Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1934, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight, minimum temperature about 27 degrees; tomorrow fair, slowly rising temperature; moderate west winds. Temperatures—Highest, 44, at 1:45 p.m. yesferday; lowest, 30, at 6:15 a.m. today. Full report on page A-9. Only 9 Shopping Days Until Christmas Yesterday’s Circulation, 126,380 ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION = Cloging N.Y. Markets, Pages 21, 22 &23 ah No. 33,099. post office, Ertered as second class matter Washington, D.C ROOSEVELT BOARD URGES §16,000000 GRANT T0 SCIENCE Sum Would Be Used for Six- Year Program of Research. VAST ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT IS INCLUDED! New Industries to Absorb Jobless and Medicines for Human Welfare Objectives. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Appropriation by the Federal Gov- ernment of $16,000,000 for a six-year scientific research program on specific projects vital for national recovery is proposed in a report submitted to President Roosevelt today by his Sci- ence Advisory Board, headed by Dr. Karl T. Compton, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This, it is believed, would constitute one of the most far-reaching research programs ever launched in the world | and has as its ultimate objectives pos- sible electrification of vast igdustrial | areas from far-away sources of power, | creation of new industries to absorb unemployment and new drugs and medicines for human welfare, besldt‘s‘ numerous other benefits. For more than a year the board. serving directly under the President,| has been engaged in an intensive; study of the scientific activities of the| Federal Government and some changes | ere urged in existing bureaus The | projects listed in the proposed * covery program of science progress” are, for the most part, in addition to work now being carried on. Backed by Society Heads. The program drawn up by the board | {5 indorsed by the presidents of the | | uick trials and jail sentences—these | i J |in the public mind with big interests, leading scientific societies * in the United States. The projects arg aimed | at securing fundamental data which/| will lead to the improvements of pub- | lic works activities, creation of new industries, protection of American in- dustry against foreign wvnmmucn‘ arising from scientific discoveries, im- | rovements in public health and es-| tablishment of more economical use| of land. In addition, it is stressed.| it would afford employment to a large | number of scientists, engineers and | mechanics, whose plight has been passed over in efforts to provide suit- able jobs for other classes. Among the projects proposed are)| the following: Operation of about 20 strategically located stations to obtain daily up- per air meteorological data to ob-! tain a fairly complete understand-| ing of “American air masses” upon{ which much of the future of weather | forecasting is believed to depend.| The cost for the first year is esti-| mated at about $250,000, with $100,-} 000 for each additional year | Establishment of 20 stations for | development of the ni science of | soil mechanics and the determinations| of various physical constants for .\mk‘ in various parts of the United States. | This, it is stressed, may have revolu- | tionary effects on engineering prac- | tice in designing the foundations for| all types of structures and the sct-) tling and sliding of dams, canals, mines, etc. The cost is estimated at | about $100,000 a year. Sewage Disposal Program. A thorough-going program of Te-| search in sewage disposal, called! “America’s most important public! works program.” The report empha- | sizes that “the annual investment in| sewage treatment works now prob-| ably exceeds that in water supply and | is of the order of $100,000,000 a year.” Closely related is the subject of “(Continued on Page 10, Column 1.) TWO LOSE LIVES IN RESCUE AT SEA| Mountainous Waves Capsize Life- boat—Five Taken From Stricken Steamer. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 14.—Bat- tling mountainous mid-Atlantic seas to rescue the crew of the foundering British steamer Usworth, two mem- bers of a lifeboat crew from the Bel- | gian steamer Jean Jabot were lost to-| day when their boat capsized, a wire- | less message to Mackay Radio re-| ported shortly after noon today. Two members of the Usworth's crew, the message said, were rescued from the water when the lifeboat was | tossed over in the running seas. Prev- fously, the Jean Jadot's lifeboat had carried five of the Usworth’s crew to safety, and presumably had gone back | to get another load of the 21 members | of the crew still aboard the sinking ship The Usworth sent out distress calls before dawn and was answered by the Jean Jadot and the Cunarder Ascania, the latter standing by to lower her own boats shortly after the Jean Jadot’s crew made its rescue. S Slaying Suspect Freed. LONDON, December 14 (#).