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Evening star., 1937-07-18
PICARD BALLOON
BEGINS ASCENSION
"PIeiades' Is Lifted Into Air
by 80 Bags at 1908
Am. as 5000 Watch.
r, the Associated Press.

3, the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER. MINI. July l8 Sun.
day. The "Pleiades," lifted by &c
four-foot white rubber balloons. bore
DR.. Jean Picard into the air from Sol
diers Field on an experimental fligh,
at 1908 am, central standard time
today
Two sharp detonations signalizec
the breaking of the ropes to release
the craft Dr. Picard set off TINT
bombs around the ropes electrically
from within the open gondolas.
He hopes to rise to 3 miles tc
learn whether a multi balloon Graf,
can carry him later into the strato-
sphere.
An estimated crowd OF more thar
5000 persons circling the field. which
until the moment Of the take-off hao
been brilliantly lighted. cheered as the
craft rose.
DR.. Picard rose slowly, at first drift
ing northeast and appearing suspended
for some moments several hundred
feet above the ground.
He Immediately established contact
by radio with his ground crew. sig.
Mailing in Morse code with a Swis.
horn.
He took off little heavier thar
I should like to have seen it." Mrs
Picard said.
Emergency fire equipment, held ir
readiness in case of a possible hydro
gen explosion, returned to the city.
Weather conditions appeared very
favorable" Mrs. Picard saie
At 1898 pm. she had ordered the
ground crew to stand by to start
imitation.
The imitation proceeded slowly anc
carefully under Mrs Piccards direc.
ton. The balloons were inflated ir
two rows at each end of the field
Then. by an intricate series of ma.
neuvers, the men holding balloon.
moved forward, row by row, allowing
in two clusters. one above the other
Three balloons broke loose before
the flight could start. An emergency
crew Immediately began initiating ex.
ira balloons to replace those thai
escaped.
A carefully rehearsed ground crew
of Rochester citizens was called to
the field at pm. Fifty drums O.
hydrogen needed to inf1ateNthe balloon
and other equipment were taken tt
the field.
DR.. Picard rode in an open gon.
dola-he referred to it as bath.
tub" which it resembles. It weigh.
about 60 pounds.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
COOLER WEATHER
DUE HERE TODAY
Man Believed Drowned. Five
Frustrated as Mercury
Hits 91.7,

Refreshing northwest winds blowing
dry air from the polar regions before
them were expected here early today to
break the worst heat wave of the
season. Weather Bureau forecasters
predict delightful weather" for the
next few days.
AS the masses of cool air moved
toward Washington, subnormal Sum-
mer temperatures were reported in its
wake through the north central re-
gion, the Weather Bureau said.
One man was believed to have
drowned and five persons were pros
trated yesterday before the heat wave
started to release its sultry grip on
Washington. The temperature climbed
to 91.7 degrees at $50 pm. and exces-
sive humidity added to the city's dis
comfort.
Private David Dodson, 10, attached
to the 3rd Cavalry at Fort Myer, ap-
parently drowned while swimming
with friends near Little Falls, above
Chain Bridge. Washington police
dragged the shallow currents above
the bridge, but failed to find the body.
Privates Robert johnson and Albert
Hutchins, also stationed at the fort.
told police they were dressing when
they saw Dodson. caught in the grip
of the swift current, being carried
over the falls. Dodson, a native of
lSee WEATHER Pace 40
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Rebels Control Most of Spain
As Conflict Ends First Year
81 Of so Provincial Capitols, of Large Cities.
and All of Colonies Claimed by Franco-But
Madrid Still Holds Out Against Capture.

teetered at time close to the edge Of
the same blazing chasm.
Bitter international arguments have
ragged over volunteers of other nations
fighting on both sides; over the bomb
ing Of the German cruiser Deutsch-
land; over charges Of foreign aid and
interference, and finally the breaking
up, in effect at least, of the Nom Inter-
vention Committees attempt to main
tain q naval Gordon around Spain.
Perfected Organization.
It has been q year in which the
forces of msurgent Generalissimo
Francisco Franco, of to = halting
start through failure to capture the
three great military and industrial
centers - Madrid, Barcelona or Va
lencia-in the first wave of uprising,
rallied to sweep province after prov
ince, perfect strong organization
and smash straight to the gates Of
Madrid last Fall.
Then something went wrong With
the fall of the capital awaited hourly,
the defense lines on the edge Of the
city itself frightened desperately and
held.
After the dramatic effort that raised
the sieges Of Toledo's Alca1ar and
Oviedo and q fresh thrust at Madrid
which was turned to rout In Qua
(eoe SPAIN, P1Eo A.l.)
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Man, Wife Drovn Unnoticed
As Hid Goes to Others in PARTY
Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell Curtis of Brent.
,cood, Parents of Tmo, Victims as
Others Call for Help.

