Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (D. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) Local thundershowers this afternoon or early tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy; continued warm; gentle winds. Tempera- tures—Highest, 94, at 3 p.m. yesterda lowest, 74, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page B-14. Closing N. Y. Markets, No. 33,343, post office, Wa. Pages 17,18, 19 Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. Th WASHINGTON, D. C, HOUSE READY TO DROP DISPUTE WITH SENATE OVER HOPSON’S CUSTODY Writ Reported Blocked by O’Connor. BLACK HURLS | SHARP CHARGE Utility Magnate’s| Whereabouts Still | a Mystery. By the Associated Press. - The way for Senate Lobby Commit- tee examination of Howard C. Hopson, elusive utility operator, was cleared somewhat today with readiness in the | House to drop the dispute over who should have custody over him. Through counsel, Hopson annouriced willingness to testify on the Senate side about his Associated Gas & Elec- trict moves against the bill to regu-: late holding companies, once his ap- | pearance before the House committee | was concluded. ‘Where he was remained a mystery. | The House Rules Committee an- proved a special resolution calling for Hopson's “arrest” at once, but direct- | ing that he be available to the Senate | when not being questioned on the House side. This evidently was de- signed to end differences between the two branches. 0’Connor Against Resolution. | The resolution was called up in the House shortly after 1 p.m., although Chairman O’Connor had indicated earlier he might not call up the reso- lution. He had protested against it. Meanwhile Sergeant at Arms Ches- ley W. Jurney reported to the Senate that O’Connor refused to permit serv- ing of a Senate contempt writ on Hopson while he was still under a House subpoena. He told of having served a writ on William A. Hill, Hopson's attorney, and sald Hill was ready to appear be- fore the bar of the Senate on the legation that he had interfered with | an attempt to subpoena Hopson. | i Black Attacks O'Connor. | Then, after Chairman Black of the | Senate Lobby Committee charged in the Senate that O'Connor was “pro- tecting” Hopson from testifying now to the Senate lobby investigators, the Rules Committee created a surprise by its move to leave the way open for such testimony. In his Senate speech, Black recom- mended that it take no further im- mediate action in the case. The Senate agreed to postpone Hill's trial until the head of the Associated Gas and Electric System appeared. The scene as Black spoke before an attentive Senate was almost un- precedented in legislative history. ! Congressional rules forbid a member of one house from attacking a member among Jews over what further hate ‘ reside permanently in the United | of the other. ! Black did not mention O'Connor | once, but referred to the “chairman ot a committee in another body.” Black emphasized that in his un-| precedented speech, he was represent- | ing his entire committee. Throughout | his address he referred to Hopson as *a recalcitrant, dodging, fleeing” wit- | ness, or a “dodging, hiding, running | witness.” | * Hill had appeared at the Capitol | shortly before noon in response to the | writ citing him for contempt. | Accompanying him was Moultrie | Hitt, Washington attorney for the| Associated Gas & Electric Co., serv-| ing as his counsel. The two waited | in a Senate lobby. Earlier both Speaker Byrns and | Representative Snell, the Republican leader, had promised support for the technical move to arrest Hopson and hold him for the House committee &0 the Senate could not reach him. House Thinks It Is Affronted. The senatorial attempt to seize Hopson while he was under House | subpoena was termed unjustified end | “an affront to%the House” by Byrns. | Whether justified or not, the Senate's attempt had been ineffectual, with its sérgeant at arms having no luck in his effort to serve Hopson with a contempt citation. Magnificient in blue suit, gold chain and fluttering eyeglass ribbon. Ser- geant at Arms Jurney had started out last night to hale Hopson | before the Senate to show cause why he should not be punished for ignor- ing the subpoena which the Lobby | (See LOBBY, Page 4. : “DEATH SENTENCE” PROPOSAL DRAFTED Benate Group Shaping Compro- mise in Effort to Win House Agreement. By the Associated Press. A compromise on the “death