The Springfield Daily Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

August 21, 1934

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The Springfield Daily Republicani

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Springfield, Massachusetts

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Tuesday, August 21, 1934

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Today 'Cloudy Showers Tomorrow TRICE TWO CENTS DOLLARS A YEA NINETY IRST YEAR DAILY NUMBER SPRINGIELD MASS: TUESDAY AUGUST 21 SIXTEEN PAGES BY SA UEL WEEKLY IN 1821: DAILY IN 1814: SUNDAY IN 1878 All the News 'andihe Tiruth About It Spring 5 'l S57L2JZZ 3ssiai8ej gSSqP CHANGE LIKELY IN ARMY PLANS OR AIR ORCE Massed light of 10 Planes i to and rom Alaska Ex I peeled to Result in Impor tant Alterations WILL BE RELECTED IN BOMBING CRAT Construction of Much Larger 1 Ships Capable of Longer lights to Be Studied Se crct developments Already Authorized Washington Aug 20 (AP) (The successful massed Hight of army aviators to Maska will lead to important changes in American aerial defense plans This was indicated today soon after the squadron of 10 planes commanded by Lieut Col II Arnold landed at Bolling field to complete 10000 miles of flying andreceive the warmest greetings of Secretary Dern and high army of ficials Coin ma nd er Sa ti iied indings of air armada vv ill be compiled immediately and submit ted to Secretary who assured Col Arnold today that he intended to make every effort to place the army air corps in the front rank of world powers A Asl Llmr'ixlf rt iiir'JU Vr I IllUICVU tremeiy gratified with the perform ance of the new Martin bombers nnd with the way in which the three fold purposes of the Alaskan flight were accomplished have proved" he said "that It is possible to take tactical units of the air corps to Alaska quickly and bring them back successfully" Secret Development Authorized i ne i vsuiis oi tue long expemtionto the North begun a month will have an important bearing on the construction of much bigger bombers capable of longer flight Agreements already have been made with the Glenn Martin companynd the Boeing Aircraft company for secret developments of these new giant craft ait of this cost is be ing Imrne by the government "When we left Washington a month nso" Col Arnold said "we had three things to do irst we were to make a good will tour of Canada which we carried out 100 per cent satisfactorily Second we were to see whether it was possible to take a tactical unit to Alaska and return and whether the Martin bombers could be landed suc cessiuiiy at any ana an airports Third we had a photographic com mission Made Aerial Mosaic carrying out the latter we made Ian aerial mosaic of an area 400 miles long and 50 miles wide which I might add is a lot of square miles This was done fn three days the only three days in which photographic work was This mapping' and survey work will i 1 A I A 1 JUIIII LUU UUftlb 1V1 iUlUIV IV1V HOC CLAIMwill be closely linked with the de velopment of new type planes It is likely that it will play a part in the formulation of Secretary new airplane procurement program which now being shaped for submission to Congress next January Air Attack to Begin Next European War aris Aug 20 If war breaks out in Europe it will explode with a sudden air attack and not in the conventional manner of previous warsClark Howell Atlanta publisher and chairman of President eviation commission declared today llowrll has been touring European countries studying how foreign pow ders coordinate military with civil avia tion Me said: "All through Europe it is remarked how much emphasis is being laid on aviation and the coordination of both the civil ami military sides not only administrative efficiency but ns measure of preparedness for that moment when mobilization of every available pilot and plane is necessary Italy' rance Germany Russiamd England the same trend is ob served Civilian and military Hying are being closely knit together under the 'inil'ied direction of either the war de (ConHiiiii'iI on Second SPORTS Baseball Results Northeastern League Hartford 7 Springfield 3 (1st) Hartford 8 Springfield 5 (2d) New Bedford I Wayland 3 (1st) Wayland 1 New Bedford 1 (2d) (Other clubs not scheduled) National League New York 7 Cincinnati Pittsburg Brooklyn 2 (Only games scheduled) American League (No games scheduled) Sharp Note is Sent Germany By England About Debt Default London Aug 20 The British government has addressed a sharp note to Berlin calling attention to default on private com mercial debts it was learned to day Britain it is understood official ly repeats the British protest against failure of Germanfirms to pay for goods recently purchased The German firms haye boen prevented from paying by tlie ac tion of the German government in refusing to allocate sufficient for eign exchange to German im