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Evening star., 1937-05-10
SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
BURNS PIER, HURTS
$200,000 Blaze May Shoulder for
Days, Fire Chief Says-35
Companies Called.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. May l.-Seven
f1remen we're injured slightly today
while battling stubborn underpier
blaze, which Chief Charles j. Brennan
said may shoulder for days" Dense
clouds of smoke rolled along the citys
south water front.
The most seriously injured fireman
suffered dislocated hip. Twenty-Five
or thirty were treated at the scene
by ambulance crews after being nearly
overcome by smoke
Chief Brennan said the fire was con-
fined to creosoted piling under piers
so and SOFA, leased by the States
Steamship Co. He estimated the dam
age at 100000. This included water
and smoke damage to cargo piled on
the piers.
Answer the four alarms were 35 COM
panies, 2 flreboats and more than $50
men.
A tug pulled the Alaska Packers As
sociation's freight ship, the Delarof.
to safety after its gang plank burned
away. No other vessel was in danger.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 10.-The United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals today
ruled unanimously that Charles e.
Mitchell, former president Of the Ma
tional City Bank Of New York, must
pay $72s, ,709s4 taxes on his income
for the year 1929
In his tax return for the year 1929
Mitchell deducted $2,s72, ,305 so, which
he claimed was loss incurred by him
through the sale of 18,300 shares of
National City Bank stock at 1912 a
share to his wife.
In the Circuit Court OF Appeals de-
cision, written by Judge Augustus N.
Hand and concurred in by Judges
Thomas w. Swan and Harrie B. Chase
it was set forth:
There was ample evidence that the
sale of 18,300 shares of stock to Mrs.
Mitchell did not represent a genuine
transaction, but was prompted by the
realization by Mitchell, during the
year, Of an income from which some
loss had to Be deducted II the payment
OF . hu0s tax was 70 b avoided"
Evening star., 1937-05-10
Spy RING PROBE
URGED IN SENATE
Investigation of Franco and
Fascist Activities De-
manded by Nye.
BY the Associated Press.

Senator Nye, Republican, Of North
Dakota urged in the Senate today an
investigation of what he called a spy
ring in this country serving the
Spanish Gen. Franco and his Fascist
state"
Nye filed with the Senate transla-
tions Of letters which he contended
showed former Spanish diplomats and
members of a New York shipping firm
we're involved in activities which
violate and threaten American neu-
trality"
Names Former Officials.
Naming former Ambassador Juan
Francisco de Cardenas and two for
mer officials of the Spanish Embassy
here. Nye said they have carried on
in a way to indicate that they con-
stituted the clearing house for the
Spanish insurgents in the United
States"
Nye suggested that the proposed in
veStigation should include "all agencies
foreign to our country which are par
ticipating in the present struggle to
win American favor for one cause and
another As represented in the lines
drawn in Spain"
Cardenas, Nye said, was Ambassa-
dor to the United States until 1894
and added he and perhaps others
representing pretended foreign
state not recognized by our Govern
ment. appeared to be in our midst
through the grace of diplomatic
passports"
Certainly it is not American de-
sire to have the alleged activities car
ried on by men who are here upon
our own diplomatic invitation" he
said.
Names Headquarters.
Nye said Cardenas had headquar-
ters at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New
York and asserted Jose de Gregorio
former secretary of the Spanish En-
bassy here, and T. Matoes, a former
embassy chancellor, were Associated
WIN MIN.
Nye said "it is my information" tha,
neither Manuel Diaz nor Marcelinc
Gracia, members of the shipping firm
he named were citizens of the United
States. He expressed belief their &C.
tivity subjects them to deportation
The Spanish freighter Mar Canta.
brico. which sailed in January from
New York with supplies for the LoyaLs,
government, was "spied upon by agent.
who were reporting to Garcia and Diai
in New York, who were in turn re.
porting to higher-up agents of tn.
Gen. Franco forces" Diaz asserted.
One letter by Garcia and Diaz. Nyt
told the Senate, expressed regret ther.
was no speedy armed ship" in the
Strait of Yucatan to capture vessel.
carrying supplies from Mexico to tn.
Loyalists.
Such an armed ship, the letter sug
gested, might be provisioned in Guate.
mala.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
SON REPORTS MOTHER
KILLED WIFE AND SELF
Shotgun Used in Farm Tragedy
Near Seymour, Ind.-1nfant
Made Orphan.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SEYMOUR. 1nd.,, May 1o.-Charles
Hunter informed Coroner Leon Shaver
that his mother, Mrs. Henly Hunter,
shot and killed his wife today and
then ended her own life.
The coroner said he was told the
elder Mrs. Hunter killed her daugh-
ter-in-law with shotgun and fired at
her son, but missed him. She then
turned the gun on herself.
The shooting occurred at farm 6
miles south of Seymour.
Mrs. Charles Hunter was the mother
Of q 9-month- old baby girl
Evening star., 1937-05-10
Mothers Day Goes
Without an Arrest
AT Headquarters

