Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1933, Page 2

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, CITY MANAGERPLAN INVITES VOTE MOVE Roosevelt Told Move to Alter Organic Act Will Bring Franchise Demand. (Continued Prom First Page) | of District Commissioners Luther H Reichelderfer (who is president of the, board) and Gen. Herbert B. Crosby. the civilian Commissioner, has become | not only a mystery, but also a source of some irritation to local Democrats. Several reasons have been advancea r the delay in making the appoint- . The first is that the President has had matters of great national im- port to keep him busy and to keep hun from giving time to cousidering tne many candidates who have been rec-, ommended for these two places. The Nation, it is said, must come ahead of the Natiopal Capital, which is getting ' along vers well under its present ex-| ecutive hends. Another suggestion is that the Presi- dent censidering the advisability of proposing to Congress e change in the form of government in the District of | Columbia_and that when he has made up his mind about that matier he will offer District Comuussioner appoint- ments with a string tied to them, an understanding that the new Commis- sioners will make no trouble their offices if a new 13 eaid that the Presideny will offer | these appointments with a definite agreement they are to last, for example, for only a year and that the Commis- sioners will muke no effort to block tne adoption of the city manager plan A third reason for the delay may be found in the fact that a large number | of candidates for the office ol Commis- sioner, some of them with very strong backing, have been recommended and that the selection of only two is bound to bring heart burnings and resentment Somebody’s toes are likely to be trod ‘upon. Among the “Possibilities.” ‘The local Democratic organization, represented by John B. Costello, Dem- ecratic national committeeman, and | John B. Colpoys. chairman of the| Democratic State Central Committee of | the District. has recommended Malcolm 8. McConihe and Ernest G. Walker for | eppointment as District Commissioners. ! he organization is standing on those | commendations. ‘There are others who have rong backing including Melvin C. Hazen, for years surveyor of the District, who has been forwarded by Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who head- | Roosevelt Inaugural Committee, | ead other influential Democrats. The woman_member of the Democratic Na- tional Committee for the District. Mrs. | den Harriman, has her advocates. McNamara, Joseph J. Cotter, | Qeorge Allen and many others are on '.‘)fi_ list of Commissioner “possibilities.” he recommendations for appoint- ment as District Commissioner have been handed to Postmaster General | Farley. who als man of the Dem mittee and chief dispenser of patronage for the administration. Weeks ago it was reported that Mr. Farley had sent to the President a list of from four to £ix names from which to pick the two Comm And predictions have been 1 from week to week that the President was soon to make the ap- pointments. If the President turns down the local Democratic organization in the selec- tion of the District Commissioners it is not likely to make for harmony in Democratic ranks here. It is known that the organization as represented by | Mr. Costello and Mr. Colpoys was not !ice PNCHOT RENVES considered Wwhen the recent gppoiut- ment of Charles A. Jones to be manager | for the District of the Home Owners'| toan Corporation was made. Shoud | there be no recognition of the organiza- | tion in the seleciion of the District gov- | ernment heads, the situation politically | in the District will be more muddled than ever. It would be a surprising state of affairs if the President ignored entire- Iy the organization in 2view of the man- | ner in which the controlling elements in the local organization fought for the | nomination of President Roosevelt at the | Chicago convention a year ago, voting the District’s six votes solidly under the unit rule for Roosevelt, when part of the delegation was secking desper- | ately to break away. | Mrs. Norton For Citizens. i Mrs. Norton, chairman of the House | District Committee, is absent from ashington. It is known, however, at she looks with approvel on the idea that the citizens of Washingion should be given a greater voice in the | conduct of their own government, and it is believed that she would not be | averse to allowing them to elect the head or heads of the city government Senator King. asked vesterday if he approved the plan to have a city man- sger for Washington, said | “The city is too big and too impor- tant to put one man st its head as manager and to look after legislation— the imposition of ordinances and regu- | lations—as well s the executive ad-| ministration.” Senator King said that he might agree to the appointment of a city manager to be the executive head of | the District government, provided a commission of three was retained 1o deal with all “legislation.” the formu Jation of police regulations, the deter- mination of school building. water de- velopment, zoning and the like. “It might be mdvisable to appoint & city manager who would carry out the | policies of the Board ef Cominission- ers” Senator King said. But he quick- Iy added A “I consider Washington the best governed city in the country todey. We have had excellent Commissioners in the past Republican and Democrat alike. Under the present system, each Commissioner becomes & manager in his own department, executing the commands_of Cony Board of Commission: tive capacity. I see no reason to advo cate a change in the form of govern- ment.” Praises Incumbents. nator King paid tribute to the in- cu;s:bem Commissioners, Reichelderfer and Crosby, whom he characterized as i en. * A " fi'nIe \X“:)uld oppose the