Nevada State Journal (Newspaper) - March 21, 1937, Reno, Nevada A. r METAL PRIDES Bar S. equivalent Bar S. equivalent 45.20c) St. Established November Client of United Press THE WEATHER snow or rain Sunday and little change in TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY Highest 52 Lowest 31 VOL. 135. Entered as Matter at Nevada MARCH 21, 1937 PRICE FIVE CENTS BIG IN DETROIT PROPOSED General Strike Due If Evictions by Police Continue The United Workers ened tonight to call a general strike in all of Detroit's great automotive plants unless police halted brutal eviction of sit-down The statement by Homer referred to action earlier in the evening by police and sheriff's removal and arrest of sit-down strikers in the Packing Co. plant and the R. G Dun G. M. EXEMPT Wyndham first vice president of the United Auto- mobile said General Motors plants be exempt any general strike because they have signed an agreement with the union on hours working Martin was interested in would happen to the downers in nine Chrysler During the day and sler executives angry statements concerning the fact that employes were occupying the plants in defiance of a Wayne county cuit court order for their CALLED LAWLESS K. T. president of called the a Jess an a statement to his some of whom are not members of the union but have been out of work by the closing of the The strikers in a letter to Gov. Frank said the Chrysler corp. was trying tn After the sit-down members of the automobile were evicted from the Newton and Dun Martin to union headquarters and made this The United Automobile Workers cf America are prepared to cali a general strike in the automobile in- dustry in the city of Detroit Monday unless strikers and the ruthless of workers by Detroit police is stopped organized automobile plant in the city closed down Monday unless Police Commissioner Heinnch Pickert is ordered to call off his unlawful raids on organized workers of Detroit will mass Tuesday night in Cadillac Square to protest these TALKS WAYS March the only major auto- mobile manufacturer whose plants have not been affected by the current wave of asserted tonight that if a strike is called in any of his plants he will keep production going as long as a single man remains on the Ford contended that are back of these He felt these un- named financiers plenty to besides to control in- dustry Boy Escapes Injury When Hit by Auto Jack Reno escaped injury when he was v knocked to the street by bile according to a report to the police W. A. driver of the said he preceding y east on West First street when the boy ran in front of the Young Reading was knocked to t the But he said he Cars by Ernest Scofield and John damaged in a West and Scofield was ing west on Second while was traveling north on e. Liner With Americans On Board in Collision March The liner Pacific Ranger from Ite bringing 12 England for the was rammed six feet above her today in a collision the Dutch oil tanker The collision occured at Gravesend t Reach a heavy mist Tugs pulled the ing in and her were at Tilbury docks 1 French Liner Claims t Atlantic Speed Record NEW March i French line announced tonight that the reconditioned had re- i the eastbound speed of the Atlantic for a single days covering 728 nautical miles from noon Friday until non k This is speed of 31.65 compared with the 31 knots turned in. by the liner Queen Mary which recorded 713 miles on its record eastbound n Th Today Today's Nevada State Journal comprises 24 crammed with news Among them BREWSTEE Values in the a regular weekly Journal He dis- cusses Palm Page Ifi. MACKAY Annual University of Nevada celebration covered with Page Complete coverage of day's Page 7. KNOW YOUR A weekly written by about the school on the First second J. L. Farmer thoroughly familiar with the state's writes a weekly feature for The RENO SCHOOL A page of school written by Reno boys and Page WOMAN'S club etc. Page 12. PAGE FOE If you drive an automobile read this weekly Page PAGE FOR Another weekly Journal Page 14. Washington Page WESTBROOK The leading commentator on events of the Page 16. COLORED Eight in four in a separate In addition to The Journal presents the full wire ice of the United complete local and state merous other ITALIANS FLEE Rebel Supply Train Of 1000 Trucks Partly Destroyed WITH LOYALIST FORCES ON THE GUADALAJARA March Evidence great disorder accompanying the flight of a large force of Italian troops was visible on the Guadalajara front A United Press correspondent found the fields and ways around strewn with vast supplies of machine guns and other war equipment left behind when ian fled March A rebel supply train of 1000 carrying troops and war materials on the Guadalajara highway to the was bombed by Loyalist planes and the partially or completely the Madrid defense junta announced Edward's Phone Average a Week v 20 of Windsor's telephone week since hfe LEAPS OFF AIR LINER Passenger Opens Emergency Exit And Jumps LOS March Anatol of San leaped to death from a bound United Airlines plane tonight while en route to Los ine officials who lives at 1425 San dove from the plane as it was flying about feet high 30 miles southeast of at Black Wells it was Estey Julian was the only other passenger the EMERGENCY EXIT OPEN