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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy and slightly colder tonight, mini- mum temperature about 26 degrees; to- morrow probably snow; moderate winds. Temperatures—Highest, 42, at 4 pm. yesterday; lowest, 32, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A-10. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 33,158. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. @b WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION n o Star The only evening paper in Washington witfi the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY' Circulation, SUNDAY'S Circulation. 127,516 135,416 Some Returns Not Yet Received TWO CENTS. REILLY ACCUSES GOW, WHATELEY INSIDE JOB’ IS CHARGED BY DEFENSE IN FINAL PLEA TO BRUNO JURY Nurse Blamed for Knowing Plans. ‘LADDER PLANT IS CHARGED Condon Attacked for Role in Case as Negotiator. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) FLEMINGTON, N. J., February 11— | The final defense plea for Bruno Rich- ard Hauptmann today turned into utterances of charges against Betty Gow and the dead Ollie Whateley and denunciation of the aged Dr. John F. (Fafsie) Condon. “Condon stands behind something in this case that is unholy,” Edward J. Reilly, chief of the defense, told the jury which is trying Hauptmann for his life as the kidnaper and murderer of baby Charles A. Lindbergh, jr. He said next that Condon had failed to notify police immediately after the receipt of the letter. “Of all the letters received by Con- don, nobody ever saw him receive them.” Reiliy continued, emphasizing his words with a pointed finger. “Condor. alone. Condon alone but the attorner general will probably say he was a fine. patriotic old gen- tleman. Reverting to his original contention of an “inside job.” Reilly accused Betty Gow and Whateley of complicity in the Lindbergh kidnaping and mur- der. “Col. Lindbergh was stabbed in the back by those who worked for him,” he said. In this connection he flung out | the name of Betty Gow, the baby's nursemaid, and charged she was the only person, aside from the Lind- berghs, who knew the baby was to be in Hopewell on the night of the crime; and of Whateley, the butler now dead. who, he said, had charge of the dog which failed to bark when | the baby was taken. Says Ladder Was Planted. ‘The booming attorney charged the kidnap ladder was a “plant” and that the baby was not taken from its nursery through the window. “The person that picked that child out of that crib.” he cried, “I give you my solemn word. the inference I draw, knew that child and that child knew | that person.” Reilly’s summation began after the State had used an hour of its time to declare the contention it had proved “not only beyond a reasonable doubt, but conclusively and overwhelmingly” that Hauptmann was guilty of the crime. Reilly claimed the child would have cried if a stranger had picked him up. unless he had been doped. Pursuing the contention the ladder was a plant. he said: “There is hothing in the mud to indicate that Hauptmann or anybody else fell in that mud. and there is nothing in the mud that indicates the baby fell in the mud.” Sailor Is Mentioned. Reilly several times brought in the name of “Red” Johnson, the Nor- The Jury The State: By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON. N. J.. February 11. —Anthony M. Hauck, youthful prose- ,cutor of Hunterdon County, began the State’s resume of its case against | Bruno Richard Hauptmann as the | trial reconvened this morning. His | appearance precedes the defense's final plea for Hauptmann’s acquittal. | ‘| Between These Stories Must Judge The Defense: By the Associated Press FLEMINGTON, N. J., February 11.—Edward J. Reilly, chief of defense counsel in the trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, charged with the kid- naping and murder of baby Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., made the final plea for the Bronx carpentey. As Anthony M. Hauck drew to a PRESIDENT SCORES IN PREVAILING PAY AMENDMENT FIGHT Senate Committee Votes to Reconsider Change in Work-Relief Bill. BALLOT ON M’ADOO MOTION DUE TODAY | Appropriations Group Acquaint- ance With New Facts Sought by Californian. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. I don't know anything about this man, | to be given by Edward J. Rellly, chief ‘ close with the opening resume for the of defense counsel. | State, Reilly began to set the stage Hauck's voice was of a conversa- for his summation. With his aide, tional tone as he began. James Rao, he moved the round table | His first words were of thanks to | to the jury box rail and stood survey- the jury for its attention and inter- | ing the arrangement, a long wooden est in the case, . | pointer held in one hand. | “You have listened to more than | Mys, Hauptmann, pale and quiet, | a million and a half words of testi- | sat erect throughout the recess. Her mony and watched over 380 exhibas | husband spokf gravely to Deputy | | in this case,” he said. | Sheriff Hovey Low. one of his guards. He next explained how the attor-l The mrug‘:ymnp“ o the Brane area, | ney general's department had come | including the two cemeteries figuring | into the cast at his request and then | jn the crime and Hauptmann’s home, | | wage amendment out of the $4,880,- launched into the body of the state- | was hung on a rack before the jury. ment. A “The State of New Jersey contends | Reilly Asks Jury | that it has proven conclusively that |To Judge Case on Law. ! Bruno Richard Hauptmann killed the | j v Lindbergh baby and is guilty of mur- imTu?; i“?fiég“i‘fm‘fé’ffif | der in the first degree,” Hauck said | hjm "win so many victories in the | with emphasis. s 2,000 murder cases he has defended, | In a crime of murder. he went e, | walked slowly to the round table im- | a corpus delicti must be proven. mediately in front of the jury rail. | Recalls Events His voice was low and confidential. Before Kidnaping. “I approach this task with a feeling The corpus delicti was the child Of the gravest responsibility.” that on the afternoon of March 1, “I can readily appreciate.” he said. | 1932, Hauck went on, was “a normal | “after listening to the prosecutor child, it ate, slept and played as do |that in your minds there may be a | my children.” feeling that this defendant is guilty.” i The earnest young prosecutor re- | He asked that the jurors dispell cited the events preceding the kidnap- |any such thoughts and judge the case ing. Betty Gow, the nurse, came to |on the law. the Hopewell home that afternon,| “I know that there is a distin- | made a little shirt for the baby— |guished family involved in this case,” treated him for a slight cold, with the he said, “but the case must be de- | aid of his mother, and put it to bed. |cided on the evidence.” | The baby, he said, was put in bed | He said he could not think of a bet- and its covers were pinned to the crib | ter way to open his summation than | mattress. !with a text from St. Matghew. | “Now at 8 o'clock, Miss Gow said | “Judge not,” he quoted, “lest ye she looked at her watch, and she |be judged.” | went downstairs and had something He cleared his throat | to eat. Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh were | “I'ask of you in consideration of downstairs and at one time upstairs | this case that you bring into your in their room. | hearts and consciences that you are “At about 10 o'clock Miss Gow went | weighing that which you cannot give | back to see how the baby was. She |back once you have taken away. | walked over to the crib and listened to | Life.” | hear his breathing.” Reilly picked up the indictment and He paused for a moment. began to read it. | honey of Wyoming, McAdoo of Cali- ‘The Roosevelt administration scored in the first round of the battle today to knock the McCarran prevailing 000000 work relief bill. By a vote of 14 to 9, the motion presented by Senator McAdoo, Demo- crat, of California, to reconsider the | THEA “ F Genren ", action by which the McCarran amendment was adoped in the Sen- | ate Appropriations Committee, was carried. The amendment, however, still re- | mains in the bill pending a hearing | ADAGANRUSHED R. A. After hearing Mr. Gill. the | | committee will vote on a motion to‘Brnish Shlp Oflers Help | | strike out the McCarran amendment. | Second Time, Hinting | Senator McAdoo explained to the committee at its meeting this morn- ing that he had offered his motion to reconsider tRe rule by which the Mc- Carran amendment was adopted in order that the committee might be | BY the Associated Press. acquainted with certain facts and fig- | HONOLULU. February 11.