—Tony Mancini, the stammering waiter, was acquitted by a jury today of a charge of murdering Mrs. Violette Kaye, pro- fessional dancer, whose dismembered body was found in a trunk at Brighton. Guide for Readers Amusements Comics .. Features Finance ... Lost and Found Radio » Serial Story Service Orders 8hort Story Society ..... Sports . .D-1 Flandin Would Turn Wine Into ‘Gasoline’ To Stabilize Market By the Associated Press. - PARIS, December 14.—Flood: of wine, going at a price equiva- lent to 10 cents a gallon, will help run France's automobiles in order to stabilize the wine market. Premier Pierre Flandin, after forcing through a bill to buy the wheat surplus, started the Chamber of Deputies on a plan to' buy 14,000,000 liters (3,698,000 gallons) of surplus wine which would be transformed into alco- hol at a cost of about 2!, cents a liter. RACKETEERS FEAR JAIL SENTENCES Police Official Holds Plan Effective Against Num- bers Racket. (Note: Acceding to a recent request by United States Attorney Garnett, The Star, the Post, the Times, the Herald and the city’s Jour broadcasting stations are re- Jusing to aid the numbers racket by dissemination of the race total numbers with which the game here is conducted. Publication or broad- casting of such totals is of no in- terest outside the numbers racket.) Continuous arrests, heavy bail, are the weapons with which New York City, paradise to many a racketeer, keeps the numbers game within a measure of control. Chief of Inspectors John S. Sulli- van of New York, attending the crime conference here, described that city’s fight against tne numbers racket as follows: “My squad is not supposed to han- | dle this kind of so-called petty vice, | but the department found last Win- | ter that the numbers game and other | penny lotteries were becoming a ma- | jor business. Commissioner O'Ryan | told us last December to go after them. “We put 500 extra men on this | drive alone and arrested 2,000 in a single week. We kept that up from the first of Jenuary until the mid- dle of May and the backbone of the | racket was broken. It wasn't stamped | out, you understand, because it would be impossible to stop penny gambling | in Harlem and in some of the for- | eign sections of the city. But we| held them up and caught plenty of the big fellows as well as the little nes. Judges Must Co-operate. “One thing you must have is co- operation of he judges. They must set heavy bail when recommended by the police, the trials must take place soon after arrests, ana above all, you must et jail sentences. The higher- ups can pay fines for these fellows (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) P R DEATH THREATS GIVEN PROSPECTIVE JURORS Attorney and Two Veniremen Menaced by “Communists,” Who Call at Homes. By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, December 14— Threats against the lives of District | Attorney Neil R. McAllister and two | men being examined for jury service | in the trial of 17 Communists here | on criminal syndicalism charges were | disclosed to police today. by R. B.| Nicks, 33, one of the prospective jurors. The third men is C. W. King, 54- year-old cabinetmaker. Nicks said while he was in court vesterday 18 men, calling themselves “Communists,” went to his house and told his wife they would kill him and McAllister if Nicks attended court Friday. The same men, Mrs. Nicks told po- lice, made identical threats later when talking to King's wife. |ACTIVITIES CURTAILED IN PHILIPPINE PROBE Sudden Illness of McAdoo and Threats of Typhoon Change Commission’s Plans. By the Associated Press. MANILA, P. I, December 14.—The sudden illness of United States Sen- | ator William Gibbs McAdoo of Cali- fornia and threats of a typhoon have curtailed activities of a senatorial commission investigating conditions surrounding the forthcoming inde- pendence of the Philippines. Senator McAdoo, who became ill yesterday after flying from Manila to Ilcilo, Panay Island, returned here today and entered a hospital. It was reported he was threatened with ap- pendicitis. Senator Tydings of Maryland and McKellar of Tennessee, who planned to make an inspection tour of the southern part of the islands, were forced to change their plans when | politics and in world politics is how | privileges of the average man and | ward the limitation and curtailment a typhoon threatened. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1934—SEVENTY-SIX PAGES. REBIRTH OF 6. 0., ONANTI-MONOPOLY BASIS ADVOCATED Borah and Nye Continue Drive Before New York Republicans. OLD GUARD LEADERSHIP MUST GO, THEY ASSERT Declare Wall Street Ball-and- Chain Must Not Be Attached in Comeback. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator William E. Borah of Idaho and Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota continued their drive to give the Republican party a new birth with a new issue—an anti-monopoly is- sue—at a Republican mass meeting under the auspices of the New York County Republican Committee in New York last night. The contention of these progres- sive Republican Senators was that the Democratic New Deal has failed to check monopoly; that indeed, it has really fostered it through the oper- ation of the N. R. A. The Republican opportunity, they instead, was for the Republican party, having cast out old leaders identified to seize firmly upon this issue and all that it implies. Senator Borah said: . “The crucial question in American to protect and preserve the rights and wothan. The trend of affairs is to- of the rights of the small business and the rights and privileges of the average man and woman. “The most powerful Instrumentality augmenting this trend is that of monopoly.” Half Million More Jobless. He said that from reliable sources he had read, first, that there are half a million more unemployed this year than last; second. that some 500 corporations, enjoying monopolistic power, the power to fix prices, had made net gains of more than 600 per cent, and third, that the million dol- lar incomes of individuals were on the increase and the smaller incomes were decreasing. Senator Nye, who, like Borah, ar- gued for a two-party system in the political government of the country, was direct in his attack upon the Democrats, although, also like Borah, he gave praise to President Roosevelt. “It seems to me,” said Senator Nyé, “we waste much of our time when we contemplate a future for Progressive- ism in the Democratic party.” He pictured the Democratic party return- ing to the control of conservative Democrats—many of them now severe critics of the Roosevelt New Deal— when the President leaves the White House. Oppose Old Guard. Senator Borah and Senator Nye were emphatic in their demand that the Old Guard leadership of the Re- publican party be eliminated. Senator Borah appealed to the young Republi- cans to take a leading part in bring- ing about reorganization of the party Referring to the statements made by Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of the Republican National Committee and by Charles D. Hilles, National Com- mitteeman for New York, to the effect that this is no time for the Republi- cans to rock the boat, Senator Borah said: “It is evident there is only one thing for those who believe in reorganization to do, and that is to begin to organize in the different counties and States. The Young Republicans are very gen- erally organized into clubs in the dif- | ferent States. These will serve as the beginning of State-wide organizations. “(Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) ABDICATION .GRIPS SIAM| Assembly Meeting Tomorrow to Discuss King’s Threat. BANGKOK, Siam, December 14 (#).—A discussion of King Prajad- hipok’s threat to abdicate is expected to occupy a majority of the time of the Siamese National Assembly, which reconvenes tomorrow after a Summer recess. Although no official statement was issued, it was understood a definite decision will be taken by the gov- ernment, working jointly with the Assembly. A deputation now in Eng- land will act as a liaison between Prajadhipok and Bangkok. BINGHAMS START HOME Leave London for U. S. to Spend Christmas Holidays. LONDON, December 14 (#).—Rob- ert W. Bingham, United States Am- bassador, and Mrs. Bingham, left to- day for the United States to spend the Christmas holidays. He will spend two days in Wash- ington before going to Louisville, Ky., 7 N N N o e = === = = . s < A 1 % 0 b 3 = Tomorrow’s Your O pportunity To Play Santa to Needy Tots Toy Matinees Provide Means to Glad- {will his home. Wisconsin Communists Prepare For Pitched Battle With Police By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, December 14.—Wis- consin Communists, smarting from two bold attacks on fellow partisans at Racine within 12 hours, drew up battle lines today to meet their foes on even terms. Incensed at the Racine police cam- paign against radicals, the kidnap- ing and assault of a party leader yesterday and the stoning of a Com- munist meeting hall last night, Mor- ris Childs, State organizer, declared “We don't intend to let them ter- rorize us.” Strong-arm ‘“defense squads” are being organized to protect Communist meetings and headquarters, objects of a police drive in Racine, Childs said, predicting that pitched battles might result from future attempts at raids by vigilantes. K The party today planned to demand from Gov. A. G. Schmedeman and Gov.