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1.5 SLENTONNAZ BLAST BY GREEN Government Action Against Germany Declared to Re Unlikely. By the Associated Press. The American Federation of Labor leadership’s demand that the United States take “appropriate action” to halt what President William Green called “flendish persecution” in Ger- many, brought no immediate comment in official circles today. In view of past attitudes, however, it was not generally believed the American Government would take action. It was recalled that Senate “leaders predicted last week that an- .other move directed at the German ‘situation—the resoiution of Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, calling for .an investigation of Nazi treatment of :Jews and Catholics—wculd be pigeon- | holed because of State Department opposition. Green, in a statement last night, accused Hitler of being a “tyrant.” Hour Held Ripe for Action. “In the light of historical events” he said, “it would appear that the hour has arrived when our Govern- ment ought to take appropriate action which the exigencies of the situation demand. providing for a cessation of the brutal, inhuman treatment being perpetrated upon the laboring people who wish to preserve their democratic trade unions in Germany, and upon Jewish people and Catholics. “The destruction of German trade unionism, the persecution of the Jews, and the ‘blood purge’ inaugurated by the Hitler government shocked the entire world. Now all of this horrible treatment is being supplemented by further drives against the Jews and | Catholics. “The time has arrived when Ger- many ought to be boycotted, not | only by labor and its friends, but by the people of all the United States.” Flag Incident Regretted. Meantime, there were no new de- velopments here on other aspects of the German-American situation, so far as could be learned. Although the German government has made no protest against action by anti-Nazis in tearing the swastika | flag from the German steamship Bremen in New York Harbor, Act- ing Secretary of State Carr has ex- pressed regret at what he termed the “unfortunate” incident. Since Germany has likewise taken no official action concerning refusal of Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New York to issue & masseur’s license to | a German alien, the State Depart- ment has refrained from any steps in that case, other than to provide the New York corporation counsel | with information concerning the Ger- | man-American commercial treaty. 1 —_— Germany (Continued From First Page.) such an appointment would mean & definite liquidation of the Nazi con- flict with Jews, “political Cathelicism” and “reactionary” war veterans in & radical way. - The only comment forthcoming, however, from official sources was: “We know nothing sbout this.” Himmler has been secret police chief since April 20, 1934, and is also leader of the Schutz Staffel (picked Nazi guards), Bavarian police commissioner and a member of the Reichstag. The reports persisted that he would take over the interior ministry. “in the course of next week.” Other developments in Naziism's drive on its “enemies” were: 1. Vicars in several parts of the country, defying government orders against referenee to politics, ordered daily prayers for “freedom of con- science.” 2. Officials announced that several Jewish and Aryan girls were sent to concentration camps at Dachau for alleged “racial violation.” | 3. Munich police announced they discovered ‘“extensive communistic propaganda.” S 4. Mayor La Guardia of New York and the Washington administration continued under fire of the German press. U. S. Apology Not Enough. The newspaper Montagspost, refer- ring to the tearing of the Nazi flag from the liner Bremen in New York Friday, sald “the American apology does not settle the Bremen incident.” It referred to Assistant Secretary of State Wilbur J. Carr's reported ex- pression of regret. “The Washington Government hitherto did not undertake anything against the anti-German activity of certain elements.” s Criticizing Mayor La Guardia for refusing a masseur’s license to a Ger- man on the grounds that Americans in Germany were discriminated against, the newspaper said: “New York's burgomaster has re- peatedly showed his anti-German at- titude, although it would have been his duty to take measures against the boycott movement. “Anti-German plots have been tols erated without one word of warning. German public opinion is entitled to demand guarantees that anti-German elements no longer can work against Germany unrestricted.” Although several vicars enjoined their flock to remember in their de- votions “to pray for freedom of con- science,” Catholic priests generally re- frained from political references in their Sunday sermons. The annual Catholic Bishops’ Con- ference at Fulda, three weeks hence, was expected to determine the official policy of the church under the Nazi campaign. Plans Appeal to La Guardia. NEW YORK, July 29 (#).