Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1935, Page 5

LOGAL YOUTHS W 60T ONORS High Army Officers at Mass Review at Fort George G. Meade. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md, July 27.—Youths from the Washing- ton v the most coveted awards presented here today at exercises climaxing a month of Citizens’ Military Training | Camp. The camp will break up next ednesday. Khaki legions of the camp, includ- g boys from the District of Co- umbia. Maryland, Virginia and| Pennsylvania, swept for an hour| across the post parade ground today in a mass review before high Army officers and several hundred visitors. | The entire C. M. T. C. regiment, num- bering about 2,700, participated in the review, the massed battalions extend- ing over more than 300 square yards of drill field. | Maj. Gen. Robert E. Callan, com- | mander of the Third Corps Area, and | chief reviewing officer, presented medals and awards to outstanding campers. He singled out for special congratulations Chester Morrill, 3908 Ingomar street, Chevy Chase, D. c.| whose chest was almost sagging wuh! medals by the close of the exercises. | Morrill's citations included a gold medal for a fourth-year camper, hav- ing “made the greatest preparation | professionally for a commission as second lieutenant, Officers’ Reserve Corps.” and the John J. Pershing| ‘Medal for being the outstanding C. M. T. C. trainee at Fort Meade. Baltimore Club Awards. Charles C. Claybaugh of the Balti- | more Civitan Club presented the club’s | awards to 13 campers, including the | following from Washington and vi-| cinity: Wendell Jarvis, 5417 Kan- sas avenue; B. F. Berkaw, 3807 T street; Joseph Ross, 4024 Illinois ave- nue; Bernard Gilliam, 423 Quincy street; John R. Parks. 111 South Highland street, Ballston, Va., and| Robert M. Greenberg, 717 Princeton | place. 2 A silver medal for second place in preparation for a commission as sec- ond lieutenant in the Officers’ Reserve Corps was awarded Thomas L. ‘Walker, Glen Echo, Md. Washington boys who received Mili- tary Training Camp Association bronze medals for excellence were: Walter | Pashley, Kennedy - Warren Apart- | ments, and P. L. Tomardy, 1132 Fourth | street. A bronze medal was awarded | Oliver E. Ragonnet, Silver Spring, Md., a brother of Lieut. Lucian Ragonnet, a White House naval aide. Paul V. Roundy. 6804 Meadow lane. Chevy Chase. Md., was given a gold medal for being the best technically trained candidate for Reserve officer in the Signal Corps. Gold Medal for Essay. | The National Patriotic Council gold | medal for an essay on the value of the C. M. T. C. was presented by Isaac Gans of Washington to Harold G. Shill, Philadelphia. Lieut. Col. W. A. McCathran, United States Army. re- tired, and commander of the Colum- bia Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, presented the V. F. W. Medal Bnd‘ citation for the best “basic” candi- date to Paul A. Pfieffer, Annapolis. | Md. Ora Overholzer, jr. of Bowie, Md., was awarded a scholarship to Stayer- Bryant and Stratton College. Twenty- five tentative scholarship awards were announced, but the winners must compete with other candidates from C. M T. C. at Forts Hoyle, Myer and Monroe. The presentation of awards was followed by a long Infantry review during which the 2700 campers paraded briskly before Gen. Callan, Brig. Gen. Perry E. Miles, commander of the 16th Brigade, and Col. John R. Brewer, Fort Meade post com- mander. Taxes (Continued From First Page.) that part of an income over $10,- 000,000. | ‘Among other things, Hill said the Democrats had tentatively agreed to make the individual and graduated corporation and excess profits taxes bacome effective for the first taxable year following enactment of the bill The inheritance and gift taxes, he asserted, would become operative im- mediately. No Debt Provision. Also it was learned that the bill included no provision ear-marking the new revenue for retirement of the public debt, despite Secretary Mor- genthau's assertion that the time has come to begin thinking about reduc- ing borrowings and decreasing the debt. One reason for the lack of ear- ing, it was asserted, was the itutional question. Congress. un- the Constitution, has authority to e revenue only for general financ- of the Government. 11, acting chairman in, the absence | [Representative Doughton, Demo- | . of North Carolina, cleared up | e other questions in connection th the bill. Charitable, eleemosy- ary, educational and other organiza- tions not operating for profit would | be exempt from paying taxes on gifts which they receive. No change would be made, however, in the existing taxes which apply on the giving end of a gift. At present, an individual donor mhy give up to $5,000, but not to exceed 15 per cent of his net income, without paying a tax. A corpora- tign or business is not exempt from taxes on any gifts except those neces- sary to the maintenance of its opera- fiins, ikewise, Hill said, inheritances re- cefved by charitable, eleemosynary, educational and other organizations nat operating for profit would be exempt from taxes. The levies which already apply to estates, however, would continue to apply. e . SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED Robert Holt Garrison, Jr., Wins William and Mary Honor. Robert Holt Garrison, jr. Central High School graduate, has been award- ed, an academic scholarship to Wil- liam and Mary College for the com- ing year. During his high school years, Gar- rison was editor of the Central High School Bulletin and also received sev- eral awards for his work in journal- ism. This Summer he is at a