Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1935, Page 1

~ PROBES ARE BEGUN WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast. tomorrow; Fair change northwest .winds. tonight and Temperatures—Highest, 73, at noon to=- day; lowest, 66, at 4 a.m. today. Full report on page 11. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 33,365. RESCUE WORKERS SEARCH FOR DEAD IN STORM AREA AS Pestilence Possibility Con- fronts Officials and Onei in temperature; ) little diminishing WASHINGTON, WINDS LASH CAROLINAS AS STORM TURNS TO SEA Woman Dies Trying to Save Husband | Killed by Touching Fallen Power Wire—Property Damage Heavy. By the Associated Press. | death when she attempted to free CHARLOTTE, N. C., September 6.— | him.’ Fierce winds of hurricane proporuon‘_ Three bungalows in the same sec- and mountainous waves which leaped | tion were burned, the first igniting over seawalls and melted away giant| from a fallen power wire. sand dunes swept the upper North| The wind reached a velocity of Carolina coast country early today as! from 50 to 60 miles an hour, but did the dissipating tropical storm moved | little damage except to blow down he Fp D. C, over a wide area toward the sea. Health Officer Urges Cre- mation of Bodies. “GROSS CARELESSNESS” IS SEEN BY GOVERNOR| Maryland and Virginia Hit in Aftermath of Hurricane as Winds Sweep Coasts Heading for Sea—U. S. Inquiry Opened | by Williams. The Hurricane Toll. ! MIAMI—Rescue workers, wearing gas masks, enter Florida hurricane areas to recover the dead, esti-| mated by the Red Cross at 25 Gov. Sholtz says death of war vel erans caught in storm’s path shows | “gross carelessness somewhere was responsible for tragedy.” State Attorney G. A. Worley begins in- vestigation into alleged delay in sending special train to evacuate the veterans in the Florida keys. The Red Cross reports 144 bodies of veterans recovered; 375 other veterans are known to be alive, the organization says, and 320 issing. EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK BY TRAIN—Passengers and members of the crew of the steamer Dixie. rescued off the storm-swept Florida coast, in a happy frame of mind after the ordeal. JACKSONVILLE—Aubrey ~ Williams, assistant to Relief Administrator Hopkins, said here he has already begun a ‘“relentless investigation” of the death of war veterans in a work camp. patches plane from St. Petersburg and the cutter Triton from Tampa to bring aid to isolated fishing communities along the Florida West* Coast. RICHMOND, Va—Tornadoes kill one person and injure 12 others in Virginia Thursday afternoon and night. WILMINGTON, Del—Two men kilied when freight train is wrecked due to washout two miles south of Felton. BALTIMORE—The storm, accom- panied by heavy rains, tears down wires, and sweeps away bridges in Maryland. Warnings for small craft displayed on Upper Chesa- peake Bay. W ASHING T O N—Advisory storm warnings ordered North off Sandy Hook, N. J., to Boston. The tropi- cal disturbance from Florida de- scribed as central near Virginia Capes moving rapidly Northeast- ward. Federal Relief Administrator Hopkins granted $200,000 to be used in relief work in the storm area. (Copyright, 1925, by the Associated Press.) MIAMI, Fla., September 6.—The possibility of pestilence—eternal after- math of wholesale death—confronted authorities today as the task of find- ing more bodies in Florida's hur- ricane-ravaged keys went laboriously and painfully forward. Like a wartime corps combing a battle zone after a big drive has passed on gas-masked armies of men The storm, accompanied by scat-| tered tornadoes, which dipped into in- land communities, left a trail of de- molished and unroofed houses, up- | rooted trees, fallen power and com- munication lin2s and battered wharves | and beach cottages as it moved through the Carolinas yesterday. ‘There was known loss of life, al- though disrupted communications sys- tems made contact with some of the sections difficult and in some cases impossible. There was little fear, how- | ever. as fishing settlements along the coast were warned in advance and | small craft sought the safety of coastal rivers. | Two Lose Lives. | Two persons were killed early today by contact with power wires blown down by the gale which swept the New Bern section last night. They were David W. Thompson, 55, and Mrs. Thompson, 48, of Sunnyside, a New Bern suburb. | Thompson noticed the fallen wires and started to the home of a daugh- | ter, two doors away, to warn her about them and touched one while | on his