Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1935, Page 3

* CONGRESS GRANTS PEAK ARMS FUND Single Fiscal Year Budget Near Billion as War Drums Stir Europe. By the Associated Press. A Congress spurred by ominous war drums abroad voted appropriations flirting with the billion-dollar mark— the largest in peace time—to strength- en the Nation'’s sky, sea and land defenses. For the single fiscal year closing next June 30, the session just closed handed the Army and Navy $904,662,- 549. A large share of it will go for pay, subsistence and transportation for officers and mén, but many mil- lions were tagged for new fighting ships, modern airplanes and to build up man power. In addition, Congress approved & system of huge Army air bases to gird America’s frontiers, authorizing what- ever |pproprmnon was necessary to construct them and a $38,000,000 naval public works program, chiefly for strengthening key naval stations in the Pacific. New Bases Cost $120,000,000. The cost of new air bases and im- proving existing ones alone is esti- mated at $120,000,000, but appropria- | tions were left to the future. Some | of the funds for naval bases was pro- vided. From its regular appropriation bill, totaling $458,684,379. Congress in- structed the Navy to spend $85.310.000 in its treaty-strength building pro- gram and $26,715,660 for new air-| planes, equipment, spare parts and mccessories. | That will be enough to buy several hundred new planes, continue con- | struction of 14 destroyers and 6 sub- ; marines already on the ways ad start building two cruisers, an aircraft car- rier, 15 destroyers and another half | dozen undersea craft, for which the | department only a few days ago ob- tained bids. Funds for Ship Arms. The Navy got, in addition, $21,200,- 000 for ship armaments and such ac- tivities as torpedo and smokeless pow- der manufacturing. Pay. subsistence and transportation for regular Navy personnel will eat up $168,233,083. - From its $192,379,212 for pay, sub- sistence and travel, the War Depart- ment is to use $20,000.000 to boost | the enlisted strength of the regular | Army from 118,750 to 165,000 men. Navy enlisted strength is authorized to jump from 82,500 to 93,000 and line-officer strength by 1.032 to 6.531. For Army aviation operations, Con- gress set aside $45.383,400 and said not less than $19,138,000 should be ear- marked for new planes—$13,666,000 of it for combat ships. Sky Fighters Allowed. In addition, the Air Corps was given permission to contract for an extra $7,686,753 for up-to-the-minute sky fighters, equipment, parts and acces- sories. Army ordnance received $15,151,622. After all that money had been ap- propriated, Congress reconsidered the needs of national defense and in ef- ficlency measures voted the Navy an- other $23,000,000 for various purposes and the Army $20,980,300—total, $904,662,549. > Experts have estimated planned pre- paredness expenditures of other world powers for the fiscal year as follows: England, $558,000,000; Japan, $296,- 000,000; France, $742,000,000; many, $50,000,000. PEACE MOVES RIDICULED Statesmen Urged to War by Its Real Name.” BERLIN, August 27 (#).—European statesmen were urged to “unmask war by its real name” in an editorial today in Der Angriff, ridiculing in- ternational efforts to prevent a ton=- flict between Italy and Ethiopia. “There was never a war opsned with such masquerade.” the news- paper asserted, poking fun at the | League of Nations which it said “sees | its dictionary of peace verbs, tediously concocted since 1919, fall apart.” | PLAN ETHIOPIAN TRIP Missionaries to Return to Country | Despite War Moves. BALTIMORE, August 27 (#).—Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Lambie of Owings Mills have less than two weeks in which to finish packing for a trip— which will lead them back to Ethiopia. The Lambies, medical missionaries, have spent the past 16 years in Ethi- opia and plan to return there soon despite the war clouds now hanging over that country. They hope to be back at their posts there by Septem- ber 11. “Unmask Hitler Gives $75,000. 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C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1935. builds up her army for her expected ~ The Port Said entrance to the Suez Canal, controlled by Great Britain, through which thousands of troops are passing daily as Italy campaign against Ethiopia. Should England take action against Italy it is be to close the canal, cutting off Il U. -TOKIO TEXTILE expected that her first move would Duce's forces.