Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1932, Page 11

ELECTION JULY 3 ASSURED BY PAPEN South German States Hear Dictator Plea as Attack Is Made in Liepzig. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 23.—While counsel for | the State of Prussia was arguing before the Supreme Court at Leipzig today | that federal dictatorship over his gov- ernment was illegal, Chancellor Franz von Papen assured representatives of the south German states gathered at Stuttgart that the dictatorship would not interfere with the important Reich- stag elections to be held July 31. | The court action at Leipzig, aimed at stopping the federal government’s mailed fist in the State of Prussia, will not reach a decision until Monday. ‘The Prussian argument was that there was no constitutional authority for fed- eral interference in the state's affairs, and even if there were the state’s cabi- net was removed without any oppor- tunity for the members to answer what- ever charges the central government had against them. Join in Protest. Several southern states joined in the Prussian protest to the coutt. The at- titude of this section of Germany was further shown at the Stuttgart confer- ence which grew out of the fears of the other states that dictatorship might be extended to them. An official communique issued after the Stuttgart meeting said the south- ern representatives had received with satisfaction assurances from Chancellor von Papen that the Reich government did not intend to infringe on their rights. ‘The appointment of a feds missioner to administer Prussia, chancellor said, was only a temporary measure and there never had been any plan to extend it to other states that were peaceable. Indications tonight were that from now until election cay there will be littie peace and quiet in Germany. As the campaign drew toward its final week all parties were determined to fight to the last ditch, and the events in Prussia have added fuel to the flames of hatred throughout the nation. Adolf Hitler, leader of the strong arm National Socialist party, will spend the Test of the campaign in an airplane tour of the country. Dr. Alfred Hugen- berg, head of the Nationalist party, which wants to restore the monarck faces a full schedule of stump speeche: Dr. Heinrich Bruening, deposed a: chancellor to make way for Herr von Papen, is visiting city after city. The campaign already has reached a higher &lrh of excitement than was fore the Tecent presidential election. Radio Speeches Nightly. Every night, beginning Monday. the claims of the varous parties will heard over the radio. The government has assigned a half hour to each group. What effect Chancellor von Papens seizure of Prussia will have on the voting is a difficult matter to estimate. Those who believe in a strong hand in- sist that the electorate will approve ruthless action by the government. Those who believe in demceratic parlia- mentarianism hope the voters will rally to the parties of the Left in protest. The election was made necessary by the maneuver which resulted in the substitution of Von Papen for Bruening in the charcellorship. When Von Papen took office at the beginning of last month it was apparent the Reichstag would not give him a vote of confidence. For that reason, President von Hinden- burg xssu_ed a decree of dissolution. The constitution provides that an election must follow dissolution within 60 days, BANK INTRUDER FLEES BEFORE POLICE ARRIVE Autoist Sees Armed Man Beyond Open Window, But No Evi- dence of Burglary Is Found. Police investigating a report that a man armed with a gun was seen last night in the bank of the American Building Association, 300 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, found a window in the rear of the building open, but no trace of the supposed intruder William Laakso. 300 block B s southeast, said he was parking on the B street side of the b he saw an armed man just insi open window. He was unable to say whether the man remained in the building or departed after being scen by Laakso. Police entered the building by the window and searched it from basement to roof without finding evidence of burglary. Bank officials were notified. OPEN-AIR TALKS SET Maurice Fay and Miss Helen Connolly will be speakers at a public opcr meeting of the Catholic Ev afternoon o'cl campus of Catholic Univ “Con- fession and Inspiration of the Scrip- tures” will be the subjects discussed. The meeting will be near the H wood road entrance to the = EDUCATIONAL. SUMMER SCHOOL ADULTS AND CHILDREN Art—Interior Decoration Costume Design Low Tuitions Livingstone Academy 1333 F St. _ Met. 2583 _REDUCED SUMMER RATES— 1t's easy to learn any modern language by our conversational method. Private or class instruct vear Present this adsertisement for freeefiat Tesson. "t Berlitz School of Languages 1115 Connecticut Ave., Tel. Sterling 9369 ollm.m.vlou ACADEMY Fully acer dited. for college or busi- ness. 