—Victor F. Ridder, publisher of the New York Btaats Zeitung Und Herold, sald he planned an appeal today to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia to reverse his rul- ing barring & masseur’s license to & German citizen. Ridder announced his intention after Paul Kless, who unintentially caused an international incident, had written @ letter to the German paper giving the reasons he believes he has been treated unjustly by city officials. The mayor refused Kless & masseur’s license on the grounds that American citizens in Germany had been discrim- inated against. Saying he had already taken out his first papers toward American citizen- Countess Covadonga, the form: shown as they arrived in Ha'ana, wh several months. With the dispute between Italy and Ethiopia in an acute stage, Marcelle Prat, well known French author and journalist, has just completed a tour of the frontier provinces of Ethiopia and Italian Eritrea. In a series of sir dis- patches, of which this is the first, Mlle. Prat gives a close-up picture of the military preparations being made, the topography of the country and the temper of the natives. BY MARCELLE PRAT. By Mail. ASMARA, (NANA)— Eritrea, town with roads of pink earth, with | houses of yellow plaster, and full of the sound of bells, gleaming in the sun like a ruby—the Asmara that On the Ethiopian Front Native Eritrean Troops Are Found Eager to Join Italians in War on Ethiopia—V olunteers Numerous. | army. | war. THE EVENING STAF WASHINGTO Visits Parents: in Havana g Edeimira Ignacia Adriana Sampedro, Cuban commoner, and her busband, Spain’s former crown prince, are ere the countess will visit her family. The two recently were reconciled in New York after a separation of —A. P. Photo. said. “And we are not only clothed; we are paid!” He was as contented as a pet cat. His eyes rolled in his excitement. Eager to Go to. War. “For 10 years I have been in the I fought in the Tripolitanian My nine brothers stayed there. I am the last of the family, but if there is any fighting to be done here, I shall be the first to go.” “But why?” “Think,” he replied, quite naturally. “When there is a war on, they give you as many cartridges as you want —or you can fire a gun, or even a | machine gun. Besides, you get double e Asmara, capital of Eritrea, a lmle‘p. “Yes, but suppose you get killed?” My question slid over him without | making even a ripple in his conscious- ness. He did not trouble to reply. was! Today all is changed. Asmara has become a garrison, every building commandeered by the Italian military authorities. The schools are being adapted for hospital work. The pavements, the balconies of the cafes, the churches, swarm with soldiers. The air is alive with the sound of marching feet. I had arrived so far hopeful of pushing on to the Ethiopian frontier and penetrating it. and in Asmara was to see Gen. de Bono. I had an appointment for that afternoon. Gen. de Bono is commander in chief of the naval and military forces of Eritrea and Italian Somalilénd. Taken Before Commander. At the residence my card was taken in to his excellency. A door was| opened, a curtain drawn aside. 1 was in the presence of the general. Small, alert, he arose and indicated a chair, | ¥You wish to go to Adowa?” he/ inquired. “Into Abyssinia? It is ims| possible. I cannot give you permis- | sion- to cross the frontier. | “I cannot accept that responsibility. | It is too risky. Things are too strained | on the-frontier. I can give you leave | to travel as you will on this side of | the frontier, but beyond . . . No!” 1 studied him, a little man with narrow shoulders and a straight back. It was he to whom the problem of waging a successful war had been | given. Unless things came to a satis- | factory arrangement, two races would be joined on that frontier in a strug- | gle that had tremendpus significance. | On him depended the prestige of the | white race. . Provides Tour of Frontier. “You would like to make the tour of our frontier?” “Yes, if it is possible!” He pieked up a pencil and drew a line on the map. “Addi Quala, the red ‘country. Addi Quala, land of joy. When you have | been through all these districts you will have seen a great deal. The de- tails of your journey I shall leave to one of my officers.” He returned to his seat behind his | gz‘k. & bunch of honeysuckle beside “Good luck!” he said, as an officer came to take me away. Without delay, the aide prepared my itinerary and gave me the neces- sary passes, and I left the palace, & palace that hummed lke a hive. The question whose answer I sought was: What were the natives think- ing; that is, the Eritreans, those for- mer Ethiopians? What would be their reaction when they knew that they would be called on to march against men of their own color? Officers Questioned. I questioned officers among the Italians, including Gen. Pircio Biroli, commanding the native troops. They all said the same: “The Eritreans are against the Ethioplans and are coming of their own desire to enlist on our side.” “How do you tackle the problem of recruiting native troops?” I asked an Italian colonel. “When we need men we tell them what we want: So many soldiers needed here, so many men there. And always we get more than we ask. The volunteers crowd in on us.” I went to the camp. The native sol- diers were joking, laughing, frolic- some, I offered them cigarettes and sat among them, “So_you like soldiering?” ‘Their black faces beamed. Their white teeth showed in great smiles. “Like it!” One giant caressed his