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La gaceta., 1939-01-30
LA DE DA COR
TIE FEDERAL DEL CIRCUI-
TO DE APELACIONES

New York, Enero 29.-Los e.
lementos Hberales elogian la sen
tencia de Ia Corte Federal del
Distrito de pelaciones, de Fila
DELTA, declarando que la eviden
cvia es incontrovertible en- cram
to a que 81 alcalde Hague es ell
.iefe de un movimiento para inn
pedf que Ell apelante, la ,organi-
zaci6n obrera CLIO, ejerza sus
derechos en- Jersey City.
La opinion de la mayoria del
Tribunal, escrita por Ell juez ].
Biggs. Jr., declare inconstitucio
nal la presente ordenanza de Jer
sey City bajo la cual Sc niegan
permisos para reuniones al CIO
y sus partdiarios.
Los abOgadOa del CIo diSen
La gaceta., 1939-01-30
Baterias antiaereas defender a Figueras
yGerona de los aeroplanos f~acciosos
Ell Gobierno tiene dinero, pero no puede
adquirir 10 que necesita.
Pasaron a Francia, Largo Caballero y
Luis Araquistain

Perpignan, Enero 29.-El
primer mmiStro Juan NegriT
Sc encuentra EN- Figueras y di-
ee que la guerra de Espana
continuara.
Barcelona sc ha perdido,
dijo, Y por 10 tarto FigIeras es
Ia nueva capita de Catalina.
Las nuevas lincas del ejercito
.eal Sc han 4s.,thlecido en- los
sitios designados por ell man
do.
LA guerra continuara. AQui
estaremos mientras no poda-
mos regresar a Barcelona Q
Madrid"
En- Figueras no hay alimen
tos y por ALI pasan miles de
feIuglauOS. I'll ITO ulIlculta IL
Marcia de los fugitivos.
Baterias antiaereas Sc han
puesto por los leales en- Zero.
ma y Figueras. Aver sc encon-
traban en- la nueva capital, a
demas de Don Juan Negrin, eI
ministro de Estado Alvarez
del Vayo y ell presidente de Ia
Generalidad Catalina, Don
Luis Companys.
La guerra no Sc concluira
mientras haya un soldado leal
con vida-es la consigna dada
por ell gobierno.
Ell problema de Espana, ell
La gaceta., 1939-01-30

estos momentos, no es ell ejer-
cito sino la retaguardia. Algo
parecido a la normalidad debe-
ra darse a la poblaci6n civil.
La retaguardia Sc halla afec
tada por la confusion.
Obedece ell ejercito Is 6rde-
mes del gobierno, que tiene di-
nero. pero no puede adquirir
10 que necesita. 81 ell gobierno
pudiera ejercer su legitimo de
recho a comprar armas, toda-
via pudiera contener a los re-
beldes y al final veneer.
Grandes cantidades de ma
terial de guerra que ell gobier-
no esperaba, Sc quedaron en-
Francia al ser cerrada la from
terra, ell pasado 13 de juno.
Francisco Largo CaballerO.
exprimer ministro y eXjefe de
la Union General de Trabaja-
dores, pas6 a Pertds, en- Fran
cia, y Sc neg6 a hacer declara-
clones. lie custodiaban dos SOL
dados con bayoneta calada.
Luis Araquistain, exembaja
dor en- Francia, acompahaba
a Largo Caballero.
Alvaro del Vayo eXpresa
la confianza de que ell ejerci-
to leal lograra resistir en- la
parte de Catalina que aun tie
ne en- sus manos.
La gaceta., 1939-01-30
Ell TEMPO

Claro para hoy y mahana, pc
70 ms fresco en- horas de la no
che.
Mr.. Talbot, Ell jefe de Ia off
Gina meteorological local, mani =
fest6 que Ell NAL tempo parece
%retirarse y que tenderness agra
liable temperature, sin luvia, pa
"a los primeros dias de Ia Feria.
La lluvia de es.a manana hizo
murmurar a muchos: "lleg6 In
Feria y Va tenemOs aqua"
La gaceta., 1939-01-30

Una buena recommendation de
senador LaFollette y ell comite
lie libertades cfvicas: que Sc a.
pruebe una ley prohibiendo a los
patronos alquilar agencias o in
dividuos para rompe-huelgas...
Ell Comite ha publicado una
lista de las agencias que Sc dedi-
IAN O dedicaban a csc sucio ne
gociO.
La gaceta., 1939-01-30