—Wide World Photo. Ethiopia (Continued From First Page.) Soviet (Continued From First Page.) be introduced to the foreign secre- | tary by Ray Atherton, United States | charge d'affaires. | Pope yesterday reviewed develop- | ments in the Italo-Ethiopian situa-| tion with officials of the Egyptian | and Ethiopian departments of the for- eign office. The Senator is scheduled to leave for Paris tomorrow night. Duce Sees War Meneuvers. WITH THE ITALIAN ARMY, Bol- zano, Italy, August 27 (¥ —Premier Mussolini took the British and French | military missions and the British and | French newspaper correspondents with i | him today on a visit to the war ma- | | neuvers. Later he entertained them | at luncheon. | That he singled out these two na- | tionalities first for special favors was given special significance in political | circles. Correspondents of other na- ! tionalities were told they would receive a similar favor later in the week. Conciliatory articles recently pub- lished in the premier’s Popolo d'Italia in reference to England were along the lines of Mussolini's gesture today. | In uniforms of their various ranks, | many of them in muddy boots, min- | isters and undersecretaries remained for some time with Mussolini last | night to talk over the international | and domestic aspects of the Ethiopian | situation. An extraordinary session | of the cabinet will be held Wednesday. | Government circles attribute the | greatest significance to the extraordi- | nary cabinet session. It was pointed | out that this is the first time in the | 13 years of the regime that the cabi- | net has been convoked outside of | Rome. Desert Addis Ababa. ADDIS ABABA, August 27 (®)— Foreigners and natives rushed the Na- tional Bank today to convert their | paper thalers into silver money as au- thorities posted guards to keep order. | The bank later resumed limited for- | eign exchange operations. More than 100 Greeks, Italians and Armenians left the country today. There were moving farewells at the station as weeping foreigners parted with their wives and children. The train was packed with Hindu money lenders rushing to Djibouti, French Somaliland, carrying as much foreign money as they could scrape up. The Italian Legation, which dis- patched two freight car loads of offi- cial records and other property on a special train to Djibouti yesterday, is preparing additional shipments of the legation effects. See Complete Withdrawal. Ethiopians interpret this as evidence | of an eventual complete withdrawal. Six Italian missionaries were among those who left today. The French director of the Franco- Ethiopian Railway planned to leave for Paris to consult the French gov- ernment on the question of sending French troops to guard the railroad. The French own the majority stock. Fearing a long seige If the railroad is cut off, Americans were laying in emergency foodstuffs. Everett W. Colson, American financial adviser | to the Ethiopian government, said the | government has a large emergency | fund with which to buy food for both civilian and military persons. Evacuation Continues. Ethiopians continued to evacuate the capital. Striking scenes were wit- nessed along the sodden roads, soaked by the Summer-long rains, Wwhere white-clad, barefooted women and children were returning to their natal villages bearing what little property they possess on their backs. The groups trudge through torrential rains in the wake of their goat herds and household pets. Heavy, intermittent rains are con- tinuing, followed by fitful periods of crisp sunshine, when the natives re- maining in the capital gather in the business district to gossip concerning the latest news. ETHIOPIA TO FORBID WAR ZONE TO WRITERS Emperor Says He Could Not As- sume Responsibility Should Cor- respondents Be Killed. By the Associated Press. ADDIS ABABA, August 27.—Em- peror Haile Selassie today refused American and other foreign newspa- per correspondents permission to go to the fighting zone if war is declared. He said it would be too dangerous and he could not assume the responsi- bility if any of them were killed. It was pointed out that the armies move so fast and the terrain is so difficult, coupled with the lack of tele- graph facilities and roads, and ab- sence of living quarters, it would be impossible for any civilian to accom- pany the troops. FILLING STATION ROBBED Two young colored early this morning held up and robbed Luther Hedges, manager of a filling station at Twentieth and M streets, of $35.40. Hedges told police one of the men held him at the point of a pistol while mmmmmnunqr | | | | | { is very !nsignificant compared to the continuous propaganda in the United States against the Soviet Union. “I have even seen suggestions that our government should somehow stop the activity of American organiza- tions and American citizens in the United States. “It is obvious that my government will not interfere in the internal af- fairs of the United States in this or any other matter.” The Soviet Ambassador Is trying to get into an open controversy with Dr. Edmund Walsh, the leader of the anti-Soviet movement in the United | States. Father Walsh is a private citizen and as such is free to express openly his opinion as to what he con- siders the best interests of his country. There is an unwritten law in the diplomatic code of etiquette which prevents foreign diplomats from en- gaging in an argument with the| citizens of the country to which they | are accredited. Furthermore, while indicating that his government would give a satisfac- tory reply to the American note the Ambassador, who is a keen wit, adopt- ed a note of persifiage toward the State Department in stating that “I have seen even suggestions that our govern- | ment should somehow stop the activity of American organizations and American citizens in the United States.” Allegiance Unquestioned. There is a sound element in this suggestion that the Soviet govern- ment, or the Third Internationale, | with which the Moscow government is closely linked, should stop its activi- ties