Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1934, Page 2

A2 = COSTIGAN OFFERS RECOVERY PLAN Public Works Heads 14- Point Program Designed for Liberals. By the Associated Press. A 14-point recovery program headed | by a “greatly expanded and much more rapidly prosecuted” public works | project was advanced today by Sena- tor Costigan, Democrat, of Colorado as a rallying point for Senate liberals of all parties this Winter. | Deferring specific proposals, pend- | ing conferences with associates, the Colorado progressive outlined the broad phases of a legislative agenda | which he expects to appeal strongly to a large group in Democratic ranks, and to members like Senator Lafol- lette, Progressive, of Wisconsin, and Cutting, Republican, of New Mexico. Public Works Urged. Costigan proposed a larger and | “higher speed” public works drive | against unemployment, with perhaps $3.000,000.000 alone for grade crossing | elimination. Another public works program apparently is contemplated by the Administration, but the Colo- rado Senator also listed the following as “measures to be expected” from the coming session of Congress: “Social security legislation, includ- ing Federal assistance in promoting (\Jd age pensions. “Enactments tending to curb the growth of monopolies. “Legislation designed to assure gen- uine collective bargaining. “Further helpful consideration of the needs of World War veterans. Money Bills Planned. “Submission to the States of a constitutional amendment eliminating tax-exempt securities “Constructive efforts to assure in- creased Government control of credit and currency. “Legislation to curb excessive serv- ice charges by private electric power interests and strengthening Federal and municipally operated power projects “Speeding the prosperity of the metal mining industry with improved national prices, through more effect- | ive purchases and increased use of gold and silver “Restoration of Federal wage cuts| to meet advancing living costs. “More scientific and effective gift estate and income tax legislation. Arms Curb Advocated. “Adequate appropriations for the Federal campaign against crime, in which must be included lynching. “Legislative efforts to subject our munitions industry to Federal regu- lation and to inaugurate steps for effective international supervision of the industr “Legislation designed to establish end improve national and interna- tional means for averting threatening world wars The Coloradan said he believed the chances better now for passage of the Federal anti-lynching bill he and Senator Wagner, Democrat. New York, proposed last session, despite the like- lihood of a filibuster from Southern members. CONNERY ADVOCATES 30-HOUR WORK WEEK House Labor Chairman }fxpects Passage of Job Insurance and 0ld-Age Pension. By the Assoclated Press NEW YORK. December 8.—A 30- hour working week. with increased wages, was advocated today as one means of avoiding a ‘reaction” ex- tremely dangerous to Democratic gov- ernment by Representative William P. Connery, jr. of Massachusetts, chairman of the House of Represent- atives' Labor Committee. . Connery was to have addressed the silk and rayon manufacturers’ con- vention. Since he was unable to be present. his address was read by Peter Van Horn, chairman of the Silk Code Authority. “It is my conviction,” Connery's message read, “that a 30-hour week, with a rise in the wage scale, unem- ployment insurance and old-age pen- slons, would soften to a great degree the growing resentment of labor against capital Connery said he believed Congress would pass unemployment insurance and old-age pension legislation this session, but he could not predict its attitude toward a 30-hour week. Prentiss L. Coonley, administrator for the textile division of the N. R. A., declared the N. R. A. did not want to | regiment or dictate to industry. ) The Silk Code muhmn\ Van Horn announced. will bring suit by December 10 against a group of con- verters who have been refusing to pay their assessments to finance the code authority, unless (hey pay up. MIDWESTERN FARMERS SAIL FOR NATIVE LAND | Group Astonished by New York Bustle as They Leave for Balkans. