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Evening star., 1938-04-27
SPARKMAN PREDICTS
METHODIST UNITY
House Member From Alabama
Gives Talk at Dinner of Hamline
Mems Bible Class.

Representative Sparkman. Demo-
crat of Alabama, speaking at the an
nual dinner OF the Mems Bible Glass
Of Hamline NJ E. Church last night,
said he expected tn the near future a
joining OF the three branches Of the
Methodist Church in this country.
Mr.. sparkman left for the South
after the banquet to attend a con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South on the subject of unity
with the other two branches-the
Methodist Protestant Church and the
Methodist Episcopal Church-which
already have voted their willingness
to unity.
A delegate to the conference, Mr..
Sparkman said he was confident the
Southern division OF the church would
vote for national unity.
Speaking before 200 members of the
Bible class at their second annual
banquet. Mr.. Sparkman warned that
we have allowed ourselves to grow
indinerent to crime and to the things
that breed crime, particularly among
youth. For this reason" he said, there
Is serious problem confronting the
Christian church in providing youth
with the opportunities it so greatly
and naturally Graves"
Other speakers were DR.. H. w.
Burgan. pastor of the Hamline
Church; Edwin S. swingle, class
teacher; Wilmer F. Sickle, chairman
OF the Dinner Committee, and DR..
Chesteen Smith, former pastor. The
dinner was given in the church parish
hall.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
VOTE SET
BY U.A. v. GROUP
Labor Leader Says 1t Could
Close Ford and ChrysIer
Plants in Detroit,
By the Associated Press.


DETROIT, April 27-A strike pic
tured by labor leader as one that
could cause the Ford Motor Co. and
the Chrysler Corp to halt operations
here was under consideration TODAY
by division of the United Auto
Workers Union &C. I. o..
The group which claims the power
to bring about this extreme curtail-
ment of automobile production is the
Executive Board of the Molding and
Allied Parts Council of the U. A. w.
Robert Hunter chairman of the
Council, said today the union has
100 per cent membership in five plants
supplying Ford and Chrysler and that
strike vote would be taken Friday
night.
General Motors Corp. would not be
affected because its molding is done
by company which is governed by
the U. A. w. agreement with the
corporation.
Immediate cause of the decision to
take a strike vote was the collapse
last night of negotiations between the
union and the Detroit Molding Co,
| where a dispute already has stopped
operations.
The five automobile parts plans in
which the strike vote will be taken are
PenlnSular Metal Products Corp,
Motor Products Corp, AinsWorth Man.
ufacturing Co., Herron-Zimmers
Moulding Co. and the Parker WoIver-
Inc Co. They employ 10000 men.
Picketing of the seven plants of the
Bohn Aluminium & Brass Corp. was
resumed this morning without violence
following two clashes yesterday in
which several persons suffered minor
hurts
Several pickets appeared today with
bandaged heads.
The corporation notified its Office
workers not to report for work.
The strike. called by the United Auto
Workers of America, has been in
progress for week.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
SPECIAL MESSAGE
DRAFT STARTED
Roosevelt Begins Work on
Antitrust Note to Be
Given Congress.
BY ]. RUSSELL YOUNG.

President Roosevelt today started
the draft of a special message he will
send to Congress soon recommending
amendments to the antitrust laws to
check monopolies.
1t was said at the White House that
1t is doubtful If the President will
have this message written before he
leaves Washington Friday night for a
weeks trip aboard the U. s. S. Phila-
delphia, one Of the latest 10000-ton
cruisers. 1t is thought the President
will complete writing the message
aboard ship. send it back to the White
House by Navy airplane and have 1t
transmitted to the Congress before he
returns
The President conferred during the
morning with Solicitor General Robert
Jackson regarding the message. This
afternoon he also will discuss the mes
sage with Attorney General Cummings
and Thurman Arnold, Assistant Attor-
ney General
Indications are the President will
not recommend any specific legisla-
ton in the message, but will point to
the need for legislation amending the
antitrust laws and recommend that
Congress study the subject further
President Roosevelt has contended his
recovery program would be benefited
by more drastic check on monopo-
listic practices.
Confers With Lilienthal.
The President also conferred TODAY
with David E. Lilienthal, one OF the
directors OF the Tennessee Valley Au-
thori:y 1t was explained in the
White House that this conference had
nothing to do with the recent row in
the directorate of the T. " A., which
resulted in the removal of DR.. Arthur
E. Morgan. chairman, but dealt prin-
cipally with the purchase of certain
utility power companies by the Ten
nessee Valley Authority.
Others who talked to the President
today included Senator Neely Of West
Virginia, Secretary OF Labor Perkins,
A. J. Altmeyer of the Social Security
Board and Josephus Daniels, Amer
tcan Ambassador to Mexico.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
sBlnckOut' in u. S.
Town to Reheurse
Air Raid Defense
Realistic Test Will Be
Feature of Aerial
Var Games.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Residents Of some town in the in
dustrial Northwest, Army officials said
today. will be asked to turn out all
lights one night next month in real
istic rehearsal Of defense against war
time air raids.
The "blackout," familiar to cities Of
Europe and Asia, will be employed for
the f1rst time in this country during
the war games Of the general head
quarters air force in q six-State area.
Compliance will be voluntary, in con-
trast with European procedure.
Motor truck movement OF supplies
and other preliminaries start today.
The actual maneuvers begin next
week when 200 planes start transport
ing more than 1000 officers and men
from home stations as distant as Cali
fornia to 81 airports in the New York
New England area.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
new UNION CLASH
GUARDED AGAINST
Muncie Police Watch Rival
Groups After General Motors
Plant Row.
f. the Associated Press.

