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The Washington times., 1937-10-26
D.C.POL|CE HOLD
ATTACK SUSPECT

Police are holding 27-year-old
white man in connection with the
attempted criminal attack last
night on Nancy Lee Summers, an
attractive 1S-year-old Strayers
Business College student.
The outrage occurred shortly
after 10 p. m. Miss Summers, who
lives in the 5000 block of Seventh
st. N. E., had just left Brookland
trolley at Twelfth Street and
Michigan Avenue Northeast and
was taking a short cut through a
vacant lot to her home.
A man seized her by the arm,
pushed a gun into her back and
commanded:
Don't move or I'll kill you"
Miss Summers broke away and
started to run but was overtaken
and a desperate struggle ensued,
in which she said she tore a hand
kerchief mask from her aSsailant's
face.
The girl told police that she
scratched the mans face and bit
his finger. Taken to Gallinger
Hospital for examination and
treatment, police were assured the
girl had escaped assault.
The man being held at The
Twelfth precinct station was ar
rested by officer w. M. Sanford
of the traffic division, for speeding
on Bladensburg Road Northeast,
shout an hour after the attack on
Miss Summers.
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
CAPITOL STRIKE
s. PEACE PUSHED

In a desperate effort 70 get the
Capitol ready for the special Ses'
sion of Congress next month, Cap
itol officials today conferred with
Department of Justice officers in
an effort to end the strike of 430
steamfitters and other Workmen
engaged in air conditioning the
Capitol building group.
Previous conferences with rep
resentatives of labor, the General
Accounting Office, and the De-
partment of Labor had failed to
bring about a solution.
The strike threatens to leave the
Capitol without heat when Con-
gress reconvenes November is. 1t
was called about two weeks ago
when union steam filters protested
against the use of non-union
craftsmen by a contractor en-.
gagged on a small part Of the $4,-
100000 job.
It was estimated that If the
strike can not be settled within a
day or two, the Capitol will not
be properly heated for Congress.
Air conditioning plans are closely
connected with the heating unit
and failure to have the system
ready would mean that many large
rooms would have to depend on
wood or coal stoves.
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
Mother Cabrinni
Nears SainthOOd

VATICAN CITY, oct. 26
QN.SO.-The Congregation OF
Sacred Rites, presided over by
Pope Plus, today recognized the
virtues of Mother Frances Xavier
Cabrinni, founder of the mission
airy Sisters of the Sacred Heart Of
Jesus, as a preliminary to beatifi-
cation. Validity of the documen-
tation of miracles ascribed to her
must still be discussed.
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
STRIKE KEEPS.
MUTNY SHIP
FROM SAILING
1000 Sailors Plan
March on d. G..

BALTIMORE, Oct. 26.-With ID
members Of the 'mutiny ship"
Algic held in jail here, asserting
they will refuse bail and remain in
their cells until the right of sea-
men to strike has been approved,
q march on Washington by 1000
sailors was threatened.
Meanwhile, the Algic, Govern
ment owned freighter. was SEIZED
uled to sail today, but with union
seamen boycotting the vessel, it
appeared likely the sailing would
have to be postponed unless a non
union crew can be mustered
DEMAND CUSTER
Leaders Of the National Mari
time Union, a c. I. o. affiliate,
were determined to make a test
case Of the Algic situation, and
are demanding the custer Of
Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of
the Maritime Commission, and
Daniel S. Ring, labor relations Of
ticer for the commission.
Joseph CurTan, chief organizer
Of the union, declared that he
may call a march of 1000 seamen
to picket the commission offices
In the Capital. Curran declared:
Were going to show that
Kennedy is not going to put
seamen in jail in an ordinary
labor dispute. We've got to get
rid Of that bird"
Chairman Kennedy was at Hyde
Park, N. Y, and his visit to the
President in view of the threats
Of a general maritime strike as a
result of the Algic case, was re-
garded as particularly significant.
CHARGE CONSPIRACY
The IA seamen, who engaged in
three sit.down strikes on the YES
sci on a recent voyage to South
America, a voyage which was
marked in addition by a murder,
o drowning and a number of de-
sertions, are charged with con
spiracy to deprive the captain Of
the command OF his ship in a
foreign port" as the result Of
strike in Montevideo, Uruguay.
picture on Page p
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seven years ago.
He fled the scenes of his boy
hood and assumed his widely pub
licized alias in California, he said,
after learning that his golf clubs
had been found in a bandit car
that was wrecked while making a
getaway from the holdup. Monty
insisted he was not an occupant
of the car.
AT HOME IN BED
Moore declared that on the
night of the crime he was in bed at
his home in Syracuse,
The chunky. dinple-ceeked de-
fendant strobe to. the stand with
a firm step. He was calm and
nonchalant and talked in a firm.
CONTINUED on Page 4, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
Schacht Quits Post
AS Reich Minister

