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PEACE IS SETTLING
OVER AUSTRIA AS
MONARCHIST HEAD
ASSUMES CON1ROL
Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg New
Chancellor. With Von Star
hemberg Assistant and
Fey Minister of Interior.
FORMER ARMY OFFICER
MURDERER OF DOLLFUSS
Disgruntled Sergeant Confesses
Slaying—Approval of Von
Papen as German Envoy Still in
Doubt—Only Isolated Skirm
ishes Mark Week End Strife.
BULLETIN.
MUNICH, Germany. July 30 </*•).
—It was reported without con
firmation here today that 100 Ital
ian soldiers had entered Innsbruck,
Austria, to guard the Italian con
aula te.
By the Associated Press
MUNICH, July 30 —Persistent,
but unconfirmed rumors were
heard today that Chancellor Hit
ler Intends to dissolve the Austrian
Nasi legion as soon as feasible.
The dissolution of the organiza
tion was considered by some to be
imperative for the normalization
of Austro-German relations because
of the dissatisfaction reported to
be increasing among its leaders
(Oopyrtsht. IBS*. by the Associated Press 1
VIENNA, July 30—A monarchist
took the leadership of Austria today,
and the guns of civil war which had
cracked for four tense days, are silent.
Silent, except in Carlnthia, the
province which borders Italy and
Yugoslavia. There the Nazis occupy
a stronghold and maintain their de
fiance of the Fascism which they
sought, following the assassination of
the little chancellor, Englebert Doll
fuss, to overthrow.
Putsch Fails to Develop.
No new fighting developed over the
week end, but authorities here were
fearful of another Naal attack—a
putsch planned for last night which
failed to develop.
Precautions have been redoubled
and guns are everywhere in evidence.
The new government headed by Dr.
Kurt Schuschnlgg, 37 years old. and
an ardent supporter of the martyred
Dollfuss. is regarded at best as only
a continuation of the compromise by
which Dollfuss ruled.
Support of the powerful Heimwehr
(Fascist Home Guard) was assured
with Frlnce Ernst Rudiger von Star
hemberg, who temporarily led the na
tion following DoLfuss’ death, again
as vice chancellor and May Emil Fey.
Heimwehr leader, minister of the
Interior,
Doll fuss’ Murderer Confesses.
Authorities today pinned the mur
der of Chancellor Dollfuss to a dis
gruntled former army sergeant.
They announced that Otto Planetta.
who was dismissed from military
service because of his Nazi sympa
thies. had confessed firing the shot
Wednesday which killed the Austrian
leader.
Planetta. who was among the Nazis
who raided the chancellory last Wed
nesday. confessed that he fired the
shot which killed Dollfuss—the crime
of which he was already accused.
He said it was his revenge for hav
ing been dismissed from military
terviee on account of his Nazi
•ympathle*.
It may be recalled that Rudolf Der
tll, who shot and wounded Dollfuss
last October, was a former army
bugler who had been dismissed from
the service two months previously for
suspected Nazi sympathy.
Srhusrhnigg Cheered,
The appointment of Schuschnlgg
by President Miklas was cheered by
Monarchists, with w hom he has been
Identified, although he is a member of
the Christian Social Party
iMonarchists were reported to have
met over the week end In Switzerland
seeking a plan to place Archduke
Otto, the Hapsburg pretender, op the
throne.)
Although Schuschnlgg is an out
spoken Legitimist, it is considered
Improbable he will take any step to
further Otto's case while the inter
national situation remains unchanged
A pressing question of foreign policy
before the reorganized cabinet is
whether or not to agree to the ap
pointment of Franz von Papen as
•pecial German envoy to Vienna
Energetic steps by police and gov
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FRENCH FEAR VON PAPEN
AS ‘PERSUADER’ IN VIENNA
j ^ "
Diplomatic Hattie Expected to Foils
M ove Toward Customs Union ^ it It
Hitler (government.
