Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, continued cool tonight; tomorrow fair. Temperatures—Highest, 80, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 60, at 6 a.m. to- day. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Full report on page A- Closing N. Y. Markets, No. 33,352. 1. Pages 12 & 13 FEntered as second class matter post office, Washington, . @h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDlTII.!N ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1935—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. SENATOR POPE REBUKED, NEUTRALITY ACT SPED; ETHIOPIA MAPS DEFENSE - Robinson Flays Idahoan for | Forecast. MEASURE SENT | TO ROOSEVELT Johnso—n~ VSays U. S.| Will Not Enter Foreign War. By the Associated Press. | Congress—and especially Senater Robinson, the administration leader— served mnotice today that America is | determined not to go to war to settle foreign controversies. Hardly had compromise legislation bulwarking American neutrality in any conflicts abroad been sent to the White | House than Robinson arose in the Senate to reprimand Senator Pope, Democrat. of Idaho, for predicting this country ‘might become involved in a war. Pope had made his prediction in an interview in England. Neutrality Vote 37 to 2. | A T17-to-2 Senate vote sent the new | neutrality policy to President Roose- | velt for certain approval. It includes s ban until February 29, 1936, on munitions shipments to all belliger- ents in foreisn wars. Only Senators Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama, | and Gerry, Democrat, of Rhode Is- | land, voted against it. Cries that the legislation placed | America in an “international strait- Jjacket” and was only a “gesture to- ward peace” failed to stop its swift flight through Congress. Deploring the statement made by Pope abroad, Robinson declared it was “calculated to prove harmful.” | He read a cablegram from the| Idaho Senator saying the statement was not intended as an official ex- | pression, but merely as a personal | view. | Robinson added he did not “see any | advantage to be gained by any private citizen or official at this time giving | publicity to the theory that the Sen- ator expresses.” nt no war,” Robinson “We want no wealth gained | We want peace and we do | not propose to go to war to settle Eu- ropean policies.” Suggestions to Be Only Action. “If any European nation is pro- eeeding on the theory that this Gov- ernment or its resources, either of manpower or wealth, will contribute to the adjustment of European con- troversies other than by peaceful sug- gestions for action, they are being misled.” Earlier Senator Johnson, Repub- lican, of California also referred to| the interview without mentioning | Pope’s name. “I regret any member of this body should go abroad and say this Nation is going to be drawn into a war,” Johnson said. “It is an unfortunate thing that it should have occurred. ‘We are not going to be thrown into a European war. We've learned our lesson.” In the interview, Pope had ex- pressed belief the neutrality legisla- tion would not keep the United States free of European embroilments in event of another great war. Munitions Board Set Up. The neutrality resolution, as sent to the White House, would set up a munitions board to license arms ex- ports, authorize the President to warn American travelers that they sailed on ships of belligerent nations at their own risk, and give the President power to forbid American ships to carry arms to any belligerent nation. It would give the President power to keep the submarines of warring nations out of American ports. Adopting the resolution marked a reversai of the traditional American neutrality policy of leaving such power in the discretion of the Presi. dent. Johnson and Connally, Democrat, of Texas, belittled the resolution as a means of preventing America from becoming involved in war. Sees Little Chance of World War. Johnson, one of the “irreconcil- ables” in the fight against United States entry into the League of Na- tions, opened debate before a Senate called two hours earlier than usual to assure final adjournment tonight. Johnson called “arrant nonsense” any claim that the resolution would keep the United States out of war. “We are not going to be involved in any Italian-Ethiopian war or any other European war,” he asserted. *“There’s not going to be any general world war out of that particular diffi- culty.” ‘The main reason why the resolution should be adopted, Johnson said, was to state to the world fhat the “United (See NEUTRALITY, Page 3.) 15 NEW PLANES ORDERED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 24—Con- tractd were signed today for the pur- chase of a fleet of 15 super-type, 16- berth sleeper planes by American Air- lines, Inc. C. R. Smith, president of the com- pany, announced the $1,250,000 deal last night before taking off for Dallas, Tex., and his headquarters in Chi- will | Bolzano, | his generals Britain Is Held Defenseless by Press of Nation Express Skepticism as Fleet Is Ordered to Protect Canal. By the Associated Press, LONDON, August 24.