e. the Associated Press.
MUNCIE. Ind, April 27.-Police
were on guard today against further
hostilities between rival unions at
General Motors Corps Chevrolet plant
here after two clashes sent two men
to hospital and another to Jail.
Members and sympathizers Of the
United Automobile Workers OF Amer
lea marched from a mass meeting
last night to the plant, where 100
independent unionists were on picket
duty, Clubs and baseball bats were
hurled in melee which ensued. The
pickets fed inside and the u. A. w.
forces withdrew.
Injured were Charles Cook, a mem
Der Of the independent union, and
Everett Kelly. 40, U. w. A. member.
Both were taken to hospital where
their injuries were found not to be
serious.
Ray Heller, so. not identified by
police with either union. was arrested
and held on an open charge. Police
Chief Frank Massey said Heller's au-
tomobile struck woman in the crowd
and that officers found blackjack
and shotgun inside it.
Earlier in the day three U. A. w. A.
officials were chased away from the
plant by the Independent pickets
Walter L. Lundberg. spokesman for
the independent union. said after
ward: We don't want any outside
organizers. We feel We are intelligent
enough to take care of our own jobs" 4"
Evening star., 1938-04-27
MRS. J. OWEN LYNCH
FUNERAL TOMORROW
Wife of Alexandria Postmaster
Succumbs at Home After
Long Illness.

Mrs. Clara Browne Lynch, Gil King
street, Alexandria, Va, wife of Post
master J. Owen Lynch Of Alexandria.
died at her home yesterday following
long illness.
Funeral services will be held at her
late residence tomorrow at 2:30 pm.
The Rev. Robert c. Masterton, rector
of the Grace Episcopal Church, will
ofi1ciate and burial will be in Ivy Hill
Cemetery.
Mrs. Lynch had been i'll since last
January. She had been resident of
Alexandria for IS years ana was active
in the Alexandria Needlework Guild
and the Women's Auxiliary of the
Grace Episcopal Church.
She is survived by her husband: a
son. Keith Owen Lynch; two brothers,
Robert L. Browne of Richmond, and
Brooke Browne Of Washington.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
LEA WILL SPEED
RAIL |LA|DPROCRAM
Hearings Will Begin Next
Week on New 5-Point
Emergency Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

6y tI.e hSSOCldtcQ fTesS.
Chairman Lea, Democrat, of Cali
fornia. of the House Interstate Com
merce Committee, predicting quick en-
actment of a new five-point railroad
aid program. said today he would be-
gin hearings next week.
The public as we'll as Congress. Mr..
Lea said, would approve the emer-
gency legislation decided on by ad-
ministration leaders late yesterday.
The program:
l. r. F. c. loans for equipment
purchases, the equipment to be held
as security.
2. r. F. c. loans for labor, providing
for the employment of workers fur
loughed since October.
3. Suspension for II months of a
requirement that the Interstate Com
merce Commission approve r. F. C.
loans.
4. Continuation Of Government
funds for eliminating grade crossings.
5. Provision that the Government
pay fair share Of the cost of build
ing bridges helpful to water trans
portation.
Measures Are Endorsed.
The broader question of legislation
to facilitate reorganization and mer-
ger of railroads will be deferred until
next year. Mr. Lea said.
Chairman Jesse Jones of the Re-
construction Finance Corporation and
Chairman Wheeler, Democrat. of Mon
tana. of the Senate Interstate Com
merce Committee Endorsed the emer-
gency measures
Meanwhile, a suggestion by Inter-
state Commerce Commissioner East
man for an immediate Investigation
into the railroad wage controversy
drew a quick reply from a labor rep
resentative.
Mr. Eastman told the Chicago Traf
f1c Club yesterday that a wage in
quiry would clear the air"
I suggest" replied George NJ. Har-
rison, chairman of the Railroad Labor
Executives Association. that Com
missioner Eastman stay within his
oath OF office and not suggest any vio-
lation of the law.
May Take Year.
THE Railway Labor act provides
the President may appoint fact-find-
ing committee only after all machin-
cry has been complied with
Under the railroad labor law, Mr.
Harrison said, it would take six months
to year to bring wage controversy
to close
The Association of American Rail-
roads will meet in Chicago tomorrow
and Friday to continue discussions re-
garding a wage reduction proposal.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
OBJECTIONS VOICED
TO MAINE AVENUE
Water Front Merchants Would
Prefer to Have Street Renamed
Riverside Drive.