sen- tence” in the public utility regula- tory bill was being shaped today by Senate conferees in a last-minute effort to win agreement from House members this session. The compromise was reported to be ready for submission at a meeting tomorrow. A meeting scheduled for today was called off, Chairman Wheeler of the conferees said, in order to “give mem- bers time to think the situation over.” The compromise was reported to call for the Senate to give way on two major points. One would permit two holding com- panies to exist in each integrated utility system instead of one per- mitted in the Senate bill. The other would eliminate the seven-year dead line for dissolution of helding companies and permit {‘h;m to break up “in a reasonable e & |Sh-h-h—TIt Mighi Be Hopson Double for Utilities Magnate Is Guest of Suspicious Justice Agents. THE REAL HOPSON. —Harris-Ewing Photo. HOMAS BERTRAM HUM- PHRIES, who weighs within 2 pounds as much as Howard C. I Hopson, pawn of the House and Senate Lobby Investigating Com- mittees and resembles him remark- ebly, today still was smiling over his “visit” to the Department of Justice yesterday—particularly as he recalled the mystified expressions on the faces and visit the Department of Justict tor wheeler, Democrat, who was the of his hosts when he took his de- parture after a day spent “inspecting the new building and going to lunch” with the agents. “I was sitting here at the Harring- ton Hotel having my morning cup of | coffee,” Mr. Humphries, a Philadelphia lawyer, stated today. “I noticed a | FHE SUSPECT. —Star Staff Photo. | young man seated nearby who kept eyeing me. Finallv he got up and came over to my table. “‘Good morning.’ he said. ‘Have you been in Washington long?' " “Not very,” Mr. Humphries replled.‘ | “Well" said the stranger, who it eventually developed was a Federal agent. “you should certainly go over Building. there.” After talking awhile, Mr. Humphries accepted the invitation to accompany ! the young man to the Justice Building. “We visited the library and several (See HOPSON, Page 4.) It's very interesting over JEWS IN BERLIN 60 INTO HIDING Remain in Homes as Julius Streicher Arrives to Ad- dress Two Meetings. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 15.—Jews remained inside their homes today as Julius Streicher, most relentless and ener- getic of their suppressors, arrived to review at two mass meetings the prog- ress of the Nazis' month-old anti- Semitic crive. As Streicher entered the capital like a crusader, exciting real concern he might engender, official goads against them and Catholics continued in various parts of the Reich. Streicher, publisher of Der Stuermer, was announced as the speaker for a crowd of 20,000 persons tonight in the Sportpalast, the city's largest as- sembly hall. Tickets were exhausted days ago. A second address was arranged for an overflow crowd of equalize. Both demonstrations were prepared in an area of which Jews form 21 per cent of the population. To Keep Off Streets. Fearing that the fiery Streicher will communicate some of his anti-Jewish fervor to his hearers, Jewish organ- izations counseled members of their race to keep off the streets. Count von Helldorf, Berlin police president, who sympathizes with Streicher’s views, ordered extra police on duty. A spirited welcome was given the Nurnberg publisher on the occasion of his carrying the blood purge campaign into the heart of the ghetto. Tae city flamed with Red Nazi posters in- scribed with the sentiments that form so important a part of his utterances. “We will give the right answer to Hebrews,” read one of the cards. Other inscriptions were: “The racial conscious people of Ber- lin give Streicher a hearty welcome.” “More than 20,000 Jews have moved to Berlin recently.” “Jews, with their cheekiness, can be seen along the Kurfurstendam and in theaters and cafes. Streicher has instructed many Germans through Der Stuermer.” “Everybody must be in the Sports- palast or Tennishalle.” Other placards invited readers to “come to the Nsdap (Nazi party office), (See JEWS, Page 2.) Readers’ Guide -eea-B-17 _B-17 Lost and Found Mallon' - _cox o i LA Radio ___ Serial Story - Service Orders ... --B-18 Washington Wayside Women’s Features ...C-10-11 BERGDOLL READY 10 GIVE SELF UP if Case Is Taken From Military. | By the Associated Press, WEINSBERG. Germany. August 15—Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. mil- | lonaire