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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-27

The state department of agricul- ture says approximately 240,000 tons of commercial fertilizer were used on Mississippi farms this year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-27
hO Christmas
 For Russians

MOSCOW, Dec. 27 - Christmas was ignored throughout the Soviet Union
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-27

White-tailed deer are said to signal with their tails.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-27

Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office.
Evening star., 1937-04-22
BY PHILIP H. LOVE.

Discovery of an old police "inci-
dental showing that Mrs. Lizzie
Jaynes' own description of the gunman
by whom she was fatally wounded in
no way fits Thomas Jordon, sentenced
to die in the electric chair for the
crime, has caused the Justice Depart
ment to reopen its investigation Of the
case, it was learned today.
Mrs. Jaynes, shot during 4 hold up
of the Garden T Shoppe, 1885 Colum-
bia road, on the night Of April ;, 1881,
gave police description OF her a.
sailant before she realized she had
been wounded. She collapsed in her
apartment about two hours later and
died in Garfield Hospital about 6:ls
am April S.
The old police report, still carried in
an Incidental book" on file at the
second precinct, describes Mrs. Jaynes'
slayer as being about feet TALL" with
gray eyes and fair hair" Jordon,
now in a death cell in the District
Jail, awaiting electrocution on May II,
is feet 6A inches tall and has black
hair and brown eyes.
A teletyped copy of the incidental
also is on file at police headquarters,
along with a memorandum showing
that the lookout broadcast for the
killer and his accomplice described
both men as being about 6 feet tall. u
Although Justice Department ON
cials declined to discuss the case, II
was understood that the police report
was one of several new developments
These included:
/. Statements from several members
Of the jury which convicted Jordon Of
frst-degree murder In March, 1885
Evening star., 1937-04-22
SIMPSON DIVORCE
AGA|NQUEST|0NED;;
WEDDING IN JUNE.
Attorney Expresses Doubt
as to Legality of First
Separation.
HUSBAND NOT BELIEVED
RESIDENT OF VIRGINIA
Baldwin May Be Questioned as
Tentative Dates for Marriage
Are Announced.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 22.-Legal doubt Of
the validity of Mrs. Wallis Warfeld
Simpsons first divorce was raised
again today after friends had dis
closed plans that would make her the
June bride of the Duke of Windsor.
A. Berriedale Keith famous con.
stltutional lawyer. wrote to the Edin-
burgh Scotsman expressing his doubt
that Mrs. Simpson was properly di-
vorced from her first husband in the
eyes OF British law. He again raised
the issue, he said, because a date
for the wedding has been fixed.
Keith urged the government last
month to remove all doubt OF the
marital status Of the woman for
whose love former King Edward VIII
renounced his throne.
Divorced in Warrenton.
Mrs. Simpson was divorced from
Lieut.. Comdr. E. w. Spencer. jr, U.
S. N. in Warrenton, Va, In 1927. Her
conditional divorce from Ernest Aldrich
Simpson was granted at Ipswich
October q and is expected to be made
final soon after April ~.
The only divorces which English
law certainly recognizes as dissolving
marriages effectively for purposes of
status in England are those granted
In the court of the husband S
domicile." Keith declared.
1T seems plain that Mrs. Simpson s
first husband was not domiciled in
Virginia"
The remedy, Keith suggested, would
be for Prime Minister Stanley Bald
win to be asked categorically and to
state if his advisers consider that the
proposed marriage to Windsor is valid.
Would Eliminate Objection.
If Baldwin says yes, Keith declared,
there would be no objection to the
wedding If he says such assurances
cannot be given, the lawyer urged q
special act of Parliament to say that
(See SIMPSON, Page Aid
Evening star., 1937-04-22
PARDON GRANTED MAN
WHO FLED JAIL IN '08
Tennessee Clears Him Of Horse
Stealing Charge After
80 Years.
By tie Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 22.-The
State Of Tennessee handed out par
don today for man who fed prison
70 years ago, but did not disclose the
name by which his neighbors know
him.
The pardon bore the name of Ell
more Rollings, who, the pardon board
said, now is living under an assumed
name. Records show he was convicted
at Knoxville in 1908 of horse steal
ing and escaped after serving five
and one-han months Of a one-year
term.
The board found, and Gov. Gordon
Browning agreed, that Rollings was
not guilty Of the charge upon which
he was convicted"
HE has been tried 20 years and
has ~ade An exemplary citizen"
B. added, II think the ends of
j. N best be served by re-
K lim from the old charge"
- board said Rollings has mar
ried and is living with his wife and
three children in Nashville. He needs
his real identity restored because he
has received or will come into an
estate which amounts to consid-
cradle sum Of money and property"
Evening star., 1937-04-22
Finding of Old Police Report
Re0pens Jaynes Killing Probe

