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Compulsory Crop Control
Favored by Majority, Two
Senators Say.
By the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 30.—Two
members of the Senate Agricultural
Subcommittee which for a month has
been holding hearings in various sec
tions of the country seeking farm
legislation sentiment, today said a
vast majority of farmers wants crop
production control.
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma said
95 per cent of the farmers who have
appeared before the subcommittee
wants production control incorporated
in the farm bill to be considered by
Congress in special session next month.
“They want the ever-normal gran
ary as insurance against the non
productive years and continuation of
the soil conservation program,” Sen
ator Thomas asserted.
Senator Ellender of Louisiana de
clared all farmers recognize the need
for enactment of a farm bill, and
while there was difference of opinion
as to its provisions all want legisla
tion that would bring about stable
prices—"prices they can depend on,
not subject to violent fluctuation.”
compulsory control.
He said the majority favored a law
which would make production control
compulsory.
“In the South the sentiment is
largely for compulsory control," he
said, “but in the Northwest many
farmers feel that voluntary control,
with benefit payments, would serve to
bring about the same results.
“Those who believe in control say
give us better prices under a controlled
production program and then we can
afford to buy many of the necessities
9f life that we are now being deprived
of. And fe we should be able to buy
then industry would be in a position to
give the unemployed jobs and thereby
improve their condition. It has got
to start with the farmer.
“Farmers have emphasized the need
to control our exportable surplus com
modities in the belief that this in
Itself would afford better prices and
then farmers would be able to buy
more.”
Senator Thomas said the committee
had found conditions among Southern
farmers “terrible” and predicted they
would become worse unless the Gov
ernment aids with a program of crop
curtailment and subsidies or benefit
payments.
Not Modified A. A. A.
Senator Thomas said it was likely
the legislation proposed at the special
session would be a modified version
cf the Agricultural Adjustment Act,
which was held unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court. He said the hope
was to keep it within constitutional
limitations by making it co-operative
on the part of farmers voluntarily.
“Production would be controlled,”
he said, “by State quotas subdivided
into individual quotas and would apply
to non-perishable money crops—wheat
cotton, corn, rice and tobacco.”
Senator Frazier of North Dakota, the
third member of the subcommittee
here, declined comment.
Senator Allender will conduct the
committee's final hearing at Jefferson
City. Mo., Monday.
PASSAGE IS PREDICTED.
Most Farmers Favor Crop Program, I
Senator Pope Says.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 30 —
Senator Pope, Democrat, of Idaho, a
member of the Senate subcommittee
conducting hearings on proposed Fed
eral crop legislation, today predicted
passage of a crop-control measure at
the special session of Congress.,
“The majority of farmers are over
whelmingly in favor of such a pro
gram, which includes control of pro
duction and marketing," Senator Pope
said.
Senator McGill, Democrat, of Kan
sas, and Senator Pope, at a two-day
hearing here, heard farmers ask for
continuance of the Federal soil con
servation program, voluntary produc
tion control and establishment of an
ever-normal granary plan and crop
insurance.
Co-authors of the ever-jiormal gran
ary bill, the two Senators agreed that
farmers should have a voice in admin- 1
istering its provisions.
Agricultural leaders of Ohio, Michi
gan and Indiana gave suggestions to
the committee, which concluded hear
ings today. Senator Pope said his ]
committee planned its final hearing in ,
New York State. ]
Alarmed at Labor Tendency.
LIMA, Ohio, Oct. 30 iff).—The Res- (
elutions Committee of the Farmers’ ]
Equity Union, closing its national con
vention. declared today that any bene
fits accorded labor should not be at
the expense of agriculture.
The committee ‘‘viewed with alarm 1
the apparent tendency of labor to push
Its program in advance of a reciprocal
movement on behalf of agriculture."
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VIRGINIA D. A. R. OBTAINS
PARKLAND NEAR LURAY
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va.. Oct. 30.—The Virginia
Daughters of the American Revolution
have authorized the purchase of a
large tract of land near the George
Washington National Forest. Work
ing with the Virginia Conservation
and Development Commission ar
rangements have been made for the
Immediate purchase of 26 acres with
options on additional areas for future
purchase.
The proposed park will be near
Luray, but the exact location has not
been designated.
Readers' Guide
and
News Summary
The Sunday Star, Oct. 31, 1937.
PART ONE
General News.