American draft dodger, made & new offer of surrender today to the United States Government. His stipulations are that “first. the case be taken out of the hands of the military authorities and, sec- ondly, my family be permitted to | States.” Anxiety over the neglected Ameri- can education of his German-born | children prompted the offer, Bergdoll Issues Statement. Bergdoll wrote the following state- ment: “Some time ago my wife (now in America) received a very sympathetic letter from the White House, which stated she should first carry her par- don pleas to the War Department and the Department of Justice and then, if both refuse her pleas, she should make her final plea to the | President, as he is the last resort in such matters. “I have just received a letter from | my wife, which stated that both the ‘War and Justice Departments have refused clemency. It is now up to | President Roosevelt to make a final | decision in the matter. In this con- nection I hereby make this new offer: “I will surrender to the Federal authorities in Philadelphia and plead guilty to draft evasion (which involves a penalty of one year in prison and $10,000 fine) providing: First, that the court-martial findings be voided in my case and taken out of the hands of the military department; secondly, that my family be permitted to reside permanently in the United States. Wants Children Eduecated. “The chief reason why I make this | ofter is because of the fact that I | would like to send my children to school in September. Their educa- tion has been sadly neglected to date bécause I had always felt that Roose- velt would pardon me 4nd I could send them to school in America. “But the years have passed by so quickly things have reached a stage where something must be done real soon. “Therefore, I make the above offer and would greatly appreciate your in- forming me by wire whether it is accepted or not. I will leave‘on the first boat sailing for America.” ‘The offer by Grover Cleveland Berg- doll was given a cold reception today by Attorney General Cummings. “We decline even to discuss the case until Bergdoll surrenders to us,” he said. ‘War Department officials, however, declined any comment. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, member of a Philadelphia brewing family, failed to report when his draft num- ber was called in August. 1917. He dodged arrest for mere taan two years, but was finally captured by Federal authorities January 7. 1920. On March 17, 1920, he ‘was sentenced to five years' imprisopment in Castle Wil- Govertlors Island, New York WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION LORGTORUNIN'E, HE SAYS, IF OTHER LIBERALS REFUSE Stand Forecast by Friends Confirmed by Dictator of Louisiana. REFUSES TO CONSIDER BEING VICE PRESIDENT Has Four Senate Colleagues He Likes for Head of Ticket, He Asserts With Rich Oaths. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 15.—Senator Huey Long announced today he would be an independent candidate for the presidency in 1936 “if the Repub- licans go Hoover, the Democrats go Roosevelt and there is no other lib- eral candidate.” The Louisiana political boss called Hoover and President Roosevelt “twin bed mates of disaster.” “If some liberal didate would be chosen by either party,” the Sena- tor said, “I would support him. But it begins to look like the G. O. P. is being dominated by Mr. Hoover or some one of his calling. | Draft Dodger Will Surrender ' “The liberal and progressive ele- ! ment is called upon to decide that | we don’t want a Hoover that we know | what 1s, or a Roosevelt that we don’t know what is.” Backs Four Senate Colleagues. ‘The Senator—who has been cam- ‘pllgmnu for months on a “share- | the-wealth” program—mentioned four Senate colleagues whom he classified as liberals that he would like to see nominated in '36 for the presidency. They are: Senators Borah, Norris and Capper, Republicans, and Sena- running mate of “Old Bob” La Fol- | lette on the third party ticket in 1924. | “If some one of this type would be nominated by either party,” Long continued, “I would prefer to support him before becoming a candidate my- self. | | “But if such a person is not chosen and before supporting Hoover or Roosevelt—I would become a candi- date myself on ap independent ticket.” While this was the first direct dec- laration from Long himself, as to his | possible '36 candidacy, his desires were | made known