porters Britain categorically rejects the thesis that German Reichsbank resources are insufficient to liqui date debts for goods purchased recently and characterizes the at titude of the German govern ment as Copyright 1331 by Universal Service inc) SAAR CAMPAIGN NEXT OBJECTIVE HITLERJtEVEALS Monster Demonstration to Urge Union Will Be Held Must Convert oes Chan cellor Declares By ARM) Berlin Aug 20 Rejoicing today in his victory in nation wide plebiscite Chancellor Adolf Hitler to day disclosed that union of the Saar with Germany is his next big play A plan is maturing for a monster week end demonstration at the strong hold of Ehrenbreitstein opposite Cob lenz where the American flag during the post war occupation and where the last rench flag was haul ed down when the allied occupation ended Nciderwaid on the Rhine between Coblenz and Mainz where there is a memorial commemorating foundation of the German empire will also play a role in the Saar demonstration for the plan calls for sending scrolls by relays from every corner of the Reich to the memorial proclaiming the na determination to achieve the re union of the Saar with the fatherland Date Yet to Be Set It is uncertain whether Hitler will speak personally at this affair and it is not fixed yet that it be held the coming week end But when it is call ed at least 150000 Saarlanders will be brought into the Rhineland to arouse a reunion sentiment stronger than the present feeling At present the public attitude in the Saar is hesitant because of the Nazi attacks upon the Catholic church and the fears ot economic isolation or ex cesses of Nazi rule about which the inhabitants are told by oppo nents of reunion with Germany Without question Hitler will find this an occasion to make a big appeal to the Saar folk and the stage is be ing set carefully for the use of high powered oratory to clinch the January plebiscite when the Saar votes upon the question of its 1931 by Universal Serv ice Inc Must Convert oes Chancellor Declares Berlin Aug 2( (AP) Established by a plebiscite as chief executive chancellor and leader of the army Aijolf Hitler today set for himself and his Nazi party colleagues the task of over" the 129 165 Ger mans who said "no" to him in Sun election Taking direct cognizance of the fact that he received 90 per cent of tlZ vote cast Hitler said in a message of thanks to the German people: "My task and the task of all of us will be to consolidate this unity and (Continued on Second Washington Aug 20 (AP) The Reconstruction inance corporation today tested and found successful a method of keeping the public works administration supplied with funds for employment spreading loans It offered for public sale a $5889 370 block of state county municiial and railroad bonds previously pur chased by the PWA and received bids ranging as high as $40 above their par value of $1000 The premium i epresents a margin of profit for the government Sales Basis is nt ar All PWA loans to states munici palities and railroads consist of out right purchases of 1 per cent bonds at par 1 tetweenhe PWA and the RC par is also the basis of the transactions funds available for loans to states cities and railroads have been virtually allotted Last winter Con gress authorized the RC to lend the public works administration a maxi mum of $250000000 on the bonds held by the latter Dy selling the securities as PWA needs more money the RC can keep within that limitation and still pro vide additional funds with the sums in effect comingfrom tlie iegu1tr money markets Resale of the bonds received in ex change for PWA advances was con templated and authorized by the na tional recovery acta officials empha sised today and if continued would tend to make a revolving fund of the original appropriations law provides however that if CANADIANS TOLD KIDNAPPAYMENT WILL BE BANNED Attorney General Reveals Policy After Labatt Balks Telling Whole Story of His Abduction SEEKING LAW TO MAKE CRIME ull Control of Relatives unds Aims to Discourage Labatt Beer 7 rade Involved Recent Ne gotiations Indicate London Ont Aug 20 Charging of between the Labatt family and provincial au thorities Atty Gen Roebuck an nounced today that families of Ca nadian kidnap victims will again be permitted to pay ran The announcement followed per sistent refusals of John Labatt millionaire brewer to give police a complete account pf his experiences from the time he was snatchced from his tear early last week be tween London and Sarnia until he was released early riday morning in Toronto Humors of Arrest ersl Roebuck's blast came in the midst ot persistent rumors that an arrest in the kidnaping might be expected hour ly In the midst of the reports Gen A Williams commissioner of the Ontario' provincial police and Acting Chief Inspector John Miller left To ronto for an unannounced destination The attorney general said "I will