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Evening star., 1937-05-08
WOMAN, q, DIES
WITH SON IN BLAZE
LIGHTNING STARTS
Three Generations Flee for
Lives, Unable to Res
cue Pair.
SURVIVORS ARE SAVED
ON ROOF BY FIREMEN
Invalid Great-Grandmother and
Man, Sc, Perish When Trapped
in Belt Road Home.

Her escape cut off by flames as
three generations of her descendants
fled for their lives, Mrs. Louisa
Donaldson, "a, was burned to death
with her son, George, 56, after
lightning struck their home at 5O07
Belt road early today
A deafening crash of thunder
awakened all occupants of the house
when the lightning struck, and they
rushed to bed room doors to find the
stairway and second-foor hallway in
flames.
Mrs. Donaldson, an invalid, was
sleeping in front bed room with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Hazel King, 29,
and her great-granddaughter, Myrtle
Basferd, 10, when the lightning struck.
We opened the hall door and saw
nothing but fire, and then all of us
ran for the window leading to the
roof of the porch" said Miss Basferd.
In the excitement, I guess, all of us
thought grandma was with us, but
as soon as We got on the porch
realized she had been left behind.
tried to climb back in the window.
but the heat drove me away"
Trapped on Roof.
Racing through a torrential rain,
flremen of Nos. IA truck and 81 en-
gine companies heard the screams Of
those trapped on the porch root and
saw their figures outlined against the
flames. Hastily scrambling up lad
ders, the firemen tried time and again
to enter the room in which Mrs. DON
aldson was trapped, only to be driven
back by the intense heat.
The fremen gained entrance first to
the bed room in which George Dom
aldson died. They found him on the
floor near the hall door, apparently
overcome by smoke before he could
start for the window.
A box alarm was sounded immedi-
ately after the first fire companies
arrived on the scene in response 10
telephoned alarms. The whole second
floor of the tWo-story pebbledash
frame house was in flames before the
f1remen could bring their hoselines
into play.
The survivors clustered on the
porch. rain drenching their scanty
nightclothing, lightning flashing over
head and the rumble of thunder
drowning out their screams
Throws Child to Safety.
Mrs. King grabbed her 5-year-old
daughter, Constance. in her arms and
threw her to John Holzwart, "a, Mrs.
DonaldSon's grandson, who had
jumped from the porch.
Holzwarts mother, Mrs Matilda
Holzwart, SIS, with whom Constance
had been sleeping, reached the ground
on ladder raised by A. R. Bates, 5013
Belt road.
Firemen helped Mrs. King and
(See FIRE, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Italy Bons British Newspapers
And Boyc0tts Coronation Ne,us
Only Three Publications Excluded, as
Au Correspondents Are Ordered
Home From London.

An official press communique said
the action was taken because "of the
attitude of nearly all the British press
against Italy and 1taly's armed
forces"
The three British papers excepted
from the ban are the Daily Mail, the
Evening News and the Observer. The
exclusion orders are effective until
further notice.
Several London papers, including
the Daily Herald and the News Chron-
lcle, have been banned for several
weeks because their liberal policy is
considered hostile to the Fascist state
However, general ban on almost
the entire English press is regarded as
(See ITALY, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-05-08
HOUSE TO BACK
RELIEF PROGRAM
Rayburn Predicts Favorable
Vote on Presidents
Estimate.
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

The House will stand by the Presi-
dents Sl,500,00O,00 relief estimate
despite the movement that has devel-
oped to cut it by third, Represent
ative Rayburn of Texas, the Demo-
cratic floor leader, predicted today, as
the Appropriations Subcommittee pre-
pared to begin deliberations Monday.
Meanwhile, Senator OMahoney,
Democrat, of Wyoming. without in
dicating how much he thought should
be provided for the coming year, said
Congress should begin soon to con-
slider basic legislation to solve the
permanent phase Of the unemploy-
ment problem.
Representative Boland Of Pennsyl-
vania, majority whip. joined in Ray
burns prediction regarding the action
Of the House, but was not SO optimis-
tic that the Budget Bureau figure
would be reported from committee.
Woodrum Wants Billion.
Representative Woodrum of Virginia,
chairman of the subcommittee ham
ding the relief bill, said at the out
set of the hearings this week he
thought s1,ooo,ooooOo would be am
pie for the coming year
AS chairman of the subcommittee
| which handled the indepedent Offices
supply bill, Woodrum launched a sep
arate economy move by asking 80 OF
these independent agencies to go over
their budgets for the coming year ano
see where savings could be made. He
made known today that he has re-
ceived encouraging replies from more
than half of these bureaus. The in
dependent Offices bill called for about
$500, 100000.
Basic Legislation Needed.
Senator O'Mahoney said he thought
the job situation is getting back tt
where it was before the crash, but
declared there will be millions per-
manently unemployed unless some
basic legislation to meet this eco
nomic problem is worked out.
The Government, he said, cannot care
Indefinitely for this non-emergency
unemployment situation. OMahoney
said he plans to wait until the relief
bill reaches the Senate before decid-
ing how much should be appropriated
for the coming year. He does not
believe an unemployment census would
be worth the cost He said the sta
tistics of w. P. A. and the Labor De-
partment are adequate
Senator Holt, Democrat, of West
Virginia, in a radio broadcast last
night, predicted that Works Prog
ress Administrator Hopkins will, al
the psychological time" announce i'm.
pending cuts in the relief rolls in or.
der to bring pressure on Congress from
the States for appropriation of the
Presidents relief estimate.
Holt declared that if Congress re.
duced the estimate to q billion dol.
lars there would be ample time early
in the next session to decide whether
an additional amount would be needed
to complete the fiscal year.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
WILL CHRISTEN CRUISER