cape. “This stuff cost a lot of money,” he ing for tonight to lay plans to “pre- vent the flying of the swastika” and to “cause the boycott of Nasi ships.” Priest Is Sentenced. ' HANAU, Germany, July 29 (®)~— Rev. Father Ludwig Roth, a Roman Catholic priest, was sentenced today ship, Kless wrote that Paul Moss, com- issioner of licenses, had told him a Krwnvhamdfmnydedudhu tention of hecoming & citizen was entitled to a license. The riot on the German liner Bre- men just before she sailed early Sat- urday was followed today by an an- nouncement by the “Anti-Nazi Feder- | stion” that it had called & mass meet-_ e to eight months’ imprisonment for +in a sermon July “Human life is worthless in Obviously things were taken at a | value entirely different from ours. “Besides,” he added, as an after- | thought, “the Ethiopians are Copts, and I am a Musulman. So, I should like to kill them.” 1 turned to another Negro of a | different type. He was certainly not | a Mohammedan. I learned that he | was himself a Copt. “How do you look at war with the Ethiopians?” “Well,” he replied, thoughtfully, | “it is & rich country. There are cat- |.tle there, and wheat and gold mines. | 8o, we must take that country!” (Copyrigkt. 1935 by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) ’ROANOKE MAN HEADS SHENANDOAH VALLEY Holcombe Parkes to Fill Out Un- expired Term of A. T. Moorg, Auto Victim. By the Associated Press. NATURAL BRIDGE, Va., July 29— —Directors of Shenandoah Valley, Inc, regional Chamber of Com- merce, elected Holcombe Parkes of Roanoke, advertising director of the Norfolk & Western Railroad, as presi- dent to fill out the unexpired term of A. T. Moore of Staunton. Mr. Moore was killed recently in an automobile accident. W. W. Gibbs, president of the Waynesboro & Lexington Telephone Co. and forme: secretary of the or- ganization, was elected vice president to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Parkes’ elevation. John R. Crown, editor of the Harrisonburg News-Rec- ord and an organizer of Shenandoah Valley, Inc., was chosen secretary. Resolutions cf regret upon the death of Mr. Moore were adopted. PEERY TO BE AMONG 300 ON RIVER CRUISE Alexandria Chamber of Com- merce and Guests to Make An- nual Trip August 2. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20— More than 300 members and guests of the Alexandria Chamber of Com- merce, including Gov. George C. Peery of Virginia, will participate in the trade body’s second annual cruise Friday, August 2, Dan 8. Hollenga, business manager, announced today. An Army transport ship, the Gen. Rucker, will carry the party to Fort Washington, where an outdoor dinner will be served in the fort's sylvan theater by Army attendants. The fort will fire 19 salutes in honor of Gov Peery as the ship approaches the Army post. ‘The program also includes a con- cert by the Alexandria Citizens’ Band at the fort pier, which will precede the start of the cruise, and a two-hour moonlight trip down the Potomac after the dinner. An invitation has been ¥extended Gov, Nice of Maryland to meet the party and extend greetings to the Virginia Governor at Fort Wash- The cruise is scheduled to|Perts ington. start at 4:45 pm. CLEARING HOUSE PLAN FOR LEGAL OPINIONS Attorneys General of 48 States to Be Represented at Chi- eago in Autumn, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 29.—A clearing house of legal opinions for the at- torneys general of the 48 States will be established here this Autumn, Henry W. Toll announced yesterday in be- half of the National Association of Attorneys General. The secretariat, Toll said, will aid in untangling legal conflicts between the States and their residents and lies must be prepared to suffer since | interstat starvation, persecution and detention camps exist in Germany as in Russia.” The priest pleaded innocence. Eighteen witnesses testified against A APPROVAL IS SEEN FOR SEWAGE UNIT Construction of Arlington Plant May Begin by - Mid-September. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., July 29.—Construction of the sewage disposal plant for Arlington County will be advanced considerably tomor- row with the expected approval of plans and specifications by the County Board. 1t approved, bids will be advertised immediately with the view of begin- ning work by the middle of Septem- ber. The plant is to be located on property already purchased at Four Mile Run and the cost is estimated at about $150,000. State and Federal authorities have approved the plans with the under- standing that an early start will be made on the plant. When the sewer program was inaugurated plans called for two disposal plants, but revision eliminated one and increased the size of the other. Use of the sewer mains already laid will not be held up pending the com- pletion of the disposal plant. As the mains are connected service is to start, with the sewage dumped into the river until it can be routed through the disposal plant. The board will also be asked to ap- prove a plan for the resurfacing un- der contract of streets torn up in the laying of sewers. County Engineer C. L. Kinnfer and County Manager Roy S. Braden have prepared a schedule of streets to be repaired un- der this plan, if it is approved. Ethiopians (Continued