way. Mrs. Thompson rushed to his assistance and met instant | the power lines. Extraordinary precautions were taken along the sound country north of Wilmington, which was believed to have felt the center of the-storm, as a hurricane which visited that area with loss of life and immense property damage two years ago was fresh in the memory of the residents. Center Moves North. The center of the storm apparently passed north of Wilmington early today. The wind reached a maxi- mum velocity of 51-miles-an-hour at that port about midnight and began moderating to the accompaniment of a rising barometer. Little damage was reported, but the beach resorts, which had been largely deserted, were plunged into darkness as power lines were torn down. Farther North, at Beaufort, the wind reached serious proportions after mid- night. At 2 am., a 63-mile-an-hour gale whipped the port, sending break- ers over the seawalls and inundating lower parts of the city. At that hour the barometer reading at Cape Look- | out was 29.55 and still falling. Below Wilmington the damage was small. Reports from Georgetown, | 77 (See CAROLINAS, Page 4) DIXIE PASSENGERS | Vacationists to Pass Through Capital. By the Associated Press EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK, Sep- tember 6.—Quickly forgetting the dangers they faced while aboard the grounded liner, Dixie, in a hurricane- churned sea off the Florida Coast, passengers and crew traveled cheer- fully homeward by train today. Coast Guard dis- | Refreshed after a night of rest fol- | lowing many hours of anxlety as | rescue craft worked valiantly to re- move them from the steamer, every one aboard the special train bearing them homeward arose today with.new spirit. - Of those who could be found to de- scribe the hours aboard the apparently doomed vessel—and few talked freely— none had anything but praise for the morale of the passengers and crew. ‘The special Seaboard Airline train of 14 coaches pulled out of Miami for the North at 10:47 (Eastern standard time) last night after a delay of sev- eral hours while the fatigued passen- gers and crew ate heartily at hotels and purchased clothing to replace that damaged or lost in the storm. ! Train Due Here Tonight. Under a tentative schedule the spe- cial trains will arrive in Washington at 10 pm. (Eastern standard time) today, leave at 10:30 p.m., and arrive in New York at 3:30 a.m., Saturday. The trains will stand in the Pennsyl- vania Station, New York, until 7 am. Chatting, smiling and happy to for- get the ordeal that had passed, the passengers and crew joked and mingled in groups on the railroad DUE HERE TONIGHT ‘Train Bearing Shipwrecked perietrated the lower keys, made a |station platform as they awaited de- shambles by last Monday’s hurricane. | parture. A few retired early, but most Their job was to recover more of them were awake as the special bodies of war veterans who perished | pulled out. when the storm raged through their| Some were trans: F. E. R. A. camps. Already, the Red | Wednesday night w(:xrlremou'::rsm\::; Cross estimated, the death toll is 256. | brought to the mainland yesterday. Funeral pyres may burn in the| Through the anxious minutes the desolate spots where the veterans | passengers groped about the darkened were struck down on the keys. ' ship they amused themselves by joking Urges Cremation. and singing. Miss Doris Levings of “The only thing to do is to burn | New York, she ship’s hostess, said one those bodies down there,” of their first songs was “Dixie.” Then was the ‘ opinion today of Dr. T. 8. Kennedy, | there was “Sailing, Sailing.” But it district sanitary officer of the Florida | seemed inappropriate with the ship State Board of Health. fast on the reef and rocking from the Dr. Kennedy said he wired the |force of battering waves. bresident of the board to seek per- | Finally, the tune turned to “Pack mission at Washington for cremation | Up Your Troubles” and it wasn't long of the victims. | until that theme had been carried out Earlier Gov. Sholtz had said: by the rescue boats. “If the State Board of Health re- | Captain Is Praised. ports it necessary, we must have quick | There was nothing but praise from disposal of these bodies—and if neces- | crew to passenger for Capt. E. W. sary they must be burned,” said Gov. | Sundstrom, who, as one member of Sholtz of Florida, “however much | the crew put it, “did all in his power we regret to take this action.” to keep th 2 The' quéstion of ‘whether the vet- | ont Siaasrerr T Ss" cAlm and pre erans had needlessly died—whether | Benjamin Reynolds of New Orleans, they might have been safely evaeuated the deck steward, said today, “I would if warned sooner of the coming hur- ricane—enmeshed officials in a welter of arguments. Independent investigations into the tragedy were pressed. | Florida State Attorney G. A. Worley | | put my life or ship to sea with Capt. Sundstrom and his Dixie crew at any | time in any gale.” For the most part, the passengers (See DIXIE, Page 4.) 