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The Washington times., 1938-10-05

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Evening star., 1938-06-08
House Votes $500, 900 to Start
Work on Jefferson Memorial
ApprouaI, I2l-67, Follo,Os as Democrats
Learn of Presidential Support.
Liuely Debate Is Staged.

IN conference with Mr.. Roosevelt and
could assure the House that the me-
mortal and fine arts commissions
would reach an agreement promptly
II the amendment was approved.
There was a howl of protest from
leaders on both sides of the House
against surrendering the duties and
authority of Congress to the Presi-
dent. The Woodrum amendment was
rejected by voice vote.
Chairman Boylan and Representa-
tive Smith, Democrat, of Virginia,
members of the Memorial Commission,
urged approval Of the $500,O0O ap-
preparation. Other prominent Demo-
Gratis who spoke in favor of the ap-
preparation were Chairman O'Connor
OF the Rules Committee, Representa-
tive Snyder, Democrat, of Pennsyl-
Vania, member of the Appropria-
tions Committee; Representative
Hobbs, Democrat, of Alabama: Chair
man May of the Military Affairs Com
mittee and Representative Phillips,
Democrat, of Connecticut.
The two Democratic members who
spoke against the appropriation were
Representatives johnson of Oklahoma
and Maverick Of Texas.
Among the Republicans who spoke
against the item were Representative
Ireadway of Massachusetts,, ranking
Republican on the Ways and Means
and Library Committees, who two
years ago was conspicuous in the fight
against the Tidal Basin site for the
memorial and the threatened de-
(See MEMORIAL, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1938-06-08
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

After word was spread among the
Democratic membership of the House
today that President Roosevelt had ap-
proved the s500,0oO item in the de-
ficiency bill to start work on the ,$3.-
100000 Thomas Jefferson Memorial.
the item was passed by vote of 121
to Ct. For more than an hour and a
half the House INDUCED in the liveliest
debate for many days with Democratic
leaders urging approval of the memo
rial item while the opposition was al
most exclusivelyvfrom the Republican
side.
Representative Culkin. Republican,
of New York, a member of the Me-
mortal Committee, declared opposition
to the memorial was organized by
Washington business interests ''for the
purpose Of compelling this Congress to
build public auditorium for the Dis
trict of Columbia free of charge" He
attributed the opposition of Gilbert D.
Clarke of White Plains. N. Y, recently
elevated to the Craftsmanship of the
Fine Arts Commissin, to desire ito
get some professional advertising"
Two amendments were offered, the
first by Representative Scott, Demo-
crat, of California, who led the sue
cessful fight that had an Identical
item stricken from the bill last year.
Representative Woodrum, Democrat,
of Virginia. in charge of the appro-
priation bill, offered a substitute
amendment which would provide that
the site and design be approved by
the President. He said he mad been
Evening star., 1938-06-08
MAN DIES OF FRIGHT
AS VOLCANO ERUPTS
Mayon's Violence Increasing,
Lending Fear That Climax
Is Yet to Come.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
MANILA, June S.-Smoke and
flames shot from Mayon Volcano with
greater violence today, terrorizing the
populace of Albay Province and caus-
ing the death of one man through
fright.
The six-day eruption of the 1900
foot peak mounted in intensity this
morning, causing fear that the climax
of the volcanoes activity was yet to
come
Reports from the village of Pawa
said one man there died of fright
while the sight of the flaming voca-
no, which had been quiet for 10 years,
had driven another man insane.
After night of closeup observa-
tion. Father Miguel Selga, director of
the Manila Weather Bureau, expressed
apprehension that the activity of the
crater may be graver than at first in
dicated. Light earthquakes accom-
panied the rumblings from the crater.
More than 10000 villagers of the
area 200 miles southeast of Manila
have vacated their homes and sought
safety from the lava flow from the
volcano which caused the death of
1900 people in an eruption in 1914.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
NAVY WILL BUILD
5O-TON WARPLANE
Construction Work to Start
Soon on Craft With
5000 Mile Range.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy is ready to start building
the worlds largest military plane
possibly the largest Of any type.
The original model will cost up
ward of $3.O00,00O four times as much
as the Army's 32-ton super flying
fortress" Its weight may reach so
tons. compared to the Al Y ton Attain
tic Clipper. the Nations largest ocean
air transport, now being tested at
Seattle.
After shielding details for more than
a year, the Navy disclosed some facts
about the flying patrol boat in asking
Congress to double the $1,000, 900 ap-
propriated last year for its construc-
ton.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee included the sum in the second de-
ficiency bill introduced yesterday. The
lowest bid, opened last month. was
s2.400,000 without engines or propel-
lers, but officials said they could divert
the extra 100000 from other funds.
Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook, chief
of the Bureau of Aeronautics. said the
new plane will be very great and
important advance over airplanes of
the flying boat type now in existence,
and its potential naval value is ex-
tremely high"
Just how far and fast the craft will
go is confidential. Admiral Cook said.
but he indicated its range would exceed
considerably the 5,000-mile range
needed for nonstop round-trip from
San Francisco to Honolulu. The plane
will be partially armored and will carry
a crew of 10 to IA men.
1t is expected to be the forerunner
of a squadron of Is or more in the next
(See AIRCRAFT, Page So
Evening star., 1938-06-08
REBELS NEARING VALENCIA
Fight Their Way to Main Defenss
Lines Guarding City.