_:_
Be »h» Associated Pres*
PARIS July 30—A battle of diplo
macy to prevent negotiation* between
Chancellor Hitler of Germany and
the successor to Chancellor Dollfus*
of Austria for a union of Germany
and Austria was foreseen today by
French officials
The danger of a new Nazi cam
paign of diplomatic persuasion for an
; Austro-Oerman alliance through a
custom* union would be revived, said
authorities, if the new Austrian gov
ernment accepts Vice Chancellor
Franz von Papen as German Minister
to Austria.
Although Chancellor Schuschnlgg
5 of Austria is expected to continue the
j Dolllus* policy of opposition to the
Nazi,. Von Papen is regarded here as
! '
| "a rlever diplomat.” who might ’"play
: hi* Catholic card* In the Anschluss
game"—the Anschluss being a union
of Austria and Germany
French quarters suspect that Von
Papen's mission might be ptlmarily
the negotiation of a customs union
between Austria and Bavaria
•'France and Italy naturally would
not accept that,” a French spokes
, man said
The French, consequently, are con
tinuing their policy of watchful wait
ing on the side of Premier Mussolini
of Italy, who is * ready for any event
uality .'• The French hope that
I Schuschnigg will be able to maintain
i the "fight to keep Austria Independ
ent” based on the expectation that
Austrian Socialists will be less hostile
to him than they were to Dollfuss i
FALL OF DOLLFUSS
London Reports Official
Proclamation—Baldwin
Denies War Peril.
Br the Associated Press.
London. July 30.—A reliable source
stated tonight that the British govern
! ment has learned that an official state
ment was issued in Berlin last Wed
nesday evening proclaiming the over
throw of Chancellor Dollfuss of Aus
tria In "a great popular revolt • • • as
; important as rt is welcome."
This statement, according to the
same source, was withdrawn a half
hour later before It could be published
i in any of the newspapers of Germany.
Quarters close to the British gov
ernment attach great importance to
the fact that this statement was pur
i ported to have been issued by the offi
! cial German news agency in Berlin, in
i view of protests emanating from the
German capital disclaiming any con
1 necticn with Bavarian activities and
Austrian internal affairs.
Would “See to” Government.
The German statement was said to
have been based on "official and pn
I vate reports from Austria” and con
cluded:
“The new government will see to It
; that order is restored and that pan
j Germanism is given a home also in
j German Austria."
No “new government" with such a
program had even a momentary con-1
trol in Austria, the Nazi rebellion hav- I
i ing thus far proved abortive.
The dismissal of Theodore Habicht
from his position as Nazi leader In
Bavaria is believed in authoritative
quarters here to have been connected
j with this embarrassing statement.
Baldwin Denies War Threat.
Meanwhile, Stanley Baldwin, acting
prime minister of Great Britain, said
in the House of Commons today that
there is no immediate danger of war
in Europe, despite the difficulties and
j perplexities of the present situation.
He made his statement in defend
ing Great Britain's recently an
| nounced plans to increase its air
1 force.
"There is no cause at all for a j
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NINE CONVICTS CUT
WAY TO FREEDOM
Chop Hole in Building at Har
lem State Prison Farm
in Texas.
By the Associated Press
HOUSTON. Tr- July 30—Nine
| convicts chopped n the frame
\ trusty building e irlem State
Prison Farm abou j. today and
fled.
Capt. A. N. Owen, in charge of the
farm, led a large passe with blood
hounds in search of river bottom
lands near the farm.
Those who escaped, all white, were:
Robert Thompson, 35; George Hus
ton, 24; E. F Houston. 34; J. M
Frame. 39. Carl Readon, 21; Horace
Durham. 27; Louis Dodds, 25; Gus
Page. 22. and Lewis Carter, 30.
Eight were serving time for bur
clary and robbery, the other was con- '
victed of arson. Carter was sentenced
for 99 years.
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Navy Games Slated.
