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BELGIUM AND FRANCE INSIST ON PENALTIES Powers to Meet in London, Consider Paris Demands for Firm Action. ITALY IN GOOD GRACES Hitler Stands on Policy as British Take Charge of Situation. BULLETIN By l nitrdppres P R A G II E, Czechoslovakia, March 11.—Frontier guards arrested six German soldiers who crossed the trontier near Harrachsdorf today. The soldiers wore unarmed. They said they had lost their hearings during skiing practice. They were escorted to Harrachsdarf and sentenced to two weeks in prison for entering the country unlawfully. /v f fiitrrl Prrnn LONDON, March 11.—British cabinet members, in anxious consultation, were increasingly determined today to exact concessions from Adolf Hitler to please France. The cabinet was called into session at 6 p. m. after Cnpt. Anthony Eden, foreign secretary, and Lord Halifax had returned from Pa ris. Asa compromise on France's insistence on the withdrawal of German troops from the Rhineland and Hitler's refusal to do -o, the British envisage a Franco-Bolgian-German paet pledging Germany not io fortify the Rhineland for 25 years. Britain and Italy would guarantee the pact. The conference of Locarno powers opening here tomorrow, it was reported, may lead to a discussion of fresh British committments for the security of France and Belgium, replacing the Locarno pact. German sources indicated to the United Press that Hitler had decided to reject requests to withdraw' his .mops or to promise not to fortify the Rhineland zone. Penalties Are Demanded The German embassy was informed that the Locarno powers intend to pass a ty condemning the German action hut possibly referring to further measures by the League's penalties committee of 13. Meanwhile, Britain will avoid action which would prejudice future negotiations with Germany. Authoritative advices from Paris indicated that the first job of the government was to meet a series of French demands which called for harsh penalties against Germany unless a solution of the present crisis is pfTected. France Demands Support But these demands w'ere qualified with other demands of greatest importance to Great Britain: 1. That Britain give France anew guaranty of armed asistance in event of a German invasion. 2. That the French and British general staffs prepare a specific joint plan to deal with any emergency. 3. That League penalties against Italy in the Ethiopian dispute be and ropped so tiiat Premier Benito Mussolini may be brought into the allied front. France would ask a virtual ultimatum to Adolf Hitler to withdraw his Rhineland troops, on pain of penalties the first of which would be withdrawal of diplomatic envoys from Berlin by League nations. But these demands were qualified (Turn to Page Three) CIGAR STUBS IN BREW ADD KICK. COURT TOLD Prison Term. Fine Are Imposed Against Defendant. Mrs. Hazel Hines, 44, of 116 E. McCarty-st. has a recipe for an unusual drink she recommends to those with jadpd thirsts. She told Municipal Judge Charles J. Karabell that home brew' beetmixed with cigar stubs was "tolerably good.” and that after effects w'ere "not bad.” Judge Karabell fined her s3l and sentenced hpr to 30 days in the Indiana Woman’s Prison on charges of drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Carrying a quart bottle halffull of brew and cigar stubs. Mrs. Hines made a disturbing visit to the Indianapolis relief soup kitchen, Maryland and Alabama-sts. yesterday afternoon, police charged. SPAIN CALLS TROOPS TO COMBAT RIOTERS 15 Killed In Disorders: Churches, Public Buildings Destroyed. By United Press MADRID. March 11.—The government mustered infantry and artillery units today in an effort to halt rioting throughout southern Spain. Martial law was declared in Granada, where virtual war existed between troops and Communists and leftists w'ho have been burning churches and convents, destroying public buildings and fighting police since Saturday. At least 15 have been killed and 60 wounded in the disorders. Relief Worker Believed Slain By l mted Prr m MITCHELL, Ind.. March 11. A relief worker identified as Edward A. Stone. 26. *m found dead on a road near his home today. His skull had been crushed. Officials believe he was slain.

The Indianapolis Times FORECAST: Unsettled this afternoon and tonight followed by fair tomorrow ; colder; lowest temperature tonight about 34.

VOLUME 47—NUMBER .314

GARBO The Mysterious Her True Story ♦ \ E K

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Before she was Greta Garbo, she was Greta Gustafsson. And before that, Kata. This was the best, as a very young youngster, the girl could do with the pronunciation of her first name. Among the members of her family and her long-standing friends, Miss Garbo still is known as Kata. She was from the earliest a solitary and a solemn little girl. Her lather was her idol, she his.