Crime stood still yesterday as
far as police headquarters was
concerned.
For the 24-hour period not a
single arrest was made by officers
and detectives operating from
the departments central bureau.
Although a one-day lull like
this is not unprecedented, Detec-
tive Chief Bernard w. Thompson
said 1t was very unusual"
Evening star., 1937-05-10
JAPANESE WARNED
WAR MAY BE NEAR
Navy Pamphlet Urges All to Rise
to Defense of Empire, if
Needed.
~ the Associated Press.

~ Io0 AB8OCl&LSQ 1IGB8.
TOXIC, May 10.-Declaring that a
situation similar to that preceding
the Russo japanese War existed, the
Japanese Navy today urged all Japan
to rise again to the defense of the
empire II challenged.
Hundreds Of thousands of copies
were printed Of new navy pamphlet
which will be distributed May 27 in
commemoration of the japanese naval
victory In the battle Of the Japan Sea-
With a treatyless era inaugurated, 4"
the pamphlet said "the uneasiness at
present prevailing in Eastern Asia and
the Pacific constitutes just as critical
Q situation for Japan as that before
the opening Of the Russo-Japanese
War.
"Our Navy now Is confronted by
the sheer necessity of making Japan's
national defense secure in the midst
OF worldwide naval expansion.
TT is certain If Japan should pursue
the wrong policy during this extraor-
dinary situation all our great achieve
ments In the Japan Sea will be WORTH
loss.''
Evening star., 1937-05-10
Merrill Lands at Croydon
after 2l-H0ur Ocean FLIGHT
Radio Trouble Hats american Plane
at North Weald Airdr0ne
Feu Minutes.
Neither showed the slightest sign

Neither showed the slightest sign
Of fatigue.
Merrill popped out Of the plane
frst and was rushed by a woman
admirer, who planted three resounding
kisses. He took some minutes to re-
move the lipstick and remarked it was
a pretty tough trip"
I'VE flew blind" he asserted, "the
entire way"
Both flyers said they felt fine and
expected to land back in New York
Thursday.
The first land they saw, Merrill
said, was the southwest corner of Ire
land. An air ministry official greeted
the flyers and gave them an unusual
grant. permission to fly anywhere they
desire while in England
The girl who kissed Merrill was
Dorothy Daye, American correspond
(See MERRILL. Page A-5)
Evening star., 1937-05-10
Woman, T,vo Babies and Girl
End 2.OOO.MiIe Hitch-Hike