TOKIO, July 30 t4>> —The first
preliminary phase of Japan's annual
grand maneuvers will begin August 1,
i the navy office announced today.
MARCONI DEMONSTRATES RADIO
USE TO ENTER HARBOR "BLIND'
Jl^ th«> Assori*!9(i Press
SANTA MARGHERITA I.UGIRE.
Italy. July 30 —Marquis Gugliefmo
Marconi, with a smile of triumph,
demonstrated successfully today what
he believes to he his greatest inven
tion—a radio lighthouse
Even as his invention of the wireless
raved thousands of lives through the
S O S. so. he said, the radio light
house should save hundreds of ships
from collision just outside ports
In the presence of Fascist provin
cial authorities and newspaper men.
Marconi blindly, yet successfully,
piloted the ocean-going yacht Elec era
Into the harbor at Sesstrl Levante
His new apparatus is distributed in
acveral points First.*an ultra short
wave transmission station on a high
promontory about 300 feet above the
sea here:
Then there are two radio light
houses on large buoys floating at the
entrance of the harbor a little moie
tnan 390 feet apart Each buoy is
equipped with a kind of relay station.
being in effect a reflector
Finally, there Is a receiving station
ft
■ aboard the yacht, which has two kinds
of indicators, a dial divided into a
red and green section and a loud
speaker So long as the ship pursued
a direct course for the harbor, the
diai stood midway between the green
arid red sections, but the slightest
depression to one side or the othe"
caused a corresponding movement of
the indicator.
At the same time the loud-speaker j
gave two signals, one of high fre
quency and the other of low frequency
The varying intensity of these two;
signals indicated to the pilot whether 1
. he was varying from the course, and. :
I if so. in what direction.
The transmitting station was broad
casting on a 60-centimeter wave and
the broadcast was picked up by the
radio lighthouses and was retransmit
ted automatically to the ship
The ship entered the harbor safely,
although Marconi and its captain were
guiding it blindly. 1
The inventor said all harbors would
be -quipped with such devices within
a few years because they permitted
i safe .navigation in fogs. i
• ^
AUSTRIAN CRISIS
DECLARED ACUTE
Italy Expected to Cross Bor
der—Powers May Reject
Von Papen.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
The European situation entered Into
an acute phase today, according to re
ports received in Washington
The salient point appeals to be the
fact the Austrian government Is in
capable of crushing (he rebellion
which broke out after Dollfuas’ assas
sination. and Italian intervention ap
pears more probable than at any
time since the outbreak.
The second dangerous point is the
move of the principal European pow
ers to block the acceptance of Vice
Chancellor von Papen as German
Minister to Vienna Diplomats are
divided in their opinion as to what
the effect of this slur on the German
government will be.
Dispatches from Vienna indicate
clearly that, in spite of the shift in
the Austrian cabinet, whereby the in
experienced Prince von Starhemberg
has yielded the chancellorship to the j
slightly more experienced , Dr Kurt I
Schuschnigg there is practically no ,
chance .of the Austrian gwvcrnmenc !
being able to put down thf Nazi re- !
bellion The government forces ar
incapable of disbanding the Nazi or
ganizations. Consequently. Italian in
tervention appears as more than a
probability.
Jugoslavs May Act.
While Great Britain and France I
agree that Italy should be permitted
to send all the troops which may be
required to cope with the Austrian
situation—such an action will involve
Italy in a guerilla warfare which will
keep her busy for many months if
not years—the attitude of the Yugo
slav government is still lacking clarity.
For the time being the Belgrade
government has not made any belli
cose move, but troops are being kept
in readiness to be rushed to the Aus
trian frontier at a moment's notice.
The excuse for such preparation is
that there is fighting between the
Austrian government troops and the
Nazis rebels very close to the Yugo
slav border: hence the necessity of
having an adequate force to Intern
fugitives from Austria who may enter
Yugoslavia. The pretext of this con
centration is plausible, but diplomats
here are shaking their heads and be
lieve only half of the Belgrade story.
