Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1934, Page 2

A—2 & COTTON GROWERS VOTE CROP CURB Landslide Leads to Specu- lation Control May Spread to Other Crops. By the Assoclated Press. A landslide for compulsory control of cotton led to speculation today as to whether the future might see such curbs extended to some other major crops. Growers of the South voted yester- day on the question whether to con- tinue the Bankhead act next year, and incomplete returns today showed: Yea, 897,643, Nay, 91457 This was a proportion of more than 9 to 1. A two-thirds vote was neces- sary for continuance. About 2,600,000 producers were eligible to vote, ana Secretary Wallace had estimated be- forehand that about half that num- ber actually would ballot. Out of 17 States voting, the re- turns showed four—Arizona, Califor- nia, New Mexico and Oklahoma—fail- ing to Toll up two-thirds for the act, which imposes high taxes on cottun sold in excess of quotas. The national average is the deciding figure. Effect Yet to Be Seen. Observers felt only the future could tell what effect the vote may haie on other adjustment plans. Secretary Wallace has not favored compulsory control for other major crops, though some other officials expressed the oe- lief economic nationalism abroad might lead to drastic restraints on production in this country. Cotton handlers, exporters and oth- ers waged a vigorous campaign against the act. The Farm Administration attempted a neutral attitude, but abandoned it after President Roose- velt said he believed the measure was the best method available to meet the situation. Secretary Wallace, who objected to the act last Spring, said the vote showed farmers want the legislation. He said efforts toward greater effi- ciency of administration would be made. After official returns are received, a national allotment, based on the ex- pected consumption of cotton next year, will be set, and quotas will be established. This national figure is expected to be about 12,000.000 bales. Senator Bankhead of Alabama, co- author of the measure, said he was “immensely gratified” over the poll. He said he would seek a national quota of 10,000,000 bales, same as this jear. ? Mississippl Vote Heavy. Bankhead expressed particular in- terest in the vote of his home State, which indorsed the measure by 141,222 to 7.032 on incomplete returns. Mississippi showed the largest ma- Jority in favor—164,824 farmers voting “yes” to 5,143 against. Texas, largest producer of cotton, showed 68,139 votes in favor and 9.278 against, with only 11 of 254 counties reporting. The vote as compiled from official sources by the Associated Press at 7 a.m. today stood as follows: What’s What Behind News In Capital Contest for Speaker- ship Behind Scenes Is Lesson in Politics. BY PAUL MALLON. HE viccisitudes of politics never could be better illustrated than by the inside story of what happened in the speakership contest. The milk man in Omaha may not care, a gill of clabber who is Speaker of the House, but it is a big job in Washington. It has the historic back- ground of such men as Uncle Joe Cannon, Longworth and Garner rather than that of the few frail i characters who occaslonally inherited {it. Furthermore, the Speaker's wife | ranks third at the White House dinner table, which is always an important Washington consideration. Essentially, however, the Jjob is what the man makes it. He can be either boss of the four winds or their lackeys. Mr. Byrns, the Tennessee patrican, rated the job when Mr. Rainey, the Central Illinols patrician, died. Byrns had climbed to this right of succession through long and patient party sevice up to the rank of floor leader. Furthermore, he was popular ith the boys. There never would have been any serious argument about it, had not a bright young man, Sam Rayburn, dis- tinguished himself in handling New Deal legislation during the past two years. Mr. Rayburn heard himself mentioned by some of President Roosevelt's closest advisers as a man who should be the next New Deal | Speaker. There was no question that he was a fair-haired lad around the { White House. On the basis of circum- {stantial evidence that the White House wanted him, he got into the fignt several months ago. He withdrew suddenly, without any public explanation, last Wednesday, and immediately hopped a train for |a secluded destination. Needed New Support. This is what happened: Mr. Byrns and Mr. Rayburn closely canvassed the Democratic side of the House. Mr. Byrns got upwards of 100 votes pledged. Mr. Rayburn’s friends soon found he could not win unless the sig Farley-Guffey Tammany controlled delegations from New York, Pennsyl- vania and elsewhere came through for him. A high official who looked very much like Commerce Secretary Roper hopped a train for Texas about four | weeks