Stewardess Myrtle Sawdy told of- she was sitting in a tear seat when she felt a sudden swish of cold at p.m. an hour and 10 minutes after the plane had left San She looked ahead three seats and found Maren's seat was She ran forward to the two emergency exit seats on the bottom of the plane and found one Maren's over- coat and a bottle of whisky remained n his empty she The notified Pilot ward Brooks and Co-Pilot T. S. NO NOTE LEFT Possibility that Maren fell out of the plane accidentally was by airline officials who pointed out that the emergency exits are fully enclosed in glass like a fire alarm and require the of a handle a full 180 Or full to There were no evidences that the passenger intended to commit cide and he left no note in the according to the His overcoat were A search will be for Maren's body tomorrow at NOT INTOXICATED Because he walked with a peculiar Passenger Agent Ar- thur Kelly questioned him and de- termined he was not and therefore permitted him to board the he Kelly said Maren was shabbily that he was dark a swarthy andl to be of Italian He spoke broken English with an ent Latin Kelly Kelly described the man as about 30 years of age and weighing around 140 He was about five feet seven inches voluntary since the throne of it was learned Most of the calls are long distance to Mrs. Wallis Sen. BUbo Says His Wife Is Cruel to Him March 20 Charging and in- human U. S. Senator Theodore G. BUbo of Mississippi filed suit for divorce here March 13 against his Mrs. Lina Gaddis it was learned f HA Modernization Extension Requested March 20-CUP) National Dealers association said the organized ing industry had appealed to ident Roosevelt for extension of modernization credit plan of the federal housing Grave Diggers Strike March grave forced mourners attending in cemetery to fill in the graves Thousands of Devout Assemble in Rome VATICAN March Pope Pius XI and other Catholic churchi leaders were reported with today at wordi that ands of the devout are arriving daily to attend functions here holy i foreign visitors are expected to be in Rome for Easter a week They will throng St. to pay tribute to the holy father for University Pays Its Annual Tribute to Mackay Family Marvin Moler and Marjorie attend at the Mackay Day fiance which climaxed activities of the Mackay Day tion at the University of Nevada The dance was held in the university gymnasium with decorations characteristic of the old west and the early days of Virginia 2MUJSOF SEWER ABLAZE Flames Leap 200 Feet Into Air in Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA in 21. Firemen tonight an underground fire by a series of. which whipped through two miles of sewer tunnel the ter of the business district to the edge of the oil field in the eastern section of the city The explosions covers off and flames leaped nearly 200 feet into the tele- phone poles and trees and damaging a Firemen said there was no other Authorities believed early today that all danger was They that the danger had been The menaced area was with major gas and oil The damage would have been tremendous had any of these lines caught fire or officials Firemen believed the blaze ignited from oil which escaped from ducing well into a ditch and flowed into the sewer Awards Made at Annual Dance of Campus and gathered on the University of Nevada yesterday to pay homage to the Mackay of the have more than two million dollars since the university was established In 1873. WINNERS ANNOUNCED Winners of the as an- at the 4S-ers concluded a day of work and play on the campus tact are as women's best Kred fraternity song Sigma Alpha most Sigma Alpha best Lester blackest Archie Walter and attendance at coln In a sports program which tured the afternoon the Blues and the Whites played a less tie in an football game and the sophomores walked away with the track on Page 4) Sam football and Kathleen Independent for A. W. K. don lop hat and long skirt to the Mackay Day celebration at the University of Miss and Basta stop long enough in the road of lime dances at the 49-eis dance to smile prettily for the Man Resembling Kidnaper h Arrested S. March Gray tonight arrested Jesse said to resemble drawings of the kidnaper of Charles Mattson of The man admitted he was in the state of Washington at the time of the He said he en route to his tome in Police said he to Death Sentenced a was to 10 to 20 years in prison today for a 15-mJon.ths-old baby death the child bit him on Author of Books Dies on Coast Calif March services were held here today for Mrs. Lucy Fitch 72, of author and illustrator best known for her mous of children's More than 25 years Mrs. kins began illustrating stories for her children and later published them hi the form of experiences of twins Her and are and the two copy of one of her books was presented her recently at a Chicago Hollywood Honeymoon Interrupted by Arrest March A interrupted by jail was resumed today by Margaret sister Mary Miles and J t and bride's Pekinese pup were lodged -in the Glendale was an of to They were released on booked them on charges of drunk in. an PILOT FALLS OUT OF SHIP AND STILL LIVES LONG March 20. 