day journey, she said. after Cleveland
officers arrested her husband Alex In
connection with the hijacking Of
merchandise truck here April Is.
Calarco. arrived by train in custody
Mrs. Calarco said the journey cost
only $475. She said she started with
$375, men engaged in dice game at
Forth Worth, Tex. contributed SITS
as the travellers passed and motorist
added 81 On reaching Cleveland,
Mrs. Calarco's purse contained SITS.
I'VE brought food that lasted long"
abs said. Bread and peanut butter
sandwiches served us for meals. had
. thoemos hott3a 10 TIE babies nadIE. I"
Evening star., 1937-05-10
Ry the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, May l0.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Calarco, %. rested today at police
headquarters after, she said, complet-
ing 2,000-mile hitch-hike from
Silver City, N. Mex, with her two
babies and . l6-year-old companion.
The two children-Marie Antoinette,
2, and John william, Z months-and
Joyce Shelf of Silver City, were placed
in = detention home when Mrs.
Calarco applied to police upon being
refused aid, shs said. by . Cleveland
aunt.
1ho Goung uotaaag nnAdD the ~
Evening star., 1937-05-10
By the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD, May l0-The omin-
Gus threat of film actors strike, with
production paralyzed. theater pro-
grams curtailed and Sl,750,000
weekly pay roll In the movie capital
stopped, gave way today to working
agreement between producers and the
Screen Actors Guild.
Six of the nine major studios granted
the primary demands of the guild for
guild shop, improved working con-
ditions and better pay for extras.
Heads Of these studios-R-K-O, Para
mount, NON, Universal, Columbia
and Twentieth Century-Fox-also
promised to bring the three others
into line.
Samuel Goldwyn. connected with
United Artists. issued statement in
which he said: Il am shocked to
find that my name is not included in
the list. have never and will never
be an enemy Of the fair demands Of
labor"
The Actors Guild, meeting in the
ramshackle Hollywood Legion Fight
Stadium, heard the concessions with
mighty shout of approval from
10000 throats, accepted its commit
tees proposal to continue negotia-
tions, and invested it's representatives
with power to call walkout against
the differing studios unless they fall
into line quickly.
Nationwide Boycott Hinted.
1--WE have an agreement with the
producers but it has not yet been COM
mitted to a full contract" Guild
President Robert Montgomery an
nounced to the meeting.
Charles Lessing, head Of the Fed
Grated Motion Picture Crafts, said
the tentative agreement between the
studios and the actors would not halt
picketing by his II unions.
Unless we get an answer from the
producers by noon today" Lessing
said, I'VE will call Nation wide boy
colt of motion picture theaters. We
will concentrate that boycott in the
industrial centers.
"All Questions Settled"
Montgomery told the guild meeting
that the producers had agreed to abol-
ish the $320-a-day minimum for
extras, to pay a $3.50 minimum for
extras doing mob stuff" which re-
quires no speaking lines; to increase
by 10 per cent the pay Of extras now
getting $3.50 to SIS day, and to
make available to the guild the full
records of the Central Casting Bureau
where the vast majority Of the extras
get their employment.
Preceding the guild vote accepting
its committees program, Ralph Nor
gan advised the membership to stand
by your guns until the agreement Is
actually signed"
Joseph M. Schenck, chairman of the
producers Special Committee, has
transmitted to the guild a forma,
statement saying that "All important
questions discussed by the COMMITTEES
representing the motion picture pro.
ducers and the film actors have beer
settled satisfactorily"
Evening star., 1937-05-10
Summary of Today's Star

FOREIGN.
Nye charges Fascist espionage ring"
In United States. Pare Al
Million visitors throng London for
coronation Pare Al
Italy said to have designated British
reporter for expulsion. Page Az
Defense Council is set up by Basque
government. Page Az
NATIONAL.
Mitchell, former bank president, loses
tax case appeal. Page Al
bill substitute. Page Al
Hindenburg fire burst from top Of ship,
probers told. Pare Al
Merrill plane overdue at Croydon in
fog and rain. Page Al
Probable action on economy this week
i seen. Page Al
Appeals Court upholds P. w. A. in
power fund dispute Paxe Al
Strike threat OF $4,000 steel workers
growing critical" Page Al
Raskob-Du Pont income tax case
enters second week. Page Al
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY,
Abattoir opponents lining up for fight
tomorrow. Pare Al
Commissioners wind up tax program
study. Page Al
Grayson addresses nearly 1000 Red
Cross workers Page Az
S. E. c. suggests regulatory legisla-
ton. Page Al
Water system repair item cut from
supply bill. Page Az
son Davis. Page As
High school cadets open annual COM
petitive drills. Pare B-l
jordon dtschaxVss. Holsvurth from
SO0D ssse. 4 Feee 49,
Evening star., 1937-05-10
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CROYDON A1RDROME, England,
May 10 (P.-The American corona
ton flyers, Dick Merrill and Jack
Lambie, landed at Croydon at 6:38
pm. Q2:38 pm, E. S. T) to complete
the eastward leg Of an ambitious
transoceanic flight that may put them
back in New York by Thursday
They had landed sfirst at North
Weald Airdrome, Is miles outside
London, to repair damaged radio ap-
paratus and then sped on to land
here 81 hours minutes after the take
off from Floyd Bennett Field in New
York Sunday
A large crowd geeeted them upon
their arrival
The pair planned to pick up pic
lures Of coronation day and fly back to
New York after the ceremonies We'd
nesday.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
NORTHLAND REFLOATED