ago and secretly talked to Mr. Mr. | THE EVENING BSTAR, F.H. A GOUNSEL Prominent Washington At- torney Appointed at $1- ;-Year Salary. Roger J. Whiteford, prominent Washington attorney, today was ap- pointed general counsel of the Federal Housing Administration at $1 a year salary. ‘The announcement was made at the housing administration after Adminis- trator James A, Moffett had conferred with President Roosevelt. Whiteford, who wili assume office at once, accepted the post with the un- derstanding that he need not give up his law practice, the White House said. He is considered by both the- | President and MofTett as “ideally qual- ified” for the position because of his ability as a lawyer and his wide ex- perience in litigation affecting real estate and mortgages. Whiteford is now Washington coun- sel for the National Association of Real Estate Boards and attorney for the Washington Real Estate Board. Since 1918 he has represented real estate interests before committees of the House and Senate. EXTRA SESSION CALL THIRD IN LOUISIANA | Amendment to Messed-Up Liquor Law Among Purposes Stated ! by Long. | | By the Assoclated Press, | BATON ROUGE, La., December | 15—At Senator Huey Long’s request | Gov. O. K. Allen today issued a call | for the Louisiana Legislature to meet |in special session Sunday night at| 8 o'clock for the third extraordinary session of this year of the Long dictatorship. Long enumerated some of the pur- poses of the session as an amend- ment to the messed up liquor law, a clarification of the law to permit the use of surplus State funds to pay unpaid appropriations in other funds, to establish State supervision of in- dustrial pensions, to raise funds for the Unemployment Relief Commis- sion and to repeal a clause in the general light tax on Pullman ecars, | which now are assessed at 2 per cent | of their receipts as a utility. The session was announced to be| held to a 12-day limit, but it was| generally agreed that it would only go for 5 days, the length of the previ- ous record short terms. Observers anticipated that more than routine legislation would be of- fered at the session since Long is in the habit of springing some late- hour surprise, such as he did at the last session with his two-year private debt moratorium, WASHINGTON, D. C. The fourth annual Star-Warner Bros’ Christmas Toy Matinees, to provide gifts for needy Washington children, drew the biggest crowds in three years to the cleven theaters where the matinees were held this morn- @ TOY MATINEE BRINGS THOUSANDS OF GIFTS TO NEEDY CHILDREN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, WH"EFUR[] NAMEI]I Record Crod hrong Star-Warner Bros.’ Toy Matinees ‘NRA mm;[ MUS]' 1934.- ing. At top children are shown grouped around the display in the Earle ‘Theater lobby, where the gift-packages werc stacked. In the bottom picture part of another group is shown waiting for the Metropolitan to open. $30 IN PRIZES FOR WASHINGTON BOYS AND GIRLS. This is your last chance, boys and girls, to write your letter, “Why DEFEND CHARTER Trouble Over Attack on Fed- eration of Employes Re- sult of Johnson Row. National Recovery Administration Lodge, No. 91, American Federation of Government Employes, center of the celebrated fight with Hugh 8. John- son, former Blue Eagle chieftain, has been called upon by E. Claude Bab- cock, president of the federation, to show cause why its charter should not be revoked for an attack upon the parent’organization. The inter-union trouble is the dizect outgrowth of the clash with Johnson when picketing was resorted to to force reinstatement of John L. Dono- van, the lodge president, who had b-zn dismissed from N. R. A. Donovan was later returned to duty after the intervention of the National Labor Board. ‘The federation disclaimed respcnsi bility for the picketing, and at the na- tional eonvention in New York in September, put through a resolution banning picketing in employment dis- putes, over the protest of Dunovan and a group of sympathizers. Early this month, N. R. A. Lodge circulated through the A. F. G. E. membership a report on the conven- tion calling for support of the prin- ciple of picketing, and also of a reso- lution opposing “racial discrimina- tion” in Government employment. which was ruled out of the New York session. This report was critical of the federation leadership. Brought to Babcock's attention, he served notice on the lodge that it was charged se and misleading statements,” and “disloyalty” to the labor movement. The organization has been given until December 27 to file answer, after which the question of charter revoca- tion will be put to a vote of th: Executive Committee. YEGGS SHUT OFF TOWN, ROB BANK Gang Blast Safe and Flee With $2,000 Near Willard, Ohio. By the Associated Press WILLARD, Ohio, December 15.