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ITALIANS SET OUT
ADVANCE POSTS ON
ME ROUTE TO
AIM ALAJI GOAL
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Objective Fixed for Third
Phase of Invasion From
North as Southern Army
Opens Pathway to Harar.
FRONT NOW 75 MILES
FROM ERITREA BORDER
Gorrahei Capture Carries Graziani
Forces 120 Miles From Italian
Somaliland, Third of Way to
Ogaden Desert—Ethiopians Dis
appear From Makale.
(CoDyrisht. ln.’IB. by the Associated Press.)
WITH THE ITALIAN ARMY IN
NORTHERN ETHIOPIA, November
9.—The high command of Italy's
northern army drove its advance
guard past the captured City of
Makale today, and declared the vic
tory by the southern army at Gor
rahei opened the “road to Harar.”
After pausing briefly to celebrate
the passive capitulation of Makale,
forward units fanned out swiftly
through new Ethiopian territory to
the south, east and west.
Control positions were established
along the heights of Enda Selassie
and Donghea Pass, pathway to Selicot,
15 miles down the 40-mile line of
March to Amba Alajl, next objective
in the north.
Way Opened to Harar.
Officers at field headquarters said
the successful entrance into Gorrahei
in the south by a band of native
Dubats laid open the way to Harar,
where the two armies would join to
unite Italy's East Afflcan colonies
ef Eritrea and Somaliland.
The new disposition of Italian
troops throughout Ethiopia after yes
terday’s twofold triumph lined up
the fronts as follows:
The two central columns of the
northern army—the Fascist Black
shirts under Gen. Ruggiero Santini
and the native Askari under Gen.
Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli—held Makale.
This moved the main northern front
forward 60 miles from the first lines
set through Adigrat, Aduwa and
Aksum in the original drive, and
about 75 miles beyond the Eritrean
frontier.
Gen. Pietro Maravigna's column cut
through territory to the north and
west, protecting the right flank of the
northern army and penetrating into
the Adi Abo regions toward Lake
Tana, headwaters of the Blue Nile,
and therefor of vital importance to
British interests.
Danakiis control Heignts.
The fourth column of Danakil war
riors controlled the heights command
ing Makale on the east, protecting
the left flank.
In the south the capture of the
fortified town of Gorrahei carried the
leading edge of the wide wedge of
troops, advancing under Gen. Rudolfo
Graziani. 120 miles out of Italian
Somaliland.
About double that distance lay
ahead of the southern army before it
could penetrate the barren Ogaden
Desert and reach Harar. strategic
capital of the province of the same
name and “Garden of Ethiopia.” It
is close to the Addis Ababa-Djibouti
Railway. Ethiopia's only modern out
let to the world.
Only forward patrols participated
at first in the new drive from the
north, with another pause expected to
consolidate positions about Makale
and perfect communications before
the main force advanced again on
Amba Alaji.
The bands of Ethiopians reported
south of Makale by aerial scouts, lead
ing to a belief that the first real
resistance might be encountered at
Amba Alaji, had disappeared.
Seyonm’s Warriors Scattered.
Reports from Gen. Maravigna's
column to the right said warriors
under Ras Seyoum, Ethiopian com
mander in chief on the north, also
had been scattered.
Earlier reports from natives said
the mountain stronghold of Amba
Alaji was garrisoned by between 5,000
and 6.000 soldiers, and that 50 per
sons had been killed there under a
bombardment by squadrons of Italian
military planes.
Behind the protection of strong out
posts, festivity prevailed in Makale,
where Ras Haile Selassie Gugsa set
himself up in his old role of governor,
(See WAR, Pag{T4.)
JAPAN’S EMPEROR
IS ILL WITH COLD
Indisposition Keeps Hirohito
From Mock Warfare of
Army on Coast.
By the Associated Press.
KAGOSHIMA, Japan, November 9.
—The Japanese army launched its an
nual grand maneuvers today, with Em
peror Hirohito unable to join his troops
In the field because of a cold.
While thousands of Kagoshima
school children and citizens prayed in
shrines for the recovery of the Em
peror. who remained in the imperial
headquarters, units of the army drove
forward to the coasts of Kagoshima
Bay, seeking to repel an "enemy”
army into the sea, from which It was
supposed to have landed.
The Emperor came to this port with
other high officials of his court yes
terday aboard the converted battle
cruiser Hlyel.