Chapter One LITTLE SIT-BY-THE-FIRE 'T'HE old Viking' blood still flows in modern veins. There is scarcely a family without at least one member seeking fortune in some distant land. So on a bright July morning in 1925, a somewhat pathetic little group made its way toward Stockholm Central Station. ’i et the tall, lithe, blond girl who went striding along at the head seemed least concerned of all. For the

eyes of Greta Louisa Gustafsson were already fixed on that distant goal of America. ■ A pat for trip mock mother, a quick smile up at, the tall young brother and the sister and Greta leaped lightly on to the step of the train. Gathering excitement. Engine panting. Whistle blowing. A rush of steam, and then away, with a flutter of handkerchiefs, a tanglp of streamers, a misty haze of Lears that could no longer be suppressed. The S. S. Drottningholm bore the fair adventurer across the Atlantic. Hour after hour she strode the long deck or leaned over the deck rail, speaking not a word, absolutely alone, confiding her hopes to the white waves that broke with a shower of spray against the ship's side. Was she not sailing toward success? This is no fairy tale. Truth compels the world to recognize, the plain fact that this slim blond girl was one in ten thousand—one of the few plucky emigrants whose hopes were singled out for dazzling fulfillment. Nor did it take a lifetime to achieve her ambitions. nan SEVEN years later the liner Gripsholm carried the same slim girl back to her native land. What a welcome awaited her at Gothenburg, the Swedish port from which she had set out as an unknown adventurer seven short years before! Ten thousand souls turned out on the quay; ten thousand throats shouted a lusty welcome. But taking refuge in flight, hpr automobile followed a circuitous route, eventually throwing off the persistent followers. Threading its way through the woods and hills around Stockholm. it eventually arrived at the smiling plains of Sodermanland and out through an estate fringed (Turn to Page Three)

MYSTERY FARM FIRE LOSS SET AT $2500 Hired Man Is Assailed by Unknown Attacker. A second fire of unexplained origin in two years hit the farm of Mrs. Eva Wright, 4509 W. Morrisst, early toda\ and destroyed a barn, corn crib, hen house, storage building and coal house with loss of $2500. Nine chickens were killed. An automobile, belonging to a daughter, burned with the barn. Bruce Walter. 38. of 1115 S. Deni-son-st. farm hand, was assailed as he started to the barn to move the auto. He was found unconscious in the driveway and -could not tell deputy sheriffs who attacked him. Meanwhile neighbors awakened Mrs. Wright and two granddaughters. The tire department pumped water lrom a fish pond. A passing truck driver freed five animals from the barn. A fire broke out last night in an untenanted building at 1913 Madi-son-av and caused S7OO damage, firemen estimate. The building was the property of The Liberty Electric Cos., which a few days ago had a SIOO,OOO fire loss on a building at North and Wlinois- r ,ts. Firemen could not explain the fire's origin. >

BEATTY, BRITAIN'S NAVAL NERO, DEAD Jutland Warrior Was 65; London Grieves. By United Press LONDON, March 11.—Ad-mirat Earl Beatty, commander-in-chief of the grand fleet in the last years of the World War and hero of the Battle of Jutland, died peacefully early today. He was 65. His son. Lord Borodale, arrived at the bedside just a few minutes before the heart of the old sea dog gave out. He had been ill since he contracted a cold while marching bareheaded in the rain at the funeral of King George V. His death caused widespread mourning because to the empire he was a symbol of all the traditions of the British navy. Hero of a dozen engagements, he was idolized after Jutland. It was 'understood that Admiral Beatty would be buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, w-here his body would lie near that of Jellicoe, his old chief. JAFSIE HEADS HOME AS PROBER ARRIVES Leaves Panama Before Aid to Hoffman Lands. By T Hitrd pr < CRISTOBAL. Canal Zone. March 11.—Dr. John F. (Jafsie) Condon, eccentric Bronx school teacher who handled the ransom negotiations in thp Lindbergh baby kidnaping case, w'as en route to New York today, having sailed suddenly on the liner Santa Inez last night. His departure coincided with a visit here by Andrew K. Dutch. New Jersey state motor vehicle inspector. When Dutch left New' York it was reported that he intended to interview Dr. Condon for Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, who has been active in behalf of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. condemned murderer of Charles A. Lindbergh ,lr. Both Dutch and Hoffman denied the report. Dutch, on a Caribbean cruise, arrived here this morning. Hoffman Orders Quiz By United Presx TRENTON. N. J.. March 11.—Gov. Harold G. Hoffman demanded of state police today that they arrange to cross-examine Dr. John F. • Jafsie) Condon about the Lindbergh kidnaping ease the minute he arrives in the United States. Gov. Hoffman took the attitude, as soon as he learned that Condon was returning, that state police now must obtain answers to questions about alleged discrepancies in his statements over three years. Times Index Births 4 Mrs. Roosevelt 10 Books 13 Music 6 Bridge 13 Pegler 13 Broun 13 Pyle 14 Comics 19 Radio 6 Editorials ... 14 Serial Story.. 11 Fashions .... 11 Short Story ..19 Financial 15 Society .-. 10 Hoosier Editor 14 Sports 16 Merrv-G-Rd. 13 State Deaths. 9 Movies ...... 8 Want Ads..,. 18j