A petition asking Congress to let
Water street retain its present name
or change it to Riverside drive was
being circulated today among water
front merchants opposed to the bill
Vhich would change the name to
Maine avenue.
Salvatore Scalco, florist and moving
spirit in the fight against Maine ave-
nue." said we've got nothing against
the State of Maine, but the old Maine
avenue had a reputation that we don't
want to inherit
Realignment of the Mall eliminated
the old Maine avenue formerly a dead
end street between Fourth and Sixth
streets S.W., paralleling Maryland
avenue.
Why don't they give us a classy
name like Riverside drive?" Mr.. Scalco
suggested We're right on the river,
aren't we?"
The bill changing Water streets
name to Maine avenue was passed by
the House Monday.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
WORKERS TO SHARE
GAR WOOD PROFITS
Corporations Employees Will Get
20 Per Cent of Dividends.
Two-Day Strike Settled.

BY the Associated Press.
DEROIT. April 27.-Gar Wood In
dutries, Inc, announced today a
profit-sharing plan under which its
employees will receive 20 per cent Of
all declared dividends.
The corporation also announced set
tlement Of a two-day strike by men,
bers of the United Automobile Work
ers' Union &C. I. o., which has closed
two Detroit plants of the concern.
Approximately 500 workers will re-
turn to their jobs tomorrow. About
1000 men are on the company's pay
rolls.
Garfield A. Wood, noted speedboat
race driver and for II years holder
of the Harmsworth Trophy, is presi-
dent of the corporation. The an
nouncenlent said that Mr.. Wood by
his own action takes so per cent
reduction in his personal salary in
order to give the company, its en-
ployes and stockholders every oppor-
tunity to make more profit
The profit sharing plan applies
principally to factory workers and ex-
cludes salaried employees receiving
over certain stipulated sum-
Gar Wood Industries, Inc. operates
branches In several cities, including
Washington.
Evening star., 1938-04-27

four prancing stations sent from Hun
gary by the Apponyi family.
She was followed by her mother,
Nine. Gladys Stewart Girault, and
her grandmother, Nine. Virginia
Harding D'Ekna, both formerly of
New York One of her closest friends,
Countess Muriel White Seherr- -Thoss,
American born, was in the group sur
rounding the bride. Countess Seherr-
Thoss is daughter Of the late Henry
White, American diplomat.
Other Americans or part Americans
attending included the Queens sis
ter, Countess Virginia Apponyi Bashy
and brother, Count Julius Apponyi:
Hugh S. Grant, the American Minister
to Albania, and Mrs. Grant of Bir-
mingham, Ala. and Col George H
Paine. American military attache in
Rome, and Mrs. Paine Of Pennsyl-
vania.
Thirty members of the diplomatic
corps, with their wives. and Count
Galeazzo Ciano italian foreign min
lister, were present
The six royal sisters, including the
Princesses Maxhide. Ruhije and
Myzejen, who recently visited the
United States stood near the King.
Civil Code is Read.
Mr.. Delvina read a paragraph from
the civil code for the ceremony. 1t
said:
The man and wife accept reciprocal
obligations to live together in loyalty
and mutual assistance. The man is
head of the family. the wife follows
the civil position of the man, taking
his name and is obliged to follow the
head Of the family wherever he sees
fit to dwell The man is obliged to pro-
tect the wife. to procure her living
according to his means. The wife is
obliged to contribute to his nourish-
ment If he is without means"
No exceptions to the ordinary civil
rites were made for the royal couple.
Services in the mosques, orthodox
and Catholic churches were attended
by packed crowds of army and gen.
darmerie officers, Parliament members,
provincial delegates and officials as
celebrations of the royal wedding day
for the Moslem King and his Catholic
bride began.
After receiving fluctuations from
Count Ciano and other dignitaries. the
Queen took the Kings arm and to-
gether they appeared before the cheer
ing mass outside the palace.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
BUDGET MAY FORCE
A.A.A. TOCUT STAFF
Measure Before Senate Would
Limit Administrative Cost
to $l4,55O.OOO.