Youngstown and Cleveland N
Jersey Engineering Company
Subsidiary Railway Audit and
Inspection Co., Incl, N. York
O'Farrell, Val, Detective Agen-
cy New York.
Pennsylvania Industrial Ser :
vice Company Subsidiary of
Railway Audit and Inspection
Con pany Inc), Pittsburgh; Pin
kerton's National Detective A :
gency, New York; Railway Au-
dit and Inspection Co, Inc, n.
York.
Shaw, N. S., New York; Sher
wood Detective Bureau, New
York Sale Pierson Detective
Service, Philadelphia; Stahl,
Harry, Philadelphia; Star En-
ployment and %Commissary Co,
Pittsburgh.
Thiel Detective Agency, Chi
ago; Waddell & Gibbons, Chi
cago; Williams, George, Agen =
cy, New York.
Employers Association - AS
ISOLATED Industries, Cleveland (;
National Metal Trades Associa-
ton, Chicago and New York.
La gaceta., 1939-01-30
Sc DESCUBRIO UNA LAPI-
DA EN- MEMORIAL DE Mr..
BROREIN

Aver por la tarde, en- los terre
nos del a Exposition De Soto, Sc
etectu6 la dedication del Temple
del ProgresO, bajo la direction
del comisionado federal DR.. Ale
jandro V. Dyer, y al mismo item
pc Sc descubri6 una lapida en- no
nor de w. G. Brorein, fundador
de la Feria y su p~residente du-
rante % amos.
La Sra. Mary Elizabeth WIFI
tie, Meta de Brorein, trio de la
cuerda que cubria la lapida.
FL Rev. A. H. Wilson, pastor
de la Primera Iglesia Cristiana,
pronunci6 la invocation y d. B.
Mckay, un director de la Feria,
tuvo a su cargo Ell discurso de re
cuerdo.
Preside ell acto ell Sr. Frank
D. Jackson, un amigo de Bro
rein.
Mas de Glen personals habian
sidO invitadas a yer anticipate
mente ell pabell6n federal, ha-
len ALI los honores ell DR.. Dyer,
lue Sc mostr6 satisfecho con Ia
Obra realizada.
ME satisface, dijo ell DR..
Dyer, la obra hecha y las exhibi
clones que presentamos. Conce-
lilo credito por Ell exito, en- par.
Ocular, al Sr. lbert S. Thornton.
secretario executive de la Feria
FL patio espahol del pabell6r
es una joya de arte y buen bus
to, y los invitados aplaudieron.
Una serie de cuadros, hecho,
bajo la supervision del institute
Smithsonian, describen la expe.
dici6n fernando De Soto en- Ia
Florida.
FL teniente coronel II. B. lie
WIS es ell director de la exhibit
ci6n de la Secretaria de la Cue.
IRA.
Por ell acto de aver felicia
mos al DR.. Dyer, sus colaboradC
res, el teniente coronel Lewis
Mr.. Thornton y g los inteligen.
tes directories de la Exposition.
La gaceta., 1939-01-30