-elect Philip F. La Follette the removal of Police Chief Grover C. Lutter, the organizer said. Lutter launched the Racine drive. Rocks and bricks last night crashed through the windows of the Sokol Hall at Racine while 75 persons at- tended a protest meeting over the kid- naping and attack on Sam Herman, Communist organizer from Chicago. Herman reported to the sheriff’s office that as he left the party head- quarters about noon yesterday a “husky stranger” forced him into a car and sped toward the outskirts of the city. During the ride, Herman said, one man punched him in-the face with his fists and beat him on the legs with a crank. P den Hearts of Children Whose Hopes Otherwise Will The Star Erpedition film, “Search for Santa Claus,” a thrill- ing moving-picture record of the airplane trip to the Far North, presenting the first scenes ever made within the home and work shops of Santa Claus, and which has been drawing large crowds to the theaters where it has been shown, will be presented today at the Home and at the York Theaters. In response to the large number of requests for an ertra showing of this film, it will be added to the regular Star-Warner Bro:.” toy matinee program at the Avalon tomorrow. | near the District of Columbia can make sure that there will be no forgotten child in Wash- ington this Christmas. Tomorrow’s the day when The Star- Warner Bros. will hold their Fourth Annual Christmas Toy Matinees in 11 JERSEY REVEALS OMORROW'S the day when every thoughtful person in or SLAYING THEORY Charge Fracture of Skull Was Cause of Lind- bergh Death. By the Associated Press. TRENYON, N. J, December 14— The prosecution, as directed by Su- preme Court Justice Thomas W. ‘Trenchard, today supplied counsel for Bruno Richard Hauptmann with its theory as to how the Lindbergh baby met his death in the famous kid- naping. “The State contends that the cause of the death of Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., was a fracture of the skull and the result of external violence,” the State’s answer said. Attorney General David T. Wilentz, chief of the staff that will prosecute the Lindbergh kidnap-slaying suspect, Hauptmann, issued the brief answer, which covers the last of the 12 ques- tions propounded by the defense in its demand for a bill of particulars on the murder indictment against Haupt- mann. At the disposal of State’s attorneys was the full report of Dr. Charles H. Mitchell on the autopsy he performed May 12, 1932, on the child’s body. “A fractured skull due to external violence” was Dr. Mitchell’s “diagnosis of the cause of death.” Defense attorneys looked upon the ruling as a major victory in the first legal skirmish preceding Hauptmann's trial, which starts January 2, and called it “more than half of what we asked.” Frederick A. Pope of defense counsel argued that the Lindbergh child was suffering from a cold on March 1,1932, the night of the kidnaping, and that the indictment failed to indicate whether the State would charge that the boy died of pneumonia or by physical violence. WEISS, LONG AIDE, INDICTED FOR FRAUD Treasurer of Senator’s Organiza- tion Accused of Tax Eva- sion Attempt. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, December 14— Seymour Weiss, treasurer of Senator Huey P. Long’s political organization, was indicted here today by the United States grand jury on charges of at- tempted evasion of income tax pay- ments. Weiss, head of the Roosevelt Hotel where Senator Long maintains his executive suite, was the eighth person indicted in the Government’s prose- cution of alleged attempted evasions among leaders in the political organi- gation of Long. The grand jury for months has been investigating the returns made by Long and litical sides. ' . Be Shattered. theaters here to provide new toys, new gifts, and new articles of clothing to those little ones who must Jepernd upon the generosity of otherz if Christmas is not to pass them Tomorrow is the day when the Na- | tion's Capital can prove to its own | that it is a kind-hearted city. Surely no cause is more appealing | than that of a child left destitute | forelorn and forgotten on Christraas | morning. And surely Washington will | respond tomorrow, as it always has in | the past. All Children Hope. In the simple faith of childhood, every boy and girl looks to Christmas to bring them the happiness the very meaning of the word implies They "wnlt for it, plan for it. There Is | hope in every child’s heart, however | rich or however poor. That Hope can be gloriously fulfilled, or cruelly shattered. It is too prec- | ijous a heritage of childhood t> be (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) GREEN FORECASTS PAY RESTORATION Talk With President, Sees Congres; Action. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, pre- Federal employes would have their | full pay restored by legislation‘retro- | active from January 1. Green, who spoke with feeling about what he termed “justice” for the Federal employe, said he expects to go into the matter very thoroughl with President Roosevelt in the nea: future. The labor head had a brief con- ference with the President today, but | it had to do entirely with labor’s rec- | ommendations for continuation of the National Recovery Act. Lack of time prevented discussion also of the pay restoration and other matters of in- terest to Federal employes, including extension of the civil service classi- fication to all agencies of the Govern- ment as well as the emergency agen- cles. Winter to restore the pay cut of Fed- eral employes,” Green said with em- phasis. “I am confident that the necessary legislation will be passed. I am confident the pay restoration will be as of January 1. “There is every justification for this pay restoration. The cost of living has increased far beyond the point warranting restoration. The Federal employe has long since made his con- tribution to the Government and should no longer be compelled to make this sacrifice which is unwairavited and unfair.” 5 e Greek President Takes Oath. ATHENS, December 14 (#).—Presi- dent Alexander Zaimis, who was re- elected in October for a five-year term, took the oath of office today. Don’t EnvytheStars FOLLOW THEIR LEAD! You will be amazed to find how simple are the methods used by the glamorous Holly- wood performers. They will tell you in The Evening Star, Which Offers “You Can Be Beautiful” A Series of Interviews by Virginia Vincent BEGINNING MONDAY, DEC. 17 his po- Labor Head, After Brief| dicted at the White House today that | “A definite drive will be made this | mtmunmmnulu\m\m\l l BAKER CRITICISM 0F DU PONTSTOLD | Official Says Secretary Re- ferred to Firm as “Spe- cies of Qutlaws.” By the Associated Press. | Pierre S. du Pont told the Senate Munitions Committee today that New- ton D. Baker, then Secretary of War, plainly indicated to him in Novem- ber, 1917, that he considered the Du Pont Powder Co. “a species of outlaws” concern had insisted on in building a Government powder factory. “Naturally I resented the remark,” Du Pont sald as he leaned forward earnestly to explain to the committee details of the preliminary negotiations for construction of the powder plant at Old Hickory. Tenn, which was delayed some months after Baker | canceled the original contract. contract the Du Pont Co. sought with |the Government in 1917 would kave | netted $43,500,000 profit within & year without the investment of a | penny. Profit Held Too High. ‘The committee placed in the record | a report from a War Industries Board | official to Secretary Baker, saying the | compensation for the Du Ponts under | the contract would be out of all pro- portion to their service. The contract was blocked by Baker | and a substitute agreement was en- | tered into under which the gross profits to the Du Ponts were about | $2,000,000. Robert S. Brooking of the War | Industries Board reported to Baker the proposed contract would net the Du Ponts $13,500,000 for constructing the plant and $30,000,000 for one | year's operation. Du Pont Protests. With presentation of the letter, | Irenee du Pont, powder company of- | ficial, rose from his witness chair and ! | wrathfully protested. “Here we are held up to ridicule and charged with robbing the United | States when we did one of the most | magnificent jobs of the war,” he said. | Du Pont quoted Brooking as saying | | at the time he would rather have the | Government pay $1 a pound for pow- | to pay 50 cents with 10 cents a pound | profit to the Du Ponts. Brooking contended the Du Ponts would have made 10 cents for every | pound of powder produced in the |plant. He said the Du Ponts agreed the profits would run to that figure. Fee of $1 Received. Under the contract finally ap- proved, the Du Ponts directed the | building of the $85,000,000 “Old Hick- ory” plant, with a $1 fee and the cost borne by the Government. After the original contract was blocked, a second was worked out un- ‘der which the Du Ponts would have | “(Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) BANK LOOT $10,000 Three Bandits Escape After Raid at Woodville, Ohio. ‘TOLEDO, Ohio, December 14 (#).— Three robbers escaped with more than $10,000 today after holding up two employes of the Woodville, Ohio, State Savings Bank near here. Martin to Fly Home. RIO DE JANEIRO, December 14 (#)—Rex Martin, assistant director of the United States Bureau of Civil Aeronautics, will leave here tomorrow for the United States by commercial airplane. Martin arrived here yes- terday from Europe on the Graf Some Returns Not Yet Received. (#) Means Associated Press. . GRAVELLY POINT STARTTO BE ASKED BY . 5. ENGINEER Maj. Crawford Drawing Up Request for Fund for New Airport. ARMY BOARD EXPECTED TO PASS ON DRAFT Proposal Made to Dredge Close to East Potomac Park to Aid Aquatic Sports. The United States engineer office today was drawing up a formal re- quest for funds to be submitted to the Public Works Administration for crea- tion of an airport for Washington at Gravelly Point. Late today Maj. Robert W. Craw- ford, District Army engineer for the War Department for the Washington area, proposed to go over a draft of the request, which will be presented later to Maj. Gen. Edward M. Mark- ham, chief of Army engineers, for forwarding to Secretary Ickes, the Public Works administrator. Inasmuch as Gen. Markham is a member of the National Capital Park | and Planning Commission, which has | consistently favored the development | of Gravelly Point as an airport, little | difficulty is anticipated in forwarding | the request through official channels. Cost Placed at $2,300,000. TWO CENTS. RICHMOND WOMAN ADMITS RECEIVING GIFTS FROM BE Spectators Looking for Sen- sation Surprised by Briefness of Quiz. MRS. M'MULLIN SAYS SHE RECEIVED MONEY Maid Testifies Former Deacon Sprinkled Powder on Wife's Food. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Decem- ber 14—A tense courtroom packed with woman spectators heard one of the Commonwealth's key witnesses, Mrs. Ella C. McMullin of Richmond, testify this afternoon that she had re- ceived gifts of money from E. C. Bell, former Baptist deacon, on trial here on charges of attempting to poison his invalid wife. Mrs. McMullin, who said her maiden name was Mary Ella Austin, was pale and nervous when she took the stand before a battery of appraising eyes turned on her from a crowded court- réom. A brunette, about 35 years old and comely, she was dressed in a fur coat and a smart brown hat Prosecuting Attorney A'lhert V. Bryan asked the witness if she knew Bell. “Yes, for about three answered. years,” she because of the terms the| The cost of development of a mod- | ern airport at Gravelly Point is placed at $2,300,000. Creation of an airport | at that point is favored by President " Roosevelt, Secretary Ickes and other Admits Being at Beach. Government authorities. Both Bryan and defense attorneys C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent | announced that would conclude the of the National Capital Parks, said |examination of Mrs. McMullin. Bryan, today if the United States Engineer | however, recalled the witness to the Office is to supervise dredging in the |stand for one more question. |Gravelly Point area, he hopes that! “Were you at Buckroe Beach, Va. | the engineers will dredge close to East | last Summer.” | Potomac Park to improve aquatic, Mrs. McMullin admitted this was sports possibilities there. The Po-|so. It had been previously testified tomac River adjacent to East Po-!that Bell sought to hire a local re: tomac Park is so shallow, said the|dent for some detective work in trail- park chief, that dredging will benefit|ing a woman at Buckroe Beach the situation materially. He pdinted! Mrs. McMullin came to Predericks- |out that at the present time marine | burg with her attorney, A. C. Goode. |growth is too close inshore. | The latter said that at a conference As pollution of the Potomac River between Judge Frederick Coleman. de- diminishes, the waterway will become | fense and prosecution ccunsel, Bryan | increasingly an aquatic playground.| had agreed to ask Mrs. McMullin |said Mr. Finnan. If the depth is in- | only a few questions. The briefness creased near East Potomac Park, all | of the questioning, however, came as types of speedboats can be used. He a surprise and disappointment to recalled that during the President’s| spectators who had been awaiting the Cup Regatta, propellers of craft be- | Woman's appearance since the trial “Have you ever received any money from this defendent?” “Yes.” Evidence was presented that the| | der if there was no profit in it than | Zeppelin, By the Assoclated Press. DODGE CITY, Kas., December 14.— ‘The greatest outdoor sport in western Kansas these Winter days is the jack rabbit rodeo. Heretofore the Trangy, long-eared jacks have loped over the prairies with nothing much to worry about except farm dogs, & few hunters and speed- ing motorists. But now a whole army is after them. The farmers figure it is good busi- ness to reduce the rabbit population, especially when it is estimated that 25 jacks est ss much pesture &8 cue S came fouled in the marine growths then existing. Three Major Phases. Plans of the Army engineers call for the division of the Gravelly Point Airport project into three major phases, the first of which already 1s partially completed as a result of work | on the Mount Vernon Boulevara and | preparatory work on the filling cf the proposed airport site. The three phases and the prelimi- nary estimates of cost are as follows First, rough preliminary work of pre- paring the field. $823.000: second, grading, drainage and completion of ings and equipment. $597,000 These estimates are based upon the construction of a first unit which it airport needs of the Capital. The unit includes 266 acres, providing all-direc- tion runways with a minimum length of 4000 feet. The unit cost per acre is estimated at $8.650, as compared with an estimated cost of $17.400 per acre for a similar development at Washington Airport, including a pur- chase price of $1,600,000 for the pres- ent property. Possible Expansion 204 Acres. The maximum possible expansion at Washington Airport, it has been pointed out, would be 204 acres. At Gravelly Point the practicable