—Questioning eyes pried into Great Britain's state of preparedness—or lack of it—today, even as British fighting planes were reported roaring toward Egypt to guard the Suez Canal, pathway to the African powder keg. Part of the London press viewed with unveiled skepticism the nation’s ability to risk conflict oy attempting to apply sanctions against Italy should Mussolini war on Ethiopia. “The plain truth is that Great Brit- ain is the most defenseless of all the great powers,” the Daily Mail warned bluntly. Official confirmation of the reported movement of the flying men o' war was lacking. It was learned, how- ever, the admiralty has been ordered to mass the greatest display of Brit- ish might ever assembled in the Medi- terranean as a “precautionary” meas- ure, and to protect Great Britain’s lanes of communication with her col- onies. Prepare to Apply Sanctions. The action, springing from yester- day's meeting of the Defense Com- mittee of the cabinet, was viewed in some quarters as the nation’s first step toward preparing to apply military sanctions—including the closing of the Suez Canal to Italian ships—pro- | viding other members of the League of Nations agree to support Great Britain at the Council meeting Sep- tember 4. Such a policy. said the Daily Mail, would be disastrous to England. “The government’s decision to stand by Geneva in the Ethiopian dispute is | tory to converting the island i a 10 ke tonight in a broadcast from | incompatable with the condition of our armed forces,” the newspaper said. | tants were sent to & nearby island. icigts convention in Milwaukee will be he plain truth is that Great Britain | The Greek press demanded last week | non-political and non-partisan, it was “(See BRITAIN, Page 3.) 150,000 ITALIANS ON AUSTRIA FRONT | : Il Duce Grooms Guns in War Game to Show Hitler Strength. By the Associated Press. WITH THE ITALIAN ARMY, Italy, August 24.—Musso- lini's mighty army rolled up its big guns near the Austrian frontier and reviewed their final orders today in preparation for what officers said might be the most sig- nificant war games in history. ‘The purposes of the maneuvers which brought 150,000 fighting men into this area were both military and political: 1. To furnish a dress rehearsal for what may be war in East Africa. 2. To show Germany that Italy is ready to act in Austria despite her troubles with Etthiopia. 3. To try out Italy’s new “celerity divisions” which, her generals believe, will put an end to trench warfare. Thirteen years of Fascism had made Italy so military-mindeded that this sector throbbed with the movement of tens of thousands of troops without noticeable effect on the busy life of its inhabitants, most of whom are of Austrian_origin. In preliminary movements designed to determine the position of the “Red” and “Blue” Armies when the big war game beings Sunday morning, the “Red” Army, instead of waiting for the “Blue” to attack, drove the “Blue” line back to a new position between Bolzano and Trento. Here the “Blue” held firm with the aid of reinforcements and com- pelled the “Reds” to fall back to their previous line, back against the Austrian frontier. 5 The problem therefore with which the maneuvers will open, is can the stronger Blue Army break through the Red fronties? Motorized units of the “celerity divisions” were prominent in the Army assemble on the frontier slopes south of the Alps. Elsewhere in Italy, 350,000 more troops are to be used before the war games are over. 11 Duce himself will head the gen- eral staff coping with the military problems. BEHIND THE SCENES As Congress Hijes HEATED WORDS AND LOST TEMPERS A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK A ONE-MAN COMEDY FILIBUSTER— [ Aaliges Abiabia to Be Quitted if Attacked. 'CAVES TO HOLD ' VALUED GOODS British Fleet Moves as Italy Masses Soldiers. By the Associated Press. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, fearing an imminent aerial raid by | Italian bombing planes, today ordered | the civil population to evacuate his ancient capital within a week if Italy declares war. He directed that all valuable property be stored in caverns. Great Britain, preparing to show her naval might in the Mediterranean and with planes and ships already on their way to guard the Suez Canal, was called unprepared for conflict by part of the London press today. The maneuvers were viewed as prepared- | ness for the taking of sanctions | against Italy, in case other members | | of the League of Nations support such | | & step. | Fifteen Italian transports, carrving | 116,000 troops; two airplane carriers | | and one hospital ship passed through | the Suez Canal during the pas: fort- | night, carefully compiled figures dis- closed at Port Said today. | Italians Fortify Island. A Reuters (British) News Agency dispatch from Athens said inhabitants | of Peserimos, an island