several days ago by | other Senators in Washington. Says He Could Win Primaries. Did_he think he could defeat Presi- dent velt in primaries? “I think I could lick him,” he said thoughtfully, and he added sagely: | “All It takes is votes to do it.” Long Accompanied his statements | with rich oaths. | He would not consider being Vice | President of the United States. | “Who would be your running-mate?” | he whs asked. | | “God knows” he replied, “but I know I wouldn't be any one’s running | mate. I'd prefer to be the first citizen | of Louisiana rather than the second {citizen of the United States. I| wouldn’t have had any trouble swap- | ping into the Vice Presidency the | last time.” | The Louisiana dictator declared his | intention of opposing 3enator Joseph | T. Robinson, of Arkansas, Democratic | leader of the Senate, and Senator Pat | Harrison, of Mississippi. 1 “They've been there all their lives | and the people never got anything out of them,” he said. 'BODY OF D. C. GIRL IS FOUND IN BAY| Remains of Miss Marie Kidwell, | Who Fell From Boat, Recov- ered Off Holland Point. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., August 15.—The body of Miss Marie Kidwell, 19, who | fell into Herring Bay from a fishing | boat Sunday, was found today by a | Navy aviator off Holland Point. Lieut. W. S. Pye, U. 8. N., fiying a | patrol plane from the Naval Avademy, located the body, dropped to the sur- face of the water and notified water- men who were searching from boats. At the request of Mayor Louis N. | Phipps of Annapolis all planes making regular flights over the area had been requested to keep a lookout for the | body. Miss Kidwell, who lived at 617 Sixth street, Washington, fell overboard in water 35 feet deep when she stumbled over a rope. She was with a fishing party that put out from Deale, about 28 miles from here. Grace Liner Aground. CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone, August| |15 (#).—The Grace Line today re- ported the 8. S. Santa Monica went aground at 3 am. off Cartagena, Colombia. It announced the 17 passengers aboard ‘had been landed safely in Cartagena. The Santa Monica left Cristobal Tuesday. By the Associated Press. A gift of about $25,000,000 in June by John D. Rockefeller, jr. to un- identified individuals and charitable organizations was reported today by the Securities Commission. The gift was dated June 28. Presi- dent Roosevelt'’s recommendation for higher taxes on such presentations reached June 19. It consisted of 2,100,000 shares of Socony Vacuum Corp. common stock, reducing his holdings of this security to 2,815,000 shares. ‘This followed one made in March THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1935—SIXTY PAGES. Seeaitd SUN'S WARMTH ° il ¢ Toening Star F¥HP '\ I HEY DOC! ARE YOU TRYING TO QUEER MY WEATHER BUREAU ? S The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (#) Means Associated Press. Yesterday's Circulation, 120,833 Some Returns Not Yet Received TWO CENTS. PESSIMISM RULES INPARIS ON EVE OF TREPOWER PARLEY |Preliminary Conference Be- tween Laval and Aloisi Dims Peace Hopes. {ITALY IS STANDING FIRM | ON ETHIOPIAN PROGRAM Mussolini Insists on Disarming Haile Selassie and Expanding His Colonies. By the Associated Press PARIS, August 15—Programs for war and peace in East Africa were weighed today by Premier Laval of France and Baron Pompeo Aloisi of Ttaly as they conferred for an hour in the former's office today. Their talk seemed only to deepen the pessimism of officials. Three Arguments of Italy. Premier Mussolini's right-hand man came to the French government head with three arguments: 1. Italy must protect Eritrea and TAX BILL ACTION BY SENATE NEARS Passage by Saturday Seen.’ La Follette to Press for Amendments. BULLETIN. By a roll call vote the Senate this afternoon defeated the amendment of Senator La Follette to start sur- taxes at the $3,000 net income bracket and raise them through- out. The vote was 62 to 19. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Encouraged by their success of yes- terday, administration leaders in the Senate today were expecting to ride roughshod over attempts to amend the pending tax measure and jam the legislation through to passage by to- morrow night or Saturday. ‘The success referred to was the de- feat of a motion by Senator Vanden- berg, Republican, of Michigan to have the bill sent back to the Senate Finance Committee with instructions | to bring out a new measure next ses- slon. After some three hours of vigor- | ous support of the motion from one Democrat and three Republican speak- ers it was decisively beaten on a roll- call vote of 55 to 19. Two fights were in prospect today as the Senate began consideration of the bill early this afternoon. First was an attempt by Senator La Fol- lette, Progressive, of Wisconsin to amend the bill to conform to changes made in {t last Saturday by the Sen- ate Finance Committee, but stricker out again on Monday. Two amend- | ments to accomplish this purpose were submitted by the Wisconsin Senator yesterday afternoon. Directing his remarks first at his amendment to increase surtax rates | from $3,000 upward, Senator La Fol- lette todffy traced the growth of the American tax burden since the war years. “There is no man living today,” he said, “who can say when the Federal Government may curtail its present rate of emergency expenditures. “Under those circumstances ought to make a beginning at meet- ing those expenditures, not to balance the budget, perhaps, but as a means of preserving the credit of the United States.” Would Broaden Base. The first La Follette amendment would lower the exemptions for single and married persons in connection with application of the income tax. His proposal would bring the exemp- tion for, a single person down from $1,000 to $800 and that of a married couple from $2,500 to $2,000. At the same time the Wisconsin Senator’s amendment would raise the age limit for dependents from 18 years, as at present, to 20 years. The other La Foliette amendment would start surtax rates at the $3,000 net income bracket instead of $4,000 and would raise the rates throughout this schedule to a maximum of 75 per cent for all net income in excess of $5,000,000. The second threat now existent to the legislation lies in an amendment submitted by Senator McCarran, Dem- ocrat, of Nevada, which would repeal certain sections of the silver purchase act of 193¢. The sections in ques- tion levy a 50 per cent profits tax on (See TAXES, Page 5.) Stocks Worth $25,000,000 Given Away by Rockefeller, Jr. exchange act. That requires officers and directors and holders of more than 10 per cent of a corporation’s securities to inform the commission promptly of changes in their holdings. The latest gift so reduced the Rockefeller holdings that he no longer has 10 per cent of Socony. Since he is neither director nor officer of the company, he will not be required to report further changes. Reports today and previously show Rockefeller holds various oil secur- | sion. ities with a current market value of about $180,000,000. Besides the 2,852,000 of Socony ‘Vacuum held as of June 30, he had 1935, and 3,142,422 shares of Stand- ard Ofl of New Jersey. Newand Handsome |$1 Bill to Replace Present Certificale Latter to Be Retired as Rapidly as Treasury Can Do Job. By the Associated Press. I A new one-dollar silver certificate— | | just & one-dollar bill to you—is being | designed for the Treasury. | now in use. will be placed on its back. The front will look about the same. design eventually will replace all pres- | ent one-dollar certificates which will be retired as rapidly as they can be | accumulated. ‘ PR e FORECASTS AIDED Dr. Abbot of Smithsonian Announces Influences | Just Found. | BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A dominating solar radiation cycle of 23 years is exerting a powerful in- fluence on a wide variety of earthly phenomena — including temperature, | rainfall and numerous biological proc- | esses which reflect weather changes, according to studles of far-reaching significance announced today by Dr.| Charles G. Abbot, secrctary of, the | Smithsonian Institution. | made in the direction of w | casting over extended periods—was is- !sued by the institution today. | Briefly the results are as follows: | Temperature and precipitation dur-| D.C. SECURITY BILLS NEAR CONFERENCE 0Old-Age and Unemployment Insurance May Pass Senate Today. BY J. A. O'LEARY. The Senate may pass the District reached on important changes the nearer the general trend of such leg- islation in the States. The third measure—providing pen- sions for the blind—was put through the Senate late yesterday by Chair- man King of the District Committee and is on its way back to the House today for appointment of conferees. Representative Ellenbogen, Demo- crat, of Pennsylvania, author of the