through American citizens in this country. All members of the Third Interna- tionale, while maintaining their orig- | inal nationality, owe allegiance to that revolutionary organization from the moment they are received as full | members. Their original citizenship is of great assistance to the revolutionary aims of the internationale because it pre- vents them from being deported, as would an alien be. But they all obey without hesitation the orders they re- ceive from Moscow. The American Government was ful- ly aware—from the past experiences of other nations which had recognized the Soviets previously—of the dual personality of the Soviet government. One is tige official government, car- rying on normal relations with other countries and the other which tends to bring about a world revolution | through the Third Internationale, of which all the Soviet leaders are prom- inent members. It is for this reason that the United States Government demanded that the Soviet government shall not “permit the formation or residence on its ter- ritory of any organization or group which has as an aim the overthxow of the social or political order in the United States.” Existence Is Violation. The existence of an American sec- tion in the Third Internationale, which has its headquarters in Mos- cow, is a flagrant violation of this important article. Furthermore, the Soviet Ambassa- | dor states “anything said in Moscow | by American citizens about the United Staw'es is very insignificant compared | to the continuous propaganda in the | United States against the Soviet Union.” It is pointed out at the State De- partment that there is no provision in the protocol of recognition of the Soviet government by the United States to muzzle American citizens and their independent views about the Soviets. Whatever private citizens in this country say, even if they are members of Congress, does not involve in any shape or form the United States Government, which has main- tained a correct and friendly attitude toward the Soviets. But the revolu- tionary statements of American citi- zens members of the Third Interna- tionale in Moscow received the hearty approval of the head of the Soviet government—Josef Stalin. —— SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BARGE IN WINTER BERTH The Navy barge and its newly-built shell, which served the National Sym- phony Orchestra for its Summer sea- son of concerts at the Water Gate, to- day was safely moored in the Anacostia River, in Winter quarters. C. Marshall Finnan, park superin- tendent, yesterday ordered its removal from the Water Gate and a Navy tug towed the barge down the Potomac River to Hains Point and then around East Potomac Park into the Anacostia River. At the Eleventh Street Bridge the towing job was taken over by the District tug Virginia and the National Capital Parks craft Aileen, which brought it to its Winter mooring. It has been anchored south of the Penn- sylvania Avenue Bridge, some 60 feet from the seawall of Anacostia Park. ‘The barge will be covered with can- vas to protect it from the weather. A plan is under way to have the barge reconditioned, scraped and painted be- fore the opening of the National Sym- phony Orchestra’s concerts early next Summer, authorities said. & Selected JOHN LOCHER. Board. (Continued From Pirst Page.) administration, since a tremendofs | amount of work must be done before- hand. Corporation Counsel Prettyman will be sent to New York in a day or two to confer aith officials of the Metro- politan and other life insurance com- | panies to get their advice on neces- sary machinery in handling data on the employed, their wages and listing of those becoming unemployed. The Commissioners also will start a search for a “high-class executive,” capable of handling administration of the multitudinous details of the unemployment insurance program. Those called into conference with the Commissioners today were Robert V. Fleming, president of Riggs Na- tional Bank; Mr. Saul, Charles H. ‘Tompkins, prominent contractor; John Remon, general manager, and Ralph | A Van Orsdel, attorney for the Chesa- | peake & Potomac Telephone Co.; | Thomas C. Carson, hotel executive; | Mr. Talbott and Mr. Locher. | Mr. Locher’s selection appeared log- ical to interested District officials be- | | cause between 80,000 and 100,000 work- | ers are affiliated with the Central La- i bor Union, which he heads. Locher also is secretary of the Washington | Building Trades Council and formerly was its president. The Commissioners are expected to ! start plans soon for administration of | the old age needy blind pensions, although failure of the third deficiency | bill means that funds for these social security programs will not be available until after Congress meets again. It is expected the Commissioners | will designate a number of available District officials to map out details for these two programs rather than, to await provision of funds. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. | Meeting, Washington ~ Wholesale | Confectionery Distributors, Willard Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting, Daughters of '98, National Auxiliary United Spanish War Vet- erans, 8 p.m. TOMORROW. Meeting, National Typewriter and Office Machine Dealers’ Association, Mayflower Hotel, 9 a.m. Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayflower Hotel, 12:30 pm. Luncheon, Washington Association of Credit Men, Inc., Raleigh Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Electric Institute, Carl- ton Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Play, “Creatures of Impulse,” Na- tional Capital Parks, McPherson Park, Fifteenth and I streets, 1 p.m. Play, “Creatures of Impulse,” Na- tional Capital Parks, Rock Creek and Potomac parkway, 3 p.m. o Camp to Close Thursday. HYATTSVILLE, Md, August 27 (Special) —Closing exercises of Camp Thorn, Prince Georges County Girl Scout camp, near College Park, will be held Thursday from 2 to 4 pm. The program will include a marion- ette show, puppet show and Norwegian .A.Kahn Jnc. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. ;QS_YEARSn%SF§TREET FISHERMAN GUILTY ison of “thrashing the water inside | |BISHOP DICKERSON RITES | ON NET CAARGES Gill Traps Held llegal in Chesapeake by Circuit Court Ruling. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, August 27.—The use of gill nets in the Chesapeake Bay was declared a violation of the law today in a decision handed down in the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court by Judge Linwood L. Clark. ‘The ruling was made in the case | of W. C. Jackson, fisherman of Tilgh- man Island, who was charged with| “fishing by use of destructive devices similarly to drag nets or drag seines | hauled by power boats.” The fisherman also was accused of thrashing the water to scare the fish into the net. Jackson was fined $25, but his equipment was not confiscated. For- mer Judge Robert Moss and Benja- min Michaelson, counsel for Jackson, | announced that they would appeal the cases to the three judges of the fifth Jjudicial circuit. The appeal cannot go to the Court of Appeals since it origi- nated in a Magistrate’s Court and its appearance before Judge Clark is con- | sidered as an appeal from a ruling of the lower court. Jackson and three other fisher- | men, were arrested in Herring Bay | on August 19. By agreement, the charges were dropped against all but Jackson. The State, after Judge Clark's de- cision, settled a charge against Jack- the net with oars, poles, sticks and | power boats for the purpose of driv- ing fish into the nets.” The charge was brought before the court as a test case. The fishermen | have been using the new type of net in an effort to get around the State fishing laws. Watermen in gen- eral have protested and the arrests were made by the State conservation officers. T | Colored Leader of Church Died Sunday. | | Funeral services for Bishop Abel S. Dickerson, colored, chief executive of | the Church of God and Saints of | Christ, who died of a heart attack Sunday in Freedmen's Hospital, will| be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, Fourteenth and Corcoran streets. Bishop Dickerson, who was 56, lived at 1216 Duncan street northeast. Be- fore he came to Washington three years ago he lived for 30 years in Pittsburgh, where he had a parish in the Church of God and Saints of | Christ. . 14,000 JOIN STRIKE NEW YORK, August 27 (A)—A strike of shipping clerks in Manhat- tan’s garment district began today, with strike leaders estimating that about 14,000 emplcyes did not report | for work. Buildings in the garment section were picketed. The strikers demand wage increases, a 35-hour week and “security on the job.” The walkout was called by the La- dies’ Apparel Shipping Clerks’ Union and has the support of the A. F. of L. THE EASIEST WAY TO BUY COAL B Order Now . SUMMER PURCHASE PLAN It Expires August 31 Because it’s easy for us to deliver now we make it easier for you to pay. By placing your order before August 31st you not only get the benefit of the present low price, but you can get all your coal at once and then pay for it on deferred plan includes " ‘blue the famous White Ash Pennsylvania Anthra- cite trade-marked (tinted blue) to guarantee you full (@iFFITH-(GNSUMERS (OMPANY ‘ulands market in the last two years, AGREEMENT NEAR Drafts Already Being Pre- pared as Result of Cabi- net Committee Action. By the Associated Press. Following cosely the recommenda- tion of a special cabinet committee that voluntary agreement be reached between Japan and the United States on the matter of textile markets, it was revealed yesterday that drafts of such an agreement already are being prepared. Secretary of State Hull and Hiros Sajto, Japanese Ambassador, initiated the negotiations in discussion of the general phases of the problem, it was learned, with other representatives of both nations carrying on the task of preparing the actual terms of agreement. American cotton textile maufac- turers have protested vigorously against the capture of American and Filipino markets by Japanese textiles and demanded protective action by this Government. ' Tariff Barrier Considered. The Philippine Legislature, on recommendation of Gov. Gen. Frank Murphy, also has considered raising & tariff barrier against Japanese tex- tiles as a remedy. Officials declined to reveal what limitation or restriction suggestions and proposals have been made in the discussions. But they admittedly are attempting to reach an agreement by which the Japanese, who have captured the lion's share of the