—4 gang of 11 or more burglars shut the nearby village of North Fairfield off from the outside world early today, set off seven charges of high explo- sive in the village bank and escaped with loot estimated at $2,000 by C. D. Harvey, president of the bank. The gang came into the tow shortly before 2 am. (E. 8. T.) and working leisurely, did not leave until 4:30 am. During this time all the residents were kept in their houses by gunmen who dared them to come out and at- {HOPE FOR AMERICA I know there is a Santa Claus and why every poor child in Washington should receive gifts this Christmas.” DON'T DELAY, send it in NOW to the Santa Claus Editor of The Star. The contest closes at midnight tonight. tempt to stop the burglary. James Garrett, a carpenter, stepped out on his back porch and seven shots were fired in his direction. Number Favoring. 141229 Number | Garner, the Vice President. Against. Perhaps, as a result of that con- 7032 | yersation or otherwise, Mr. Garner SEEN IN NEW DEAL| (it rom mc usey_| 64,389 1,161 1,051 2932 3,009 459 585 225 18,630 35 2.566 5,143 719 325 8.968 27,145 2,109 4,925 9278 244 POLICE TRY TO FIND OTHER FISH VICTIMS Digging Continues Near House Where Girl's Skeleton Was Found—XKiller Awaits Trial. Arkansas . Arizona .. California Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippl « Missouri . New Mexico .. 8 North Carolina. 105.022 Oklahoma .... 41,741 South Carolina. 29,154 . 47,247 68.139 By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 15.—Officers dug in the bleak earth today about the Westchester house where Grace Budd was slain, seeking to learn if Al- bert H. Fish had any other victims. One full day of digging turned up virtually a complete skeleton of the little girl yesterday, as well as the stained meat cleaver and saw that Fish confessed he used to butcher the 10-year-old child after kidnaping her June 3, 1928. Under the basement floor of the abandoned house near East Irvington, another bone was found which Dr. Amos O. Squires, medical examiner, first said might have been that of an adult. It was determined later that it was an animal’s. Fish, a 65-year-old house painter, sat in seclusion in the Tombs, await- ing his return to Westchester County to face a murder trial. New York authorities said he will be surrendered as soon as a murder indictment is returned, and the grand jury reas- sembles Tuesday at White Plains. Readily admitting the Kkilling of Grace Budd, Fish insisted nevertheless that he was not responsible for the absence of any other children who have disappeared. But he told police: *“You might as well accuse me of ail of them. You can’t do me any more damage.” SELLERS LEAVES BOARD OF BROOKLYN RADIO Representative Changes Opinion That Newspapers Should Not Be Allowed to Own Stations. By the Associated Press. BROOKLYN, N. Y., December 15.— Representative Emanuel Sellers, Democrat, of New York, today an- nounced his resignation as chairman of the Board of Broadcasters of Brook- Iyn, N. Y., Inc,, a corporation formed to merge three Brooklyn radio stations, because he said he had changed his opinion that newspapers should not be allowed to own and operate radio sta- tions. At a recent hearing in Washington, Representative Sellers testified as a proponent of the merger of stations ‘WAID, WLTH and WVFW and op- posed the application of the Brooklyn Eagle for 1,440 kilocycles, the wave length now used by the three stations. He testified that he favored the merger because he did not believe that news- papers should be allowed to own and operate radio stations. Facts brought out at the Washington hearing, he said in announcing his resignation, had caused him to with- dtaw his ‘support from the merger, - returned to Washington long be- fore he needed to, and was given the job of keeping the speakership candidates away from the White House. If Mr. Garner was also secretly as- signed the task of getting his fellow Texan and White House favorite elected Speaker, some one forgot to tell Mr. Farley or Mr. Guffey about it. A few days after Mr. Garner started to work, Mr. Guffey’s Pennsylvania delegation came out unanimously for Byrnes. That ruined whatever chance Mr. Rayburn had and assured election of Mr. Byrns. Some of Mr. Rayburn’s lieutenants were amazed at Mr. Guffey's action. They had been led to believe that the worst they could expect from Penn- sylvania was an unpledged delegation. And where was the White House? Mr. Guffey Explains It. A friend of Mr. Guffey explained that he found his boys were strong for Byrns and he did not want to start off his career in Washington by having them vote him down. The White House explanation was that it could not participate in a strictly House beauty contest like the speakership race, that it took no hand in the matter one way or another. The public record will bear that out. Every one, including Mr. Ray- burn, could see he was licked. His withdrawal induced some of Mr. Byrns’ friends to talk about letting bygones be bygones, and making Mr. Rayburn floor leader, the consolation prize. There was not much of a swelling |of sentiment for that solution be- cause every one realized Mr. Byrns and Mr. Rayburn probably would get along like Carter Glass and Huey Long. The situation called for a floor | leader with whom Byrns would work closely. 