House unemployment insurance bill, ence will be the Senate amendments placing control of the plan under a local instead of a Federal board, and | striking out the District government tax, which would have required the city to raise $1.250.000 a year from taxpayers to put into the unemploy- ment fund, in addition to the pay roll tax on employers. Tax Applied to Small Employers. While most of the changes in the unemployment bill were in accord- ance with the request of the Com- missioners, the Senate committee made one other amendment in the opposite direction when it voted to apply the unemployment pay roll tax to all concerns employing “one or more” employes. The House bill ap- thus far enacted. It would take in, The Commissioners have appointed Italian Somaliland against a wild and | dangerous nation (Ethiopia) by dis- arming it; 2. Italy must expand into colonies as Great Britain and France have done; 3. Italy is starved for raw materials and must develop her own supplies Answers of Laval. To these arguments, Laval had the following answer 1. War would wreck Europe's long- drawn-out efforts for peace and, po:- sibly, even the League of Nations 2. War would cost men and mone: | and create hatreds, although Mus- | solini could attain his desires grad- ually and peacefully: | 3. war .would endanger or break the Anglo-Italian control of Europe Following his meeting with Aloisi, Laval conferred with his ministry | Officials said today its appearance old-age pension and unemployment experts, who are preparing arguments would be more attractive than the one | insurance bills today or tomorrow and and suggestions for further develop- |send them to conference with the ment, The great seal of the United States House, where a final decision will be ' Jtalian He gave them not only the suggestions, but also the British as presented to him yesterda | Senate District Committee made to by Anthony Eden, British minister Secretary Morgenthau said the new | bring the local social security program for League of Nations affairs. Second Conference Arranged. A second conference between Laval 1 and Eden was arranged for the after- | noon to clear the ground for the form- | al opening tomorrow of the conversa- | tions among Laval, Aloisi and Eden The British are calling these tri- { power conversations “the last chance to transform war into peace before the League of Nations council meets | September 4 at Geneva. Premier Laval said only: “I had a preliminary talk with Baron Aloisi Tomorrow morning there will be a meeting of the signatories of the three-power treaty of 1906.” (By the treaty of 1906, Great Britain, Prance and Italy guaran- teed the integrity and independence | of Ethiopia.) \ Laval Uses Every Persuasion. | Using all his famed powers of per- suasion, the French premier sought to reconcile Great Britain's proposed solutions with Italy’s demands as a prelude to the full dress three-power negotiations beginning here tomorrow. Britain is prepared to go as far as possible in the way of exclusively economic concessions and guarantees ral | BY SUI-AR GYB[E““X“M the main issues in confer-| Pollowing his morning conference \ | plied to employers of “four or more.” | to Italian interests in East Africa. A detailed account of these re- 1ne Senate provision would make the | It might even, informed circles said, | searches—constituting what is prob- District law more far-reaching in its| repeat its offer to cede Ethiovia a | ably the most significant advance yet application than either the national | port and a corridor through Eritish her fore- | Dill or any of the seven State laws| Somaliland. | Laval and Eden agreed, officials | for example, hundreds of small stores | said, that war between Italy and ;thm employ one, two or three clerks. | Ethiopia, both members of the League of Nations, would doubtless annul ef- | ing the year 1934, at numerous points | & committee of municival officials to | forts for a European peace pact sys- we | scattered over the surface of the earth. figure out how to raise the additional | tem. Neither would commit himself Lessentially duplicated the conditions revenue to meet the cost of the social | regarding even more serious conse- at the same points 23 years before. | " The water levels of the Great Lakes, | Work out the final terms of the legis- | | reflecting the fluctuating precipitation in their drainage area, showed a reg- ular 23-year cycle and a strong sug- gestion of an even more significant | double cycle of 46 yea:s. At Water Level of Nile. The same 23-year cycle is found in the water level of the River Nile. | The 23-year cycle is demonstrated | in the abundance of cod and halibut— | in the latter case quite sensationally— | in the North Atlantic. The 23-year cycle is shown by the | (See WEATHER, Page 3.) 