9 BURN TO DEATH Ditch—Two_Pulled Out by Bus Driver. Luther H. Hancock, 28, and Lonnie Martin Franklin, 60, both of 1836 Ontario place, were burned to death and two companions were seriously injured when a Diamond taxicab from this city burst into flames after col- liding with a Greyhound bus about 10 miles south of Danville, Va., early today. ! The injured men are James Frank- lin, 22, son of Lonnie M. Franklin, | also of 1836 Ontario place, and Law- rence Bassinger, Gastonia, N, C. The younger Franklin is suffering m a severe.head wound and in- ternal injuries and Bassinger is se- | verely burned about the body. Bassin- | ger is not expected to live. The group left here this morning {en route for Gastonia, where the | Franklins formerly lived. Hancock, | employed by Diamond as a driver, was driving the machine. Friends here said a brother, Jack | Hancock, 2lso was in the car, but reports from Danville indicated he was not present at the time of the accident. Identity Proves Difficult. | The bodies of the men killed were | burned beyond recognition. Identity was established through young Frank- lin, who regained consciousness for a few minutes after the accident. The accident occurred when the cab skidded on the wet highway into the | path of the bus en route to Washing- | ton from Winston Salem, N. C. K. L. | Wilson, driver of the bus, | veered the huge machine sharply to avoid a head-on collision. The bus |landed in a ditch beside the road, | but the driver and passengers escaped | injury. The cab, officials said. apparently swerved into the rear end of the bus *and burst into flames when it landed in a ditch behind the bus. Two Pulled to Safety. | Wilson pulled young Franklin and | flames drove him away before he could reach the other men. Wilson later reported he did not know the elder Franklin and Hancock were in the | cab. After the flames were subdued, it | was found that one of the bodies had been held fast in the car by the gear shift rod, which was bent around his legs. e"l'he injured men were taken to & Danville hospital and the bodies of the dead were removed to the funeral home of F. W. Townes, at Danville, pending a coroner’s investigation. As soon as the Diamond Cab Co. learned of the accident, a claim agent was sent to Danville. Young Franklin was employed in a restaurant at Ninth street and New York avenue as a counter man. Bas- singer was not known here and is be- lieved to have been in the city for & short visit. The elder Franklin was said to have been unemployed. began an inquiry into alleged delay of a train sent into the keys Mon- day night to evacuate the veterans. Williams Begins Probe. ‘What he described as “a relentless Investigation” was initiated by Aubrey Williams, assistant to Federal Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins, who | BY the Associated Press. charged that the Weather Bureau had been remiss in not forecasting the hurricane soon enough. “Everybody seems to have done what they thought was the right thing (See HURRICANE, Page 4.) BROWNS LEADING NATS, 7-3, IN FIFTH Stage Rallies in Third and Fourth Innings to Retire Jack Rassell. Staging batting rallies in the third and fourth innings and chasing Jack Russell to the showers, the St. Louis Browns were leading the Nationals, 7-3, in the fifth inning of the first game of & double-header at Griffith Stadium this afternoon. Q NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 6.