Fight Their Way to Main Defense
Lines Guarding City.
HENDAYE, France Cat the Span
ish frontier), June R).-Insurgents
fought their way to the Spanish gov
ernment's main defense lines guard
ing Valencia today while bursting
bombs from night air raids on BARGE
Iona, Valencia and Alicante added
to yesterdays hundreds of casualties.
Heavy reinforcements, backed by
hundreds of patroling planes and
massed artillery, were thrown into
the battle on the coastal sector and
forced the strong government outposts
about Albocacer to retire to prepared
defense lines.
The government militia held fast
on these lines, however, and made fire.
quent counter-attacks. striking hasty
blows at the relatively unprotected
insurgents who chung to trenches has
tily dug for the night.
The insurgent capture OF the village
of Adzaneta, only l8 miles northwest
of the important coastal city Of Cas-
tellon. de la Plana and almost the same
distance south of Afbocacer, brought
Generalissimo Frances shock troops
squarely up against the sUyernment's
main line which follows the fall Of
high land from Albocacer to Mora de
Rubielos.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
CONFEREESAGREE
ON ACCENT WAGE
IN SEVEN YEARS
Plan to Apply Except in
Cases Where Jobs Would
Be Lost.
25-CENT MINIMUM PAY
VOTED FOR FIRST YEAR
IL of IA Drafting Compromise
Back Program Providing
Gradual Rise in Scale.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A joint congressional committee
compromised wage-hour legislation
today by agreeing to imposition of a
universal wage of 40 cents an hour
in all interstate industries at the end
of seven years, except where such q
wage would cause unemployment.
The compromise, adopted with the
approval of IL of the IA conferees,
would provide for a minimum wage of
Is cents an hour, with no exceptions,
for the first year. This would be ad-
vanced to 80 cents the following year.
After this, boards appointed by a
central administrator would be en-
powered to examine conditions in indi-
vidual industries to determine the
minimum wage to be paid by these
industries. The boards, made up Of
representatives of the employers, en-
ployes and public, would be charged
with the duty of increasing the mini
mum to 40 cents an hour as rapidly
as possible.
Exception Provided.
At the end of seven years all wages
in interstate industry would go to the
40-cents-an-hour level, except where
these boards found that such action
would substantially curtail employ
ment in the industry.
Administration forces, worried lest
Southerners start filibuster, had
tried to swing support to a proposal
making minimum wage of 40 cents
an hour goal in interstate industry,
but fixing no time limit for reaching
that figure
But Chairman Thomas. Democrat.
of Utah of the Senate Labor Commit
tee declared that if this compromise
is adopted the legislation is sure to
face court fight.
Conferees accepted this constitu-
tional challenge, he said, when they
wrote into the rough draft a provision
for minimum wage of Is cents an
hour for all interstate industry. Sen
ator Borah, Republican, of Idaho
agreed with Senator Thomas interpre-
| tation.
The question, Senator Thomas ex-
planned. is whether any employer or.
dered to pay this minimum wage
could prove in court that he would be
forced out of business, thus destroying
his property without due process of
law
BLENDERS Contention.
Senator Ellender, Democrat, Of
Louisiana. another conferee, said the
'reasonableness" and the "humani-
tartan aspects" of such an order could
be presented as court arguments for
the bills constitutionality.
Most of the Senate members of the
Conference Committee agreed that If
the courts uphold the fist-year mini
mum of Is cents an hour and a second
year minimum of 80 cents, there would
be little difficulty in maintaining the
validity of the remainder of the bill
The question of maximum hours
may be handled in much the same
manner as that of wages. Some con-
ferees said the scale might start at q
maximum of 48 hours a week, being
reduced gradually to A. At that point
boards would be empowered to deal
with the subject.
Senator Thomas said that once q
wage policy was approved by the full
committee, the remainder of the bill
could be completed in one day.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
FORD WILL APPEAL
TO SUPREME COURT
Kentucky Tribunals Order Which
Allows N. L. r. B. to Withdraw
Records Hit.
Bv the Associated Press.