The theoretical campaign was set to
last four days.
The campaign will end Tuesday and
a grand review of all participating
troops by Hirohito will be held Wed
nesday at Miyajonojo.
The troops engaging In the
ere estimated at 30,000.
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War Fears Allayed as Italy
Quiets Anti-British Campaign
Progress Toward Understanding Is In
dicated in Conversations of Mussolini
With English and French Envoys.
By the Associated Press.
ROME, November 9.—Fascist steps
to quiet agitation against Great Brit
ain and other nations imposing sanc
tions on Italy checked today mount
ing Italian fear of a European con
flict.
Despite the silence which the gov
ernment maintained over conversa
tions between Premier Mussolini, Sir
Eric Drummond, British Ambassador,
and Count Charles de Chambrun,
French Ambassador, usually well in
formed sourees said they saw indica
tions of progress toward a definite
Anglo-Italian understanding.
In the absence of any official an
nouncement to this effect, however,
these sources were cautious about pre
dicting the actual extent of any such
rapprochement.
Two facts were clear:
Italy proceeded with its prepara
tions for meeting the worst that
League of Nations sanctions could of
fer, should the negotiations for un
derstanding in Europe and peace with
Ethiopia fail.
Also, Italy’s colonial armies estab
lished themselves solidly in newly
conquered territory with no apparent
thought of turning back.
To aid the European negotiations,
nevertheless, an authoritative source
said, Fascist leaders had ordered a
halt to anti-foreign demonstrations.
Subordinates in the vast Fascist
organization throughout Italy were in
structed, this source said, that the
sign-snatching and similar manifesta
tions which menaced foreign property
in Italy during the last week must
stop.
The press was told to end its heated
criticisms of Ore at Britain, editors
being Instructed to avoid lnflamatory
articles which might arouse ill feeling
against residents in Italy of. any other
nationality.
The source said these orders reflect
ed an advance in the conversations
proceeding between Italy, Britain and
France. He pointed out, however, that
the conciliatory policy did not mean
any slackening of preparations to resist
sanctions.
These preparations Included closing
of scores of stores for charging exces
sive prices, in view of the forthcoming
League boycott and embargo on key
products to Italy, which has been
ordered Into effect nine days from
today.
Persons trying to move their money
out of the country have been arrested,
and speculators selling the lira at a
great discount for foreign money have
been jailed.
Fascist vigilance committees kept
watch In Rome and provincial centers.
CAFFERY IS SAVED
FROM DEATH PLOT
U. S. Ambassador Marked
as Cuba Opens War
on Criminals.
Br the Associated Press.
HAVANA, November 9.—An official
appeal called the people of Cuba into
a campaign to ‘exterminate” crim
inals today after a high source dis
closed that a plot to assassinate
United States Ambassador Jefferson
Caffery had been frustrated.
The first fruits of the drive fol
lowed at once, with announcement of
the arrest of four persons accused of
planning to kidnap or kill Police
Chief CoL Jose Pedraza.
The "master plot” against Caffery,
authorities said, was balked by Cuban
Army intelligence agents cm the eve
of the assassination day.
Plot Halted by Arrest.
Twenty-nine men were said by
army agents to have sworn to kill
Caffery—the first intended victim of
a terrorist campaign—with the slay
ing set for last Friday. The arrest of
the leader the day before halted the
plot.
Amy authorities said they believed
the plot arose from a desire by radicals
to draw American intervention in
Cuba, thus provoking a revolution.
With a majority of the 29 suspects
still at large. Secretary of the In
terior Maximilian Smith summoned
all Cubans to aid a drive to “exter
minate * * * a sect of dangerous
criminals • • • who must be faced as
tigers, grown vicious on the taste of
human flesh."
“Intolerable Savagery.”
“It is impossible for a civilised city
to tolerate such savagery as Havana
has been suffering," he said.
"Self-preservation demands civic co
operation. You are only asked to
watch what goes on about you and
report any suspicious occurrence at
once to the nearest police station to
make it possible to prevent acts of
terrorism that may strike those you
love.
"The government is strong enough
to defend itself and punish the guilty,
but you can help avoid lamentable
consequences.”
PLOT FACTS LACKING HERE.
State Department Declines Comment
on Cuban Reports.
By the Associated Press.
State Department authorities said
last night they had no previous
knowledge of a reported plot to kill
United States Ambassador Jefferson
Caffery in Havana.