BERLIN, Oct. 26 U.N.S0-Dr.
Hjalmar Schacht announced to-
day that his resignation as min
lister of economics, a post which
he has held since 1884, became
effective yesterday. For the time
being he will remain president Of
the reichSbank, but intends to
Withdraw completely from public
life after April, 1898.
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
Hoover Repeats
He Will Not Run

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 d.N,sJ
Apparent removal of former Pres
ident Hoover from the list of pos
sible contestants for the Repub
lican presidential nomination lr
1910 was indicated today in 8
statement from Lawrence Richey
his secretary, who said:
''Mr. Hoover has said a dozen
times he would not be a candi-
date. A few weeks ago I gave
out a statement from him in
which he repeated that" (See
story on page A.
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
WOMAN SETS AIR MARK

MOSCOW, Oct. 26 Q.N.SO.
Valentino Grizodubova today es-
tablished a new woman's light
plane distance flight record with
passengers when she completed
an aerial jaunt of 931.5 miles IN
7 hour, 90 minutes.
The record-524.1 miles-for-
nely was held by Miss Helen
Mace loskeV. American pilot.
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
New Ross Kidnap
Bill Is Discovered
BY H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
(Copyright. 1887. by International
News Service)

CHICAGO, Oct. 26 G.N.SJ.
A second $40 bill paid vainly in the
$50, 900 Charles S. Ross kidnapping
was found here today, the Chicago
American said, and turned over to
Federal agents. Frank Strem-
mel, 36-year-old employee in the
offices Of the Association of
American Railroads, discovered
the bill in his biIlfold last night.
Earlier Story on Page 1O)
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
First Lady Visits
Son at Hospital

BOSTON, Oct. 26 GN.s0.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife
of the President, today visited her
youngest son, John, at MasSachu-
sets General Hospital, where he
is recovering from extraction Of
wisdom teeth.
The Washington times., 1937-10-26

they were considerably lower than
the high 1887 level. Some buyers
predicted a further decrease all
along the line.
(See story on Page 81.
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
PrODeal Denied
By Helen Moody

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26
GN.sO.-Helen Wills Moody, ex-
queen of the tennis world, today
fatty denied reports that she had
accepted offers to play as a pro-
feSSional.
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
MediatOrS Recess
To Get BREATH
Study Terms
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY

Dy AIIGOOObC AAO4N ALA
Organized labor's peace parley
struck its first snag today in the
submission by the c. I. o. delega-
ton of a proposal so drastic in its
terms that in the words Of one Of
it's spokesman, the A. F. Of L.
committee of three were left
"quivering."
1t called for the absorption Of
the c. I. o. unions by the Fedora
ton under conditions which
give them complete autonomy
within the parent organization, in
policies and organization; required
recognition of industrial unionism
in the country's mass production
industries and public utilities, and
on the basis of paid-up member.
ship, enabled the C. I. o. to domi.
nate the Federation.
They are still quivering,"
grinned Joe Curran, of the Ma
tional Maritime Union, as the con.
ference broke up at 1880 a. M,
adjourning until tomorrow at 10
o'clock,
FIRST TO EMERGE
He was the first of the nego-
tiators to emerge from Room 301
Of the Willard Hotel. where the
conference went into its second
day.
Asked if the C. I. o. proposal,
submitted when the conferees met
at 10 o'clock, was still under dis.
cussion, he said as he stepped into
the elevator:
"You can't expect people to.
come out Of a dead faint and
keep on negotiating"
But a few minutes later, Chair.
man George Harrison and his two
associates on the A. F. of L. com.
mittee. came out in apparently
cheerful mood, after issuing a
formal statement, saying they had
been unable to get any helpful
information from the committee
of the c. I. o. this morning." and
promising an answer to the c. !. o.
proposal tomorrow.
They appeared to be upper.
turbed by the bomb exploded In
the conference by the c. I. o. com.
mittee.
The federation statement said:
"A. F. L. STATEMENT
Representatives of the Amer.
lean Federation of Labor met
with representatives Of the Com,
mittee for Industrial Organize
ton this morning and received
part of the information we had
requested from the G. I. Q. The
representatives of the c. I. o.
have agreed to furnish further
information.
THE proposal submitted by
the G. I. o. is in such broad
terms that we are unable to give
any statement in respect to the
proposal at this time. We sought
an explanation of the proposal,
but were unable to get any help
full information from the com.
mittee Of the C. I. o. this morn
ing.
THE conference adjourned to
meet again tomorrow morning
Continued on Page 2. Col. 3S
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
sToRK VISITS sINGToNs

