May 25, 1939

Lotsch testifies on payments to Manton through Fallon and on Ft Greene Natl Bank loans to Manton and Manton-controlled corps for favorable opinions in P & D Co-Elec Auto-Lite Co and Gen Motors Corp-Preferred Elec & Wire Co patent suits in which Lotsch and T S Kenyon were attys; tells of helping to draft opinion in P & D case and of Manton's collecting bribe for Thomas in case where Lotsch was defendant charged with bribery involving bank clients; revs Manton's part in case; says Manton arranged for deposits in Ft Greene Natl Bank by M C Weisman and McGrath for Fox Theatres and Prudence Co of which they were Manton-apptd receivers; documents to back evidence offered

Exam held for 35 positions; 2,500 applicants force way into Capitol, Albany

Brit Cabinet agrees to mutual assistance pact with France and Russia, linked to League Covenant; plan does not cover Latvia and Estonia; Chamberlain informs Commons; Halifax confident of Moscow approval

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., May 24.-- In a small spot in the open sea, now as busy a traffic intersection as one in Times Square, there were spontaneous cheers at 1:18 o'clock this afternoon (Daylight-saving time) when the first dungaree-clad figure stepped from the hatch of the escape chamber.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., May 24.-- Judson T. Elland, an electrician's mate on the Squalus, one of the stoic little band that waited on the bottom for mates above to rescue them, was the spokesman selected tonight by the navy to tell the story of their vigil.