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1936

KING EDWARD MAY WED, HE TELLS NATION Asks Commons to Provide Funds in Event He Should Marry. BRITAIN IS DELIGHTED Eugenie of Greece Termed One of Possibilities in London. By United Press LONDON, March 11.—King Edward VIII, Britain’s 41-year-old bachelor King, informed the House of Commons today that there is a possibility he may get married. The news was contained in a message from the King, asking Commons to renew the civil list, which provides funds for the royal household and family, and is set by Commons at the start of each sovereign’s reign. The paragraph in the King's message which referred to his possible marriage said: "His Majesty desires that the contingency of his marriage should be taken into account so that in that event, there should be provision for Her Majesty the Queen and the members of His Majesty’s family, corresponding to the provisions which the House of Commons has been walling to make in like circumstances in the past.” Nation Is Delighted In the above reference to "His Majesty’s family,” the King evidently w'as referring to the possibility of his having children. A reference to "as long as the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall are vested in himself” had a similar meaning, because a son of the Kirjg automatically at birth w'ould become Duke of Cornwall, although he w'ould have to be specially created Prince of Wales, The King's announcement delighted the nation, w'hich has long looked for him to marry and have a son to suceed him. He is Britain’s first bachelor King since 1760. There immediately was speculation over whom the King might decide to marry, for the list of eligible royal pricesses is extremely short. Engenie is Mentioned Wpll-ihformed persons said the Greek Princess Eugenie, cousin of Princess Marina, wdfe of the King’s brother, Prince George, w'ould be the most probable choice if the King marries. The King’s message w'as brought to the bar of the House by Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, who announced he had brought a message “signed by His Majesty’s own hand.” After the reading of the message, William J. Thorn, Laborite. asked: “May I ask whether his majesty has given any guarantee that he is going to get married?” There was laughter and Chamberlain did not reply. Although the King’s name has been linked romantically with many royal women in years past, the list of those considered conceivably eligible to marry him has shrunk greatly. Can Wed Commoner Among those remaining still unwed are Princess Juliana of the Netherlands; Princesses Irene, Catherine and Eugenie of Greece, and Grand Duchess Kyre of Russia. But in discussion’s since Edward’s ascension to the throne, most of these have been considered to be ruled out by reasons of religion, politics or other factors. This has given rise to some speculation as to whether he might, not marry an English woman, is did his brother, the Duke of York, who is now heir to the throne. The Duke married the former Hon. Elizabeth Howes-Lvon. s Although custom in the past has been against such a course, there appears to be nothing which would prevent the King from marrying a commoner if he chose.

BARRETT HELIEVED OF HISJSLASS EYE Member Taken After Threats of Suicide. George W. Barrett, who has been sentenced to hang March 24 for the murder of a Federal agent, today was relieved of the last personal belonging he might employ to end his life before that date—his glass eye. He had threatened yesterday to crush it and swallow it in an effort to end his life, and he threatened, in a burst of rage, to crush the skull of any one who attempted to take it away. But ne calmed last night and Dr. Robert Dwyer. Federal physician, removed the eye. Nevertheless, Barrett complained bitterly that he now is without the means of making his last few days of life shorter. Julius Wichser. deputy marshal, had taken Barrett's glasses earlier in the day, fearing that he would break them and slash his wrists with the jagged edges. * Yesterday in his rage, Barrett walked about his cell. It was the first time he had been observed walking since he was shot. Reappointed to Liquor Board Raleigh Burk, road contractor, today had been reappointed by the Board of County Commissioners to serve one year as a member of the Marion County Liquor Control Board.