Word was received in Washing
ton last night that son was born
to Mrs. Fred Sington, wife Of the
Mats outfielder, on October 40.
The Washington times., 1937-10-26

Hog prices took another Sharpe
drop, meaning cuts of pork in the
retail butcher shops should sell at
lower figures. Although the cattle
and sheep price remained steady,
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
Monty, on Stand,
DeniesAidingHoldup
BY JAMES L. K1LGALLEN

ELIZABETHTOWN, N. Y, Oct 26 (IN.s.J.-Laverne
Moore John Montague of Howood from the witness stand
Essex County Courthouse today fatty denied he took part
the stickup of the Kin Hama Roadhouse at JAY n "
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
Pork Prices Drop;
New Decline Seen

CHICAGO, Oct. &c (INS GOOD from the live
market today for housewives who have had scrmp
squeeze in making out their weekly meat budgets.
The Washington times., 1937-10-26
MASS RETREAT
OF. CHINESE At
SHANGHAI TOLD
I2Key Points in City
Defenses Fall

SHANGHAI, Oct. rs U.N.S).
Staggered by japanese capture
of two key points of the city'S
defenses, the Chinese armies
have begun a mass retreat from
Shanghai, a Japanese SpOkes-
man notified the British mill
tary authorities here tonight.
The spokesman added the
Chinese were retreating toward
the Shanghai HangchOw rail-
way, Skirting the western de-
tense sector of the Internar
tiOnal Settlement which is
manned by British troops.
Chinese authorities denied the
japanese assertions.
BY H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
Copyright. 1887. by International
News Service)
SHANGHAI, Oct. 20 G.N.SJ.
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek
and Emperor Hirohito figuratively
met in battle today in Shanghai
and tens of thousands of Chinese
and Japanese are dying because
their supreme commanders ordered
them to fight unto death.
The battle Of Shanghai attained
proportions comparable to the
heaviest engagements Of the great
war when Japanese troops,
animated by an imperial edict that
they must win a victory before
the Brussels nine-power confer
ence, captured the village Of
Tachang.
CASUALTIES HEAVY
Their object was to tear away
from the International Settlement
Chinese troops who had been
ordered by Chang Kai-Shek to die
at their posts if need be but never
retreat.
The Japanese backed their 100
bombing planes with 40 huge guns
and had enormous material ad-
vantage. Both sides fought with
desperation and made German
and other foreign military observ-
ers doubt whether any European
troops could endure such ferocity.
The Japanese claim of 10000
Chinese dead and a quarter mil
lion casualties in the Shanghai
area during the last two months
may be exaggerated, but not
much. In the opinion Of neutral
experts. the Japanese themselves
must have lost 10000.
DEFENSES BATTERED
In a spectacular series Of VIC
tories, Nippon's forces all but
wrecked China's Shanghai de.
lenses today, occupying Tachang
and Miaochang and cutting the
misunderstanding railway.
Only a sudden Chinese counter
attack, waged against almost over
whelming odds, can now halt the
japanese war machine on the IS.
mile Shanghai battle front, OBJ
servers believed.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
New Plan 10 Halt
Tax Evasi0ns

Legal tax avoidance by the
wealthy may be both difficult and
costly next year, the joint con-
gressional committee which is
drafting a bill to plug loopholes
in the revenue laws, indicated to-
day.
Representative Robert L. Dough-
ton, I'D, North Carolina. chair
man, revealed that the committee
has tentatively agreed upon
pressure" taxes on various cor
porate devices used to cut tax pay
ments. This means, he said, that
wealthy persons who incorporate
yachts and estates and institute
family trusts to cut down their
taxes, will have to pay high for
the privilege.
"Our. general idea" said Dough-
ton, els that we will have to in
crease taxes to prevent use Of these
means Of avoidance" He added
that taxes on personal holding
companies probably win be in
creased drastically and present
legal deductions restricted"
The lopohole-plugging law is on
President RooSevelt'S Ought" list
and may come up in House and
Senate next week. Quick passage
is expected, despite increasing SEN
timent for early adjournment.
Doughton reemphasized that the
legislation is necessary, saying it
will bring an additional 500, 000,-
900 a year into the Treasury.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
Democratic Leader to
Support'Him Despite
Vote on Court Bill