CONVICTION, KY, June s.-The
Ford Motor Co. notified the Sixth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
today of its intention to carry to the
United States Supreme Court its con-
test Of National Labor Relations
Board order seeking to require the
FIRMS compliance with the Wagner
Act.
The Ford company advised the court
that it would apply next Friday for
an order staying the tribunals decree
Of May 5, granting the N. L. r. BIS
request to Withdraw certain records in
the casa move made. board spokes-
men said, because Of q Supreme Court
decision in Kansas City stockyards
case.
The court announced Tuesday that
oral arguments, scheduled Friday, could
not be heard and that questions should
be submitted in briefs.
The original board order was issued
December az and sought to require re-
instatsment Of 20 workers Ia Ford's
Michigan plants.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Woman Spurns
Medical Aid for
FaithSnukeBite
By the Associated Press.

HAMMOND, La, June 8.-Mrs. Joe
Rushing, 56-year-old mother of two
children, insisted today that faith"
would overcome the poisonous effects
OF snake bite received Sunday night
at religious sect meeting.
Writhing in pain on a plain iron
bed in a small cottage here last night,
her left hand and arm swollen twice
normal size, Mrs. Rushing spurned
medical treatment.
Faith has cured her of other affiic-
tions, she said. land 1t will cure me
again" Her husband shared her con-
fldence
Shes coming back all right" he
said, because her faith is great"
Other members of the sect stood
around her bzd, saying prayers for her
recovery.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Goslin, Fined SIS as Speeder,
Pledges Home Run to Judge

The veteran baseball player was ar
rested by Motor Cycle Officer G. w.
Cook Of the sixth precinct, who tes-
titled Goslin was going IS miles per
hour, apparently racing another car.
Goslin insisted he wasn't going that
fast and Judge Newman eased the
penalty by compromising the speed
at 45.
In gratitude, Goslin made his home
run promise. So far this season he
has played in 10 games and hit one
homer, on April "a.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
S. T. c. IS TOLD
OF FREAR DEALS
He and Another Financed
Stock Manipulation,
Witness Asserts.
IL the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 8.-George J.
Mitchell. jr, who was employed by a
group of men accused of looting seven
investment trusts. told Securities and
Exchange Commission hearing today
that the assets of one trust were
manipulated at loss, to the trust, of
s568, 900.
Six men are under indictment in
New York County in connection with
the alleged looting.
Mitchell testified before Trial Ex-
aminer Adrian C. Humphreys that
Philip A. Frear and George H. Clayton
financed deal whereby they took over
control of the First Income Trading
Corp. for $4,000.
tFrear, president of q firm here
dealing in securities, was arrested in
Washington last week. A hearing
On his extradition is still pending.)
They formed the Fiscal Management
Co., Ltd, Canadian holding COM
pany, Mitchell said, and issued $780,
600 worth of preferred stock to them
selves, later transferring it to First In
come Trading in exchange for First
Incomes portfolio securities.
Securities From Portfolio Sold.
Meanwhile. Mitchell said. securities
from this portfolio were sold for $751;
900 through the brokerage firm of
Paine, Webber & Co. of New York and
Boston.
Mitchell said profit of $42, 900 was
made on the deal, OF this amount. he
testified. $4,000 went to S. Leo Solo
mont, former counsel to Paine, Web
Der; $4,000 to Frear and $4,000 to
Vincent E. Ferretti, New York lawyer
When the men assumed control,
Mitchell said, they advanced $125 900
from the First Incomes portfolio to
Calmur & Co., dummy corporation.
As collateral for the advance, shares of
the Barkley- Grow Aircraft Corp. were
given to First Income.
Worthless Guarantee.
Mitchell said loss OF $56,000 was
suffered by First Income when $6l, :
225 was paid for 1000 shares of Red
Bank Oil stocks, a deal guaranteed,
Mitchell said. by Calmur Corp. David
Schencker, S. E. G. counsel, said CAL
muir didn't have dime" and the
guarantee was worthless.
Various other small stock transac-
tions, he said, together with shrink
age in value, accounted for total of
$568, 900 taken from First Income, in
return for which it received securities
now virtually worthless.
He said he was paid salary OF 500
a week by Calmur Corp.
But Calmur had no money" /"
Schencker said. Where did it come
from?"
From First Income" Mitchell re-
piled.
Evening star., 1938-06-08