franchise here, said Senator King, when he was asked what his attitude would be to the elec- tion by the people of a city umn:}g'e‘l if the proposal came up in Congress There are other members of Congress. however, who feel strongly that the people of the District should be given vote. g Senator King said that because he did not advocate a change in the com- mission form of government for the District did not mean that he was not in favor of some reorganization of the| Jocal government. He is at present| chairman_of a subcommittee of the District Committee which is surveying the District government for the very purpose of recommending changes. He suggested, for example, that all the police in the District, including the park poice, should be consolidated in one force, for the sake of economy and He suggested that there should be a wuw)hduguu _n{ }:ux‘cll iny ncies for the District, too. 's;fi:or King said that he had scrupulously refrained fron ecominend- ing to the President any of the can- didates for Commissioner. He is chair- man of the committee which must pass upon the nominations when they s:nt to the Senate by the President Fe has, however, recommended to the President that the District Commis- sioners be appointed without further delay, on the ground that the present Commissioners, knowing that they were soon to go out of office, must feel that their hands are tied when it comes to making plans for the future govern- :m‘ of the District. f Democrat Replaées Republican As Home Loan James G. Strong Will Be’ Assistant to New Appointee. By the Assoclated Press. A former Republican H,e?reaenhu\'e. who three weeks ago came ‘into a key | position in the Home Loan Board wus supplanted yesterday by a Democrat. James G. Strong, & formnr House member from Kansas, at one time tne | ranking member of the House Banking Committee, was transformed from | treasurer of the Home Loan Board to, assistant treasurer. He was replaced | in the higher position by Patrick J.| Maloney, & Democrat from Columbia | City, Ind. | Several days ago Indiana Democratic leaders informed their home folks the change was to be made. | Strong declined to discuss the shift| other than to say that he “came here | as temporary treasurer of the corpo- ration.” Temporary Status Unmentioned. ‘The Home Loan Board in its an- nouncement of the selection of Strong on June 21 did not mention the tem- porary character of the appointment. It id- ~ - Announcement wes made today by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board | that Jumes G. Strong of Blue Raplas, Kans., former member of Congress, has been elected as treasurer of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, which is now being formed by authority of the ‘home owners’ loan act of 1933 ap- proved June 13. Mr. Strong began his duties as treasurer today and will have offices in the new corporation’s head quarters, Department of Commerce Building." The statement told of Strong's serv- in Congress, his previous history and record in the House of Representa- tives. In the announcement yesterday the board said: The Federal Home Loan Bank Board has selected Patrick J. Maloney of Co- lumbia City, Ind., to be treasurer of the Home Owuers’ Loan Corporation. He succeeds the Hon. James G. Strong, who resigned to accept the posotion of assistant treasurer. At the board's offices inquirers were told to “draw your own conclusions.” Salaries Not to Exceed $10,000. | The salaries of the two were not men- tioned. The board under the law has | authority to fix the salaries of its own employes, the only limitation being that they shail not exceed the $10,000 yearly paid members of the board. Earlier in the week William F. Ste- venson. chairman of the board, said the employes of the new corporation were being chosen entirely on merit, but added “naturally we are not select- ing Republicans to carry out the po cies of a Democratic administration.” The newly named treasurer is 50 ' owners. LABOR SECRETARY | |Woman Accused of Foment-| ing Strikes May Be Given Northrup Place. By the Associated Press. HARRISEURG, Pa., July 15 —Facing strikes and industrial difficulties, into which have come charges that the State is filled with sweatshops, Gov. Pinchot, whose wife has appeared in picket lines, today dismissed his secre- tary of labor and indicated that he might appoint the woman he has named as acting secretary. | Charges that Miss Charlotte E. Carr. the acting secretary, had been foment- ing strikes were made by the dismissed Dr. A. M. Northrup. Yesterday Northrup resigned, effec- tive August 1. The Governor accepted the resignation. but that was yesterday. Today the chief executive came back with the statement that the charges against Miss Carr were ridiculous, that he had asked for Northrup's resignation and that the secretary was dismissed forthwith. Reading Hosiery Strike. ‘The upheaval in these first days of increasing employment finds 10,000 hos- workers on strike at Reading. | Estimates of textile workers who are out at Scranton run as high as 5.000 and smaller groups here and there have quit work in demand for high wages and improved working conditions. A long investigation into sweatshop conditions has just been concluded by a committee to which the Governor | named Mrs. Pinchot. There was testi- mony that women and girls on small salaries found themselves owing their employers at the end of the week . through fines for tardiness and wasted material. Mrs. Pinchot paraded at the head of a line of youtbful needle-workers in' | Allentown, who were among the first to strike. The independent Republican Governor has offered to call & special session of the Legislature to enact minimum wage and maximum hour laws if the Repub- lican organization, which he has fought for years, will gusrantee suficient voles for the adop n of such legislation. “What's the use?” Pinchot asked yes- terday in discussing the possibility of such a session Pinchot today said he had “not been satisfied” with Northrup's conduct of the department. He termed as “too illy for words” and “pure nonsense” the allegations that Miss Carr had fomented strikes and been respansible for a $600000 cut in the department| appropriations. 