Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1935, Page 1

WEA' . (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight and probably tomorrow morning; «cooler tonight; Saturday fair; increasing northeast winds. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 75, at 4:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 66, at noon today. Full report on page A-13. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 No. 33,364. post office, W, Entered as second class matter ashington, D. C. The Zn y THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1935—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. ##» WASHINGTON, D. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star The only evening paper in Washington mtg the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. () Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,182 Some Returns Not Yet Recetved. TWO CENTS. HURRICANE DEAD MAY REACH 1,000 GALE HITS GEORGIA, NEARS SEA; RELIEF RUSHED TO FLORIDA KEYS; - ALL PASSENGERS ON DIXIE SAVED 97 Are Taken Roosevelt Orders Inquiry Into Delay in Moving Veterans to Morgue in Miami. PLANE FALLS AMID HORROR CremationIsUrged by Some to Aid Living,. The Hurricane Toll. TALLAHASSEE, Fla—W. P. Mooty, | representing Gov. Dave Sholtz in the hurricane area, advised the chief executive the fatalities may reach 1,000. Other sources have put them | at 200 to 500, the exact number | awaiting restored communications. MIAMI.—Fifty-seven bodies, only a few identified, in morgue here; countless injured reported keys; scenes of horror and desola- tion revealed as rescuers penetrate stricken areas. Three ships complete task of removing all 143 marooned passengers aboard hapless liner Dixie, battered by mountainous waves as it lay grounded on French Reef; rescued unfold a sea saga of courage. PLANTATION KEY.—Red Cross re- ported at least 100 killed. MATECUMBE KEY —Relief officials| estimated 100 to 150 killed: mem- bers of rescue parties and some survivors placed the figure much higher. ISLA MORADA —Stationmaster es- timated several hundred killed, but relief officials believed his estimate covered war veterans who lost their lives in work camps on Matecumbe and Plantation Keys. FORT MYERS (ON FLORIDA SOUTHWEST COAST)—A bus driver was killed when storm rains caused bus to overturn. MOULTRIE, Ga.—Hurricane, power diminishing, soars north through Georgia toward the Carolinas, the Virginia coast and the Atlantic Ocean; no loss of life, but extensive cotton, pecan and peanut crop damage reported. WASHINGTON.—Coast Guard throws 500 men, 18 boats, 5 amphibian planes and emergency communica- tions equipment into Florida relief. Henry L. Doherty, utilities magnate, telegraphs American Red Cross 0 draw on him for $10,000 as “a starter” for hurricane disaster re- lief; Representative J. Hardin Peter- son, at Lakeland, Fla., telegraphs TPederal Relief Administrator Hop- kins for an investigation into deaths among war veterans on Keys. HYDE PARK, N. Y.—President Roose- velt ordered immediate aides to supervise relief in the hurricane area and lo investigate why ade- quate precautions apparently were not taken to protect the veterans in the work-relief camps. PORTSMOUTH, Eng.—Four hundred passengers aboard the Southern Railway steamer Whippingham ‘were transferred to other ships after the vessel went aground near the Needles, dangerous rocks in the English Channel near the Isle of ‘Wight. LONDON.—Two British liners rescus all the 736 passengers on the Britisiy steamship Doric after it collided in a fog with the French steamship Formigny in the Atlantic off Portugal; Doric proceeding to Vigo| under own power, the Formigny to Lisbon. Death List May Reach 1,000. (Copyright. 1935. by the Associated Press.) MIAMI, ., September 5—Relief officials estimated today that the tropical Ifirricane, sweeping terror and destruction across the Florida keys, left in its path a death toll of from 200 to 500 and it “may reach 1,000.” W. P. Mooty advised his chief, Gov. Dave Sholtz, from the center of the storm area that fatalities might mount to the last figure. Other sources have placed the number from 200 to 500, but the exact figure will not be known until communication (See HURRICANE, Page 16.) FORCED DOWN, AUTOGIRO REACHES TOWN VIA ROAD Wingless Craft, Lost in Fog, Lands and Continues Trip by Highway. By the Associated Press. WILLOW GROVE, Pa, September 8.