1 At any rate, that is the story to date of how Mr. Byrns caught the No. 3 job and Mr. Rayburn caught a train. You can write your own moral o Your old pal, Gen. Johnson, was the life of the party at that private White House conference Wednesday on the war profits question. When Mr. Roosevelt shot questions at his cabinet officials about how long |it would take to mobilize, how many tanks we had during the war and such things, the their heads. answers. Friends of Johnson say he has three private business offers and will accept oge of them, but will not return to Government service for war profits or anything else. Two Poles Meet. The North and South Poles of the New Deal met the other day and shook hands. At a private luncheon in a downtown office here, only North Polar Bernard M. Baruch and South Polar Prof. Rexord Guy Tugwell were invited. Mutual friends explain that Baruch had expressed a curious desire to meet the professor. There was no fighting. Senator Wagner is privately work- ing on a bill to define the moot labor section 7A, in such a way that it may outlow company unions. (Copyright, 1934.) o Quake Strikes India. CALCUTTA, December 15 (#).—A severe earthquake was recorded at Calcutta today. The epicenter was believed to be in Northern India. Nepal, tiny nation in the Himalayas, was thought to be in the earthquake cabineteers scratched Johnson knew all the zone. No direct word came, however, |and the first dozen days this month porTOM UP.” from Kathmandu, its capital. News Writer Tells @. 0. P. Wom- en “No Party Can Afford to Ignore Realities.” America’s only prospect for salva- tion lies in working with the New Deal and not against it, Elliott Thurston, news writer for the Washington Post, told the League of Republican Women yesterday. ‘Thurston, introduced by Mrs. Har- vey W. Wiley, president of the Dis- trict of Columbia Federation of Wom- en's Clubs, discussed the topic: “The | New Deal Band Wagon Has Need for | Critics.” Recent changed attitude of the bankers, Thurston declared, is not a surrender, but is a sincere realization that they need the New Deal and need to work with it. The present plan of government was characterized as a system of trial and | experiment, and he complimented the | administration for its policy of dis- | carding plans that fail. “We are constantly shooting at a moving target,” he said. “In such a system no party can afford to ignore realities and each party must seek to find the best in the welter of experi- mentation which is going on, and cling to it. The best we can do is make a case against the bad elements and to boost the good ones.” HUBBELL, MOUND ACE, WOUNDS COMPANION Neighbor of New York Pitcher Is Accidentally Shot While Two Are Hunting. By the Associated Press. SHAWNEE, Okla., December 15.— Paul Shore, Meeker oil driller, lay in a Shawnee hospital today with gun- shot wounds accidentally inflicted yesterday by his Winter neighbor, Carl Hubbell, New York pitcher. The accident occurred while the two were quail hunting. A shotgun charge tore Shore's right shoulder, and a pellet puncturei a 1urg. He was given pneumonia injections last night. “My hunting days are over,” Hub- bell said gloomily, insisting the acci- dent was due to a private ‘jinx" which had been following him- all year. - {PRISONERS USE TOKENS TO HALT SALE OF DOPE By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE Ky., December 15— Jailer Martin Conners announced to- day he was taking money out of cir- culation at the Jefferson County Jail in an effort to stop dope peddling. Some of his prisoners, Conners ob- served, court arrest on minor charges apparently so they can peddle nar- cotics among other inmates. ‘To stop this business prisoners are required to exchange all their cash! for tokens. A prisoner may use his! tokens to buy food, and convert them | into cash upon his release, but he is not permitted to come out of jail | with more tokens than he had when he entered. TAX DEADLINE REACHED Today Is Last for Paying lDSSI Income Installment. Today is the deadline for paying up 1933 income taxes. It is the last day the Treasury will accept fourth- quarter payments without penalty. 