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WEATHER. (V. β. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly warmer tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 34 degrees; gentle variable winds. Temperatures—Highest, 53. at noon to day; lowest, 27, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on Page A-ll. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 17,18&19 The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News service. wt oo ou* mit Yesterday's Circulation, 126,360 8ome Returns Not Yet Received. ■vr OO iV71 Kntered as second class matter .Ν Ο. Οΰ,υ /1. post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, NQVEMBER 16, 1934-FIFTY-SIX PAGES. *** W) Meant Aiaociated Prata. TWO CENTS. ELECTION RESULTS FORCE BUSINESS 10 AIOROOSEVELT Spokesman for Industrial Leaders Says Co-opera tion Is Dictated. POSITION IS REVEALED AS C. OF C. BOARD MEETS Hany Reported to Have Already Approached Administration With Recovery Ideas. By the Associated Press. An important spokesman for in dustrial leaders said today that busi ness men felt the congressional elec tion results—giving the administra tion a vote of confidence—made it necessary for them to co-operate with the Government in its recovery efforts regardless of their own desires. Declining to have his name used at present, he gave his observations as the Board of Directors of the Cham ber of Commerce of the United States met to discuss the business situation. There were indications it would de vote considerable time to the question of what business itself can do to ac celerate recovery as a means of head ing off legislation industrialists do not desire. Definite action by industry would be in line with the desires of Presi dent Roosevelt. Time and again he has said that Federal activities would be curtailed as soon as business itself starts functioning satisfactorily. Cites Three opinions. Some business leaders were reported already to have approached adminis tration officials with their ideas about recovery. The spokesman gave three opinions he said were held by even the most conservative of business leaders. They were : 1. The election showed the Presi dent's great popular strength, al though there was not the slightest evidence that business itself had voted for the President. 2. The President thus is definitely entrenched for two and probably six years, and business therefore must make every effort to see that sane pro posals are indorsed by the administra tion. 3. Business generally has failed to unite in any social or economic pro gram. The election situation and the strong "Left" members in the admin istration force business to propose method· of peration. Has Met Business Leaders. Apparently the Chamber of Com merce itself has not approached the administration with any proposals, but it was known that individual busi ness men had conferred with the President and administration leaders on the general situation. Whether the President had person ally made any commitments to busi ness was not known. It was recalled, however, that the President had talked with a great many business men privately in recent weeks and some of those leaders have asked for an op portunity to show what they could do. In general, businessmen were said to opopse the 30-hour week, unem ployment insurance which embraced Federal taxation, old age pensions, re enforcement of the anti-trust laws and other proposals they thought tended to place a burden on business enter prise. Oppose Federal Spending. However business men were urged today by directors of the chamber to reject "the idea that the Government should continue on the present level, or even lower level of expenditures, in order to increase purchasing power or to create business." "In urging that definite plans be made to keep any deficit next year to an irreducible minimum, we oppose any policy of Government spending ior spending's sake," said a report from the Federal Finance Committee approved by the directors. "Nevertheless if a tolera'ole deficit of limited amount or an absolute balanc ing of the budget is impossible through a restriction of expenditures, some iorms of taxes that will in fact add to revenues without real impediment to recovery might well be sought out. "We doubt if they can be found. Balanced Budget Urged. "Sustaining confidence in Govern ment credit is not a matter of words, but of definite, measurable actions. "An immediate program to decrease expenditures and to shape a positive and early approach to a balanced budget is indispensable to real recovery and. as we earlier stated, should b« placed by the administration and by the Congress at the head of public questions." "Assuming a deficit is inescapable," the report said, "it would appear that If its amount were limited to a portion of the expenditures occasioned by direct relief grants, it would not create the uneasiness that would result from new large appropriations for public works and for other emergency ac tivities that do not provide repay ments." 