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8 A BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, SUNDAY, 'JUNE 20, 1937 Chief Personalities in Steel Row as Martial Law Rules in Johnstown JOHN L. LEWIS, whose United Mine Workers Union were told to cancel a mass meeting of 40.000 men in Johnstown today, while 500 workers in the captive mines of the Bethlehem corporation already were on tne Cambria plant's picket lines as part of a sympathy strike. GOVERNOR GEORGE H. EARLE of Pennsylvania: "To prevent bloodshed, I earnestly request you to close your Johnstown plant pending action of mediators." MAYOR DANIEL J. SHIELDS of Johnstown in his criticism of the Governor's request that Bethlehem shut down its mill, called it "anarchy" and asked President Roosevelt to "end of terror." El'GENE G.

GRACE, president of the Bethlehem Steel: "To close plant Involves admission that forces of law are powerless to protect men in right to work." I ylMOaM I I i French Senate Rejects Blum Power Grant Downfall of Cabinet Is Averted by Prompt Strategy of Premier Br the Auoclatfd Pre Paris, June 19 Premier Leon Blum faced overthrow tonight in a parliament divided on the question of giving hiin full powers to rehabilitate French finances by decree. The Senate by a vote of 188 to 72 rejected the bill embodying the emergency powers the Premier is demanding, but Blum returned to the attack by calling on the Chamber of Deputies to pass the bill for the see-on dtime. That would compel the Seantc i.o consider it once more. Just before the Chamber met for a critical night session its finance committee readopted the Premier's bill by 26 votes to 16 and cleared the way for the deputies 'action. Immediate ddwnfall of the cabinet because of the Senate attack was averted by the Premier's strategy in refraining from staking "confidence in the government" on his bill.

The defeat therefore did not compel his resienation. JpjoSS Night scene In a steel mill, such as that shown above (left) faded to complete ness as Pennsylvania State troopers, such as those seen at right in front of Johnstown bank, went about evacuating the Cambria plant or the Bethienem fateei corporation in Johnstown. Governor George H. Earle ordered the establishment of martial law when Eugene G. Grace, president of the steel company, refused to shut down the mill.

LI. Man Named HeadofV.F.W. Continued from Page 1 March on Johnstown Is Canceled by Lewis Continued from Page 1 beleaguered city "if necessary" during tomorrow's meeting by the miners. Produce Trade Supplies Gain As Prices Sag Heavier Shipments Are Resulting in Lower Quotations Generally Fruit and vegetable shipments have been moving at the rate of 3,000 carloads per week day, showing an increase of 10 percent compared with the preceding week and 5 percent compared with the same week last year. Heavy gains the second week of June included cantaloupes 900 more, potatoes about 600, tomatoes 400, melons 300.

peaches, plums, lemons, carrots, and 1 corn about 100 more of each, according to reports of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. These gains were partly ofset by moderate decreases in apples, grapefruit, cherries, strawberries, cabbage, onions, celery and peas. The large wholesale market conditions were generally in buyers' favor. Demand is fair to good but supplies by train and truck are heavy and prices mostly lower. Even carrots and celery, the high-priced leaders the first part of June, were receding from top levels on prospect Of larger supplies.

Potato Supplies Heavy Shipments of potatoes have been coming at the rate of more than 7,000 cars per week and are likely to continue heavy with the California season at its height, the South Carolina movement very active, and shipment increain? from Oklahoma and Arkansas, while a large crop in Kansas and Missouri is coming to market soon. Shipments of early potatoes so far have already exceeded last season's total. Trend of prices was still alightly downward in mid-June. Southeastern country shipping points quoted f. o.

prices 10 cents lower after the middle of the month. ranirin 90 cents to il 10 ner inn pounds. Jobbing range in northern markets was $140 to $150. Onions Slow Onions have been selling a little better at an eastern jobbing range of 75 cents to $1.10 per SO pounds, with a few price recoveries on receipts from north Texas. Shipments from that section weTe lighter for a time and track holdings reduced, but owing to slow demand the advances were not well maintained California White Wax onions sMll show decay in some lots.

They are selling around $1 in central markets Government support appeared' around the 60-cent level at Texas shipping points. The cabbage market has been weak and prices declined to low levels 1 Increased movement of cabbag bv truck made it hard to move rariot quantities. Letuce, including the Iceberg type, is being received In considerable quantities. Apple Season Begins Shipments of a few carloads of apples from Georgia opened the new season In mid-June. Movement or i the old crop Is nearly over, aftor.

one of the most recent fnvnrahip Governor Earle stood ready to rush National Guardsmen into the area to maintain peace during the projected mass "Invasion" of 40,000 miners. Governor Earle followed up his declaration of martial law "to preserve peace and avoid bloodshed'' by ordering the immediate evacuation of non-striking workers at the Cambria plant. Grace notified Mayor Shields that he would not voluntarily close the Cambria works. Grace's Telegram He said he advised Governor Earle "that if the plant Li closed it will be and uPon his rMPn- In a tHwam replying to one sent by Mayor Shields. Grare said "Replying to your telegram, I wish to assure you and your City Council that we will not voluntarily close the Cambria plant, and have today advised Governor Earle that if the plant is closed it will be on his orders and upon his responsibility.