urging that the death sentence be
commuted to one Of life imprisonment
and expressing belief that honest JUS
tice will be done by such action"
2. An appeal to President Roosevelt
for executive clemency by Associate
Defense Counsel John M. Holzworth,
citing both the descriptions of the
bandits given in the incidental and
the Jurors statements.
3. A similar plea by Jordon's former
employer, George L. Goodacre, pro-
prietor Of . chain Of restaurants.
4. Examination Of Jordon by 4
psychiatrist, arranged by Chief De-
tense Attorney Harry T. Whelan in
an effort to prove that the condemned
mans confession-repudiated during
his trial In District Court-was the
result Of severe attack Of chorea (st.
Vitus' danoe).
The jurors statements were In cor
roboration Of one made to Justice F..
Dickinson Let's, soon after Jordon's
trial, by Israel F. Good, who declared
he and at least two fellow veniremen
would not have voted for = FIRST
degree murder verdict had they under
stood the courts explanation of the
District law.
Holzworth's appeal to the President
was accompanied by a copy Of the
incidental, which was carried on the
book over the signatures OF Policemen
T. F. Heide, now retired, and F. j.
Hack. who interviewed Mrs. Jaynes
and other employees Of the restaurant.
The report, in part, follows:
Mrs. Lizzie Jaynes, cashier Of the
Garden + ehoppe, 1885 Columbia
road northwest. reports that about
nm YN3YVH&S
Evening star., 1937-04-22

AS a result of the campaign Of
organized Federal employees for liberal
ization of the retirement act, the ad-
ministration is making a study Of the
subject.
This was disclosed today after q
conference at the White House yes
terday, when President Harry B..
Mitchell Of the Civil Service Commits
sion, together with other members Of
the commission and Acting Budget
Director Daniel W. Bell, spent two
hours with President Roosevelt going
over employment matters generally.
Among the subjects discussed was q
series of recommendations for per-
sonnel Improvement that have been
submitted to President Roosevelt after
survey Of the executive agencies by
the Civil Service Commission.
An agreement has been reached on
several details in the retirement study,
it was understood today, but on two
major items for which the workers are
pressing the decision will await fur
ther examination with regard to cost.
Voluntary Plan Proposal.
One of these is a proposal for VOL
untary retirement after 80 years OF
service; the other, to revise the retire
ment system to provide payments to
the dependent survivor of an an
nuitant-that is, to have the system
cover two lives instead of one.
The Civil Service Commission is pro-
posing a 30-year plan that would be
effective when the worker reaches the
age of so, under which the Govern
ment would have the same right to
enforce retirement that an employe
would have to step out. This. however,
is opposed by organizations which want
the option vested entirely with the
employe.
The commission has figured that its
plan could be administered at q maxi
mum cost of $5,000,O0O annually over
the present system and that, as a mat
ter Of fact, it probably would be self
liquidating either because of the in
creased numbers Of employees who
(See RETIREMENT, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1937-04-22
BY the Associated Press.

0S VIC AbSUClAleQ FleSS.
ST. JEAN DE LUZ, nish
Border, April pa defiant fleet OF
British food ships. under the high
seas guard Of British men-of-war. de-
termined today to smash the Spanish
insurgent blockade Of Bilbao and
provision the near-starving Basque
capital.
While three of the five freighters,
driven to cover here by attacks from
insurgent vessels, got up steam for
the attempt to run the blockade, gov
ernment shore batteries along the Bay
OF Biscay coast started booming at
dawn to swept the turbulent waters
OF insurgent warships.
The food-laden British vessels we're
reported authorized by their owners
to run the gauntlet, despite warning
from the British government, and
were promised an escort OF British
waships to the Smile limit.
At that point, the government shore
batteries and fleet OF small armed
craft will take over the job of fight
ing of insurgent attacks.
Insurgent Ships Driven on.
The first victims of the effort to
prove the way was open to Bilbao
and Its refugee-swollen population OF
100000 were three insurgent trawlers
who came within range of the guns at
Santander just after dawn.
Attempting to raid fleet of fishing
vessels anchored of Lequeitio, they
were driven back by the long-range
coast artillery of the Basques.
1nsurgent sources reported their
ships ranged the Basque coast, Just
off Bilbao, ready to swoop down on
any ships defying their blockade to
Evening star., 1937-04-22
Passport Office Asks Boost
In Staff to Cope With Rush