will make a percentage reduction in their shipments. Voluntary restrictions on exports of lead pencils and rag rugs to the United States were imposed by the Japanese as a result of previous con- ferences, in which that control method was employed to solve & question which might otherwise have developed into a trade war. U. S. Textiles Gain Ground. Although the Japanese made con- siderable inroads into American sales in the Philippines last year, the lat- est available figures show that Amer- ican textiles have regained some of their lost ground. CIVIC SYMPHONY GIVES CONCERT THURSDAY Orchestra Will Play at McKinley High Under Direction of Sam P. Ford. An indoor concert by the Com- munity Center Civic Symphony Or- chestra will be held in the McKinley High School Auditorium, First and T | streets northeast, Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Sam P. Ford, associate director, will conduct in the absence of Bailey F. Alart, director, who has been ill for the past six weeks. The concert will | be under the auspices of the Ecking- | ton Recreation Center and under the | supervision of Mrs. D. E. Middleton, community secretary. It will be the closing event of the Summer recrea- | tion program at the Eckington center. | The program will include instru- mental compositions by Victor Her- | bert, Sigmund Romberg, Charles J. Roberts, Joharh Strauss and John | Philip Sousa. | After this week the only public event at the Eckington center will be the regular week end community | dances Friday nights, continuing through September. The Autumn and ‘Winter season will open October 1. FUNERAL OF MRS. BARR ‘ SET FOR TOMORROW Wife of Widely Known Real Estate Man Will Be Buried in Glenwood. Funeral services for Mrs. Lester A. Barr, who died Sunday at her Summer home near Gloucester, Mass., will be held tomorrow at 11 am. at the Almus P, Speare funeral home, 1623 Connecticut avenue. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. | Mrs. Barr, wife of L. A. Barr, widely | known Washington real estate man, was active in social life here and prom-, inent in the activities of the Epiphany Protestant Episcopal Church. g Noisy Radios Hit. London has a drive against noisy radios. Before Selling Investigate the Prices We Pay for OLD GOLD AND SILVER Jewelry of every description. bridge- work, silver. No matter how old or dilavidated 'any of foregoing ar- ticles might be. you will be greatly surprised st the cash prices paid ¥ us. (Licensed by U. 8. Govt.) SHAH & SHAH 921 F St. N.W. Phone NA. 5543—We Will Call « « UseOur payments. This coal’ value.” 1413 New York Ave. N.W. MEtropolitan 4840 Dreiser Is 64 WAILS *AS AGE CREEPS UPON WORK. THEODORE DREISER. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 27.—Theo- dore Dreiser, novelist, celebrated his 64th birthday anniversary today and peered into the future of literature in America. “Literature?” he asked. “It will take care of itself. Writers, poets and artists are born, and surely out of a country of millions of people there must be one or two, at least, who can carry on the standards.” At an informal party last night the author remarked: to become 64.” “It's an outrage,” he added. “I have sent for the records back in Indiana. I'm going to change them. There’s so much to be done and so little time in which to do it.” Scaffa- Sentence Again Delayed. NEW YORK, August 27 (#).—The sentencing of Noel Scaffa, New York private detective convicted of per- jury, was again postponed today until September 5. Scaffa was found guilty of giving false grand jury testimony concerning his part in the return of | jewels stolen in Miami last Winter from Mrs. Harry Content, the former | Mrs, Margaret Bell. ONLY 5 WEEKS Coal will be about October you to store a “It's terrible | 35 A-3° CASHIER ACCUSED:; CASE CONTINUED J. Karl Seyboth Charged With Embezzling $4,750 From Second National. A continuance nuntil Septemaber 17 was ordered in Police Court today in the case of J. Karl Seyboth, 47, assistant cashier of the Second Na- tional Bank branch at 1333 G street, who was arrested last night on a war- rant charging the embezzlement of $4,750 of the bank’s funds. Judge Robert E. Mattingly ordered the continuance when Seyboth ap- peared before him in court, upon re- quest of Assistant District Attorney Karl Kindleberger. The latter asked the continuance after being informed by bank officials they wanted to com- plete an audit before Seyboth actually is arraigned Police said Seyboth, who lives in the 300 block of Aspen street, has admitted to police and Departnent of Justice agents that he took the money. To a reporter of The Star Seyboth asserted he had taken funds to aid in the support of his mother and sister. Seyboth related he had been with | the bank for about 30 years, starting as a messenger. He first began tak- ing the funds about four or five | years ago, he said. He was released under $5,000 fol- lowing his arrest last night pending his arraignment in court. D.C. PURCHASES TOTALED $4,724,921.19 Spent by City Gov- ernment in Year. Supplies purchased for operation of | the District Government during the fiscal year which ended June 30 had a total cost of $4,724921.19, M. C. Hargrove, purchasing officer, reported to the Commissioners yesterday. 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