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Evening star., 1940-04-03
Post Dispatch Is Fined 900,
Stoffmen Sentenced to Jail
Editor CoehIon, Cortoonist Fitzpatrick
Found in Contempt; Managing Editor Escapes
Hy the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, April 3.-The Post
Dispatch was fined $4,000 and two
executives of the newspaper were
fined and given short Jail sentences
today by Circuit Judge Thomas j.
Rowe, who found them in contempt
of court for editorially criticizing
dismissal of an extortion case in his
court.
The individuals were Ralph Cogh-
Ian, editor Of the editorial page. who
was fined 5000 and sentenced to 20
days, and Daniel r. Fitzpatrick, ma
tionally known cartoonist, $1OO fine
and 10 days in Jail.
A contempt citation issued against
Managing Editor Ben H. Reese was
dismissed on the ground he had no
responsibility for the editorial COM
menr.
Joseph Pulitzer, president of the
Pulitzer Publishing Co., publishers
OF the Post-Dispatch, appeared in
court to answer for the company.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
'Perseveres' in Peace,
Turkey Tells Britain
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ANKARA, April 3.-Turkey told
Great Britain today she "perseveres
IN her decision to remain outside
the war"
The Turkish position was outlined
by President Ismet Inonu and For.
eign Minister Sukru Saracoglu in a
Commute conference with the Brit
1sh Ambassador, Sir Hughe M.
Knatchbull- Hugessen, who is leav-
ing for London soon to report.
An official spokesman said the
Ambassador was informed that
Turkey does not intend to enter
war against Russia" and that she
Is firmly determined to live peace-
fully and work for the maintenance
Of peace"
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Notes Scattered by Fire Here
Land New York Broker in Jail

notes" with a supposed value Of
$500 In q business deal He said
he purchased them from q refugee"
for $4,000.
Detective Robert Kelly Of the
bomb and forgery squad, who ar
rested Mr.. Spinelli in his East Forty
second street office, said the broker
gave the three notes to an out-of-
town business man who was seek
ing to negotiate a loan, with the
understanding that the business
man would sell them. Instead, the
businessman, whose identity was
not revealed, went Immediately to
police. Mr.. Spinelli, asserted De-
tective Kelly, has been arrested five
times, once on . homicide charge,
but never convicted. The Detective
said Mr.. Spinelli was wanted BY
Reading Pa.), police as q fugitive.
Evening star., 1940-04-03

The gold notes" scattered here
by the Post Once Department fire
several years ago have landed a
34-year-oh securities broker behind
the bars in New York.
Used by the Treasury during the
World War as gold transfer certifi-
Gates, the pieces Of paper, in SIC, 900
denominations, have bobbed up in
termittently over the country since
the fire, lending false hopes OF
sudden riches to those into whose
hands they came. They were in
old General Accounting Once rec
ords raked by the ire and had
been Cancelled.
In New York, last night, the As
sociated Press said, Louis Spinelli.
the broker. was charged with at
tempted grand larceny after police
reported he had sought to use
Evening star., 1940-04-03
MI. R. B. Can Compe|
Written Contract,
Court Declares
Sixth U. S. Circuit
Ruling Reverses
Stond in Seventh
BY the Associated Press.