—Rescue ures of a semi-official nature which | was virtually in sight today for the he thought should be presented to the | crew of the schooner Seth Parker, committee. which was apparently out of distress These facts and figures show that ! again today despite its SOS of ¥ast the retention of the McCarran amend- | pight ment in the bill would increase the | e British cruiser Australia. carry- | amount of money needed to employ | ing the Duke of Gloucester. third son | 3500000 men and women very | 3 itain, was | greatly. In fact, 1t would bring the | oo JEOTER of Great oy ualn, was nearing the adventure ship. total up to $6,340,000,000 instead of | " Things are looking pretty favor- | the $4,880,000,000 carried in the bill. | gpje.” sajd a message from the schoon- The vote on the motion to recon- | er's master, Philip H. Lord, American sider was as follows: Ayes—Glass of | radio star known as Scth Parker. at Virginia. McKellar of Tennessee, | 4:45 am. (10:15 am. Eastern stand- Byrnes of South Carolina, Hayden of | arq time), today. Arizona, Tydings of Maryland, Russell | “Some of the crew are getting a of Georgia, Coolidge of Massachu- | chance to sleep.” setts, Bankhead of Alabama, O'Ma- | Offer of Aid Spurned. Motion Is Explained. First Call a Hoax. A GANG SUSPECTS i i “The baby was not there.” | He sketched swiftly one apprehen- | | sion that gripped the Lindbergh house- | | 'hold then, how the rooms were | searched, how Lindbergh grabbed his rifle as he said to his wife: “Anne, they have stolen our baby.” Hauck dropped his voice. “It was “It's the pattern by which you must 80.” he observed. The indictment, he asserted, said that on March 1, 1932, “at no other time,” in East Amwell township, bergh baby” was killed ntinued on Page 5, Column 3.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) SEIZED INRAIDS Quartet Taken in Baltimore Wanted Here in Hold- Up Cases. wegian sailor and friend of Betty Gow, who talked to her on the telephone | early in the evening of the crime. | “Why was the man who talked to| Betty Gow while Col. Lindbergh was | eating dinner allowed to remain in| the safety of Denmark?” he asked. “The signal was given,” he said, *‘the coast is clear” And that child came down either one of those two ! staircases, wrapped in the arms of | some person the poor little child had | confidence in and that's why it didn’t cry, that's why it didn’t scream and there was no more breaking of a ladder, no falling in the mud, because in the soft mud at the foot of this ladder there would be the imprint of (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) SCARLETT, AROUSED, TO BREAK SILENCE Bridegroom, Deserted and Aec- cused, May Make “Impor- tant Statement.” By the Associated . ess. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Febru- ary 11.—George Scarlett, 3d, chauf- feur, whose elopement with Jane Cooke, 20-year-old Chevy Chase, Md., social- ite, ran into parental wrath, a larceny charge and then abandonment by his “disillusioned” bride, returned to his parents’ home here today in a bellig- erent frame of mind. Declaring he still loved his missing bride, Scarlett, 21, and former high school athlete, said he might make “an important statement” in a few days. He said his attorneys in Wash- ington were conferring with Mrs. Howard De Walden Cooke, his mother- in-law, and other in-laws. Scarlett was acquitted last Thursday in Police Court at Rockville, Md., of a charge of larceny of $5,000 worth of jewelry, brought by Mrs. Cooke. When he sought his bride after the hearing he found her gone and was given a note and his ring. She was reported to have said she wished the marriage terminated by divorce or annulment. Scarlett’s father, George S. Scarlett, ‘today by a squad of Washington and Four suspects in local robberies and hold-ups, including an alleged mem- ber of the Tri-State gang, were seized in a series of raids in Baltimore early Baltimore detectives. One of the first arrested was Ernest Myers, 35, described by police as a leader of the Tri-State mob which shot a mail guard at Union Station in December of 1933 and escaped with $23,500 worth of internal revegue to- bacco stamps, loot which the robbers later discarded. Myers is said to be the brother of Herbert Myers, the Tri-State gangster who was killed by detectives last Spring when they sought to arrest him in his New York apartment. Ernest Myers was seized in his home in the 800 block of North Fulton avenue, Baltimore. Polfce said they found clips of automatic cartridges and other ammunition in the house. The local “clean up” squad which visited Baltimore included Detec- tive Sergts. Floyd Truscott, Thomas Sweeney, E. F. Lewis, Robert J. Bar- rett and Van D. Hughes. Shortly after taking Myers, they ar- rested Claude Bailey, 42, wanted here on a charge of equipping his automo- bile with a smoke screen. Bailey is suspected in the robbery of a G street fur store last Spring. Baltimore police were questioning both men today in connection with several robberies there. The pair will be brought here when Baltimore au- thorities are through with them. The other two arrested are suspects in a series of hold-ups staged by four colored men who commandered a taxicab Saturday night and cruised about the city looking for victims. SHEPARD FREED Retired Army Officer Acquit- ted on Charge of Poisoning Her to Wed Stenographer. By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans., February 11.