1 Miss Carr was & bureau chief in the labor department during Pinchot's first term. She was deputy secretary until June 1, when the Legislature abolished | the office by striking out salary pro- | visions. For a month and & half she! has been chief of the Buresu of Inspec- | tion. She has refused to comment on Nerthrup® 193¢ United States sematorial race, which they expect either Gov. or | Mrs. Pinchot to run, view the Northrup incident as further widening of the breach between Finchot and former United States Senator Joseph R. Grundy. Northrup was affiliated with Grundy through Judge John 8. Fine of Wilkes- Barre. FORMER HOYA GOLF ACE DENIES WOMAN’S CHARGE Wilson Says $100,000 Suit for Se- duction and Breach of Prom- ise Is Baseless. | By the Associated Press. GREENSBORO, N. C, July 15— Richard Howe (Dick) Wilson of South- ern Pines, former Georgetown University golf star, denied allegations of Kath- ryn Conners of Chicago in an answer filed in Federal Court here today to her suit asking $100,000 for alleged breach of promise and seduction. | Wilson's answer asserted that “what | she wanted was money,” and that “the | entire matter in regard to marriage was | conjured in the mind of the plaintiff.” In it, the defendant also denies the charge that he was the father of the plaintifi’s child, Bank Treasurer JAMES G. STRONG. years of age and taught in grade and high schools of Indiana for five years. From 1908 to 1912 he was connected with the Campbird Gold Mintng Co. of Colorado. He was a president of the Indiana Telephone Association for 10 years and is now a director of the Indiana Tele- phone Association. The Home Loan Bank Board will ad- | minister the new law under which aid PRESIDENT VISTTS HISTORK CRFELD Bay Cruise Resumed After 6-Hour Tour of Eastern Shore Points. By the Associated Press. CRISFIELD, Md., July spending six hours on land, President Roosevelt returned to Crisfield from a sight-seeing tour of the Maryland East- ern Shore late today and boarded the yacht Sequoia to resume his cruise on the Chesapeake Bay. On his motor trip, the President saw several churches more than 200 years old, visited residences that are nearing their 300th birthday, stopved in the town of Pocomoke to have a soft drink and visited a terrapin farm., where he was presented with several terrapiu eges. Members of the crew on the Sequoia | said the yacht would cross the Chesa- peake Bay to Solomons Island to anchor for the night. The trip to Maryland’s historic East- ern Shore received no advance pub- licity, but & crowd estimated at 3,000 | was on hand to give the President a vociferous welcomie when the ship nosed her way into harbor here and a similar crowd was back again late today to bid him adieu. White House Cars Arrive. The first imkling of a presidential visit_was the arrival this morning of two White House motor cars and four motor cycle palice. Within a brief time, | the steamship pier was crowded with | people. The tour was conducted by Joe Pinto, Crisfield express agent, who said Presi- dent Roosevelt expressed his delight at the tour and said it wes one of the most interesting he had ever taken. The President had studied the section through which be went and knew be- ;:;:hznd what he wanted to see, Pinto The trip to the terrapin farm came soon after the President left the Se- | quoia. He walked from the automobile and peered over ane of the high fences that surround the diamond back- From there the presidential party, Which included Secreiary of Ag:iculture Wallace, Mrs. Wallace, Louis McHenry Howe and several others, went to the old makepeace home near Crisfield. This house, a fine specimen of Colonial nrgll_}:;ecmrf, was erected in 1663, next spot visited was Rehoboth Presbyterian Church. believed to be the first Presbyterian Church in America, Continuing eastward, the party next stopped at Pocomoke City, where they secured sofe drinks and cigars. Here a small crowd quickly gathered and watched as the Presidential party re- freshed itself. Some few of the more | adventurous shook hands with the ent. Old Beverly Home Seen. Outside of Pocomoke City the party stopped agein to view the old family home. P They continued on then, reaching Snow Hill about 5 pm. Parking on street, the President and others Old Hallows Episcopal Church, which was constructed in 1750. After a few minutes spent before this ancient ivy-covered structure, the trip was_continued. the President returned, he went al and she steamed awav at once. Although Crisfield had little prelim- inary notice of the President’s visit, every effort was made to give it a gala touch. Flags were run up, bunting strung across the main streets and a committee was appointed to welcome the President. Crisfield entertained two other re- cent Presidents. President Wilson stopped here and took a walk on one of the streets which since has been named Wilson street. President Cool- idge stopped one Sunday morning and attended church. St - TRIES TO HANG SELF Jack Barrd, 45, of the 1600 block of Nineteenth street, yesterday was found hanging by his trousers which he had knotted around his neck in a cell at the: second precinct police station, but was cut down before he suffered any serious injury. Subsequently Barrd. who was arrested on a bad check charge, was transferred to Gallin Hospital, L) 15.