Norfolk Steamer Pulled OFF Mud
Bank at Port Matthias.
BY the Associated Press.
The steamer Northland of the Nor
folk g. Washington Line was hoated
today from the Potomac mud flats at
Point Matthias. near MorgartoWn,
Md. where the ship grounded Friday
night.
The salvage ship Willett and the
barge Commander, operated by the
Merritt Chapman & Scott Co, as
sisted in floating the Northland. which
got o6 At s am.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
NEW SENATOR SEATED

Maj. Berry Succeeds Bachman
From Tennessee.
Maj. George L. Berry took Office to-
day as United States Senator from
Tennessee. He succeeds the late
Nathan L. Bachman of Chattanooga.
Senator McKellar, his senior COL
league from Tennessee, escorted Berry
to the rostrum, where Vice President
Garner administered the oath.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
TO OFFER
COURTS SMEASURE
Thinks Amendment Would
Clear Up Matter in 2 or
3 Weeks.

BACKGROUND
When fight first broke IN Senate
ouer Presidents plan to add a
maximum OF sir neU justices to the
Supreme Court unless present MEM
bers over 20 retire, opposition lead
ers ,Oere resigned to flibuster as
a last resort in stallin0 of pote
on the bill Capitalization OF SEN
timent after protrdcted hearings by
the Senate Judiciary Committee,
hoDeper, has convinced them they
,O,ll haze enough totes to defeat
the bill, resulting in the determine
tion to resist any compromise that
Dould "in1pair the integrity OF the
court,
Evening star., 1937-05-10
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

With interest centered in = proposed
new income tax plan, the Comms-
sioners were scheduled to meet this
afternoon with their own tax commit
tee to put the finishing touches on a
program Of taxation for the coming
fiscal year that will keep the District
from running into debt Of at least
Sc, 200 900.
Earlier in the day Corporation
Counsel Elwood H. Seal completed .
tentative draft Of the proposed income
tax bill, which, If approved by the
Commissioners, will be submitted to-
morrow to the special tax subcom-
mittee of the House District Commit
tee.
AS predicted, the proposed income
tax plan closely follows the set-up in
one of the nine Collins tax bills now
pending before the House tax sub
committee Estimates disclose it will
raise approximately $2,500,000 a year
by dipping into the incomes Of ap-
proximately 100000 individuals, as
we'll as corporations, estates and
trusts
Every person whose income Is
earned in the District-minors and
aliens. as well as non-residents and
members OF Congress-would be re-
quired to pay the tax. The only ex-
ceptions would be the President and
members Of the Federal judiciary, who
are exempted from taxation by the
Constitution.
Graduated Rate Scale.
The proposed bill provides for a
graduated scale of taxation rates SIM
liar to that in the Collins income tax
bill. Exemptions for single persons or
man and wife not living together
would be $1,000 Married persons
living together would receive an ex-
exption of s2,500 A $400 exemption
would be allowed for each dependant
The tax rate would be as follows:
Two per cent on the first $1,000 above
exemptions. per cent on the next
81 1000, 4 per cent on the next $4,000,
per cent on the next $4,000, per
cent on the next $4,000 and per cent
on the entire balance.
Another feature Of the Collins in
come tax bill embodied in the pro-
posed measure would give credit to
| non-residents for income taxes paid
In their respective States. For in
stance, il resident Of Virginia, who
ICoo ma VIC nnn. 9N
Evening star., 1937-05-10
HOME RUN IS FATAL