Lacking official information, officials
declined to comment.
China Bans Silver Export.
HONGKONG, November 9 OP).—
The government today banned the ex
port of silver coins or bullion.
AUTOS DEATHLESS
Safety Stretch Climbs Up
on 1934 Record—Sev
eral Injured.
A 15-month record was set today in
elapsed time since a fatal traffic acci
dent in the District.
It has been 16 days since the last
fatal accident here although the per
son Injured at that time died several
days later. The period is the longest
without a fatal injury since August,
1934, when 34 days elapsed without
a death.
No one was critically injured here
in the past 34 hours, according to
police reports, although a 5-year-old
child suffered a leg fracture and sev
eral others were treated at hospitals
for cuts and bruises.
Helen Mierke, 822 Sixth street
southwest, whose leg was broken, was
struck by a truck in front of her
home when she ran out In front of
a parked automobile, police said. She
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
The truck was driven by Fred L.
Davis, 33, of 212 A street northeast,
according to police.
Eloise Coghill, 6, colored, first block
of Patterson street northeast, suf
fered cuts on the lip and the loss
of three teeth when struck by an
automobile near her home. She was
treated at Gallinger Hospital.
CHINA CLIPPER ROARS
NORTH FOR CALIFORNIA
Carrying 50,500 Extra Pounds,
Huge Ship Clears Acapulco
Harbor in 50 Seconds.
By the Associated Press.
ACAPULCO, Mexico, November 9
(Via Pan-American Airways Radio).—
The heavily-loaded China Clipper, her
four 800-horsepower motors at full
throttle, roared up off this city’s
mountain-guarded harbor at 6:25 a.m„
C. S. T. (7:25 ajn., E. 8. T.) today
and headed for San Diego, Calif., 1,600
miles north.
Her goal, San Francisco, tfhere she
will Inaugurate regular California -
China mail and passenger service No
vember 22, the Clipper hoisted her
own 25 tons and 50,500 pounds addi
tional load, 12 tons of It gasoline, into
the air in 50 seconds.
Her commander, Capt. Edwin C.
Mustek, reported she easily cleared
the hills lying .about Acapulco, to
which port she flew yesterday from
Miami, Fla.
$2,225 a Month Alimony Asked.
LOS ANQELES, November 9 OP).—
Temporary alimony of $2,225 a month
was requested yesterday of the Su
perior Court by Mrs. Robey Bacon,
former actress, pending trial of the
divorce suit brought by her husband,
Lloyd Bacon, noted film director. She
said she would file a cross-complaint
in the divorce action.
D. C. Federation of Music Clubs
Joins Star Safety Campaign
Sunshine and Community Society Also
Supports Council and Starts
Pledging Members.
Traffic Deaths to November 9—92; Same Period, 1934—107
(The last fatal accident was on October 24, the victim died later.)
Believing that its work in promoting esthetic standards in Washington
should be becked by a practical Interest in the welfare of the city, the Dis
trict of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs has joined with The Evening
Star Safety Council in the campaign to reduce the death and accident toll
on the streets and highways of the city.
The Sunshine and Community Society of the District of Columbia,
WHICH lor years iwo uecn
in local charitable work both aa an
individual group and in co-operation
with’ other organisations, also has
lent Its support to the Star council
and Is undertaking the pledging not
only of its entire car-driving mem
bership but of friends and relatives.
The District Federation of Music
Clubs, which is composed of 90 fed
erated music clubs In all parts
the city, with an aggregate membs^
ship of some 3,000, has strongly In
dorsed the safety campaign and re
quested the support of Its affiliated
clubs and thf** individual members
In the movement to make Washing
ton streets and highways safer.
The safety campaign of the Fed
eration is being conducted under
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STUDY OF PEPCO
7 Per Cent Figure May Be
Revised Downward on *
Basis of Net Excess.
STUDY TO BE PRELUDE
TO RATE ADJUSTMENT
Annual Hearing on Charges to
Follow in January—Last
Cut $147,500.
An Investigation of the rate of re
turn allowed the Potomac Electric
Power Co. under the present sliding
scale agreement was ordered today by
the Public Utilities Commission as a
prelude to the annual adjustment of
rates to be determined in January.
Notice was served on William Mc
Clellan, president of the power com
pany, that the commission had con
cluded that existing facts warrant
consideration of the rate of return
prior to the January annual hearing.