Cotton-Picker Inventors May Lease Device Only to ‘Humanitarian’ Firms

Rust Brothers of Memphis Willing to Forgo Profits So That Machine Can Become a ‘Blessing and Not a Curse to Mankind/ BRYAN Times Special Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 11.—The Rust brothers, inventors of the mechanical cotton picker, today announced their determination to forgo profits from their invention so that "it may be a blessing and not a curse to mankind.” With the machine- practically perfected and ready to go into production, they appealed to the world to help them devise a plan by w'hich

they hope that theirs may be the i first labor-saving machine that has j not brought distress to labor. In the office of their small .vlem-1 phis plant, John D. and Mack D. ; Rust today talked with the correspondent of the Scripps-Howard newspapers of the even greater problem that confronts them, now that their eight years of inventive W'ork have proved successful. Does Work of 50 Men "We got down on our knees and picked cotton when we were boys,” John Rust said. "We decided then that we would try to invent a machine to do this back-breaking labor. We have that machine. It will do the work of 50 to MO men.” While their one mechanic worked in the converted garage that is their factory, and their wives served as office staff. John D., 43. iron-gray but vigorous, and Mack D„ 36, young-locking and eager, faced in straightforward manner the tremendous potential consequences of what they have accomplished. "We are convinced that exploitation of our invention, by ourselves or any one else, would create untold disaster,” John went on. "Thrown on the market in the manner of past inventions, it would j mean, in the sharecropper country, j that 75 per cent of the labor popu- i lation would be thrown out of em- j ployment. That is the estimate of ] the Delta Experiment Station at Stoneville, Miss. Forego Chance for Millions "We are not willing that this! should happen. "How can we prevent it? How l can our invention bring security and leisure from toil, instead of resulting in starvation and homelessness?” To make this possible they are forgoing the chance of making millions. "All we want is security for ourselves,” Mack said. "For security is what we want this invention to bring to others. "Under the corporation we have! formed, w'e hold the controlling interest of 51 per cent. Now', what we ; propose to do is to allow' this ma- - chine ta be used only under specified I conditions which will safeguard so- j cietv against catastrophe.” What vhese conditions will be, and how' they should be effected, is the difficult social problem they are seeking to work out. "And w'e want the most expert ad,rurn to Page Twenty) U. S. AGAIN ACCUSES STERN OF MAIL FRAUD Investment Broker Taken to Chicago to Face Indictment. Louis Stern. 72-year-old investment broker, who was sentenced to five years by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell several weeks ago for using the mails to defraud, was taken to Chicago today to face another indictment on a similar charge before Federal Judge William C. Holly. Judge Holly fixed Stern’s bond at $15,000. Stern was released from the Marion County Jail yesterday on appeal bond of SIO,OOO. The Indianapolis conviction against him has been appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. YOUTH HELD MURDERER Canadian Farmers Find Him Guilty us Killing; Family of 3, By United Pet ss DORCHESTER. N. B„ March 11. —Arthur Bannister, 19, was found guilty of murder today by a jury of farmers who deliberated his part in slaying of a family of three in connection with a sordid extortion and kidnaping plot,. The verdit carries a mandatory sentence of death by hanging.

The Rust Cotton-Picker

WEST SIDE SEWER RELINING IS HALTED Work Is Stopped to Check River Pollution. To avoid possible liability under the state stream pollution act, the city sanitation plant today was authorized by the Works Board to halt construction on a sewer relining project during the summer months. During construction the West Indianapolis sewer pipe line can not be used and tons of raw sewage must be dumped into White River. C. K. Calvert, plant superintendent, told the board. Extremely cold weather has retarded w'ork on the Works Progress Administration project, and construction must be continued foxthree months, Mr. Calvert said. The board said it w'as without funds to provide a $3500 sewage tank that would enable the project to continue through the summer months. The board authorized a SSOO expenditui’e for lighting repairs in the plant, but turned down a proposal to place an airplane warning on the 200-foot smoke stack.