Citi- eens’ Military Training Camp at Fort George G. Meade, in Baryland. He is the spp, of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Gar- Tison, of Washington. inity captured a large share 01’ : Win C. M. T. C. Awards at Fort Meade THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Ethiopia (Continued From First Page.) of February 25 disclose that Admiral Ruspoli, Mussolini’s representative, made a speech advocating supply of arms by League powers to attacked | nations. He said nobody would contend that if a powerful state tried to force passage through a weaker state an arms embargo should be placed upon | the weaker. Sees Pilate Parallel. “If, in event of war,” he said, “na- tions washed their hands like Pontius Pilate and treated the attacked and the aggressor the same way, that would undermine the whole idea of the League of Nations.” Some quarters expressed the opin- jon this language might be called to Italy’s attention in the event of an in- vasion of Ethiopia by Italy. | League quarters pointed out today that Italian aggression in Ethiopia | would be a violation of five interna- tional agreements. These are the Covenant of the League itself, the Kel- logg pact, the Italo-Ethiopian treaty of 1928, the Anglo-French-Italian treaty of 1906 and the Rio de Janeiro anti-war pact. To all of these, Italy adhered. ITALY FIRM IN STAND. Mussolini Seen As Author of Note! to League. | ROME, July 27 (#).—Italy sent the | League of Nations today an implied threat to quit the council seumn! Wednesday if it discussed phases of the | Italo-Ethiopian quarrel Italy did not want talked about. | A telegram to J. A. C. Avenol, League secretary general, said Italy would not | “have any difficulty in participating in | the session” if its work were confined | solely to “stulying the most opportune | means of placing the Commission -of Conciliation and Arbitration in posi- | tion to resume its labors.” | (The Italo-Ethiopian Commission adjourned at Scheveningen, the | Netherlands, when members could net | agree on proper topics for discussion. Ethiopia wanted frontier issues han- dled. Italy refused. This week Rome | proposed to Addis Ababa its revival Though Ethiopia has not replied offi- | cially, she is known to be still insistent | on discussion of territorial questions.) League’s Hands Held Tied. Authoritative quarters here said to- | night the League's hands had been effectively tied. Premier Benito Mussolini, they asserted, had doused liberally with cold water any remain- ing hope that the controversy could be settled peacefully. (European diplomats meanwhile continued trying to find some way to avert war, centering their efforts at London, where the British govern- ment faced press demands for League action to force Britain to close the Suez Canal to Italian warships. Speakers urged British action to “halt Italy.”) Late this evening Italy had received no answer to her request that Addis Ababa say whether or not Ethiopia was willing to resurrect the concilia- tion commission, and warlike prepara- | tions continued. | Martial law was in force in Eritrea, Italy’s African colony, where Mus- solini has assembled the greatest war machine Africa has ever seen. Informed quarters pointed out that Ethiopia’s answer to the Italian query would not affect Italy’s representa- tion at the start of the Council ses- sion. If the answer is “yes,” Italy can tell the Council its labors are unnecessary, since the Conciliation Commission will meet again. If the answer is “no,” Italy can still object to the Council's appoinri- ment of the fifth, neutral arbitrator before termination, August 25, of the period set by the Council. Failing to get her possible request for postponement accepted, Italy might leave the Council table. SELASSIE MAKES PLEA. Asks for Peace, But Deplores Italy’s Attitude. ADDIS ABABA, July 27 (P)—Em- peror Haile Selassie authorized a written statement today to the effect that the problem of war or peace in I | resented by | find two Ethiopians ab.e to serve.) Africa is now squarely up to the League of Nations. i Ethiopia, he stated, 1= seeking a peaceful settlement. | Italy, he insisted, is the aggressor. And the League, he said must de- cide whether one of i:s members can | violate another's integrity. “The essential basis ¢f the dispute,” | his statement said, “is tn. the interpre- tation of the Italo-Eihiopian treaty of 1908 referring to Somaliland fron- tiers. The Convenan® »f the League of Nations considers arbitration nec- essary in a dispute over the interpre- tation of a treaty.” The Emperor decried Italy’s action in sending two Italians to serve on the joint commission which failed to function at Scheveniugen, the Neth- crlands. The Ethiopians were rep- “neutral personalities,” he said. (In Rome 1t was alleged Ethiopia chose Americzia and French representatives because it could not ‘The Italian procedwu=, the state- ment said, made a peaceiul and im- partial settlement impcssible and League action necessary. DEMONSTRATION MILD NEW YORK, July 27 (#).