—Pur- chaser John Coolidge, who apparently inherited his famous father’s love for silence, broke a precedent today to talk about his favorite subject—being a “railroad man.” The son of former President Calvin Coolidge, in one of his rare public utterances, modestly told of his prog- ress during the seven years, come career with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. He was enth tic as he spoke of “his love and enjoyment of the work” and blushed as officials of the road called him “a real railroad man who was liked by everyone connected with the company.” The day prior to his twenty-ninth birthday found Coolidge engaged in purchasing work for the railroad’s various subsidiaries. His duties con- sist mainly of looking after the needs of the road’s several divisions and Tuesday, he has devoted to his chosen John Coolidge Breaks Silence To Talk About Railroading were described by officials as “being of a very responsible nature.” This is Coolidge's big month. His birthday will be tomorrow. He launched his railroad career Septem- ber 10, 1928, when he accepted a position as a junior clerk in the sta- tistical bureau of the operating de- partment. He married Florence Trum- bull, daughter of former Gov. John H. ‘Trumbull, September 23, 1929. They have a daughter, Cynthia. She will be two years old October 28. All of the anniversaries, said Cool- idge, will be celebrated quietly. “I love being called a railroad man,” said John, as he is called by his asso- ciates. “I'm enjoying my work very much and it's been highly interest- ing and very nice. I'm getting lots of experience every day and have done a bit of practically everything now except trafic department work.” Coolidge’s rallroad career shows: September 10, 1928—Because junior (See COOLIDGE, Page. AFTER COLLISION Taxi Bursts Into Flame in’ sald he| | Bassinger from the wreckage, but the | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FRIDAY, MARYLAND TOWNG FLOODED BY RAINS; HIGHWAYS CLOSED |Eastern Shore Lashed by Tail of Storm—Several Families Rescued. |ONE KILLED AND 10 HURT IN VIRGINIA TORNADOES Badensburg Area Residents Flee Waters—Leonardtown Fire- men Save Four. ‘While Washington faced a prospect | j of fair weather and light breezes to- | day, the backlash of the Florida hur- ricane continued to harass Mary- | 1and, and Virginia reported one dead and 10 injured by tornadic winds which lashed the State vesterday. At Great Mills, in Southern Mary- land, heroic efforts were being put forth by State roads employes and | volunteer firemen to rescue two fam- ilies marooned by flood waters. Torrential rains, rising winds and a heavy tide struck Ocean City, Md., this morning. Apprehension spread, but about noon the Coast Guard re- ported the danger was over. Bridges Washed Out. Many Virginia highways were | | blocked and bridges washed away by | swirling flood water which also inun- | dated lowland country, isolating some sections in the James River section. | At least five storms of the tornadic | type, spawned by the tropical hurri- | cane, spread terror over the State yesterday. | Many Southern Maryland families | fled to safety when flood waters re- sulting from six days’ rain threatened | their homes, while in the Washington | area about 25 persons were rescued from inundated sections of Bladens- burg and North Brentwood. The dwindling hurricane will have no effect on the fair weather forecast |for Washington and vicinity, the Weather Bureau said. Winds of 42 miles an hour were reported at Cape Henry, Va, this morning, but only light breezes are expected here. Shore Towns Flooded, The Defense Highway was covered | by six inches of water at the South River Bridge, but traffic continued to move without hinderance. | Flood waters inundated Princess Anne and Federalsburg on the East- ern Shore. Several families were ma- rooned. Easton reported every highway lead- ing into the city under water. dents of the section were warned that ! high waters may cause the Wye River Dam to give way. Warnings for small craft were flown jon the Upper Chesapeake Bay and | storm warning were out in the mouth of the bay. Telegraph lines were re- Ocean City. Near hysteria prevailed among women and children accompanying a traveling carnival at Crisfield. Its force of 150 persons, unseasoned to the hazards of coastal storms, moved from the show grounds to & street ! |on higher, safer ground Attempt to Save Span. Strenuous efforts were made by roads officails to save McIntosh Run Bridge, just outside of Leonardtown, on the Southern Maryland Pike. Many roads in St. Marys were closed be- cause of washed-out bridges and cul- verts. Four Leonardtown volunteer fire- men nearly lost heir lives in an effort to save the family of C. C. Selzer, storekeeper on the Indian Bridge road, near: Great Mills. Selzer called the fire department at 4 am. this morning to report the waters above the 4-foot counter in his store and more than 6 feet deep in the road outside. Battling a swift current in the road, the firemen swam a quarter of a mile to reach the store, but were un- able to carry the family to safety. State roads workers arrived on the scene later. Firemen who attempted the rescue were Frank