—The fog that kept air travel over the Alleghenies at a virtual standstill yesterday didn't bother James G. Ray or his wingless autogiro. Forced to land at Blandburg by the thick weather on his way back from the national air races at Cleveland, Ray brought his ship down on a road, folded the overhead rotor blades and drove the craft like an automobile over the high ridge of the Alleghenies to ‘Tyrone. At that point the fog didn't extend into the valley, so Ray unfolded the rotors and completed his trip to Pit- cairn Field by air. The ship does not have s road drive and was propelled solely by the thrust of its propeller. Ray said he drove about 10 miles at a speed of 20 miles an hour, - TE strewn througn | President Asks Full By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt today ordered im- mediate aides to supervise relief in the Florida hurricane area and to investi- gate why adequate precautions ap- | parently were not taken to protect the | veterans in relief camps. Using the telephcne, the President personally called Frank T. Hines, Vet- \ erans’ Administrator, and Harry L.| Hopkins, Works Relief Administrator, | | and asked that they name assistants to go immediately to the Florida dis- | aster scene. | It was announced that Col. George E. Ijams, assistant to Hines, would | | represent him in the relief and in- vestigation work. | HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sptember 5.— | i form. Data on Failure to Take Precautions in Saving Those on Florida Keys. Mr. Roosevelt outlined three specific points for the Federal leaders to per- First, to see that the injured veterans are promptly hospitalized. He understands the Red Cross is supply- ing food, ciothing and shelter, but he hls offered to assist in this if neces- second to provide caskets for the dead veterans and transportation of their bodies. If the next of kin desirc, | the body will be sent home. Otherwise | full military funerals probably will be arranged for Arlington National Cemetery. Third, the President called for | means to rehabilitate the survivors and ~(See VETERANS, Page 8. = TWISTER' STRIKES LOWER MARYLAND Heavy Crop and Property, Damage Reported in Three Counties. Southern Maryland farmers counted | at least $100,000 damage today in the wake of a “twister” storm as rains/ continued to drench Washington and | most of the Eastern' States. The rain is expected te let up by | Satyrday, however, before the Po- | tomac and its tributaries rise to any considerable degree. ‘The heavy rain in Washington since | early yesterday was excelled last Sep- | tember, when 4!; inches fell in 24| hours about the middle of the month. | A “twister” late yesterday cut a zig- | zag course a quarter of a mile wide for some 10 miles through Anne| Arundel, Calvert and Prince Georges Counties. | Scores of barns, outbuildings, trees and telephone poles were leveled be- fore the storm skipped the bay and dipped into portions of Talbot and | Queen Anne Counties, the Asociated Press reported. Tobacco Crop Damaged. ‘Tobacco and corn planters of the three Southern counties were hardest hit. Many barns filled with curing tobacco, the money crop, were leveled and the tobacco drenched: Corn standing in the flelds also was dam- aged. ‘The whirling wind struck swiftly at Jewell, in Anne Arundel County, about 35 miles from Washington, a village in the heart of the Maryland tobacco district. It tore from the foundations a new home belonging to Mrs. Ida M. ‘Wayson and leveled her two barns. A $1,500 barn and $1,500 worth of tobacco belonging to Benjamin Wil- kerson, near Friendship, were de- stroyed by winds, which blew a horse (See TWISTER, Page 4.) MAN HANGED IN CELL IDENTIFIED BY WITNESS By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 5.—Mrs. Anna Blazek identified a body in the Cook County morgue today as that of one of two men she saw fleeing from an automobile in which Kenneth A. Morrison, Chicago park district official, recently was found slain. The body was that of George Bukowy, 23, who hanged himself| Tuesday while being held by police. Morrison was a member of a prom- | inent Winnipeg family. | { _Guy Caprara, 22, arrested with | Bukowy, was alleged by Police Capt. William Collins to have confessed that| he and Bukowy committed a series of burglaries and robberies. Bukowy also confessed these crimes Capt. Collins said, before he com- mitted suicide. TWO SHIPS RESCUE 13 ABOARD DORIC Liner Hits Freighter Near Portugal—Calm Sea Aids Transfer. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 5.