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. December 8 —Aston- ished by the rush and bustle of Man- hattan, a sturdy group of Midwestern farmers was whisked by taxicab to a Hudson River pier today to sail on the liner Champlain for their native lands in the Balkans. They were going back from the prairies they had tilled for many years to the villages in Czechoslovakia and Rumania they left to seek for- tunes in America. Some were re- turning to Poland. Among the group, 35 in number, were Frank Vavra and John Pliva, cousins, who, 21 years ago, started farming the wheat lands of Minne- sota. Until a week ago, although they lived but 160 miles apart, they had not seen each other, nor had they communicated. They had sold their land, ravaged by the drought. Vavra is 68; Pliva, 59. Each had buried his wife in a prairie cemetery, Alone they were re- turning to the “old country.” with only fain. memories of the land they left in 1893, Dakota Gets Sunday Films. BISMARCK, N. Dak. December 8 (#)—Sunday movies will be shown legally throughout North Dakota to- morrow for the first time in the his- tory of the State. Motion picture owners in practically every commu- nity in the State planned to take ad- vantage of a new law, making Sunday movies lawful, which was passed at the November 6 election. Y | jtown three days ago and Questions and Answers on the Numbers Racket Q. What did United States Attorney Garnett ask the news- papers to do, in connection with the “numbers racket?” A. To co-operate in an at- tempt to break up the numbers game, “one of the most vicious forms of gambling in the Dis- trict.” Q. How did he propose that the newspapers co-operate? A. By refusing to print the totals of mutuel prices of the first three races at important tracks. Q. Has the publication these totals any news value? A. It has none, outside the numbers racket. Q. Did Mr. Garnett say that to stop the publication of the totals would be to stop the num- bers racket? A. Mr. Garnett, in his letter to the Washington newspapers, made this statement: “The dissemination of these to- tals seems a direct aid to this racket, and if the press of this city will unite in refusing to pub- lish the totals bet on the races, an item of news of interest, it would seem, only to those gam- bling on the winning numerals, it would go a long way to curtail the activities of the ‘numbers’ of is that true? A. The success of the numbers racket depends, in part, on the dis- semination by reputable organs, such as newspapers, of the win- ning numbers. When the num- bers are conveniently totaled in a newspaper and made quickly available to the numbers players the game is made that much easier, Q. But if the publication of the numbers the players now use was stopped, wouldn’t the players immediately choose another com- bination? A. They probably would. They chose the race track numbers when the New York Stock Ex- change deliberately stopped the publication of certain trading to- tals, except in round numbers, because the figures were being used in the numbers racket. Q. Might not they choose the “Cincinnati bank clearings”? A. They might. According to leading brokers in Washington, there is absolutely no news in- terest in the “Cincinnati figures™” —outside the numbers racket. Q. Suppose they did choose some other number? A. When they do, The Star has notified Mr. Garnett of its readiness to co-operate in any practical way he may suggest Q. Has Mr. Garnett's request for co-operation by newspapers been effective? A. Four of the flve Washington newspapers—The Star, the Post, the Herald and the Times—have specifically promised co-operation or have ceased publishing the numbers. Washington broadcast- ing stations have given equal co- operation in keeping the numbers totals off the air. Q. Has this stopped the num- bers racket? A No one ever claimed it would. Q. Has it hampered the num- bers racket? A. Police authorities, and some of the gamblers themselves, say it has made the game more difi- cult. Q. Does the publication of the race track totals help the num- bers racket? A. It probably provides the most eflective aid, in any form, that could be given the numbers racket by the newspapers. Q. Are Washington newspapers opposed to the numbers racket? A. Editorial expressions from all Washington newspapers indi- cate that they are unanimously opposed to the numbers racket Q. Has the experiment of hav- ing all the newspapers stop print- ing information used only in the numbers racket had a fair trial? A. Mr. Garnett's theory that co-operation by all newspapers would be effective in fighting the numbers game was based on the assumption of co-operation by all the newspapers. As long as the gamblers can get their informa- tion through the columns of one newspaper, the experiment has not had a fair trial. GRID PLAYER FORGETS NAME AND RESIDENCE Amnesia Victim Found Here Remembers Being Hurt Playing Foot Ball. A youth, about 19, who remembers only that he came here from a small that he played end on some college foot ball team. was being treated at Emergency Hospital last night for amnesia. He is 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weighs 175 pounds. has brown eyes, dark hair and a small scar on his forehead. He was picked up in the tenth precinct wearing black shoes, a gray suit, gray overcoat and no hat. He told police his first name is Jack, but that he cannot remember his last name or his address. While playing foot ball this sea- son. the youth claims to have been injured and to have spent some time in a hospital. He did not remem- ber the name of the hospital, but says he remembers coming here by bus. MURRAY HITS SEAL SALE Oklahoma Governor Rebukes Tu- berculosis Society. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 8 (). —The Tuberculosis Society mailed Gov. William H. Murray a letter con- taining 200 Christmas seals with the customary invitation to aid the work by buying the seals for $2. The society received its reply today: “I do not permit any person or group, except the Government, to assess mon “Murray.’ The appeal was similar to 25,000 others sent out in the county. U. S. TO DEPORT CHINESE Six Seamen Accused of Entering America Illegally. NEW YORK, December 8 (#).—Six Chinese were ordered deported today after Federal authorities held they had entered America illegally. They were arrested in a drive start- ed by Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine following upon the fatal shooting of three Chinese yesterday. Officials feared the killings might start a tong war. Those to be deported are seamen. A seventh will be given a hearing later. fi THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. DECEMBER 9, 1934—PART ONE. MAIS IS REPORTED NEAR BALTIMORE Escaped Murderer Recog- nized 40 Miles From City ' With Woman Companion. By the Associated Press. | BALTIMORE, December 8.—Robert | Mais, convicted murderer, who shot, his way out of & Richmond, Va., jail! last September, was reported on his! way here tonight with a woman com- | panion. l State police warned local authori-| ties Mais had been recognized by a filling station attendant near Cono- wingo Dam, about 40 miles from here. | Mais was reported driving a small green coupe. The woman was be- lieved to be Marie McKeever, who| was captured here last June with Mais and Walter Legenza. Legenza | also escaped in the Richmond jail| break during which a guard was' killed. Police who participated in a nar-| cotics raild here today had rrcnved' informatibn that Mais and Legenza ! were at the hotel raided. But thel tip did not materialize. POLICE MYSTIFIED BY WIDOW’S DEATH, Wealthy Woman, Beaten Head, Had Secret Pocket in Corset. on By the Associated Press. CANISTEO, N. Y. December 8.— ‘The death of a rich widow, after a | terrific beating about the head, had | investigators completely mystified to- night after a day of puzzling develop- ments “We still don't know whether w have a case of murder or suieid said District Attorney George W. Pratt | as preparations were made to bury the | woman. Mrs. Winnie M. Burlin- game. 69, | A daughter-in-law’s sto,y that Mrs. Burlingame once told her there was a secret pocket in her corset and she should lcok in it “if anything ever happens to me” only served to heighten the mystery. The pocket was found empty but unbuttoned Police Officer Clarence Fredericks investigating the case, put together | a wierd reconstruction of what he thought might have happened. He | built this about the bloody hatchet | found in the basement. the trail of | blcod that led to nearly every room, and the pocketbook found near the body. edericks said he thought she rd & noise in the basement. went there to investigate. and was beaten by a maniac hiding in the shadows, Then, wounded and dying. she wan- dered in a wil ddaze until she col- lapsed. The pocketbook lay beside the body, apparently undisturbed. 11 MEN DIE, DRINKING POISONED ALCOHOL| One Near Death and Others Ill in| Portland’s Squalid Rooming House District. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg.. December 8.— Bottled death danced through Port- | land's squalid North End rooming | house district today, taking the lives of 11 men and leaving one other dying and several more critically ll. Alcohol denatured with a particu- larly virulent poison was blamed Even after the 11 bodies had been recovered and the other victim found | police continued their search of dingy | rooms. ! “We are picking them up like flies!” | said one of the emergency hospital attendants. A canvass of drug stores was begun immediately to ascertain | whether the poisonous draughts had been sold illegally, that is, for bever- age purposes. Bottles were found in the pockets of several victims, but in each case they were labeled with the warning, “Beware, Poison!” About half the victims were known to be confirmed users of denatured alcohol. For years water front hab- itues have drunk denatured alcohol, with only an occasional fatality. 