By the Associatef Press.
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration may have to get along
with fewer jobholders after June 80,
oficials said today.
The A. A. A. reported that admin
istrative expenses from July l, 1887,
to March 81. 1898, exclusive Of ex-
penses of local farmer committees,
amounted to Sl4,958,740.
Officials said expenses for the full
year might run close to $4,000, ,000
The A. A. A. reported it had 3,093 full
time employees in its Washington and
field ofices.
Beginning July the A. A. A. will
be limited in administrative expenses
for its general farm program to 3
per cent of the funds appropriated for
the soil-conServation program.
The Senate is considering a House.
approved measure providing $485,-
000, 900 for the conservation program.
Such An appropriation would limit
administrative expenditures to $14,-
550,oo0.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
NEGLECTED. CHILDREN
TO GET FOSTER HOME

Three children who were rescued
haf-starved from a dingy basement
room last Wednesday night were COM
mitted to care Of the Children's Divi-
sion Of the Board of Public Welfare
today on evidence that they had been
neglected by their mother.
The mother, Mrs. Evelyn Tinsman,
IS, did not appear for the hearing be-
fore Juvenile Court Judge Fay Bentley,
and police said they had not been able
to ind her since the children were dis
covered living under pathetic" condi-
tions.
The Board of Public Welfare plans
TO place the hildren-7-month-old
Lucy Mae and her sister, Betty Jane,
6. and brother, Donald. 4Hin a tempo
rary foster home, where they will be
boarded at District expense under
close supervision.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
CONGRESS IN BRIEF
TNnAv

Relief-P. w. A. officials explain
relief needs to House committee.
Naval-Senate continues debate on
expansion program.
Aviation-House committee ends
study Of regulatory agency.
Labor-House committee resumes
hearing on bill to penalize Govern
ment contractors who violate Wagner
Labor Act.
Rivers and Harbors-House starts
debate on $4,000 omnibus bill.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Continues debate on naval bill.
Territories Committee, miscellaneous
business, 1890 am.
Education and Labor Committee,
executive, on amendments to the
Walsh -Healy law, 1890 am.
Military Affairs Committee, execu-
tive, routine business, 1890 am.
House:
Considers rivers and hArbors bill.
Subcommittee Of Appropriations
Committee continues hearings on re-
lief program.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
SEA COVES BARE
OLD 'COMPASSES'
Bits of Magnetic Material
Pointed North Once,
but Not Now.

Fossil compasses." throwing light
on the history Of the planet when
Greenland was covered with SEMI
tropical swamps. are being studied at
the terrestrial magnetism laboratory
Of the Carnegie Institution Of Wash
ington
These Investigations were reported
to the American Geophysical Union,
meeting here today. by Drs. A. G.
McNish and E. A johnson of the Car
negie staff The ''compasses' are mi
mute bits of magnetic material. pos
sibly iron, which sank to the bottom
Of the sea centuries ago. AS they
sank slowly they we're oriented like
real compass needles in the direction
of the north magnetic pole.
At the sea bottom they were en-
crusted in mud so that the direction
in which they pointed became perma-
nent. Three years ago Dr. c. G. Pig
gott. Of the Carnegie's Geophysical
Laboratory, devised a method of TAX
ing cores from the sea bottom by
means of special gun. This brought
up sections Of the ocean floor just as
it had been laid down through the
centuries.
The curious thing is that these tiny
fossil compaSses do not point north
today. although they undoubtedly did
when they were free to move in the
water and although the direction it
self. DR.. McNish believes. has not
changed. They show a variation of
as much as 80 degrees in some cases.
depending on the strata from which
they are obtained This can mean
only that the position of the magnetic
pole itself has changed in few thou
sand years or that the crust of the
earth has been shifted around.
The latter Interpretation. to which
the Carnegie scientists give most Gre
dence. would explain in some meas
ure the paradox of the ice ages, when
the Northern part of the United
States was covered with glaciers thou
sands of miles thick and the still
earlier paradox of Greenland covered
with lush forests which formed great
coal deposits. Some geo-physicists, it
was explained, believe that north"
was once actually what is now
SOUTH" due to this twisting Of the
crust. This might explain such a
phenomenon as that encountered in
Central Africa, which had its own
ice age in which the glaciers came,
not, northWard from the South Pole
but southwark from what is now the
Equator.
These extreme variations in the di-
rection of north" also may throw
light on the ancient detachment of the
eastern and western hemispheres. The
coastlines of Europe and Africa on one
side and of North and South America
on the other fit roughly together like
two pieces of a jig-saw puzzle. This
leads to the hypothesis that they
once split apart and drifted to their
present positions like RATS floating
on the rock ocean underlying earth's
60-mile thick crust.
Fhe fossil magnetism findings can
be interpreted as indication Of twisting
and turning of the earth's crust which
would give some such result.
New instruments for weather OBJ
servers were described at the annual
meeting of the American Meteorolo-
gical Society, which opened this morn
ing. Among these was an improved
hygrometer to measure the humidity
of the stratosphere when sent aloft
by balloon. which has been devised at
the Bureau of Standards.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
DISMISSED EMPLOYEES
ORDERED REINSTATED
N. L. R. B. Examiner Recommends
Two Be Taken Back, but Upholds
Discharge of Another.

