Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weatner Bureau Forecast.) Fair today and probably tomorrow; not much change in temperature; gentle east and southeast winds. Temperatures— Highest, 86, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 73, at 5:30 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page A-9. Subscriber or Newsstand Copy Not for Sale by Newsboys Sundiny Stae SUNDAY he ‘WASHINGTON, (#) Means Associated Pre: FIVE CENTS WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS CENTS ELSEWHERE PLANE. RETURNING ROGERS AND POST FIGHTS THIK FOG TEN Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. D. C, ETHIOPIAN PARLEY STALLS AS POWERS SEEK FIRST MOVE No. 1,587—No. 46. * SPEEDY ADJOURNMENT HINGES ON CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE TODAY 33.3 MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1935—102 PAGES. N Talk EFeople 'steagall, Admit May Be Made Still Sees Bank Co by President. MIGHT REVIEW | SESSION’S TOIL n Congress in Rush to End Work by Week’s End. | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Congress enters the home stretch tomorrow. Democratic and Repub- lican leaders on Capitol Hill alike are | planning to wind up the s n and g0 home by the end of this week President Roosevelt, also | looking forward to an early adjournment and may make a statement to the people soon, according to an Asssociated Press dispatch from Hyde Park, where he has had a brief vacation. The President yesterday hastened away from a family birthday party for his third son Franklin, jr. to return to the White House and a round of conferences today with con- | gressional leaders While the President maintained silence on public matters while at Hyde Park. it appeared he might talk over the air this week to a gathering of Young Democrats at Milwaukee. | It is believed Mr. Roosevelt might review the work of this Congress and outline some thoughis for the future. ! if he makes the talk, the dispatch states Program at Climax. Meanwhile, the presidential thoughts are concerned with fulfillment of his legislative program now at the crux in the closing rush of Congress However, if the President thrusts any further “must” legislation into the hands of the leaders. the adjourn- ment apple cart is likely to be upset. Even with no further measures de- manded by the White House, the leg- islative machinery must hit on all eight cylinders to make it possible to wind up the session this week. Sena- tor Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader of the Upper House, yesterday reiterated his hope for an adjourn- ment ot later than Thursday night. Speaker Byrns of the House was in- clined to believe that it would be Sat- urday before finish could be written to the session which began last Jan- uary 3. There remains to be done: Final enactment of the Roosevelt “share-the-wealth” tax bill, now in conference. Acceptance by both houses of the conference report on the bank bill. Agreement in conference and final passage of the alcohol control bill. Gold Bill Still Unfinished. Agreement in conference and final passage of the bill to protect the Gov- ernment from suits growing out of the repudiation of the gold-clause con- tracts Passage of the Guffey coal bill, with its little N. R. A. for the bituminous business, by the House and the Sen- ate Final passage of the rivers and har- bors bill, which has been in confer- ence. Agreement in conference and final passage of the T. V. A. bill Passage by both Houses of a rail- road pension bill. which seeks to cure the defects in the law held unconsti- tutional by the Supreme Court. Passage by both Houses of a farm moratorium, or bankruptcy, bill, de- signed also to meet the objections of the Supreme Court to the Frazer- Lemke act, declared to be unconstitu- tional. Doubtless the President would be glad to see the public utility holding | company bill passed before adjourn- | ment, provided it can be put into an | scceptable form. There seems little chance. however. of the passage of T (See CONGRESS, page 3.) STREET CAR MEN STRIKE; South Bend Bus Lines Also Are Tied Up. | | SOUTH BEND, Ind. August 17 (P)—A strike of Northern Indiana | Railway, Inc., employes stopped city | street car lines and interurban busses here today. R. R. Smith, receiver for the rail- | ‘way company, said only 50 employes Joined the strike, but all service was halted to prevent possible violence. ‘The company normally employs 250 men. Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, | Conference Report Meets Original White House Meas ure in Many Re; Government control over the Fed- cral Reserve System and over the banking system of the country in general has been greatly enhanced by the new omnibus banking bill, as agreed to in conference commitiee of the House and Senate, according io Representative Henry B. Steagall, Democrat, of Alabama, chairman of the House Banking Committee, and other champions of the original ad- ministration banking measure. Irked by a flood of newspaper re- poiis that Senator Carter Glass, vet- ran Democrat of Virginia, a spon- sor of the original Federal Reserve CONFEREES FAIL TOPATCH TAXBILL PARTY T0 60 WEST Harrison Announces Plan to | | Hold Session Tomorrow on Disputed Issues. BY JOHN C. HENRY. More than three hours of confer- ence ccnsideration of the pending $254.000,000 administration tax bill failed last night to bring any agree- ment on the major differences existing between House and Senate versions of the measure. Announcement to this effect was made by Senator Harrison. Democrat, of Mississippi and head of the Senate conferees group, after the session ad- Journed shortly before midnight. The conferees will meet again at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, Senator Ha.rison |Program Declared Submit- ting Glass Won, ntrol Gain on Omnibus Bill spects, He Says. law and a sturdy champion of the| Re-erve system. had won a great vic- | tory as head of the Senate conferees over the House conferees, Chairman gave out a statement in which he sought to show the con- | ference report in many respects was: in accordance with the original House | bill, which was the White House bill &s shaped by Gov. Marriner S. Eccles of the Reserve Board. | Representative Steagall. though not | saying in so many words that the central bank idea had been advanced, | emphasized that Government control | (Sce BANKING, page 50 HOOVER COUNSELS - ¢ Thinks Ticket Would Gain by Avoiding Choice of | Easterner. BY THEODORE C. WALLEN. The first suggestion from former President Hoover for the Republi- can presidential nomination became known yesterday following his visit to the Fast. Friends who have been in touch with him say that, in his informal observations on the impend- ing campaign, he has advanced the idea that the Republicans will have a better chance to win if they avoid taking their candidate from the East. This is on the theory that the East, at the rate it is developing anti-New Deal sentiment, would support any ted to Italians, Who Deny Knowing About It. ROME PAPERS FEATURE ETHIOPIAN ATROCITY Print Story of Raid ‘on French While Selassie’s People Pray for Peace. As French and TItalian ‘conferees in Paris yesterday disputed whether a peace program had been sub- mitted to Premier Mussolini, news- papers in Rome headlined reports that 20 Frenchmen had been killed by Ethiopians in a border raid and claimed it showed the danger faced by French in Africa. Dispatches to Itallan news agencies said the Europeans were slain in a pitch battle between Ethiopians and tribesmen at Adagalle, French Somaliland. Modern maps show Adagalle well inside Ethiopia’s bor- ders, but officials in Rome said it 1s likely there is a town of the same name in the French territory. t Paris the peace conference appar- ently had reached an impasse as France awaited word. from Musso- lini on a list of préposals which she sald had been s:nt him, the Italian delegates denied any propo- sitions had been submitted. Natioh-wide prayer services for peace will be observed in Ethiopia to- day with Emperor Haile Selassie lead- ing his countrymen in the rites. Parley Is Deadlocked. PARIS. August 17 (#).—DifTerence: and delays threatened tonight to wreck the tripower conference at- tempting to settle the Italo-Ethiopian dispute, It was deadlocked, with the French | and British on one side and the Ital- ians on the other disputing whether there was any plan before them. The British were impatiently wa ing word from Premier Mussolini Az to what he wanted, while the Ital- ians insisted procedure was up to the French and English. French officials explained a Franco- said, in en effort to reach an sgree- one who had a chance to defeat Presi- | British plan was submitted for com- ment on the principal controversial dent Roosevelt, vhereas (he* West, | municalion to IFDuce offering Italv issues and report the legislation back | With its superstition about Eastern certain concessions in Ethiopia. The to their respective bodies by Tuesday. economic control, might be more dis- | Italians, however, denied that they Before then, however, President Roosevelt will have returned to Wash- ington from his short vacation at Hyde Park, and it is believed that Demo- cratic leaders of the conference group will ask his stand on at least two of the stumbling blocks facing the con- terence. West Seen at