Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1935, Page 2

A2 as “Quoddy” Tidal Power Project SHADUW UF IURK Once Turned Down as Infeasible DISTURBS EUROPE Aras’ Hint of Plan to Fortify Dardanelles Alarms France and England. BY RANDOLPH LEIGH. For the third time within this year France and Russia have arrived at a so-called final understanding, and for the third time the shadow of the Turk is falling across the love feast. Less than a month ago, at Geneva, the Turkish foreign minister, Aras, presiding at the meeting to condemn Germany for treaty violation, threw the gathering into confusion by pref- acing his remarks by & plain hint that ‘Turkey is preparing to fortify the Dardanelles. That would be in dis- regard of the treaty of Lausanne, to which she is a party. On the evening preceding that an- nouncement the French and Russian ministers had reached common ground for a military alliance. The Aras speech, however, raised the ques- tion as to a secret Russo-Turkish agreement hostile to the interests of France and England. England st once brought pressure on Paris. Cabinet Session Called. I happened to be in Paris when Laval returned from Geneva, and wit- nessed the frantic and amusing moves which were made to cover up the true state of affairs. An extraordi- nary session of the cabinet was called for the announced purpose of con- gratulating Laval on his handling of | the tar ring of Germany. There is, as is well known in Paris, | & deep and bitter feud Between Pre- mier Flandin and Foreign Minister Laval, so that the former would hardly go out of his way to applaud his rival. What he really called the meeting for was to compel Laval to immediately get in touch with the| Russian minister and disavow the agreement. That was actually done, by telephone. Turkey Is Problem. England and France dread the clos- ing of the Dardanelles by adequate fortifications, because such a step would threaten their vital oil re- sources in Asia Minor and Rumania. In fact, it seems almost certain that, if the two dominant naval powers of Europe are to continue to emjoy the use of their immense pipe line system for draining the Persian and adjacent oil fields, they will have either to whip or make concessions to Turkey. Tur- key is determined to undo the treaty of Lausanne, by which she lost im- mensely valuable ofl lands, and shei may yet succeed. Turkey alone is one thing, but Turkey with a secret treaty for Rus- sian aid in controlling the ofl of the Near East is quite another problem. English Press Concerned. For weeks the English press has openly expressed concern over this issue, and the British foreign office has not ceased its quiet pressure upon France, Russia and Turkey, using i«different leverage in each case, of !.course. « Turkey has, relatively, progressed #'more than any European nation (if she can really be regarded as such) since the World War. Her advance- ment has been in that sphere in which Europe places the highest im- portance—the military. er army is nuinely formidable, and in Kemal taturk she has one of the great Jeaders of this epoch. Furthermore, sher location is strategically as strong as that of any power, with the possible exception of England. With Turkey obviously moving to- ward a bolder part in world affairs. and with the extent of the co-opera- tion secretly pledged her by Russia a matter of doubt, the position of Prance in the Near East is an uncer- tain one. That uncertsinty reacts upon the role which France will be | able to play on the larger stage of Central Europe. Influenced by Weak Nations, ‘Thus the relations between France, England and Germany, the three strongest and most nighly develcped inations in Europe, are in large meas- ure being influenced by two of the least civilized nations. ‘The only thing that seems to offer | any chance for Germany's escape ! from the encircling movement which s being worked out is the basic rivalry and conflict of interests between the very nations which are attempting to | ring her in | There are Indications of a decline in the strength of the coalition gov- ernments now dominant in both France and England. Out-and-out conservatives in either or both of those lands would almost certainly ‘upset the present plan of close har- mony with Soviet Russia. Even if the present coalition systems continue in France and England, it is doubtful that they will see eye to eye with one Ri | " DUKHOBORS PLAN TO QUIT CANADA FOR CHACO WILDS (Continued From First Page.) y retaliation has taken the form of nude processions in public places and has resulted in the arrest of some of their leaders. Several months ago, a representa- tive of the Saskatchewan colony con- ferred with Harry A. Dae-English, Ten Million Allotted for Plan