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Overholt has been named director-general of the third annual | Mountain _State Forest Festival at Elkins, W. Va., which will be held Octo- ber 6, 7 and 8, it was anncunced today. Mr. Overholt said he had discussed preliminarily plans for the festival with Gov, Conley, Secretary of Agriculture Gore and other State officials and they had expressed their desire to co-operate, | lalong with civic and business leaders. | The dates were decided upon last year | jat the.close cf the second annual fes- tival | Several new featurcs are promised | this year, although the ceremony sur- | rounding 'the Court of Queen Silvia, 3d —the festival queen—remain a fixed feature. Princesses to her court are be- ing appointed by Gov. Conley, each of West Virginia's United States Senators and Representatives and each senior State Senator. 'THREE PERSONS HURT IN UNUSUAL MISHAPS [Man Burned as Seat of Auto Catches Fire—Rat Bites Girl. Motorist's Leg Broken. The victims of three unusual mis- haps were treated at Casualty Hospital last night. William H. Forney, 25, of 3105 Ely | street southeast. was given first aid for burns said to have been received when the seat of his automobile caught fire. { Doctors did not learn whether the blaze was set by a short circuit or a misplaced | cigarette. { Ailene Elmendorf. 9 months old, of the 700 block of C street northeast, was taken to the hospital, her parents told physicians, after a rat had bitten her on the arm. northeast, wes cranking his car in the | 00 plock of Rhode Island avenue last night when the motor started in gear. Kienest's machine mashed him against | another car and he suffered a fractured leg. | SUICIDE VERDIGT GIVEN | IN A. B. ADKINS DEATH | Coroner's Jury Passes on Case of Prisoner Found Hanging by Shirt in No. 4 Station. A verdict of suicide was returned by a coroner's jury yesterday inquiring | into the death of Archie Bruce Adkins, 32, 900 block of K street, who hanged himself while a prisoner at No. 4 police | station early the same morning. | Adkins was under arrest on a charge of drunkenness. He was found sus-| pended by his shirt, which he had looped around his neck and fastened to an iron bar in the cell. He was cut | down by Policemen W. V. Watts end J. G. Middlethon. "Joseph Kienest, 33, of 1950 Otis street | | a Police Court GILBERT H. OVERHOLT. would come from southern West Vir- ginia. Mr. Overholt, heading the project this ar, has been interested in civic affairs in Elkins. In 1931 he served as chair- It was indicated the queen this year | man of the Festival Finance Committee. EXHIBITORS SETTLE SUIT AGAINST HAYS Cleveland Motion Picture Theaters Drop Allegation of Restraint of Trade. By the Assoclated Press NEW YORK, July 23.—The suit brought by the Cleveland, Ohio, Mo- tion Picture Exhibitors’ Association against the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc, | opinion in claiming that Fort Mariscal | TWO0 G charging discriminatory practices in re- straint of trade, was settled out of court today. The settlement was arrived at after a four-hour conference in the Bar Asso. ttended, among others, following statement “The negotiations for an understand- ing between the Motion Picture Exhibi- tors of Cleveland were concluded today. “Understandings reached between the theaters interested were satisfactory to all parties and believed fair to all under the particular theater conditions in Cleveland. The agreement provides for arbitration in the event of further dis- putes.” Elias Duke, 49, and William A. Keys, arrested in a raid on the Sunshine Bottling Works, first block of N street northeast, and who were convicted b} jury last week on charge of possession of liquor, wer sentenced to 60 days in jail and $500 fine or 60 days. respectively, by Judge John P. McMahon vesterday Police raided the ‘bottling works” April 29 and seized a quantity of alco- hol and beer. After repeated contin- uances the men were convicted July president of the de- | ) STAR, WASHINGTON PROGRESS SLIGHT IN BRAZIL REVOLT Federals Advance From Minas Geraes Province. Chaco Debate Continues. By the Assoclated Press, BUENOS AIRES, July 23.