—A sched- uled demonstration against Italian in- tervention in Ethiopia before the Ital- ian consulate in East Seventieth street | today simmered down to placard | display and an impromptu speech or | two. Police estimated the crowd at about 250. The demonstration had been ad- vertised in the Daily Worker, Com- | munist organ. Placards warned, “Hands Off Ethiopia.” Forty mounted | patrolmen and ten officers afoot | watched from the sidelines. Buy now—immediate installation. No payi Installed complete in 6 rooms as low as— 285 Let us equip your home with American Radiator Co. hot- water heat—the finest equip- ment you can buy. As grad- uate heating engineers, we can assure you better materials, better installation, and lowest possible prices. Let us estimate on heating your home. AMERICAN ENGINEERING CO. 907 New York Ave. is the Painter’s Paint Painters like Murco because it is made from a formula insuring the ongest wear and the beauty. Japan Dryer is an unequaled recipe for how “Murco” is made. though, ALL PAINTS ARE NOT so get E. J. Murphy Co., nc. | the air and in the mark: | tinues to be a sore, annoying and | | forth over the world in newspaper Uncle Sam's embryo soldiers were honored for outstanding ac- complishments during the C. M. T. C. exercises at Fort George G. Meade. Upper left: Paul Pfeiffer of *Annapolis is shown receiving from Lieut. Col. W. A. McCathran, U. S. A, retired, the Veterans of Foreign War Medal and citation offered for the best basic candi- date. Upper right: Sergt. Chester Morrill, jr., of 3908 Ingomar street, Chevy Chase, who won the award for the trainee who made the greatest preparation professionally for commission as second lieuten- ant in the R. O. T. C. Lower: Isaac Gans, member of the Dis- trict Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, presenting the medal for essay to Harold G. Shill of Phila« delphia. —Star Staff Photos. ‘Inverted Stomaclk’ Publicity Is Hit; Surgeon Absolved Medical Society Critical of Press and Radio Accounts. By the Assoclated Press BOSTON, July 27.—A committee | of the Massachusetts Mecical Society reported today that Dr Philemon E. Truesdale “in no way was personally responsible” for pubiicity attending | his recent “upside dewn stomach” | operations which the committee | criticized. Dr. Truesdale recently retired as a vice president of the jety. His first operation which attracted Nation- wide attention was performed on Alyce Jane McHenry, 11. of Omaha. Later he operated on “Jimmy” Neil- son, 13, of San Dieg) Calif. Both operations were reported successful. The committee’s report said: “Pub- licity, which advertises the profes- sional doings and alleg=d attainments of physicians in the ‘'ay press, on | et place, con- controversial point. “The recent case of our vice presi- dent, who, in no way was personally responsible, saw a successful surgical operation broadcast and blazoned and films to an extent which, it is reliably estimated, would have cost $5,500,000 if paid for at advertising rates, is an example 10 point.” Man Must Dress as Woman. Charged with stealing women's | clothing, Arthur Barlow, aged 27, was | at Lincoln, ‘England, bound over for | two years, Barlow had said that he sometimes felt that he must dress as a woman. 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Naptier's in Ethiopia, Napoleon’s in Egypt and the Romans Benito Mussolini has planted on the Eritrean Plateau. No Weapons Spared. 11 Duce is authoritatively said to be determined to spare no mechanical weapon if by doing so he can lesser the mortality among his soldiers. Special flame-throwing tanks are among the many tanks that have gone to East Africa. Instead of machine guns, these monsters carry nozzles like fire hose. An operator inside pulls a trigger. A stream of flame 150 feet long shoots out, fed from a receptacle built into the back of the tank. A new section of troops has been formed. called the “Lancia-Fiamme.' (flame-thrcwers) These troops are infantrymen who carry on their backs small tanks with hoses which the men aim as firemen do their nozzles. Ordinary Furniture (1) Birch and maple, simulating hogany, the surface finish on the birch. Contents of 2) muslin between upholstery filling. 3) short screws are used. This chair advertised sell regularly at cotton on seat. 711 Twelfth 4 swift bombing planes, all the frightful | century warfare will meet Emperor | in Carthage were as child’s play com- | pared to the mighty war machine | 28, 1935—PART ONE. Scorching flame, not water, spouts forth 60 to 70 feet. Gas to Be Employed. That the Itallan high command means to use gas against the Ethiopians is attested by the fact that its manu- facture has been going on night and day. Italians also have tried out, with con- siderable success, chemicals to be sprinkled over the ground Halle Selassie’s men cross. It burns through shoes almost at once. Most Ethiopian soldiers go barefoot. . —_— BEALE STREET BLUE IN ETHIOPIAN ROW | Memphis Negroes Pray All Night for Sons of Africa Fac- ing War. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 27.—Beale street today extended its prayers and sympathies to the people of Ethiopia. Resolutions and telegrams went for- | ward this morning, a few hours after several hundred Memphis Negroes held an all-night meeting of prayers and speechmaking. Fervent “amens,” patting feet, ora- tory and prayers resounded in Mount Olive Methodist Church through the night at a mass meeting a few blocks from Beale avenue, Memphis’ colored population’s street of pleasure. | The Negroes of Memphis, one speak- | er said, “will continue to pray for the | sons of Ethiopia.” These pieces were selected at random from a retail stock Occasional Chair upholstery — moss and second grade cotton with no Loosely joined frame in which The messages sent forward today included a request of Attorney Gen- eral Cummings for a ruling on whether American Negroes may march into battle on Ethiopian soil without incurring the wrath of Uncle Sam. | Sccretary of State Cordell Hull was | commended for his activities in behalf of peace, A cablegram was dispatched to the Mahatma Gandhi, thanking him for his interest in Ethiopia. W. & J. 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