Confeence. criminating. The former President | is said to feel that, in 1936 as in 1932, the chance to defeat the President will depend more on the protest vote against the “ins” than on the strength of the opposition candidate. There was nothing to indicate that the former President would lead any attempt o prevent the nomination of were waiting for any word from Mus- solini and insisted that no proposi- tion had been submitted to them. French Peace Program, French circles said this rough draft of the proposed solution of the con- troversy was given to Aloisi; 1. Renunciation by France and Britain of further Ethiopian economic With regard to White House inter- AN Easterner, it was said, or had any Privileges in Tavor of Italy. est in the pending legislation, it was thought of paving the way for his noted that former Representative | %" renomination. ~Rather, it was Charles West of Ohio, newly appointed | sald, his idea was laid down as a sort Undersecretary of Interior, but more 2 hypothetical formula and without generally known as liaison man be. | GI5CUSSIOn of its potential effect on tween the White House and the Cap- ¢'ér2l Eastern Republican presi- ital, was in and around the conference d€ntial possibilities, such as Ogden L. room last night. - Robert H. Jackson, Mills, Representative James W. Wads- counsel for the Bureau of Internal WOrth. Jir.. Representative Bertrand Revenue and administration spokes- [: Snell and Representative Hamil- man before the Senate Finance Com- | ton Fish, all of New York State, and mittee, also attended the conference | [O'M€r Gov. John G. Winant of New | session last night. Hinpehire. | In making his announcement after | Would Exclude Justices. the meeting, Senator Harrison said | Political leaders pointed out that it that the conferees were “progressing would also operate to exclude the two | action profits and voiding other sec- 2. Aid to Italy in floating vans for colonial development in Fihiopia. 3. Italy to be given political rights through the appointment of technical advisers to Ethiopia and Jepartment heads of the customs. (Emperor Haile Selassie in a mes- sage to the conference last aight ssid he was willing to give It economic concessions in Ethiopia but wouid not submit to a military occupation.) In contrast with Italian denial thev had received the plan, Premie: Piorre Laval of France said: “We are wait- ing for word from Musso!ini.” The Italian spckesman said: “The very well” in considering the legisla-' members of the Supreme Court of the 1t3llan viewpoint on the Ethiovian tion, but that no final disposition had | United States who continue to figure 9uestion is well known and her cnds been made of any of the major pro- | in the Republican discussions despite i1 that country are also known. There visions. No record votes were taken, | the tendency to deprecate the fact, 'S NO Teason for us to clarify our view- he said, reached. The Senator said that the con- ferees also serving on the alconol | control hill, would dispose of the revenue measure before returning 1o the alcohol bill which precipitated a | three-hour deadlock yesterday morn- ing. Three Issues Give Concern. In connection with the revenue leg- | islation, three issues were believed to be giving conferees the most concern, | those being the Borah amendment to | make income from future issues of Federal ‘Securities subject to taxation, | the McCarran amendment repealing the 50 per cent tax on silver trans- tions of the silver purchase act of 1934 and the Senate substitution of | higher estate taxes for the House schedule of inheritance levies. 1t was revealed that Democratic | conferees were particularly anxious to get the word of President Roosevelt on the first and third of these points. In his message to Congress on June 19 the President suggested action | aiming at a constitutional amendment | by which issuance of Federal, State and local tax-exempt securities would be banned. In connection with the Borah proposal, which would with- started L. J. Smith, a Labor Depart- | raw auch privilege from Federal is- ment conciliator, from Washington to | Sues only, administration spokesmen seek a settlement of the strike. He is|iD the Senate headed the opposition. expected here Monday. | Because of some popular support of Union officials attributed the strike = the proposal, however, it is known to discrimination against an employe that the conferees are hesitant about | who held membership in the union. | thrnyiing the amendment out without Smith denied discrimination, declar- | Specific word from the White House. | ing the employe was discharged for | _As for the inheritance tax provision, | inefficiency. age = i i (See TAXES, Page 5.) Passenger Flies Crippled Plane As Pilot Sets Dangling Wheel By the Associated Press. | advice as they could by radio. CLEVELAND, August 17.