oAiSs LiSiO III oNUhNN
del ejercito de Franco CONT
nua en- direction de la fronte-
IA.
Aver, seg1n comunican de
Perpignan, ell gobierno hizo
fracasar un complot de un CRU
pc "anarquista" que deseaba
apoderarse de Puigcerda, fren
tie a la frontera francesa.
En- algunos lugares ocurrie-
ron cheques entire comunistas
y anarquistas, interviniendo
en- ellos las autoridades supe-
riores. que restablecieron ell
orden.
Asegdrase que los marquis
tas, en- algunos lugares, Sc opu
sieron a que grupos de solda.
dos cruzaran a Francia. En- re-
laci6n con los incidentes, Y ell
tono desfavorable, Sc mencio-
ma al teniente coronel Galan.
Los facciosos tomaron Saba
dell y Badalona, dos importan
ties ciudades industriales, sin
disparar un tiro.
A la cabeza de los fascistas
marchan los moros mandados
por ell general Juan Vague.
Los navarros, mandados por ell
general Jose Solchaga, cola
boran tambien en- ell avance.
Aseguran los facciosos que
en- los dltimos dias han hecho
mas de 5000 pFisioneros y Sc
han apoderado de 1000 anne
tralladoras y Is millones de Ii
tres de gasolina.
Atacan los rebeldes desde
tres direcciones en- un esfuer-
20 para quebrantar las nuevas
lfneas del gobierno, al norte
de Barcelona, y completar la
conquista de Catalina.
Ell mando desleal comunica
haber hecho retroceder a los
republicanos hasta mas ALA de
la aldea de Moya. Tropas fac
ciosas e italianas Sc cOncen-
tran en- la carretera de Grano-
Hers, donde dicen dominar I'M
portantes posiciones.
Las avanzadas de Franco Sc
encuentran a 81 millas de &c
roma, la capital de la provin-
cia de su nombre.
Ell mando rebelde asegura
que su stropas, luego de que
a Catalina, atacaran
en- direction de Valencia, ciu-
dad que piensan capturar ra-
pidamente.
En- cuanto a Madrid, los re-
beldes aseguran que no sera
facil ell tomarla, pero que la
rodearan, de modo que la po-
blaci6n sc rinda por hambre.
Ell nuevo alcalde de BARGE
Iona, Miguel Mateu, atiende a
la reorganization de los servi-
clos municipalities, segGn dijo.
Los tranvias funcionan de
nuevo, 10 mismo que los auto
buses Y otros servicios.
Miles de personals estan sien
do alimentadas por la munich
palidad.
Tn decreto de Franco obli-
ga a las empresas a adelantar
un mes de sueldo a sus traba-
jadores y empleados.
Funciona ell alumbrado cleo
'trico.
Trata ell mando fascista de
procurar pan para la pobla-
ci6n. La Falange E%spahola q
caba de abrir su despacho en-
ell Boulevard de Gracia.
Los lesles dejaron intactos
en- la capital todos los cables,
caherias de aqua y electrici-
dad; peto ell servicio telef6ni-
co sufri6 grandes dahos.
Por medic de un decreto de-
Franco Quedaron anuladOs To-.
La gaceta., 1939-01-30

Alardea Mussolini, y con e.
los traidores espanoles, de las
victoriaS de Barcelona.
Victoria de los enemigos de
Espana y de la justicia, cue O.
dian a la humanidad y amena-
zan con nuevas agresiones y gre
rras.
Victoria de Franco y de sus
0rotectores; pero derrota de
Espana, aunque derrota tempo
raj.
Ell pueblo espanol es invenci-
BILE y asi Sc probara.
La gaceta., 1939-01-30

que la opinion del Tribunal va
mas ALA de 10 que ellos
e Neraban.
"Es una gran victoria" decls
r6 Ell abogado Ernst
La gaceta., 1939-01-30

ell gabinete ingles desea que
Franco derrote cuanto antes al
gobierno republican, y legitimo.
Evening star., 1939-08-24

q 2 per cent commission on building
construction through . resolution
improperly written into Board of
Supervisor minutes.
Evening star., 1939-08-24
EVENING WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY AUGUST a se

owner Of the company. A former
co-worker Of the late Huey p. Long,
but foe Of Earl K. Long, the pres
ent Governor, Noe was In Texas
and could not be reached fer q state
ment.
Dark and Melton announced their
designations.
The police raids, thrilling gaping
hundreds In the financial district.
were upon the onlces Of the invest
ment firm Of Newman, Harris Il Co.,
and Shushan Bros. notions" store in
connection with further court inves-
tigation Of the Orleans Levee Board
bond refunding case.
Police Seize Records.
Acting on court order the police
seized all records touching on the
case in which the partners Robert ].
Newman and Norvin T. Harris, IT,,
and Politician Abraham l.. Shu-
shan were indicted Monday on
charges of mail fraud.
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana State
University officials filed suit for
$143,043.02 against George Cald-
well, former construction superin-
tendent, and attached his elaborate
home with the gold-plated plumbing
fixtures and air-conditioned bar and
his nearby camp where he enter
tanned the New York Giants last
year. His bank accounts also were
attached.
Caldwell, already under indict-
ment, has been dismissed by the uni
versity. where he allegedly received
Evening star., 1939-08-24
| $4,000 SIonder
| Suit IS Filed
| By Matte Brown