11 COMPANIES FIGHT $891,395 T. V. A. DEAL •Tennessee Commission Told objec tions to Sale of Electric Power Properties. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., November 16.—Eleven Tennessee ice and coal companies petitioned the State Rail road and Public Utiliti® Commission today to disapprove the proposed sale of $891,395 of Tennessee Electric Power Co. properities in East Ten nessee to the Tennessee Valley Authority. The companies set out in an inter vening plea that they "are affected by this proceeding and are aggrieved" by the transaction. Some of the protesting companies recently were among a group that temporarily blocked in Circuit Court the sale of $6,191,000 of Tennessee Public Service Co. properties to the T. V. A. « Ν. R. Α., Farm Administration Scored in U. S. Planning Report "Extreme Danger" Seen in Curtailing Farm Output—Recovery Agency Criticized as Lacking Direction, By the Associated Press. Strong criticism of N. R. A. and the Farm Administration was contained today In a report by the National Planning Board, appointed by Presi dent Roosevelt to sur^y the country wide situation. The criticism was made in separate reports prepared at the request of the board and presented as "support ing data." The board said it assumed "no responsibility for the views and opinions" of the authors—Lewis L. Lorwin and A. F. Hinrich. "Extreme danger" was seen in the administration's "basing" its agricul tural program on "curtailment of output." The report also said "the total wage structure of the country remains in the same chaotic condition as it had been before the N. R. A. came into existence." The report waa transmitted to Sec retary Ickes last August 1, but was not made public until today. Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the board, is an uncle of the President. Other members of the board are Wesley C. Mitchell and Charles E. Merriam. The report envisaged a "new world" for America through national plan ning. Reviewing the record of the N. R. Α., the report found the recovery or ganization had brought some benefits, but had at the same time in some cases increased industrial difficulties. "One of the basic problems of the N. R. Α.." the report said, "is that of wages as a factor in fair competi tion. But the N. R. A. has made little (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) VANDERBILT CASE WILLBEAPPEALED Mother, Denied Custody of Heiress, 10, Plans to Press Claim. By the Associated Press. NEW^YORK, November 1β.—The unexplained decision of Supreme Court Justice John P. Carew in the Vander bilt-Whitney legal tilt for the custody of Gloria Vanderbilt, 10-year-old heiress, will be appealed immediately, a spokesman lor Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, the child's mother, said today. Following the habeas corpus hearing in which Mrs. Vanderbilt sought to regain custody of little Gloria from the child's paternal aunt, Justice Ca rew announced he had decided the young heiress would not have for the future the kind of life she led from the death of her father until June, 1932. During this period Gloria w«us with her mother. The Vanderbilt spokesman con firmed reporta that Justice Carew had decided to allow Mrs. Whitney to keep the child five days a week, Mrs. Van derbilt to have her Saturday» and Sundays. This plan Is to be followed until Gloria is 14 years old, when she may decide for herself with whom she will make her home. Immediate Appeal Planned. An appeal from Justice Carew's de cision, the spokesman said, will be filed in the appellate division within the next few days, and if Mrs. Vander bilt is unsuccessful there, the case will be taken to the Court of Appeals. "We want a final determination once and for all," he said. "The com promise the judge made will result in hostility, antagonism, hate and the poisoning of the child's mind against her mother. "Even the religious issue is confused as Gloria will be in an Episcopalian (Mrs. Whitney's) home five days a week and in a Catholic home for two days." The spokesman said opposing at torneys had been asked to submit a joint order upon which the court would base its formal decision, but that Nathan Burkan, counsel for Mrs. Vanderbilt, had refused to collaborate in preparation of this order because he felt that his suggestions would be ignored in the court's decision. MISSING PILOT FOUND SAFE IN CALIFORNIA George Rice, Veteran of Airmail and Transport Service, Forced Down in Field. By the Associated Press. GLENDALE, Calif., November 16.— George Bice, veteran airmail and transport pilot, was foutid safe today beside his disabled mail plane in a field about two miles northwest of Saugus in the foothills of the Teha chapi Mountains, north of here. The flyer was located by Jack Frye, general manager of operations of the Transcontinental Western Air Lines. Rice flying alone in a Los Angeles bound mail plane, due here at 8:30 o'clock last night, apparently sought to land at the Saugus field during i the rainstorm. Frye reported the mail plane was right side up, but the landing gear apparently crushed. ! CABINET TASK SHIFTED Former Belgian Minister Asks Leopold to Relieve Him. BRUSSELS, Belgium. November 18 (IF).