"We cannot believe that the police power of this Commonwealth will be used by its Governor to prevent our employes in Johnstown from exercising their legal right to work." Won't Send Troops WashiiiEion. June 19 (yPiA have to use your ingenuity." He said no special Instructions were given him in a brief conference with Secretary of Labor Perkins yesterday. Indications were that both steel and labor officials would be called Tuesday. If either f-oup refuses to meet Jointly they will be afked to convene separately. Then the board will talk to each party carrying the viewpoints of each disputant to the other.

der crPatln? the board gave it broad powers to Investigate the causes and circumstances of the strike, including the power to subpoena wit- nesses, books and records. From sources close to the Doam, it was learned that invitations, rather than subpoenas, probably would be sent out over the weekend to steel corporations and union officials to attend a peace meeting. Companies Visited Informal word from steel corporations and union camps that no compromise would be acceptable faced the board as it started to work. The companies Insisted they would sign no contract with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, the steel i nit of John L. Lewis' Committee for Industrial Organization.

Lewis was to havp sprit, the board lust as strone a statement Bilbao in Panic As Rebels Win Continued from Page 1 feeble cheers and cries of "Arrlva Espana!" For hours, they said, they had feared their release would mean only death at the hands of bands of Leftists still abroad in the streets. The prison gates had been opened at midnight. Then they formed their column, with the 200 armed men on the sides, in front and behind, and women and children herded in the middle. Halted by Guards At almost every corner they were halted by armed Asturlans, who questioned their right to leave the city, but the 200 rifles proved sufficient safe conduct. The Asturians made no real attempt to stop them.

The insurgents loaded them on military trucks, gave them food, sup-piled them with Carlist red berets to identify them and sent them to a refugee camp near Vitoria. Dry Goods Sales Advance Shortens Consolidating the gains of 1936, which gave wholesalers the largest volume of business In terms of units ir any year since expansion ol then were refusing orders specifying delivery earlier than six months, while wholesale volume ranged from 20 to 40 percent over -the 1936 comparative. Buyers were pressing to cover requirements ahead as far as next Fall and Winter, to gain price advantage on a rising market and to allow for possible delivery delays. Situation Changes By the middle of April the situation started to shift. Unfavorable weather curtailed retail sales and consumer spending was frozen further by employment uncertainty, which the strike wave spread.

Advance wholesale commitments came to a halt as quotations' on both raw cotton and wool turned weaker, unsettling the price structure of many types of finished goods. In spite of this narrowing distribution, which persisted until early June, wholesale volume increased 15 to 30 percent from that for the first five months "I 193B' hiIc rose 10 10 25 percent. Wholesale Activity Hesitation on the part of buyers 1 has been less In evidence since the more activity to wholesale markets As the dip in raw material quotations has been too short to force major redaJustmenU on finished I Today on the More people live on the right bank other area of the United Heads of the Withers Democratic 1 Club of Williamsburgh, who have invited William Meagher, the new 13th A. D. Democratic leader, to visit them tomorrow night, announced that plenty of fireworks would be used to greet him.

Aerial salutes and other noise-makers will be touched off to make the leader's firr' to the club at 181 Withers St. impressive. Mr. Meagher, son of Matthew Meagher, one-time warden of the City Prison, sue- ceeded former Assemblyman William Breitcnbach. who died May 13.

James Allen is the club's president. Philip Tirone heads the reception committee. His assistants include Deputy Sheriff Peter Cofvo and Joseph Papavero. A Mother Goose musical with child performers opened the 22d annual June Festival program of the Munson of Music in the perish house of the Bay Ridge Methodist-Episcopal Church, Ovlng-ton and 4th Aves. Commanded by MaJ.

Bernard S. Barron, the Third Battalion Fleet. Marine Corps Reserve, Brooklyn's own, left the Brooklyn Navy Yard at 6:30 a.m. today for a 15-day tour of duty at Quantlco, Va. There were 350 men and 12 officers in the battalion.