Leon (Goose) Goslin, relief out
fielder and pinchhitter for the Ma
tionals. who hasn't been doing 80 well
at the plate this season, put on
record in Trafac Court today prom
ise that he will hit home run the
next time he goes to bat with three
inen ON base
But the promise wasn't enough to
keep Goslin from being fined SIS by
Judge Hobart Newman for speeding
45 miles an hour out Sixteenth street
last might.
Evening star., 1938-06-08

The House today blocked efforts of
Chairman Collins of the Subcommit-
tee on District Appropriations to force
the closing of the National Training
School for Girls and the Children's
Receiving Home.
Instead of following Mr.. Collins, the
House approved recommendationsAo of
its Appropriations Committee and
agreed to provide 0,000 in the final
deficiency supply bill to continue oper-
alton Of the Training School for an
other year and $4,000 to keep the
Children's Receiving Home open until
June 80, 1899.
The 1899 District Appropriation Act
does not carry any funds for operation
Of the Training School after June 80
this year. Funds, however, are pro-
vided in this act for running the Re-
ceiving Home until December 81.
Amendment Proposed.
First, Mr.. Collins proposed an
amendment which would have denied
the Receiving Home funds to continue
operation after December 81. The
amendment, however. provided funds
for housing the inmates in private
boarding homes. The House rejected
this, Is to 10.
Next he offered an amendment to
transfer the girls in the Training
School to Blue Plains July /. This,
too, met similar fate.
Mr.. Collins argued the Receiving
Home lis merely glorified jail" He
declared conditions at the institution
are disgrace"
1T would be a thousand times
better" he declared. ito send the
children at the Receiving Home into
foster homes than to throw them to-
gether in the Receiving Home where
those with social diseases are mixed
with those who are pure"
Woodrum Disagrees. 4.
Representative Woodrum, Democrat,
of Virginia, who is plotting the de-
ficiency bill through the House, said
he disagreed with the judgment of Mr..
Collins. He pointed out there are 80
children in the Receiving Home now
and 10 of them are being held for in
vestigation by the police.
You can't send those 10 children
into foster homes" he declared.
MIR. Woodrum also led the fight
against the amendment which would
have closed the training school, He
said the law provides for the commit
ment of delinquent girls to this insti-
tuition and if the amendment was
adopted there would be no place to
commit them. Representative Mitchell,
Democrat, of Illinois, the only colored
member OF the House, likewise op-
posed closing OF the training school.
Facilities at Blue Plains, he explained,
are not adequate for housing the
training school inmates. He also
pointed out that boys are quartered
at Blue Plains and that institution
was not planned for the accommoda-
ton OF girls.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
WSCOSE PLANT CLOSES
INDEFINITELY IN STRIKE
Gates Shut as Factory Uses All of
Spun Rayon Yarn Left as
SINNERS Walk Out.

BY the Associated Press.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, June g.
The Viscose Co.'S plant here employ
ing $500 workers, was closed "indefi-
nitely" today by strike of employees
OF the spinning department.
The shutdown resulted from the
walkout Sunday night in the spinning
department. Since that time depart
ments had been gradually ceasing work
as the supply of rayon yarn on hand
went through various operations.
A conference yesterday between rep
resentatives of the management and
the Textile Workers Organizing Com
mittee &C. I. o. failed to result in a
settlement of undisclosed grievances
in the spinning department.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
SEAPLANE SINKS
ENGLISH VESSEL
Five Shells Hit Dredger in
Spain-Bomber Believed
German-Mahned.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
In ,aeD driue and backed by hun
dreds of dirplanes and batteries OF
artillery, Gen. francois insurgent
troops hare as ultimate objective
conquest OF Valencia, key Mediter-
ranean seaport OF government
Spain proper. O6enstpe started at
dawn yesterday after government
troops tn days of bitter fighting had
blocked insnrgent attempts to
dripe do,on the Teruel HighDay to
Valencia.
Bv the Associated Press.
GAMBIA. Spain, June ga lone
seaplane bombed and machine -gunned
this British-operated port on govern
ment Spain's Mediterranean coast in
a moonlight raid early today, damag-
ing British dredger so seriously that
she sank few hours later.
The harbor of Gambia, So miles south
of Valencia, is small, modern port
owned by British company
The plane, believed to be the same
one which bombed two British ships in
Alicante Harbor yesterday, dropped
about 80 bombs, five of them hitting
the dredger.
Warehouse Destroyed.
Twenty railway cars and ware
house were destroyed and another
warehouse was damaged. The ware
houses were machine-gunned, but
there were no casualties.
Edwin APPEL British manager of the
port, said he believed the plane was
German manned. It carried two pilots
and was clearly visible in the moon
light.
Flying only few hundred feet high,
the plane circled the port slowly for a
half hour, placing bombs wherever it
pleased.
The dredger, named the Gambia, was
the only vessel in the harbor.
The manager placed the damage at
100000 pesetas (about $4,000. He
said the raid was a deliberate and
brazen attack on British property"
Established so Years Ago.
''The sole aim," he declared, was to
destroy the port, which British capital
established so years ago. Incendiary
bombs destroyed one warehouse and
damaged another. The dredger had
three holes below the water line and is
lost.
Il picked up machine-gun bullets
all over the harbor. The harbor was
never used for anything except legiti-
mate shipping, mainly fruit and vege-
tables"
CA Madrid dispatch, however,
said Gambia had been used for
about two weeks as port of call
for British destroyers and cruisers,
owing to the frequent air raids on
Valencia. Roofs in Gambia were
clearly marked with British colors)
REBELS NEARING VALENCIA.
Evening star., 1938-06-08