WAR IN THE FAR EAST
"Lost battalion” runs gauntlet of
bullets to sanctuary. Page A-l
Soviet-Manchukuo border forces re
ported strengthened. Page A-l
Anglo-Japanese tension dims Brussels
parley hopes. Page A-l
Roosevelt urges flying deputies stress
pacts' sanctity. Page A-4
England to favor mediation at
Brussels. Page A-4
FOREIGN
II Duce recalls Paris envoy, aggravat
ing rift. Page A-l
Loyalists shift capital of Spain'to
Barcelona. Page A-4
Britain seeks use of Portugal's naval
and air bases. Page A-4
De Valera fails with democratic dic
tatorship. Page A-18
NATIONAL
Opposition indicated to Roosevelt
third term. Page A-2
Thomas J. Mooney's plea for freedom
is refused. Page A-2
Roosevelt to lead Nation in Armistice
Day ceremonies. Page,A-3
Sir Willmott Lewis hits theory of iso
lation for U. S. Page A-18
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
100.000 spectators see annual Hal
loween parade. Page A-l
40 narrowly escape as truck plunges
down embankment. Page A-l
Congressional probe of training school
demanded. Page A-l
Doctors' Hospital to plan for expectant
fathers. Page A-l
Dr. and Mrs. Mann to lecture on Zoo j
expedition. Page A-19
Virginians to name new Governor at
election Tuesday. Page A-20 j
Elected government held need of D. C. i
consumers. Page B-l j
Tax payments flood in to escape pen
alty for tardiness. Page B-l
Group medical practice lauded by Dr.
Cabot of Harvard. Page B-l
Senator King to begin drawing up
D. C. program, Page B-l
Medical examinations mandatory for
food handlers. Page B-l
Waynesboro. Va„ man admits jealousy
slaying, police say. Page B-2
Attorney general upholds county civil
service law in answer. Page B-2
t DfMlTC
Maryland's first-half scores bring win
over Florida. Page B-5
Georgetown gives way to Manhattan in
second half. Page B-6
Navy outgains Penn but is loser of
7-to-14 game. Page B-7
Yale aerial in last 3 seconds gets tie
with Dartmouth. Page B-8
Upsets again make grand shuffle of
grid rankings. Page B-9
Capital bowling stars will shoot in j
Southern tourney. PageB-10
War Admiral takes Washington Handi
cap at Laurel closing. Page B-ll
MISCELLANY.
City news in brief. Page A-10
Obituary. Page A-12
Traffic Convictions. Page A-12
Shipping News. Page A-14
Educational. Page B-4
FART TWO.
Editorial Section.
Editorial articles. Pages C-l-3
Editorials and comment. Page C-2 j
Civic news. Page C-4
Patent-Teacher activities. Page C-6
Winning contract. Page C-7
Military and veterans’
news. Pages C-S-fi
Stamps. Page C-7 j
Cross-word puzzle. Page C-7
Vital statistics. Page C-9 !
PART THREE.
Society Section.
Society new’s. Pages D-l-ll |
Well-known folk. Page D-7 j
Barbara Bell pattern. PageD-10
Women's clubs. PageD-ll j
PART FOUR.
Financial, Classified.
Stocks ease quietly. Page E-l
Business loses more ground. Page E-l1
3est Yule trade since 1929
forecast. Page E-l i
Stock table. Page E-2 j
3ond table. Page E-3
;urb table. Page E-4
Nassifled advertising. Pages E-5-17
Resorts. Page E-18
PART FIVE.
Feature Section.
Jews features. Pages F-l-3
rohn Clagett Proctor. Page F-2
Jick Mansfield. Page F-3
Automobiles. ' Page F-3
Amusements. Pages F-4-5
Children's page. Page F-6
ladlo programs. Page F-"
PART SIX.'
Auto Show Section.
Jews and comment on the new
cars. Pages G-l-14
»0T0MAC LEVEL FALLS,
WITH DAMAGE LIGHT
The flood-swollen Potomac contin
led to fall here last night as the
Veather Bureau predicted fair skies
ind slightly cooler weather tonight
nd tomorrow.
The flood crest reached Washington
it ebb tide shortly after noon yester
lay and passed down river with only
lominal damage. A few boat houses
ind cabins on the river banks above
Cey Bridge were flooded as usual, but
here was no damage comparable with
hat of last Spring.
Moderate northwest winds are ex
acted to accompany the slightly
ower temperature today.
Six Democratic State Chair
men State Opposition to
‘ Breaking Precedent.
The Democratic State chairmen of
six States advise against a third-term
nomination for President Roosevelt,
according to a private poll the results
of which were revealed yesterday,
along with the considered answers of
these Democratic leaders.