The i included Capts. Howard Hauck, John J. Dolan, Milton O'Connell, John J. Carey and Angelo Clncot.a. With Mayor LaGuardla presiding, 11 sergeants will be made lieutenants and 27 patrolmen will be elevated to the rank of sergeant at 2:30 p.m.

today in outdoor exercises at Ebbets Field. Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine and ranking officials of the department will take part in the ceremonies. Magistrate Vincent J. Sweeney in Felony Court yesterday held Sol Newkirfk, 20.

of 1539 Eastern Parkway, in $2,500 ball on charges of malicious mischief and violation of Section 726 of the penal law in throwing a stench bomb in the dress shop of Max Hartmann at 1415 Broadway. Hartman chased New-kirk to a trolley car. The fugitive hit him, Hartman said, and both goods, an upward price trend is in- dicated for Fail, due to the expense acme nto production oy wage uuusus, curtailed workweek and higher costs of supplies. The were some of the: major developments revealed by a survey of the dry goods trade, which has Just been completed by Dun and Braditreet, Ins. Right Bank of the East River than in any Stales of similar size.

left the vehicle and the foot race was resumed to Woodbine St. and Evergreen where Newkirk was arrested. Frederick J. Bruce, 50, of 136 Montgomery Place, was severely wounded in the stomach when his 22 caliber rifle went off accidently. He is in Greenpoint Hospital.

Bruce, president of the Frederiik J. Bruce Lumber Company, 44 Whitehall Manhattan, had been hunting rats on the dock of the North 1st St. branch of his plant on the East River. Five thousand persons visited the new branch of the Jamaica Savings Bank as it opened at 216-19 Jamaica Ave. Queens Village.

George 8. Dovvnlng, president, received the visitors. Theodore Temple Is manager. Rabbi Menachem Risikoff of 691 Lafayette one of the senior rabbis in the World Rabbinate, has completed a religious volume entitled "Shaarai Shomayim." Rabbi Leon J. Risikoff, chaplain of the Department of Sanitation, is a son.

More than 1,000 friends are expected at the wedding of Miss Madeline Dileo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pasquale Dileo, of 322 Oakland to Charles Marino, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marino of 3311 Beverly Road this afternoon in tho Church of St.

Anthony, Manhattan Ave. The body of Harry Hanovic, 24, an orderly at Creedmoor State Hospital, who disappeared June 10 while swimming at Far (Rockaway, was found by Harold Opltz of 5018 39th Long Island City, Preparations for the opening of Camp Wildwood, official Summer camp of the Brooklyn Council of Girl Scouts, at Wading River, will get under way tomorrow when Martha Prendergast, director, will leave for camp to lay plans for the season. Registrations for all encampments are still being accepted at Scout headquarters, 102 Prospect Park West. By order of the Appellate Diviison here Mrs. Pauline Rogers Hoving must pay the upkeep costs of the boucnampion estate oi ner iornier husband, the late Col.

H. H. Rogers. Mrs. Hoving claimed the expenses rpni'h as hiirh as $112 00(1 a vear The ruling, from which Justire Adel dissented without an opinion, held there was nothing in the will which charged the expense to the estate or to Peter Salm, Colonel Rogers' grandson.

County chaplain and chaplain of the State during the past year, was indorsed with roaring acclamation by the convention for national chaplain. Reaney, past county commander of Kings, was elected a member of the State council of administration. Nassau Ladles Corps Wins The Nassau County Ladies Aux-! lllary Busle and Drum Corps cap- tured first prize In the State-wide I Vmnc rrtllKf Anvil I laries Corps won the second award, The campaign to brine the 1939 convention to Brooklyn headed by Herman R. Latourette won the united support of the entire State. A resolution nresented bv Com.

rade Post of Brooklyn, demanding I pensions for World War veterans, which was expected to prove one of the controversial highlights of the encampment, failed to be voted upon by the convention when the Brooklyn delegation, after tabling of the motion to the final session, decided not to press the issue. Dr. Matthew Levitas of Archie Ketcham Post, Brooklyn, declined to make the race for re-election as department surgeon. Levitas was given an enthusiastic reception when he tendered his annual report reciting the accomplishments of his office including the reopening of Brooklyn Naval Hospital to veterans. Benefits Are Greater Levitas submitted a detailed statement of conditions in hospitals throughout the Stale and cited many changes in Veterans Administration regulations liberalizing hospitalization benefits to disabled veterans.

These changes, he declared, were brought about through the efforts of the State organiza tion of the V. F. W. Comrade Post of Brooklyn waged the most exciting controversy of the convention when it pressed for indorsement of a resolution demanding pensions for World War veterans. The campaign of Brooklyn Council to win the 1939 convention for Brooklyn won immediate favor.

Let- I ters from Mayor F. H. LaOuardia, Borough President Raymond V. In-gersoll and heads of several boards of trade were submitted urging the vets to be the guests of Brooklyn during "World Fair Year." Capt. Dunne Boomed Capt.

Edward Dunne senior vice countv commander of Kings who served during the past year as department patriotic instructor was boomed for a higher appointive position in the State organization. Morris Goldman, Kings County commander, led liis delegation home, congratulated on all sides tne achievement. of everv goal for wnlch the local delegation had aimfd i I Thomas P. Laver, new SHte Com- mander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, resides In Cednrluirst. Nas- I sau, although his V.