ask the Ontario Legislature to close the bank accounts and seal the deposit vaults and take protective control of the affairs ot all persons in a position to pay ransom while a uni fied police force trails the kidnapers and their victim This will be the procedure in future "Kidnaping Made have been asked" Mr Roebuck' said "if one of my relatives were kid naped would I be willing to have the state step in the platter I have out lined by closing bank accounts and safety deposit boxes answer to that argument is that if would be kidnapers knew that I would not be in a position to pay any ransom because the state would be in control then no member of my family would be kidnaped The busi ness of kidnaping will thus be made unprofitable and with the state tak ing these effective measures the rack eteer will seek more profitable pas tures for his The attorney general's statement gave vent to the anger which dominion police who traditionally get their have Jett unexpressed since riday when Labatt released after reported payment of $50000 ransom failed to notify police of his release until lie had arrived at his home here 120 miles from Toronto 12 hours later As La kidnapers continued to elude the massed forces of police insurance agents reported a heavy demand for kidnaping insur ance among wealthy families here Agents denied Labatt had such a policy although he and his children had been threatened with abduction over a two year period Belatkm to Beer Trade Seen At the samn time evidence accumu lated that John kidnaping had roots deep in the international beer trade It was disclosed today that the di meeting to which Labatt was (Continued on Second resale occurs the money must revert to the treasury By selling through the RC the sums obtained can be loaned and relonued although they may not be used for outright grants Officials said offering con sisted of bonds selected at random and with no effort to pick out those ot the sounder municipalities and roads Bids on the municipals ranged from $10 to $40 above par while those on the hung between $999 and $1000 This was explained as due to the fact that nearly a year must elapse before the rail bonds begin drawing interest With this circ*mstance taken into consideration RC officials estimated the bids were the equivalent of an offer about $20 above par Two Places on List Municipalities involved were Bris tol I $100000 Hamilton $326 000 Littleton $118000 Lynch burg Va $160000: Maryland state roads commission $930000: Montana highway treasury anticipation deben tures $1140000 Richmond county (Georgia) board of education $250 000: Schenectady county $160 000: Buffalo: $300370 The railroads were the Chesapeake Ohio the offer consisting of $1 200000 of equipment trust bonds ma turing from 1936 to 1910: and the Lehigh New Eangland Railroad company $1205000 maturing from November 1 1935 to May 1 1941 The RC directors must pass upon the bids before the bonds are sold and such action isexpected before tomor row night RC inds Way to Keep PWA in unds or Loans Sells Bonds at Profit and Uses Money So Obtained or urther Lending to Spread Employment Thoughtful Cracksmen Return Papers Night Prowler Take Safe rom Office of Gilmore of Greenfield But Mail His Navy Certificates Back to Him i Greenfield Aug 20 Thoughtful cracksmen stole a safe from the office of John Gilmore insurance agent in a business blockat 2S ederal street last night but returned his navy discharge papers through the postoffiee this morning How the robbers gained entrance to the office remained a mystery to day though it was assumed they had used a pass key since the door had not been forced Air Gilmore said he was in his office yesterday afternoon and that the safe a small one was there at that time olice noted noth ing out of the way on ederal street last night and were not informed of the break until notified by Gilmore this morning Nothing else In the of fice had bfi'ii taken or disturbed Gil more stated While Det ect i ve Serg ti James Burns Jr was investigating the case this morning mail arrived and was found to contain his navy discharge papers which the robbers had removed from the safe and had mailed at the postoffice before making off with the small quantity of cash the safe contained The theft of a small quantity of candy a watch and a few rolls of camera film was reported from the Brown filling station on the Turners alls road this JUDGE GRANTS BAY STATER ORDER AGAINST BOOMED OR MILK DEALER LOOR CHIE Enjoins Man Whose ederal License Was Revoked rom Doing Business of Inter state Nature rom Our Special Reporter 'Boston Aug 20 The agricultural adjustment administration today proved it was in earnest June 26 when it revoked the license of Edward Dwyer of South Weymouth which al lowed him to conduct a milk distribu tion business within the area super vised by the Boston milk marketing license ederal Judge Hugh