Matte Brown, who has had his ups
and downs in the prize ring, today
fought for = $l50.000 purse" in Z
legal battle at District Court-his
opponent being a sports broadcaster
who allegedly accused the Washing
ton heavyweight OF taking . dive"
for Tony Galento.
Brown and Galento, both OF whom
have met Champion Joe Louis,
traded blows at Detroit last Feb
ruary, with the New Jersey fighter
winning by q knockout In the fourth
round.
The day after the fight, according
to slander suit for $3.50, 900, Tony
Wakeman, VOL sports commenta-
tor. was quoted as saying, Brown
deliberately took a dive for Galento,
and that the knockout was prear-
ranged for a valuable consideration. !"
Browns suit, filed by Attorney
Charles Walker, further quoted the
radio announcer as saying: ANY
person who would take dive for a
bum like Tony Galento should 70
and drown himself in the middle Of
the ocean," and added Brown was
knocked out without being hit"
The American Broadcasting Co.,
operator Of VOL, was named Joint
defendant in the suit with Mr..
Wakeman.
The suit stated that Brown has
engaged in 233 fights. losing only five
of them by knockouts. The Galento
knockout, the suit stated, was leRiti-
mate. Mr.. Wakeman's allegedly
disparaging remarks, it was stated.
caused Brown to suffer great pain,
mental anguish and humiliation.
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Quail to Be Freed

WINCHESTER. Va. Aug. a.
Norman Shepherd, game warden Of
nearby Warren County, has been
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Harry Shilling Named
To Head Legion Post

Harry Shilling last night was
nominated for the office of com
mander of Henry G. spengler Post
American Legion, at its annual
nomination of officers at the
Thomas Circle Club. Elections will
be held next month.
Others were nominated for posts
as follows:
For first vice commander, Her.
bert Carroll; second vice com.
mander, Mark Miller; finance Of
fcer, Maj. Will Chase; sergeant at
arms, Joseph Owens; chaplain, Col,
Arthur L. Smith; surgeon, 1t. Rob-
ert S. Boyd, and historian, Col.
Alvin Hathaway.
Four new members were admitted
at last nights meeting. They are
William S. Colburn, Howard Dev-
lin, Walter G. Hand and James
Vanstory.
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Accident Is BIumed
On Failure Of Liohts

A failure of street lights last night
IN the First block of E street S.W.
was held responsible for an accident
In which two boys were hurt.
Richard Carter, 13, colored, and
Lloyd Clark, 8, both Of 20 Ivy street
Sc, were riding q bicycle along the
darkened street when they collided
with moving automobile. They
were treated at Providence Hospital
for minor hurts.
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Bribery Indictments
Returned Against
Louisiana Officials
Police Roid Downtown
Offices and 1. S. U. Acts
To Recover Funds
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. a.
Bribery charges against two State
officials, a police raid on two down.
town business oflces and court ac-
ton by Louisiana State University
to recover money losses kept the
States political scandals simmering
yesterday.
Indictments returned by the
Ouachita Parish grand Jury at Mon
roe charged w. D. Dark and l.. J.
Melton, manager and field agent
Of the conservation department
there, with receiving 81 $50 from the
]. & H. Oil Co. to "acidize" IL gas
wells in order to increase produc-
ton.
State Senator James A. Noe, q
candidate for Governor, is listed as
president, general manager and half
Evening star., 1939-08-24

members OF the
Junior Board of Commerce. Others
include z. D. Blackstone, Youart H
kerslake, Albert L. Cox, jr.; Roland
Kinks, Frank Luchs, Geof1rey Creyke,
Nicholas Orem, jr., and Frederick
Warren.
Preliminary plans were under way
ior a public gathering on September
~. when a program of entertainment
Will be presented. A fiag-raising
ceremony Is slated the following day.
Mr.. Morris said.
Other members of the Junior
Board OF Commerce aiding the roll
call are Alvin @. Ehrlich, Charles
p. Smoot, Donald w. Larson and
Ben M. Morgan.
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Food Poisoning Sends
Four to Hospital

-Four persons were believed to be
recovering today from the effects
OF 1ood poisoning, which necessi-
tated hospital treatment last night
The four, Henrietta Clark. GA:
Martha G. Clark, 13; Dorothy Clark.
II, and Charles Thompson, 9
months old, all colored and living
at Is M street S.W., were stricken
late last night in their home.
Dorothy and Charles were under
treatment at Gallinger Hospital to-
DAY and the other two were re-
covering at home after being treated
ny hospital doctors. They blamed
the poisoning on chicken.
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Charlottesville Gives
Tickets for Safe
Operation of Autos
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
Aug. A.-Ayi automobile driver
may operate his car in q safe
and courteous manner here
and still get q ticket from the
police. The ticket, however,
Will entitle him to see q show
and not to appear in Police
Court.
Police ofncials arranged the
giving Of theater tickekts to
drivers for outstanding acts of
safety and courtesy as part Of
a safety campaign.
Evening star., 1939-08-24