—After ' board the Seauoia immediately | TWO PLANES OFF ON OGEAN FLIGHTS Post Hops on Globe Trip, Fol- lowed by Lithuania-Bound Airmen. (Continued From First Page) to use the robot all the time except when taking off and landing.” Nevertheless he does not expect to do much sleeping. “I've had about 90 hours in the air with the robot,” he said, “and while he has always been on the job, there's al- ways that feeling about something me- chanical—" He grinned and shook his head. ‘The Winnie Mae, weighing more than any ship that ever has left Floyd Ben- nett Field for a transatlantic flight, has & cruising speed of 170 miles an hour with & top of 210 miles. i | robot pilot it carries & new radio com- | pass devised by the United States Army ‘and enshrouded in secrecy. Post planned six stops on his 15,400~ | mile ftight—Berlin, Novosibirsk. Khaba- | rovsk, Fairbanks, Alaska; Edmonton, | Alberta, and New York. He has ex- pressed the hope of completing the {Journey in less than & week. { 2 Has Elaborate Equipment. | He carried a food supply and elabo- rate equipment. Three packages of chewing gum and & box of hard toast were packed with & quart of water and ® quart of tomato juice. Extra shirts, ties, underwear and & ragor were stowed away, together with | three patches for his left eye, which he lost in 1926 on an oil well job. His other equipment included maps, passports, wireless guide, extra parts |for his plane, fishing lines and hooks, s cigarette lighter, mosquito netting, a sleeping bag and a flashlight. For defense he carried an Indian tomahawk, which other flyers said he keeps sharpened to razor keenness. He can cut a playing card at 20 paces. Another prized possession is & trick parachute which he can slip on in & hurry in event of an emergency. Post and the Lithuanians were re- i ported fiying into good -weather along the North Atlantic coast, but the take- |off of the monoplane Lithuanica in & | heavy mist was considered a difficult feat. Pair Leave by Ruse. Darius, 36, and Girenas, 37, took ad- vantage of the interest in Post’s de parture and warmed their engine foi what they told airport officials would be a test fiight with their load of 779 gal- | Jons of gas. | Under this ruse they left the ground with_the good wishes of friends, one |of whom was Paul Zadeikls, New York | consu! general for Lithuania. The plane, swaying under the load | missed destruction several times as it | gathered speed along the ground. As the wheels grazed the last inch of the | runwa | than 200 feet of altitude before it dis- | appeared into the low-hanging fog. | ""Maj. J. Nelson Kelly. sirport manager, | said the aviators failed to sign the reg. ister and that he had no idea they would leave in view of the Government’s refusal to grant a license. They had been sreuing with the Com merce Department over who should pe: the $100 expense involved in cabling for | to_pass Over countries on Finally they sought per- | permission | their route. Fi mission by mail, which would require iabuul 60 days, department officials said. | | If they should land in sny country | except Lithuania, an official explained. |it would be embarrassing to the Gov- ernment and would make the fiyers | subject to a “spanking” | Their provisions included a quart of black coffee. two bottles of malted milk tablets, a gallon of drinking water, a roast chicken, a dozen apples and a dozen oranges. i Darius Received Citation. The fiyers. who had been waiting since May 7 to start their trip, came to the United States in their child- hood. Capt. Darius went to school in Elizebeth, N. J. and Chicago, where his mother, Mrs. Augustine Degustis, Hves, 1~ enlisted in the Field Artiilery six days after the United States entered the World War. He was wounded in the chest al the second battle of the Marne and received a regimental cita- tion for “habitual bravery under fire." | His aviation training began in the Lithuanian Air Corps in 1921, and re- sulted in his commission as a captain. In 1928 he attended an aviation school at South Bend. Ind. Girenas attended grammar school in Chicago after coming to the United States at the age of 7. He is a war veteran and, like Darius, is unmnarried. Until two years ago he operated an aviation school in Chicago. 'TWO FLYERS DIE | AS BURNING PLANE PLUNGES INTO RIVER (Continued From First Page.) | Bellanca Aircraft Corporation, at New- castle, Del., builders of the craft, | serted he was of the opinion the plane | propellor broke, and the resulting | bration caused the engihe to be jarred {loose from the iramework. | He said the engine was missing from the salvaged wreckage. ] Buck is survived by a daughter, who [lived in Wilmington at the home of | his divorced wife's parents. Moran | spent mosi of his time at Roosevelt | Pieid. N. Y., and st a fiying field at Camden, N. J. | Plant officials said the’two had com- | pleted the hzzardous tests, and were winging their way back to the factory !at the time of the plunge. IMPORTANT TEST EXPERT. | Commerce Department to Feel Loss of i ran. Jack M , Department of Com- | merce engineering inspector, killed in a crash at Wilmington, Del., iate yesterday, was rated as one of the department’s best test pilots and an | ineering expert. He has been with | the Department of Commerce nautics branch as a factory inspector | assigned to the Northeast section of the | United States. { _ Moran, a native of Texas, was on (duty at New York headquarters and /made his home in Long Island. jhad been in Washington the last few |days to confer with officials of the | aeronautic branch, and was accom- ! panied here by a factory test pilot for the Bellanca factory. Moran is survived by & wife and two children. He was a former Army pilot. The Devartment of Commerce inspec- tors from Washington left last night to investigate the accident, which is said 1o be the first in which the Department of Commerce has lost a pilot in airplane test work, although hundreds of flights have been made annually. The Wash- ington inspectors assigned to the ac- cident are George E. Gardner and Jo- seph Marriott. D. C. MAN WOUNDED Marshall Bristow, Jr., Victim of Friend in Accident. URBANA, Va., July 15 (#).