While half a dozen other nom
swimmers floundered helplessly in
deep water after slipping from inner
tubes on which they were floating
Mr.. and Mrs Maxwell Curtis. 4439
Ivy street Brentwood Nd parents
OF two young children. drowned yes
terday at Severn Grove Beach, near
Annapolis. Md
Unable to swim. Mr.. and Mrs Curtis.
both of whom were about 35 years
old. were floating on inner tubes when
there was a scream from a girl mem
Der OF the party, who apparently had
slipped from an inner tube beyond her
depth
In the ensuing excitement a num-
ber of other members of the party at
tempted to 60 to the rescue. although
they could not swim. AS the non-
swimmers went over their depths. Mr..
and Mrs. Curtis apparently slipped
from their inner tubes and sank un-
noticed.
The couple were guests of Guy
Dodson, their next-door neighbor and
the only person in the group who
could swim we'll
I was swim ming out in deep water
and the rest of the party were float
ing on inner tubes near shore. The
bottom slopes down gradually until
Evening star., 1937-07-18
BY the Associated Press.

BILBAO, Spain, July 1.-THE end
of a year of war today found the in
surgent armies of Gen. Francisco
Franco confident of ultimate victory.
Tomorrow is the anniversary Of that
hot July day when the revolt that
had been brewing for years flared into
savage civil conflict.
The climax Of the year of battle so
bloody anc hatred so intense that
probably 100000 soldiers and non-
combatants have died came when in
surgent troops marched into Bilbao a
month ago, ending the centuries-long
autonomy of the Basque nation and
wiping out the last great government
stronghold in the North
Facts of Years Fighting.
Bare facts and figures tell what has
happened in that year:
The insurgents claim possession of
"a of Spain's so provincial capitals.
They hold all the colonies. OF the
Balearics only the Island Of Minorca
remains to the government. OF II
cities of over 100000 inhabitants, the
insurgents have taken six, Seville,
Malaga Bilbao, Zaragoza, Cordoba and
Granada. They hold two-thirds OF all
Spanish territory.
It has been year in which at least
five other nations-Great Britain,
France, Russia, Germany. 1taly-have
Evening star., 1937-07-18

poSSlhllltleS OF practical development, !,
and their social implications.
Its most startling finding is the
prospect of more and more replacing
OF men by machines A single device.
the photoelectric cell. promises to do
the work of million persons. Five
or six millions might conceivably be
thrown out of work by the future de-
Velopment of single agricultural
machine.
1t urges the establishment of
joint committee from the Departments
of Labor, Commerce and Agriculture,
the Bureau of Mines Interstate Com
merce Commission, Social Securities
Board and Works Progress Admins
tration to study means of meeting
this contingency.
1t recommends that President Roose-
velt appoint permanent overall
planning board to coordinate ma
tional programs in light of the tech
nical developments which confdentaly
may be expected.
Would Study Inventions.
1t also urges that special studies
be undertaken at once of the prospects
and implications of the following in
ventions. now more or less in their
infancy: The mechanical cotton pick
er, air-conditioning equipment, plas-
tics, the photo-electric cell artificial
cotton and wool from cellulose, syn
thetic rubber. prefabricated houses,
television, facsimile transmission by
wire or radio, automobile trailers. gas
oline produced from coal, steep-flight
aircraft and tray agriculture
Any one of these may creep upon
Evening star., 1937-07-18

you get up to your neck and then it
drops OF suddenly.
Il heard a scream and looked in
and saw several people f1oundering
around in the water l swan in and
began showing them into shallow
water There was an awful lot of
confusion and some of the people we're
lying on the beach getting the water
out OF their lungs when someone said
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis were missing
Their children, Nancy, 3, and
Anna, about IA. were in the shallow
water when the excitement started -
Others in the party, Dodson said,
We're Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Munich,
l4l9 Hemlock street; Mrs. Ella Smell
lings, and her son, Leonard, II, Of 1913
Otis street northeast; Dodson' s
nephew, Davis Dodson, l2, and a
young girl named Deliah. about Is
who accompanied Leonard Snellings.
The bodies OF Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis
were recovered after the bottom was
dragged. A coroner's jury returned a
verdict of accidental drowning at an
inquest presided over by Magistrate
Luther Nichols of Annapolis.
Curtis was brother of Policeman
Orin Curtis of the First Precinct. He
had been employed at a Brentwood
Bakery for more than 20 years. Mrs.
Curtis was a native of Cleveland
Evening star., 1937-07-18
DEAN FOUND DEAD