1 Post-mortem examinations were | ordered. Officers withheld names of the victims pending nutoxxies. WARD LINER IN DISTRESS\ ) Ship Reports Propeller Lost Off Florida Coast. NEW YORK, December 8 (#)—| The ward liner Cauto reported in a| message received by Radio Corp. of | America tonight that she had lost her propeller off the east coast of | Florida. The liner asked for Coast Guard as-{ sistance. She gave her position as about 200 miles off Daytona Beach. The Cauto cleared New York last Wednesday for Tampico. She car- ried a general cnrga PLANE KILLS MOTORIST]| SANTIAGO. Chile, December 8 (). —An automobile driver was killed here today when an airplane, swooping low during an air show, struck his| head. | The plane's pilot was trying to| “bomb” the automobile with a sack| filled with flour, in a competition de- signed to test the aerial marksman- ship of flyeu, when the accident oc- curred. Actress Dies at 76. SACRAMENTO, Calif., December 8 (#) —Frances Field, 76, once a leading woman for Frederick Warde, noted | actor. died here today. A native of Louisiana, she began her career 43 years ago in Warde's company and also played with W. E. Sheridan, Thomas Keane and Edmond Collier, D. C. Federal Pay Roll May Top 1933 Total About $40,000.000 ‘The 1934 Government pay roll for civil and military employes residing in Washington may ex- ceed the 1933 total of $200,000,000 by $40,000,000, it was estimated yesterday unofficially by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Commerce De- partment. This sum will represent close to 16 per cent of the total Federal pay roll. The number of employes in Washington is approximately 10 per cent of the total. ! for 50 | a cost of $1,996.700 { Gov. Olson Issues Statement Be- Children Throng Tivoli Theater to See Star Film K The Evening Star E Santa Claus w record ¢ to capacity. Part of the long start is shown above. as we display in the t r lobby d ca ion's moving pic to the Tivoli yestcrday ine which waited for the first performance to he group of children gathered around the Brwr o - Bediggt (ar Xmas mATINEE ¢ “Search for heater feature, filling the ure attention to The Star-Warner Bres.' ? Christmas matinee, be held at the Tivc and to those to be will be a new to; children. featuring Shirley ext Saturday or a new article The price of adm d in 10 other Warner Bros' [TALO-ETHOPAN CLASH DISPUTED Officials at Addis Ababa and | Temple in “Baby Takes a Bow.” to sion to this matinee, theaters on the same date, of clothing for Washington's nerdv —Star Staff Photos PRCERSECURBS |Tor Wil Bringe Happiness To \0011 y on Christmas Dm AR FORGE PLANS N. R. A. Cited as Factor in Limiting Army Plane Increase to 300. By the Associated A decision to increase the Army's air fleet by only 300 planes during 1935, instead of by 500 or more as recommended by the general staff, | was attributed yesterday by officials | to higher prices caused in part by the administration’s recovery program. Determined to buy as many as pos- | sible, however, the Army yesterday awarded a contract to_the Consoli- | dated Aircraft Corp. of Buffalo, N. Y., two-seater pursuit planes at nd others for 250 more t roughly $8.000.000, have hed proof planes cost more. Th »se bids . o COs Navy Wants 233. Meanwhile, the Navy reported it is secking money to add 273 airplanes to its sky forces in the next fiscal year. Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, said | today in his annual report that this | number was needed for the second year of a five-to-seven-year aviation | construction program. A request for funds has been put in the 1936 budget. | The Air Corps desired at least 500 | new planes to replace obsolete ma- chines and approach the goal of 2.400 military aircraft recommended by the Baker Aviation Committee. A good part of the loss in proposed added strength resulted from a de- cision to purchase 8 new bombers, costing approximately $40.000 each, instead of 80 primary training planes, costing between $5000 and $6,000 | each. | Would Modernize Carriers. Admiral King's report also recom- mended modernization of the naval aircraft carriers Lexington and Sara- | toga as to bomb and torpedo storage | and handling. The aeronautics chief advised that development of rigid airships be ! continued, and that dirigibles be | constructed to replace the Akron, de- stroyed at sea during a storm, and | the condemned Los Angeles. King | said airships should be used as active units of the fleet. The Navy General Board has rec- ommended that the only new airship be the smallest possible craft for training purposes. ELECTION CONTEST HIT fore Going to Hospital. ST. PAUL, December 8 (#).