One of them, J. B. Hodges, chair
man of the State Democratic Execu
tive Committee of Florida, breaks
completely with the President and
his administration. Attacking the
President with a sharpness which no
Republican has surpassed, this Demo
cratic leader charges Mr. Roosevelt
with making “unconstitutional” pro
posals. "encouraging” sit-down strikes,
breaking his budget-balancing prom
ises and spreading lack of confidence.
He suggests that instead of an in
quiry as to a third term, an investi
gation should determine jvhether the
people want “the completion of the
President's second term.”
Finally, a member of the President’s
own family, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.,
now at the University of Virginia,
enters the third-term discussion to
leave the door open because "what we
feel today may have to be revised two
years from now in the light of cir
cumstances beyond our control, such
as the foreign situation.”
The Minnesota Democratic chair
man declared the two-term rule was
an unwritten part of the Constitu
tion. The South Dakota chairman
said he had already informed mem
bers of the cabinet that the voters
of his State positively were against
a third tym for anyone. The Kansas
chairman said it would be “a bad
precedent.” The Alabama chairman
asserted a third-term candidate would
sound the “death knell’ of the party
sponsoring him and Alabama would
go Republican for the first time in
history if he were a Democrat. Ac
cording to the chairman for Mlssis
sinpi, "the people as a whole would
look with disfavor upon a third term.”
Origin of Poll.
The poll which produced these re
sults was taken by Joseph Leib, for
merly of South Bend, Ind., young po
litical writer who organized the first
Roosevelt-for-President Club in 1930
and was an eager member of the
Young Democratic movement in 1932.
A persistent letter writer, he polled the
State Democratic chairmen in 1935
and gave out the answers showing that
the overwhelming majority of the dele
gates to the 1938 convention would
carry instructions to vote for Mr.
Roosevelt.
The poll thus year was cut short be
cause the Democratic National Com
mittee stepped in to halt it. Lawrence
W. Robert, jr., secretary of the com
mittee, was informed by Charles Reid,
Georgia State chairman, of the letter
he had received asking his views on a
third term. Robert advised Leib to
stop. Subsequently, and presumably
on advice from national headquarters,
no more chairmen sent in their views.
All six who replied thought a third
term would be distinctly unwise.
The seven-page letter from Mr.
Hodges, the Florida State chairman,
upon which he said by telephone later
he was willing to stand publicly, was
described on Capitol Hill yesterday as
a Southern political development of
the first order. Mr. Hodges had been
a public critic of the President's Su
preme Court plan and an insurgent on
some other matters, but today he leads
a Florida insurrection against Mr.
Roosevelt personally and his whole
conduct of affairs.
Private Views Contrast.
The more or less private views of
these State chairmen are in striking
contrast to public comments of sev
eral Democrats in public office who
nav be seeking to ingratiate them
selves at the White House. Gov.
3eorge H. Earle of Pennsylvania is
me of those who have been talking
up the third-term idea.
The following replies were received
from State Democratic chairmen
polled:
Herbert Holmes, chairmen Missis
sippi State Democratic Executive Com
mittee—
“Of course, tt is impossible for me
to know how all the people of our
State regard a third term for the
President, but from what I can learn
from those with whom I have talked,
the people as a 'Whole would look
with disfavor upon a third term.
“Those who are receiving »mploy
ment and/or bounty from the Gov
ernment, whom I have contacted,
are very much in favor of his nomi
nation for a third term, but this does
not represent a very large voting
strength.”
C. M. Fitzwilliam, Kansas State
Committee chairman—
“President Roosevelt is strong as
ever in Kansas, and though Kansans
are not for a third term. I think
tie would carry the State. Personally,
C think it W'ould be a bad precedent.’’
A. W. Powell. South Dakota State
:hairman—
“Tom Berry served two terms as
he most popular Governor that South
Dakota ever had. B[e balanced the
judget, reduced bonded indebtedness
leveral million dollars and operated
;he State without a levy on real
estate or personal property.
“In 1936 we though he was our
strongest candidate for Governor and
ie ran for the third term and was
iefeated by over 10,000 votes, when
:very constitutional officer won.
“Mr. Roosevelt lost over 30.000 votes
in 1936 and I know it would be fatal
;o ask the people of South Dakota
co re-elect him for the third
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Alabaman’s Views.