OF the District
chapter of the
American Red
Cross was an
nounced today by
General Chair
man Edgar Nor
ris. The local
chapters drive
for new members
is scheduled for
September % to
October 10.
Donald S. Bit
finger will head
the group, COM
posed Of nine
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Fall Victim Reported
In Critical Condition

Roger w. Schweikert, "a, of S22
G street NV, was reported in crit
ical condition in Casualty Hospital
today with back injuries received
In a 6-foot fall.
He was working on q press In
the printing plant Of Judd & Det-
weller. lexington place and Florida
avenue NE, when he shipped and
tumbled to the floor. At Casualty
1t was said that he had suffered a
possible fractured spine.
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Wonderbirds to Hike

The Wanderbirds will hold a T.
mile hike Sunday at Herald Harbor
Nd. starting from the Generals
highway. The group will leave here
from the National Theater at 9 q m.
Tor the trip to Herald Harbor. Fol-
lowing the hike they are to spend
the remainder of the day swimming
and resting.
Evening star., 1939-08-24

notified that the State Department
OF Game and Inland Fisheries will
ship Is quail, 10 be liberated In
groups Of five on lands that will re-
main posted at least one year, with
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Events Committee Named
For Red Cross Drive

Formation Of Special Events
Committee to arrange public cere-
monies, entertainments and demon
strations during the annual roll call
Evening star., 1939-08-24

IN the next week. Proper locations
are being sought by Robert H. Webb,
president Of the Warren County
Game Protective Association, In co.
operation with Mr.. Shepherd.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Armies in South China
Reported Dead|ocked
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Jan. % (Sunday). -
Chinese military reports today said
the japanese invaders had been
fought to a standstill in South China
despite their intensified offensives.
They reported a renewed Japa-
nese effort to cross the West River
near Samshui. some 20 miles west
of Canton. had been repulsed.
The Chinese simultaneously drove
a wedge into the sector, preventing
the joining of Japanese forces near
Samshui and others operating along
the Canton Railway north of Sam
shut, the advices said.
Reports from Pakhoi Southwest
ern Kwantung Province near French
Indo-China. said japanese warships
shelled Chinese defenses along the
coast yesterday. but land batteries
prevented any landings by the in
vaders.
About 100 miles southwest of
Shanghai the Chinese were reported
to have recaptured Fuyang, 20 miles
southwest of Hangchow, and Yu-
hang, Is miles west of Hangchow.
These had been points of deepest
japanese penetration in that sector
since HangchoW fell December "a,
1887.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Man Saved After Leapinq
From Eleventh Street Span

Quick action by a bridge tender
and two pedestrians last night saved
the life Of Robert Quade, 26. of 915
F street S.W., who was pulled safely
out of the Anacostia River after
he had jumped from the middle of
the Eleventh Street Bridge.
Apparently changing his mind
after he hit the water, Quade grab
bed a life preserver tossed accurately
to him by the bridge tender, Charles
Mottern, 50, of 4914 Georgia avenue,
who came to the rescue when he
noticed passers-by run to the bridge
railing.
Mr.. Mottern said that Quade hung
to pilings near the bridge until he
got hold of the life preserver. With
the help of two witnesses, Howard
Mills of East Falls Church, Va. and
Andrew Stransky of the Naval Air
Station, Quade was brought safely
ashore.
Mr.. Mills and Stransky said they
saw Quade get out of cab and run
to the bridge rail and jump over
but were too late to stop him
Quade was taken by the Fire Rescue
Squad ambulance to Gallinger Hos
pital, where he was treated for ex-
posure.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Virginia Girl Killed
In Coostinq Accident

Hilda Abel, 12-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Abel
of Triangle, Va, was fatally injured
yesterday while sleigh-riding near
her home.
The child, a student at the Oc-
coquan High School, coasted into a
tree and suffered fractured skull
She died several hours later in the
Alexandria Hospital.
She is survived by her, parents
and four sisters. Funeral services
will be held Monday at 2 pm. in
the Dumfries M. E. Church. The
Rev. A. E. Shumate will ofaciate,
and burial will be in the Episcopal
Church Cemetery at Dumfries. The
body was taken to the Hall funeral
home, OccoQuan.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
BULLETIN.