—Gov. Floyd B. Olson, Farmer-Laborite, to- | night issued a statement attacking the | motives behind the bringing of an action in County District Court at Minneapolis, contesting his re-election | to a third term. The Governor made his comment as he prepared to go to a Minneapolis hospital tomorrow for an operation for | hernia. The election suit was brought by a group of Minneapolis citizens, who claimed the corrupt practices act of’ the State was violated during the recent campaign. e CLUB HEARS DR. BORN Professor Speaks on ‘Erasmus and His Political Theories.” Dr. Lester Kruger Born, head of the Department of Classical Languages and Literature of George Washington University, spoke before the Classical Club yesterday in the Rsltigh Hotel. His subject was “Erasnmis and His Political Theories, Dr. Charles Sidney Smith, professor ergeritus of classical languages at George Washington, presided and in- troduced the speaker. Dr. Born came to the local institutiqn this Fall from Western Reserve University to succeed Dr. Smith upon his retirement. * The Slm--Wurn('r Br Offer Oppor- tunity to Keep Faith With U nfar- tunate in Capital. The Star Fxpedition film.“Search for Santa Claus.” a thrilling mor- ing picture record of the a‘rplane trip to the Far North, presenting the first scenes ever made within the home and workshops of Santa Claus. and which has been drawing large crouds to the theaters where it has been shown. is being pre- sented today as well as on Monday and Tuesday et the Avenue Grand. It goes to the Apollo on December 12 and 13. and will be shown at the Home and the York on Decem= ber 14. Backward turn backward. then time in Your flig Make me a child again Just for to- OW many called these lines on Christ- mas eve when the happiness I l of children around us re- minded us of our own joy on this night of nights. For this is the one night in all the year when our thoughts turn to the boys and girls | who in full childish faith depend upon us to fulfill the promises We | have made. Some of us might like to change places with them. We, too, | might wish that we could have that faith again, that assurance that the morrow would bring gladness, when Christmas dreams come true. We who are fortunate plan care- fully for our own children at Christ- mas time. We take great pains to make sure that they will not be left | disappointed. We try to learn what they want. And we try our best to give them all that we can. We realize clearly what Christmas means to them. and in the fulfiliment of their | dreams lies our happiness. Citizens Must Help. All of us can realize the anguish | of the mother and father unable, ! through want or privation, to provide | this happiness for their children. And all of us know, too, the sad awakening that awaits their little ones when on Christmas morning they find their stockings empty, their dreams shat- tered, their homes a place of tears. And there will be such homes in Washington this Christmas unless you who can will come to the aid of those less fortunate. There will be broken hearts. There will be tears. There will be children neglected and forgotten if you fail to do your share. “Make me a child again just for tonight . . .” Let your thoughts carry you into one of these unfortunate homes. Change places with one of these needy boys or girls, and perhaps you will better understand how they count on you. Change places with 5-year-old Mary J. ... She was brought into the Christmas toy shop at 1107 Pennsyl- vania avenue, of the Council of Social Agencies, which is co-operating with the Star-Warner Bros. Christmas matinee plan, by a kind neighbor yes- terday afternoon. She was a pathetic | little creature, poorly dressed, with an appealing look in her eyes which took in the dolls and toys on the shelves about her. The neighbor asked if she could get a toy for Christmas. Her mother is in the hospital, she said Her father is out of work. There would be no Christmas for her unless some one helped. The neighbor ex- plained that she, too, was on the relief roll and needed help for her own child. Yet she plodded all the way downtown with this little one that something might be done for her. Opportunity Offered. Change places with Johnny K... aged 6, who also came to the shop. “Did Santa Claus bring all these things here? Will he bring something for me?” he wanted to know. He has no father. His mother was poor. Yet he went home—assured that Santa would not forget him. ‘There are countless other children for whom appeals have beenr made, by ! of us have not re- | | letter. by phone call an‘ by visits tc the council's hradq You can prevent these Christmas tragedies by your s‘mple aid. The | Evening Star, with the co-operation | of Warrer Bros, offers you an easy and certain opportunity. Next Saturday, December 15. Christ- mas toy matinees will be held in 11 theaters in all parts of Washington You are asked to attend, and to bring with you a new toy or new article of clot g as vour sole price of admis- sion. These will be collected by the Council of Social Agencies and dis- tributed to the needy families of Washington for Christmas. It is no harder than that. Your effort ceases when vou leave your gift in the -theater