— Maj. Charles A. Shepard, retired Army tuberculosis speclalist, was ac- quitted today of charges that he fatally poisoned his second wife to clear the way for his marriage to Miss Grace Brandon, Texas stenographer. “The verdict is right and just,” said Shepard, 63, who at his first trial, in 1930, was convicted. The Supreme Court granted a new trial. The jury received the case at 7:30 pm. (central standard time) Satur- day night after a two week’s trial. It deliberated virtually all day Sunday and until 2:30 a.m. today. Mrs. Zenana Shepard, the major's second wife, was 37, when she died at Fort Riley, Kans., June 15, 1929, after a mysterious illness. Shepard, in his defense, set forth that she was a de- spondent drunkard, who often threat- ened suicide. © Government testimony sought to prove that Shepard, who had gone to San Antonio, Tex., to take a flight surgeon’s course, met and fell in love with Miss Brandon, then 23, and that he poisoned his wife in order to be free to marry her. Miss Brandon, who surrendered Shepard’s letters and gifts to the prosecution, was a witness against her erstwhile lover at both trials. She was not in court today, having re- turned to her home. After his previous conviction had been set aside Shepard married his friend .nd benefactor, the former Alice J. Watt of Denver, who provided his $25,000 bond. Mrs. Shepard, ac- companied by her daughter, Mrs. Burr Cooper of Denver, sat through- ‘Two other suspects were picked up in ‘Washington over the week end. BANDIT SUSPECT HELD MEMPHIS, Tenn., February 11 (P). —A man described by Memphis po- lice officers as Joseph Fuch, 23, was held in city jail last night in connec- tion with the robbery of a Missouri Pacific bus station agent here Satur- day night. Officers said oi the $170 taken from Dave Marshall, the agent, $155 had jr., is a retired railroad detective. 4 been recovered. 4 out the trial. —— CHURCH LEADER ILL ST. LOUIS, Pebruary 11 {#).—Dr. John W. Maclvor, pastor of the Sec- ond Presbyterian Church here and & former member of the General Coun- cil of the Presbyterian Church of the United States, was critically ill in a a:-nmm today with a kidney infec- Dr. Maclvor formerly was pastor of the Watson Memorial Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh. ’ Hunterdon County, the “young Lind- | “What do I mean by a pattern?” ! IN WIFE SLAYING | fornia and Truman of Missouri, Dem- ocrats, and Hale of Maine, Keyes of New Hampshire and Norbeck of South Dakota, Republicans—14. Noes — Copeland of New York, Thomas of Oklahoma, McCarran of Democrats, and Nye of North Dakota, Steiwer of Oregon, Dickinson of Iowa, Townsend of Delaware and Carey of Wyoming, Republicans—9. Senator Overton of Louisiana voted by proxy. Adams Is Absent. One member of the committee, Sen- ator Adams, Democrat, of Colorado, was absent. He had voted against the McCarran amendment when it first was adopted. his fight to eliminate the McCarran amendment, under which men and women employed on work-relief proj- ects would receive the prevailing wage paid in private industry for such work. At all events, the committee is to (Continued on Page 6, Column 1. REPORT THAT GLASS WAS IGNORED DENIED Virginian Present at Session With Other Senators on Work-Relief Bill. Newspaper reports that Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, had not been consulted by President Roosevelt in regard to the $5,000,000 work relief bill until last Thursday night had caused some resentment in administration circles today. 