U. S. Agencies Failed to Approve. High Cost of Electricity and Lack of Market Mentioned in Report. BY JOHN C. HENRY. ‘The dream of an engineering life- time today is in that half world im- mediately preceding reality; the tides of Maine's Passamaquoddy Bay are to be harnessed, turned into electri- cal energy. With fulfillment of this ingenious scheme, a number of interesting re- sults will be obtained. For instance, an over-abundance of electrical power, declared by the Federal Power Com- mission to be not cheap power, will be available in a region where suffi- cient power already is available; be- tween 10 and 36 million dollars of the four-billion-dollar work-relief fund will be expended to supply this super- fluous power; jobs will be furnished to varying thousands of men during what may be a three-year period; private utilities, in this case those serving New England, will be placed under a “sword of Damocles,” and Dexter P. Cooper, long-time acquaint- ance of President Roosevelt, will have the please of seeing & lifetime ob- ! jective accomplished. Gratitude of Voters. In addition, Maine voters, rejectors of Republicanism and burdened with an unemployment load of some 40,000, look with gratitude upon an adminis- tration which is thus coming to their aid in no insignificant way. ‘The project, calling for an initial allotment of $10,000,000, and to be carried out by the Corps of Army Engineers under immediate direction of Maj. Phillip B. Fleming, was con- tained on the first list of 47 such ventures bearing approval of the Ad- visory Committee on Allotments from the new work-relief funds. A press release contains the reassuring state- ment that “the project has been found to be socially desirable and engineer- ingly sound. It will produce large quantities of power at a low cost.” Mr. Cooper, brother of famed En- gineer Hugh Cooper, and himself an engineer of note, is to serve as con- sulting engineer on the project. Upon his 20-odd years of experience in estimating and planning development of “Quoddy” will be based much of the work now directed. He has been a part-time resident of Maine for many years. Long Histery of Efferts. The history of efforts ‘to interest the Government in the Passamaquoddy project is a long one, becoming con- siderably more intense when the pres- ent “yardstick” minded administra- tion was seeking avenues for expendi- ture of the first $3,300,000,000 P. W. A. fund. Failure was all but assured, however, when both the Federal Pow- er Commission and_the engineering division of the P. W. A. submitted disapproving reports of the project. Supplementing their disfavor were re- ports from the State Engineer and Advisory Board for Maine and the vigorous oposition of industrial inter- ests in that region. Favorably in- clined were political officeholders from Maine and Mr. Cooper. On March 30, 1934, after consid- ering these matters of evidence and holding hearings at which proponents THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 19, 1935—PART ONE. Amateur Contest in “Snapshots” To Be Conducted by The Star MAJ. PHILLIP B. FLEMING. He will harness the tides. tide periods this stored energy is con- verted back to electric energy to pro- | vide the source of firm power for the entire installation. Canada Must Agree. Ultimately, the committee says, it is possible to extend the project to in- clude additional works embracing the Passamaquoddy Bay, located partly in Maine and partly in New Brunswick, Canada. Permission of the Canadian government will be necessary for the complete development. | This Passamaquoddy project offers | excellent work-relief features, officials said, in a section of the country where over 40,000 employables are now on relief rolls. Fifty-two per cent of the pay direct labor employed on such | construction features &s 2,500,000 cubic yards of rock excavation, 19,000,000 cubic yards of earth ex- cavation and structures, using 700,000 | cublc yards of concrete and 13,000,000 | pounds of metal. Most of the balance | will go to indirect labor on materials construction. Several features of this job present difficult and interesting engineering problems. The emptying gates, which control the water level in the Cobscook pool, it was said, must be constructed to exhaust water with great speed during short periods of time. Model tests now in operation indicate that a gate shaped similar to a venturi tube would be satisfactory. These gates and the navigation lock require a cofferdam 70 feet in depth, capable of withstanding a maximum of 20 feet tidal range and ocean storms. Three of the rock dams are to be placed in water in excess of 100 feet in depth and subject to great velocities due to tide fluctuations. Roads will be constructed over these dams to connect Eastport and Lubec, Me,, a distance of 21.2 miles by water but over 40 miles by existing roads. HOSPITAL MAIDS QUIT IN PAY AND PLAY ROW Ask More Money and More Hours of Liberty, at Night—De- mands Considered. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, May 18.—Most of the maids employed at the Valley Hospital in the fashionable suburb | to | crimi mansy ADERopEistad Wil be fece] 5. “Lookouts” for fugitives thought | Cover Entire Nation Are Favored in Report. Establishment at the Department of Justice of a powerful police-wave radio station capable of flashing to all corners of the United States oral and telephoto “lookout” warnings in event of prison breaks and other crime war emergencies is planned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As a result of a Nation-wide sur- vey of police and other law enforce- ment authorities, " just completed, & special committee of bureau execu- tives has reported to Director J. Ed- gar Hoover a favorable response by State and local agencies to proposals for a Federal radio system to broad- cast: 1. Urgent information concerning prison breaks and bandit chases, 50 as to co-ordinate activities of Federal, State and municipal officers in major man hunts. 2. Descriptions of fugitives and other wanted persons, together with telephoto reproductions of their pho- tographs and fingerprints. Blockade Orders Possible. 3. Orders for quick establishment of blockades on roads over which out- laws are known or believed to be escaping. 4. Instructions for setting up inter- national boundary blockades against the flight to other countries of hunted inals, fo be on ships at sea or in other places with which communication can be had only by radio. 6. Descriptive information on miss ing persons, including suspected kid- nap victims, amnesia sufferers and the like. 7. Data on “modus operandi” in various types of crimes, statistics on | terest to law enforcement agencies. ‘The proposals also include provision for operation of a radio broadcast training school for law enforcement the bureau’s present tralning school for special agents. Scepe is Tentative. The proposed scope of the radio service is tentative, depending largely on technical studies yet to be made with a view to determining feasibility of the program from an engineering standpoint. Technical studies are be- ing made with the co-operation of the Federal Radio Commission. The need for such a radio system has been keenly felt by the bureau in connection with some of its impor- tant man-hunts. Radio would have been of great help to Hoover's men in their long and spectacular hunt for John Dillinger, “Pretty Boy” Floyd, “Baby Face” Nelson and the Karpis- Barker gangsters. The searches in those cases were directed by telephone and telegraph, which necessitated periodical report- ing by agents in the field. With two- way radio sets in their cars, however, the agents would be in constant, di- rect touch with headquarters here, and could be kept advised of momen- tary developments in other areas of operation. Hoover believes it would be extreme- ly difficult for gangsters to run the were given further opportunity to urge | of Sewickly laid aside their brooms| gantiet of posses, as Dillinger and the p; the P. W. A. Board of Review submitted a report rejecting the project. The board cites, for instance, the findings of the Federal Power Com- mission, as follows: “This report states in substance that ‘Quoddy’ power would remain at about 5.63 mills. It would be impossible to sell ‘Quoddy’ power in the metro- politan area of Boston because of the prohibitive cost of transmission, which would amount to some 3.15 mills per kilowatt hour. Cheaper Development. “The commission believes it pos- sible that existing unused water pow- ers in Maine could be developed more cheaply than ‘Quoddy’ power. Also, that this development could be car- ried on in steps which the market could more easily absorb. ®No market now exists for the proposed great; block of ‘Quoddy’ power.” Even presentation of these on the part of this “court of appeals™ within the P. W. A. was not enough to check efforts in behalf of the project and it was that Mr. Cooper and members of Maine’s con- gressional delegation would appeal to the White House. In any event, as the political cam- paign began to warm up in Maine last August, P. W. A. and Maj. Flem- | ing made a well publicised inspection trip to the Passamaquoddy area. Upon his return, the administrator made guarded admissions of interest in the project, but still declined to g0 50 far as to allocats funds to the approving the project that it is in a different form from that considered by the P. W. A, the only substantial and brushes today and went on strike Superintendent Helen Pratt said about 14 walked out after demanding their wages be increased from $22.50 to $30 a month. Besides. sald Miss Pratt, they pro- BEER DEALERS SEEK N. R. A. POWER CURB Injunction Asked by Group En- gaged Solely in Intrastate 5 Enterprise. By the Associated Press. 