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 81 (P.-
BY a unanimous vote, more than
1000 Hollywood members of the
American Federation of Radio
Artists Tonight empowered their
national board of governors to
call a radio strike unless certain
advertising agencies meet the
A. F. R. A. wages and hours de-
mands.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. - Radio
sponsors, in the no mans land of a
wage battle between 1000 of their
performers and the advertising
agencies which employ them, pre-
pared tonight to intervene in q
threatened national talent strike.
The move, about which no details
were available, was revealed by
Charles j. Post, Federal labor con-
ciliator, who has been trying to
avert the projected walkout of ac-
tors, singers and announcers be-
longing to the American Federation
Of Radio Artists CA. F. L..
In Chicago an A. F. r. A. official
announced that one sponsor-P. K.
Wrigley, who produces his own
broadcasts-had signed the unions
"code of fair practice"
1T is the old, old story that de-
spite our desire to arrive at an agree
ment by negotiation, we must show
our force" said Eddie Cantor, big
eyed comedian and president of the
American Federation of Radio Ac-
tors, In Hollywood.
Among those subject to a strike
call, as members of the federation,
are Edgar ("Charlie Mccartney
Evening star., 1939-01-22
bethesdan Is Killed,
3D.C. Men Injured
In Crash Near Laurel
-Four on Way to Baltimore
Collide on Icy Rood
With Another Car

One man was killed and three
injured while on their way to work
in the Baltimore Office of the Home
Owners Loan Corp. yesterday when
their car collided with another on
the Baltimore boulevard miles
south of Laurel.
Guy Brewer, as, of 82O Old George
town road, Bethesda. Md. control
supervisor for the H. o. L. c., died
of a punctured lung and fractured
skull.
His companions, all of whom we're
injured and taken to Garfield Hos
pital, were:
Frank Tyson, "a, 37O6 Morrison
street NV, the driver, who suffered
dislocated right hip.
William j. Monticone, 80, 1905
Brandywine street NV, who sus-
tanned cuts on the face and knees.
William Dulaney, 81, 2949 North
ampton street NV, who received a
possible fracture of the pelvis and
cuts on the head.
They were riding in a car owned
by Thomas Mannix, 1718 Webster
street, also employed by the H. o. L.
c., who was taking a days leave.
Mr.. Mannix has been driving the
group to Baltimore for several
months and permitted them to use
his car yesterday.
Police said the other car in the
collision was operated by Patrick
McCabe of Waterbury, Conn, who
escaped unhurt. They said the COL
lision occurred when the two ma
chimes skidded on the ice. Mr.. Nc
Cabe was released on his personal
bond for an inquest to be held by
(See CRASH, Page A-30
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Radio Sponsors and Agents
Act to BoIk Strike of Stars

Bergen, Bing Crosby. Rudy Vallee,
Jack Benny, Phil Baker and many
Hollywood movie stars. Lawrence
Tibbet, the opera star, and Jascha
Heifitz, violinist, are vice presidents.
The wage dispute arising between
the A. F. R. A. and the "Four-A"
American Association of Advertising
Agencies led the Chicago local to
vote unanimously in favor of a strike
upon orders from the federation's
national Executive Board.
The New York local had taken
similar action earlier this week, and
balloting was scheduled late tonight
in Hollywood and tomorrow in San
Francisco.
off the countrys first air entertain
ers' walkout, Charles J. Post, Fed
eral Labor Department conciliator,
met in New York with representa-
tives of the rival camps.
Paul N. Turner, federation at
torney, said there were mo develop
ments." Nor was there any indica-
ton of an early joint conference.
A spokesman for the "Four-A"
Advertisers said the unions demands
would mean that an actor on a Is
minute daily show would get ap-
proximately $185 a week regardless
of how minor his part.
The $185 would comprise the min
imum of SIS for Is minutes, five or
six days a week, plus rehearsal fees.
A few actors participate in as many
as five shows a day, which, through
the union scale, would bring their
pay to around 81 1000 a week.
J. G. Sample. president of the
Blackett-Sample-H -Hummert Adver-
Using Agency, one Of the biggest
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