1t developed that Senator Glass was a member of a subcommittee which called at the White House and spent an hour discussing the work relief bill with the President a week ago Satur- day. Others who went to the White House with Senator Glass were Sena- tors Hayden, O'Mahoney and Byrnes. The suggestion that Senator Glass had been ignored and only called on the telephone Thursday pight by the President was denied by some of the administration Senators, who referred to this conference held more than a week ago. An oil painting of a Brussels street scene by Edmund De Praetere, which cost Mrs. Mary F. Henderson $10,000, was bought at auction today for $310 by George Goodacre, restaurant owner, and shortly will leave the walls of the famous old house on Sixteenth street for the White Coffee Pot lunch room at 1016 Fourteenth street. The painting, 74 by. 105 inches, and in a frame said to have cost $500, depicts a team of four big brewery horses drawing a truckload of beer to the door of & tavern. Mr. Goodacre also bought a sculp- tured marble figure of a.young woman - | Nevada and Overton of Louisiana, | Presumably the President has won | $10,000 Henderson Canvas Goes For $310 to Bedeck Lunch Room | Through Friday night and much of | Saturday the exact condition of the | | schooner was in doubt. Sunday morn- | ;ing the Australia reached her. only | to find everything in order and to be | told assistance no longer was needed. The Australia continued on her way | after sending out a skeptical report {on the Seth Parker’s trouble. The | SOS came about 14 hours later. | Chief claim to fame of the adven- turing schooner is the fact its mas- | ter. Philips H. Lord, is a widely known | American radio character. He uses| | the name Seth Parker in his presen- tation. Lord early today wirelessed he was discontinuing his SOS because of the Australia’s help. The point from which the S O 8 was sent is about 800 miles east of the Samoan Islands and almost as far west of the Society Islands. The | Australia was approximately 250 miles away when it turned about. New Call at 1 AM. Only a few hours after the Aus- tralia pulled away, Lord began send- ing his new trouble messages. Then | came the S O S at 1 am. (Eastern | standard time) today. i Previous distress calls and the re- | port of the Australia gave rise to | wide belief the trouble was being “staged” by Lord as a publicity stunt. London expressed annoyance that the Australia had to go 400 miles out of her way at a cost of £500 ($2,500). BRITAIN MAY PROTEST. | Representations Hinted if Seth Parker S O S Proves Hoax. LONDON, February 11 (#).—The British admiralty, an official spokes- man disclosed today, “takes a very serious view” of the Seth Parker in- cident. If it is proved that a hoax was perpetrated on H. M. S. Australia it is believed likely the British gov- ernment will make representations to the United States. Such action would be taken through regular dip- lomatic channels. U. S. NAV¥ TO SEND AID. HONOLULU, February 11 (#).— The United States Navy radio station here last night reported a Navy tug would be dispatched from Samoa to the rescue of the schooner Seth Parker. seated. This cost him $85 and Mrs. Henderson $2,500. Among other purchasers today was Mrs. G. Fahenstock, who picked up two paintings, one a seacoast scenme, by M. Wirtz, and the other a Venetian scene, by Lucian Powell. Mrs. Fahen- stock paid $35 for the first and $170 for the second. Most of the paintings sold today went at prices said to be less than the cost of the frames. Other active bidders todsy were Mrs. W. J.-CGraham, 7114 Alaska ave- nue; A. Dar ington, Dr. G. A. Scully, H. H. Knight, 2400 Sixteenth street; Dr. T. F. Dodd and E. Haupt. 1 Roosevelt Calls Parley to Unify Recreation System Invites D. C. Leaders to Confer With Delano on Control. President Roosevelt has called upon the heads of all agencies here involved in public recreation to name repre- centatives who will meet with Fred- erick A. Delano, chairman of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Commission, to work out a unified stem of control of all playgrounds | oppose any airport program for Wask.- | €ach in_the District, The President’s letter was sent tc CITY HEADS ASK {Will Favor Gravelly Point Plan Only if U. S. Pays Three-Fourths. | Unless the Federal Government is { prepared to assume approximately 75 | per cent of the cost of establishing | an airport for the District of Colum- | bia, the District Commissioners will | ington this year. Appearing before a House subcom- - AIRPORTFUNDAID 1L DUCE MOBILIZES LAND, AIR AND SEA FORGES AFTER NEW ABYSSINIAN CLASH |Soldiers Start Moving Into Africa as Communigue Reveals Fresh Outhreak and Blames Ethiopia. {250,000 MEN CALLED, 50 PLANES GROOMED Government Orders Employers to Keep Jobs Open for Men Join- ing Colors for Campaign. Accord Bolsters Mussolini in Frontier Dispute. Rome - Paris | (Copyrieht. 1935, by the Associated Press ) ROME. February 11 remier Muse solini today mobilized 250.600 soldiers, called out three classes of Italian sea | fighters and ordered a fleet of 50 air- | planes in Eritrea as a new clash of | Italian soldiers and Ethiopian war- riors was reported on the border of | Italy’'s African territory. The air fleet. which has heen un- er the command of Gen. Italo Balbo, | the leader of the mass flight to Chi- cago two years ago, took off from Cyrenaica for Eritrea. Balbo him- self is to come to Rome tomorrow to attend a Grand Council meeting called for Thursday. ! 