Sterling, D. D. Love, jr.; Chap Thompson and Bernard I Smith. The town of Denton was marooned by flood waters of the Choptank River today. The causeway from Denton to West Denton was flooded and resi- dents were crossing in rowboats. Roads CONGRESS MEMBER 'T0 WED TOMORROW Representative Michael K. Reilly and Miss Mary Isobel Hall Plan Honeymoon Trip. Representative Michael K. Reilly of Fond Du Lac, Wis., will be married tomorrow at 10 am. in Our Lady's Chapel, Gonzaga College, to Miss Mary Isobel Hall, soprano soloist, who has sung at concerts in New York and London. Immediately after the wedding, Rep- resentative Reilly and his bride, who lives at the Shoreham Hotel when she is in Washington, will begin an auto- mobile trip for a New England honey- moon. They will spend most of the SEPTEMBER 6, 1935—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. ening Sfar IT'S A TRUE PICTURE./ L RIS A FHB The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,067 Some Returns Not Yet Recelved. TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT OFFERS BREATHING SPELL 10 INDUSTRY T0 SPUR CONFIDENGE | Letter to Roy Howard, Pub- lisher, States That Basic () Means Associated Pre: O T\‘ (L] N DUCE MAY DEMAND Telephone Company Council Of 4,000 Is Formed for Safety Program of Administra- tion Is Achieved. STATEMENT IS SEEN AS 1936 PLATFORM Roosevelt Heeds Reports of Spread of Uncertainty, in Clar- ifying Attitude on New Deal's Course—Defends Tax Bill as Passed by Congress. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYDE PARK, N. Y., September 6.— President Roosevelt is absolutely sat- isfied that what he considers his ad- ministration’s basic program has now reached substantial completion, and declared, in a letter made public today, that industry may now enjoy a | “breathing spell.” ’ This comforting and definite decla- Resi- | ported down between Salisbury and | BRITAIN QUIT NILE Egypt as Much Threat to Italy as Latter Is to English, Is Claim. The Ethiopian Situation. { ROME.—The journal Azione Coloniale ' asserted Great Britain in Egypt a menace to Italy as new consign- ments of troops moved to East Africa GENEVA.—Wor¢ from Rome that Italian delegation’s walkout was not preliminary to Italy’s with- drawal from the League lessened anxiety in League circles, as the Council voted to appoint a subcom- mittee to arbitrate the Italo-Ethi- opian conflict, comprising France, Great Britain, Spain, Turkey and Poland. | ADDIS ABABA.—Government leaders described Italy's walkout at Geneva as astounding. By the Associated Press. ROME, September 6.—The semi- official journial Azione Coloniale (Co- | lonial Action) stated today that Italy | will demand the exclusion of Great | Britain from Egypt if Great Britain | | poses the question of Italy being a | i threat to the British Empire by | | going into Ethiopia. “If Italy’s presence in East Africa is recognized as damaging to the im- i perial interests of England,” said| Azione Coloniale, “the same thing must be admitted for Britain's pres- | ence on the seas and coasts in bases within the imperial Italian sphere. | “England at Alexandria, Egypt, is as dangerous as Italy in Addis Ababa. “Aden, Malta and Gibraltar are a | menace for our Mediterranean. Cyprus and Haifa are a danger for Rhodes. “For our security, we can very well demand Great Britain's exclusion from | Eegypt.” The journal asked that it be recog- | nized that Italy was not pursuing any Public Utility Becomes Affiliate of The Star in Campaign to Lessen Street Dangers. i Throwing the weight of one of the largest local public utilities groups behind the safe driving campaign inaugurated by the Safety Council of The Star, officials of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. today organized an auxiliary Safety Council within the company and plunged at once into the task of pledging 4.000 company employes and members of their families who drive cars to obey the council’s 12 rules for safe driving. The company's Safety Council. composed of John A. Remon, general manager, and the heads of the prin-g————— e cipal departments of the company, o, ok b ado ey - join in this city-wide effort.” Mr. cpects to obtal dges of a m > 3 4 ganization of the company’s Safety fore the close of business today. Th Counci) hoped to make the telephone company G “Safe driving pledges are already not only the first utility group to join s T being placed in the hands of our 4,000 the campaign, but one of the city’s first traffic honor organizations. employes and members of their fam- ilies. We are sure