With SO extra employees already
working in the Division of Passports
at the Department Of State because
Of an unprecedented rush caused by
the British coronation, Mrs. Ruth B.
Shipley, chief OF the division, appeared
before the House Appropriations Com
mittee yesterday to ask for deficiency
appropriation to pay additional help
badly needed.
Never before in its history has the
passport ONCE been 80 busy, Mrs.
Shipley said. With 1871 passports
and renewals Issued In March, IN
increase Of 81 per cent over the same
Evening star., 1937-04-22
AGREEMENT ENDS
TA|LORS STRIKE
New Wage.Hour Schedule
AnnounCed-Return to
Jobs Immediately.

Settlement of the tailors' strike, with
new schedule of wages and hours,
was announced shortly after noon to-
day by Herman Holtznecht, national
organizer of the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers Of America. following a
vote Of the strikers on an agreement
proposed by an Arbitration Commit
tee of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association.
Holtznecht said the agreement af-
fects approximately 200 tailors en-
ployed in speciality stores which sell
ready-to-wear apparel. He added that
negotiations will be started immedi-
ately with six department stores in
volved.
Return to Jobs Immediately.
The tailors returned to work i'm
mediately, Holtznecht said.
The terms of the agreement, which
Haltznecht said the store operators
had accepted, sets the minimum
wage for tailors and pressers at s33 a
(See TAILORS, Page AID
Evening star., 1937-04-22
BRITISH DISCUSS
WAR DEBT PARLEY
Baldwin and Chamberlain
Also BroaChed on Eco.
nomiC Conference.
Ey the Associated Press.

LONDON, April 22.-Britain's pre-
mier and her chancellor of the exche-
quer expressed qualified willingness
today to talk war debt settlement and
| join the other nations in a conference
on the worlds economic perils to
peace.
The war debt statement in the
House of Commons by Chancellor
| Neville Chamberlain was really a re-
iteration of what England already has
told the United States: That Britain
is ready to resume war debt discus
sions when she considers the time is
ripe. Chamberlain did not say that
that time had come, nor would he be
led into a detailed discussion Of pos
sible methods.
Other Farley Favored.
Before the same listeners, Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin asserted that
Great Britain was ready to enter into
a world mutual understanding" con-
ference such as Adolf Hitler this week
suggested President Roosevelt might
call-but only if an investigation shows
conference is likely to succeed. and
if there has been adequate advance
preparation.
Prime Minister Paul van iceland of
Belgium now is trying to find an ap-
proach to solving the internat tional &C.
onomic problems which are considered
major impediments to such matters as
disarmament and lasting peace. He is
acting at the behest Of England and
France and will see President Roose-
welt in June.
Sir Archibald Sinclair, the liberal
leader, was quick to assail Chancellor
Chamberlain for making no provision
for solution of the war debts question.
He declared it was true that New
York businessmen, whilst they do not
expect to be paid in full, resent very
much the cold and callous way in
which the chancellor of the exchequer
has told them: I am not paying, I
am not even discussing it,"
Debts Question Broached.
The war debt question first was
brought up today when Chamberlain
was asked if he was prepared to effect
an arrangement for war debt settle
ment with the United States on the
basis of 50-year loan in America.
This question was asked, by advance
arrangement, by the conservative
Rupert de La Bere.
Chamberlain replied:
"As stated in the note addressed to
the United States on October 13, 1896,
Evening star., 1937-04-22
GEORGIA A. F. OF |.
DIVIDES ON C. /. 0.
Demand That Lewis Spokesman
Resign as Its Head Brings
Break.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, April 22.-The conven-
tion Of the Georgia Federation of
Labor split into two separate meetings
today after representatives of the
American Federation of Labor de-
manded the resignation of A. Steve
Nance, head of the Georgia organiza-
ton.
Frank Dillon, spokesman for Presi-
dent William Green of the A. F. of L.,
demanded from the floor Of the con-
vention that Nance resign or renounce
his Affiliations with the John L. Lewis
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton.
Afterward Nance told newspaper
men he did not resign, but had put
the matter up to the convention"
Dillon then called on all delegates
loyal to the A. F. of L." to 60 with
him to meeting at another hotel.
Evening star., 1937-04-22
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