1911 Class Called Out. | ‘The three marine classes have been called to the colors to assist in the transportation of troops to Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. The soldiers called out include the complete military class of 1911—num-= bering 225,000 men—and two divi- sions—numbering about 8,000 men Another squadron of airplanes will leave the Italian mainland soon to | replace those sent from Cyrenaica. It the District Commissioners, the Com- | mittee now considering the Smith |is estimated that the Italian military munity Center Department of the | Gravelly Point airport bill, Commis- | | Board of Education, to Secretary Ickes as head of the National Cap- ital Parks, and to the Welfarz and Recreational Association of Public Buildings and Playgrounds, inc. | Each of these agencies now has sepa- | rate public recreational facilities. No date was set for the conference. CAPITAL WATCHES PARLEY ON LABOR White House Conference With A. F. of L. Chiefs May Heal Rift. By the Associated Press. The Capital watched today to see if the Roosevelt administration and the American Federation of Labor leader- ship would close their breach at a con- ference called for this afternoon. The Executive Council of thé A. F. of L., comprising the heads of various federation unions, gathered for an im- portant session with the President at the White House about 3 p.m. There was no announcement as to what would be discussed, but it was generally believed that the auto and cigarette codes, with both of which the federation finds fault, would be major topics. Capital observers looked upon the meeting as fraught with possible significance for future relations be- tween the union leaders and the ad- ministration. Cigareite Code Signed. After months of negotiations a cigarette code was signed by President Roosevelt yesterday, prescribing a 40- hour week with some exceptions and minimum wages ranging from 25 to 40 cents an hour. ‘The A. F. of L. leadership criticized this code, though not with the tones of bitterness with which it assailed Donald Richberg, presidential adviser, after the recent renewal of the auto- mobile code. For cigarettes, union labor wanted a 36-hour week and min- imum wages ranging upward from 35 cents an hour. President William Green of the A. F. of L, said 2 “minimum wage rate of 25 cents an hour is too low.” He said the hopes of labor were now pin- ned on a forthcoming Government survey of hours and wages. President Orders Study. “In its present form, President Roosevelt said last night, “the code is a compromise offering some improve- ment over the terms proposed in the code as it stood in November. “I am not satisfled with many of the provisions and I have directed the Division of Research and Plan- ning of N. R. A. to make a study of conditions in the industry relating to wages and hours of labor and sub- mit a report. “It is reported to me that aedquate information is lacking so that the exact effects of the provisions in the code, especially as effecting smaller enterprises, are not clear.” . “Our hope is now centered upon this investigation and we are sure it will develop facts to support our ef- forts for the 36-hour week. When (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) | sioner Melvin C. Hazen, just out of | the hospital, and Engineer Commis- | sloner Sultan told the committee the | District is in no position to spend a | large amount for airport purposes Hazen said the Commissioners would “like to see a public airport in ‘Washington very much, but righ® now we are not able to finance any airport project unless we have some addi- tional sources of revenue.” Sees U. S. Benefitted Most. Hazen expressed the belief that the Federal Government will derive more benefit from a civil air terminal than would the citizens of Washington and said the United States should bear a major part of the cost. In response to questions he out- lined a progrem which would call for the Federal Government paying en- tirely for the cost of dredging the Potomac channel and dumping the material at Gravelly Poin.. To this end, he suggested a $600,000 Public Works Administration loan and an advance of the necessary additional amount of approximately $1,100,000 for a period of about 10 years without interest. At the