From Pirst Page.) on behalf of Emperor Haile Selassie by Forelgn Minister Bellaten Gueta Herouy, said: “In reply to your telegram of July 27, Ethiopia confirms its request sub- mitted by its delegates with a view to obtaining an interpretation of the mission of conciliation and arbitra- tion. “The Ethiopian government denied it ever agreed to a limitation of the arbitrators’ powers. The Ethiopian note of July 17, replying to the Italian note of July 14, has already stated that it rests with the Council of the League of Nations to decide between the respective contentions of the two groups of arbitrators. “In reply to the Italian note of July 23 requesting that the arbitrators’ mission be restricted, the Ethiopian government fully maintains all argu- ments adopted by two awards of neu- tral jurists who were appointed by it on the commission.” ITALY SENDS DELEGATES. | Aloisi to Lead Delegation at Geneva Session. ROME, July 29 (#).—Premier Mus- solini celebrated his 52d birthday an- niversary today by ordering seven ex- perts off to Geneva for a League of Nations Council session which will deal with Italy’s dispute with Ethiopia. Six members of the Italian dele- gation will start for Switzerland to- night. Their chief, Baron Pompeo Aloisi, will leave tomorrow. In announcing the departure of the delegation, which is virtually the same which sat in the meeting at Geneva May 25, when arrangements were made for Wednesday's session, & gov- ernment spokesman said the dispatch of the delegation once again proved sible to remain within the framework of the League in her quarrel with Ethiopia. He re-emphasized that Italy ex- pected the Council conversation to be held along the lines of the Italian note of acceptance ot the council’s convo- cation. (Italy specified that the Coun- cil limit its ciscussion to the theme of revising the Italo-Ethiopian Con- ciliation Commission.) He sald tha' any modification of this attitude would depend on develop- ments in the Council itself. Queries on Reports. The spokesman said the government today requested its minister to Addis Ababs and the high commissariat at Asmara to clarify reports published in a London newspaper of the killing of 40 Italians aru 20 Ethiopians in an attack by Ethiopians against an Italian military post at Ualkait (Walkut) several weeks ago. ‘The spokesman said the Italian gov- ernment doubted the authenticity of the casualty report, inasmuch as an incident of such a serious nature would have been reported to the gov- ernment long before this. EDEN TO APPEAL TO ALOISL Briton to Seek Alteration of Italy’s Attitude. LONDON, July 29 (#).—An authori- tative source said today that Anthony Eden, minister for League of Na- tions affairs, has been instructed to make a personal appeal to Baron Pompeo Aloisi, the Italian delegate to the League, for an alteration of Italy’s attitude toward Ethiopia. His discussion with Baron Aloisi is expected to take place before the League Council session opens Wed- nesday in Geneva, and is also ex- pected to precede a private three- power discussion between Eden, Aloisi and Premier Pierre Laval of France. In this three-power discussion, the British government is represented as hoping that a satisfactory program for the Council session will be amicably determined. A large group of foreign office ex- will accompany Eden to Geneva. They will include Geoffrey Thomp- son, the expert onEthiopian affairs, and Sir William Malkin as legal that Italy wishes to do everything pos- | D. €., MONDAY, Tax Chief NAMED TO WOODCOCK PUSH EVASION CHARGES. Appointment of Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock, former director of the Prohibition Bureau, as a spe- cial assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral to push income tax evasion charges in Louisiana, was revealed recently. Washington sources said Col. Wt 'k would concentrate on four islanans known as political allles of Senator Huey “Kingfish” Long. —A. P. Photo. DR. MORTON ENDS LONG RECTORSHIP Pastor at Christ Church Gives Farewell Sermon in Alexandria. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29.—Con- ducting the final service of his 33 vears of rectorship at historic Christ Episcopal Church here yesterday, Rev. William Jackson Morton, D. D., cited the effect of radfo on church atterd- ance as one of the few changes of modern times that have affected the | time-honored edifice. “We can never worship God in the | privacy of the home' as we do when | we come here in the House of God,” the clergyman who has enjoved the longest tenure of any who have con- ducted services at Christ Church since 1773, said. Dr. Morton urged the loyal support of his congregation for his successor, | Rev. Harry Lee Doll, young assistant | rector at Epiphany Church, Washing- ton, who will take charge on Octo- ber 1. The retiring rector referred briefly to the history of the old church and its connection with the lives of George Washington and Robert E | Lee. At a farewell reception last week Dr. Morton was presented with a $60C Furse by the vestry and congregation in appreciation of his long years of service. He will go to Charlottesville to live near his oldest son. During August and September the church pulpit will be occupied by puest pastors and