Player Falls Dead of Heart At
tack Due to Exertion.
CHICAGO, May 10 P).-Leonard
Bruno, jr., IA, knocked home run
in sandlot base ball game near his
home, circled the bases and sat down
on a bench to rest. A moment later
he fell dead. A physician today as
cribed his death to heart attack
induced by overexertion.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
Wilhelm Henie, IS, Parent Of
Sonia Henie, III a Week.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, May 10 (P).
Wilhelm Henie, IS, father Of Sonia
Henie, screen actress and former
world champion skater, died at a hos
pital late yesterday Of blood clot
on the lung.
He had been i'll week. At his
bedside were his wife, the actress, and
her friend, Tyrone Power, screen
actor. Henie, q native of Norway,
recently had filed his first citizenship
papers here.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
POWER
PLANT GRANTSOF
P.W.A.ARE UPHELD
Private Concerns Are Denied
Right to Question Funds
to Cities.
COURT FAILS TO SEE
ANY INFRINGEMENT
Ruling Made in Suits of Alabama
and Iowa City Companies
on Appeal.
BACKGROUND

IL OIIO y ~ u
Program OF administration TO es-
tdohsh "yardstick" rates By fnanc-
ing municipal power plants ha,
been challenged by pouer COM
pan,es in Uell over so injunction
suits, most OF them brought here.
TWo decisions by United States Cir
cut Courts OF Appeals hare been
favorable to the Government. The
Duke PoUer Co. case, the sole one
to date to reach the Supreme Court.
uas renanded for retrial uithout
q ruling on its merits.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
FALLS SIX STORIES
Woman, 45, Survives as Wire
Screen Breaks Force.

Screen Breaks Force.
NEW YORK, May 10 P.-A As
year-old woman, Alta Rose Lee. today
survived six-story plunge from the
window Of her room in a Broadway
hotel
She was still conscious when taken
to a hospital. She landed on the
stained glass roof of the cocktail
lounge and lobby. A wire screen
stopped her fall
Evening star., 1937-05-10
BY WILLIAM S. TARVER,

The right Of private power COM
panles to question the constitutionality
of financing by the Federal Govern
ment OF construction of municipal
electric systems was denied TODAY bv
the United States Court of Appeals
in ruling involving suits by the Ala
bama Power Co. and the Iowa CITY
Light & Power Co.
Should the Supreme Court consent
to review the local courts decision. its
ruling probably will be the first final
adjudication on this question.
No infringement Declared Shown.
Refusing to consider the constltu-
tionality of the statues under which
the public works administrator has
made loans and grants to municipal-
ties for power plant construction. or
the administrators authority under
the statutes to make such ALLEGATIONS,
the court held that private utilities
cannot show any infringement of legal
or equitable rights which would give
them a standing in court.
The plaintiffs are not in a position
10 question the source from which
the municipalities may derive the
funds TO construct their plants,
whether 1t be lawful or unlav vful"
stated Associate Justice josiah A. Van
Orsdel, speaking for the court.
These utilities have no exclusive
| franchise to furnish electricity to
| fheee rpupicipo 1jtioe W. ao,x.
tinued. 1T is conceded that the NUM-
cipalities may lawfully compete with
the plaintiffs. The fact that. in
furnishing the funds which will en-
able the municipalities to engage in
such competition, the administrator
may have exceeded his authority, or
may have acted under an unconstitu-
tlonal statute. does not affect the
situation, The thing that affects the
plaintiff is the competition, and that
is lawful"
Two Injunction Suits
The courts ruling was made In two
| injunction suits by the Alabama Power
Co. and one by the Iowa City Light
| ~ ONCl w. 4ll "i4Sli Vic
sought to restrain ALLEGATION of funds
to Florence, Decatur, Sheffield. Tus-
| cumbia. Hartselle, Russellville and
| Guntersville, Ala and Iowa City,
Coralville and University Heights.
Iowa.
With the exception OF limited sale
OF electricity by the City of Sheffield.
the plaintiff companies are the only
agencies engaged in supplying electric
light and power to the cities and
towns named
| The loan and grant" agreements,
under which these municipalities wish
to construct independent light and
power plants, provide for Federal aid
in the construction of the projects
by the United States purchasing
municipal bonds, secured by a pledge
(See POWER, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-05-10