—Two other ships today took 736 holiday passen- gers off the Doric, “Cupid’s Ship” of the Cunard-White Star Line, after its collision with the French freighter Formigny 70 miles off the coast of | Portugal. Wireless messages said the Orion of the Orient Line had taken off 400 passengers and the Viceroy of India, the remainder. Reuters’ (British News Agency) Lisbon correspondent said the 16,484- ton Doric was not seriously damaged. He reported the sea calm and the rescue accomplished without difficulty. The trim new Orion turned its maiden voyage into a rescue expedi- tion, being the first to respond. The Viceroy of India, a crack ship of the P. and O. Line, had recently been withdrawn from the Bombay line to make several “first- class” cruises in the Mediterranean and South Atlantic waters. It is Great Britain's first all-electric ship, 19,700 tons. Greig Veteran Comander. Capt. A. C. Greig, commander of the Doric, took the helm of the ship last April after services with the Cunard company since 1906. Last Feburary, when he commanded the Aurania, he was presented with a silver cup by the Norwegian government in recognition of the heroism of himself and his crew during attempts to rescue victims of the Sisto, which foundered in mid- Atlantic last December. Greig served as staff captain of the Aquitania, Berengaria and Maure- tania and then commanded the Aurania and the Aulonia before be- coming skipper of the Doric. The Doric was known as the “Cupid Ship” because nine couples announced their engagements while on a previous | cruise. At the time of the collision she was bound from Gibraltar to London. ‘The Formigny, 2,166 tons, was bound from Dunkirk, France, to Oran, a (See DORIC, Page 2) 400 TAKEN OFF SHIP Steamer Hits Rocks in English Channel Off Isle of Wight. PORTSMOUTH, England, Septem- ber 5 (#).—The Southern Railway steamer Whippinghaw signaled dis- tress today seven miles off the Needles, the three-point rocks in the English Channel west of the Isle of Wight. Comgany officials said other paddle steamers had reached the scene i promptly and that the 400 passengers board had been transferred to them. Writer Finds Storm Survivors Too Dazed to Leave Wreckage (Editor's note: The jollowing de- scriptive account, vividly portraying the horror in the hurricane-leveled Florida Keys, was written for the Miami Daily News and the Asso- ciated Press by Jack Bell, veteran Daily News columnist.) BY JACK BELL. MIAMI, Fla, September § (#).— Down in the keys this morning the sun shines serenely on the dead. A hurricane has come up from the south, whipped savagely at a few of ©Old Mother Nature's pitifully weak yesterday, while Miamians rejoiced London | iCaptaln and 56 of Crew Stay on Board. RESCUED LAUD HEROIC ACTION Calm Aid of Staff Averted Panic, They Say. (Copyright. 1935, by the Associated Press.) MIAMI, Fla., September 5.—Swiftly and uneventfully, the iast group of passengers was removed today from the stranded and battered liner Dixie, their perilous prison since last Mon- day night. In less than three hours the last of the 143 marooned passengers was transferred. The lifeboats shuttled | over placid waters, the howling hurri- cane that crippled the Dixie and | ground her against the talons of French Reef, death trap of the Flor- ida Keys, having spent its force. Aboard the hapless Dixie, still pin- | loned to the reef, remained Capt. E. W. Sundstrom and a skeleton crew cf 56. there has been no decadence among sea-faring men—that masters of mod- ern vessels are just as cool and effi- cient as the skippers of the old-time sailing ships—stayed with his ship that the Morgan line might keep pos- session of her under admiralty law. He commanded a ship that may never float again, in the opinion of experienced seafarers. An Associated Press reporter who flew over said the Dixie listed to starboard—a towering hulk stuck fast 3'; miles from shore. She is being forced more deeply into the sand. Terse Messages Tell Story. “Started to load passengers 6 a.m. on launch of Warbler,” Capt. Sund- strom wirelessed offices of the Mor- gan line in New York. “Pirst boat | takes 20 passengers.” Subsequent messages came swiftly. “Second launch left ship with 18 passengers.” “Third launch, 18 passengers.” “Pourth launch, 18 passengers.” r Thus the story of the transfer went on. Conditions were almost ideal. | The sea was placid, the sky overcast, however. And at last came the mes- sage: “All passengers and crew that were to leave off at 8:50 am.” When the transferring was resumed this morning, 220 persons—143 pas- sengers and 77 members of the crew— were on the Dixie. Passengers Taken to Miami. Divisional headquarters of the Coast Guard at Jacksonville, Fla., re- ceived a report from the cutter Saukee that it had aboard 54 of the Dixie's passengers—brought to her by two motorboats, the salvage tug Warbler ;:5!