The company last year reaped a
profit of nearly $5,000,000 Tinder rates
then existing. This was the net
operating Income. The excess over
the allowed 7 per cent return was
found to be $295,000. The commis
sion last January set aside $147,500
for reduction in rates, which was
spread over several brackets.
These facts and the wording used
by the commission in its notice to the
company set up possibilities of a re
duction of the rate of return which
might be allowed the company under
the suggested revision of the present
sliding-scale plan.
New Shares U Be Issued.
The development came suddenly to
day as a sequel to announcement the
North American Co., giant utilities
holding company, is to Issue 25 partic
ipating shares for each of Its 62.000
odd common shares held in the Wash
ington Railway Sc Electric Co., which
owns the Potomac Electric Power Co.
outright.
That plan, filed with the Federal
Securities and Exchange Commission
some days ago. now Is being scruti
nized by the Public Utilities Commis
sion and People's Counsel William A.
Roberts, as well as by the Federal
commission.
The North American stated It pro
posed to sell on the open market Its
holdings of the participating shares,
which would be substituted for the
present Washington Railway Sc Elec
tric shares, and then have but a small
Interest in the local holding concern.
With the North American suggest
ing it would expect to sell Its partici
pating shares at prices up to *30 a
share, local experts have figured the
North American would reap a huge
profit In the stock disposition.
Wording of Letter.
The commission's letter to Presi
dent McClellan stated:
“The commission for some time has
been giving serious consideration to
the matter of rate of return allowed
your company under the existing slid
ing scale arrangement.
"It has concluded that the existing
facts warrant consideration prior to,
or at the time of, the annual rate
hearing. Timely notice under the
statute as to date of hearing will be
given.”
Members of the commlsison, in dis
cussing the investigation move, re
frained from any forecast of the out
come of scrutiny of the allowed rate
of return under the sliding scale.
Riley E. Eigen, commission chair
men, explained generally he thought
the commission from time to time
should investigate to see if It was
desirable to consider changes in the
sliding scale plan. He said he thought
now was a time when there should be
an investigation as to the propriety of
the present scale.
166,073,182 Bate Base.
The present scale became effective
in January. 1933. It allows a 7
per cent return to go wholly to the
owners of the P. E. P. Co. The rate
of return last January was applied
to an agreed rate base, or valuation,
of $66,073,182.
One-half of the excess of the re
turns between 7 and 8.25 per cent
was to be returned to the P. E. P.
Co. subscribers in rate reductions
under this plan. Three-fourths of
the returns between 8.25 and 9 per
cent was to be used for rate reduc
tions. Five-sixths of the excess profits
over 9 per cent was to be applied in
rate reductions.
The total net income of the Pepco
was found last January by the com
misslon to be $4,920,123. The excess
(See PEPCO, Page 4.)
STORM DISSIPATED *
Weather Bureau Allay* Fears of
Hurricane’s Return.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 9
CP).—A terse Weather Bureau advis
ory, “Storm has dissipated,” today
cheered coastal residents who feared
the return of the post-seasonal hurri
cane which killed 19 persons In the
Bahamas and South Florida.
“All warnings are down on the
Florida coast,” the bureau said.
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Faint Hopes Still Held That
Lost Flyer May
Be Found.
By the Associated Press.
SINGAPORE. Straits Settlements.
November 9.—Desperate aerial search
ers for Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith,
missing nearly two days on a speed
flight from England to Australia, re
fused today to abandon hope of res
cuing the world-famous aviator.
Contrary to earlier belief, it was
learned that the missing ace's plane
could remain afloat Indefinitely if he
had been forced down with his co
pilot, Tom Pethybridge, on the Bay
of Bengal, where they were last seen
fighting through a monsoon.
Planes and ships searched fruitlessly
throughout the day for the missing
flyers, however, and darkness fell with
no further word of their fate.
itovai Air force joins 5»earcn.
Royal Air Force planea soared north,!
nearing the Siamese frontier, to start j
a systematic scanning of the stormy j
waters from Victoria Point, above the
Malay Federated States.
C. James Melrose, who abandoned
his own flight from England to Aus
tralia and placed himself at the orders
of the Royal Air Porce after flying
PBSt Kingsford-Smlth's ship over the
bay, followed the flying boats at a
slower speed.