of the Dode- | canese group, had been evacuated by | Italian authorities. The evacuation, | the report said, was effected prepara- | | military hospital base. The inhabi- | that the government protest against | Italian military activities in Peserimos. The Italo-Ethiopian Conciliation | Commission, which has been meeting | at Bern to take the testimony of Italian witnesses to the Ualual bor- | der dispute of last December, com- | pleted its collection of evidence today. | | After » final session tomorrow to dis- | cuss the testimony the commission | will go to Paris to draft its decision. | Mussolini’s army tuned up for gi- gantic war games on Austrian frontier which may be a pattern for Ethiopian | hostilities. Six thousand more troops | boarded ships for East Africa. The Leage might judge Ethiopie, | not Italy, observers in Paris said. | CIVILIANS MAY QUIT CITY. Emperor Fears Italian Bombardment From Air, | (Copyright. 1935. by the Associated Press.) | ADDIS ABABA, August 24—Em-| | peror Haile Selassie today ordered the | | civil population to evacuate the cap- | | ital within a week if Italy declares war. Acting on the belief one of | Italy’s first acts will be to bomb Addis | Ababa from the air, he also ordered {all valuable property hidden in sub- | terranean caverns. His order stirred the capital's 120,- | 000 residents. Americans and other | foreigners remained calm, some be- | lieving that the League of Nations might yet save the situation. ‘The population, in evacuating. was directed to avold assembling in large numbers elsewhere. The citizens were | told to scatter to distant points. Already, many merchants have begun to move their property into the near- by hills. The government, it was stated, has | taken the necessary precautions to assure wireless communication with (See ETHIOPIA, Page 3.) — STERILIZATION PRAISED | World Penal Congress Urges Caution, However. BERLIN, August 24 (#).—The In- ternational Penal Congress at its clos- ing session here today adopted a reso- lution commending the therapeutic results of emasculation and steriliza- tion but urging governments to ob- serve the greatest precautions where such operations were made compul- sory. The resolution passed almost unani- mously by & show of hands of the delegates from 50 nations who at- tended 'the congress. The Spanish delegate, Prof. Quintiliano Saldaua y Garcla Rubio, attempted to have 2 decision postponed until the next congress but found almost no support. the Home Stretch fPresident to Contrast 0id| Order of Politics With New 1chuhlicnn National Committee to go | writing his speech last night in the These, and a host of other highlights, are reviewed in the back-stage story of gress since 1922. the longest session of Con- A Full-Page Illustrated Feature Appearing Tomorrow —in— THE SUNDAY STAR # BLOCKING THE EXIT. ROOSEVELT SPEECH S NONPOLITCAL on Radio Tonight. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. | ‘The address President Roosevelt is | the White House to the Young Demo- indicated today. ‘While the President spent the mor ing completing the adgress, the ad- | vance intimation was that he will con- | struct his speech around the young | man and young woman coming into political life and in contrasting the old order of politics with the new. Contrary to previous reports, it was predicted Mr. Roosevelt in no way | would attempt to answer criticisms of | his administration. Republicans Plan Blast. Republican high command, l ‘The | meanwhile, had set its guns for a| broadside to answer what had been expected to be the President’s first | volley in his campaign for re-election. Representative Snell of New York, minority leader of the House, has been selected by Chairman Fletcher of the on the air tomorrow night to answer the President's speech tonight. The | Republican strategy calls for an im- mediate bombardment in reply to every utterance the President will make from now on. When reminded of this today the White House seemed to enjoy the predicament Representative Snell will experience when he attempts to an- swer the President's “non-political and non-partisan address.” The address, scheduled to begin at :30 p.m. and last for about 20 min- utes, will be broadcast over a Nation- wide hook-up. Speech Still Unfinished. Mr. Roosevelt started the task of seclusion of his study. Because of the night session of Congress, he was subjected to numerous interruptions and this morning the writing still was unfinished. ‘Hopeful of having as few interrup- tions today as possible, Mr. Roose- velt made only a few engagements. One of these was with a small group of House members, with whom he was desirous of urging some action or agreement regarding the Government contracts bill. The other interrup- tion was brought about by a confer- ence with Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, 1t appears now President Roosevelt will make his first political address in October, when he makes his swing across the continent to participate in the formal dedication of Boulder Dam and to attend the San Diego Exposition. Plans Three Speeches. Mr. Roosevelt at the moment is contemplating making at least three major speeches en route to the Pa- cific Coast and probably two addi- tional ones before returning to the Capital. One of those on his return jour- ney is expected to be in Little Rock, inson, the Democratic leader. inson is saild to be facing some formidable opposition when he comes up for re-election in 1936. EARLE FAVORS CHANGE. Pennsylvania Governor Recommends Constitutional Amendments. MILWAUKEE, August 24 (#).