—Henri Jaspar, former minister of foreign affairs, asked King Leopold today to be relieved of the taiic of forming a new cabinet. Jaspar had conferred at length yes terday with the King and it was re ported Leopold disagreed with at 'east one nomination. The government of Count Charles de Broqueville resigned several days ago. Letter From Barnard Cited as Evidence for Liberat ing Prisoner. The District Parole Board today defended its action in liberating James (Buzz) Donovan, 35, after he had served a little more than 2 years on a 10-year sentence for an armed hold-up in downtown Washington. Donovan, who has been con vie led seven times since 1921 on charges ranging from violating police regula tions to robbery, was paroled pre viously from Leavenworth Peniten tiary after he had served 4 years on a 10-year sentence for grand larceny in the District. According to Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent of District penal in stitutions. who recommended Don ovan's release to the board. Donovan obtained money from his sister and bought a ticket last night for In diana, where he will serve th? time of his parole on a farm owned by old friends of Capt. Barnard. La Roe Statement. Wilbur La Roe. jr., a member of the Parole Board, today conferred with another member, Emmett J. Scott, and released the following statement with Scott's approval. •The Parole Board would not ordi narily release a prisoner of this type. On at least one occasion he was de nied parole. The board'» Judgment rested in pert on a letter received from Capt. Barnard, dated October IS. 1934." In the letter Capt. Barnard said Donovan was "one of the most re liable men I have ever had under my supervision. He is an abeolute trusty in every respect and has for the past 15 months been in charge of the chicken farm, which is a considerable distance from the reformatory. He does not report back to the reforma tory at night, sleeping in quarters es pecially provided for him on the farm " Unfair Treatment Seen. Capt. Barnar-* suggested that Don ovan be paroled In custody of an In diana family whom he had known for years and who live within a few miles of his native city. "Donovan has performed his duties well and the faith I have pieced in him has never been violated." Capt. Barnard continued. "Personally, I am of the opinion that Donovan did not get a fair deal in the court proceed ings relative to the present charge." In commenting on the action of the board, La Roe said: "It should be understood that this plan was carefully worked out In co operation between Capt. Barnard and one of the officials at Leavenworth, both of whom indorsed and approved it. Under the conditions attached by this board, Donovan is required to remain strictly subject to the parole plan and if he should be seen on the streets of Washington, Chicago, St. Louis or at any unreasonable distance (Continued on Page 4, Column 57) TWO WIVES IN 17 DAYS DECLARED TOO SPEEDY Baltimore Charge Holds 21-Year Old Jockey Agent Said to Have "Wed Here Monday. Br the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 16.—Al leged to have married two girls within 17 days, William Franklin Gillespie, 21-year-old jockey agent, was arrested early today on charges of bigamy. The former Miss Edith May Jenkins of Hagerstown. who said they were married there October 26, swore out a warrant for him. Police said wnen Gillespie was ar rested he was at the home of his second wife, the former Mrs. Helen G. Gillespie, a divorcee. Police said this marriage was performed in Wash ington Monday. The husband and his wives faced a hearing today. Youthful Yugoslav Monarch Wants American Motor Cycle By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, November 16.—Pate presented King Peter Π with a golden throne and a glittering crown, but he wants an American motor cycle. The 11-year-old boy, who became King of the 16,000,000 Serbs, Croats and Slovenes of Yugoslavia upon the assassination of his father, King .Alex ander, is looking forward with great eagerness to what Santa Claus may bring him next month. He confided to his grandmother to· ,day he wants it to be an airplane aqd an American twin motor cycle or row boat "But Petrushka," his surprised grandmother said, "you are not yet big enough for such things, and be sides, they would be too heavy for Father Christmas to carry." The young King appeared dismayed, but his face brightened again when his grandmother whispered, In great secrecy, that if he was a good boy be tween now and Christmas, Santa Claus might bring him a new and bigger pony ao that he could give the small one he has at present to his younger brother·. 