Mc Lellan today enjoined Dwyer from en gaging in interstate milk business aft er the AAA had charged that Dwjer was refusing to conform to the regu lations of the Boston license and had petitioned for the order The decision was heralded as defi nitely establishing for the first time the right of the AAA to regulate the price of milk paid the farmer Since the revocation of his license in June following hearings conducted by the AAA Dwyer has continued to do busi ness as a distributor it is charged At the hearing he was found guilty of breaking certain regulations im posed by the license' 'g Date Set for Hearing In his order Judge McLellan set September 11 as the date for a hear ing to decide whether the AAA ex ceeded its authority in revoking Dwyer's license to conduct the milk business This is the first case of its kind to be decided by a federal court according to Special Assistant United States Attorney Mac Asbill 'When finally settled it is expected the case have considerable bearing on the right of Congress to authorize the AAA to regulate the price of milk in interstate commerce In appearing for Secretary Henry A Wallace of the department of aciicur ture Atty Asbill said that it Dwyer were allowed to continue his violation of the license he would precipitate a "chaotic situation the He asked for the temporary restraining order saying that other wise hundreds of other dealers (Continued on Second Page) GOVERNMENTLOAN TO COTTON ARMS LOOKED OR SOON John McCormack of South Boston Considered if Byrns of Tennessee is Elected Speaker rom The Republican's Washington Bureau Washington Aug 20 JIepreeiita tive John McCormack of South Boston who has served four terms as a member of the ways and means committee and chairman of a sub committee of the special House com mittee 'investigating subversive in fluences and un American activities is being seriously Considered for floor leader in the next Congress if Repre sentative Joseph Byrns of Tcnnes see'is chosen speaker to succeed Rainey 'McCormack is one of the most pop ular men in the House and is gen erally recognized by both liepublicans and Democrats as being one of the ablest of the younger men in Con Bjrng Tlkely or Speaker i H0use Leader Byrns is the probable choice for speaker following both seniority and progression rules of long standing just ns Garner and Rainey were selected Then comes the real contest for floor leader to carry out the admin istration's program to continue deal" and make it increasingly effective All of the avowed candidates but one is from the South the single ex ception being John O'Connor of York ranking Democrat on the important rules (policy) committee whose brother ns a law partner of Pi evident Rooset elt It is hardly to be expected that both the speakership and floor leadership can go to southern men especially with the South already holding chairmanship of all the important House committees The industrial North which pays the bulk of taxes to support the government and which will have to pay heaviest on the costs of the deal" already feels that (Continued on Second Page) PRESIDENT GOING TO ILLINOIS OR RAINEY UNERAL Advance of Money on Basis of Present Prices Likely to Be Answer to Threat of Textile Strike Washington Aug 20 (AP) A gov ernment loan on cotton at a figure around present market prices probably will be the answer within the next few days to thc tlireat of a general textile strike and other bearish factors Responsible officials today reported that recommendations for the loan had been made to the President and all that remained was his approval Mr Roosevelt last year authorized the 10 cent a pound loan on the staple Mil lions ot dollars were saved for south ern farmers a result Mould A a ce Nl ne Under the loan plan the government would advance farmers who wish to hold their cotton for the price agreed upon 12 1 3 or 13 cents probably Should cotton fall the loan price and stay there the government would take the loss But if It rises above the figure farmers could repay the government sell the cotton and take a profit 4 A group of southern senators in cluding Bankhead of Alabama Smith of South Carolina and Thomas of Oklahoma advocated recently: that such loans be made on wheat and corn as well as cotton A corn loan plan was in effect for the 1933 crop but officials said today that cotton is the only commodity likely to be included for the present at least in the Ioan arrangement A figure of 12 cents a pound lias been suggested for the advances to cotton growers but so has 13 cents a line pound President Will Decide Officials said this would be decided by Mr Roosevelt and It was added that also will say whether there will be any loan at It was knovn however that those directly concerned felt the program would be approved Tn effect the Joan' would be a price fixing arrangement since it assures (Continued on Second Page) Will