—The recommendation that “if it ap- in Philadelphia, although I have been Jews Are Barred From Street Cars In Nazi Campaign Some Forced to Depend | On Mails to Obtain | Necessities. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 24 —Jews were barred from trolley cars in Madgeburg today as new restrictions brought new hardships for thousands of others The street cars bore signs, “Jews Not Wanted.” Karschin meat dealers were forced | to make deliveries to Jewish custo- | mers late at night and secretly, and in some provincial towns many Jews | were depending on mails and freight | for delivery of necessities from Berlin. They feared this method, too, might be stopped. - | Writing in a special numberof the Periodical « * the German Law Acade- my, Dr. Ludwig Fischer, Munich offi- cial, demanded imprisonmnt with the loss of honor for “racial treason” and | |\ “racial disgrace.” | PEEEES [ e T | FARMER'S SLAYER ELUDES PURSUERS Aged Recluse Is Slain With Rock in Robbery of Nearby | Virginia Home. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. | FALLS CHURCH, Va., Augwst 24— Federal fingerprint experts will be en- | listed today to help find the person %ho brutally murdered Truman Brush, | 76-year-old farmer recluse and scion of an old Virginia family late yi terday afternoon as he was on his wa; to visit a friend on his 160-acre farm. | Robbery was the moitve. The dead | man's head was mashed in with a rock. Pairfax police believe the mur- derer was a local man or at least some one who knew the habits of the aged recluse. Killed on Path. i He was killed on the pathway tox Hugh Hummer’s house. Hummer, who became uneasy when Brush failed to Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,547 Some Returns Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. MAJOR BILLS PASSE AS CONGRESS SPEEDS TO ADJOURN TODAY Alcohol-Control Compromise Agreed to by House—Quick Action by Senate Seen. TAX AND UTILITIES MEASURES ARE PLACED LAST ON PROGRAM Two Major Issues Are Held Over Until Close—Thronged Galleries See Turbulent Session Ending. By the Associated Press. Getting to work with a will for quick adjournment, the Senate dispatched the neutrality resolution to President Roosevelt today and the House agreed on the compromise alcohol control bill. Senate acceptance was expected to get the liquor measure to the White House as easily, but both branches had yet to act on the $250,000,000 tax and utility holding company regulation bills. Speaker Byrns said adjournment my mid-afternoon was possible, unless the drive in the Senate to force a 12-cent cotton loan intervened. the House to take little time in getting He expected the gold suit ban bill to the President. Thronged Senate galleries were tense as Senators Johnson, Republican, of California, and Connally, Democrat, tion only “a gesture toward peace.” crat, of Rhode Island, in opposition. Gigantic Task Faces Congress Before It Adjourns Tonight By the Associated Press. Here are the major parts of the gigantic task facing Congress in order to adjourn tonight Approval by both Houses of the conference reports on the $250,000.000 tax measure, utility holding company bill and alcohol control bill. Senate passage of the $100.- 000,000 deficiency appropriation bill carrying funds for the Social Security Administration, and in- ciuding the battle over a 12-cent cotton loan. House acceptance of & bill to bar gold clause suits after four months’ grace. Filibuster T hreat Made in Senate on Cotton Loan Bill By the Associated Press. ‘The flaring struggle between the | come for some medicine that he re-| Farm Administration and Southern | quested be purchased for him, found | Senators over the “new cotton loan- }lhe body in the bushes. | subsidy plan headed into a crucial test REVENUE OFFICE | | Five Bandits Get Large| Amount of Cash in Phila- delphia Hold-up. BULLETIN. PHILADELPHIA, August 24 (#). —Five robbers flashed pistols on clerks at a State department of revenue office in downtown Phila- delphia today, bound seven men with sashcord and fled with $1,500 in tax receipts. By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, August 24—Five men flashing automatic pistols held up the State Department of Revenue office today and fled with a large amount of cash. The money represented receipts from cigarette, amusement and other taxes. The men cowed six clerks who were about to leave. The office is on