JONESBORO, Ark, July II P)-
Edgar Lee Whitsitt, IS, dean at Ar
kansas State College since 1920, was
found shot to death at his home today
Coroner w. C. Craig said Whitsitt
committed suicide due to Ill health.
He had been on a leave Of absence
the past two months for treatment Of
high blood pressure and failing eye
sight.
He Is survived by the widow. son
and dAughter.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
BY g. GOULD LINCOLN.

Senate opponents of President Roose-
velt's court bill made it clear yesterday
they would be perfectly willing to
have the so-called wages and hours
bill and the new farm bill taken up
and acted on, laying aside the court
! bill for that purpose.
! They maintained opposition to the
court bill was not intended in any
way to block these other measures on
the Presidents program-the objec-
tives for which he has declared. These
are objectives which were included
in the Democratic platform Of 1896,
the court bill opponents pointed out,
when the judiciary measure was not
dreamed of.
opponents of the court bill, put this
| sentiment into words last night. He
said:
ITO even intimate that opponents
of the court bill are trying to block
enactment of other legislation Is alb
surd because the wages and hour bill
and the new farm bill weren't even
proposed When the court fight started.
/ The Senators who are opposing the
court-pa cking scheme are doing so out
/ of deep and sincere conviction.
Cites Administration Control.
"And after all the administration
has control of the Senate's legislative
program. 1t called up the court bill
in preference to other legislation. II
it wants action in the Senate or any
other legislation, all the administra-
ton has to do is to call up the farm
bill, the hour and wage bill, or any
otner bill it desires enacted.
The wages and hours bill already
is on the Senate calendar. amended
and reported from the Education and
Labor Committee. tn farm bill,
which has just been introduced, could
be whipped into shape and reported
while the labor bill was under con-
sideration on the Senate floor.
! While many of the leaders in the
court bill fight were on their way
to Arkansas for the funeral of Sen
ator Robinson, Democratic leader,
! those Senators , who remained in
Washington over the week end still
| were discussing the future course of
! legislation in the Senate.
| There was possibility, it was
said, that on Tuesday when the Sem
ate reassembles, consideration will
be given to the Presidents veto of
the farm mortgage interest rates
bill. The House passed this over the
Presidents veto last Tuesday There
is great interest in the measure in
the Senate.
Bitter Debate Forecast.
II this course is followed, it will
temporarily delay the court bill fight
When the latter measure again comes
before the Senate, the debate prom
ises to be bitter. Opponents of the
measure still are smarting under the
attack made upon them by the Pres
ident in his recent letter to Senator
Barkley of Kentucky, acting Demo-
cratic leader
They resent particularly the Presi.
dents statement that, "Since the un-
timely death of our majority leader,
had hoped with you that at least
until his funeral services had beer
held decent respect would have
deferred discussion of political leg
islative matters. It is, therefore, with
regret that I find that advantage J,
being taken of what in all decency
should be period of mourning"
Supporters OF, the President, on thu
| (see COURT, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1937-07-18
POPE Plus PRAISES
CARDINAL MUNDELEIN
Courageous in Defense Of God
and Church. He Tells Chi
cago Residents.

BY the Associated Press.
CASTEL GANDOLFO. July IT,
Pope Plus XII today praised George
Cardinal Mundelein OF Chicago in
his first direct reference to the car
dinal since the German government
demanded that he reprimanded for
speech criticizing the NaZi regime.
The great cardinal is courageous
in defense of the rights Of God and
the church and the welfare Of souls"
the pontif told group Of Chicago
residents in a general audience.
Because the cardinals speech was
permitted to pass without the Vati-
cans condemnation, the Nazi regime
protested and declared that basic con-
ditions for normal relations between
Germany and the Vatican no longer
existed.
Cardinal Mundelein declared in 4
diocesan address at Chicago May 18
that Chancellor Adolf Hitler was "an
Austrian paper hanger and a poor one
at that" and said German trials Of
Catholic priests and lay brothers on
immortality charges were crooked"
propaganda.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Hot on Ground
But Flyer Is
Nearly Frozen
Heather Data Pilot
Cuts Trip Short
Due to Cold.
BY the Associated Press.