John D. McQueen, chairman State
Democratic Executive Committee of
Uabama:
"* * * I beg to advise that it is
ny candid opinion that the nom
nation by any party, of any one,
■egardless of who he might be, as a
candidate for election to a third term
» President of the United States,
vould sound the death knell of the
iarty responsible for such nomina
ion.”
John P. D. Meighen, Minnesota
hairman:
“My opinion is that the two -term
•ule is part of our unwritten con
ititution, just as much as the right
if the Federal Government to pur
chase new Alaskas. Save in grave
■mergency, I do not think the voters
vill overlook the two-term rule.”
Mr. Hodges, in his long, seven
»ge reply, charged the President
nth disregarding platform pledges
'to solve its legislative problems
vithin the Constitution” by propos
ing the “amazing” Supreme Court
■©organization bill. He charged the
president with making other uncon
stitutional” proposals, "encouraging”
sit-down strikes and the C. T. O. and
with promising to balance the budget
so many times that "the people of the
Nation have no confidence in any
such promise.”
Hodges said that lack of confidence
in the President "is now growing to
an alarming extent," that the people
see no necessity for a special session
of Congress and that “they do not in
tend to allow the Government of the
United States to be operated on catch
phrases.”
Hope for Change in ’40.
“Our objections are now inaudible,”
Hodges’ letter said. “We have learned
that we can only make changes on
general election years, so our people
tolerate these things, knowing that
there can be no change until 1940,
when they hope to select some other
Democrpt who will reflect the actual
thoughts and desires of the rank and
file of the Democratic party.”
Hodges’ advice on a third term for
the President was: “Don’t do it!
The people are against it.”
A letter signed by Franklin D.
Roosevelt, jr., from Charlottesville,
Va„ dated October 24, said:
“Thank you very much for your
recent letter, but I am afraid I can
not give you the answer you desire.
In the first place, I think it is not my
position to make any statement con
cerning a third term for my father.
And furthermore, the necessity for
deciding such an issue has not as yet
arisen, since what we feel today may
have to be revised two years from
now in the light of circumstances be
yond our control, such as the foreign
situation.
“However, many thanks for your
letter, and I would appreciate it very
much if you would let me know the
result of your inquiry.”
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MRS. THOMAS J. MOONEY,
The wife of the man serving a
life sentence for the 1916 Pre
paredness Day bombing at
San Francisco is shown read
ing a summary of the Cali
fornia Supreme Court decision
which denied his plea for free
dom'on a writ of habeas cor
pus. Mrs. Mooney then left
for San Quentin Prison to visit
her husband.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
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Jury Acquits Media Man of
Attempt to Murder
Four Children.
By I he Associated Press.
MEDIA. Pa., Oct. 30.—A jury to
night found Albert R. Knight guilty
on three charges of arson, but acquit
ted him of a charge he attempted to
burn to death his four children to
collect $120,000 irsurance.
Knight and his four children heard
the jury's verdict without any show
of emotion. * About 25 of Knight's
friends from his home town of Lans
downe also were present when the jury
reported to Delaware County Judge
John M. Broomall at 9:45 p.m.
Term May Be 4 to 29 Years.
The three charges on which Knight
was convicted carry with thpm a total
of from 4 to 29 years in prison. The
Jury found him guilty of:
1. Attempt to set fire to a dwelling
and chattels, penalty 1 to 2 years.
2. Firing a dwelling, penalty 2 to
20 years.
3. Firing chattels to defraud the |
insurer, penalty 1 to 7 years.
Knight's attorney announced he !
would ask for a new trial and re- 1
quested Judge Broomall to set bail for '
Knight's release. Broomall, however, |
refused on the grounds that Knight j
had been convicted of a felony and |
could not be admitted to bail. He
ordered him jailed.
Knight had been free on $10,000
bail during his trial.
Kissed Each of Children.
The former oil promoter kissed each
of his children good night and then
conferred in a whisper with Ruth, one
of the daughters. The children began
to cry as they left the court room.
Judge Broomall set November 15 as
the date for hearing arguments on
a new trial.
The jury deliberated almost 24 hours
before its decision was announced by
Mrs. Florence Hickey, housewife, of
Marcus Hook, who was foreman.
Knight was charged with setting
fire to his home last May to murder
his children and collect the insurance
on their lives.
He claimed he was returning
from' Washington, D. C„ on a dus
the night the fire was discovered and i
did not arrive home until two hours
after it had been extinguished.
He also testified that his house was
infested with insects and that he had 1
placed kerosene-soaked paper and
oakum in the basement to exterminate
them.