27, of Dong fell out of his airplane while he was flying upside down feet above ground but was saved by his parachute and received only a few scratches landing who is an aviation had gone aloft with an advanced Don He looped into an inverted glide andl just then the buckle of safety belt dropping Averill over- board The instructor pulled the islease cord of his parachute and landed Meanwhile the plane itself and Farrell noticed for the first time that Averill AWOL The took the and brought the ship to a good landing at the MYSTERY Grave Found Near Geiger Grade Deputy sheriffs today will gate a report that a grave hati been found near the City highway in the mountains south of A highway last night re- ported that he and his working mate had appeared to be a but he was unable to say whether it was a human or animal grave The site is said to be ered with sagebrush showing several British Planes Fleet March Great Britain's powerful on way home from the will be 200 miles off the south coast by a mass attack of submarines and airplanes in a secret maneuver test of great it was lit was believed the test might be held The maneuver is designed to test the coordination of airplanes and submarine attack and the fleet's ability to withstand such an Senator Calls on President to Curb Strikes MSarch 20 Senator Frederick Vaa tonight called upon the administration to speak out against sit-down which he said anarchy President Roosevelt and con- gress came right out and denounced methods employed by the present wave of such striken would end in 48 Van His statement was made while other Senator J. Hamilton considered calling a conference of congressional leaders to discuss lation giving the president broad authority to deal with Van raised the question of the recent wave of stay-in strikes during questioning of Justice nand who testified before the senate judiciary committee on the president's court reorganization gram. he amplified his remarks by saying he had received of letters from all types of in Ind scene of a recent sit-down he public opinion opposed the In I am informed that only a very small percentage of the ers in the plant favored the SCHOOL TRUSTEES GIVEN BLAME FOR TEXAS DISASTER Equipment Salesman Testifies He Warned Board Change to Wet Gas Made Building a Bomb March military board of inquiry probed deeply today into the cause of the explosion that wrecked the world's largest rural school funeral corteges the highways through the oil fields cf of the 425 victims to Most startling offered under oath to the rational gourd officers and their two civilian was that the New London school board had been warned three years ago of the danger of a disaster and tho charge that the board had boon guilty of neglect The members of the Dr. 13. P. professor of al the University of an authority on tho military added to the board for expert to be t ing toward a theory that the had giant bomb for perhaps waiting only for u spark to set it off. This appeared particularly in Guy E. manufacturer of the hollow tile of which the walls building were With Story and other there a suspicion that theie hollow walls had been impregnated with the frightfully deadly PECORA URGES COURT CHANGE Hoe Not Cancer pressed the view Queen Marie is suffering from in- ulcers of the stomach and not from basing their opinion on preliminary X-ray Security Act Upheld By Appellate Court NEW March The fifth United States circuit court week supported new deals today of which twice before this upheld the constitutionality of the from the northern district court of social security act in an appeal taken The opinion written by Judge Samuel H. Sibley held that the social security unemployment payments represented a lax and did not tute the taking of private property for public use of Two Sets of Twins March H. E. nett of the Village today gave birth to her second set of within a THE WATTS OBTAIN SWEET AT LAST Two-Bit Doorbell Is Invented March no magazine no intoxicated revelers and no police selling tickets to their annual dance thumbed the bell tonight of the Conant Waits of Beverly Gal. The Waits ha J obtained sweet at last with a superb invention of their own an apparatus designed to casual doorbell pushers The buzzer all but a thumb wouldn't work it. It cost a quarter to ring the bell at the you don't get your money back un- less they like If a tramp or you can for your 25 The idea waa that of Mrs. Valerie B. her husband helped her work out the mechanical When their machinery had been installed and had ed not only in quarters but in undisturbed they sent in a tion of it to the U. S. patent which promptly recognized ita value and issued letters patent number on history's first foiler of front door It won't be before the will be available to harried the nation over at a reasonable Like all other great inventions this isn't the is Where other folks have a free for all to the Waits have a hole in the the exact size of a 25-cent But if an ine arrives on the Wait's front Tchi samples of butter or singletrees Or some such in- serts his quarter in the holet what As the coin it electrical causes the bell inside the house to tinkle The ter then in a box Mrs. Wait comes to the door to see whether her visitor is or high-pressure Suppose he I wonder if I can inter- est you in our 1937 model two- horse Mrs. Wait says smilingly that she thinks he put a quarter in the slot I says Mrs. I