Leave Today to Attend Services at Home Among Con gress Delegation Washington' Aug 20 (AP) Presi dent Roosevelt ill leave tomorrow on a midwestern journey of tribute to a warm personal friend and political the lte Speaker Henry Rainey The body ot tlie House veteran of 30 years will be sent from to the Rainey homestead at Carrollton Ill for burial Wednesday Will Go on Speelsl Train President Roosevelt will go on a special train to attend' the services in the quiet little agricultural city hore Riincy was born 71 years ago and where he made his home during his entire lifetime The body will lie state in the rotunda of the Grecne county court house until afternoon when it will be taken to the Rainey home There the funeral services will be held at 4 central standard Original plans to hold the in the Carrollton Episcopal church were abandoned after it became known that the President would at tend Burial will be in the Rainey family lot in Carrollton cemetery be side the graves of the speaker's fa ther and mo tTi er Will Teail Distinguished Group President Roosevelt will lead in homage a distinguished group of gov ernment officials and members of Congress Included will be the entire Illinois congressional delegation Rep resentative Byrnes of Tennessee Democratic House leader and Repre sentative Snell of New York Republi can chieftain Kenneth Romnev sergeant at' arms of the House of Representatives to day announced from his home at Hamilton Mont the appointment of an honorary committee to attend the funeral of Speaker Henry Rainey Treadway Will Attend Included in the committee wereBer trand Snell of New York Allen Treadway of MassachusettsThomas Cullen of New York John (Contlanei on Second Page) DROUTH REVIVES EAR PRICE IXING Tinkering on Retail Rates to Be Avoided if Possible But Hint of Profiteering Seen orcing Some Steps GOVERNMENT GOOD BEHAVIOR IRST air rice Publicity Io Aid Housewife Who Is Asked to Report Gauging Gattie eed Imports Sought and Wheat Plan Revised Associated Press Washington Aug 20 (AP) The drouth has raised the specter ot government price fixing and the ad ministration is hastening to provide substitutes that might turn the trick Official Washington has had its fill of federal tinkering with retail sales lists To "Coax" Good Behavior firn extraordinary rise in prices gave occasion for price control shortly aft er the United States entered the World Since then until the arouth cut into the prospective sup ply this country has had an over abundance of foodstuffs 1 1 was the general tendency of sales competition to force prices down The first step to pre vent profiteering will be to good behavior from processors ami distributois of the food supply It plans to set up a council in every county if not every city and town eventually through which average cost of nils article may be publicized against local costs President Holds Potent Weapon Perhaps the most powerful weapon to control 'prices outside actual price fixing is the authority to raise or low er tariffs 50 per cent or in ease of a declared emergency remove them entirely It has been 'intimated by that the bars may be let down to the foreign producer or whatever food becomes excessively expensive in the domestic niaiket In its early efforts boost prices tlie administration dabbled to nn ex tent in fixing minimum levels Now it prices soar on the wings of drouth scarcity officials 'privately fear the administration may have to fix maxi mum levels or have its farm program blamed for excessive consumer Toss tip Between Two ills almost a toss up between the tw evils If it pi ices the ad ministration definitely puts itselt on record as fax oring a specific cost for an article 'fhe housewife may have a different view and that is some thing no administrationwishcs to challenge Experience was gained in that res spect when tlie AAA fixed minimum and maximum milk prices between August 1 1933 and January 15 1931 Secretary Wallace called them oft as rankly enforcement was ineffective and there was con stant argument from those who said they could sell milk below the gov ernment mark and a profit Thus far that has been the govern ment's solo attempt to set the price of a food article for the producer the wholesaler the retailer and the con sumer The attempt was made in 15 sales areas on and was done by federal licenses based on marketing agreements The broader control was replaced by a scale of minimum prices to the producer in about one fifth of the markets orty licenses are now in effect covering 20 per cent of all milk (Continued on Second Page) Senatorial Candidate Would Revive Custom Of Campaign Debating Waterville Me Aug 20 Turning back pages of po Ii I ical history Harold Diibord temocra tic candidate for United States senator today challenged liis Republican opponent Senator i ji Hale to a drbate on campaign issues rThe challenge was contained