MAP RAIL ELEVATION PROGRAM FOR CITY $3,000,000 Project Outlined for South Side. Plans for a $3,000,000 track elevation px-oject, on the South Sidp are being prepared by city engineers preliminary to an application for Federal funds. City Engineer H. B. St.eeg announced today. Mr. Steeg said the plans called for elevation of the Belt Railroad tracks from Meridian to Shelbysts and the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks from Orange to Raymondsts. Application for funds w'as turned down last fall by Federal authorities who said government money could not be spent on private property. Wayne Coy, regional Works Progress Administration director, informed Mayor Kern recently that he believed Federal funds would be available for tie local project due to an amendment to the deficiency bill. U. S.l/lERCHANT MARINE SUBSIDIES ENDANGERED Senator Bennett C. Clark Threatens Long Filibuster. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 11.—Administration efforts to build up an American merchant marine through subsidies were endangered today by a threatened Senate filibuster. Senator Bennett C. Clark <D.. Mo.) said he and "15 or 20 other Senators” would filibuster until they drop against subsidy legislation. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic floor leader, said adjournment would not be held up for ship legislation. ARMY ORDERS MOTORS 53,850,009 Contract for Plane Equipment Placed by U, S. By United Press WASHINGTON. March 11.—A contract for 512 airplane engines—--432 of them being of the most powerful type ever built—was placed by the War Department today with the Wright Aeronautical Corp. of Paterson. N J. The engines, with spare parts, will cost $3,850,000.

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TAX FOES MASS AS PENSION BILL PASSES IN HOUSE

Welfare Act Is Approved by Vote of 80 to 13: Goes to Senate. G. 0. P. ONLY OPPOSED Action Is Delayed in Upper Branch; Insurance Measure Next. Indiana forced the first link connecting' the state with Federal social security laws today when the House of Representatives passed the public welfare bill by a vote of 80 to 13. The opposition was confined to Republicans. Action came swiftly after administration leaders had succeeded in checking a revolt which yesterday indicated that the coalition of "home rule” Democrats and minority were getting out of hand. Twenty-one of the minority, explaining their votes by declaring the bill was the “best we can get,” cast their ballots with 59 Democrats to pass the measure which provides aid for the blind, dependent and crippled children and old-age pension not to exceed S3O a month. It also sets up administrative machinery. "Hasty" Action Scored The Senate legislative machinery, hitherto running smoothly, collapsed momentarily today when even some of the majority objected to what, they believed useless and too hasty consideration of the welfare bill, which already had been passed by the House. Majority Leader Jacob Weiss (D.. Indianapolis) attemtped to proceed wfCh the reading of the welfare bill after the Senate ha’d resolved itself into committee of the whole. There were immediate objections, principally from the majority side, that there were no copies available for the members to study in preparing amendments. Await Printed Copies The session was halted and the Senators gathered in knots on the floor, some insisting on recessing until the bill is ready, and others voicing a willingness to go ahead with consideration of the bill lacking the amendments made by the House. It finally was agreed this would be done, but that no amendments would be offered until printed copies of the bill, as amended last night and yesterday by the House, are laid on each Senator's desk. Earlier in a formal session before resolving into a committee of the whole, the Senate voted to appropriate $15,000 for the State Election Board to defray coming election expense. The majority and minority joined in this action and the appropriation bill to defray costs of the special session was advanced to passage. Senator Floyd Garrott, Battle Ground, minority floor leader, explained the amendment. The expense partly will be necessary, he said, because the General Assembly in the 1935 session separated the presidential and state ballots. "If you fthe. majority) had it to do over again. I don’t believe you’d do it.” Senator Garrott said. H" added that the minority is very happy about this because "it will e easier to ripfeat the Dpmocrati'’ nominee for Governor.” He meant,, observers believed, that the Demo(Turn to Page Three) F. D. R„ KNOX WIN IN NEWJUMFSHIHE Returns Nearly Complete From First 1536 Primary. By United Press CONCORD, N. H„ March 11.— New Hampshire’s eight Votes in the Democratic National Convention will go to President Rosevelt, and the state’s 11 votes in the Republican National Convention, though unpledged, doubtless will go to Frank Knox, nearly complete returns from the nations first presidential primary of 1936 showed today. All e ? ght delegates-at-large and all four district delegates elected on ftie Democratic side were New Dealers. On the Republican side all seven delegates-at-large and all four district delegates elected were known to be friendly to the candidacy of Col. Knox, Chicago and Manchester publisher. RAIN DROPS MERCURY 10 DEGREES IN HOUR Unsettled Weather With Low of 34 Toinght Is F'orecast. With cloudy skies and a drizzle of rain; the mercury this af'ernoon dropped 10 degrees in an hour. It stood at 45 at 1 after sliding from 55 at noon. Weather forecasters predicted con- , tinued unsettled conditions during the night, with a low temperature of 34. J