the second floor of a Broad street building & few blocks north of City Hall. Office Force Bound. Henry Friedman, supervisor of en- forcement of the stamp and amuse- ment tax, said they tied up the “six or seven” men in the office. A woman clerk was not bound. Friedman was using a telephone when the robbers swung open a door facing and the leader ordered: “Drop that phone and lay down on the fioor.” Friedman said all in the office obeyed and were tied hands and feet with rope. They were not gagged. He could not give an estimate of the loss immediately. Friedman related: “The robbery was staged swiftly and the thieves were gone in about three or four minutes after they had tied us up. “When they left they warned us not to make an outery or try to get up for five minutes. I guess it was 10 min- utes later that Robert J. Fitzgerald (supervisor of the office) came in and freed us.” Albert B. Miller, another of the men in the office, said he and Thomas Brady freed themselves just before Pitsgerald entered and went to the telephone and to windows to give the alarm. Ella Cummings, the only one not bound, “was nervous,” Miller said. Pitzgerald said he was at the City Hall when the robbery took place. He said, “the money they took was in packages ready to be sent to Harrisburg. We have no depository urging one, and I believe this inci- dent will result in granting my re- quest.” VIRGINIAN APPOINTED New N. R. A. Acting Adminis- trator Laurence J. Martin. Brush had lived on the farm for more than 70 years, having inherited it from his mother, and is believed to have had some money. although little is known about his affairs. | Mayor L. P. Daniel, his nearest kin in the county, and who joined in the hunt for the murderer last night. said he had “no idea about the financial affairs of his kinsman. although he paid frequent visits to hum.” Bloodhounds on Trail. Mayor Daniel, who is an official in the Department of Interior, is to ask the Bureau of Identification for finger- print experts. Bloodhounds were put on the kill- er’s trail at 10:30 p.m. last night, but they were unable to track the mur- derer. The trail grew cold in a clump of bushes and at 3:30 am. the search T (See SLAYING, page 3) LINER WEATHERS GALE Queen of Bermuda in Port After Day's Delay. HAMILTON, Burmuda, August 24 (#)—The liner Queen of Bermuda, which had been hove to off this port | in the teeth of a 60-mile gale for the | 1ast 24 hours, arrived today and land- | ed her 600 passengers, none of them any the worse for the tossing they | received. The liner missed the full force of the tropical disturbance which passed Bermuda yesterday and headed north- eastward. MARINE WAGE RAISED 160 Pacific Coast Ships Affected by Arbitration. SAN FRANCISCO, August 24 (#).— Wage increases ranging from $5 to $73 a month have been granted ma- rine engineers on 160 vessels of 19 Pacific Coast steamship companies here by a special arbitration board. The increases are retroactive to March 1. Close upon the heels of the board’s announcement last night came a statement from Randolph Meriwether, Pacific Coast head of the Marine En- gineers’ Beneficial Association, in which he declared the award, an out- growth of the 1934 maritime strike, was not satisfactory to the men. Readers’ Guide Page. Amusements -...........B-14 Church News ... Gomics -l Sports _ Washington Wayside . A9 in the Senate today, raising a pos- sible threat to adjournment plans. Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, leading the fight. sought to substitute a direct 12-cent loan by the | Commodity Credit Corp. for the loan- | subsidy arrangement and warned of | & filibuster unless he got “a vote on the merits of this proposition.” Under the loan-subsidy plan an- nounced by the A. A. A., cotton farm- ers would receive a loan of 9 cents a | pound on the 1935 crop and an addi- tional direct payment to raise the | farmers’ average return to 12 cents. | A direct loan of 12 cents was made on | the 1934 crop. | Byrnes was temporarily checkmated | last night in his efforts to attach an amendment to the third deficiency bill | to force the Commodity Credit Corp. to grant the straight 12-cent loan, but his threat to filibuster won him a promise of Senate consideration of his proposal today. The third deficiency bill is a $100,- 000,000 “must” measure, containing, ong other things, funds to start (See COTTON, Page 2.) FOR WOMEN WILL MARRY Miss Loretta Turnbull to Wed Medical Student August 30, Her Father Says. By the Associated Press. MONROVIA, Calif, August 24— Miss Loretta Turnbull, world’s great- is going to swap her grease-stained coveralls for a housewife’s apron August 30. Simultaneous with the announce- ment by Judge Rupert B. Turnbull of the approaching wedding of his daugh. ter to Tom Rickert, San Diego, the speedboat queen issued the statement that she would retire from competi- tion after the Southern California regatta at Long Beach tomorrow. Rickert, a former student at Occi- dental College, Eagle Rock, Calif, is studying medicine at McGill Univer- sity, where he is 4 star foot ball player. ——— QUAKE HITS INDIA CITY Muzaffarpur, Scene of Shock Last Year, Is Rocked Again. MUZAFFARPUR, Bihar Province, India, August 24 (#).