8o far income taxes this fiscal year are running some $60,000,000 ahead of those for the same period last year —$277,788,670 to $217,444,719. Third quarter payments totaled $173,309,000 $21,494,000 A lobby attracted great interest, and | children with their parents and friends crowded around to view it, heaping up their gift contributions in a great pile nearby. The Metropolitan lobby, where an attractive display was also on view, was packed and jammed long before the doors opened. At the Tivoli, it seemed the crowd was greatest of all. The Fourteenth street entrance of the theater looked like the gates at a world series game, | every one eager to get in—and forming lines along both sides of the house. Santa Claus Pleased. The real Santa Claus, viewing the scene through his powerful telescope which he trained first on one theater and then another was proud indeed to find that so many kind Washing- tonians had flocked so willingly to aid him in his desire to reach every child in town, whether rich or poor. He rubbed his hands together and chuckled as he surveyed the piles of toys and gifts far too numerous to estimate, which mounted higher and higher at the theater entrances as the great crowds poured through. There were thousands and thou- sands of packages of every size and description—many done up. in ribbon and shimmering cord, and decorated with fancy Christmas stickers. Each a package of Christmas joy, each & source of real happiness, for the legion of needy little ones to whose plea Washington had responded whole-} heartedly. Later today, when the excitement | dies down, a fleet of trucks donated by the Security Storage Co., will make a round of these theaters col- lecting gifts, and transporting them to The Star-Warner Bros’ and the Council of Social Agencies’ toy shop at 1107 Pennsylvania avenue. Gifts Will Be Classified. ‘There a real task begins. The task of counting and sorting and classify- ing the thousands and thousands of separate gifts to be distributed 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 other awards. Don't forget, you must not be your letter. more than 12 years old if you write The best letter will win a prize of $15, second prize is $10 and the third prize is $5. Announcements of the winners, week. with their letters, will be made next Please write on one side of the paper only, and get your letter in before the contest closes. poor. This work is being undertaken by the Christmas Planning Commit- tee of the council, of which Mrs. Loren Johnson is in charge, aided by Mrs. Frank Parsons and a host of volunteer workers. ‘These gifts, according to Mrs. Mary Edith Coulson, secretary of the Fam- ily Welfare and Recreation Commit- tee of the council, will go to the mothers or families of the many de- serving children who have written or called in asking to be rememvered. “It is our plan,” Mrs. Coulson says, “to deliver these toys to the mothers or guardians of these children in order that they themselves may play Santa Claus or distribute them as they will | on Christmas morning. Also there will be large deliveries of these gifts to the boys’ clubs and all the settlements and charitable or- ganizations on the council's lists. In- cluded among these are such insti- tutions as the following: St. John's Orphanage, German Orphan Asylum, Euclid Street Chil- dren’s Home, Travelers' Aid Soclety, Gallinger Hospital, Providence Hos- pital Day Nursery, Providence Hospi- tal Children’s Ward, Episcopal City Missions, Juvenile Protective Associa- tion, American Legion Welfare and Relief Department, Children’s Hospi- tal, District Training School, Asso- ciated Charities, Northeast Boys’ Club, Catholic Charities, St. John's Church, Columbia Hospital for Women, Juanita K. Nye Council House and | Life’s Like That BY FRED NEHER. “THIS 18 JUNIOR—HE'S LEARNING m.nusnnai FROM THE (Copyright. 1934.) 13 | others, including numerous private | | groups. Theaters on List. The toy matinees, the fourth to be presented by The Star and Warner Bros, were held at the following theaters: TIVOLI—Shirley Temple in “Baby Takes a Bow,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, “Busy Bodies”; “The Night Before Christmas” and “The Man on the Flying Trapeze,” & 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. cus Clown,” “Bedtime Worries,” an Our Gang comedy; “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy, and “Let's You and Him Fight,” a Pop- eye comedy. COLONY—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Marker,” “Wild Poses,” an Our Gang comedy, and “The Night Be- fore Christmas” a Silly Symphony. ‘YORK—Joe E. Brown in “Son of a Sailor,” “Dirty Work,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy. AVENUE GRAND—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Marker,” “Dirty Work,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Sockabye Baby,” a Popeye comedy. Shows Include Comedies. APOLLO—Joe E. Brown in “The Circus Clown,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy, and “Mickey's Good Deed,” a Mickey Mouse comedy. HOME—Bruce Cabot in “Midship- man Jack,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy, and “The Three Lit- tle 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 Workshop,” a Silly Sym- phony, and “Shoein’ Horses,” a Pop- eye comedy. —_— FLOOD DANGER OVER California Rains Move Easterly From Menaced Area. LOS ANGELES, December 15 (#).