in the following telegram Dubord stntto Hale: "In the early the nation it was the custom for competitors for public office to debate the im portan issues of the day from the same platform "Today there are just ns issues of vital importance to lie state and nation I believe it would be of great assistance to the elec arx to rate if you and 1 were to appear: upon the same platform in of Maine and publicly dis cuss the issues ERA WORKER DROPPED OR THREATENING Loses Job or Remarks io oreman Madden Says Predicts 12 or 15 More Will Be Dismissed Soon 1 'or a foreman on an ERA job gone of tlie group of men employed on ERA 'projects in the city was discharged yesterday Admini trator John Madden announced yesterday afternoon in discussing progress of the in vestigation mow go ing on He added that probablybe fore the' end of the week 12 or 15 more men be released from ERA rolls due to adverse reports on their work from the foremen These additional releases would bring the total number discharged since the in vestigation began to between 'GO and 55 as Mr Madden said yesterday ap proximately 40 have been released to date the same time Mr Madden reiter ated that there has been no dis rim ination in the firing of men from jobs as charged by Councilman Daniel Bresnahan of ward 1 Mr Bresnahan culled at the welfare department yes terday and was receivcd'by Mr Mad den leaving after a short conference Mr Madden said he had been pleased toJiHscuss tile 'situation personally with 'the councilman The latter could nut be readied mghtfor comment on the outcome Mr Bresnahan had charged that he was being "sported" )j" "watchers at the depai tmrnt nnd whenever he called Mr Madden was To this Mr Madden retorted publicly that he would be pleased to hear the complaints Personally rind iho did receive Mr Bresnahan when the latter called at the building The conference ever: to Madden was necessarily brief owing to the press of many affairs waiting for his atten tion upon liis return from vacation 4 Tt was believed generally that Mr complaints were more in the nawire of of va rious cases which had been called to tals attention It Is regular practice of the" members of the city council or other officeholders' to contact the administrator to offer dita which have been brought to their attention by constituents Mr Madden said he is always disposed to hear all angles of cases brought to his attention but that no special "favors may be ex pected in any case and that itis the intention of liis to deni with every case on its merits regard less who presents it $50000 to Be Asked To Continue ERA Work'The special meeting of the city council to be Jield riday noon will be asked to approve orders for approxi mately $50000 to finance the ERA program in Springfield the next three' months Mayor Henry 'Martens (Confinneil on Second Tage) Doctor to Test Own Children With Antiparalysis Vaccine Discoverer of Serum Supposed to Have Preventive Pow er Give Out Medicine Without urther Trial Philadelphia A ug (AT) Dr John A Kolmcr Temple university professor who claims discovery of a vaccine to prevent Infantile paralysis said today he plans to try it upon 20 children including his own two sons Deluged with requests for supplies of the vaccine from physicians over the country Dr Kolmcr refused them until further vaccinations have been Thus far only he and his tech nical assistant Miss Anna KI Rule have been vaccinated with it Two monkeys will be necessary for each child to be he explained In each case blood will lie taken from the child and will be injected with some paralysis virus into a monkey Monkeys Used for Testing "If the monkey does not contract the disease" Dr Kolmcr said will indicate that the blood con tained antibodies which counteracted the effect of the virus and that the child is already naturally immune to the disease the monkey does contract the disease then the child will be vacci nated The second monkey will then be used for a test after the vaccina tion to see if the vaccination took If the injection of the blood and the live virus the monkey does not result in a case ot the digease in the monkey it will indicate that the desired antibodies have been forme 1 in the rhlld as a result of the vac cination" mission who said that large pio portion of persons are normally Im mune Dr Kolmcr said cannot permit many children to die just be cause some of them might be immune without He his faitji in the safety of the vaccine if prepared and adminis inds Ray Helpful In High Blood Pressure Chicago Aug 20 (AP) Use of ray in inexplicable fatal condition known as blood has resulted successfully in nearly SO per cent of cases treated Dr James Hutton of Chicago told the American Association of Railway Surgeons today The irradiation Dr Hutton ex plained is applied to tlie pituitary body in the head and to the adrenal glands over the kidneys on the hy pothesis