Earlier today, two of the Royal Air
Force ships returned from a dawn
flight over the bay and coastal jungle
islands, having found no trace of the
men, then missing 36 hours.
Another squadron of bombing
planes was held In readiness to give
any necessary aid.
Melrose, taking off for the North,
said he would fly low over the water,
following Kingsford-Smith’s route
over the Bay of Bengal where he had
passed the lost Australian pilots, fly
ing low about 150 miles from shore.
Previously Lost for Days.
Hour after hour passed without any
word from Klngsford-Smith, whose
monoplane was equipped with a wire
less set, but the 38-year-old flyer, a
former member of the Royal Air Force
who has flown both the Pacific and
the Atlantic, has often been lost tor
days, only to emerge from danger
safely.
In this latest of his adventures he
(See KING8FORD-6MITH, Page T)
POLICEMAN KILLED
CHASING GUNMEN
Companion of Jersey Trooper Con
tinues Pursuit, but Is Out
distanced.
By the Associated Press.
ELIZABETH, N. J„ November 9.—
State Trooper Warren O. Yenser was
fatally wounded today by shotgun fire
from a fleeing automobile on the State
highway near Avenel.
Yenser and Trooper John Matey
were on night patrol and had stopped
at Sand Hill, 6 miles south of New
Brunswick, when a couple with Penn
sylvania license plates roared by.
They Jumped into their car and
gave chase, overhauling the car in
Avenel. Matey was driving and
Yenser blew his whistle to call on the
car to stop. Instead it pulled away
but Matey again overtook It.
Then, without warning, a single
blast came from a shotgun. Yenser
got it full in the face.
Matey fired several snots at tne
car and continued the chase, but on
the outskirts of this city he lost the
machine.
After asking a filling station oper
ator to notify police headquarters he
took Tenser to the Elizabeth Hospital
where he died.
The slayer's car later was found
abandoned in the Elizabeth port sec
tion of this city. The shotgun—a
double-barreled sawed-off weapon—
was on the floor. The rear window of
the machine was broken and there
was blood on the cushions.
An unidentified man was picked up
by the police for questioning. Police
said they found a roll of bills and a
large amount of silver in his pocket.
Police announced later that Ed
ward Metelski, 36, former Newark
resident, who escaped from a North
Carolina prison farm three months
ago, was being held on an open charge
without ball in the hAestigatlon of
the slaying.*
Kingsf ord-Smith’s
England-Australia
Record Is Lowered
By the Associated Press.
PORT DARWIN, Australia, No
vember 9.—Sir Charles Kingsford
Srniths 1933 England-Australia.
solo record was lowered today by
a fellow Australian, H. F. Broad
bent.
Broadbent, landing here six
days, 21 hours. 19 minutes after
leaving Croydon, beat Klngsford
Smith's record by 7 hours, 28
minutes.
Doubts Government Man
agement of Railroads Will
Be Necessary.
By the Associated Press.
ST. IX3UIS, Mo.. November 9 —The
poesibilities of Government manage
ment of railroads were discussed to
day by Joseph B. Eastman. Federal
co-ordinator of transportation, but be
expressed doubt that such a step will
be necessary.
Addressing the annual organisation
conference of the Brotherhood of
Railway and Steamship Clerks, East
man charted policies which he said
rail employes might wisely pursue
"with respect to the Introduction by
the railroads of labor-saving plans,
practices and devices.”
Urges Acceptance of Flan.
Emphasizing the carriers’ need for
“greatest operating efficiency at low
est possible cost,” Eastman told his
listeners that although consolidation
and unification economies would
throw some men out of work in the
immediate future "there will be more
jobs in the long run if you accept
these ^economies now.”
"If you do not,” he warned, "if you
insist that two men must do work
that could be safely and efficiently
performed by one, you are helping to
close the door against future increase
in employment opportunities.”
Declaring that some rail workers
might think Government operation
would be the solution of their present
difficulties, the speaker said "this idea
is in no way shocking to me and there
is much to be said for it.”
Unwilling to urge Step.
Eastman said he had been unwilling
to recommend such t step under pres
ent conditions, but added:
“It is at least possible that, regard
less of any theoretical considerations,
we shall reach the state which many
other countries have reached, where,
as a practical matter, it will be neces
sary to take the railroads over because
they have ceased to be an attractive
field for private capital and enterprise
and no other alternative will be open."