students of the Episcopal Theological Seminary here. Tennis __ (Continued Prom First Page.) games with the loss of only three points to win the set. Almost every one of the Britons' shots in the fifth set was loaded with dynamite—the too-hot-to-handle kind—and the Americans had considerable difficulty in getting their racquets on them, much less naking returns. Two singles matches remain to complete the series. They will be played tomorrow, with Budge oppos- ing Austin and Perry going against Allison. As the result of England’s victory today, however, these matches are reduced to an exhibition status for the only effect they'll have on the series will be determining the sise of England’s winning margin. Allison Looks Out on Feet. The Britons, who played together for the first time only a few months 2go, outplayed their veteran rivals roundly in the last two sets. Allison tired badly and looked almost out on his feet in the concluding games. Tuckey covered himself with glory, serving magnificently all the way and playing & spectacular game at the net. The only way the Americans could victimize him was with smashes at his feet as they caught him on the service line. The veteran Hughes piayed the best game of his career, particularly in the last tw osets, in which he served three love games and volleyed bril- liantly. Except in rare instances the Ameri- cans never seemed to be organized. ‘They were continually caught out of position and many times tried to play the ball together. Their lobs for crucial points usually went many feet out of bounds, as did their drives from back court. Peeved by Decision. The break that might have de- cided the match came in the fourth set with the Britons leading, 4—3. Van Ryn, serving, slammed a fine ace past Tuckey for whet would have deuced the game, but a foot-fault gave the Britons a 5—3 lead. This decision obviously rattled the Ameri- cans, as officials nad called only about one foot fault before that vital point. Thereafter all tney seemed able to do was try to slam the ball through the Britons, who stood at the net and reveled it it, especially ‘Tuckey. The crowd went hog wild after Alli- son's final abortive serve in the last game of the fifth set. Many of them tossed cushions into the air and yelled like Indians. American Contingent Gloomy. Allison and Van Ryn paused long enough only to shake hands with their victors and then walked off the court slowly and dejectedly, followed by the equally downeast non-playing Capt. Joseph Wear of Philadelphia. Allison and Van Ryn had some- JULY 29, 1935. MOTHER TO BARE SOUL FOR SLAYER “Sexual Insanity” Plea Awaits Defense Witness at Thomp- son Trial. By the Associated Press. PEORIA, Il., July 29.—Gerald ‘Thompson’s mother will be his chief defense witness, it was announced to- day. in his trial for ravishing and murdering pretty Milired Hallmark, 19. Defense Atwmey Ren Thurman said she would “lay bare her soul” to prove Thompson “sexually insane.” ‘That such a story of mental distor- tion would be the defense, was an- nounced by Thurman in a brief open- ing statement, as the State rested its case. Court was adjourned then until tomorrow. Prosecutor E. V. Champion wound up his case with only minor wit- nesses, relying on Thompson’s lurid 2,500-word confession that he choked the pretty cafeteria hostess when she resisted him. The girl's semi-nude body was | wood, Md. found half submerged in & cemetery ditch on the morning of June 17. A diary chronicling 16 other attacks, along with 64 unsuccessful attempts, aided in Thompson's apprehension. RIOTS EVICT IRISH BELFAST, Northern Ireland, July 29 (P —Most Rev. Daniel Magheen, Roman Catholic bishop of Down Con- nor, reported yesterday 384 families had been evicted and 1,646 persons made homeless by disturbances which followed the Orangemen’s celebration of the anniversary of the battle of the | Boyne July 12. Appealing for funds' for Catholic refugees, the churchman said his check of the homeless was incomplete, and that likely many more would be ‘added to the Jist. Licenses Issued. LEONARDTOWN, Md, *July 29 (Special —Marriage licenses were is- sued here to the following ‘couples: | Eugene Willard Hyde, 35, and Anetta Elizabeth Alberding, 18, both of Washington, D. C.; James Aloysious Parker, 23, of Oakley, Md, and| Mary Agnes Herbert, 21, of Bush- MR CRASH KILLS SIX BOGOTA, Colombia, July 20 (#).— Six persons were killed yesterday in the crash of a tri-motored Junkers plane near El Retiro, it was learned last night in belated dispatches from that village. ‘The reports said the dead were Col, Olano of the government aviation corps, Juan B. Gonzalez, an engineer; a German and three mechanics. Olano was a graduate of the Pensa- cola Flying School. He was piloting the plane. ISLAND GAMING RAIDED AVALON, Santa Catalina Island, Calif, July 290 () —Los Angeles County deputy sheriffs, arriving in small boats under cover of darkness, raided a gambling club and race track betting establishment yesterday on this famous resort island. At the gambling club, six men were arrested as employes, and 300 guests, some attired in evening clothes, were sent to their homes and hotels. ‘Three men were arrested at the bookmaking office. 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