CAMDEN. N. j., May 8 (P).-Miss
Jane Mayo Bowden of Savannah, Ga,
came to Camden today to christen the
cruiser Savannah-third naval vessel
to bear that name-at the yards of the
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
The keel of the Savannah was laid
in May, 1884. The vessel will have a
displacement of 10000 tons and a
water line length of 600 feet. 1t is
expected to be completed and COM
missioned in the Spring of next year.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Summary of Today's Star

Page, Page
Amusements C-2O Music B-4
Art--------- B-3 Obituary. A-l0
Books BE- Radio--- Clio
Church News, Real Estate,
B-5-6-7 C-1 to 8
Comics---- C-13 Short Story Clio
Editorials --A-8 Society Al
Financial ---A-12 Sports C-11-12
Lost & Found -A-3 Woman's Pg.- BIS
FOREIGN.
Italy bans all but three British news
papers. Page Al
Basques holding last defense lines in
desperate fighting. Page Al
NATIONAL.
Hindenburg death toll hits IS; probes
are pushed. Page Al
Favorite in Derby is War Admiral;
$4,000 to attend. Page Al
House to back President on relief fund,
Rayburn predicts. Page Al
Dick Merrill due to hop off for Lon
don today. Page Al
Actors Guild may join Hollywood
hlm strike. Page Al
Solution Of William Desmond Taylor
murder Is foreseen. Page Az
Code message emphasized by Parker
attorneys. Page Az
Senators find industrialist eager to
lose power. Page A-10
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Hypnotic frances help students, says
professor. Page Al
Crime report faces attack in fedora
ton. Page Al
Woman, "a, and son, Sc, perish in
fire. Page Al
Twelve injured in D. G. and nearby
traffic. Page Al
Inauguration Of Southern Industrial
farm program proposed. Page ALL
No further hearings planned in Green
belt labor dispute. Page Al
Eight Air Corps members receive
awardA PsSo Al
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Hypnotic frances Aid College
Students to Higher Marks

becomes putty in the hands of the
experimenter. The depth possible
varies greatly with different persons,
he said. and probably depends on ones
natural suggestibility.
He found the college boys fell into
five groups. The first group could
be reduced to state in which they
were extremely drowsy and could not
open their eyes or lift their arms until
he ordered these actions. The second
group became rigid, lost good deal
of the sensitivity to pain in their
arms, and would obey orders issued
during the trance when they have been
recalled from 1t.
The third group were those In whom
(See TRANCE, Page Aid
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Hindenburg Motor Back-Fired
Nearing Field, Witness Claims

Germ, was at Tennent, about 20 miles
from Lakehurst, when the Hinden-
burg flew overhead.
He was quoted by the newspaper as
having written out this account Of
what he observed and what he told
Rosendahl for one OF its correspond
ents who interviewed him:
stopping my car, I noticed that
the ship was listing to port and trim
ming aft. The rudder was hard
over to the starboard and the ship
was grabbing to port. The aft motor
was intermittently backflring. This
was observed at 4:1o pm. (E. D. T.)
at point near old Tennent Church. -
Evening star., 1937-05-08
21 SEAMEN SAVED
FROM WRECKED SHIP
Crew Had Jumped Into Sea as
Lumber Schooner on Sand
Spit Broke Up.