DAYTON, Ohio, July lit was
hot today, but Lieut.. William M
Morgan of Wright Field nearly froze
to death and had to cut short q
routine daily weather observation
fight because of cold
F. "B-r-r-r-!" he mumbled, in set
ting his open cockpit plane down, III
was cold upstairs
While people over wide section OF
the country were grumbling over AN
other hot day'-even though slightly
cooler than others preceding-Morgar
submitted records which told Of en-
countering freezing temperatures at
10000 feet and one of % degrees al
$4,000
4 only had a Summer flying suit
on, though" he rued, 80 I came or
down"
Weather Bureau attaches said usual
ly the weather flight" achieves a top
altitude of $4,000 feet.
Snow. sleet and zero temperatures
frequently are encountered, even in
warm weather. by the men who daily
record conditions in the upper air
although j. w. Anderson, civilian OBJ
server at the field, said none had been
reported during the recent hot spell
Evening star., 1937-07-18
BY JOHN c. HENRY,

hctlng upon authority of an opinion
handed down by the solicitors office
OF the Department of Labor. the Dis
trlct ONCE OF the United States En-
pioyment Service has declined to SUD-
ply non-union labor to two open-shop
concerns holding contracts for Fed
eral construction projects here. 1t was
learned yesterday.
The action of the local branch O,
the Employment Service was the first
apRllcatlon OF ruling which is of
major Importance to the policy Of the
service and of great bearing on the
bitterly controversial issue of union.
ization.
In addition. since the action wa.
taken IN connection with painting and
piasterlng contracts scheduled to get
under way tomorrow at the Bureau
OF Internal Revenue and the CITY Post
once. 1t is of immediate importance
IN connection with threats of strike,
on these and other Federal projects
here in protest against use of non.
union labor.
Persons Requested Ruling.
The ruling. made by Acting solicitor
Gerard D. Reilly at the request Of w
FRANK Persons, chief of the Employ
ment Service, specifies that onlv in
cases Where a closed shop agreement
exists between an employer and a
LABOR union may the service fill a
request specifying that appointee.
must or must not be union workmen
An closed-shop case, Of course. the
request would be for union workers
only and may be filled as such.
Ii union workers we're requested in
cases where closed shop does not
exist, however, the ruling would pre-
vent the service from complying.
1t is the hope of the Labor Depart
ment that compliance with the policy
outlined by the acting solicitors
opinion will keep the service free
from any complaint of taking sides
in the unionizatio issue.
Cites Labor Act.
In his opinion. Reilly cited section
t3) of the labor relations act, deal
ing with unfair labor practices. this
particular section forbidding employ-
ers to encourage or discourage mem
bershlp in any labor organization as
condition Of employment.
An excerpt of the opinion follows:
The employment service may
not comply with specific request
OF a prospective employer to refer to
him only non-members Of labor
unions. 1t appears that an employer
making such a request is engaging in
an unfair labor practice. since section
90 of the labor relations act pro-
hlblts discrimination in regard tC
hire or tenure Of employment or any
term or condition of employment to
encourage or discourage membership
n any labor organization While this
act relates only to employers and not
to employment agencies teither pub
lie or private), it is my view that an
agency created by an act of Congress
is under a duty to refrain from any
course Of conduct which enables or
at least facilitates an employer to vio-
late another Federal law unless there
is some specific provision in its own
organic act which renders such
conflict of policy inevitable.
There is nothing in the Wagner-Peyse
act (creating the employment service
which necessarily comes in conflict
with the labor relations act
For the reasons stated, I am also
of the opinion that the employment
service may not properly accede to
ISea T.AROR page All
Evening star., 1937-07-18
MOVE TO REINSTATE
TEACHER IS GAINING
Meeting Of School Committee
Called to Reconsider Miss
Hallins Appeal.
By the Associated Press.

9y the Associated Press.
SAUGUS, Mass. July ia cam
pAign to reinstate Miss Isabelle Hallin
as high school teacher gained new
momentum tonight when the school
committee was called into a second
special meeting next Wednesday to
reconsider her appeal.
Chairman George McCarrier Or
dered the meeting after more than
500 citizens at public meeting last
night urged the 26-year-old English
teacher and dramatics coach be re-
tanned.
Earlier the committee voted, 3 to 2
against Miss Eallins reappointment
and by the same margin rejected her
appeal for q public hearing. She
blamed gossip and malicious rumors''
tor her dismissal.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
300 GIRLS REPORTED
INJURED IN BLAST
Many Chinese Workers May Be
Dead After Munitions
Blast,
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, July 18 Sunday .-Domei,
the japanese news agency. reported
from Shanghai, China. that 800 Chi
nese girl workers were killed or injured
today in an explosion in a Chinese
powder factory at Chunking, In SEE
chuan Province.
The news agency stated the blast oc-
Cured while 1000 employees were en-
gagged in making munitions "for war
against Japan"
Later Domei dispatches reported
than 800 injured.
Many houses collapsed as the ex-
plosion threw Chunkins's population
into panic.
Evening star., 1937-07-18