—A strong earth- quake shook this city early this morn- ing. The extent of the damage was not immediately determined. Muzaffarpur, 350 miles northwest of Calcutta, was the scene of a severe shock last year, in which many lives were lost. Gem Bandits Sought. KANSAS CITY, August 2¢ (A.— Police today sought three bandits who robbed Louis Rothenberg, jewel sales- man, of between $20,000 and $25,000 in sample gems late yesterday. Roth- enberg reported he and his wife and ‘were en route to 8 taxicab when it was forced to curb by the trio. OUTBOARD MOTOR CHAMP ! est woman outboard motorboat pilot, | of Texas, called the neutrality resolu- It eased once a vote started, the count | being 77 to 2—with only Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama, and Gerry, Demo- The House vote for the alcohol con- ference report was 277 to 24 on a roll-call vote. Both Houses Meet Early. Both branches met at 10 o'clock, two hours earlier than usual, and sleepy eyes reminded of the give-and- take that kept the legislators into ses- sion until midnight last night. President Roosevelt interrupted work on his speech tonight to “Young Democrats” at Milwaukee to confer with House members in an attempt to get sanction for the Senate oill to require N. R. A. code standards in Government contracts. Bills Under Study. Various cabinet subordinates were looking over the bills already sent him before he would sign them. These included the amendments to bolster the A. A. A. and T. V. A, Guffey coal control, rail pensions and the taxes to pay them, the Frazier- Lemke farm mortgage moratorium and the immense rivers and harbors bill. Little hope was held out for House passage of the Senate food and drug, oil regulation and Walsh Government contract proposals. Because Southern Senators’ pres- sure to require a 12-cent-per-pound cotton loan instead of 9 cents opened a filibuster possibility, some members still feared having to remain in ses- sion over the week end. They felt the President should have held over the 8-cent announcement until Mon- day. 50 at House Opening. Less tnan 50 Representatives were on hand for the House opening. Strategy placed the tax report last on the House schedule, to assure a quorum for adjournment. Alcohol control got first call. Representative | Fuller, Democrat. of Arkansas, de- | nounced the bargain with the Senate as a “surrender to the liquor and glass | bottle lobby.” The House, however, accepted the | liquor regulation agreement, neces- sitating only similar Senate action to send it to the White House. i Action on Many Bills. | Going st a tremendous clip yester- | day and last night, legislators passed | along to the White House such meas- ures as the Guffey coal-control bill, the Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage moratorium and the employer-employe | tax measure to raise funds for a new railroad pension bill. They put the utility regulation bill, the alcohol | control measure and the gold suit bill | into shape for swift, final ratification. The House passed and sent to the | Senate the modified neutrality bill The Senate, meeting until around ! midnight, was the theater for a ter- rife, filibustering onslaught by Sen- | ator Tydings, Democrat of Maryland and others that blocked the $500,000,- | 000 flood control bill already passed by the House. After hearing Tydings denounce the measure as & “graft bill” and Senator Vandenberg, Re- publican of Michigan call it “the most gigantic pork barrel,” the Sen- ate sidetrackeq, the measure for this session, 29 to 20. It provided for flood work in many sections. In addition to the other items | listed the Senate also had to vote today on the $100.000,000 deficiency ‘nppropnllmn. which carries funds to | start the New Deal's social security | program. Congressional conferees, long dead- | locked, reached an agreement on the gold bill last night. They decided 'SISTER QUESTIONED IN CLERK'S SLAYING Husband Says She Often Had Ar- guments With West Coast Naval Board Employe. By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif.,, August 24— Officers dug into the Personal affairs of Mrs. Florence Boykin Dowling to- day as they continued their investiga- tion of the slaying of her sister, Mrs. Gladys Giena Fair, 34-year-old Naval Board clerk. A coroner’s jury, holding an inquest into the shooting of Mrs. Fair in her apartment here last Monday, returned a verdict that the death was caused by “a person or persons unknown to this jury” and recommended that Mrs. Dowling be held for further ques- tioning. Mrs. Dowling, denying any knowl- edge of the shooting, said she visited her sister here last Monday night and returned Lr,e next day to San Fran- cisco. Evan Fair Jury his wif San Francisco told the often had arguments with her sistef,