that both as pri- “When we heard that The Star was placing its influence behind a Safety Vate citizens public servants, they Council plan designed to promote Will not only rign the pledges as ind more careful driving in Washington Yiduals, but advance in every way streets, we welcomed the opportunity (See SAFETY, Page 3. TROOPS T0 CUARD BALLOT Kentucky Governor Acts in Harlan Charges of Irregularities. nd ORDERED |PAYNE'S RECORDS SIUGAT N PROBE House Group Subpoenaes Books of Hoover’s Assist- | ant Secretary of War. ration was made by the President in a letter to Roy W. Howard, newspaper publisher. The letter to the President from Howard in which the latter told { of the widespread existence of fear and uncertainty on the part of bus- iness men and others, and asked for some word of explanation to undo what he described as the damage al- ready done by misinterpreters of the New Deal, was made public along with the President’s reply. Observers here had no difficulty in- terpreting the President's letter as | being virtually the major part of his platform for re-election. However, he failed to make any mention of the ideas he is entertaining regarding constitutional amendments. Neither did he give his views regarding power and utilities. Satisfaction Voiced. Mr. Roosevelt expressed satlsfac- tion with the improved conditions and the increase in employment as well as the results being effected regarding the other problems of the recovery. while speaking in this confident vein, Mr. Roosevelt wanted it understood | that, while he was not “claiming the magician's wand,” he did want to claim that his administration has lielped improve conditions and restore public confidence, all of which, in his cpinion, now offer a substantial foun- dation for complete recovery. In his opinion “we are all not merely seek- ing but getting the recovery of confi- dence on the part of the mass of our Ppopulation, in the soundness of our economic life and in the honesty and justice of the purposes of its economic rules and methods.” Mr. Roosevelt's confdent tone that industry is now in for a “breath- ing spell” is hailed as being especial- ly gratifying. following as it does right on the heels of his expressed opinion By the Associated Press. The House Military Committee— investigating War Department busi- ness practices—has ordered subpoenaed the bank and business records of Fred- erick H. Payne, Assistant Secretary of War in the Hoover administration. Chairman McSwain, Democrat, of By the Associated Press. FRANKFORT. Ky., September 6.— On the eve of Kentucky's Democratic gubernatorial primary election, Gov. Ruby Laffoon ordered National Guard troops today to proceed to Harlan County immediately. The reason, he said, was “that the lives, constitu- | two days ago that the peak of the depression emergency has been passed. In calling the President’s attention to the fears and feelings of uncer- tainty on the part of many business men and others, Howard in his letter reminded the President that in ask- ing for his explanation, he was dis- tional rights and property of Harlan County citizens may be properly safe- | guarded and protected.” The order came after Thomas S. anti-British or anti-imperial ends, | saying, “Otherwise we must pose the | problem of our imperial security.” Troops Off to Africa. Troops departed from three Italian | Rhea, t D cities today for Naples and embarka- | nomination in tomorrow's run-off tion to East Africa. | primary, charged that County Attor- The movement was the second |new Elmon Middleton of Harlan County significant military episode in two | was assassinated Wednesday because days, the war minister having called | he had evidence of irregularities in 50,000 youths of the class of 1912, | the first primary at Harlan August 3. previously exempted from military Bla on Reprisals. service. y med The cities which sent troops to | Middleton was blasted to death by Naples were Turin, Barletta and |8 dynamite bomb attached to the Chieti. Soldiers from Barletta wers | ignition of his automobile. ~Circuit mostly university students who had | Judge James M. Gilbert and other volunteered for East African service. | Harlan officials denied there was any South Carolina said toc{ay the records | regarding ecritical public exploiters, were being sought to bring out Payne's ' financial racketeers and other “sin- supported by Laffoon for the relationship with Joseph Silverman, jr., whom the committee has accused of plot to defraud the United States” in connection with a large Army motor truck