—Don Field discovered the dangling wheel Long, 22, never had held the stick | Shortly after the plane left the ground. on the minor agreements They are Associate Justice Owen J. POINf. (See HOOVER, page 2.) Readers’ Guide PART ONE. Main News Section. General News—Pages A-1 to B-6. | Changing World—A-3. Lost and Found—A-9. Death Notices—A-9 Vital Statistics—A- Service Orders—A-11. Washington Wayside—A-11. Sports Section—Pages B-7, B-11. | Boating and Fishing News—B-11. | PART TWO. Editorial Section. Editorial Articles—Pages D-1-3. Editorials and Editorial Fea- tures—D-2. Civic News and Comment—D-4. Who Are You?—D-4. | Veteran's ~Organizations, Na- | tional Guard and Organized | Reserves—D-5-6. Organizations—D-6, Resorts—D-17. Short Story—D-7. Stamps—D-8. Public Library—D-10. PART THREE. Society Section. Society News and Comment— Pages E-1-10. Well-Known Folk—E-3. Barbara Bell Pattern—E-9. PART FOUR. Feature Section. News Features—Pages F-1-4. John Clagett Proctor’s Article on Old Washington—F-2, Books—F-4. Cross-word Puzzle—F-4. Stage and Screen—F-5. Music—F-6. Radio News and Programs—F-T7. Automobiles—F-8. England Ts Apprehensive. He added that the 1906 treaty with France and England “speaks of the integrity and not the indepcndence of Ethiopia.” The English feared the conference | would break up unless “something is | done by the middle of the coming | week,” while the Italians, asked flatly it they thought it was stili possible to find a pacific solution, 1eplied: | “It is with the gods.” The British delegation was restless at Mussolini’s delay. An official com- mented: “The whole situation must be decided one way or anothe (See ETHIOPIA, Pag: DAVEY VOTE DATES FACE COURT TEST Foes May Sue to Force Earlier Election Than Governor Wants. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio. August 17— Martin L. Davey's tentative decision to delay a special State-wide congres- sional election until November, 1936, may face a State Supreme Court chal- lenge, attorneys said tonmight. They asserted the Governor's deci- sion to the special Congressman- at-la *mu) and election ®n the regular primary and election dates in May and November, respectively, does not necessarily block a suit in| the Supreme Court to compel him to call an election Republicans have besieged the Gov- ernor with requests that he call an immediate election as a means of testing New Deal sentiment in poli- tically pivotal Ohio. Might Change Dates. The attorneys said that if the Su- preme Court should decide that the Governor can be judicially ordered to call an election to choose & successor to the late Congressman-at-large Charles V. Truax. Democrat, the court may also consider whether the dates fixed by the Governor are reasonable. Should the court decide the dates are not reasonable. it could order earlier dates to be fixed. Under the Governor's plan, Con- gressman Truax's successor would serve only about six weeks. He would serve only from the time his election is certified after the November, 1936, balloting until the following January. Question of Expense. The Governor gave his reason for not calling an early special election the expense of $500.000 to $600,000 which would be incurred. Republican leaders contended he could use the cate of municipal elections, in No- vember, for a Congressman-at-large primary and the May, 1936, primary for the election date, making the ex- pense no greater than if the election | | were held on the dates selected by the Governor. Under that arrangement, 7'z months, Two State Republican leaders, Clar- | ence J. Brown of Blanchester. whom | investigators will be busy assembling | | Gov. Davey defeated last year, and former State Senator George H. Ben- | der of Cleveland, whom Truax de- | feated, insist the Executive should call the special election soon, regard- | less of the expense. troit Women De Coming Here To Fight Meat Process Tax Striking Housewives Wire for Appoint- ment With President and Secretary Wallace. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, August 17.