By the Associated Press.
HOQU1AM, Wash, May 8-Coast
Guardsmen rescued 81 crew members
today from the San Francisco lumber
schooner Trinidad, pounded to pieces
in 60-mile gale miles out in the
Pacific
The seamen jumped into the ocean
when the vessel, lodged all night on a
sand spit, began breaking up.
Grounded miles from nearby
Willapa Harbor, the schooner took a
terrific beating from the sea for more
than seven hours. Then it began to
sink rapidly, and all but the bridge
was under water.
Reports from the tug Ruth E., to
which the rescued men were trans
ferred inside Willapa harbor, were
that none except the second officer
was lost or missing.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
MERRILL TO HOP
FORL0ND0N TODAY
Jack Lambie, Former Army
Air Corps Officer, to
Accompany Him.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Capt. Dick Merrill, peteran air.
mail and passenger pilot, Was born
in Mississippi 50 years ago. Last
year ne feW Harry Richmun, night
club entertainer, on round trip
to England. Jack Lambie, ,uho 1CiH
fly to London Uith him this year. is
a former Army Air Corps officer.
He apas born October s, 1909, in
Camp Do1Dns, Philippine Islands.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 8.-The final
quota of coronation visitors from
America, Capt Dick Merrill and Jack
Lambie, hoped to start today from
Floyd Bennett Field on a nonstop
flight to London. In case of unfavor-
able weather, the start may be delayed
until tomorrow.
Merrill, with record of two At
lantic crossings behind him, said:
Its tough flight and I know it, but
life is like that-and you can't see a
coronation every day. And with Jack
Lambie sitting next to me, up for
ward there, we're going through like
a knife through cheese"
The only thing new in the fight
as far as Merrill is concerned, he said
is that he's flying Lockheed Electra
instead of the big Douglas which he
handles on his regular passenger run
between New York and Miami. Lam
bic is his regular co-pilot.
Praises Co-Pilot.
I'VE think alike" said Merrill
Jack and I don't even have to
speak to let each other know what to
do next"
When Merrill flew Harry Richman
to England last year, they landed in
Wales on the way over and sat down
in Newfoundland on the way back In
both cases, fuel shortage was respon-
sible for missing the goals.
There isn't going to be any shortage
this time" asserted Merrill. We're
going loaded for distance"
The silvery monoplane has been
equipped with 13 gasoline tanks,
capable of giving the ship range of
4,3oO miles. The gross weight of the
ship, fully loaded, is 10000 pounds.
(Cea NEpPJIT Dooa AoA
Evening star., 1937-05-08
H a m m er.Dropping
ROOfer Twice Knocks
Brother Unconscious
BY the Associated Press.

WABASH, Ind, May 8.-TheYe
must be a limit to some things.
Noah and Carl Schlegel were
roofing a house. Carl dropped
his hammer and called down to
Noah, who was on the ground at
the time, to throw the hammer
back up. Noah didn't answer.
The hammer had knocked him
unconscious.
A few days later the men were
roofing another house and Carl
again dropped his hammer.
Throw my hammer up here, :"
he called to Noah, who was
on the ground. Noah didn't
answer. The hammer had knocked
him unconscious.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
BY the Associated Press.

ASBURY PARK, N. j., May g.
The Asbury Park Press today quoted
Kenneth w. Heinrich of Keyport, a
former naval officer, as saying he had
told Lieut.. Comdr. Charles E. Rosen-
dahl of the Lakehurst Naval Air Sta
ton he saw a motor Of the dirigible
Hindenburg back-fire as it flew over
New Jersey before it crashed.
Comdr. Rosendahl said, however, he
understood man Of that name was
among many who sought interviews
with him yesterday to tell their stories.
The Press said Heinrich, now =
marine architect with Z private co.,
Evening star., 1937-05-08
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
Stan Cores pondent OF The Star.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, May 8.
Hypnotic frances of few moments,
which enabled college boys to get
better marks for as much as five years
were described to the Virginia Acad-
emy of Sciences, meeting at the Uni
versity of Virginia yesterday, by DR..
D. M. Allen, professor Of psychology
at Hampden-Sydney College.
So marked were the results that
"B' students became "A" students,
and boys on the edge Of flunking got
passing marks.
Prof. Allen first gets . student as
deeply as possible into the strange
sleep where the will Of the subject
Evening star., 1937-05-08
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, May ga growing
threat OF filmland's high-salaried stars
to join with makeup artists and other
studio craftsmen in strike rocketed
interest today in labor troubles Of the
multi million dollar industry.
Plans for immediate picketing Of
theaters throughout the Nation fur
ther heightened the situation.
Business Manager Aubrey Blair of
the powerful Screen Actors Guild,
which is headed by Robert Montgom-
cry, said 80 per cent of member play
ers polled favored joining the strike
unless producers met guild demands.
The guild, which embraces most of
the big names of Hollywood, is seeking
improved conditions for supporting
players and guild recognition.
The Los Angeles Central Labor
Council voted late last night to place
nine major film studios on the "un.
fair" list. 1t also recommended to
President William Green of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor that the in
iSee STRIKE. Page A-3D
Evening star., 1937-05-08
MANCHUKUOAN RULE
SWEEPINGLY UNIFIED