PHOENIX, Ariz-, June 8 GP)-J. g.
Penney, jr., "a, son of the nationally
known merchant, died Of pneumonia
here yesterday after three-day ILL.,
ness He came here about four years
ago to grow citrus but recently sold
insurance.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Summary Of Today's Star

Second division again yawns for Mats,
victimized by Browns. Page Ala
Indians keep winning as Giants and
Cubs share spotlight. Page Ala
Guldahl, Snead, Cooper, 81 choices to
win u. S. open golf. Page Ais
"Unknowns" face veterans in women's
Trans-Miss. golf. Page ALI
Boys doubles title in The Star net
tourney due today. Page A-16
Eastern adds baseball crown to grid
and basket ball titles. Page Ais
Evening star., 1938-06-08
GOVERNOR NAMED.
Commander Hanson Ordered t;

Duty in Samoa.
Comdr. Edward w. Hanson hassbeen
ordered to duty as Governor of Amer
ican Samoa and commandant of the
Naval Station at Tutuila, Samoa, ac-
cording to a Navy Department an
nouncement.
Comdr. Hanson. who has been Sc
lected for promotion to the grade Of
captain, relieves Capt. acGillivray
Milne as Governor and commandant
of the Samoan station. Capt. Milne
is scheduled to be retired from active
duty June 80. Comdr. Hanson for
merly commanded the U. s. S. Erie.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
KREUGER PAYMENT
Ivar's Brother Is Ordered to Give
Trustees 1885, 900.

STOCKHOLM, June 8 [R.-The
Swedish Supreme Court today ordered
Tortsen Kreuger, brother of Ivar
Kreuger, the dead match king" to
pay 100000 kronor (about $285, ,000)
to the trustees in bankruptcy of Ivar
Kreuger's affairs.
In suit arising from the match
kings" failure the trustees had asked
for 100000 kronor (about $685.
000).
(Ivar Krepger, whose failure was
one Of the most spectacular in
financial history. committed sui
eide In Paris March IL, 1932.)
Evening star., 1938-06-08

FOREIGN.
Canton aflame as Japanese raid Can
ton for third time today. Page Al
NATIONAL.
Senators await White House word on
relief politics probe Page Al
Conferees agree to compromise wage
hour legislation. Page Al
Roosevelt asks $4,000 for G-men
probing Cash kidnapping. Page A-4
WASHINGTON AND NEARBY.
House expected to kill $500. 900 Jeffer-
son Memorial fund. Page Al
Thrae motorists held. hit-run driver
sought after accidents. Page As
Four D. Q. agencies to be moved from
District Building. Page B-1
SPORTS.
Schmeling's confidence, fine condition
impresses observers. Page Ala
Arixmendi. getting draw, sees Ambers
u sasy for Armstrong. Page A-1l
Evening star., 1938-06-08
TRAINING SCHOOL
CLOSING HALTED
House Refuses to Cut Off
Funds for Receiving
Home Also.
BULLETIN.

The House today approved with
out change all Of the District items
in the second deficiency appropria-
ton bill.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Merchants Son Dies.

(See CHINA, Page A-4.)