—Mrs. Mary Zuk, leader of the housewives buy- ing strike which has harassed De- troit butchers for four successive week ends, said the delegation leaving for Washington tonight would demand abolition of A. A. A. processing taxes. The Action Committee of which she is chairman has wired both Presi- dent Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace for appointments Monday, she said, when the five women.chosen to make the trip will present thefr plea for an immediate 20 per cent reduction in meat prices. ‘The women also will urge approval of a resolution by Representative John D. Dingell, Democrat, of Michigan, calling for a Nation-wide investiga- of an airplane in his life, but he flew a plane over Municipal Airport for 40 minutes this afternoon. He flew the plane because he had to, while the pilot, Dick Field, 30, lowered himself head first and fast- ened a wheel that had come loose in taking off. Two other persons were in the pri- vate plane. A An ambulance, & fire truck, and a crowd of spectators waited on the ‘round. Airport attaches gave ;uc’ To Long he said, “You've got to fly this plane.” Field crawled out on the struts, clung to them and tried to kick the wheel back in place. It was no use. _Field then weighted a rope with a fire extinguisher, hooke: his feet in his safety belt, hung from the side of the plane and fished for nearly 40 minutes. Finally he succeeded in fastening the wheel to the sleeve from which it had slipped. He couldn't Serial Story—F-8. “Those Were the Happy Days.” by Dick Mansfield—F-8. Children’s P -9. High Lights of History—F-9. PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. Financial News and Comment, Stock, Bond and Curb Sum- tion of meat costs. Shops Again Picketed. Butcher shops were picketed- here again today by housewives who pa- has been postponed until next week. (See PLANE, Page 11) g | maries—Pages G-1-4, Classified Advertising — Pages G-5-14, L4 At the strike Mq}m the charge of Representative Clarence Cannon, Democrat, of Missouri, that the strike was organized by packers “as a part of their campaign against the processing tax,” was called “absurd.” The Action Committee has said its fight is primarily against the packers, whom they charge with using “the processing taxes to make more mil- lions for themselves at the expense of the consuming public.” Packers Ridicule Probe. CHICAGO, August 17 (#).—A pro- | posed congressional investigation into the meat industry’s alleged connec- tion with the “strike” of Detroit women against high prices, brought a statement from the American Insti- tute of Meat Packers today that it would be “interesting.” The investigation was proposed in & resolution by Representative Clar- ence Cannon, Democrat, of Missouri, who charged packers organized the movement as part of a campaign against the processing tax. “It is something new,” said the in- stitute’s statement,. “but obviously without basis, to accuse the meat packing industry of making efforts to curtail the sale of the product which it handles.” W Who Killed Cock Robin? Snowstorm Engulfs Man 80 Miles South Of D. C.~In Airplane While Washington endured its typical Midsummer heat, at least one man was swearing at a snowstorm which engulfed him 80 miles soutn of the city As usual in such stories, how- ever, there is a catch to this one. The snowstorm was encoun- tered by Pilot “Squabby” Vine of the American Airlines while flying 12,000 feet in the air above Covington, Va Landing his passenger ship ai Washington Airport shortly after 5 o'clock, Vine told his associates there of the freakish storm and then took off for Newark, N. J. He said the storm was heavy while it lasted and that the thermometer dropped to 35 de- grees, PROBE MAY DRAG -~ INTO' CAMPAIGN yesterday Congressional Groups Find Hopson Reluctant to Bare Accounts. Continuation of the power lobby investigation into the early stages of the 1936 campaign appeared as a| strong probability last night as How- | ard C. Hopson, elusive utilities mag- nate, reluctantly prepared to tell con- gressional lobby investigators how | many millions he has made from the Associated Gas & Electric Co. since 1922 With the bitter controversy over abolition or regulation of the utility holding companies expected by many to furnish a major campaign issue, importance was attached to the prob- able prolongation of the investigation. Members of the Senate Lobby Com- mittee, it was learned, expect to hold few hearings during the coming four- | resume in earnest when Congress Te- | convenes in January. Meanwhile, its | and correlating a mass of information | already received and running down | “leads.” Thus, the publication of this | information through hearings will come at a time when the pre-conven- | | tion campaigns are at their height. “Prying” is Resented. | Hopson's reluctance to disclose his exact income is based on his con- tention that it is a personal matter. | He resents the attempt of eny one,| | especially Congress, “prying” into | such matters. Nevertheless, the House | | Rules Committee intends to find out | exactly how much money he made as a result of his various operations in | the utility field. ‘ After a brief week-end respite from | the questioning of inquisitive mem- bers of Congress, Hopson will face the Senate Lobby Committee tomor- Tow at 10:30 a.m. to resume the ex- planation of his activities -in the | | campaign to defeat the Wheeler-Ray- | burn holding company bill. The | House Rules Committee, however, has not made any definite prepara- tions for resuming its interrogation. In fact, the House Committee has just about finished with Hopson. As| soon as he supplies the data it wants | about his income and submits an| itemized expense account showing how much varions individuals got of the more than $800,000 he admitted | was spent in an effort to defeat the (See PROBE, Page 2.) TAX TOKENS PRINTED Missouri Makes Receipts in 5-Mill j Denominations. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., August 17 (#) —Sales tax receipt tokens of milk- bottle cap style will be printed in 1-mill and 5-mill denominations to make change after the new Missouri sales tax law becomes effective August 21, Forrest Smith, State auditor, an- nounced tonight. The law requires retail purchasers to pay the tax, which previously was absorbed by mercpants. - | | oplane, landing | a low ceiling intervened STATE FILES SUT - ONA A A TAXES California Seeks Return of Levy Paid on Institu- tion Supplies. By the Associa‘ed Press. SAN FRANCISCO. August 17.—Con- stitutionality of the agricultural ad- justment act was challenged today by the State of California. Officials here said it was the first such action taken by a Stay State Attorney General U. S. Webb filed today in United States District Court here an action against John B. Lewis as collector of internal rev- enue for recovery of $20.845. He said the State government had paid that amount in processing taxes in buying supplies for institutions. { Webb's complaint declared the A. A A. was unconstitutional because it interfered with the State's control of farm products. because it consti- tuted an illegal delegation of power and because the act's taxing power was being used not to raise revenue Crosson, Ace Flyer of North, Is Ready to Leave Fairbanks Today. ARRIVAL IN SEATTLE IS LIKELY BY MONDAY Sorrowing Throng Greets Ship After 500-Mile Hop From Bar- row Amid Rain and Murk. (Copyright. 1925, by the Associated Press.) FAIRBANKS, Alaska, August 17— Weeping skies and lowering murk im- peded the flight of Joe Crosson out of Alaska with the bod‘es of Will Rogers and Wiley Post today. Ace pilet of the Far North, Crosson brought the bodies of the cowboy philosopher snd ‘round-the-world flier here from Point Barrow in his pontoon-equipped mon- at 7:35 am. (12:35 p.m. Eastern Standard Time). A big Pan-American Airways plare | stood ready at the airport to drone on toward the United States with the noted air crash victims, but rain : nd The Gove ment forecaster called it “nasty flyir weather.” The “inland route,” east and south towards Telegraph Creek and Prince George, was fairly clear outside the Fairbanks area. the weagh~: observer said. and might permit a take-off to- orrow, If so, Crosson expected 1o start at 6 am, Due in Seattle by Monday. New York, Pan-American als said the plane wou'd stoj e Horse. Telegraph Creei, Ri mond and Prince George, in Canadian Provinces, and that would probably reach Seattle by Mou- n 0 day. For four and one-half hours Cros- son battled murky Arctic skies th morning to bring the bodies 500 milex over the Arctic tundra tn Fairbank from Point Barrow, where Rogers anc Post crashed to death in their vaca- tion plane Thursday. Radioman Robert Gleason flew with him on the 1,000-mile round trip. Most of the Fairbanks populace wit- nessed the somber spectacle of their arrival. Crosson alighted gently on the Chena River, Between lines of sorrowing Alas- kans the linen-swathed bodies wer borne to an undertaking establish- ment for embalming Faces Not Appreciably Marred. Physicians said Rogers had a se- vere cut on his forehead. The ches was crushed. Post's legs. right wris and upper left arm were broken Abrasions also were found. Their faces. however, were not appreciabl; marred Rex Beach, author-friend of the but as a means of controlling agri- {W0 men. who spent an evening witi SiTe | them at Juneau last week in a joyfu | reunion on their trip North. was at | the airport landing field. He wrot in a special article for the Associated Press: “I have never seen a people so com- pletely stunned “Yesterday. everybody in this coun- | try was smiling at Will's jokes. On every pair of lips were the names oi the two famous visitors. The two TAX SUITS DISMISSED. United States Court in New York Refuses Injunctions. Special Dizpatch to The Star. NEW YORK. N. Y. August 17.