‘1 Coast Guard boats Nos. 2284 and The Saukee wirelessed that some of the passengers were transferred to the Morgan liner El Occidente by smaller boats, and that the cutters Carrabassett and Pandora, which en- gaged in rescue work last night, were back on the job this morning. The Dixie's master wirelessed them, how- ever, it was no longer necessary for them to stand by. Another Morgan liner, EI Mundo, was also on the scene. She returned from Miami, where she discharged passengers last night. The first of the rescue ships to dock at Miami was the Coast Guard cutter Carrabassett. She carried 24 passengers. Three other ships, dock- ing soon after her, were: The Mor- gan liner El Mundo, with 20 passen- gers; the Morgan liner El Occidente, with 36 passengers and 14 of the crew, and the United Fruit liner San Benito, with 40 of the crew. The Coast Guard cutter Saukee came in late today with 54 passengers and sailors. The rest were expected to moor still later. Two Ships Proceed to Carolinas. ‘The United Fruit liner Atenas, with 20 passengers from the Dixie aboard, proceeded up the coast to Charleston and the oil tanker Reaper, with 10 passengers aboard, continued on to ‘Wilmington, N. C. The Morgan line held a special New York-bound train in readiness in Miami, The bulk of the passen- gers on the Dixie were from the New York metropolitan area, homeward- bound from vacations. A board of steamship inspectors will be carried by the cutter Carrabasset tomorrow to the Dixle to investigate the grounding. The board will be dropped by the Carrabasset en route from Jacksonville to Key West with because the winds went elsewhere, | the mail battered survivors from the keys straggled out of the underbrush and remains of wrecked houses. Aid of Outboard Pilots. ‘They huddled at the foot of erum- The heroism of the rescuers and the gallantry of the officers and crew of the Dixie, in the long hours of fear, were told with great praise by the Capt. Sundstrom, who thinks | Believing that only through the co- operation of every motorist can fatal- | ities and accidents be definitely re- duced on the streets and highways of the National Capital, The Evening Star today launches a safety cam- paign under the auspices of its safety council, just organized. Representatives of every department of The Star have signed a pledge promising to obey 12 primary rules for safe driving. Every employe of The Star who drives an automobile, whether he operates his own car or one of the company’s, is expected to sign the pledge. The Evening Star Safety Council invites the support of every business YEP, DAN ROPER, Saip THINGS ARE COMING BACK" RECOVERY RUSH? DEFIGIT HELD LESS THAN BUDGET PLAN ST BY RODSEVELT {Morgenthau Deducts P. v A. Income in Figure or Fiscal Year Outlay. PRESIDENTIAL ORDERS ON AGENCIES WATCHE Safety Drive Launched By Evening Star Council Newspaper Perfects Organization to Aid in! Curtailment of Fatalities and Acci- dents on City Streets. organization in the city as well as private owners or drivers of cars. A copy of the safety pledge will appear in The Star from day to day. In- dividual drivers are asked to sign the | pledge and send it in to The Evening | Star Safety Council, room 600, Star Building. Business organizations may obtain cards suitable for the signing | of many pledges, upon application, from The Star. Suitable automobile stickers likewise will be furnished. Support of every citizens’ sssocla- tion, civic, religious and fraternal or- ganization is expected. The cam- paign obviously is in the interests of (See SAFETY, Page 3) STOCKS UPS1 T0S4 FOR NEW LEVELS Westinghouse, Chrysler, Bendix and American Can Are Among Leaders. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 5.—The most active buying in weeks sent prices of leading shares up $1 to $4, several to new 1935 highs, in the New York Stock Exchange today. Among shares at new peaks for the year were Westinghouse Electric, up more than $2.50 to above $69; Chrys- ler, up about $1.50 to around $65; Johns Manville, up about as much to around $70; Case, around $1.50 higher to close to $75, and Bendix Aviation, up more than $1 to above $20. American Can rose about $4 to above $140 and Du Pont $3 to above $121. United States Steel, Bethlehem Steel, New York Central and Union Patific advanced about $1. Utilities participated but slightly in the ad- vance. FOKKER IS SERVED Nye Committee Agent Subpoenas Airplane Builder. . CHICAGO, September 5 (#).—Agents of the Senate Munitions Investigating Committee today served a subpoena on Anthony Fokker, famous airplane builder, Senator Gerald P. Nye, its chariman, was informed here. Changed Psychology United Business Service says that a major psychologi- cal change is taking place. There is an ever-increasing impulse to buy—to rebuild— to re-equip—to refurnish—to replenish—to improve. People can dig up the money to buy things they really need and they can usually find what they want in the advertising columns of The Star, Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display.) Lines. The Evening Star_ 30,206 2d newspaper____ 14,958 '3d newspaper____ 10,612 4th newspaper..... 8,262 Sth new;p‘pcr__-- 5,801 Total ( wéwiavers ) 39,633 The time to push sales is when people want 10 buy. FARLEY IS EAGER FOR 36 CAMPAIGN Resignation From Cabinet | Expected Soon—Talks With President. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Btaff Correspondent of The Star. HYDE PARK, N. Y., September 5.