—Marshall Bristow, jr. of Washington is recov- ering here from the effects of a bullet wound in the arm inflicted when a pis- tol exploded in the hands of a friend, Hugh Cramer, also of Washington, ‘The accident occurred when Bristow, who is spending the Summer here and was being visited by Cramer, was read- ing cn a . Cramer was nlaying with the pistol in the room and thought 'was unloaded. Log of Italians’ Flight to Chieago BY the Associated Press. Log of the Itallan air fleet of 2¢ from Italy to Chicago: (All times are Eastern standard.) Friday, June 30. ll:“i p.m.—Left Orbetello Air Saturday, July 1. 6:43 a.m.—Arrived Amsterdam, Holland (870 miles in 7 hours 3 minutes). Sunday, July 20, 1:10 pm.—Left Amsterdam. 6:50 a.m—Landed near Lon- donderry, North Ireland (630 miles in 5 hours 20 minutes). Wednesday, July 5. 6:40 a.m.—Left Londonderry. 1:15 pm—Landed near Reyk- vik, Iceland (930 miles in 6 ours 35 minutes). Wednesday, July 12. 2:00 a.m.—Left Reykjavik. 50 p.m.—Arrived Sandwich Cartwright, Labrador (1,500 miles in 11 hours 50 minutes). Thursday, July 18. 8:20 a.m.—Left Sandwich Bay. 237 pm—Arrived Shediac, New Brunswick (800 miles in 6 hours 17 minutes). Friday, July 14. 8:51 am.—Left Shediac. 12:25 p.n.—Arrived Montreal (500 miles in 3 hours 34 minutes). Saturday, July 15. 11:09 a.m.—Left Montreal. 5:30 pm.—Arrived Chicago. CHGAGDACCLAWS BALBD ARMADA iMillion Welcome 24 Planes, Completing Flight of 6,100 Miles. (Continued From First Page.) along. and small boats waited expec- tantly in the mile-square landing area of the lake to take the Italians off their lanes. The crowd seemed to watch the ap- pearance of the victorious armada in awe, which soon gave way to a soaring | thunder of welcome as the flying boats dropped gracefully down on Lake Mich- igan aud the bearded Balbo stuck his head out of the cabin of his plane. He | | sphere of political influence, is reported D. C, JULY 16, 1933—PART ONE. HUNT FOR EXPORT MARKETS PUSHED London Pariey Failure Starts Roosevelt on New Foreign ‘Trade Trail. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. All hopes of a world-wide agreement at the London Conference having van- ished, President Roosevelt is now ex- ploring the international field to reach & number of reciprocal trade agree- ments with those countries which could absorb some of America’s industrial surplus production and sell to this country raw materials which either are not produced in the United States, or, if produced, whose importation would not harm the well-being of the Ameri- can producers. A new bureau has been set up in the State Department to study the sit- uation and report to the President at the earliest possible moment. In the meantime, negotiations are being car- ried out with those foreign countries with which the government considers it could trade advantageously. Of the South American continent conversa- tions are being ca:tied out with Argen- tina, Brazl and probably Mexico, Chile and Bolivia. Flaxseed, casein, coffee, sugar, tin, seasonal fruits, hides, quel- bracho (bark) and manganese are some of the commodities produced in those countries, which could be imported into the United States at a much. lowered tariff, while the United States is ready to export in exchange for the same ad- | vantage agricultural machinery, elec- trical machinery, automobiles and man- ufactured goods. Four Countries Willing. Dealings with European countries will be somewhat more difficult because of the political ties which determines fre- quently on that continent the setting up of economic tariffs. For the time being there are only four countries which have indicated their willingness to discuss with the American Government the possibility of making reciprocal trade agreements. These are: Sweden, Norway, Finland and Portugal. Czechoslovakia, although belonging politically to the Little En- | tente and consequently in the French | to be willing also to begin negotiations | with the United States on the basis of | some arrangement whereby it could export to this country some of its in-| dustrial products which are not of & the plane nosed East with Jess | back, as the welcome shouts rose to a | either electrical machinery or cotton. roar. The other planes lanéed in rapid For the time being the most promising | succession_and small boats began to ' hegoliations seem to be those which will | ferry the Italian pilots to the U. S. S.|be started with the Nordic countries. | Wilmette, moored a short distance away | Sweden. Norway and Finland, which at Navy pier. have carefully kept away from any po- On the Wilmette, the fyers were |litical entanglements, can offer the | given time to bathe and dress, when United States pulp for the manufacture — | moored inside the breakwater where the #t being they were taken in triumphal proces- | sion to the lagoon of the world's fair, there to debark and march to Soldier | Pield where 100,000 persons waited for the formal welcoming ceremonies i Italian Ambassador Augusto ROsso was Gen. Balbo's passenger on the | flight from Montreal and he joined | Prince Rospiglioso of Rome. delegated by Premier Benito Mussolini to attend ! the welcoming ceremonies on the Wil-4 mette. * | | Welcomed by Dignitaries. Today's flight had brought the air | | armada from Montresl up the St. Law- rence River. to follow general y the north | shore of Leke Ontario, but missing | Toronto. The flyers crossed into the | United States at Port Huron, Mich.. | land followed the St. Clair River over | Detroft thence to Toledo, Fort Wayne and over South Bend to the southern curve of Lake Michigan into Chicago. ' To welcome Gen. Balbo and his men on the Wilmette were Prince Potenzi- | ani. Ttalian representative of the world’s fair; Consul General Guiseppi Castruccio. in full diplomatic garb; Mayor Kelly