CINCINNATI. April 3.-Reversing
stand taken by the Seventh United
States Circuit Court of Appeals in
denying a National Labor Board
order against the Inland Steel Co.,
the Sixth Circuit tribunal today held
the N. L. r. B. could compel a
written contract between employer
and employe in matters of COL
lective bargaining.
Granting an enforcement decree
against the H. J. Heinz Co. of Pitts
burgh, Pa, the court cited the In
land Steel decision OF January 9.
but also two others-by the Second
and Fourth Circuits-in which the
opposite view was taken.
We are in accord with the rea-
sonlng and the conclusions reached
oy the Second and Fourth Circuits, I"
said today's unanimous decision.
and therefore approve the boards
conclusion that respondent (Heinz)
violated (sections of the Wagner
Act) by not embodying the under.
standings reached in a signed agree
ment."
The 7th Circuit Court held the
Wagner Act was barren of any
express language requiring a signed
agreement"
Commenting on this in today's
opinion, Judge Herschel w. Arant
wrote that IF the view of the
7th Circuit were accepted it does
not follow that the boards order is
Invalid. We are of the opinion that
the order is more obviously JUS
tilted (by a section) which requires
the BOARD, when 1t has found an
employer guilty of an unfair labor
practice, to serve an order reuuir-
ing such persons to cease and de-
sist and take such affirma-
tive action as will effectuate
the (statutory) policies ="
The court also said that a COM
pany's refusal to execute writ
ten agreement at the request
Of the union may well
have left employees suspicious OF
its good faith and with a sense OF
insecurity"
Whether written agreements must
culminate collective bargaining has
been a matter of dispute. This was
principal issue of the Little Steel"
strike Of 1887.
Today's decision affirmed an order
against H. J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh.
The National Labor Relations Board
had instructed the company to cease
alleged domination of an inde-
pendent organization and to desist
from refusal to bargain with the
A. F. Of L. Canning and Pickle
Workers Union. The court noted
that the general plant superintend-
ent and foremen engaged in CON
duct antagonistic" to the union.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Dies Probe Witness
Refuses 10 Identify
Harvard Communist
Young Boston Red Leode,
Says Student Would Be
Put Under PRESSURE
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Dies committee met defiance
today from a young Communist
leader, Thomas O'Dea of Boston,
who refused to disclose the name of
the secretary of the Young Commu-
mist League at Harvard University.
The witness appeared before the
committee as president of the Young
Communist League of Massachu-
sets.
Although the committee previously
had voted contempt citations against
other Communist leaders who re-
fused to give information and the
House had taken steps toward prose-
cutionS, O'Dea did not hesitate a
moment when J. B. Matthews, COM
mlttee investigator, asked him for
the name of the league secretary at
Harvard.
Il refuse to answer because it
would subject that person to eco
nomic pressure" he declared. He
would be deprived of the opportu-
nifty to obtain employment and his
rights under the Constitution would
be violated"
The Young Communist League
leader flew here last night, at the
expense of the Dies Committee,
with two other Boston Commun-
lists summoned by the committee
for questioning.
With him came blond Miss Anne
Burlak, administrative secretary of
the Communist party in New Eng
land, and Philip Frankfeld, execu-
tive secretary.
Took Course in Printing.
O'Dea was the first witness. He
said he had gone eight years to
St. Joseph's School In Amesbury
Mass, and was graduated from the
high school there in 1888. He was
without work for a year and then
went for two years to Wentworth
(See UN-AMERICAN, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-04-03
New Aerial Attack
On British Convoy
Reported by Nazis
German WorpIone SHOT
Down OF Northeast
Coast, Soy English L"

REYNAUD FACES TASK of Quickly
composing all cabinet divergences;
relations no better with Daladier
whose party still holds aloof.
Page Al
BRITAIN REFUSES recognition OF
Wang regime in China; Far East
policy is unchanged, Butler tells
Commons. Page Al
SCANDINAVIAN STATES divided
on effect of tighter blockade; !;
Danes see new war of nerves; Nor
wegians optimistic. Page As
BY the Associated Press
German and British warplanes
fought over the North Sea today
the Nazi official news agency claim
ing the Reich's warplanes had sue
cessfully" attacked merchant ships
in a British convoy this noon and
the British Air Ministry announcing
that German plane was shot down
off Britains northeast coast shortly
before l pm.
A British Spitfire plane-said to
be the first British fighter shot down
in the defense of the British coast
since the war began-was the victim
of an engagement with a German
Heinkel plane off the coast of York
shire.
The convoy attack, D. N. B
German news agency said, oc-
Cured in the northern part of the
North Sea, but there was no ampli-
f1cation of the dispatch, which came
soon after German high command
communique reported success in q
new air raid last night on Scapa
Flow.
The convoy attack today was the
second in two days. The British Ad-
mlralty declined to comment on the
DNB announcement.
Besides the German raider which
was shot down-the 51st German
aircraft listed by the Air Ministry
as felled along Britain's coast since
the war began-British planes pur-
sued bomber believed to be Ger
man which flew over the Shetland
Islands.
Nazis Shot Down on Front.
Both British and French reported
having brought down German planes
on the western front.
The French officially declared
their planes had downed two Nazi
planes and perhaps a third, but
there was uncertainty as to how
many the British accounted for.
The Royal Air Force headquarters
in France announced that two Ger
man planes had been driven down
and one of its own machines shot
down in an air battle over the Saar
River sector, but unofficial reports
in Paris credited the British with
destroying three Messerschmidts out
of a squadron of nine. One French
plane was forced to land in Lux
embourg, the French command said.
Whether the R. A. F. headquarters
and the Paris sources were referring
to the same aerial action was not
clear.
The German high command COM
munique today reported that air
fighting on the western front had
resulted in the shooting down of
three enemy planes while two Ger
man planes were said to be missing
ARTILLERY exchanges were noted
west Of the Vosges Mountains in the
Med ana Bitche sectors.
British sea and shore defenses
were on the alert following
(See PLANES. Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-04-03