FINAL HOME PRICE THREE CENTS

Parade Called Off: Claim Public Hearing Pledged by Governor. REPEAL IS DEMANDED Delegation Is Scheduled to Call on McNutt During Demonstration. Bolstered by a minor victory in their dealings with the state administration, Indiana retailers this afternoon converged on the General Assem- ! bly to advance their fight for j repeal of the gross income tax law. Although they claimed that, hundreds of Indiana Retailers’ Association members would be present, officials called off a formal march to the Capitol building due to the drizzle that started early in the afternoon. Walter J. Mercer. Indianapolis Retail Grocers and Meat, Dealers’ Association, announced, following a conference of retail leaders at the Clavpool, that Gov. McNutt had promised to receive a committee later today and that the executive also had promised a public hearing on the tax repeal measure. Mr. Mercer said date of hearing would be announced later. Group to Meet McNutt "With a membership of more than I 12.000. the association is determined, leaders said, to continue the fight against the income tax law that, they claim, is forcing the independent merchant to the wall. Mr. Mercer said that other committee members who are to meet with the Governor are Joe Guidone, Ed Dirks and William Rath- ; ert, all of Indianapolis, and C. J, : Steiss, Fort Wayne. The wedge that the retailers are using in the drive against the ini comp tax is the repeal measure introduced by Senator Ralph N. Jernegan <R„ Mishawaka). The repealer now is in the Senate Finance Committee, where legislative leaders predict death. Senator Thurman Gottsehalk,' Finance Committee chairman, has taken the position that there would be no pur- , pose in reporting the measure out i°f committee because the Senate majority has bound itself to consider only social security legislation. Buttonhole Lawmakers The groups that began congregating in the Statehouse were of various proportions. Some had more than a score of followers and they were buttonholing their Representatives and Senators. The visiting retailers were under directions to continue their lobbying activities until after the committee I hac * concluded its conference with j the Governor. Purpose of the demonstration, its j organizers say, is to impress the | legislators that they are in earnest in their insistence that the gross income tax law eventually be abolished, even if it proves impossible to obtain such action in the present ; special session. A gross repealer was introduced yesterday in the House by Reps. John C. Kirch and Joseph W. Patterson, a grocer, both Indianapolis Democrats. This bill has been ; shunted into the Committee on Organization of Courts, an indication : that it has been pocketed permanently. FARM TOOL SHARES REACH NEW LEVELS Implements Soar 2 to 7 Points Aviation lesnes Drop Back. By J nitrrl prr # NEW YORK. March 11.-Farm implement shares today soared 2 to nearly 7 points to new tops, featuring early afternoon trading on the Stock Exchange. Case reached 133%, up 6%; Deere 83%. up 5%; International Harvester SI 1 -, up s'-: Caterpillar Tractor 71 > 2 . up 2 1 1 , and Allis Chalmers 47L. up 2%. Airplane shares, carried up in the morning, gave up a small amount of their gains. Rails resumed their advance. Motors made no progress. BYRNS ‘SPANKS’ HOUSE FOR MEMBERS’ CONDUCT Use of Word "Jackass” Brings Rebuke From Speaker, By United Press WASHINGTON. March 11. _ Speaker Joseph W. Byms verbally spanked the House for disorderly conduct and “dealing in personalities" today after Rep. William A. Ekwall <R.. Ore used the word "jackass" in a heated exchange with Rep. Marion A. Zioneheck <D„ Wash.). GUFFEY ACT IN COURT "Little NR A" of Coal Industry Is Given High Tribunal. By United press WASHINGTON. March 11—The Guffey coal control act, setting up a •little NRA” for the bituminous industry, was placed before th= Supreme Court today for a constitutional decision of expected farreaching scope.