lobby. And in addi- tion to the great satisfaction you will have of knowing that you have brought Christ joy to some poor child, vou will be rewarded with a splendid entertainment these theaters, programs have been | arranged which include the finest fea- ture pictures, comedies, short subjects and supplementary attractions. Ready to Receive Gifts. One new gift will admit you. but you may bring as many as you care to. The theaters are prepared to | receive as many as you choose to con- tribute. And you need not wait until the day of the performance, you can | bring or send your contribution now- | for there are hampers in the lobbies of these theaters which are being filled with toys for the needy every day You can add greatly to your own | Christmas happiness by this one little | act of kindness. Do not disappoint that poor boy or girl who is depend- ing on you to fulfill his or her hopes. | Think of them. Plan for them. Let there be no forgotten child in Wash- ington this Christmas. Choose the program that appeals to | you, or the theater you wish to attend, nd bring a new toy or a new article of clothing as your price of admission Theaters Co-operating. You will be royally entertained at any one of the theaters where The Star-Warner Bros.’ toy matinees will be held. Here is the full list: TXVOLI—Shlrley Temple in “Baby Takes a Bow,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, “Busy Bodies”; “The Night Before Christmas” and “The Man on the Flying Trapeze,” a Popeye comedy. AMBASSADOR—Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “The Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives” and “Can You Take It?” a Popeye comedy. £AVOY—Joe E. Brown in “The Cir- cus Clown,” “Bedtime Worries,” an Our Glng comedy; “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy, and “Let's You and Him Fight,” a Popeye comedy. COLONY—Shirley Temple in tle Miss Marker,” “Wild Poses, Our Gang comedy, and “The Night Before Christmas,” a Silly Symphony. YORK—Joe E. Brown in “Son of Sallor,” “Dirty Work,” a Laurel and receive gifts this Christmas.” Santa Claus Editor of The Star. other awards. your letter. third prize is $5. night of Saturday, December in early. For in all| $30 IN PRIZES FOR WASHINGTON BOYS AND GIRLS. Now is the time, boys and girls, to write your letter, “Why 1 know there is a Santa Claus and why every poor child in Washington should DON'T DELAY, send it in NOW to the It will be fine to win that prize of $15 offered by The Star for the best letter. and maybe little brother or little sister will win one of the TRODP ON UTY ' INHARLAN AREA Guardsmen Called to Pre- vent Clash With Mine Union | Organizers. By the Associated Press. ! LOUISVILLE, Ky. December 8.— National Guardsmen were called out in Harlan, Ky., tonight to prevent pos- sible clashes between union organizers and an opposing group. Adjt. Gen. Henry H. Dennardt con- ferred with Gov. Ruby Laffoon and assigned Capt. Diamond E. Perkins| and Company A. the Harlan guard unit. to go on duty immediately in the Southeastern Kentucky coal center. | Gen. Denhardt said he was informed ! there would be “bloodshed” if troop| protection were not offered officers of the United Mine Workers of Ame who were in the Lewallen Hote Harlan. Dale Stapleton. an officer of the| U. M. W. A.. said he and other officers of the union were not leaving the; hotel, because to do so would not be | “healthy.” Stapleton said about 20 armed men were deployed in and; about the hotel | Stapleton said he and the other union representatives had no inten- | tion of leaving and that they were! there “to organize the field” and to “carry out our contracts.’ | Stapleton said the union representa- | | tives, on arriving today, were rol]o“ed‘ by armed men. They had been under surveillance the entire day. he said and added that what appeared to be & “shell” was exploded in the hotel this | afternoon. Sheriff E. C. Middleton said he! understood the troops had been called | to escort the union representatives safely out of the county Capt. Perkins is said to have re- ported to Gen. Denhardt that “it looks rather bad.” | Hardy comedy, and “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy. AVENUE GRAND—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Marker,” “Dirty IWnrk a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Sockabye Baby,” & Popeye comedy. Shows Include Comedies. APOLLO—Joe E. Brown In “The “His Neighbor,” an comedy and “Mickey’s " & Mickey Mouse comedy. HOME—Bmu Cabot in “Midship- man Jack,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy, and “The Three Little Pigs.” METROPOLITAN—George O’Brien in “The Last Trail,” “Oliver the Eighth,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “The Big Bad Wolf,” a Silly | Symphony. | "EARLE—Charlotte Henry in “Alice ! in Wonderland” and “Shanty Where | Santa Claus Lives.” | AVALON—Jackie Cooper and Wal- lace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “Santa’s Workship,” a Silly Sym- | phony, and “Shoein’ Horses,” a Pop- eye comedy. = Wild Boars Take Swim. Two wild boars were seen recently swimming 2 miles off the coast of Latvia. {artillery | learn what Rome Mutually Deny Blame. By the A:cociated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Decem- ber 8—The Ethiopian government today denied Rome reports ‘that armed Ethiopians attacked an Italian outpost Italians took the intiative and ordered Wednesday, asserted the its charge d'affaires at Rome to file vigorous protest Native forces from Italian Somali- land started the clash, Emperor Hailie Selassie's government charged, adding that these forces now have advanced 75 miles into Ethiopian territory. The official version here was Italian forces, armed with tanks, and planes, attached them- selves to Abyssinian forces escorting a joint British-Abyssinian commission engaged in surveying grazing land After the battle which resulted, it was charged, the Italians pushed still further into Ethiopian territory. The frontiers between Abj the sinia ‘and the adjacent Italian colonies of Eritrea and Somaliland have be defined. REPORTS TERMED FALSE. vet to Rome Communique Says Italians Were Defenders. ROME, December 8 (#.—An official communique issued tonight declared “false and tendentious” dispatches from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, asserting i Italian forces avere the aggressors in an affray between Italians and Ethiopians December 5. The communique pointed out that the Italians were defenders in their own territory, and insisted they were subjected to an aggression for which Italy will demand full explanations and indemnities. 'NEW COTTON POLICY FOR U. S. IS URGED 1 . Murchison Urges Maintenance of World Market Hold at Any Price. By the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, December 8 —Dr. Claudius T. Murchison ctor of ti Federal Bureau of Fo mestic Commerce, declared here the United States Government is ready to act to halt heavy losses in this coun- try’s world cotton exports He expressed the belief Federal leg- islation soon will be enacted to *pro- vide a clean-cut cotton policy” which will “serve notice to the world” as to where we stand in this respect. and pledged “every power at my c to influ Dr. Mu newly-crea mittee the Gover price we have to pay may maintain dominance.” “I feel,” he said will not be an unreasor have all the ad and to sit by and mainta: cial price and fill our wareh stocks while Egyvpt, Ind MORRO INSURANCE HELD ABOVE VALUE Quarter of Million More Than Listed Figure Reported Paid in Disaster. By the Associated Press. Testimony that owners of the burned Morro Castle received a quar- | ter of a million more insurance than the listed value of the ship at the time it was destroyed went into the records of the Post Office Depart- ment's ocean mail hearings yesterday. The evidence presented said that the A. G. W. 1. Navigation Co. was paid $4200.000 insurance on the hull and machinery of the ship. The | original value of the ship was listed as $4.874.230. but by the time the disaster occurred this had shrunk to_$3.923.000. The company carried $4.600,000 in- | demnity insurance to settle the claims of the shippers and passengers. Strange Malady Fatal. SHAMROCK, Tex., December 8 (#), —The ecighth member of the A. J. Baker family to die from effects of a strange malady. Tahlman Baker, 12, was buried today. His father. A. J. Baker, and another son. Hoyt Baker, remained critically ill with the disease, which has been diagnosed by doctors as an unusual form of influenza. November Circulation Daily ..121,621 Sunday]28,660 District of Celumbia, ss: FLEMING NEWBOLD. Business Man aser of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY STAR. does solemniy swear that the ac- tual number of copies of the paper named sold and distributec during the month of November, A.D. 1934, was as {ollows (<] 1 EETRETES =i Les Total net daily circulation. A Dajly” aveiagé “himber of copies for service, etc adjustments. . age daily net paid circul 120.520 1.101 Da‘ly average net circulation... 121 SUNDAY. Copies. Days. 01 I8 Don't forget, you must not be more than 12 years old if you write The best letter will win a prize of $15, second prize is $10 and the Your letter must be at the office of The Star not later than mid- 15. Announcements of the winners, with their letters, will be made one week later. Please write on one side of the paper only, and get your letter Total Sunday net circulation. Average Sunday net circulation.. 128.660 FLEMING NEWBOLD. Business Manager. Subscribed and sworn to be'a . 6th day of December, A D o e this FiMER P YounT Notary Public. |