4 DIE AS AIRLINER CRASHES IN TEXAS ' Honey Bee lation it will not be definitely known SECURITY, Page 3.) STUMPED! Plight Woman Motorist. WALLACE. Idaho, August 15 (#).— Mrs. A. H. Miller of Wallace sat in her car perched squarely atop a stump of a tree and contemplated the might of the honey bee. Mrs. Miller loosed the steering wheel of her car for a short moment when the bee entered the machine. A mo- ment later the car was balanced on the stump 30 feet off the highway. Garagemen jacked up the car and built a platform to get it down safely. Causes Farmers See Plane Burst Into Flames, Snatch Charred Bodies From Pyre. By the Associated Press. GILMER, Tex., August 15.—Four persons died early today in a tri-mo- tored ship of the Delta Alrlines that crashed and burned after circling s cotton fleld in a vain attempt to land safely. ‘The dead: Andy Dixon of Monroe, La., pilot. Herbert Bulkeley, Dallas, copilot. J. W. Thompson, Atlanta, passenger. P. A. Ivy, Birmingham, Ala., pas- senger. ‘The bodies, burned beyond recog- nition, were pulled from the ship by Guy Weldon and Herbert McWhorter, farmers, who heard the plane circle over McWhorter’s cotton field shortly before the smash-up. Weldon said he heard the roar of the motor and looked up to see the plane drop several flares. It circled over the level cotton patch, as if to land, and then crashed at about a 20-degree angle with a loud explo- Weldon and McWhorter raced to the scene, but were unable to ap- proach the blazing ship. They at- tempted to kill the fire with sand, but were forced to walt until the flames had subsided sufficiently to allow them to pull the charred bodies from the wreckage. ~ The Job of Selling Advertising is the job of Selling — Building day-after- day desirable customers hav- ing confidence in your offer- ings and your store. Today's Star contains the shopping news of the most de- sirable merchandise in Wash- ington’s leading stores. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display.) Lines. The Evening Star_ 48,240 2d newspaper____ 21,663 3d newspaper____ 14,452 4th newspaper___. 7,685 5th newspaper____ 5,265 of | | security program, but until conferees | quences. A British spokesman, without dis- | closing details of Eden’s plan for set- tlement, said it had been given Laval for study. The British object to others calling Laval the “mediator” of the conversations, as it implies an Italo-British quarrel that requires a (See PARLEY, Page 4.) 'MOFFETT TO QUIT F.H.A. POST AT ONCE | | Back From World Trip, He Says China Blames Economic Woes on U. 8. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. August 15.—James A. Moffett announced today that he planned to resign immediately as Federal housing administrator in order to return to the oil business. Returning aboard the Conte de Savoia from a trip around the world, he said, “I have done my work, everything is going smoothly, and I am going to ask President Roosevelt to let me out.” He was formerly vice president of the Standard Oil Co. of California. Speaking on his tour through China, the administrator said that the economic disasters in that coun- try are blamed on the American sil- ver policy. “It is the strongest kind of propa- ganda,” he said, “and it is not serv- ing America any good.” The Capital generally expected to- day that James A. Moffett would suc- ceed soon in his effort to resign as Federal housing administrator. Sev- eral times previously he has made known his intention to retire, but was prevailed upon to continue, The Wnite House offered no com- ment oh the New York statement. Total ( neéwoepers. ) 49,065 The Star is read in almost all of the best homes of all classes of people in Washing- ton and suburbs, adding thou- sands each year to its con- stantly growing circulation. Pangborn Delays Flight. KEYPORT, N. J, August 15 (P).— Clyde Pangborn announced today that technical difficulties with his giant Uppercu-Burnelli plane had forced him to postpone until next year his projected non-stop flight around the world. The was originally scheduled for this Autumn. -