BY the Associated Press
TlENTSIN. July 1.-THE Japanese
Army tonight threatened drastic use
OF its rapidly increasing power in
North China unless the Chinese Weld
| ed soon to its demands.
Grlmlv the japanese rushed war
like preparations which were turning
llentSln into an important military
pase from which large scale opera
tions could be launched at any time
If the l0day-old North China crisis
does not develop to their liking.
They had an estimated 10000 men
IN the Pelping- -Tientsin trouble zone
and other thousands were arriving
or on the way from Manchuria, Korea
and Japan.
Japanese officers, although denvine
an ultlmatum had been presented,
expressed growing irritation at the
Chinese tactics of delay.
Incensed With Gen. Sung.
They were especially incensed with
Gen. Sung Sheh-yan. chairman of
the Hope-Chahar council and COM
mander of the 29th Army, who has
remained outside week-long peace
negotiations OF subordinates at Tient-
sin.
The sooner Sung decides Ito &C
cept Japan's demands) the better it
viii be for him." said a japanese
Army spokesman.
Japan's North China Army, with
headquarters here, staked out two
alrports, increased the japanese army
communication system and took over
the last of Tientsins three railway
stations.
One airport was located 3 miles
east and north of here and the other
near Fengtal, S miles from Peiping.
japanese soldiers took possession of
the West Tientsin station to protect
it. They had taken over the other
two stations previously.
japanese mills and warehouses des-
ignated for military stores and troop
occupation were circled with barbed
wire barricades. Army engineers
strung the japanese military telephone
system to new points north and west
Of the city.
Visa Issuance Suspended.
Chinese immigration authorities at
Marking suspended issuance of visas
to foreign tourists wishing to enter
the North China trouble zone. Most
American tourists already have left
Peiping.
Japanese civilian evacuation of the
interior continued. The japanese En-
basSy at Peiping made arrangements
tor Chinese railways to carry 500 jap
anese nationals from Kalgan, in Cha
har, to Tientsin by way of Peiping.
Information reaching military quar-
ters here failed to confirm yesterday S
reports of large movements of Cen
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek's own
central army troops into the Peiping
area.
1t was stated only six Nanking di-
visions roughly $4,000 men - had
moved in the direction of Peiping, and
they were said to be no further north
than Chengchow junction of the
Peiping Hankow and Lunghai Rail-
ways about 400 miles south southwest
(See JAPAN, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1937-07-18
COURT PLAN FOES
INVITE OTHER BILLS
Opponents Not DESTROYS of
Blocking Other LegisIa-
ton, Byrd Asserts.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
President Rooseue,ts plan to
reorganise the Supreme Court has
been q source OF heated contro-
uersy since its proposal last Feb
ruary. Senate debate oper the
court bill has held up all other
legislation, including the farm and
gage-hour bills Sudden death OF
Majority Leader Robinson We'd
nesday halted discussion OF an
amended measure, the original pro-
posal hauing been rejected by the
Judiciary Committee
Evening star., 1937-07-18

the country unawares, with poten-
TALLY terrific social consequences
The committee finds the United
States at the very flood tide of the
unparalleled material and mechanical
developments Of the last half century
which have changed the average ways
OF life more profoundly than they had
been changed before in 1000 years,
tSee RESOURCES, Page ABB
Evening star., 1937-07-18
i. s. JOB SERVICE
REFUSES CALL FOR
N0N-UN|0N LABOR
Declines Request of Open
Shop Employers on So.
liCitor's Advice.
POLICY KEEPS AGENCY
WITHIN WAGNER ACT
Only Contract Firms Can Specify
Afhllation of Workers as Pre-.
requisite to Hiring.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
REFUSAL OF contractors Uho uere
oWdrded large painting jobs at City
Post ONCE and Internal Repenue
Bnud'ng to establish closed shop
LED to threat of strike bv union
workmen. Work is scheduled to
start tomorrow. Bacon -Dauis act
requires contractors to pay pre-
Ddn'n9 union ,odees, does not re-
str'ct them to union labor. Con-
tractors met strike threat By asking
United States Employment ONCE
10 supply them Nth non-union
painters