Assistant District Attorney William
A. Toal accused Knight of setting the
fire by a slow burning fuse and told
the jury it was "only an act of God”
by which Knight’s three daughters
and his son escaped death.
FREEDOM PLEA
State Supreme Court Spurns
Appeal—Case Before U. S.
High Tribunal Next.
By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.—The
State Supreme Court today smashed
Thomas J. Mooney's latest California
effort to upset his conviction 20 years
ago as a parade bomber—a case thrice
denounced by Government agencies
and by laboring classes around the
world.
The court sharply rejected Mooney’s
demand for freedom and vindication
on the ground that he was convicted
by perjury and frame-up. Five jus
tices subscribed to the opinion. The
sixth, Justice William H. Langdon,
dissented, contending Mooney should
be freed.
In San Quentin Prison, Mooney
said he had been ‘‘anticipating this
action for two years” and that the
case would go quickly before the
United States Supreme Court.
“We will make no attempt to go
before the State Supreme Court again,”
he said.
"Can Never Expect Justice.”
George T. Davis of Mooney counsel
said the decision was "unjust, unfair
and illogical * * * Mooney * * * never
can expect to have Justice In Cali
fornia.”
Describing Mooney as “outspokenly
hostile to our system of government,”
the majority decision cited his radical
activities and what it described as an
alleged threat against 1916 proponents
of preparedness prior to the explosion 1
which killed 10 and Injured 40
persons.
The court held Mooney had failed
to prove his prosecutors used perjury
or false evidence; failed to establish
him contention that they knew their
witnesses were perjurers, and that he
had not succeeded in showing that the
district attorney withheld evidence po
tentially favorable to his own case.
The decision dismissed as incredible
the great volumes of evidence which
Mooney produced—his alibi of the
street clocks, the recantations of an
eyewitness, John McDonald, and the
accusations of perjury against an
other State witness, the late Frank
C. Oxman.
Claims Photograph Alibi.
The explosion occurred at 2:06 p m.
Mooney produced photographs show'-j
ing him and his wife on the roof of
the Eilers Building, l\ miles from the
blast scene, and street clocks in the
picture pointing to 2:01 and 2:04.
He also produced new witnesses, w-ho
said they saw him on the Eilers roof
at that time.
■ An examination of the record.”
said tne decision, "disclosed that testi
mony of many witnesses failed to
place petitioner (Mooney) on the roof
of the Eilers Build'ng at the time dis
closed by the clock,
"Moreover, the statements made by
many of these same persons to police
shortly after the explosion disclosed in
most instances that petitioner and his
wife did not arrive on the Eilers
Building roof until after 2:30 p.m.”
Mooney has long contended that
the photographs disproved the story
of "eyewitnesses” that they saw him
at the bombing scene variously be
tween 1:40 p.m. and 2 p.m.
As it had in 1930. the court rejected !
the testimony of Warren K. Billings,
who was convicted also of the bomb
ing, that he was busy sabotaging au- i
tomobiles in behalf of a union on
parade day and was nowhere near the
places in which witnesses had him.
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untui I UNIUNb WILL PAT
TRIBUTE TO E. A. FILENE
National Association's Managing
Director to Give Address
Next Saturday.
Credit unions of the District and
Maryland will conduct a Pilene me
morial meeting at 8 p.m. Saturday in
the auditorium of the South Building
of the Agriculture Department.
Edward A. Pilene, Boston business
man who died in Paris on September
28, was the founder of the credit I
union movement in the United States. |
The organization now consists of 6.400
credit unions of working people with j
a membership of 1.500,000 persons.
At Saturday’s meeting, Roy F. j
Bergengren. managing director of the
Credit Union National Association,
will deliver the memorial address.
EDWARD J. HARDING DIES
Edward J. Harding, 72, father of
Edward J. Harding, jr„ managing di
rector of the Associated General Con
tractors of America here, died yes
terday at his home in Plainfield, N. J.,
after a long illness.
In addition to his son here, Mr.
Harding is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Julia Kerwin Harding; two daugh
ters, Miss Catherine Harding, also of
Washington, and Miss Grace Harding,
and another son, Louis R. Harding,
both of Plainfield.
Funeral services will be held in
Plainfield Tuesday.
Marx Brothers Convicted
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Chico and Groucho, two of the famous Marx brothers, as
they appeared in Los Angeles court at their trial on a charge of
violating the copyright law in a radio broadcast skit in which,
they took part. They xcere convicted and face sentence Monday.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
(Story on Page A-l.)