0t<lOAA LCu ny Ill dppC0l 1OI sup"
port sent out today by the American
Planning and Civic Association, pro-
ponents OF the King bill for regula-
ton Of so-called nuisance industries
in the District are planning = visor.
Gus demonstration Of favor before q
Senate subcommittee tomorrow after
noon.
Scheduled to open at pm. In the
Senate District Committee room, the
hearing will be open and will provide
an opportunity for civic leaders
aroused by the permit given to the
Adolf Gobel Co. to construct an abat-
toir in Benning, D. c., to present their
views.
AS this indication OF an effective
display Of strength on the Senate side
developed, support for the proposed
regulation was evidenced within the
House District Committee, where a
companion measure introduced by
Chairman Norton is awaiting action.
A reflection Of the House commit
tees attitude was seen today in COM
ment Of Representative Dan McGehee
Democrat, Of Mississippi, who de-
clared he will give his full support to
legislation to protect residential areas
from any infringement by undesir-
able industries. This intention is
strengthened, he said, by the fact that
there are numerous areas adjacent to
the District and convenient to trans
portation facilities where an abattoir
such as that proposed for Benning
might be located.
That such operations can be dan
gerously detrimental to property such
as that within the District limits has
been demonstrated to him, McGehee
Evening star., 1937-05-10
TRUCE ENDSF|LM
STRIKE THREAT
Six Producers Agree to Set.
tie Actor Demands,
Give Pay Raises.
RACKGROTND-

BACK GROUND
For more than meek strike
OF the Screen Actors Guild has
threatened to tie up another of
the Nations great industries-the
nouies. The 1000 union actors are
seeking closed shop, better work
ing conditions and higher pay.
Also on strike and seeking conces-
sionS OF their oUn are the pdrious
craftsmen Who work behind the
scenes, the members of the Fed
Grated Motion Picture Crafts.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
INCOME TAXPLAN
BEFORE ED.C.HEADS
Tentative Draft to Raise
$2,500,000 Would Affect
100000.
BACKGROUND

BACK hGROUND-
Subcommittee of House District
Committee has been holding hear
ings on numerous measures pro-
posed to meet minimum deficit of
s6,100,0O0 in District revenues, as
indicated by District budget as
passed by the House. Radical re-
piston OF tar structure uas recon-
mended by Chairman Collins OF the
House Subcommittee on Appropria-
tions, uhich framed supply bill.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
FOES Of ABATT0|R
LINE UP FOR FIGHT
Demonstration for Kinq Bill
to Be Made at Capitol
Tomorrow,

BACKGROUND
Issuance by city OF foundation
permit for neW abdttoir in East
Washington last year brought
storm OF protest from civic leaders
and Government officials Denial
OF superstructure permit BY Com
nissioners resulted in suits for
$4,000 each against city heads.
Commissioners later issued building
permit after abdttoir plans Were
REUSED. Fight against abdttoir
then Dds taken to Congress.
Evening star., 1937-05-10
ACTRESS FATHER DIES

(See TAXES, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-05-10

(See ABATTOIR, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1937-05-10

20. u weather Bureau ForecaSt.)
Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow, fair
and slowly rising temperature; gentle
northwest and north winds, becoming
easterly emperatures-Highest, 76. at
6p.m. yesterday; lowest, IS. at ITO am.
today. Full report on page B-6.
Evening star., 1937-05-10

(see HINDENBURG, Page A-4)