MILWAUKEE,, July 2e.-Post-
master General James A. Farley
said last night he would support
the campaign Of Wisconsin'S
junior Senator, F. Ryan Duffy,
for reelection next year, despite
the fact Duffy voted against
President Roosevelt's Supreme
Court revision bill.
mo one is more interested
than I am in seeing Duffy re-
elected next year." he said.
Farley spoke at q banquet ten.
dered him by 800 Wisconsin
Democrats when he returned from
a speedy tour of 20 Southern Wis
consin cities.
mo man has been more loyal to
the President than Senator Dut.
fy," Farley said, Ind I want to
say right now that both President
Roosevelt and I are grateful for
the support accorded the national
administration by Senator Robert
La Toilette.
1.-THE people may be assured, !"
he added, that Mr. Roosevelt will
watch the trends Of prosperity
closely and will recommend such
legislation as is necessary to fore.
stall such q decline as followed
the boom period Of 1929"
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
Diplomatic Asylum
PaCt Is Advocated

BUENOS AIRES, July ga
multilateral pact delineating
the rights of diplomatic asylum
was proposed last night by
Foreign Minister Carlos Saavedra
Lamas in a note to foreign diplo-
matte representatives in Buenos
Aires.
The note, which requested the
opinions Of foreign governments
regarding the project, said the
experience Of the Spanish con-
flict impels the nations to Co
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
Reports on Liquor
Sales Eliminated

The House yesterday passed and
sent to the Senate q bill eliminat-
ing q provision of the criminal
code forcing State liquor stores to
file voluminouS reports on sales
with the Internal Revenue Bureau.
Representative Pat Boland CD,
Pennsylvania, its sponsor, said the
present law costs his State about
$500 900 a year.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
Labor Measure
Will Stand

President Roosevelt has no in.
tention Of tampering with either
the Wagner labor act or the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board. both
of which have been severely criti-
cized recently, it was learned
today.
The Chief Executive was repre-
sented as feeling that the labor
board has operated fairly with re-
gard to capital and labor and that
there is no reason for considering
changes in the Wagner act at this
time.
Bitter attacks have been directed
against the labor board by Repre-
sentative John e. Rankin OO.
Mississippi; Senator Gerald p.
Nye (R.), North Dakota, and Gen.
Hugh S. johnson, former MIRA adj
ministrator who contend 1t denies
to employers the same protection
accorded labor.
The President was represented
As feeling that the board must be
operating fairly because, in con.
trast to charges that it favorS la
bor. the workers also have accused
It of leaning over backwards
against employees.
The natural conclusion, Mr..
Roosevelt was said to feel, Is that
the labor board has been impartial.
with regard to the Wagner act,
he was said to feel that capital
should not demand too strongly
that the act be amended to make
labor organizations more respon.
sible-because employers them.
selves have violated labor con.
tracts during the past 10 years.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
RIFT F0RESEEN
0NH|GHC0URT
APPOINTMENT
BY GEORGE DURNO
International News Service