While expressing doubt that "we
shall come to that pass,” Eastman
added that if Government manage
ment should be necessary he would
“fight with all the strength that is in
me” for a business rather than a
political administration of the roads.
Under Government ownership, East
man said, the carriers would continue
to compete with other forms of trans
portation, and for that reason it would
still be necessary to cut operating ex
penses to “the lowest reasonable min
imum consistent with good and at
tractive service.”
La Guardia Takes Best.
NEW YORK, November » C4>).—
Mayor P. H. La Guardia entered
Mount Sinai Hospital for a week’s rest
and observation yesterday.
UTILITIES WARNED
ON COLEMAN RULE
Landis Says Law Is Valid
Pending High Tribunal
Decision.
By the Associated Press.
The New Deal vas embarked today
on an effort to get utility holding com
panies to take the first step of com
pliance with the 1935 public utility
act.
Alluding to the Baltimore Federal
Court decision declaring the whole act
unconstitutional, Chairman James M.
Landis of the Securities Commission
said the law “is valid until the Su
preme Court declares otherwise.’’
He warned holding companies that
if they do not register with the Securi
ties Commission by December 1, as
provided in the act, much of their cor
porate activity thereafter will be
tainted with questionable legality.
me registration section cans ior cer
tain information about the companies,
on which the commission will base its
determination as to which ones should
be permitted to continue in opera
tion, The act provides for the eventual
elimination of utility holding firms
considered uneconomic or unnecessary,
splitting up of those whose area of
operations is deemed too widespread,
and regulation of the remainder.
Registration Urged.
Landis, in a press interview yester
day. sought to show registration would
be the wisest step for the utilities firms
to take, and he also said it was "about
time” they informed their stockhold
ers whether they intended to do so.
If they decline to register, he said,
their subsequent actions, such as issu
ing securities, negotiating contracts,
acquiring other companies, and even
performing sales and service contracts
would be in doubt as to their legality.
Referring to the registration forms
which, he said, call for only a small
amount of information about finances
and operating structure, he said:
“We have purposely made this as
simple as possible. It calls for no un
usual disclosures and places no heavy
burdens. They can take this way, or
they can refuse to register—then they
won’t know where they are: neither
will the public nor the stockholders.’’
The act of registering, Landis em
phasized, will not prevent the com
panies from fighting the act in the
courts.
"There is full opportunity all along
the line to contest our every action,”
he said.
President Roosevelt declined to com
ment on the Baltimore decision yester
day, saying he had only seen the head
lines in the newspapers and had not
had time to study the ruling.
Meanwhile, utility shares in the
New York market soared 1 to 3 or
more points to reach new tops for the
last two years. Some other stocks
were carried along with them.
Landis noted at his press confer
ence that $976,000,000 utility Issues
(See UnUTIES, Page 4.)
A. A. A. DROPS WORKERS
ON TEMPORARY STATUS
Officials Announce Dismissals
Will Continue at Rate of
10 to 15 Daily.
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration has begun to drop a
large group of temporary workers
taken on under 60-day appointments
to clean up corn-hog, cotton and
wheat contracts coming in from
farmers as the year ends.
T. Weed Harvey said the reduction
was customary and that from now
until the last of the month, dismissals
would be at the rate of 10 or 15 daily.
Clerks and auditors are the class
involved.
Value of Gasoline Trade Names
Is Doubted in Report by N. R. A.
By the Associated Press.
The N. R. A. consumer* division
reported today that gasoline sold un
der a trade name has a "tantalising
uncertainty”—and furthermore that
the ordinary motorist who buys high
octane (high test) fuel wastes his
money.
Both remarks wer* made in the
division's second issue of a new bulle
tin titled “The Consumer."
Gasoline sold by so-called major
companies, the bulletin daid, “has a
fair amount of uniformity, but the
practice of swapping and exchange
which occurs in the quick adjustment
of local markets ud the miscellane
ous activities of t£ independent, give
W
each gallon of gasoline sold under a
trade name a tantalising uncertainty."
After sketching the history of gaso
line, the report said:
"Tie tendency in the market, of
course, is to push sales as far as pos
sible to the higher octane gasoline
because of its higher price.
"The consumer is informed that
nothing is too good for his car and
that if he wishes to treat It well he
should give it the highest octalne
gasoline.
"The effect of this action is simply
to waste his money. Since the ordi
nary automobile engine is constructed
(See OASfUNE, Page 4.)