HS1NKlNG, Manchoukuo, May 8
R.-Sweeping changes In the Man.
chukuoan government were decreed
today on the counsel Of Japanese po-
Htical and military advisers.
The legislative and supervisory
councils were abolished.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
BY the Associated Press,


ROME. May 8.-All but three Eng
llsh newspapers were banned from
Italy today and all Italian newspaper
correspondents In London were ordered
home.
These measures-and a semi-official
press boycott of next Wednesdays
coronation of King George Wis in
answer to what the Italian press has
bitterly termed campaign Of lies"
in British newspapers about Italy,
particularly in regard to Italian de-
feats in Spain.
They also reply to the British ac-
tion in inviting representative of
Halle Selassie, conquered Ethiopian
Emperor, to the coronation.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
.BASQUES HOLDING
LAST DEFENSES'
and.to-Hand Fighting and
Rain of Air Bombs on
Villages Mark Day.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Insurgents under Gen. Mola be-
gan dripe a month ago to crush
Bilbao, Basque capital, ,Dhich Was
filed Nth Loyalist refugees on the
Derge OF starvation. Rescue of the
refugees Was begun uith foreign
ships.
Ey the Associated Press.
ST. JEAN DE LUZ, Franco-Spanish
Frontier, May 8.-The defenders OF
Bilbao fought Gen. Emilio Molas in
surgent invaders today at the bar
ricades of the city, driven back to
their last line of defense.
Desperately the 10000 Basques
sought to hold their semi circular
"Maginot" line of intrenchments, steel
and concrete, protecting the city on
the east, north and south.
In hand-to-hand struggle with
grenades and bayonets on Mount
SOLITUDE, keypoint in the fortifica-
tions. a Basque force was routed from
machine gun nests. insurgent reports
said, and Mola's men drove forward
against the Biscargi Hills, protective
chain between Bermeo and Amore-
beta.
(The Bermeo- o-Amorebieta line runs
roughly, north and south, about II
miles east of Pilhaol
Planes Bomb Villages.
Planes were keyed into the insur-
gents advance yesterday. Bilbao re-
ports said II planes dumped tons OF
explosives into Basque villages and
troop concentrations along the defense
line, killing an undetermined number
of women and children.
The Basques were said in those ad-
vices to have given ground slowly
under the rain of both bombs and
machine gun bullets. Tri-motored
hombers aided the insurgent force
that finally stormed Mount SOLITUDE
yesterday after nearly a week of at
tempts to still the chatter of the
Basques' machine guns.
At least 200 Basque dead Uttered
the slope when the insurgents finally
conquered, Mola's officers said, and
hundreds of prisoners were taken. A
force of Navarro Carlists was re-
ported to have checked a counter
offensive to relieve the besieged noun
tain force.
Tanks Routed by Artillery.
A half dozen tanks sought to check
the insurgents advance at a cross
roads between Guernica and Amor
ebieta but were routed by Mola's ar
tillery. -Four air raids were made over
Bilbao itself.
While Mola thus slowly closed the
interval between his men and the i'm
portant manufacturing city, French
warships massed off the Nervion
River mouth in the Bay Of Bscay to
Evening star., 1937-05-08
NEW FLINT SIT-DOWN
SETTLEMENT is SOUGHT
q. A. W. Demands Company Dis
charge Employe Who Slashed
Member of Union.

BY the Associated Press.
FLINT, Mich, May "a conference
was scheduled for today in an at
tempt to settle dispute that caused
three-hour sit-down strike in Chew
rolet Motor Co. Plant No. 10 last
night.
Robert Travis. organizer for tho
United Automobile Workers of Amer.
lea, said the union demanded that the
company discharge an employe who
slashed union workman.
He said 400 workers in Plant No. 10
began sitdown strike, at 6:15 pm,
when the company refused to dismiss
the employe The strikers left thu
plant at $50 pm, Travis said. No
statement was Immediately forthcom-
Ing from company officials.
The plant does not operate on Sat.
urdav,
Evening star., 1937-05-08

Divorce Bill Goes to Governor,
SACRAMENTO, Calf, May 8 (P).
The signature of Gov. Frank Mer-
r1am was the only thing needed today
to make incompatibility grounds for
divorce in CALIFORNIA; bid for the
business" of adjacent Nevada.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
HIGH PAID STARS
MAY JOIN STRIKE
Guild Manager Says SO Per
Cent of Those Canvassed
Favor Action.
BACKGROUND