Mr.. Coghlan and Mr.. Fitzpatrick
were Immediately taken into custody
by the sheriff. Mr.. Pulitzer issued a
statement in which he said: The is
sue will be carried to the Supreme
Court of Missouri"
Attorneys for the newspaper pre-
pared an application for a writ Of
habeas corpus and were to drive to
the State capitol at jefferson City
a three-hour trip-to file ii with the
Supreme Court.
Judge Rowe told Jacob M. T.ashly,
one of the newspapers attorneys,
he had no desire ito rush them to
jail Sheriff James J. Fitzsimrnons
previously had told the defendants
that If sentence was imposd ne
would not take them to Jail until
their attorneys had time to act.
After the sentence he took them to
his office in the Civil Courts Build
ing.
Two editorials and cartoon
(See POST nTSpATCu pooo All
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Hoare Declared Slated
To Become Air Chief
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 3.-The authorita-
tive Press Association said today
that it is expected that Sir Samuel
Hoare, Lord Privy Seal, will succeed
Sir Kingsley Wood as Air Minister
in forthcoming shuttle of the
cabinet.
The association said it believed
that cabinet change would be an
nounced almost Immediately.
Sir Arthur Salter is considered the
most likely successor to Sir John
Gilmour, who died Saturday, as
Minister of Shipping.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

The House Labor Committee re-
ported out today a bill proposing
four amendments to the Wagner
Act.
The amendments would give a
majority Of any craft union the right
to recognition as bargaining
agency; allow employers to petition
for employe elections to settle dis
putes between unions: increase the
membership Of the National Labor
Relations Board to five members.
and uphold contracts already en-
tered into between employer and
workers.
The Committee voted to approve a
bill whici, Chairman Norton had
just introduced as parliamentary
maneuver. This embodied Inc
amendments O.. which the comln.t- =
tee had agreed
Meanwhile tii1' Sss,'h invesJisat-
ing committee, wiN sttrod1cea a
bill providing mof~ a.s s:.,c amcnd-
ments to the Labor AZ including
abolition of the present beard and
substitution of new three-msn
board and separation of the prose-
cutting and judicial functions of the
tribunal-made plans 10 bring up
its measure by petition Of the House
membership.
Mrs, Norton to Push Measure.
Mrs. Norton announced after the
executive meeting of her committee
that she would. as instructed by the
committee, first seek to pass the
measure under suspension of the
rules. Failing in that, she would
exhaust every other means. she said.
first asking the Rules Committee
for a closed rule under which the
bill could be considered without
amendment.
The vote on approval Of the Nor
ton bill was l3 to8.
Representative Hoffman, Repub-
lican, of Michigan, made a futile ef-
fort to insert an amendment to
abolish the present board.
Another amendment which lost,
proposed by Representative Rams
peck, Democrat, of Georgia, would
have included in the Wagrer Act the
definition of an agricultural worker
contained in the Social Security Act
A motion by Representative Rams
peck, which the COMMITTEES approved
instructed the chairman to use all
possible parliamentary procedure
to get the bill considered by the
House. While Mr.. Ramspeck took
the position that this superseded an
adopted motion by Representative
WEIGH, Republican. of California
yesterday, lnstructing the chairman
to ask suspension of the rules, Chair
man Norton said the suspension was
the first parliamentary procedure
to be tried.
And the chairman will use that
method first," she added.
would you say" a newspaperman
(See LABOR BOARD. PAGE A-l2.)
Evening star., 1940-04-03
B U II etin