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Charred and Shot Body of
Man Found Two Miles
From His Auto.
FACE UNRECOGNIZABLE;
FINGERS BURNED AWAY
Colored Suspect Questioned on
Missing Resident of Doubs
in Murder.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md„ November 9 —
A colored boxer who claims to be the
stepson of Manuel Silva of Doubs,
Md., whose abandoned car was found
near the spot where the unidentified
body of a torch murder victim was
discovered this morning, was being
questioned by States Attorney James
H. Pugh this afternoon.
The suspect was brought to Rock
ville for questioning as Montgomery
County police pushed their investiga
tion of the circumstances surrounding
the death of a youth whose charred
body, believed bullet ridden, was dis
covered beside the Rockville-Beall*
ville road about 14 miles from here.
Abandoned Car Found.
Within 2 miles of the body a high
powered sedan, containing smears on
its upholstery, which police think
were caused by burns, and a matt
of blood-soaked hair, was found.
The man being questioned identi
fied himself as Alfred Brown, 21, a
professional prize fighter, of 31 South
Baltimore street, Baltimore, who
claims to have sparred with Joe
Louis and other noted pugilists under
the name of Young Bobby Bums.
Brown claims he started for Wash
ington in Silva's car yesterday, but
had a flat tire and left it on the
roadside.
Reports Seeing Machine.
Harold Ward of Dawsonville. how
ever, told police he saw the machine
near his home between 10 and 11
o'clock last night. There were two
men in it at that time, he said.
According to the story told police
by Brown. Silva is married to a woman
said to be employed as a cook to a
Washington physician.
Brown also said that Silva was a
seaman by profession, but had been’
unemployed for about four years. On
Thursday afternoon, he said, a man
who looked like a Spaniard came to
the Silva home at Doubs end told the
seaman he had a job for him.
Left for Baltimore.
Silva, according to Brown, left about
2 p.m. to go to Baltimore with the
stranger, presumably to take the job.
When he left home. Silva was wear
ing gray trousers and a white shirt.
Brown said.
A hasty examination of the body by
Dr. Upton D. Nourse of Dawsonville
disclosed a hole in the forehead at
the hairline above the nose and an
other in the back of the skull, be
lieved caused by a bullet.
Burns Seen Ufiiwriie.
Sergt. Joseph A. Nolte and Police
man Riggs Griffith of the Montgomery
force said the victim undoubtedly had
been murdered and then burned in an
effort to prevent identification.
The bums had enveloped so com
pletely that only a spot on the back
between the shoulder blades was not
discolored. The fingers were burned
(See MURDERT Page 4 )
HOOVER IS SILENT
ON CANDIDACY ROW
Refuses Comment on Report, At
tributed to Brother, He Would
Not Seek Presidency.
By the Associated Pre*
PALO ALTO, Calif., November 9 —
Former President Herbert Hoover was
en route to Los Angeles today, silent
on a disputed report from Arizona
that he would not be a Republican
presidential candidate next year.
The Globe (Ariz.) Record yesterday
quoted Theodore J. Hoover, brother
of Herbert Hoover, as the source of
the candidacy report, but the former
dismissed the story as a “complete
fabrication.”
This comment from Theodore Hoo
ver, dean of engineering at Stanford
University, brought a reply from
T. W. B. Anderson, who wrote the
story, that “in 25 years of newspaper
work I have never fabricated an in
terview.”
He asserted he obtained the inter
view while Dean Hoover was on a
recent Arizona trip. Anderson added
he told Hoover the material would be
used for publication.
In a statement last night, Theodore
Hoover said, “As I have no informa
tion on the (candidacy) subject, I
naturally discussed it with no one.”
The former President is en route
to New York, where on November IS
he will address the Ohio Society.
MAIL PILOT IS KILLED
AS PLANE CRASHES
Ship Falls in Street of Suburb of
Fort Worth Shortly After
Take-Off.
Br the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, Tex., November 9.
—Cliff Maus, 32, Branlff Airways mall
pilot, was killed early today when his
plane crashed In a street in suburban
Riverside.
Maus was flying alone from Dallas
to Fort Worth and carried no mall.
He left Dallas, his home, at 4:10 am.
His plane was functioning perfectly,
airport attendants said.
A half hour later. Riverside resi
dents reported they heard the crash,
2Vj miles from the Fort Worth Air
port The piyne did not bunk