Another rift between the White
House and the Senate seemed i'm
minent today in the light Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's announcement
that he had asked Attorney Gen
eral Cummings to rule whether
the Supreme Court vacancy must
be filled before Congress adjournS.
It appeared the President was
considering shattering another
precedent by withholding the
name of his first appointee to the
high bench until the Senate, which
must confirm, has gone home. AT
his press conference, the Execu.
tive rendered q curbstone opinion
Of his own that q recess appoint
nnent to the Supreme Court would
be Just as valid as q recess ap-
pointment to an administrative po'
sition.
Constitutional lawyers-nclud-
ing some Of his supporterS-who
sit in the Senate differ emphatt'
cally.
Opinion Il Voiced
The Senate legal minds main
tain that o president may make
. recess appointment to the
Supreme Court only when the
vacancy occurs during an adjourn
ment of Congress. They say the
Constitution so holds, and that
when . vacancy develops while
the Senate is sitting, q new NOM
nation must be made before the
final gavel Of that particular SeS'
sion falls.
Those whose retirement has
been most persistently Speculated
upon include justices George
Sutherland and Louis D. BrandeiS
and possibly Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes.
Speculation was keen as to Pres
ident RooSevelt'S first choice to
the court, which he fought 50 bit
terly for five months to increase.
Best information was that the
President was keeping his own
counsel, refusing all recommends
lions except in writing, and de-
clining to discuss the matter even
with his most intimate associates.
Names Most Mentioned
Names most mentioned in Gus.
tomarily informed circles include:
Senator Marvel Mills Logan Of
Kentucky. Logan, former chief
justice Of his States supreme
court, has been one Of the PreSl.
dents foremost supporters. par.
ticularly in the recent court reor.
ganization struggle. Senatorial
courtesy would require his con-
firmation without consideration
by the Judiciary Committee.
United States Circuit Judge
Sam G. Bratton, former Senator
from New Mexico, who would re-
ceive the same prompt confirma.
ton. Bratton is regarded as
liberal, both from his activities
in the Senate and his rulings from
the bench.
Sibley Also GrOOmed
United States Circuit Judge
Samuel II. Sibley, Of New Orleans,
who rendered q decision uphold
ing the validity Of iva, which
particularly pleased the President
and Senator George Norris, Ne
braska Independent who fathered
the iva act.
Solicitor General Stanley F.
Reed, who successfully argued q
number Of New Deal cases before
the Supreme Court.
United States Circuit Judge
Joseph c. Hutchinson, jr., Of HouS-
ton, Texas, another juriSt whose
decisions have been welcomed by
the White House.
Assistant Attorney General Rob
ert II. Jackson, Of New York.
James M. lands, who plans at
the moment to resign as chairman
of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in September to be.
come dean Of the Harvard Law
School,
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
Two Will Oppose
Bailey for Senate

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July
28.-R. F. Waters, 40, Dana
vile school superintendent, an
nounced today he will run as an
independent against Governor
Carl u. Bailey. Democratic nomi-
nee, for the U. s. senatorial post of
the late Senator Joseph T. Rob
inson. Later ]. Rosy venable,
Little Rock attorney, who ran
against Robinson last year, an
nounced his candidacy.
The Washington times., 1937-07-28
BILL
IMPER|LS PLAN
T0ADJ0URN
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service

BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
international News Service
A bipartisan Senate drive to at
tach the Van Nuys-Wagner anti.
lynching bill as q rider" on the
Black wage and hour bill today
threatened to upset the Admins
tration's legislative program and
revise all plans for adjourning
Congress.
Proponents Of the anti-lynching
bill were determined to force an
other test vote on it in the Senate,
after its narrow defeat earlier in
the week. They suspect the Ad.
ministration Of planning an ad-
journment without Senate conSid-
Grafton Of the bill and hope to
avoid his strategy by adding 1t as
q rider" to some bill, now on
President Roosevelt's desired"
list Of legislation.
II the move wins, administra-
ton leaders viii be confronted
with an immediate filibuster by
southern Democrats. This would
leave q choice Of prolonging the
session until the finbuster is
broken or abandoning all legisla-
tion In favor Of an immediate
adjournment.
Garner Heads Group
Vice President Garner led one
group Of Democrats, demanding
adjournment by August 6. The
vice president has declared
against action on any con-
troversial measure, likely to in
crease the SchiSm in party
harmony by the five months bat,
tie over the Presidents Supreme
Court bill. II be has his way, an
early adjournment is in prospect.
The Presidents program mean
while was reported to include the
wage and hour bill, the Wagner
housing act, q bill to close tax
loopholeS, some parts Of the gov.
eminent reorganization plan,
farm relief bill and the revised
court bill, affecting only the lesser
Federal judiciary. The President
asked passage Of this program in
a conference with his Capitol
leaders. He also expressed favor
then for passage Of the anti
lynching bill but did not put it
on his desired" program.
The. Senate judiciary Commit
tee meanwhile favorably reported
its revised draft Of the Presidents
court bill. All reference to the
Supreme Court, to new judges, to
rowing judges and to a proctor was
deleted.
Provisions Of Bill
It merely provided intervention
by the Attorney General and direct
appeal to the Supreme Court Of
adverse decisions in cases, involv-
ing the conStitutionality Of Federal
laws, and q provision for a three
Judge decision on petitions for an
Injunction to restrain enforcement
OF. any teQeraI law.
Senate passage of this revised
court bill was regarded as the sig
nal for adjournment. AdminiStra-
ton leaders planned to hold it back
until most Of the Presidents pro-
gram is enacted.
A group Of freshmen" Demo
cratS-thoSe elected last fall
were organizing to help pass the
whole Administration program.
They numbered IA, decidedly less
than enough to keep the Senate in
session II its leaders agree on ad-
journment. It appeared therefore
that only those bills, which can be
passed without controversy, would
get q final stamp of approval.