— Judge Murray Hulbert in United States District Court today dismissed injunc- tion suits seeking to restrain the Fed- ' newest and truest friends Alaska has eral Government from collecting both made in many years the processing tax and the compen- “Today there are no smiles un sating tax of the agricultural adjust- here. This is the blackest day Alaska ment act. The decision, which in- 2 volved the cotton and tobacco indus- tries, was the first of its kind in this district. Judge Hulbert ruled that the proper remedy was a suit for the return of the taxes after their payment if it could be shown that taxes had been improperly assessed. In each case a temporary injunction had been sought. | Judge Hulbert ruled that revised Fed- | Crosson. eral statutes prohibited the courts | the collection of taxes The court pointed out that a judge f the Western district of Tennessee had held the processing tax unconsti- tutional and the Circuit Court o® Ap- | peals for the ninth district, in a di- | vided opinion, refused to enjoin pay- ment of the tax pending an appeal in October. “The Supreme Court flas shown | great reluctance in declaring acts of Congress unconstitutional. The duty is one of great delicacy and this court has the firm conviction that it is one to be performed only where the repug- nancy is clear and the conflict irrecon- cilable. Every doubt should be re- solved in favor of the constitutionality of the statute.” Farleys Sail for U. S. HONOLULU, August 17 (#).—Post- master General and Mrs. James Far- ley sailed on the liner Lurline today for Los Angeles after a vacation here. Shirley Temple, child movie star, and her parents were passengers on the same ship, returning to Hollywood. has known.” Lindbergh Acts for Widows. From New York, Col. Charles A Lindbergh came into the plans to take the bodies South. Acting for the grief-stricken widows, Col. Lind- bergh last night sent a message au- thorizing Dr. Henry W. Greist, Presbyterian medical missionary at Barrow, to turn the bodies over to Previously, Greist and Charles Brower, trader for more than Truax’s successor would serve about MOnth congressional recess, but will | from restraining the Government in | half a century at the settlement, had prepared them for the first phase of the sorrowful trip. At Seattle, the famous Oklahomans " (See CRASH, Page 4) "JOKE MAY KILL MAN Near Death After Match Fires “Hula" Skirt. THE DALLES, Oreg., August 17 (#)—Olaf Nelson, the victim of a practical joke by an unidentified by- stander at an American Legion street show, was near death today from burns suffered when a match was ap- plied to a “hula™ skirt he was wear- ing. - Nelson and a group of other Legion- naires attending their State conven- tion were entertaining a crowd on the street when a man applied a match tc his grass skirt. Screaming with pain, Nelson fanned the flames by running. He was caught by by- standers, but was burned so badly physicians feared he would die. Legionnaire ‘T;ze Oéyssey; M igh; F le Well, But What of By Radio to The Star. | LONDON, August 17—A cinema producer who had never heard of Homer and who feared that Homer might demand exorbitant royalties for his “Odyssey,” was cited today by Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor, as the reason why, until now, he had spurned motion-picture offers. Sir Thomas, who finally succumbed and will conduct the London Philhar- monic Orchestra in a film depicting the life of Mozart, told how some time ago he wandered into a picture house and witnessed an American melodrama featuring a battle at sea, a train wreck, a skyscraper blaze and an abduction of young women, all to the accompani- ment of the “Good Friday” music of “Parsifal.” When the conductor com- plained to the press about this strange performance, he was visited by three film moguls, vh‘und him to co-op- Homer’s Fee? erate on a musical picture, even tc choosing the subject “My mind naturally gravitated to- ward what is the most magnificent and unequaled story for any film,” the famolis musician related. “I said ‘what about the “Odyssey” of Homer?' one of my three picturesque-looking visitors asked, ‘who is Homer?' I re- plied, ‘Homer is probably the most distinguished man of letters the world has yet known.” Whereupon the sec- ond visitor commented in pensive and somewhat melancholy accents, ‘Oh my, won't his fees be heavy?’ “I think,” Sir Thomas commented “that this is enough to show why ! have not found it easy hitherto to dea. with most of the Paladins of the filr world. I found their mentality as singularly and “exotically different | from that of the rest of humanity as some fabulous legend of antiquity.” (CoRright, 1935.)