SIlNNs
Construction of high-speed elevated
highways in the congested sections of
Washington to relieve traffic condi-
tions was advocated today by Engineer
Commissioner Dan I. Sultan at a
nearing before the special tax sub.
committee of the House District Com
mittee.
i am afraid Washington is tagging
behind in looking to the future in
providing high-speed overhead high
ways in congested points," he de.
clared. The situation is getting so
bad We will find ourselves in a critical
situation in few years. am afraid
to put it off many more years. We
had better do it now"
Col. Sultan said he had in mind
elevated highways similar to that
already proposed to be erected over K
street to relieve traffic through George
town to the Key Bridge
Circle Subways Favored.
Col. Sultan also suggested that
money be made available for that
purpose as we'll as for the construc-
ton of underground passes at Dupont
Circle and other critical points.
The discussion Of traffic condi.
tons was suddenly injected into the
tax hearing when Representative Dirk
sen. Republican. of Illinois inquired
If the construction of subways would
improve the situation.
That's a large subject" said Col.
| Sultan. People are talking about
subways without knowing the cost or
anything about them. I feel surveys
should be made to determine where
subways could be located and their
probable cost. First, I believe UNDER
ground passes should be constructed
at Dupont Circle and one or two other
critical points. They could be added
to later
Need for street videnings and other
highway improvements to meet traf-
flc conditions also was stressed by
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, director Of
highways
Meanwhile, Representative Ellen.
bogen, Democrat, Of Pennsylvania, to-
day reintroduced his bill to levy an
income tax on the District, in order
that it may receive consideration
along with the other measures.
Ellenbogen said this action was mo-
tivated because District property
owners "as compared to owners of per-
sonal property pay an excessive pro-
portion Of the expenses Of the District
government.
No Large Bureau Set-up.
my bill provides for the payment
of an income tax but does not set up
large bureau for the assessment and
collection of income taxes" Ellen
bogen continued. 1t assesses per-
centage of the income tax paid to the
Federal Government
If the House District Committee de-
cided upon an income tax, 1T should
adopt the method proposed in my bill
as the most economical and cheapest
Evening star., 1937-04-22
is HELD FOR ILLEGAL
BUILDING MONOPOLY
Ring Alleged to Have Strong.
Arm Control of Public
School Painting.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 22.-Ffteen
persons. alleged members of an illegal.
underpaying contractors monopoly
ring, were arrested today on orders
Of Attorney General John j. Ben
nett, jr.
Among those taken into custody
was Martin Goldstein, whom Bennett
described as a professional thug and
head of q strong-arm gang. Seymour
Magoon, said to be Goldstein's body
guard, also was arrested
The attorney general charged all the
persons arrested with conspiracy.
The so-called ring is alleged to have
established monopoly on public
school painting and decorating In New
York and to have used sluggers to
prevent members Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor from protesting its
activities.
Attorney General Bennett said
Goldstein and mis- men are alleged to
have received approximately per cent
on each Of the total contract prices.
Painters getting the work, Bennett
added, were paid from 81 to 81 for an
eight to nine hour day. whereas the
prevailing rate is 50 for a seven-hour
day,
Evening star., 1937-04-22

father hit him about Is or 80 times"
last Thursday because he had stayed
out beyond his bedtime The boy took
off his coat to show faded bruise on
his arm, which he said was inflicted
by his father
Mrs. Hoffman, diminutive and
auburn haired, testified that Storm
divorced her in March. 1896. and was
awarded sole custody of their son
The father has never attempted to
keep the boy from visiting her, she
said. Under questioning by Jean
Boardman, attorney for Storm, Mrs.
Hoffman said that recently she threat
ened to attempt to have her former
husband deported
In handing down his decision. Judge
tSee SPANKING, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-04-22
Fathers Right to Spank
Child Is Upheld in Court
Judge Mcmahon Dismisses CHARGE
Without Calling Robert E.
Storm to Testify.

Ruling that parent has an undis-
puted right to spank an unruly child,
Police Court Judge John P. McMahon
today exonerated Robert E. Storm, 81,
Of 1851 Columbia road, who had been
charged with assaulting his 1l-year-
old son.
Judge Mcmahon dismissed the case
without requiring Storm to take the
witness stand. He had been arrested
last week on a warrant sworn to by his
divorced wife, Mrs. Margaret Hoffman,
1400 block of r street.
The Government has failed to pro-
duce any evidence to show that the de-
fendant was cruel to his son." Juoge
Mcmahon said.
Storms son, Fred. bright-faced.
precocious youngster, testified his
Evening star., 1937-04-22