— Jim Farley’s refusal to deny or afirm | in reports to the effect that he is to leave the cabinet soon and give all his time to the chairmanship of the National Democratic Committee just after a visit of several hours yester- day with President Roosevelt has aroused unusual interest here and has provoked speculation to the effect that his resignation from the cabinet may be looked for any time. President Roosevelt will have with him at Hyde Park tonight for a long conference Senator Robert La Fol- lette and his brother, Gov. Phil La Follette of Wisconsin. The La Follettes asked for the en- gagement for the purpose of again discussing with the President work- relief matters affecting their State. Postmaster General Farley tas just returned from the West after a va- cation trip to Hawail many politicians in the West and any number since arriving in New York. He gave the impression to newspaper correspondents who talked to him fol- lowing his Hyde Park session late yesterday that he is “chunk full” of politics and is impatient to get startea in the 1936 campaign. Of course, he is confident there is not the slightest doubt about President Roosevelt's re- election, and he is just as confident about Gov. Lehman of New York be- ing elected for another term. “Still on the Pay Roll.” ‘When pressed for a Hefinite answer about his cabinet resignation he said he did not care to say anything at this time. “The only thing Il say is” he re- plied, “I am still on the pay roll.” It always has been Farley's strategy (See ROOSEVELT, Page 2.) THREATS HOLD MAN Observation Ordered for l!ny Stater Who Wrote President. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, UP).—George Jeffers, 51, awaiting Federal grand jury sction on a charge of writing a threatening letter to President Roosevelt, was committed by Judge Louis L. Green today to the Medfield State Hospital for observa- tion. Jeffers, who pleaded guilty to the charge before & United States com- missioner in Pittsfield, resided with a half-brother, Eli Pariseau, disabled World War veteran, in Rowe. Federel He talked to| LABOR REPRISALS THREATEN ITALY League in Stalemate, but International Unions Will Act Tomorrow. The Ethiopian Situation. Possibilities of boycotting Italy in| case of war on Ethiopia will be | studied tomorrow at Geneva by | executives of International Federa- | tion of Trades Unions. | Italy has indicated she will not re- main in the League on a basis of equal footing with Ethiopia, whom she accuses of being outside the pale of civilization. The Ethiopians, on the other hand, accuse Italy of unwillingness to follow civilized procedure. A spokesman in Rome said Premier Mussolini would carry through his program in East Africa “with the League, without the League, or against the League.” Emperor Haile Selassie was regarded intercede with Italy on the behalf of peace. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin called & “war cabinet” session in London. Labor Federation to Act. By the Assoctated Press. GENEVA, September 5.—Organized | Italo-Ethiopian problem as the League of Nations’ Council, faced with un- compromising stands by the two na- tions involved, retired the matter momentarily to the status of private discussions. Italy indicated she would not meet Ethio) on & basis of equal footing League. She claimed Ethiopia was barbarous and uncivilized. The Ethigpians, on the other hand, sug- gested Italy wanted to settle their differences without regard to the standards of civilization. It was understood the Council may meet tomorrow and appoint a general committee of inquiry. It would con- sider all aspects of the dispute between | Italy and Ethiopia and prepare a pun of settlement. Labor Reprisals Loom. In the meantime word went out that the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Trades Unions, meeting here tomorrow, would discuss how organized labor can par- alyze Premier Mussolini’s Ethiopian | enterprise if the League fails to pre- serve the peace. The federation represents most of the organized labor unions in Europe as well as many others overseas. to discuss the possibilities of workers shipped to and from Italy in case of war. The importance of a possible de- cision to this effect is that it could be reached independently of the League. Leaders of left wing parties of France already are urging Premier Laval to insist on a settlement, prom- ising left wing support to the govern- ment on any program of strong meas- ures to prevent war. Delay Pleases Italians. In the League itself, proceedings were halted while statesmen reviewed material flowing from yesterday's Council meeting. The Italian dele- gates seemed pleased by the delay and one said: “We want to give the world time to understand our position. We are in no hurry.” Fear was in some quarters that if the Council tried to “bring Italy to the bar of judgment,” Premier Mussolini would immediately order his delegation to leave Geneva. League circles suggested that Italy's 5| long list of accusations brought yes- terday against Ethiopia, claiming the African empire to be barbarous and slave-holding, might be met by the appointment of an international po- lice force to operate in Ethiopia under authority of the League. Consent of Ethiopia Needed. Such a force operated early this year in the Saar Basin territory dur- ing the plebiscite. 