CLEVELAND, April 3 (P.-An
Army pursuit ship from Selfridge
Field, Mich, crashed in flames
into the side of a house in sub
urban Euclid, killing the pilot, to-
day. The plane carried the Army
identification PA-7l,
Evening star., 1940-04-03
By G. GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Stan Correspondent.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, April g.
Thomas E. Dewey, New York's Tight
ing district attorney, stands today
the leading contender for the Re-
publican presidential nomination as
result of his victory yesterday
in the Wisconsin contest for dele
gates to the Republican National
Convention.
On the basis of returns from 2,079
of the States 3,01l precincts, the
slate pledged to the New York prose-
cutor was running an average of co.
900 votes ahead of that pledged to
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
in the four delegates at large races.
Comparable leads were reported
from the district. contests.
The Roosevelt third term drive,
on the other hand. met a distinct
check. For while the President
defeated Vice President Garner,
both in the presidential preference
vote and in the battle for delegates
to the National Committee, the
Garner vote approximated 30 per
cent of the total vote cast in the
Democratic primary.
President Roosevelt polled 2O9,O71
votes to Vice President Gamers
IS 5.522 in 2028 precincts.
The Garner vote was entirely an
anti-third term vote, for that was
the sole issue made by the Gar
nerites against the President.
Roosevelt Defeat Seen.
If anything like that percentage
of the vote in the Democratic party
refuses to support the President
for a third term in other States,
the President not only could not be
elected, but would be decisively
beaten next November, should he
run.
The ousting of Milwaukee's
veteran Socialist Mayor Hoan,
in favor of his 32-year-old
Republican opponent, Carl F..
Zeldler. was regarded today
as another sign that the swing away
from the "left" is not only continu-
ing. but has gained momentum.
The vote in the Republican
primary ran well up with that in the
Democratic primary, reversing what
happened in the presidential pri-
mary of 1886. when Mr.. Roosevelt
mad a tremendous lead over the late
Senator Borah in votes cast.
In the Republican primary, the
four candidates for delegate at
large pledged to Dewey ran far
ahead OF the slate committed to
Senator Vandenberg.
The vote in 1850 precincts stood:
Dewey slate-Secretary of State
Zimmerman. 128, ,465: Ralph Nelson,
114,541; Quincy Hale, 100 ,339; Al
bert j. OMelia, 107,038.
Vandenberg slate-Lt. Gov. WAL
ter Goodland, 76,601; Fred H. Claus
sen. 69,288; Edward Richardson,
1857; Michael G. Eberlein, 66,584.
Incomplete returns from the dis
trict delegate races showed Mr..
Dewey threatened with the loss of
only l of the 20 seats. He was
assured OF IA seats and his candi-
dates were leading those of Sen
ator Vardenberg in five other con-
tests.
Not Directly Entered.
Senator Vandenberg and Mr..
Dewey were not entered in the
presidential preference vote.
Although the President led Mr..
Garner by about 3 to in the
preference vote, entry of rival Roose-
velt delegate states gave the Vice
President a chance to win two dis
trict delegate contests.
-Four delegate at large posts were
split between the Roosevelt-Farley
ticket, indorsed by National Com
(Con n@Y Yrr0c r.-n q
Evening star., 1940-04-03
B U IL etin

The Senate this afternoon de-
feated, AZ to IS, the La Toilette
amendment to require public
hearings on the detailed items in
reciprocal trade agreements be-
fore they are put into effect.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Finland Not to Hold
OIympics This Year
nv III. Axsoc,e+ed pr.ss

BY the Associated Press
HELSINKI, Finland, April g.
Anti Kukkonen, Minister of Educa.
ton Propaganda, said today it would
be impossible for Finland to organ
ize the Olympic games this year
because Of the abnormal situation
prevailing between the great
powers"
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Permanent Invulids Wed

GLENDALE, Calf, April 3 F.-
Romance hurdled q major obstacle
as Miss Louise Lorene Jones, 70,
and Walter E. Ulrich, 80, both ad-
mittedly permanent invalids, were
married In q wheelchair ceremony.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Wisconsin Vote
'|sHeId Setback
For Third Term
Dewey Stock Boosted; j;
Roosevelt Defeat Seen
In Vote for Garner

NEW YORK.-Roosevelt delegation
seen assured as Garner forces lose
to organization; Dewey wins only
G. o. p. contest. Page A-3
KANSAS CITY.-Fusion forces end
Pendergast rule, electing Mayor,
judges, seven of eight councilmen.
Page A-3
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Volunteers Reuch France