$250 Dug-Out Is Authorized
For U.S. Ambassador to China
A hurried exchange of telegrams
with State Department official here,
and dirt was flying in the compound
of the American Embassy at Nanking
as Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson dug
himself a bombproof shelter.
Not a fancy shelter, constructed on
scientific lines, but a plain, ordinary,
everyday hole in the ground with a
concrete slab for a roof.
His action is regarded here as purely
an emergency measure, since protec
tion of American property abroad is
strictly on an emergency basis—and
that goes for the protection of Amer
ican diplomats as well.
Diplomacy Ignores Danger.
How to protect government property
and employes abroad in times of dan
ger is a matter that's taken up when
the danger presents Itself. Prom the
standpoint of diplomacy, danger can't
be t anticipated.
There are no standardized plans for
the construction of bombproof shel-'
ters, gasproof chambers, riot barri
cades and the like.
isu IIUUI mo I IW11 M n * oiinwiv V ,
therefore, as to the effectiveness of
Ambassador Johnson’s $250 dugout.
The design was the Ambassador's own,
and it's doubtful if he used any formal
blueprints. All he got from Wash-f
ington was authorization to dig in and
good luck to him if any bombs came
his way.
Estimate Was S50 Short.
Not being trained as a contractor,
the Ambassador came out a bit wrong
on his estimates—his first figure was
$200—but the extra $50 was granted
without any delay.
All construction of Government
property overseas Is on the assump
tion, Government official say, that
there will be no need or occasion to
protect such property. No provision i
is made even for such minor pro- j
tective devices as steel shutters for !
windows.
How emergencies are dealt with is ;
indicated at the Consulate in Seville, ;
Spain, where threats of damage from
rioting brought construction of a
steel picket fence at a cost of $7,000. ;
GIRL, 15, MISSING
AT CHARLOTTESVILLE
Frances Tomlin Vanishes on Way
to Classes—Police Chief
Scouts Foul Play.
By tha Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va . Oct. 30.
—Charlottesville police said tonight
they had received no clue to the
whereabouts of Frances Tomlin, 15- |
year-old high school student, who ap
parently vanished between her home
and the school Tuesday.
Police Chief Maurice F. Greaver de
clared. however, that he did not be
lieve the pretty blond was the victim
of any foul play.
"But her parents informed us they
did not know of any reason the child
would go away voluntarily,” he added.
The girl's father, Sumner Tomlin,
is a filling station employe.
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GEORGE H. KOHRT RITtS
TO BE HELD TOMORROW
Interment to Be in Arlington
Cemetery With Military and
Masonic Honors.
By a Staff Correspondent ol The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va„ Oct. 30.—Fu
neral services for George H. Kohrt,
47, World War veteran, who died Fri
day at Walter Reed Hospital, Wash
ington, will be held from the residence,
1017 Reese court, at 1:45 p.m. Mon
day. "
Interment will be in Arlington Na
tional Cemetery with military and
Masonic honors.
Mr. Kohrt was a first lieutenant of
infantry with the A. E. F. and was
wounded in action. He was treated in
several veterans' hospitals afterward.
His death Friday, however, followed a
short illness.
He was a member of United States
Treasury Post, No. 35, American Le
gion; Heroes of 1776; Parish Lodge,
No. 292, ‘A. F. and A. M., and the Na
tional Sojourners’ Club, Washington.
Mr. Kohrt is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Alecia M. Kohrt; a daughter,
Mrs. Kathleen L. Swann; four sisters,
Mrs. J. W. Hunter, Mrs. Augusta Ul
horn, Mrs. Otto LanghofI and Mrs.
Herman LanghofI, and two brothers,
R. W. Kohrt and G. A. Kohrt.
HIT TWICE ON ROAD,
VIRGINIA MAN DIES
Waxpool Resident Struck by
Truck After Being Felled
by Another Vehicle.
By the Associated Press.
LEESBURG. Va.. Ort. 30.—Wilmer
Mills. 35, of Waxpool, Loudoun County, j
apparently struck by a hit-and-run
driver and then run over by a truck I
as he lay helpless on the Winchester- |
Washington highway near here, died j
today shortly after he was admitted i
to Loudoun Hospital.
A coroner's inquest absolved D. K.
Frampton, truck driver, of Oxford,
Pa., of blame in the death. Framp
ton testified the man was lying in
the road when his truck struck him.
Medical evidence introduced stated
that Mills had been injured pre- j
vkmsly.