18.—Several filed an injunction suit in Federal court to- solely in intrastate business. Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agri- culture, was named as & “convenient” defendant, though the suit is directed sgainst the Federal Alcohol Control Administration and the brewery code authority. The action involves the practice of the Federal Control Administration in instructing breweries not to sell beer to distributors who refuse to pay code assessments. Judge Murray Hulbert signed a show cause order in the action re- turnable May 28. | WOMAN FLYER SETS ‘UPSIDE-DOWN’ RECORD Californian Flies Inverted Plane 25 Minutes and 26 Seconds at Burbank. tidal range of a normal average tide of 18 feet in Cobscook Bay near East- port for the development of power. ‘This bay will be made the controlled basin or lower pool of the project by the construction of five rock-earth dams, a navigation lock and a set of emptying gates across its outlets to the ocean. A power pacity 166,670 kilo-volt ‘Quoddy’ power is not chesp power. l:fl against too much discipline, ex-’ Testrain ., | pects gay[in en stort fo muufieldmufluflmnfprhmulfl' in effecting capture of fugitives, it is | Floyd and, more recently, as Alvin Karpis did at Atlantic City, if police in surrounding towns and cities were put on guard immediately by means of {ndlo. Code Being Considered. In order to maintain secrecy, con- sideration is being given to a system of “scrambled codes” which only au- thorized officers would be able to un- derstand. In case of kidnapings, warnings could be radioed to all suthorities to be on the lookout for the kidnapers’ automobile. When Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma ofl magnate, was “snatched” for $200,000 ranson by Harvey Bailey, “Machine Gun” Kelly and their gang, Mrs. Urschel telephoned Hoover with- in a few minutes of the crime, but before telephonic and telegraphic orders could be issued for blocking roads in the vicinity, Urschel’s captors were miles away from Oklahoma City. They drove all night with their victim, unmolested by police, who otherwise crime and similar information of in- officials, possibly In connection with | might have been warned by radio fiol be on the loakout. Rapid dissemination by radio of photographs and fingerprints of sus- or known criminals would facili- contended. A further report on the radio plans | i U.S. RADIOSTATIONRALLY IN' CAPITAL MAY FIGHT CRIME[FORN.R. A.MAPPED Police-Wave Broadcasts to|Delegates Expected From 15 States—House Hear- ings Open Tomorrow. Perfection of plans for a rally in ‘Was| by a segment of business- men and industrialists to save the N. R. A. neared completion last night as the House Ways and Means Com- ‘mittee prepared to begin hearings to- morrow morning on the bill to extend the life of the recovery act. Ward Cheney, chairman of the organization which plans to bring be- tween 1,000 and 1,500 representatives of business and industry here to or- ganize what is called the Industry and Business Committee for N. R. A. Ex- tension, announced that the meet- ing will be held in Continental Hall where, & week and a day ago, 4,500 farmers met to save the A. A. A. A canvass of committee sentiment yesterday disclosed that the members favor a two-year extension, rather than the 10 months’ extension as passed by the Senate. It is under- stood the committee also is prepared to oppose the price-fixing 'provision as carried in the Senate bill. It is expected that the committee vote will be something like 18 to 7 for a two- year extension. Trains Chartered. Meanwhile, Cheney said, members of his group would come to the Capi- tal from at least 15 States. He said special trains already had been char- tercd for some of the groups. Biggest groups to attend the conventicn will be from New York City, Buffalo, Al- bany, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cincin- nati, Chicago, Louisville, St. Louis and Boston, Cheney said. Victory for the President’s program will be the battle cry of the conveners, { who see danger in the Clark resolution passed by the Senate and extending | the life of N. R. A. only until April, 1936. “Our committee speaks for the small business man whose life will e im- |peruadmmnnyolwhmwfllbe driven to the wall if the Senate reso- Jution prevails,” Cheney said. “The extent to which smali business has been saved by N. R. A. and the extent to which it looks to N. R. A for a continued chance to survive seems not generally known. “We are not bringing a ‘march’ to Washington, nor a disorganized, dis- connected collection of varied inter- | ests.” Compromise Expected. ‘The situation in both houses of Con- gress presented a serious threat to the recovery act as leaders e¢ngaged in a battle of defy-hurling which held & threat of deferring action teyond June 16, when the N. R. A. aill die automatically unless Congress ~xtends its life. These leaders, however. ad- mit they still expect some sort of compromise to be reached before the deadline. Intermediaries were at work yester- day to try to see what sort of pre- liminary negotiations could be made. One of the go-betweens was S. Clay Williams, former N. R. A. chief. Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee said last night he expects the House Committee will compiete its consideration of the bill in about four days and that it will be passed by the House the week fol- lowing—which would leave at least two weeks in which the compromise could be worked out before the N. R. A. expiration date. Meanwhile, Senate emissaries got word across to House members that if the House attempted to change the Clark resolution in any important item there would be delay in refer- ring the bill back to the Senate Finance Committee, which would pre- vent action before the deadline date. The reply of Chairman Doughton and other House leaders was that the House proposes to take independ- ent action in passing the bill it con- siders best, and will not submit to domination. At the same time these leaders frankly admitted they in turn do not propose to be domineering, but recognize that conferences should be held to adjust whatever differences exist between the House and Senate. Doughton expressed the attitude of the House when he said: “The Sen- ate has properly exercised its con- stitutional duty in passing this bill as they thought it should be. That does not preclude the House from passing the bill as it sees fit, exer- cising its constitutional duty. Con- gress is composed of two houses, neither of which has the absolute say—to become a law & measure must be accepted in identical terins by both houses.” Donald R. Reichberg, head of the N. R. A, is expected to be the first witness at the Ways and Means Com- mittee hearing tomorrow. A majority of both the Senate and the House are definitely in favor of is to be submitted at a meeting of the | extension of the N. R. A.—and lead- committee next Wednesday. . R. E. A. IS ESTABLISHED Headquarters Has Been Set Up at 2000 Massachusetts Ave. Headquarters for the Rural Elec- trification Administration, Tecent], set up by an executive order of Presi- dent Roosevelt, have been established ers insist the bill will not fail through undue delay. Seamstress Strike Spreads. PARIS, May 18 (#.—A strike of Paris seamstresses spread today as workers in a second large dressmaking house joined the walkout caused by wage cuts. Workers in other houses ‘were debating whether to join the 650 already out. @irl, 13, Accused of Arson. ‘Thirteen-year-old Odette Martin has been charged with arson, it being al- l‘;;(ed she was caught firing a farm ! l Ten Thousand Dollars Offered to Winners in National Photo Contest. Weekly Awards of $5 Will Be Made and Pic- tures Published. Here's big news and opportunity for Washington's ranks of amateur photographers—a chance to win more than $10,000 in prize money just for the fun of snapping pictures for The Star’s Amateur Snapshot Con- test. ‘The contest gets under way at once —today—so dust off your camera, load it up and start shooting! Whether it’s a little camera or a big one, plain or fancy, you have just as good a chance as the other fellow to score & “hit” that may land one of the big prizes in the national award to follow ‘The Star’s local contest. You don’t have to be a camera wizard to compete in this contest with & big chance of success. Snap- shots submitted will be judged more on their general appeal—the interest they arouse by simple and human qualities of subject, by effective treat- ment of the everyday things about you—than by any technical excel- lence. Locale Not Restricted. And the everyday thing to put you in the hall of photographic fame may be right in your own back yard. Look for it today! If it isn’t there, it is cer- tainly somewhere in all the wealth | of interesting and beautiful things in ‘Washington and its surroundings. But | there are no restrictions as to where | you may make your contest snapshots. | You can send them in & thousand miles from Washington, if your vaca- tion should take you that far—to | lakes, mountains, sea, that would offer |new fields to conquer with your camera. | | _ Opportunity lies ahead—and also { behind. For any snapshot you may | have in your