that ovcractivity ot these two endocrine or ductless glands is the reason for the high blood pres sure method brings about sympto matic relief and a fairly satisfactory reduction in blood pressure in cases of essential hypertension in the majority of Dr Hutton said have had no bad A typical case was that of a man 52 six feet tall weighing' 216 pounds with blood pressure of 230 a con stant headache weakness and swollen extremities Over a period of two CHICAGO T1EUP TRANSPORT DECIDED TODAY A A 4 a i oL Union Chiefs to Hear Plea of Elevated and 4 Surface Line Men That They Aid Bus Walkout PRECAUTIONS PRECEDE MINNEAPOLIS ELECTION Marked or Union Poll Union Ends' 7 Aluminum 'Company rovvris bn Plan 2 By the Associated Press A general transportation' strike which would tie' ups Chicago street cars and elevated trains hinges on a vote to be taken in Detroit today The request of striking'' union bus drivers for a sympathetic walkout by 20000 other transporta tion employes was put before the i executive board of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway andi Motor Coach Employes yesterday as the board opened a meeting in Detroit Discussion was postponed until today? i 'V Mn's at Minneapelis Meanwhile militia officers created a "no in the heart of Minne apolis to stave oft violence In con nection with the employe election in tended to end protracted struck strike The market district was iocd to trucks until after the voting The date for the election had not yet been set a The strike committee of the United Textile workers with a strike of 300 voo cotton textile workers already i ailed opened offices in Washington and waited for action by the employ ers or the government cotton and textile industrial relations board is to meet? tomorrow Cortland Longshoremen Killed New propos als intended to end the rst i ike iit employes in six plants tlie Aluminum Company of America were' laid before the participants by government conciliator Pickets again patroled the plants in Pitts burg Alcoa Ten Massena and East St Louis 111 actional feelings engendered in the recent west coast maritime vveru blamed for a shooting fray in 1'ortlandiii which one longshoreman was killed and another wounded The gunplay started when a group of men besieged a union meeting''! Steel union leaders laid charges be i foie tlie National Labor Relations boerd that the 'Wheeling Steel cor poration virtually had locked its em ployes out in anattempt to break the union 'f 'National guardsmen movedout of Kvhlir Wisi leaving deputies to' maintain the peace between the Koh ler Manufacturing company and its striking employes A dynamite bomb wrecked the fan house of a Canton (Ill) coal mine and company officials laying it to the: protracted Illinois mine union feared more trouble Milwaukee ERA Strikers Routed Rioting broke out in Milwaukee when some 250 ERA strikers to rescue one of their number from deputies A barrage of tear gas bombs and swinging mgnt sticks soon quell cd the disturbance i' A federal labor conciliator 1 conferences at Hammond Ind in ef forts to settle the strike of employes of the Lever Brothers soap plant The shut down a week ago after disorders attending the strike workers seeking increased wages Jn far off Manila insular official (Continued on Seeond Page) jl CUBAN TREATY EXPECTED SOON Proclamation By President of irst Reciprocal Trade 4 Pact Looked or riday 1 Aug 23 The new Cuban leiiprocal ttade treaty first drawn under the program to rebuild foreign markets probably will be proclaimed i riday bv President Roosevelt Designed as the "icebreaker" for other and more important treaties to follow the Cuban instrument Is a re suit of nearly 15 months' negotiation here and in Havana i Lower Duties Expected In geneial the treaty 'is generally understood to provide a lowering of A me ncan tariff duties on Cuban sugar winter vegetables fruits and poortbly wsi tobacco In return Cuba is said to trim her high duties on American pork lard flour and a long list 9X other farm and factory products Secretaries Hull and re cently' joined in saying 'both agricul ture and industry should benefit the new treaty I 1 Trade Has Slumped BaBy Cultan American commercial change once a $200000000 annual business has fallen more than per i cent hi recent years because of depression low sugar 'prices and sole artificial trade obstacles and generak unrest in the island republic Al! Latin American and other na tions are anxious for publication of Answers Criticism Replying the criticism of Di' Lloyd Ayco*ck director of research of the Harvard infantile paralysis com months with four ray applications blood pressure was reduced to 17(1 and the headache disappeared Dr Hut (on said the new agreement to ascertain just what advantages they may expect by entering into similar arrangement with the United StatMb.

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