month last year, work is nearly double
the seasonal average. In good times,
Mrs. Shipley says, the division counts
on q yearly increase Of around 10 per
cent annually.
Passport agency branches in New
York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston
and Philadelphia report that appli-
cants for passports are forced to stand
in line daily. New York informed
Mrs. shipley that $4,000 persons, most
Of them eager to see the new King and
Queen Of England. were interviewed
(seo PAS8P6RT. PaRa A-20
Evening star., 1937-04-22
BR|T|SHFOODS SHIPS
TO DEFY BLOCKADE
Warship Escort to Smile
Limit Promised Three
Going to Bilbao.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Shift in principal action in Span
ish ctutl ,Odr from Madrid, where
Loydlist forces haue held out nearly
sir months against siege BY Gen.
Franco, to Basque capital of Bilbao,
besieged BY insurgent land and sea
forces, has led to British gouern-
ment's determination to protect its
merchant vessels from insurgents
on the high seas, but not to help
them break the blockade uithin the
3-nile limit
British ships carrying food to the
retugee-swollen population of Biz
bdo Wer. stopped by insuroent pes-
sels en- route to Bilbao and sought
refuge In French port OF St. Jean
de Luz.
Evening star., 1937-04-22

BY the Associated Press.
LEWISTON, Me, April 22-Police
Capt. Joseph Picard today arrested
Powers Hapgood, New England secre-
tary for the Committee for Industrial
Organization, and William j. Mackesy,
c. l. O. director of 29-day shoe
strike involving 6,400 workers and l9
factories in the Lewiston Auburn area.
In addition Ernest Henry, union
organizer, was also arrested. The
three men were seized at their hotel.
A police warrant charged them with
~riotous assault" 1t was issued in
connection with the stoning of State
Police Lieut.. George FolWer, knocked
unconscious yesterday by a stone as
State and Auburn police turned back
1000 strikers at bridgehead
Todays action followed on the heels
of an injunction by Judge Harry
Manser outlawing the strike and
granting temporary injunction
against the strikers, and c. I. o. re-
torts that the court ruling was q
miscarriage Of justice" that meant
nothing"
Troops Patrol City.
Three hundred National Guards
men patrolled Auburn today. hastily
summoned by Gov. Lewis o. Barrows.
Three melees and injuries to half
dozen persons and arrests Of a like
number called them to the scene.
City Manager Frederick w. Ford
fatty asserted that recurrance of such
violence would bring martial law and
more troops ito uphold the police and
the courts"
Gov. Barrows. in sending troops into
the district, declared, Il am prepared
to order out the entire military forces
of Maine to preserve constitutional
authority"
The strike issue revolves around
wages and c. I. o. recognition.
Judge Manser's injunction in effect
held that the c. I. O.-sponsored strike
had been called before vote had been
taken to determine whether or not the
union represented majority Of the
workers and it was, therefore, illegal.
Demands Investigation.
Previous to his arrest Hapgood had
sent a telegram to the La Toilette Sen
ate Civil Liberties Committee in
which he accused Maine manufacture
ers of hiring Boston private detectives.
He asked immediate investigation"
The Shoe Workers Organizing Com
mittee, in a telegram to Secretary of
Labor Perkins, urged every effort to
secure our rights under the Wagner
act which have been arbitrarily denied
us by the courts and police authorities
Of the State ="
Although Auburn was quiet through
out the night after the disturbance at
the bridgehead, Police Capt. John j.
O'Connell said he had arrested six
youths on assault charges resulting
from complaint of an l8-year r-old
shoe worker that he had been bound,
gagged and dumped onto the porch of
his home.
The youth, Alvarez Pelletier, had a
sign tied to his back, the captain said,
reading, Don't scab, you rat"
Two 80-pound concrete uns were
thrown through windows of Peter
Lemieuxs Lewiston home, one mar.
(See STRIKE, Page A-14.)
Evening star., 1937-04-22
GRIFFS AGAIN IDLE

Rain Washes Out Game in New
York for Second Time.
NEW YORK, April % (P)-For the
second straight day rain caused the
postponement Of the game between
the Nationals and the Yankees at
Yankee Stadium.
Today's game was to have been the
final one Of series. The Nationals
will return to Griflth Stadium tomor.
row to open a series with the Phila-
delphia Athletics.
Evening star., 1937-04-22
Typhoon Kills 100.

TOXIC, April 20 (F.-More than
100 fishermen drowned and ITO others
were missing today in the worst
typhoon at the northern japanese
island Of SaRhalien since 1880.