collection now is eligible for entry in the contest, provided it | was taken since Januery 1 of this| year. If you have a collection, look | through it, pick out the best snap- | shot made this year—or more than one | if you like—and mail it to the Snap- shot Contest Editor, The Star. Don't delay either in mailing a snap- shot already day Star of June 2. $5 for Weekly Prizes. For the prize-winning snapshot of that week, and each succeeding week, The Star will pay $5. With the; prize winning photo also will be pub- lished in the rotogravure the HE § g ’é&%i gap, 2igis i : g E ed persons Roosevelt, mother of honorary chairman judges. The $10,000 in nati l Same Pair Struck By Same Train at Very Same Crossing By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 18 —President Charles M. Hayes of the Chicago Motor Club offered this today as | | “probably the most remarkable of all accidents™: “In May, 1931 he said, “an Indiana motorist and his wife 'were struck by a train at a grade crossing. “In May, 1932, the same driver with the same wife was struck by { | the same train at the same crossing. “And that,” Hayes pointed out. | | “was probably an all-time record for failure to observe a practical and potent safety lesson.” MW’LEAN IMPROVED, PHYSICIAN REPORTS Hope Is Held for Recovery of | Former Governor of North Carolina. Former Gov. Angus W. McLean of | North Carolina, who is seriously ill in Emergency Hospital with a blood clot In his right hung, was reported to be “improved” last night by his physi- cian, Dr. Matthew W. Perry. The physician issued a statement, with the approval of Mrs. McLean, who came here from North Carolina to be with her husband, and said the former Governor had a good chance to recover. Earlier in the day attaches at the ‘where ‘hospital, McLean was ‘brought yesterday from Atlantic City in a ‘Coast ambulance had ‘Guard plane, termed his condition as “extremely Can you take, with your little or big camera, a better snapshot than this one? If so. send it to the Snapshot Contest Editor of The Star. You may win one of the many prizes. of $250, and third prize of $100 There also will be 112 honorable men- tion awards of $50 each, totaling $5,600. The number of national cash ewards thus will total 125, and the grand prize award will be worth $1,500 to the lucky winner, including the amount of that prize and the $500 class prize. Four Classes Considered. For the four grand prizes to be awarded at the end of The Star's contest, ard also for the four class prizes in the national contest, the snapshots submitted will sidered in these four general classes: (1) children and babies, (2) sports, hobbies, recreation, avocation, action; | (3) scenes and still life, (4) informal | portraits. ‘These classifications are broad enough t¢ find a place for any snapshot submitted, and entrants in The Star’s contest need not specify what class they intend theirs for nor worry about that detail of it. The weekly prize winners will be classi. fled by the snapshot contest editor | when the time comes to consider them for The Star's grand awerds. So here is the chance Washing- ton’s many amateur photographers have been waiting for. And it will initiate many others, too, into the fun of snapping pictures—teach them the picture in the simple thing that escapes the other person. Seeing it— and proving it with the camera. Get { busy with yours! Rules of Contest. And here are a few simple things to note and remember in connection with the contest: No photographs will be returned. Print name and address plainly on back of each photograph submitted. Don’t submit negatives—they are not eligible and will not be returned. Prints larger than 10 inches by longest dimension are not eligible. Preserve negative of each prize- winning snapshot, to be available at end of contest if called for. Address photographs to Snapshot Contest Editor, The Star. SHIPYARD STRIKE VOTETOBE TAKEN Atlantic Coast Locals Called to Ballot on General Walkout. By the Associated Press. CAMDEN, N. J, May 18.—Philip H. Van Geider, executive secretary of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, to- day announced meetings of all union locals on the Atlentic Coast will be called next week to vote on a strike. has locals in shipyards in Bath, Me.; New London, Conn.: Quincy, Mass. Chester, Pa.; Wilmington, Del., and along the Pacific Coast. Delegates from ihe six eastern locals today reported “intense interest and sympathy™ for striking workers of the New York Shipbuilding Co, Van Gelder said in a statement. “Sentiment is runnmng strong for a strike in the event the New York Shipbuilding Corp. attempts to starve the Camden workers into sub- mission,” the statement said. “There is a widespread feeling among workers that if the Camden strike is lost and the industrial union broken gains of the past year out and wage cuts CODE CHARGES WAIVED Automobile Man Agrees to Pay Caravan Drivers More. SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 P.