The strained relations between Yugo
slavia and Italy are too well known,
not to cause skepticism of the Bel
grade explanations.
It is feared that should the Italian
troops enter Austria a similar move
will be made by the Yugoslavs and
the consequences of the two armies
meeting on "neutral” territory lend
themselves to the most gloomy specula
tions.
The rejection of Von Papen as Min
ister to Vienna is fraught with still
more serious dangers.
There is no doubt such a rejection
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REPORT HINDENBURG
IS ILL DISCOUNTED
Apparently All Is Well." State
ment From Summer Home
Declares.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN July 30.—Reports that
President Paul Von Hindenburg is
seriously ill were followed today by
a statement from Neudeck. where he
is in his Summer home, that "appar
ently all is well" with the aged field
marshal
The Neubeck reports did not go
into details as to whether the Presi
dent had recovered from an illness—
as he has several times in the past—
or whether the first information was !
incorrect.
Prom Beyreuth, where Chancellor
Hitler has a temporary headquarters
word that “a certain old gentleman
is very Hi*’ had caused considerable
alarm.
A "major medical council" was sent
to see Von Hindenburg July 1, the
day after Hitler's "purging” of Nazi
ranks by execution of numerous lead
ers
Several days later, however, the
President was able to appear in pub
lic. He seemed to be weak and de
pended upon a cane for support.
Guide for Readers
Page
Amusements. B-14
Comics . B-9
Features.B-10
Financial A-14-15
Lost and Found.A-9
Radio B-ll
Serial Story . B-8
Society. B-2-3
Sports ..•■«•••••. .^A-11-12—13
F. Lik 10 ADVISE
TO USE EUR RELIEF
Investigator Is Retained to
Study Finances and
Resources.
42 LEGISLATURES GET
RESULTS IN JANUARY
Pittsburgh Sociologist Is Named
Co-ordinator cf Statistical
Projects.
By the Associated Press
The Federal Emergency Relief Ad
ministration is going to tell the various
State governments how much they can
afford to contribute to relief within
their borders.
Corrington Gill, acting administra
tor. announced today that Lent D
Upson, formerly of the Detroit Bureau
of Governmental Research, had been
retained to study financial structures
and potential resources of the States
and municipalities. The results will be
laid before the 42 State Legislatures
which meet next January.
Coincides With Survey.
This study is to be made at the
same time the administration is com
pleting its survey of employables on
relief rolls and another to determine
the best and mast rapid method of
rehabilitating rural families on relief.
In connection with the Upson sur
vey, Gill pointed out, It is a funda
mental part of the relief act itself
that the States pay a fair share for
relief.
Gill also announced the appoint
ment of F F. Stephan as co-ordina
tor of statistical projects. Stephan
formerly was director of the Bureau
of Sociological Research of the Pitts
burgh Federation of Social Agencies
The rural rehabilitation study will
be under the direction of Dr. Dwight
Sanderson, former director of the De
partment of Rural Social Organiza
tion of the New York State College of
Agriculture.
Six Sociologists to Aid.
He will be assisted by six sociologists.
Their names and the regions they
w’ill cover follow:
Lake States cut-over region—E L.
Kirkpatrick. University of Wisconsin.
Appalachian-Ozark region—T. G.
Standing, University of Iowa.
Cotton-growing region of the Old
South—Harold Hoflsomer. Alabama
Polytechnic Institute.
Spring wheat region—Paul H Lan
dis. South Dakota State College.
Hard Winter wheat region—B. F.
Coen. Colorado State College of Agri
culture.
Western cotton-growing region—Z
B. Wallin. Oklahoma College of Ag
ricultural and Mechanical Arts.
FORESTS SEARCHED
FOR OUTLAW NELSON
“Baby Face’’ Reported Seen by
Storekeepers in Wis
consin.
By the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE, July 20 —The Sen
tinel says today that an intensive
search is under way in the timber
country near Wausau. Wis.. for
George (Baby Face) Nelson, now
called the Nation's No. 1 public
enemy.