—While Brazil continued in the throes of a| civil war, with neither side apparently gaining advantage, Paraguay and Bo- livia continued today to fight the battle of the Chaco with statements. Revolutionary representatives of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, announced here tonight that the Paulists con- tinued to hold all major sectors along the battle lines. They charged that restlessness was | growing in Rio de Janeiro and declared | that most of the troops of the State of | Rio Grande do Sul had declined to aid | the government. The revolutionaries expected “favorable developments with- in 48 hours. Federal sources in Rio de Janeiro had a different story, although it was conceded that a lack of enthusiasm in’ | several nominally loyal States was ham- ( pering a decisive offensive against the Paulists, who rebelled two weeks ago and demanded immediate return to constitutional government. Federal forces none the less kept the fighting almost entirely on enemy soil along a 200-mile front between the States of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janerio. | To the south the Federals were advanc- ing out of Minas Geraes and today oc- cupled Faxina, a railroad town 60 miles northeast of Itarare and some 200 miles southwest of Sao Paulo City. The revolutionists had got into the State of Rio dz Janeiro near Parat, however, it was revealed in a dispatch telling of a battle there during which | a rebel captain was wounded and| captured. | Official statements came today from | | both La Paz, Bolivia, and Asuncion, | | Paraguay, in the 50-year-old dispute | { over the Chaco territory between these countries. | _ From Asuncion came the charge that | Bolivia was trying to deceive public | | had been captured. The Paraglayans i said they had recaptured Fort Antonio | Iopez, and offered to prove the two | forts were 90 miles apart with Bult\'-‘ ian maps. | The Paraguayan government formed party leaders today that all | exiles, except Communist agitators, may | return. This was construed as invit- | ing poljtical support. | ‘The newspaper Intransigente at Salta. | | Argentina. said Bolivia was trucking 100 tons of provisions into Villa Monte, | Chaco, and was also concentrating air- planes there. La Paz dispatches said messages from | a1l parts of Bolivia pledging uncondi- tional support to the government, ven in the extreme case of war with Para- | guay.” continued to pour into the presi- | dential palace. - CABMAN CAUSES ARREST Sylvester Blackman, 19, colored. 1300 | block of W street, was arrested and held | for investigation yesterday shortly after a taxi driver had reported an attempt | to rob him at Second and Peabody | | streets. The driver, Fletcher Goins, | 400 block of H street southwest, told police he was held up shortly after | noon. | Blackman was arrested by Detective | Sergt. Elmer Lewis and Officer L. A. D. C, JULY 24, 1932—PART ONE. New Find Indicates Prehistoric Belief In Adam and Eve Piece of Clay Depicting Couple and Serpent Is Uncovered. By the Associated Pri PHILADELPHIA, July 23.—A piece of clay bearing evidence that the story of Adam and Eve was known in pre- historic times, is among 2,000 antiquities Which bave arrived at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, it was an- nounced today. The objects were found at Tepe Gawra and Tell Billa in Mesopotamia, by the joint expedition of the museum and the American Schools of Oriental Research. Dr. E. A. Speiser, ficld director of the expedition, sald of the piece of clay: t is & seal impression upon clay dating from the eighth period of Gawra. The impression shows two human beings, walking dejectedly and with bent bodies, the female holding on to the bearded male. Behind the couple rises the figure of a serpent. “The subject matter is similar to the account of Adam and Eve. It furnishes definite proof that stories related to the Adam and Eve episode were known as early as the beginning of the fourth millennium. The biblical passage can now be traced back to prehistoric times.” $32,000 DAMAGES ASKED John Hastings Blames Traction Company for Injuries. John Hastings, 419 Sixth street northeast, has filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $32,000 dam- ages from the Capital Traction Co. for alleged personal injuries. He says he was a_passenger on & car of the cdin- pany March 24 last and while he was alighting at_Pennsylvania avenue and Four-and-a-Half street the vehicle was put in motion and he was thrown vio- lently to the ground, sustaining serious injury. ‘Atforney Willlam Wendell appears for the plaintiff. % ET SCHOLARSHIPS War Department Permits Accept- ance by West Pointers. Two of the recent graduates of the United States Military Academy were given permission by the War Depart- ment esterday to accept Rhodes scholarships for two years' study at OX- ford University, England, with the pri ilege of applying for an extra year. The young_second lieutenants are Roger Derby Black, jr., Field Artillery, Fort Washington, Long Island. and James J. McCormick, jr.. Corps of En- gineers, Chatham, La. They have been placed on the detached list of the Army and will sail for England on the trans- port Roosevelt, September 14. $72 IN BILLS STOLEN Beauty Shop Owner Reports Her Loss to Police. Marie Rowley. 600 block of Pennsy vania avenue southeast, owner of the Margaret Beauty Shop. reported to po- lice yesterday that $72 in bills was stolen from a pocketbook in her estab- lishment. Jeanette Powell, 19, of the 800 block of G street southeast was arrested by 12, | Crabbin as he emerged from a nearby | Officer C. R. Burr of No. 4 precinct. through the efforts of Assistant United woods. He was taken to the sixth pre- | Police reported $69 was recovered. 