— Flood danger in the foot hills bor- dering Los Angeles was believed past today as the storm that drenched vir- tually all of Southern California with near-record rainfall moved eastward. Cloudbursts over the La Crescent: Montrose area yesterday sent tor- rents of water rushing down fire-de- nuded hilisides and caused the tem- porary evacuation of 300 residents. Last January 1 more than 30 lives were lost in the La Crescenta-Mont- rose area when cloudbursts sent a wall of water rushing through the two communities. WATER LINE BOMBED Tenseness of Cuban Situation In- creased by Explosion. HAVANA, December 15 (#)—Explo- sion of & bomb beneath a branch aqueduct, § miles from Havana, added to the tenseness of Cuba’s in- ternal situation today. ‘The aqueduct, supplying the Ma- gorra section, was not seriously dam- |- aged and the city water supply was not affected. r. SAVOY—Joe E. Brown in “The Cir- | MRS. MARY IRENE BUCCOLO. —Star Staff Photo. (Story on Page A-1.) HALLIGAN SERVICES SLATED TUESDAY Simple Rites Will Be Held at Annapolis for Rear Admiral. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., December 15.— Funeral services for Rear Admiral John Halligan, U. S. N, will be held Tuesday at the St. Mary's Catholic Church. Burial will be in the Naval Academy Cemetery. Admiral Halligan, who commanded the thirteenth naval district, Tuesday in Bremerton, Wash. The body, accompanied by Capt. H. E. Church, U. 8. N, will arrive Monday. Acting on the request of the family, only simple services have been planned by Academy officials. There will be no escort and the pall bearers will be selected from the admiral’s classmates. A squad of sailors will fire volleys at the grave and a bugler will sound “Taps.” _— YUGOSLAVIA DEPORTS 26 MORE HUNGARIANS Several Had Served in Army—No Indication of Mass Action—Spe- cial Reasons Attributed. By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, December 15.—The of- ficial Hungarian Telegraphic Agency reported today that 26 more Hun- garians had been deported from Yugo- slavia, arriving at Szeged last night. It was®stated that among those banished were several men who had served in the Yugoslav army. ‘There were no indications, however, that mass deportation of Hungarians was being resumed. Yugoslavia called & halt on the ejections last week. The presumption was that there were spe- cial reasons for the newly reported expulsions. The total number of deportees dur- ing the last two weeks has reached 1,949, z L4 died | Members of the gang placed barn doors over the front windows of the bank, a frame structure, to screen their activities. With pieces of the vault and sections of the bank wall, the doors were blown out into the street. Pieces of the vault were found 100 feet from the bank. TIBER FLOOD MAKES SEAPORT OF ROME Littorio Airport Is Huge Lake. City Well Protected—Others Menaced. By the Associated Press. ROME, December 15.—Rome became almost a seaport today as Father Tiber humped his back up to 46.7 feet, the River's most extreme flood stage in many years. The extraordinary depth enabled boats of heavy draft to come up the river from Ostia and discharge their cargoes at St. Paul's Gate. Already dangerously swollen, the level of the river rose 2 feet during the night. Rome itself is well protected by high embankments, but a serious sit- uation confronted upriver communi- ties. The Littorio Airport just below Rome, landing field for all commercial planes, was a vast lake. All air traffic was diverted to Compiano Field. IDENTIFICATION IN ERROR Accused Traffic Violator Not With Automobile Association. Through an error, The Star in its early editions yesterday identified Patrick Curley. 30, who was brought into Police Court to stand trial on eight charges of traffic violations, as nLernploye of the American Automo- bile Association. Mr. Curley is not employed by the motor organization, but works in the Agricultural Adjustment Administra- tion. The Star regrets the error, —_— E,%BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS S, @'\‘3»@'@9'@ Brazilion children believe the animals end birds spask on Christmas night shopping days to Christmas BRAZIL On the coffee plantations of Brazil the children are told by the old people that on Christmas night the animals have the gift of speech, and that if a child has enough courage to go out alone in the darkness and silence it will hear the cock crow, in a loud voice, “Christ is born.”