A druggist and a tavern operator at
Wausau and a druggist at Merrill re
ported that a man they later identi
fied from photographs as Nelson
stopped at their establishments last
Friday, the paper said. He drove a
large sedan and vas accompanied by
two young women and a man.
PRINCE CANCELS VISIT
Japanese Action Laid to Brazil's
Exclusion of Aliens.
TOKIO, July 30 <>P>.—The imperial
household announced today that
Prince Kaya. head of one of the col
lateral branches of the imperial fam
ily who is now In Germany on a
world tour, had cancelled plans to
visit Brazil and other South American
countries.
The announcement did not state the
reason, but it was authoritatively
learned Brazils recent enactment of
a const.tutional provision, drastically
restricting Japanese immigration, in
fluenced the decision.
The Prince and Princess Kaya in
tend to start for home via the United
States in September.
FLYERS DISAGREE
Light Fabric and Wrong
Construction Blamed—One
Instrument Saved.
By the Associated Press.
HOLDREDGE, Nebr., July 30 —
Three Army airmen who took to
their parachutes to escape death in
the crash of the world's largest bal
loon 12 miles northwest of here are
eager for another venture Into the
stratosphere.
Capt. Albert W. Stevens, scientific
observer on the Explorer when it
failed to reach more than 60.000 feet
Saturday, said, however, another at
tempt to soar uncharted heights
would not be possible before next
May or June.
Maj. William E. Kepner, com
mander of the flight—from Rapid
City. S Dak., to Reuben Johnson’s
cornfield—and Co-pilots Capt. Orvll
A. Anderson and Capt. Stevens were
en route to Rapid City today after
an investigation at Kearney, Nebr.,
into the cause of the balloon a failure.
Stevens said May and June are the
best months for stratospheric ex
ploration, and that it would take con
siderable time to reconstruct the
precious Instruments destroyed when
the gondola plunged to the earth,
crashing like an egg.
The only instrument saved was the
valuable spectrograph, which was
sent immediately to the University of
Rochester, N. Y. The salvage was
loaded into a motor truck after the
close of the investigation and started
for Washington, D C.
Construction of new Instruments,
Stevens said, would take less time
than that required for those earned
by the mammoth bag. as plans, speci
fications and blue prints of them are
in the hands of the score of scientific
organizations which co-operated by
placing the instruments aboard.
Funds for another attempt to reach
a new stratospheric ceiling would have
to be enlisted. And whether the
United States Army Air Corps and
the National Geographic Society,
which sponsored the most ambitious
stratosphere flight attempt in history,
w’ould co-operate in another such
undertaking had not been determined.
Anxious to learn what caused the
gas bag. which contained about three
acres of fabric, to rip. the balloonists
and scientists have given most of
their time to a study of the wreckage.
After an all-day hearing at Kearney
yesterday behind closed doors, those
who conducted the investigation de
clined to make any announcement.
The broken "mechanical brains" were
sent to the National Geographic So
ciety office at Washington.
Capt. Anderson advanced the theory
that the fabric used below the dia
phragm \vas too light. He said that
cContinued on Page 3, Column 2.)
Rome Change Improved.
ROME, July 30 (,P>.—Government
bonds recovered somewhat on the j
Rome Change today and Bank of Italy
stock showed a steadying trend as
the nation began to loose some of
its tension concerning the Austrian
situation.
“Inside” Story of DilUnger s
Little Bohemia Battle Is Told
Fate Wove Web of Delays and Handi
caps Around Justice Men Rushing to
Wisconsin Hideout of Desperado.
This is the fifth of a series of
articles giving a "behind the
scenes” sketch of events leading to
the killing ot Outlaw Dillinger.
BY REX COLLIER.
After his spectacular escape from a
St. Paul apartment house March 31,
Dillinger drew the Federal men Into
an exciting, nerve-straining game of
tilde-and-seek through half a dozen
States.