of Chicago: Harry S. New. | United States commissioner to the Cen- tury of Progress: Gov. Heury Horner | of Tlinois and other dignitaries. i Over Navy pler floated the Italian national ensign. As the 24 silver sided ships bobbed at anchor just off | Chicago's lake shore drive, the 39! United States Army planes fiying above | them spelled out the word Italia, thrill- | ing the massed thousands along the | shore and blimps floated lazily through | the sky trailing greetings spelled in | their native tongue to “Balbo and the | sons of great Italy.” H One of the giant twin-cabined ships | appeared to have a bit of motor trouble as 1t churned into white spray the blue | rectangle that had been cleared of all {craft for the coming of the Italians. { The ship, commanded by Capt. Borghetti, | was coming to rest wuen its engine suddenly spurted into life again and the plane fluttered briefly like & fright- ened gull. More than a half hour lapsed before the entire armada had plaves are to be guarded carefully throughout their stay of probably four days, afier which the retarn flight by | way of New York, the Southern At-| lantic and the Azores will begin. i It was learned later that Capt. Bor- ! gheiti’s motor trouble was due to a | clogged fuel line and that he refused 1 to leave his cabin until all was in work- ing order again. He was then taken |from the plane to a small boat and! {finally aboard the Wilmette, a Coast Guasd ship Yebuilt from the old lake; steamer Eastland, which sank in the | Chicago River years ago. The delay {brought a pause before the 97 visiting { Italians and their country's Ambassador | actually stepped on American territory here. So great was the crush aboard the ‘Wilmette that Gen. Balbo pleaded with the consul to protect his men. and United States Marines, Army and Navy squads formed a guard line. Hurried to World Falr. Finally the Italian commander was put off with Gov. Horner, Rufus C. | Dawes, president of the exposition, and, Consul Castruccio on a small boat to relieve the excitement on the Coasu Guard ship. Apart from the other members of the Italian crews they were hurried down to the World Fair. The great fleet on its epochal West- ern flight dropped down six times to rest at intermediary bases, almost cut- ting the Arctic Circle at Iceland. Amsterdam’ was the stopping place the first night after a race across the Alps, then Londonderry, Northern lre- land: Reykjavik. Iceland: Cartwright. Labrador; Shediac, New Brunswick, and Montreal, Quebec. Parading through the fair grounds to the Itallan pavilion, Italy’s fyers were greeted by thousands massed on the. exposition ground. At Soldier Field before throngs the fiyers were welcomed by dignitaries. Ceremenies Cut Short. Officials in charge of the reception agreed to cut the welcoming ceremonies short as the flyers appeared tired. Gen. Balbo's speech, delivered in | Italian, in part was® i “It is impossible to find sufficlent words for me and my companions to thank the people of Chicago. “I have brought a message of thanks to Chicago from Premier Mussolini. “I have made many acquaintances here and know I will make good friends —as are our two nations. “Chicago is a great cit; “Hurrah for Chicago! the United States!" His talk was translated after he completed “it. Gen. Balbo smiled broadly when Mayor Kelly told of a Chicago street being named for him and of tomorrow designated “Balbo day” st the y. Hurrah for World's Fair, of paper, a product purchased at pres- | ent in large quanties in Canada: sar-| dines and other fish used in the can- ! ning industry. special timber used in the ! furniture manufacture and other com- | modities, the list of which is being at present carefully surveyed by American officials. Offer Excellent Market. ‘These countries offer an excellent | market for the American automotive industryas well as for electrical appli- ances, which. in spite of the distance. | can be produced in this country at | lower cost than in Europe. | But the most promising dealings are with the Soviet Republic. whose credit | has been greatly curtailed in Europe and needs almost every kind of i dustrial product manufactured in this, country, provided it can cbtain ade- | quate credit facilities. | During the last two years trade be- | tween the United States and Russia has decreased considerably. because the S.viet's not being recognized as a gov- ernment, credit was difficult. The| American concerns dealing with Russia | had to accept notes from the Soviet | goverument which were discounted in New York to & new type of “credit bootlcggers” at a rate varying between ' 25-40 per cent. It is natural thst under these conditions the price of merchandise had to be increased in proportion, if Russia did not have enough liquid cash to pay for orders within 90 days of the date when they were placed in this country. H Recognition Has Opponents. | The question of the diplomatic recog- nition of the Soviet Republic is not easy because of the oppositicn which still exists in many quarters in the United States. The President and his intimate adviscrs are reported to be favorable to an immediate recognition, but they have to go slowly on this sub- ject in order not t- provoke, by a pre- Imature recognition, a storm of protest from the interested quarters who desire to see Russia ostracized by the United States. | Bul the administration now is taking | the necessary steps to facilitate credit terms to the Soviet government, through the R. F. C. and the Amtorg, | the official Russian trading agency in | the United States, and to cut out all; the red tape which heretofore has | prevented more substantial trade re- | lations between the two_countries. | The Russians, it is reliably stated, would like to see America recognize | officially and fully the Soviet regime, ‘as all the other leading powers have done for years. but they