8ych a police force could be dis- patched into Ethiopia with the con- sent of the Ethiopian government. ‘Baron Pompeo Aloisi of Italy, who (Bee ETHIOPIA, Page 1., . as hopeful that Pope Pius would | | 1abor prepared today to take up the | Its Executive Committee is expected | boycotting the handling of all goods | Budget Bureau Policy Is He Possible Move to Curb Op- position Attacks. By the Associated Press. Secretary Morgenthau today lookedl over Treasury figures for the first two months of the present fiscal year and concluded “we are within the Presi- dent's budget.” Calling particular attention to money lent by Government agencies, the Secretary, talking at his regular press conference, pointed out there were what he termed ‘“recoverable loans” that should be taken into ac- count in the $672,000,000 deficit shown for July and August. That is, he explained, the Commod- ity Credit Corp. lent $188,000,000 more this year than last in the same period, and the Reconstruction Finance Corp. the same amount more. But the Pub- lic Works Administration received back, he said, $131,000,000 more than it lent te States and municipalities and ratiroads. Subtracting this $131,000,000 from the $376,000,000 total excess lent by the Commodity Credit Corp. and R. F. C, the Becretary arrived at the $245,000,000 net.recoverable loan fig- ure he subtracted from the initial two- month deficit. Puts Deficit at $427,000,000. That gave him a net deficit for the | two months oi $427,000,000. The President had estimated a $4,000,000- 000 deficit for the entire year. Mor- genthau’s $427,000,000 for the first two months, if sustained at that rate for the rest of the year, would | bring the total deficit to around $2,500,000,000. “The more you go into it for the first two months, the better it looks,” Morgenthau said. Meanwhile, the orders President | Roosevelt issued yesterday placing all emergency agencies under the Budget | Bureau aroused speculation as to whether this might not be a move toward meeting opposition attacks on New Deal spending. First stirrings of the approaching election campaign have indicated that | heavy governmental expenditures and an unbalanced budget would figure prominently as an issue. Republican spokesmen apparently intend to keep it a live subject. In his talk with newspaper men at Hyde Park, N. Y., however, Mr. Roose- velt said the national emergency had passed and that his orders contem- plated a reduction in employe per- sonnel and eventual consolidation where possible. Powers May Be Released. Observers here wondered whether this meant that when Congress meets in January the President would re- linquish any of the emergency powers voted him to deal with the domestic crisis. Critics have seized upon these added powers also as an issue, calling them “dictatorial.” Even before he left for Hyde Park the President gave hints of moves to trim down Government agencies. He arranged with heads of bureaus deal- ing with housing activities to preven: , an overlaping of their functions. H also set September 12 as a deadline for receiving applications ‘for mone; from the $4,000,000,000 works fund. Some of the largest cuts in per sonnel and expenditures are expecte |to be made in the various relief or- ‘zlniuuons As the works program | progresses, more and more States wil' cease to receive direct relief fund | which likely will result in a reduction in administration staffs. Under the new presidential orders, the emergency agencies will have to obtain in advance monthly approval from the Budget Bureau for all ad- | ministrative commitments. Officials here declined to say whether this was preliminary to a definite drive to balance the budget. —_— CHINESE BANDITS HALTED HANKOW, September 5 (#).—For- eign consulates here were informed today that apparently bandit forces had failed in a drive toward Changteh. It was reported the bandits were concentrated 75 miles north of Chang- teh. Although business in Changteh was returning to nermal and refugees were going back, the consular authorities still cautioned missionaries against re-entering the area, Readers’ Guide Lost and Found . Mallon Radio - ‘Washington Wayside ..._B-16 Women'’s Features ...B-18-19