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Since the last day in the month falls on a Sunday, taxpayers must be on hand at the Assessor’s Office before the close of business next Saturday in order to escape the penalty for tardi- ness. dUp to the close of business yester- ay, listing a total property tax of $700,067, of which tangibles account for $233, 603 and intangibles $466464. The Assessor estimates that 23,200 persons with taxable personalty have not yet filed their returns, or in other words there are more left to file in one week than have actually made their returns in the past three weeks. This will undoubtedly result in a jam gur- ing the closing hours of Saturday, "2nd accordingly every taxpayer is urged to make his return early. Returns sent in by mail will escape penalty if they bear a postmark be- fore midnight Sunday. Information as to taxable property mayv be obtained at Room 103, District Building. COL. GRANT TO LEAVE WEDNESDAY FOR EUROPE Month's Trip Abroad Will Be First Extended Vacation Since World War. Taking his first vacation in 10 years, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, will leave here Wednesday for a month' visit in Europe. Due to the economy act, he is taking the vacation without ay. P&, Grant will sail Thursday aboard the Hamburg-American liner Deutsch- | Mrs, Grant and their | land for France. three daughters have been on a tour of Mediterranean countries and the col- onel expects to join them in Paris. The forthcoming trip, Col. Grant's associates say, Wwill be his first ex- tended leave since shortly after the World War. In his absence, Capt. E N. Chisolm, jr., who is also an officer in the Engi- neer Corps, is slated to be the acting director. i 4 CONCERTS PLANNED Four band concerts will be held in the city’s parks this week as follows: Tomorrow evening, the Army Band will play in Montrose Park, Thirty-first and R _streets; Tuesday evening. Navy Band. District of Columbia World War Memorial in West Potomac Park; Thursday evening, Marine Band, Dis- trict War Memorial, and Friday eve- ning, Community Civic Band, Wash- ington Circle, Twenty-third street and Pennsylvania Avenue. ‘The concerts will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Allowance 14,807 returns had been filed, | * B3 Tiny Jet of Water Harnessed to Cut Toughest Alloys Science Tests Airplane Metals for Effect of Weather. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, July 23.—To protect the world aircraft as they hurtle through storms, bearing their precious cargoes of human life, harnessed water and made it cut the hardest steel. L. W. Chubb, research director for | Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., announced tonight that a tiny jet of 'water directed with terrific force against the toughest alloys, has been made to chisel through the metal. The purpose is to determine the rate at which different metals wear away as they slash through moisture-laden atmosphere at meteoric speed. The jet of water reproduces on the steel in' & few minutes the wear which would take place o airplane propellers spinning at tremendous speed through rain and fog for months. Thus experts can make an intelli- gent study of how various types of propellers stand up under the strain | of whirling through water-laden space. GROCERS’ EXCURSION SET FOR WEDNESDAY Thirtieth Annual Outing Will Be at Marshall Hall, With Varied Amusements. The thirtieth annual Grocers excur- | sion, sponsored by the Retail Grocer: Protective Association, will be leld Wedncsday at Marshall Hall. The boat will leave the Seventh Street Wharf at 10 am, 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Outstanding in a program of ath letic events will be a base ball game for the market championship, to be played between the Union and South- west Market teams. Other events will be 200-yard dashes for boys and girls under 15 years; a potato race for men and women over {21; a peanut race: rolling pin con- {test, guessing contest. and a spot dancing contest. Prizes will be awarded in all events. John Brayshaw is president of the association. Other officers are J Riehl. first vice president: Charles Harbin, second vice president; B. B Allison, treasurer; F. A. Dodge, sec- retary, and E. J. Reamer, attorne Mr. Allison is chaiman of the arrang | ments committee. WATCH TO BE GIFT | Charles B. Davis, retired as chief messenger of the War Department July 1. after 64 years continuous serv. ice, will be presented with a gold | watch as a gift from his many fiends |in the office of the chief of staff of the Army tomorrow at 11 o'clock. Chief Clerk A. Gerhard will make |the presentation. Mr. Davis entered the War Department in 1864 under Secretary of War Stanton. 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