4. > MILLION IS RAISED IN SURPRISE SPURT OF CHEST'S DOIVE Total Hits $1,014,678, or 60 Per Cent of Quota for City. ADVANCE IS HAILED AS BEST ON RECORD Gift of $5,000 From Andrew Mel lon I» Reported—Elwood Street Luncheon Speaker. Making a tremendous spurt on the fifth day of its campaign the Com munity Chest today passed the million dollar mark in its drive for $1,675,000. Campaign teams reported receipts totaling $255,620.17, bringing the total for five days to $1,014.678 25. This is 60.57 per cent of the quota. Last year the drive did not pass the 60 per cent mark until the eighth day. Today's advance was one of the greatest in Chest history and was led by the Special Gifts Unit, which turned in $115.864.18. This was described by Campaign Chairman H. L. Rust. Jr.. as "the largest amount reported by any unit in one day in any Chest cam paign." Mellon Gives $5.000. The contribution of $5.000 from for mer Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon was reported informally. Chest workers passing Mellon's apart ment last night noticed a light and went in. Although he has just con tributed $120,000 to the Pittsburgh campaign, Mr. Mellon Immediately wrote a check to boost the local drive. Elwood Street, organizer and former director of the Community Chest, now director of the Board of Public Wel fare, was the speaker at today's luncheon. The invocation was pro nounced by Rev. Vernon Ridgeley. pastor of Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church. Additional Government divisions which have gone over the top. meet ing or exceeding the quotas allocated to them i nthe Chest drive, were re ported today as follows: Power Committee Leads. Extension Service. W. C. Wilson, division chairman, 110.45 per cent: Playgrounds Supervisor's Office. Sybil Baker, division chairman, 108.35 per cent: Public Utilities Commission. Ri ley E. Elgen. division chairman, 108.33 per cent; Street DivUion, L. P. Rob ertson, division chairman, 106.79 per cent; Engine Company No. 21, Capt. R. B. HanbaclL. division chairman, 100 per cent; Truck Company No. », Capt. C. L. Sattprfield, division chair man, 101.33 per cent; Emergency Re lief Division II, Mrs. Laura Nielson, division chairman, 101.35 per cent; Emergency Relief Division IV, Mar garet Wadsworth, division chairman, 129 69 per cent: Industrial Home School, Earl W. Cassie, division chair man, 224.70 per cent; Receiving Home for Children, Grady H. Leonard, divi sion chairman, 164.71 per cent; Inter mediate Credit, J. C. Kitt, division chairman, 120.41 per cent; Emergency Relief Division I Helen Treudley, di vision chairman. 120.16 per cent; Em ergency Relief Division III, Margaret Wallace, division chairman, 138.86 per cent; National Power Policy Commit tee, Estelle Eliades. division chairman. 481.35 per cent Examining Division. Paul Warner, division chairman, 102.35 per cent. Federal Surplus Relief Corp., Keith Southard, division chairman. 197.08 per cent; Presswork Divisions, No. 1 and 2. H. C. Webb and W. E. Winnie, division chairmen, 102.45 per cent: United States Court of Ap peals, Evan T. Davis, division chair man, 120.55 per cent; United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, Joseph G. Gauges, division chairman, 113.36 per cent; Library of Congress, Allen R. Boyd and R. A. Voorus, di vision chairmen, 104.47 per cent'; Bureau of Construction and Repair, H. C. Brunner. division chairman, 102.02 per cent; Post Office Depart ment, J. . Austin Latimer, division chairman. 104.78 per cent; Bureau of accounts, W. L. Slattery, division chair man, 100 per cent; First Assistant Post master General, Vincent C. Burke, divi sion chairman, 105,53 per cent: Second Assistant Postmaster General, Jesse M. Donaldson, division chairman, 101.34 per cent; Third Assistant Postmaster General, Roy M. North, division chair man, 106.93 per cent; Fourth Assistant Poetmaster General, Joseph F. Bet terley, division chairman, 115.34 per cent; Office of Chief Clerk, A. T. Davis, —(Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) DRIVER HELD INSANE IN OTTERBACK DEATH George Reynolds Judged of Un lound Mind and Committed to St. Elizabeth's. George Reynolds, driver of an auto mobile which ran down and killed Maurice Otterback, 79-year-old presi dent of the Anacostia Bank, was ad judged of unsound mind in the Dis trict Supreme Court today and or dered committed to St. Elizabeth's Hospital. The sanity hearing was held at the instance of Assistant United States Attorney Julian I. Richards, who was assigned to investigate the case. Otterback was struck by Reynolds' car as he attempted to rescue a young woman standing in the path of the machine. Reynolds, who Is 43, waa Indicted Wednesday for manslaughter in connection with the case. Guide for Readers Amusements Comics Features Finance A Lost and Found Radio Short Story Serial Story Service Orders Ολ/·{αΙμ 0-4-5 ..C-7 ..C-6 . A-17-18-19 .... .b-« ...D-l-2-3 A-ll D-4 B-14 .C-8 B-14 B-2 * You MAY HAVE > To SET AWHILE LONGER. ON THIS COUNTING YhE NEW SENATORIAL DEMOCRATIC CHICKS. Huey's Law Machine Passes 7 ' Utopian9 Bills in 20 Minutes Kingfish Strides Floor to Pass on Amendments to Measures—Speed Amazes Senator's Friends. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE. La.. November 16.—The Louisiana Senate today finally passed Senator Huey P. Long s debt moratorium bill and moved swiftly to pass the Senators 43 other special session measure* while the House stood by to concur in amend ments that would enact the "King fish's" legislation into law. The upper chamber's Anal passage machinery, with Senator Long strid ing over the floor, around the clerk's desk and up and down the aisle· sup i plying the driving power, was thrown into high gear and functioned with a speed never before equaled In the history of the oldest law-makers. The first lap waa rounded at the rate of seven bills in 20 minutes and Administration Leader Coleman Lind sey, the clerk, and President Pro ι Tempore Thomas W Wingate turned | on the steam as the meeting pro- 1 gressed. Oppositionists contented themselves with amendment suggestions that : might just as well not have been made for all the attention or ap proval they received. While the Senate passed the House approved bills the House of Repre sentatives in cloclc-like fashion ac cepted Long's Senate amendments and the "Kingash's" dictatorial laws were speeded on to their effective date 20 days after passage by the Legislature. The amended bills, including the "debt moratorium" act. were approved without debate or comment With the bills finally enacted Into law the Legislature, which met in (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) RADIO JOINS STAR IN NUMBERS FIGHT WJSV, WRC and WMAL Offi ciais Deny Facilities to "Suckers' Game." Harry Butcher, manager of the Co lumbia Broadcasting System, operat ing Station WJSV, and Frank M. Russell, vice president, National Broadcasting Co., operating Stations WRC and WMAL, have joined forces with The Star In seeking to prevent circulation of Information on which the number» racket flourishes in Washington. Mr. Russell brands the numbers game as a pernicious evil—and a scourge put upon the poor of Wash ington by an organized band of rack eteers. Mr. Butcher, while recognizing the right of people to spend their money as they see fit. says the numbers racket is a "sucker's game." "If the people of Washington want to foeter a "sucker's game,' " Mr. Butcher says, "It's none of my affair— but, knowing what I do about this numbers racket, the facilities of the Columbia Broadcasting System are not going to be used In Its furtherance. Co-operation Effective. United States Attorney Garnett has stated that the co-operation of the newspapers and radio broadcasting stations, In suppressing the race totals each day, would help eradicate an evil. Both Mr. Butcher and Mr. Rus sell, representing the two great broad casting services, express a willingness to go along with The Star, the Wash ington Post and the Washington Herald (which announced Its stand today) In refusing to give publicity to the winning combinations of numbers. "The Columbia Broadcasting Sys tem," Mr. Butcher says, "is a vehicle of public opiaion. Any one who wants to go on The air and talk about this numbers racket is invited to use our facilities—but we are not aiding and abetting the dissemination of any thing that will further a gambling racket." Game Being Exposed. Four of WJSV's best known features are being devoted to an educational campaign, exposing the numbers game, according to Mr. Butcher. While The Star's campaign lasts, these features will be given the right of way over the air. Mr. Russell has charge of this ter ritory for the National Broadcasting Co. and his two stations—WMAL and WRC—will not permit Droad casting of the winning numbers or other such information of interest only to the gamblers. BOMB INJURES GIRL Second Explosion in Havana De stroys House. HAVANA. November 16 W).—A girl was wounded and a house destroyed today when two huge bombs exploded within a few minutes of each other. Two other bombs burst In Havana, but did little damage. t. FOISTS SEEK IMMEDIATE REINS Montgomery Contest Threat Held Delay Move, in Plea to Ritchie. Stepe were Instituted by Fusion party leaders in Montgomery County today to obtain immediate installation of the three nominees of that party who were named to the Board of County Commissioners in the general election 10 days ago. and to obtain control of governmental affairs in the nearby Maryland community. A demand was made of Gov. Albert C. Ritchie by the law firm of Peter & Simpson, representing the successful candidates, that he issue commissions to Paul M. Coughlan, Prank H. Karn and Charles E. King in order that they might assume their places on the County Board at once. It was pointed out in the missive that any delay on the part of the Governor in complying with the de mands would force the attorneys "to ask the court for a writ of mandamus to compel the performance of this duty." Recount to Be Asked. The latest development in Mont gomery's turbulent political situation came 24 hours after County Commis sioner John B. Diamond, president of the current board and Democratic candidate for re-election, announced that he would file a petition Monday asking the Circuit Court for a recount of the votes cast in the second district (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) PARAGUAY TOLL HEAVY 5,000 Hen and $2,000,000 Mate rials Reported Loss in Chaco. LA PAZ, Bolivia, November 16 OP).