Several hours after he had ms- |
mine-gunned his way out of the
apartment, the crime chieftain re
ceived medical treatment for a leg
wound from a St. Paul physician.
Four days later, with the *'G" men
jetting closer and closer to his hide
jut, Dillinger and the Frechette ^
woman drcve to Mooresville. Ind. i
snd bold> ate a chicken dinner at the i
ft
Diliinger farm. At that time the'
farm was not under close surveil- j
lance because its topographical lay- i
out made the task appear almost im
possible Later, methods were found
to keep the homestead under constant
guard.
Leaving Mooresvllle April 7. Dil
liger wrecked his big sedan at Nobles
ville, Ind. He bought a new Ford |
and proceeded to Illinois, reaching
Chicago April 8.
Raids Police Station.
On April 13 the gangster raided the
Warsaw. Ind., police station and fled
with three bulletproof vests and two
38-caliber revolvers. He demanded
machine guns from the cowed night
officer, bur could find none
Immediately thereafter, he drove
less _ri»an 200 miles southward and
v Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) i
I
Insurance on Balloon Flight
Covered Every Type of Risk
Bag and Equipment Protected by
Lloyd's of London—Lives and Pos
sible Damage Also Guarded,
Insurance firms here and In London
are left almost literally “holding the
bag'1 as a result of the disastrous col
lapse and fall of the stratosphere bal
bailoon Explorer.
Officials of the National Geographic
Society, joint sponsor of the flight
with the Army Air Corps, disclosed
today that every conceivable risk from
start, to finish of the expedition was
insured.
While equipment and services worth
approximately $100,000 went Into the
ill-fated undertaking, much of the
material and work were contributed
free or at reduced rates, so that the
society was forced to put up perhaps
less than $60 000 in cash. A similar
commercial enterprise would cost at
least $200,000, it was said.
Prom the moment the huge 3.000,000
cubic-foot balloon and its metal
gondola left the factory to the instant
it crashed In Reuben Johnson’s sun
baked cornfield near Holdredge. Nebr.,
Saturday evening, 10 different policies
covering every hazard possible were
in effect.
If the spectograph and oxygen
tanks which Capt. Albert Stevens
tossed out during the hectic fall of
the balloon had killed or Injured man
or beast or damaged some one's prop
erty, Lloyd's, famous insurance agency
in London, would have made recom
pense.
j If MaJ. William E Kepner.^Capt
Stevens or Capt. Orville Anderson had
been hurt or killed in the crash, the
insurance company would have been
i held liable.
The Aetna Life Insurance Co. In
sured the balloon and its scientific
equipment against damage up until
the moment Inflation started, at which
time the British concern assumed all
liability. The remains of the shat
tered bag and gondola are being
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DIVORCE IS LIKELY
FOR BALLS TODAY
—
President’s Daughter Plans
to File Suit Before
Night in Nevada.
BULLETIN.
MINDEN. Nev., July 30 f/P).—
Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dali obtained
a divorce from Curtis B. Dali to
day in the small brick court house
where her brother Elliott was di
vorced little more than a year ago
from Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt.
By the Associated Press.
MINDEN, Nev., July 30.—'The mar
riage of a second of President Roose
velt’s children may end in a divorce
in the county court house today.
Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dali, only !
daughter of the President, plans to 1
tile suit before noon for a divorce
from Curtis B. Dali, New York broker.
An immediate trial will be asked
and It is regarded as probable that
she will obtain the decree within a
few minutes.
Her suit will be taken before Judge
Clark I. Guild, the same Jurist who
a little more than a year ago granted
Elliott Roosevelt, second son of the
President, a divorce from the former
Elizabeth Donner of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Dali, her attorney, Samuel
Platt, said, will base her action on
•'incompatible relations," although the j
formal petition for divorce will give
the statutory charge of "mental
cruelty" as the grounds. This was
the case in the Elliott Roosevelt
divorce as well, Mrs. Roosevelt re
portedly having testified In a deposi
tion read into tiie record that their
temperaments differed so widely that
further living together was impossible.