end of the 10-year period, the District would repay to the | | | | | 000 as its total share of the airport expense aggregating an estimated $2,500,000. Both Firm In Stand. Unless the District can obtain such terms, both Hazen and Sultan testi- fied, they are opposed to any airport program now. “Unless you get these terms of three to one, you do not want any airport?” Representative Hull of Wisconsin asked Commissioner Sultan. In view of the financial situation of the District at present, we do not,” Sultan replied. indorsed the Gravelly Point site. “I believe Gravelly Point is the best available location that I know of,” Hazen said. He suggested that if an airport is constructed and operated under any form of commission control that com- mission should include as members the District Engineer Commissioner, the Army engineer for the local dis- tional Capital Parks. _ Sultan testified that in his opinion (Continued on Page 5, Column 8.) CAR BARN MURDERS SEEN NEAR SOLUTION Two Suspects Grilled and Other Arrests Expected in Slay- ing of Two. With two suspects being grilled and new arrests expected, detectives today believed they were approaching a so- lution to the brutal murder committed by robbers January 21 at the car barn at Chevy Chase Lake, Md. Police refused to divulge the nature of their “new lead,” but appeared con- fident of an early break in the crime, one of the most violent in the depart- ment's history. ‘The suspects, picked up last night, were closeted with detectives at head- quarters throughout the morning. The victims of the crime were em- ployes of the Capital Transit Co. James M. Mitchell, 58, depot clerk, | and Emory Smith, 40, mechanic and watchman. Detectives sald the suspects arrested last night were the “most likely” of any so far questioned. Federal Government half the $1,100.- | Both Commissioners emphatically‘ trict and the superintendent of Na- | forces already have 30 planes in Itale ian Somaliland and 30 more in Eritrea. | The two divisions mobilized have al- ready landed at Siracusa, Sicily, on their way south Diplomatic sources today said that | Premier Mussolini undoubtedly had | decided upon the present mobilization as a result of the clarification of the | European situation following the con- versations in Rome between himself and Pierre Laval, French foreign min- \mcr. and in London between Laval, lPrenuEr Pierre-Etienne Flandin of | France and Prime Minister J. Ram- { say MacDonald and Sir John Simon, foreign secretary of Great Britain. These circles said it was scarcely | probable that II Duce would embark fon a military enterprise in Africa j without being assured that Europe would remain calm while he engaged |in that task Outbreak 10 Days Ago. A governument spokesman disclosed this morning that official quarters knew of the latest. border hostilities 10 days ago, although the communique making them public was issued only last night The government informed employers that the following arrangement must {be made for reservists called to the | service: Three months’ salary must {be paid them by the month; at the end of three months half salary must |be paid for another three months. Their jobs must be kept open for them when they return and they are !not to lose their rights of seniority. Heavy shipments of munitions and other war materials are understood | to have been going forward to Italy’s African possessions for the past seve | eral days. The government communique said | that five Italian native soldiers were | killed and six wounded at Asdub, south of Ualual, on January 29. The | Ethiopians were said to have suffered numerous casualties. The scene of the latest border clash |is in the same vicinity in which a pitched battle took place last De- | cember 5. Clashes Provoke Dispute. A series of bitter incidents arising {from clashes along the undefined | Ethiopian-Italian Somaliland border | has strained relations between the two countries. An attack on the Italian Legation | at Gondar last November 17 resulted in the death of a consular guard and the wounding of two others. Italy protested to Addis Ababa and re- ceived an apology and indemnity. Less than a month later another frontier engagement near Ualual re- sulted in more than 150 casualties on both sides. Once more Italy protested, but this time Emperor Haile Selassie's govern= ment appealed to the League of Na- tions, charging the Italians with “age gression.” The two nations were per= suaded to attempt to settle their dis- pute by direct negotiations. 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