-
Gil, designated by Noxi officials to
coordinate the church, brought
to head aneD Germdny's conflict
betUeen church and state which
has been going on since 1888, Uhen
Chancellor Hitler appointed an
army chaplain, Rer. LudUie Muel-
Ter to bring the church in line.
-Four years OF conflict, church
observers say, haze brought the
oppositional Confessional Synods
closer together.
z, the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February l6.-Full capitu-
lation of Nazis to rebellious Protestant
ministers was indicated today by Adolf
Hitler's restoration OF control to the
Evangelical Church electorate.
If the decree was carried out In &C.
cordance with an Interpretation at
tributed to the Deutsches Nachrich-
tenbuero. the official German News
Bureau, it would mean the first major
defeat for Hitler in his determination
to bring all phases Of life under totali-
tartan control Of the Nazi party.
In the face Of a reported resurgence
Of opposition to dictatorship in church
afiairs-which already has caused
ministers to suffer persecution-the
Reichsfuehrer empowered Hans Kerrl,
reichsminister for church affairs, ito
prepare for an election of a general
synod" to direct Evangelical Church
affairs.
Hitler admitted failure of a Reicn
committee to bring about unity in the
German Evangelical Church" His
overture yesterday from his Berchtes-
gaden retreat near Munich would
make partial peace on a front that
has presented most persistent threats
to Nazi rule.
The semi-ofilcial Interpretation ad.
mitted no defeat. however, but rather
(See CHURCH. Page A-30
Evening star., 1937-02-16
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, February l6.-Conferees
OF General Motors and the United Au-
tomobile Workers in a two-hour meet
ing today laid the groundwork for ne
gotiations they expect will settle the
final points at issue in the recent
widespread automotive strikes.
The first actual negotiation, they
decided, will be on the setting up of
machinery, nationally and locally, for
the handling of grievances brought to
attention of corporation officials by
union representatives.
Authoritative sources said the union
officials had been assured that General
Motors would move, as soon as neces-
sary arrangements can be made, for
dismissal of injunctions obtained by
the corporation against sit-down
strikers and union leaders.
William S. Knudsen, executive vice
president of General Motors, said the
conferees had made a preliminary
survey of the demands outlined BY
Homer Martin, union president, in a
letter January 4.
Will Meet Daily.
The confereeS agreed to meet daily
at 10 am. and 2:30 pm. CE. S. To,
each side to be represented by three
officials, although others may Join the
group at times.
Representing the U. A. w. A. regu-
larly will be Wyndham Mortimer and
Ed Hall, vice presidents, and John
Brophy, director of the Committee
for Industrial Organization. The cor
poratlon's representatives were not an
nounced.
Confronting the conferees as they
assembled this morning were six points
omitted in last weeks peace agreement
ending the strikes and paving the way
for return to work of more than loo, 900
General Motors employees.
Martin headed the union delegation
of five, which was the first to arrive in
the conference room on the fifth floor
Oh the General Motors Building here.
Knudsen and four associates joined
them about the massive mahogany
conference table and took positions in
the huge armchairs arranged in the
room, shortly after 1890 am. EAST
ern standard time).
Extended Parleys Doubted.
The General Motors executive has
expressed belief a settlement of dis
puted points would not require ex-
tended conferences. A principal
source of difficulty in an agreement
may be the differing views of corpo-
ration and union on which issues may
be negotiated on q national basis and
which General Motors considers must
be settled by individual managers of
its SO automotive units.
In the letter to corporation execu-
Evening star., 1937-02-16
Ey the Associated Press.

LONDON, February 16.-Twenty-
six nations approved a neutrality COM
mittee proposal today to halt the flow
of volunteers and munitions into
warning Spain by Saturday midnight
as rush of military recruits over
the Spanish border apparently de-
veloped In France and Italy.
With the exception of Portugal,
every nation on the international
Hands Of Spain" Committee ratified
the deadline set for midnight Febru-
ary 20. They also accepted a super
visory enforcement plan to become
effective March 6.
The committee delegated the Portu-
guese question to it's subcommittee
which last night handed down the
recommendations.
The chanceneries of Europe
breathed easier as Germany and Italy
fell into line at surprise subcommit-
tee meeting last night. They joined
England, Russia and France in
stamping approval on a determined
plan for isolation after French Am
bassador Charles Corbin warned that
his government no longer would tol-
crate interference in Spain.
Three Recommendations Made.
The subcommittee, with only Spain's
peninsula neighbor, Portugal, dissent
ing, made three recommendations for
ending the threat Of the civil con-
flict's spread across the Pyrenees to
the rest of Europe.
l. Midnight of February 20 to be
the deadline for each country to ban
its voluntary aid to either Spanish
faction.
2. The same date to mark compile
tion Of the committees plan to stop
shipment Of both men and guns to
Spain.
3. An agreement to put the super
visory plan into effect by March 6.
The decisions were reached after
France delivered a virtual ultimatum
to her fellow committee members to
end their pickering and warned Italy
she would not stand for open in
vasion of Spain" The decisions meant
26 powers were ready at last to lace
q tight sanitary Gordon" around
Spain.
Portugal Opposition Ignored.
The five major powers of Britain,
France, Russia, Germany and Italy
ignored Portugal's opposition to
establishment of frontier guards on
her territory and determined to police
(See SPAIN, page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-02-16
c. N. c. AND UNION
OPEN SESSIONS
Setting Up Machinery for
Handling of Grievances
Is First Topic.
BACKGROUND


General Motors strike which
began last December. throuing
more than 100, 900 men out OF ,Dork,
became struggle between John L.
Le,Uis' Committee for Industrial
Organization and great motor firm.
But back of c. !. O.'s entry into
organization OF auto ,oorkers Uere
grievances OF latter against en-
ployers as set forth in letter sent
G. NJ. January 4 demanding better
iOorking conditions, more pay. Also
demanded 1Uas recognition OF United
Automobile Workers OF America as
sole collective bargaining agency
and this became paramount issue.
1t Das settled partially and tempo
rarily by truce of last Thursday,
tGhich provided negotiations to begin
in Detroit today looking toUard
permanent peace.
Evening star., 1937-02-16

PARIS. February 16 R.-The
Chamber Of Deputies voted full powers
to Premier Leon Blum today to regu-
late tariffs by decree until December,
1887.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
Summary of Today's Star

Two House subcommittee join in d. c.
fiscal session Page B.l
Woman is twenty-f1rst traffic victim
Of year. Page b.
Evening star., 1937-02-16

(See STRIKE, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1937-02-16

(see FARM TENANCY, Page A-23
Evening star., 1937-02-16

(See ASSAULT, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1937-02-16
Blum Given Tariff Power.

(See CHURCH, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-02-16

(See GREEN, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1937-02-16

(See BURGLARY, page A-4.)
Evening star., 1937-03-06
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