— The minister of war announced tcday that Paraguay lost 5.000 men in clashes in the Gran Chaco during the last few days. "Victorious drives of the last few days showed that Paraguay lost 5,000 men, and $2,000,000 of war materials and provisions, and withdrew about 125 miles from their occupied posi tions," the minister said. BILE NEW HEAD OF EM BOARD Philadelphian Succeeds Gar rison, Taking Office Monday. By the Associsted Pr««. Francis Biddle of Philadelphia today was named chairman of the Labor Re lations Board. In this position, he will direct the ïdministration's effort to maintain an industrial truce by settling labor dis putes. The appointment, made by Presi dent Roosevelt, w as announced by the board. Biddle succeeds Lloyd K. Garrison, who resigned to return to the Uni versity of Wisconsin, where he is act ing dean of the Law School, and will take office next Monday. A graduate of Harvard in the class of -1911, Biddle U a member of the law firm of Barnes, Jkddki A* Meyers. He was first assistant district attor ney of the eastern district of Penn sylvania from 1922 to 1926. Notable for Activities. He has been a member of the Philadelphia County Board of Law Examiners for the last 10 years and was vice chairman of the Public As sociation's Legislative Committee which drafted the vocational education act of 1913 and the child labor amend ments in 1915. Last Sprin? he represented several farmers' associations in A. A. A. milk cases. Meanwhile, H. P. Kendall of Boston was elected chairman of the Business Advisory and Planning Council of the Department of Commerce. Kendall succeeds S. Clay Williams of Winston-Salem. N. C., who resigned because of pressure of his duties as chairman of the National Industrial Recovery Board and membership in the National Emergency Council and the Industrial Emergency Committee. Kendall was elected to fill out the term expiring June 1 next. Executive Committee. The council announced also that the following members had been elected as an Executive Committee: Ernest G. Draper, New York City; Harold C. Smith, Chicago: Gerard Swope. New York City, and W. J. Vereen of Moultrie, Ga. They succeed W. A. Julian, W. C. Teagle, Henry S. Denni son and Dr. Karl T. Compton, whose terms on the Executive Committee ex pire December 1 in accordance with the rotating plan of the council. Winthrop W. Aldrich of the Chase National Bank, New York, was elected a member of the council in place of Williams. The Business Advisory and Planning Council was organized last year by Secretary Roper in order, he said, that the department might avail itself of the experience and opinions of repre sentative business men of the country. BRITISH SCULPTOR DIES LONDON. November 16 (/»>).—Charles Sargeant Jagger. 49. British sculptor, was found dead in his bed today. Apparently he had died in his sleep. Jagger won the Rome prize in sculp ture in 1924 and last year won the Royal Society of British Sculptors Medal for his stone group» at the Imperial Chemical House. It was he who made the British memorial to Belgium at Brussels and the royal artillery memorial at Hyde Park corner. Three Slayers Executed. RALEIGH, N. C„ November 16 ίΛ>).—Three colored men convicted of the murder of a white filling station operator were executed at State Prison today in the first triple elec trocution in the history of North Carolina. Roosevelt Portrait, in Sugar.J Labeled Entirely Edible" By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 16.—The latest portrait of President Roosevelt is one in baked sugar with a sign, "Entirely edible." One of the pastry cooks' conceits on display this week at' the national hotel exposition, It stands beside an edible blrdcote. The heights to which one can rise with confectioner's sugar are shown In the exhibit. For housewives who like to fuss around the kitchen the display Is a gold mine. For example, there Is "Victory, in America," λ 5 foot pastry wonder. "Victory In America" sorely tried the patience of its builder, Thomas De Pazio. Several times his children filched a piece of the eagle's tail. A Long Island pastry chef made a replica of a church at Rockville Cen ter, Ν. Y. Another copied the Taj Mahal in a 4-foot design. One cui sinier created a cake which he said would feed 1,000. It weighed 300 pounds. The favorite of the hotel men's children is a puff-paste tree adorned with macaroon monkeys. ROOSEVELT SEES PIONEER PARALLEL IN NATION'S PLIGHT People, Facing New Perils, Carry On in Same Spirit, Harrodsburg Told. MEMORIAL TRIBUTE PAID EARLY SETTLERS Harrod and Clark Praised in Dedi cation Address for Starting of Western Empire. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. HARRODSBURG, Ky. November 16.—In an address here today featur ing the dedication of a memorial to tHe first Anglo-Saxon settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains and to George Rogers Clark, leader of those pioneers who blazed the trail to the great Western domain. Presi dent Roosevelt declared that the peo ple of the Nation today are pioneers in that they are facing entirely new perils and problems. In drawing this interesting analogy between those courageous Americans who conquered the vast West wilder ness a century and a half ago and what he referred to as the "pioneers of 1934," President Roosevelt re minded the people of the present day that the accustomed order of the formerly established lives of the peo ple of this country does not suffice to meet the changed conditions now facing them and that again mere survival calls for new pioneering on their part. Hewing Out Commonwealth. Continuing in this vein, Mr. Roose velt declared that, like those early frontiersmen, the people today are hewing out a commonwealth. A commonwealth, as he described It. of the States which he hoped would give to its people more truly than any that has gone before, "the fulfillment of security, of fredom. of opportunity and of happiness which America asks and is entitled to receive." The President spoke from a covered platform erecteti within the log stockade on the site of the original settlement and a replica of the one built by the frontiersmen. With him on the platform besides his own immediate party, and Gov. Laffoon and Senator Logan of Ken tucky, were a number of other nota bles of the State and Nation. More than 50,000 persons were on hand. The day was sunny and mild and otherwlae ideal for an outdoor celebration. Heroic Effort· Example. In making this speech, his first since the overwhelming victory of his New Deal administration at the polls early this month. Mr. Roosevelt very happily cast himseli in the role of the "new pioneer" as he linked the heroic efforts at conquering the American continent with the present experiments of the Government. His very first words as he looked smilingly at the gathering before him, were: "We. pioneers of 1934, are come together today to honor the pioneers of a century and a half ago." Then, too, he had been referred to by Senator Berkley of Kentucky, who introduced him to the great gather ing. as "the modern pioneer." The President's speech was a brief one—he wrote it aboard his special tram in a remarkably short time last night. By his deliberate and sober references to the present-day pioneering needed to meet the changed conditions and new problems, the President boldly chal lenged the imagination of the Ameri can people as to what must be ex pected in the way of new pioneering by the New Deal in the struggle for recovery and survival. As he pro ceeded the President flaunted his dis belief in the old order. Town's History Recounted. In his customary manner on such occasions, Mr. Roosevelt took occa sion to recount some of the history of Harrodsburg, by saying that he had been recently reading its history, and he was interested to learn, among other things, that this famous old town can lay claim to having been the scene of more historical first things than any other spot he had ever known. In this connection he men tioned that he had read that Har rodsburg not only was the first per manent settlement beyond the moun tains. but that; it was here that the (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) REYNOLDS FAMILY MAPS SETTLEMENT Brothers and Sisters Would Give Libby Holman's Son Six Million. By the Associated Press. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Novem ber 16.—The three surviving children of the !ate R. J. Reynolds, sr.. today filed in Superior Court in Forsyth County a "proposal" for the final dis tribution of the $25,000,000 estate of their dead brother. Z. Smith Reynolds. A four-way division of the estate was proposed. Under it, Libby Holman Reynolds would get $750,000 and her son. Christopher Smith Reynolds, would get approximately 25 per cent of the estate or about $6.000,000. Mrs. Anne Cannon Reynolds-Smith would get nothing beyond the $500,000 al ready allotted her in the 1931 agree ment. ORIGINAL "ALICE" DIES WESTERHAM, England, November 16 (/P).—Mrs. Alice Hargreaves, the original of "Alice in Wonderland," who Lewis Carroll's imagination sent adventuring after the white rabbit into a fantastic world of nonsense, died today at the age of 82 years. Mrs. Hargreaves, who had lived in retirement for many years, emerged from her quiet home In 1932, long enough to Journey to New York and discover a new wonderland of sky scrapers while she took part in th· Carroll centenary celebration at Co lumbia Université·