Dali will be represented In court
by an attorney, Sidney W. Robinson,
but indications are that, as in most
Nevada proceedings, no evidence will
be presented in his behalf.
The court. Platt said, will be asked
to approve a property settlement al- j
ready arranged between the couple
and which also provides for the
custody of the two Dali children.
'Sistie" and "Buzzie ’’ Details of the
settlement have not been disclosed.
DIES OF BULLET WOUND
Assistant Manager of Shows Was
Shot at Kalamazoo July 5.
KALAMAZOO. Mich.. July 30 <A>) i
—Mrs. Josephine Tips. 36, wife of
George Tipps of Attalia. Ala . assis
tant manager of the Golden Rule i
Shows, was dead today of a bullet
wound suffered July 5 while the shows
were exhibiting here.
Howard Pass. 18. an employe of the
shows, has been held on a charge of
attempted murder, and authorities
said the death of Mrs. Tipps yester
day probably would result in the sub- :
stitution of a murder charge.
At the time of the shooting office** ' i
said they were told that Pass had at- I
tacked Tipps. firing two shots, one of
which struck Mrs. Tipps in the ab- 1
domen. ____ J* i
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EXECUTIVE SIAFF
COMPFETES MOVE
Mansion to Be Utilized as
Offices During Re
modeling.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
The new deal has Invaded the
White House.
The quiet and solemn dignity of
that mansion, which has so Impressed
millions of visitors from all parts of
the world through the years, is a
thing of the past for the next three
or four months.
While the executive office Is being
enlarged to about twice Its present
size, the executive staff is to trans
act its business within the historic
presidential home.
Removal of the desks, typewriters,
filing cases, mimeograph machines
and all of the other furniture and
paraphernalia that goes with a busy
office was started several weeks ago.
after the executive staff, headed by
Marvin H. McIntyre, the only presi
dential secretary In Washington, who
is running the office In the absence
of Mr. Roosevelt, took possession of
the temporary quarters in the White
House.
130 Workers on Staff.
In place of the customary hushed
voices and whispered tones within
the White House is now heard the
clicking of typewriters, the clanging of
innumerable telephone bells, the loud
treading of many feet and the voices
of many people. The executive staff
is no small matter. Beside the secre
tariat, It Is composed of more than
150 workers.
The President and the members of
his family, being away from the city
at this time, will not experience the
shock of this change of affairs in their
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■SON TO SEEK
PEACE IN STRIKE
OF PACKING MEN
_
Stockyards Still Paralyzed
by Walkout of
Handlers.
FEDERAL CONCILIATORS
IN QUEST OF SOLUTION
Commission Men Agree to Move
Stock in Pens Outside
of Yards.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAOO. July 30.—Reports reached
the strike-stalled stockyards today
that Gen. Hugh 8 Johnson, N. E. A
administrator, would fly here tomor
row or Wednesday to attempt a set
tlement of the labor dlapute paralys
Ing the yards.
Federal mediators sent here to try
for peace said they "understood" this
was Gen. Johnson's plan. Pat E. Gor
man. International president of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutlera and
Butcher Workmen, said the report
came from Washington.
Meanwhile, talk of a general strike
which would Involve the killers and
butchers of the big packing plants
buzzed In the yards. The strike han
dlers planned to confer later In the
day with officials of the organized
packing house employes.
See* Strike Sentiment.
Oorman said strike feeling was
growing among the parking plant men.
! but said the International offices op
posed any such move. While they
I walled, commission men operating In
the yards decided they would not at
I tempt to resume full trading, easing
! the strike tension.
The commission men did agree,
however, to trade in stock now In
railroad feed pens outside the yards
and in whatever stock is now In tran
sit. They were to sound out the union
in a session later today.