F. W. activities have centered in Queens County. Ha served at Commander of Far 1 Government supporters, however, viewed the situation of the people's front cabinet with pessimism. Many predicted Premier Blum would be i)eaten again tomorrow when his bill returns to the Senate from the chamber and when, presumably, he wiu pose the quest0 nof confidence.

others close to the Premier, how- fver. said a compromise might yet be reached to save the cabinet, lllltf UIJll 111 Steel Rate 30 Youngstown, June 19 Steel output in plants not affected by the strike in the Youngstown district will remain unchanged at about 30 percent of capacity next week. Of the 83 open hearth furnaces in the entire district, 29 will operate. In addition, Republic Steel Corporation Is maintaining operation of four of its eight open hearths at its Warren plant. While large ore shipments protected by railroad police are being received at strike-bound plants, as yet there is no sign of reopening.

It is believed that all was set to reopen Youngstown Steel Tube Company and Republic Steel Company plants here, but plans suffered a setback with the appointment of the Federal meditation board. This action made public officials who previously promised protection to the men returning to work hesitant, and the management of the companies is unwilling to expese loyal workers to disorders. PARADE PRECEDES POLO GAME At the Fort Hamilton Army Reservation this afternoon there will be a parade by the. 1st Batalinn of the famous 18th U. S.

Infantry, Brooklyn's regular army regiment. It will precede a polo match between the First Division and tho Blind Brook Polo Club of Port Chester. Rockaway Post, held numerous positions in the county organlz.i-tions and climbed the State ladder to the top position. His activities In behalf of veterans have won for him national recognition. Queens County members of the V.

F. W. have predicted that he will next step into the national organization of the V. F. W.

Layer served dur-Ing the war In the Navy as chief petty officer. Twyford Active Here Thomas F. Twyford. new Junior vice departmeat commander of tin V. F.

is a well known borough attorney. He Is a former county president of the Ancient Order ol Hibernians. A member of C. Hesterberg Post, he held the offlcfl of Junior vice, then senior vies county commander and last yeai I was tiie county commander of tht Brooklyn organization. White House spokesman said Presi-1 that he wanted the corporation i both sales and production was R.nmviit uw.ih executives names on the dotted line, checked in the dry goods trade dur- the first quarter of 1937.

Mills intn to an urgent request by Mayor i Shields, unless the governor or State Lcvislaiure requests them. Meet Labor Department Aid Cleveland. Juiip 19 With Chairman Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati asserting that "we intend to work as raoidlv un ran thu Federal three-man mediation 'board 1 tcrstaLe Commerce Commlsf-ion to-moved today to settle the wide- i tlav authority to issue $1,212,000 spread Great I.nks steel strike. of five-year serial equipment mort-Tne meeting started shortly alter Bae notes in connection with the Greyhound Lines Seek Bus Order Washington, June 19 yTj Six Greyhound affiliates asked the In- purchase of 101 new buses The purchases, the application said, would 'be made from the Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Company of Pontlac, Mich.

The individual applications were: The Central Greyhound Lines, of Syracuse, N. $396,000, for 33 bues. Southwestern Greyhound Lines, Fort Worth, $380,000, for 30 buses. Memphis, Teim $1800 'for 15 buses Illinois Grevliounrl Lines. Tnc Cleveland, Ohio, $120,000, for ten buses.

market seasons in recent vears. The "lp arrlva' by piano from Wash-ongr-keeplng varieties will be of-1 of Eriard F. McOrady, As- fered in the market for some time I 6lfUnt Sectary of Labor, to come. The price Is steadily at Tat'- anrl Llo-vl K- Oarrison of mostly $2 to $2.25 per bushel basket Madison, reached Cleveland for best lots, but extremes ranBe by train earl.i-r. Prior to the meet- $1.25 to $2 50.

Japanese Petrol Sale Controlled Toklo. June 13 The Japanese Oil Federation ha.s decided to control the distribution of petrol in Japan through an arranefment with the Various oil companies. The oil federation recently succeeded in standardizing peirol in Japaa lug. they conferred Informally with James F. Dewey.

Federal Labor Department conciliator, and Ralph A. Llnd, Regional Labor Board director. Policies to b- followed in settlement efforts. Taft said, probably will be mapped today, the board will not meet formally Monday because both Taft and Garrison have engagempnts to maki commencement addresses. To (all Steel Officials McGrady said, In respon.se to questions: "You know ail labor differences are sometimes different and you Teche Lines.

New Orleans, I beginning of June. Retail for eluht buses. tion has widened steadily, imparting Ohio Greyhound Lines. Cleve land, Ohio, $60,000 for five buses. I lie notes will bear interest on a sliding scale from ft to 4 percent..