PARIS, April 3 R.-Seventeen
young American college men, IL OF
them from Harvard, arrived today to
serve with the ambulance corps OF
the American field service.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Garner forces lose to organization
In New York. Page A-3
Waterway expenditures threaten
economy setback. Page AS
Washington and Vicinity
Arlington federation asks M street
parking restrictions. Page B-1
List of fire traps" in District de-
manded by Schultz. Page B-1
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page A-10
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
Letters to The Star. Page A-10
David Lawrence. Page ALL
Alsop and Kintner. Page ALI
Frederic William Vile. Page ALI
Charles G. Ross. Page ALI
Jay Franklin. Page ALL
Sports
Griff sure Vernon will star after
year on farm. Page ALI
Hoppe earns 3-cushion cue title at
age of So. - Page ALI
Chavez may fight Scalzo here II
Perrin can't be signed. Page Ais
Pose, Argentine golfer, serious threat
in Masters Tourney Page Ais
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Labor Relations Bill
With 4 Amendments
Reported 10 House
Smith Group Also Will
Push Own Measure
By Petition
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Smith committee in House has
been Investigating National L.
Dor Relations Board since last
jail. with public hearings in
progress from time to time be-
tDeen December l8 and Feb
ruary 20. In preliminary report
majority OF committee recon-
mended drastic changes in Wag-
ner Act. House Labor Commit
tee has been considering these
and other amendments.
Evening star., 1940-04-03

Foreign
Germans report new air attack on
British convoy. Page Al
Reich ready for "blitzkrieg" in West,
Goering says. Page Al
Yugoslavs OK. use Of waters by Nal
ships. Page AZ
Reynaud faces task of composing
cabinet rift. Page Al
Recognition of Wang regime refused
by Britain. Page Al
Scandinavians divided on tighter
blockade effect. Page AS
National
Army appropriation cut $4,000. 900
by House group. Page Al
Boston Communist refuses to answer
Dies Committee. Page Al
Wisconsin vote seen setback to third
term drive. Page Al
Congressional move to question Bull
lit thwarted. Page AS
Census takers find public generally
cooperative. Page AL
House group reports four Wagner Act
amendments. Page Al
Cleanup forces end Pendergast rule
IN Kansas. Page AS
Evening star., 1940-04-03
The News of the Dav

The Star every evening and
Sunday morning is in the
homes of the people Of Wash
ington and suburbs who shop
in Washington stores. These
families read The Star during
the leisure hours for a full and
reliable account of all Of the
news of the day and to see
what the Stores have to offer.
Yesterdays Advertising
Uoca1 Display
Lines.
The Evening Star---.--41,O33
End Newspaper---------1S,331
3rd Newspaper---------16,204
9TH Newspaper---------l l3,046
Yesterdays Circulation
The Evening Star
Tuesday, April 2, 1910 15S,4O7.
Tuesday, April 4, 1899 153, ,S94+
Increase -------- 4,513
sReturns from nevsstands not de.
Quoted and no returns included.
Evening star., 1940-04-03

(See POLITICS, Page A-30
Evening star., 1940-04-03

(See PLANES, Page A-3.0
Evening star., 1940-04-03

(see LABOR BOARD, page A-l2J
Evening star., 1940-04-03

(see POST DISPATCH, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-04-03

(See CENSUS, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-04-03

(see UN-AMER1CAN, Page A-30
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Yesterdays Advertising
Uoca1 Display

Returns from nevsstands not de.
Quoted and no returns included.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-08
20 Beers Too Much
Drunk Driver Fined

Twenty beers under his belt
Robert Black Jr., %, of Glib
born was at the wheel of his
car when it slowed off highway
10 just west of the tourist cabins
near Morton, struck a post and
rolled 100 feet about 10 p. m. Sat-
urday.
Two young men who live near
Redwood Falls found him in the
wreckage and picked him up
when he asked to be taken to Wa
basso. Instead they brought him
here and turned him over to
Chief c. E. johnson who put him
in Jail and called the highway
patrol. Z
Patrolmen took him before
Judge Clifford James Monday
morning. He pleaded guilty to
drunken driving and was fined
500, with a "a hour stay of ex-
ecution. His drivers license and
chauffeur's license were revoked.
Black is a farmer and trucker.
Arrested by Officer G. L. Maur-
stad early Sunday morning, Ron
aid Neuenburg, Is, of Redwood
Falls pleaded guilty to disorderly
conduct before Judge Clifford
James in municipal court Monday
afternoon. He was given a Is day
sentence suspended on condition
he refrain from the use of liquor
or beer and obey all other laws
for six months.