thank you very Then she shuts the is that an Not only are the Waits going to earn a fortune from better the gratitude of untold millions of doorbell an- Mr. and Mrs. con- sider this our order for one of your from leaking or faulty gas BOARD BLAMED A. J. of a salesman for the Clow Gas Stoam Heating who had convinced tho board that it could save money by his equipment for the heating apparatus specified by the Under belligerent ing by Belew twice accused the school board of His ho had mended vents for nil of the 72 radiators leading out through the roof into the open The board had not followed he IN GAS Tho board after operating the on manufactured ed to natural gas heavily laden with gasoline and hence more He had told the he that his company had had no rience with Not until a year after the switch was he did his com- pany learn about It was told then that the school had been ing with the gas His adjusted tho regulators that reduce the pressure to a level Hie radiators could handle without WITNESS ASSAILED some times some hammered away at qualifications to give advice on at his failure to in- sist that the school board meat all of his company's installation Belew insisted that his re- sponsibility ended with the that ho no power to enforce you gave a gun to a boy and told him to be would your responsibility end demanded his usual mild professional air gone in the the witness WALLS BLOW DP The testimony seemed to establish that the direction of the blast was horizontal not vertical indicating that It came from the not from the tightly confined ment which the experts had ed D the said eight hours before the ex Rule by Courts Seen As Menace to Democracy March Ferdinand Pecora of supporting President court reorganization program before the senate judiciary said today that frustration of free government by the might cause the people to faith in Pecora contended that courts will bo to restore that faith by judicial if the supreme court continues the attitude bornly persisted by the Pecora said that danger of lay in originating In lofty seats of that plosion he had crawled into the and lighted several which seemed to indicate that no appreciable quantity of gas was in it FUNERALS HELD It was a day of strange contrasts only -in the spick room .in the high and said that iC one group violates the law other group will go and do The judge testified after Irving editor of tho St. Louis Times editorial told the com- that was danger of violence if men set selves tip in irresponsible aloofness and rule people by cial Reno Navy Recruiting Office to Be Inspected Commander G. A U. S. officer Call form charge of Uie them and Nevada districts will be in Reno Tuesday to inject local navy recruiting and lo make official At the present there ara more young serving in the U. S. than at any period since the World records of tho Reno office Tho commander he much pleased with the fine type of men be- ing enlisted from this stale undor plan of selective Commander upon ing his inspection tour will return to the mam office of this district at San Two Motorists Due in City Court Monday Two Keno motorists aw scheduled to appear in the municipal court Monday morning to answer charges of city traffic Tracy p. 29, was ar- rested by Officers Read and on a charge of reckless driving and released on ball to appear in Albert 25, was taken into custody by Officer Clendening who charged the youth fag the speed limit in the residential tho school He was released on nT my recognisance to in tough oil field roustabouts gathered around kets in the Old London Baptist surrounded by derricks of the East Texas oil for onal services for all of tho Sight-seeing motorists vied with innumerable funeral corteges for space on the highways where safety placards Love Our There was a strange quiet in the narrow streets of the towns of the world's richest oil field where on previous Saturday nights were throngs gayly dressed their filled with their Saturday looking for frolic or a 425 ABE DEAD The Red Cross had all but com- its task of identifying the Its office here officially con- firmed the United Press tabulation of 423 all In ditlon nine bodies still unidentified Red least seven Indicating that the final count will vary little If from the 425 The memorial service was almost as pathetic in its devoutly simple religious spirit as the lined faces of the men and women who followed the caskets to the A minister said that some there would bo a reunion in Heaven af the children of the Now London school and their and that everybody would bo were in But the roster contained at 15 Hurt When Tornado Hits South Carolina S. March persons were injured and a score of homes wore demolished by a tornado that struck this town of An abandoned cotton mill was blown down and several other smaller buildings The wind swept a path about 200 yards wido and two miles long. of W Drummer Dies in California SAN March 84, who for tho last 27 years always has taken the part of the drummer in representing the of 76" and who was the first president of the Detroit Musicians union died hero Jew's Execution Is Ordered by Nazi Court March mut a was sentenced to today in people's court convicted on charges of pre- paration of high treason and an offense against the Reich's law on IV