Reinstatement with back pay Of
two employees dismissed several months
ago by the Arcade Sunshine Laundry
here has been recommended by Law
renee J. Rosters. trial examiner for
the National Labor Relations Board,
after hearing, it was announced to-
day. The examiner upheld the dis
missal of third man, however.
The case was instituted by the
Laundry Workers, Cleaners and Dyers
Union of the Committee for Industrial
Organization, which charged that
anti-union bias was responsible for
dismissal of the three.
The examiner proposes that the
company be ordered to desist from re-
puted efforts to block unionization Of
its employees.
The company has until May s 10
file exceptions.
Evening star., 1938-04-27

By the Associated Press.
TIRANIA. Albania. April 27.-1n a
civil ceremony marked with noun
taineer simplicity. Countess Geraldine
Apponyi, whose mother was an Ameri-
can, became the first Queen of the
Albanians today when she was ac-
cepted in marriage by King Ahmed
Zog.
A salvo of 10l guns, the tolling of
church bells and shouts of Moham-
medan muezzins praying from NINA
rets signaled the marriage The cere-
mony was held in an atmosphere half
Oriental, half Occidental.
They we're declared man and wife
by Heqmet Delvinia. vice president of
Parliament, after he had read the con-
ditions of marriage from the civil code
in the presence of 200 guests and men,
bers of the royal family.
Ranks With Queen Farida.
Queen Geraldine thus took her place
with Queen Farida of Egypt as the
worlds youngest Queens. Queen Ger
aldine is %; Queen Farida. II. Queen
Geraldine is the only Queen possess
ing American blood.
The ceremony took place in the
1ower-banked annex of the small
royal palace The walls were covered
with antique Albanian firearms.
The bride, slightly taller than the
King. was resplendent in bridal gown
OF white satin, embroidered with
diamante, pearls and silver threads in
flower designs. Her Majesty's en-
broidered court train was long. A large
veil of white tulle trailed from a high
diadem OF orange blossoms
The King wore a sabre and colorful
decorations with his uniform as COM
mander-in-c of the army.
The Kings bodyguard Of 1000 men
completely surrounded the palace
grounds, but admitted the crowd inside
the walls where it pressed close to the
palace doors.
Thousands of picturesquely dressed,
thrilled-to-the- bones mountaineers-
Ghegs from the north and Tpsks from
the south-milled about. trying to
glimpse the King who rose from q
tribal chieftain to establish a mon
archy and his Queen.
$4,000 Children Attend.
Fifty thousand school children,
dressed in native costumes, were in
the throng with gendarmes and deputa-
tions from every corner of the king
dom.
The bride rode to the palace behind
Evening star., 1938-04-27
TIMES RAISES PRICE

NEW YORK, April 27 (Py.-The
New York Times last night announced
an increase from 2 to 3 cents in the
newsstand sale price OF its weekday
editions in New York City, beginning
next Monday.
The three other morning newspapers
OF general circulation here did not
announce increases.
Morning newspapers in New York
have sold for cents on week days
for many years and afternoon papers
usually for cents.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
SABOTAGE ON WARSHIPS

LONDON, April 81 tP).-The gov
ernment disclosed in the House Of
Commons today that there had been
five cases of sabotage or suspected
sabotage" aboard British warships
within the last year.
Geofrey H. Shakespeare, parliament
tary secretary to the admiralty. refused
to go beyond this disclosure. but gave
assurances that an investigation was
under way into the character and
antecedents" of persons employed
aboard warships.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
All to Hold Athletic Meet.

ROCKVILLE. Md, April ~ (Spe-
claD The annual countrywide All
athletic night will be held in the
Richard Montgomery High School
here Saturday night. Rufus B. King,
assistant county agricultural agent,
will be IN general charge.