realize the difficulties which confront the admin. istration and are reported to be sati | fied with an unofficial recognition, oon-] vinced that the resumption of diplo- matic reiations will be a matter of a few months after trade relations have become normal again. In spite of the difficult financial and economic position of Russia, there is an enormous field for any country like ll\le United 'i(:;h which can afford to give easier any other ver long- term credits to_the Soviets. H Russia can absorb the major part of America’s industrial overproduclinn' and In some cases a good deal of the; agricultural surplus. The good faith ! of the Soviet regime, as far as paying, its own bills, is not questioned by the ' American manufacturers who have had | i dealings with that government for the ' Drought to Casualty Hospital by passin | last seven years. The Soviets, while repudiating the financial obligations of the previous regimes, the Czarist and Kerensky governments, have observed scrupulously their own obligations. | - ' DENIES HE SUGGESTED WAR AGAINST GERMANY Philipp Scheidemann, Ex-Chancel- lor, Disclaims Charge—S5 Relatives Interned. By the Associated Press. PRAHA, Czechoslovekia, July 15. dispatch from Karlsbad today Philipp Scheidemann, former Socialist chancellor, as denying statements at- tributed to him s ting war against Germany, as a result of which his rela- tives have been interned. The report said he wrote for a Swiss paper an article ending “that no one thinks of & bloody war in this connec- tion is of course understood,” but that it apparently was published in America, “it 1s self evident a bloody war cannot be excluded as a possibility.” Five relatives of Philipp Scheidemann, former Socialist chancellor of Germany, were sent to concentration camps Fri- day as retaliation for -attacks on the Nazis by Scheldemann, said a Berlin dispatch. Scheidemann himself fied some time ago from Germany. ’_AI 1 Forum Speakef SECRETARY ICKES. ICKES WILL SPEAK ON PUBLIC WORKS Secretary’s Talk for Radio Forum to Be Given Tues- day Night. ‘The broad aspects of the public works program embodied in the national re- covery act will be outlined to the Na- tion by the Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes, in charge of this phase of the unparalleled Government ven- ture, in an address in the National Radio Forum, Tuesday night, July 18. The Forum, arranged by The Wash- ington Star, and sponsored by the Na- ticnal Broadcasting Co., will go on a coast-to-coast chain, through WRC, at 9:30 o'clock, Eastern standard time. In the presentation of Secretary Ickes the Forum will complete for the coun- try a picture of the aims and accom- much as the Secretary of Commerce, Daniel C. Roper, who has charge of the other major phase—industrial control— spoke on this angle July 11. The radio address will be the second that Secretary Ickes has made in the Forum. He appeared in the “cabinet series” which started after the Roose- stepved out and raised his arm in the | highly eompetitive character, and agree | velt administration came into power year. Fascist salute and countless arms waved | to_purchase from the Unit:d States|and was participated in by the 10 mem- | duction might be made along such lines | bers of the cabinet. who outlined the | s it seemed had generally aided, while problems of their departments. MAN SERIOUSLY HURT WHEN CAR OVERTURNS Pittsburgh Resident Condition in Alexandria Hospital. in Serious By & Stsff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA. Va. July 15—Five persons were injured. one seriously. in two automol accid Vernon Memorial Highway south of this city late today through a guard rail and hit a wooden light post near The Dyke, 1 mile south of here. The second overturned twice New Alexandria when its driver g about to avoid hitting a car in Duane Armstrong, 25, of Pittsburgh, Pa. a passenger in the machine which overturned. was the most seric andria Hospital tonight with a possible fractured sk brain concussion. neck injuries and severe head lacerations. According to C. E. Cruicksbank. 26, of Schenevus. N. Y.. with whom Arm- strong was riding. his coupe overturned when he swung about to avoid hitting a machine that cut to the left in front of him. He sustained a fractured col- Jarbone and a severe hand cut. He said that he picked Armstrong up at Nor-! folk. Va. Both are traveling saiesmen ‘When their car went through a guard rail and’ hit a light pole after it was said to have been crowded off the high- way near The Dyke, a Richmond. Va., couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Realmuto. sustained cuts and bruises, and the woman’s mother, Mrs. R. E. Brown of Richmond., who was riding with them, received a fractured collarbone. All three were treated at the Alcxandria Hospital. They were en route to Phil- adelphia, Pa. TWO D. C. MEN KILLED AS AUTO PLUNGES INTO TREE __ (Continued Prom First Page.) machine just before the accident told Edward Williamson that another car apparently had crowded the sedan from the highway. This or a blow out in\a front tire was responsible for the ac- cident, police were tcld. The impact virtually demolished the tree. No Inguest to Be Held. Maryland authorities said an inquest vould not be necessary. Williamson, in addition to his wife and brother, is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Wil- | liams:n of Washington: ‘ | brothers. Hiram and Clarence William- |daily asking when 1 intend tn eccept ison of Norfolk, Va., and T. R. and Leo | these challenges. four other Williamson of Washington, and three sisters, Mrs. Otto Bevilaqua of Norfolk, Miss Katy Williamson of Washingt:: and Mrs. Culley Cobb of Tarboro. N. C. Perkins is survived by his wife. twc sisters living in Newbern, N. C., and a brother, Vance Perkins of New York Edward Willlamson, an employe of the local telephone company, . was motorists, where he was treated fcr bruises and shock and later discharge: Killed in Crash s on the Mount | One machine crashed | isly in- | jured. He was admitted to tie Alex-| S ACTSTOSYE 1S TARKF TRUCE Delegates Enter Discussions for Economic Bloc Among Western Nations. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 15.—The United States today made last-minute prepaerations to save something of its tariff truce and world price raising program as the World Economic Conference moved toward the final fortnight's work. With prospects of the salvage of im- portant results regarded in some quar- ters as meager, however, the American delegation had entered its discussions of a separate movement of several Western Hemisphere nations to try to form a new world economic bloc. It was reliably reported in Latin American circles that Ralph W. Mor- rison of the American delegation had participated in discussions exploring the prospect of & joint agreement of several American nations to grant mu- tual trade concessions, possibly along the lines of the Ottawa agreement be- tween Great Britain and the dominions. ‘Work Based on Stabilization. ‘The economic subcommission, which had attacked the great problem of a world-wide reduction of trade barriers, issued a report of its drafting commit- tee which in effect acknowledged that its work had been sabotaged in the monetary controversy which disturbed the conference for a number of days. The report said: “It should stressed at the outset that the h esis on which the whole work of subcommittee was based was stabiliza- tion, or at any rate de facto stability of currency.” 5 Morrison declined to discuss his work in counection with the genesis of the Western Hemisphere movement, but it Wwas learned, from other sources, that the th- the he had had several private with Alberto J. Pani, secretary of treasury of Mexico; Dr. Joaquim Pran- cisco De Assis Brasil of Orestes Ferrara, secretary of state of { Cuba. It also was learned that he had arranged to sail next W | several days earlier than be had planned, to report to | plishments of the recovery act. inas-{ Roosevelt. | Might Agree to Concessions. | It was understood that the suggestion had been advanced in some Latin American circles that the group of | hations might agree to grant mutual tariff concessions, of say 10 per cenmt, i for an_experimental period, perhaps a In successive yesrs a further re- tariffs might be restored in any line | where reductions seemed to do harm. | The steps to be taken to preserve President Roosevelt's general tariff | true, which was for the auration of the | conference, remainder undecided. The | American delegation, however, prepared | & tentative statement which may be of- | fered as an addendum to the report of ilhe Economic Commission Drafting Committee. The committee report, however, stressed the difficulties of an agreemont |“nfle currencies continued to ifuctuate. It was pointed out that other delega- | tions were of the opinion that a con- | structive program should be drawn up {to take eifect when stability had been achieved, but “that the divergence of opinion made a unanimous agreement impo. 2 Problem For Nations, The American thesis is that currency stability cannot be achieved until price levels have advanced to & point to bring the economic structure into balance once more. A tentative resolution which | the American delegation may submit for consideration to the conference was understood to state in effect that each country chould decide what price level it requires. then proceed to achieve it by_whatever means most feasible. It was understood the resolution might say that each country should be | guided in the choice of measures taken | to raise prices by consideration of a method most convincing to the public. This presumably would appease the gold bloc. who insist they cannot use the menetary infiation method because it is so disturbing to their peoples. Summing up the work of the confer- ence one leading American delegate said the most impressive thing was the uni- | versal agreement as to the need of re- | ducing trade restrictions. Despite short disagreements as to the proper time and methods, he felt that the stage had | been definitely set for piecemeal prog- ress in the future. The wheat discussions were the only nes continued in the conference build- g today as work generally was re- | cessed for the week end. | Experts of the big four overseas pro- | ducing ‘countries. the United States. | Canada. Australia and Argentina, met with the Russians and said they had made some progress although the latter were understood still to be insisting that | they should have a much larger export ?quou: then the others were willing to erant. \DUEL CHALLENGES FACED 'BY REICH “G. P. A.” CHIEF Br the Associated Press BERI IN. July 15.—Rudolf Diels, head | of the German Toheka, or “G. P. A" (a oclice organization). said tonight e had | received many challenges to “duels to | the death.” Principal among thcse seeking com- {bat. he said. is Max von Prittwis, |cousin of the former Ambassedor to the United States. “My collece fraternity, one noted for | dueling abilitv.” Diels said. "writes “But I must answer ‘the fortunes®of “'lt prevent my challengets fulfilling the challenges. Diels explained that most of the de- mands come from the ranks of those who are confined behind the walls of concentration camps. Safe Driving Hint Most drivers have gone through that annoying and sometimes dangerous experfence of having their motors die and leave them stranded in the middle of traffic. A thousand horns honk, the policeman yells, and the driver g=ts panicky. uDon‘t:er.outlntounmo! idle easily. Oa a coid if you are afraid the motnrm"::? die, run slowly in second gear until it warms up, A good, safe start may save OSCAR PERKINS. you from a su and unex- pected finish! National Safety Coungll