The meat cutters and butcher work
men Include all employe* of the
• butcher line,” from killers on. The
union claims some 9,000 member* of
the 50,000 employes in Chicago’s
• Packlngtown.” but it was admitted
in the yards that the meat-handling
mechanism would be stopped by a suc
cess/'il walkout of tnelr members.
- 800 Quit Work Tuesday,
The striking live stock handlers
went out about 000 strong last Tues
day. The handler*’ strike has cut
shipments of stock severely.
Company official* expressed confi
dence in the present board of media
tion, composed of the Chicago Re
gional Labor Board and conciliators
of the Department of Labor, to settle
.he differences.
O. T. Hunkle. head of the Stock
yards Co„ blames the strike on t
misinterpretation of a settlement of
a previous walkout. He has urged
1 the strikers to appear in court for a
| review of the terms of the old settle
i ment.
John Oorman. president of the Han
dlers’ Union, asserted the company
had flaunted various provisions of
the previous settlement.
DOCK STRIKE SETTLED.
Costly Walkout to End in Pacific Coast
Cities.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 <-PV—
The strike that has tied up Pacific
Coast shipping tor more than two
i months is ended.
Twelve thousand longshoremen in
| ports from Bellingham. Wash., to San
Diego. Calif., have voted to return to
work at 8 a m. tomorrow.
Marine workers, who also have been
on strike, have not announced their
plans, but the belief prevails that they,
too. will be back on the job tomorrow.
The announcement that the dock
workers will end their strike Tuesday
removed the threat that National
Guardsmen would enter Portland,
Oreg., today to open the port.
Gov Julius L. Meier, who announced
Friday he would use every means at
his command to release shipping if
the port was not opened peacefully by
Monday, expressed the hope after last,
night's announcement that the situa
tion would not be aggravated
Pending arbitration by the Presi
dent's Longshoremen’s Board, steve
| dores will be employed by employer
! controlled hiring halls under the
supervision of observers representing
the board. Control of the hiring halls
was the chief issue In the protracted
strike which cost eight lives and un
told millions of dollars.
Whether employers or the Interna
tional Longshoremen's Association will
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Dollfuss Burial Sanctioned.
VATICAN CITY, July 30 (>P).—Pope
Pius today granted permission for the
body of Chancellor Dollfuss to be
buried beside that of former Chancel
lor Msgr. Selpl in the Church of
Oedaeehtnis in Vienna. The permis
sion was asked by Austrian Minlater
Kohlruss.
TESTS FOR HUNDREDS OF POSTS
IN ALCOHOL TAX UNIT OPENED
Prescribing rigid standards that In
clude fingerprint and character tests,
the Civil Service Commission today
announced examinations for the sev
eral hundred investigative poets in the
new alcohol tax unit of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue. The jobs were
thrown open by legislation after
Democratic members of the Senate led
a fight against staffing the unit with
| reinstated former prohibition agents
who, they contended, w:ere “Hoover
Republicans” chosen on a political
basis.
The two classes to be employed are j
special Investigators at $2,900 and in- j
vestigators at $2,000 annually imtnus
the gtatutorv pay cut) and applica
tion* are to be received until August
29
The special Investigators must meet
requirements specified in one of the
three following groups
Three years in general practice of
law. including bar membership and
satisfactory professional standing. |
i
Within the past five year* at least
two years of experience in responsible
invest national work requiring tact.
Judgment, initiative and resourceful
ness, or in the conduct of investiga
tional processes similar to those in
volved in the positions being opened.
Graduation with bachelor's degree
from an accredited law school and
one year of such investigational work
as outlined
For the investigatora, these require
ments are slightly modified
The age limits are 25 and 50 year*.
Prospects may obtain full details at
the commission, Seventh and T
streets.
The examinations now announced
are open not only to those workers
who were reinstated but to others
who seek to qualify.
The former already had a competi
tive civil service status, but were, in
fact, deprived of it through the leg
islation which prohibited use at
Treasury fund# to pay them.
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