BACRGROUND-
Week old strike OF Federated
Motion Picture Crafts. affiliate OF
the American Federation OF Labor.
moued torWard today NTH possi-
bility Screen Actors Guild ,pould
join Udlkout, tying up all Holly
,rood studios by Monday
Guild. headed by Robert Mont
gomery, and claiming membership
by most OF the big stars Of flm-
dom, delayed Joining strike last
Saturday to confer Nth producers.
Better deal for ertras, bit players
and treelance people mill be basis
jor negotiations.
Evening star., 1937-05-08

(See JUSTICE, Page A-ll.)
Evening star., 1937-05-08

(See MERRILL, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-05-08

tSee STRIKE, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-05-08

(See HINDENBURG, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-05-08

%. D. Weather Bureau Forecast0
Fair tonight, tomorrow fair and warm
er, followed by showers and cooler tomor-
row night; gentle winds. Temperatures
Highest, u, at 5 pm yesterday; lowest,
SO, at 5 IN. today.
Evening star., 1937-03-21
CABINET MINISTER
0USTED IN AUSTRIA
internal Security Post Taken Over
by schuschnigg as Nazi
Friend Quits.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VIENNA, March 2O.-Odo Neu-
staedter- Stuermer, arch foe of the
Nazis two years ago, was ousted from
the Austrian cabinet tonight because
lately he allegedly was too friendly
toward Germany,
His post as minister of internal Sc
curity Immediately was taken over by
chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg, whom
Herr Neustaedter Stuermer helped
elevate to the chancellorship in 1894.
The official announcement of the
change said Herr Neustaedter- -Stuer-
mer left the government at the sug-
gestion of Chancellor Kurt Schusch-
nigg"
The special cabinet session at which
the minister was ousted took place
after the chancellorS return from
Budapest, where he talked with Ad-
miral Nicholas Won Horthy, regent
Of Hungary, and Premier Koloman
Daranyi.
Among the topics discussed in Buda-
pest were the question of a restora-
ton of the Hapsburgs and the in
creaSlng nervousness of Austria and
Hungary because of the closer CO.
operation between Germany and Italy
Evening star., 1937-03-21
TRUCE HELD UP
IN RAND STRIKE
Tentative Settlement Ap-
proved by Company, but
Union Delays Action.
Eythe Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 20.-A tenta-
tive plan for settlement of the long
Remington Rand strike, involving
thousands of workers, was approved
informally by company representa-
tIves today but strikers spokesmen
withheld ratification pending further
discussions.
The terms of the truce, drawn up
last Thursday in the Washington
office of Secretary of Labor Perkins,
were not disclosed.
They were accepted, conditioned
upon ratification of Remington-R Rand
directors and the Strike Committee,
by James H. Rand jr., and Arthur o.
Wharton, president of the Interna-
tlonal Association of Machinists.
Informed sources said in Wash
tngton today, however, that the Strike
Committee was not wholly satisfied
with the settlement provisions.
The strike began last May 26 with
union demands for recognition as
the exclusive bargaining agency for
all Remington-Rand production en-
ployes in New York, Connecticut and
Ohio plants.
The affair reached the National
Labor Relations Board, which has
filed with a Federal Circuit Court a
petition asking affirmation of a board
decision ordering the company to re-
inState 1000 workers.
Evening star., 1937-03-21
$40, 1000 BAIL FIXED
IN ALLEGED SWINDLE
John Neville, Alias Heath, Used
Money for Financial Publica-
tions, Police Say.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, March 20.-Authorities
tonight held John Neville. also known
as John Bruce Heath. under $4,000
bail after bringing him from New
York City, where he was arrested for
allegedly swindling investors out Of
about 100000.
Police booked Neville on q charge
Of larceny and lodged him in city
prison. Capt. John A. Dorsey of
Boston police, Detective Sergt. Daniel
/. Murphy of State police and AS
slstant Attorney General Arthur V.
Sullivan brought Neville here late to-
day after he waived extradition.
Neville was reputed operator of the
BaintOn Associates, a financial organ
ization described by the Boston Better
Business Bureau as "a get-rich- quick
scheme"
Dorsey said Neville was charged spe-
officially with theft of s700 from Bos-
ton man, but would also be charged
in cases involving $4,000. The police
captain also said Neville, a former
hosiery and lingerie salesman, alleg-
edly used the money to publish "finan-
cial tipster sheets" in Boston and New
York.