— Walter N. Lord, Pasadena automobile | man charged with violating the N. R. ‘underpaying caravan drivers from the Middle West to Cali- be a first prize of $500, second pnze‘ be con- | the pleasure and satisfaction of de- | - | veloping a picture “eye,” of seeing This decision was reached at a| meeting of the General Executive | Board in Camden today. The union | Newport News, Va., as well as several TALMADGE FLAYS FALSE' RECOVERY Advises Junking N. R. A. and A. A. A.—Would Take Bonus Cash From Relief Fund. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 18.—Renewing his attack on the New Deal, Gov. Eu- gene Talmadge of Georgia, outspoken critic of the Roosevelt administra- tion, tonight advanced a recovery program of his own which included abolition of the N. R. A. and the A. A. A. and immediate payment of the soldiers’ bonus. “These plans alone will take mil- lions off the relief rolls,” he declared. “If they pay the bonus and the out- standing A. A. A. curtailment contracts out of the $4,800,000,000 relief fund they’ll have less money to throw to the winds and less to use to entrench the present administration in office.” The N. R. A. and the A. A. A., com- bined with the administration bank- ig bill and the Wagner labor dis- | putes bill, he said, “is almost the com- | plete communistic form of govern- | ment.” Recovery Held Retarded. Gov. Talmadge spoke over an N. B. C. network. Earlier, in an interview over Station WINS, he charged that |the N. R. A. had retarded business recovery and that the A. A. A. is “an effort to develop & false prosperity.” The Georgia Governor also addressed | the Georgia Society’s annual dinner. He praised Senator Huey Long for | his efforts to have the official conduct | of Postmaster General James A. Far- ley investigated and rated the Louis- iana “kingfish” as the most valuable Senator for “turning the light on the brain trusters” and their program. “Business has drawn in its shell and is operating on a day-to-day basis,” he said. “The N. R. A. scares them white. If it was abolished now instead of 10 months from now busi- ! ness would start to spending.” | Tax Blamed for Idieness. He said the processing tax on cot- ton had caused Georgia farmers to let thousands of tenants go, forcing them to “get on the dole” because | they had to let their land remain idle. While they were curtailing their pro- | duction, he added, they were import- ing cotton goods from Japan and other countries. Asked what he thought about Sen- | ator Long, he answered with a smile: | “Why bring that up? Huey and I | are good friends, but his ideas of | government and mine are as far | apart as the North and South Poles. | He believes in a rich government—a | share-the-wealth government. I know | that would never work. The politi- | clans would ge* all the money.” f()HINES_E EPIDEMIC | ENTERS NEW AREAS Black Fever Leaves Hundreds Dead in Spread North and East From Kiangsu. By the Associated Press. | HAICHOW, Kiangsu Provinee, 1 China, May 18.—An epidemic of black fever, which has been ravaging this region for weeks, was spreading with | increasing violence today into new | territories, leaving a trail of hundreds of dead. Missionary doctors said the peak of | the epidemic has passed here, but that | it is gaining force in thickly populated areas to the northwest and southeast. | The newly affected districts are dis- tant from mission hospitals. Reports indicate that with medical facilities almost wholly lacking the plague is | taking & heavy toll of lives. | A discouraging aspect of the cam- paign in this coastal territory, mis- sionary doctors said, is that so many native “quack doctors” are operating. They frequently use “remedies” which have no curative qualities whatsoever. | RELIEF CHECKS IN FIRE 53,000 May Have Been Lost if Safe Was Damaged. TOPEKA, Kans., May 18 (#).—The | old North High School building burned down today—and 3,000 relief workers groaned in unison. Their pay checks were in the build- ing. The checks were kept in a steel safe in the offices of the County Re- lief Committee. It may be necessary to pull down the walls to determine | whether the checks escaped destruc- |tion. Officials investigated a theory the fire was of incendiary origin. TRAFFIC TIPS by the NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL | Consider the Pedestrian, Let us not forget that pedestrians have certain rights, the most cherished one of which is the right to stay alive! Motor vehicles today are bigger and tremendously faster than they were a