limit of expansion is 606 acres. Army estimates for the rough pre- liminary work of preparing the field include $95.000 for 9500 feet of levees; $520.000 for the dredging from | the river of 6,500,000 cubic yards of | material; $48,000 for 4,800 feet of rip-rap wall; $100,000 for the pur- chase of 43.5 acres of land along the Virginia shore, and $60,000 for 200,- 000 cubic yards of dry excavation and fill in connection with the prep- | | aration of the solid ground along the shore. Of this first phase some of the preliminary work has been accom- plished. This includes the acquisi- tion of a large portion of the land required along the Virginia shore, as a part of the boulevard parkway, and the construction of a large portion of the leevees required for holding the dredgings from the river bottom. ‘The National Capital Park and Planning Commission again will take up the problem of a suitable airport for Washington, when it meets a week from today. Five years ago the com- mission recommended the develop- ment of Gravelly Point. Satterfield Electrocuted. RALEIGH, N. C., December 14 (#). —Rufus Satterfield, 43-year-old con- fessed slayer of Herbert Grice in a Wayne County love triangle case was electrocuted at State’s Prison here to- day. Mrs. Ruby S. Grice, 30-year-old widow of Grice, an iron worker, was acquitted with her brother, Donald Sasser. Kansas Rabbit Rodeos Remove Jacks From Crowded Pastures Conservative estimates place the rabbit ,population in each county at about 100,000. ‘The round-up starts with men and boys of a community taking places about a square several miles in aera. Moving toward the center of this square, the hunters drive the jacks before them into a wire mesh in- closyre. Then every one joins in the kill, using clubs. Animals suitable for eating ‘are shipped to relief agancies. The kill at each round-up ranges severs| hundred 10 84 Digh & | began Tuesday. The Commonwealth is seeking to prove Bell's affections were vested in Mrs. McMullin rether than in his | wife, A “confession” letter from Mrs. McMullin to Bell wys described to the court yesterday together with rec- ords showing Bell paid $705 on an automobile for Mrs. McMullin and purchased for her about $5¢ worth of | merchandise from a Richmond dry | goods store. Maid Gives Testimony. | Earlier today a colored maid had {told how she saw Bell sprinkling “white powders” on chicken salad and | the landing area for fiying operations, | grapefruit intended for his wife. The $880,000; third, construction of build- |maid, Rebecca, Burroughs declared |she was afraid to warn Mrs. Bell {or members of the household when |she saw the food contaminated | is believed will meet all the present|by Bell en three occasions last Spring. ‘The servant admitted under cross- | examination by defense counsel that ‘Bell openly spread the powders with- |out any attempi at concealment. Told Nurses of Incident. The maid said she told the | trained nurses attending Mrs. Bell {of the instance when she noticed the nurses were “setting a trap” for the former Baptist deacon Testimony ‘hat Bell asked him questions about poison and its effec- tiveness when spread on corn as an exterminator of crows was given by Carroll Raeger, Fredericksburg chemist. Raeger said Beil asked him if arsenic spread on corn would kill Crows. “Why not use potassium cyanide?” Raeger said he repiled. He added Bell asked him to spell the name of the poison twice as if to fix it in his memory. It was W. A. Williams, a Richmond drygoods merchant, who told the court that during November and Decem- ber. 1932, Mrs. McMullin obtained (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) {MAN, 63, IS KILLED BY OWN MACHINE Goshen Resident Believed Have Been Victim While Cranking Car. two to Speclal Dispatch to The Star. GOSHEN, Md., December 14.— Samuel Blunt, 63, one of the best known farmers of this vicinity, was killed in the yard adjoining his home this morning when run over by his own automobile. While no one wit- nessed the accident, the position of the body beneath the car when dis- covered by William T. Warfield, a neighbor, indicated that the accident probably happened as Blunt was cranking his machine on a rather steep incline. Dr. Vernon H. Dyson stated that Mr. Blunt sustained a broken neck. It is supposed the accident happened about an hour before the body was discovered. He is survived by a son, Edward Blunt of Detroit; a brother, Lewis G. Blunt, also of Detroit, and two sisters, Mrs. William Millholland of Washing- ton and Miss Cary Blunt of Goshen. POWER PLANTS ADVISED T. V. A. Notifies Three Cities of Legal Difficulties in Alabama, KNOXVILLE, Tenn., December 14 (#)—The Tennessee Valley Authority todey announcéd that due to legal ac- tions to prevent purchase of 14 munic- ipal distribution systems from the Alabama Power Co. in North Alabama, three of the cities involved were being advised to go shesd with plans to coa- struct thelr own