1.500 POLICEMEN GUARD
942 GERMAN MARCHERS
Bund Members’ Parade Through
Yorkville Cheered and Booed
by Spectators.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 30—Policemen
outnumbered marchers by 500 today
along the route of Nazi-minded mem
bers of the German-American Bund
through Yorkville, Manhattan's "Lit
tle Germany.”
Though spectators booed and
cheered as lustily as any of the after
noon’s football crowds. Police Com
missioner Lewis J. Valentine called
it "a very orderly parade.”
Only one nose was punched—a
young man made the mistake of
hoisting his arm in the Nazi salute in
the middle of a hostile group.
Twenty-six American flags and six
Nazi banners waved in the parade.
Packed from 3 to 10 deep along
the curbs, spectators were held back,
by 1.300 policemen and 200 detectives.
Police clocked 942 marchers. Expect
ed New Jersey and Pennsylvania units
didn't arrive.
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ADVERTISE FOR NURSES
AFTER STAFF RESIGNS
Omaha Officials Seek to Replace
27 Who Have Quit in
Salary Dispute.
By the Associated Press.
OMAHA, Nebr., Oct. 30.—“Wanted:
Nurses for Douglas County Hospital
duty, to work for prevailing wage
scale, board, room and laundry.”
That advertisement, ordered pub
lished in a newspaper Sunday, was
the Douglas County commissioners’
answer today to the mass resignation
yesterday of the entire nursing staff of .
the institution, effective November 5. ;
Twenty-two nurses—27 others have ;
quit in the last 60 days because the :
county had no funds to pay them— j
said they would quit unless the county
gives them their back pay in cash, a j
$10 a month increase, and more help. .
The resignation yesterday was to be ,
effective November 1, but the nurses '
later granted a four-day extension. ■
The commissioners also discussed ,
closing the institution, but settled on t
no means of disposing of the 356
patients. Commissioners indicated (
they may vote a wage increase next |
week. (
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Capital Man Honored.
CHICAGO, October 30 </P).—'The t
Refrigerating Machinery Association
at its annual meeting here today t
elected S. E. Lauer, York, Pa., as s
chairman of its Standards Committee: {
A. H. Baer. Harrison. N. J.. as first vice i
president, and William B. Henderson t
of Washington as executive vice preai-; i
dent. a
Ickes to Speak in Forum
CONSERVATION TOPIC OF CABINET OFFICER.
Of uic noovvi»v»» *
CONSERVATION of the natural
resources of the United States
will be discussed by Secretary
of the Interior Ickes in an
address tomorrow night on the Na
tional Radio Forum, sponsored jointly
by The Washington Evening Star and
the National Broadcasting Co.
The program is broadcast over a
Nation-wide network at 10:30 p.m.
and is heard locally through Station
WMAL.
Mr. Ickes’ talk will deal with a sub
ject that is regarded as one of the
most important long-range objectives
of the present administration. The
Department of Interior has wide
jurisdiction over natural resources at
this time and Mr. Ickes, a firm ad
herent to the belief they should be
conserved to avoid impoverishing the
Nation in future years, has made a
thorough study of the subject.
There is a proposal before Congress
to change the name of the Depart
ment of Interior to the Department of
Conservation. Should this change be
made, additional activities dealing
with the national resources may be
placed under the jurisdiction of the
department.
One of the most interesting recent
proposals for resource conservation
contemplates the •establishment of
seven "regional T. V. A.’»The ob
SECRETARY 1CKES.
Jective of this proposal is to develop
all the major watersheds in a manner
similar to that followed along the Ten
nessee River—a program of power de
velopment, flood control and the pres«
ervation of timber and soil resource#.
MALIPIERO GIVEN
Concert by String Quartet
Featured Program Honor
ing Italian Composer.
By ALICE EVERSMAN.
Pounders’ day at the Library of Con
gress of the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Foundation was celebrated yesterday
afternoon with a concert by the Cool
idge Quartet and the annual pre
sentation of the medal awarded for
outstanding services to chamber music.
A large and distinguished audience
filled the hall, which has already out
grown its capacity through the interest
awakened in music circles by the pro
grams sponsored by Mrs. Coolidge. At
nearly all of the concerts by the mast
prominent ensemble groups which
make up the winter series at the li
brary every seat is taken long before
the opening hour, and many throng
the corridors hoping to be admitted.
The high point of this opening event
is the honoring of the individual who
has contributed mast to the advance
ment of this branch of music. Intro
duced by Mr. Spivacke, head of the
music division. Mrs. Coolidge an
nounced that this year's choice was the
eminent Italian composer, Gian Fran
cesco Malipiero. With a few words,
she contrived to give an idea of his
personality and of the earnest and
seeking character of his talent, and
spoke of him as a composer who had
•'illumined modern Italy and modern
art.” The Italian Ambassador, Signor
de Suvich, received the medal for the
composer, who is in Italy at present.
with a graceful speech of acceptance.
The program played by the Cool
idge Quartet comprised the "Cantari
alia Madrigalesca" by Malipiero,
"Quartet No. 3 in B flat" by Rossini,
and Beethoven’s "Quartet in E flat,
op. 127.” Malipiero’s work is full of
changing moods indicated by the
character of the melodies he he*,
woven together with sucb expertnesr
In a frame of modern harmonization
one finds street songs, a vesper
hvmn, the spirit of the carnival, a
lullaby, merging one into the other
with brilliant effect. The work is
written fulsomely and genuinely with
many adept turns of phrase.
The mood of the entire program
was a joyous one beginning with a
delightful quartet by Rossini. Com
posed about the time when he was an
ardent Mozart scholar, it has murlt
of the delicacy of the master with
the indisputable stamp of the style
that was to w:in Rossini fame in iar«
years. Concluding the concert w?r
the charming quartet of Beethoven's
which has come to be known as "La
Gaiete” and which is redolent of the
brighter musical hues and felicitous '
construction that he at times so thor
oughly delighted in.
The members of the quartet, Wil
liam Kroll and Nicolai Berezowsky,
violins; Nicolas Moldavan. viola, and
Victor Gottlieb, cello, gave a superb
performance of all three numbers.
They have grown immeasurably since
last year in sensitiveness of ensemble
and in the fine etching of phrase.
Their playing yesterday was polished
in subtle details, colorful in variety
and brilliant in dynamic emphasis
and the audience was hearty in its ,
recognition of their artistry.
BEEHAN-O’HARA SUIT
POSTPONED BY COURT
Continuance in $100,000 Action
Asked for and Received by
Race Track Owner.
By the Associated Press.
PRIVIDEJJCE. R. I.. Oct. SO —
Federal Judge John C. Mahoney to
day granted a postponement until De
cember 1 in the $100,000 civil suit
brought by William E. Beehan. New
York advertising man, against Walter
E. O'Hara, race track owner and pub
lisher. Attorneys for O'Hara asked
for the continuance.
At that time, the respondent must
file pleas or demurrers to the suit,
which is based on an allegedly libelous
attack made on Beehan in the Star
Tribune extra of September 8.
Judge Charles A. Walsh today en
tered a decree in Superior Court ad
judging the Providence Tribune Co.,
publisher of O'Hara's Star-Tribune,
guilty of contempt and at the same
time purging it of contempt by rea
son of an explanation published by
that newspaper yesterday.
The contempt action grew out as
a result of an allegedly false inter
view attributed to Judge Walsh in
the Star-Tribune on Wednesday. The
publishing company was ordered to
print an explanation, which it did yes
terday, and the explanation has been
found satisfactory by Judge Walsh.
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Business Dispute Fatal.
BOSTON. Oct. 30 C4*).—A business
dispute during a card game between
three partners in a cafe today brought
death to two of them and possible
fatal injuries to the third.
Archellio Victor, 60. of Quincy died
jf gunshot wounds and Emelio Che
?eni, 55. died of knife injuries. An
thony De Maino, 25, wounded by gun
ire, was reported in critical condi
tion.
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Former Banker
Again Loses in
Clemency Plea
For the second time, the Parole
3oard yesterday denied clemency to
3enedict M. McNeil, who is serving
rom eight months to four years st"*
jorton in connection with the col
apse of the Park Savings Bank.
McNeil, assistant cashier of the
nstitution which did not open after
he bank holiday of 1933, went to
>rison in April, 1936. He sought
>arole last January, but was turned
lown. The present application was
eceived in August and heard Friday
,t Lorton.
In the decision yesterday, which was *.
innounced as being unanimous, the
loard said that "parole should be
lenied without prejudice to the right
if the applicant to renew his applica
ion at any time after six months
rom this date.” McNeil’s "short
erm” would end May 19, 1939.
The former banker was convicted on
wo counts. The first charged con
piracy to embezzle $50,000. and the
econd, to steal $50,000. The indict
ments named also his father, Alexan- v
er McNeil, since dead, and Robert
itunz. the cashier, who committed
uicide.
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