order in 1933. The committee has received testi- | mony that Payne indorsed Silverman to an official of the General Motors | ister forces spawned by special priv- ilege,” but, because of misgivings of patriotic and good citizens, especially regarding the recent tax bill, he want- | ed the President to give an answer. Answers Honest Critics. | He made it plain that his answer was for those critics who are honest | Corp., and on the night before he left | and non-partisan and who are, as office approved a modification in & he expressed it, “willing to discuss contract Silverman had for purchase | and to learn.” In fact, he declared of surplus Army supplies. that it is a positive duty to clarify Kenneth Anderson, committee clerk, | his purposes and to describe methods and H. O. Hoagland, an attorney of | and to reiterate ideals to such critics. the General Accounting Office, have| The President asserted his belief | been dispatched to Greenfield, Mass., | that business is not in conflict with They were given an enthusiastic send- political significance to the slaying and blamed it on reprisals to Middle- off by the townspeople, | r . Congestion at Naples. | ton's crusade against gambling and All will sail for East Africa over the | SOt machines. week end. Congestion of soldiers | Rhea, who received a plurality in ready to sail from Naples resulted, | the first primary, is opposed in the military circles said, because supple- | run-off by Lieut. Gov. A. B. (Happy) mentary troops had been ordered bv | Chandler, who made the occupation Rome to wait a while before drawing | of Harlan County by troops in the their uniforms and railroad passes. |first primary an issue in the run-off A government spokesman insisted | campaign. Gov. Laffoon said the that the withdrawal of the Italian |troops would not interfere in the delegate from the discussion in the | primary. Council chamber at Geneva yesterday The August 3 troop movement, led could not be construed either as Italy’s | by Adjt. Gen. Denhardt, resulted in withdrawal from the League or the | indictments - against Denhardt and rupture of diplomatic relations with Ethiopia. The spokesman explained that Italv simply followed its policy of refusing to meet Ethiopia on an equal footing, which a debate in the League meeting would establish. ‘The 50,000 youths summoned to the colors yesterday had been exempted because they were the sole support of their families, or for other reasons. ‘This number will complete the rolls of 200,000 men enjoying similar exemp- tions, who have been advised to report | other Guard officers. | Four Men Arrested. | Pour men listed as Otis Noe, 28; | Fred Howard, 27; Bill Leonard, 20, |and Bob Farmer, 30, all of Harlan, | were arrested yesterday on warrants charging murder of Middleton. Den- | hardt, after being in “retirement” for a week, surrendered at Frankfort and posted $10,000 bond for trial at Harlan next November on charges of criminal contempt of a court writ against troops and unlawful possession of bal- lot boxes. | . e s The State Appellate Court subse- quently held that State troops could time in Massachusetts, where Miss Hall was born. Leo T. Crowley, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., re- turned today from a vacation trip to his home in Madison, Wis., to act as best man for Reilly, an old friend. Mrs. Martin McNamara, wife of At- torney Martin McNamara, 1734 Park road, will act as matron of honor. Reilly, a University of Wisconsin Law School graduate of 1895, is a Democrat and is serving his sixth term in the House. He lives at the Plaza Hotel. - ‘The wedding ceremony will be per- formed by Father Lawrence Kelly, rec- tor of St. Aloysius’ Church, adjacent to Gonzaga College. Miss Hall first came to Washington about five years ago. She formerly lived in New York City apnd now mm&mhb‘.“,t & ’ act as peace officers in Harlan County but kept in force an injunction ob- tained by Sheriff Theodore R. Middle- ton, kinsman and political foe of the slain official, preventing interference by troops with elections, CABINET REPLACED Lithuania Under New Regime, With Caplikas Head. PARIS, September 6 (#).—The Havas correspondent at Kaunas, Lith- uania, reported today that Premier Juozas Tubelis and his cabinet had resigned. Gen. Caplikas, he said, had formed & new government. ‘The present cabinet of Lithuania was formed June l‘. 1034, Women'’s mt.\uu_.:-ls, c-3 to subpoena some of Payne’s bank | records and files of the Greenfield Tap & Dte Co., headed by the former War Department official. Since May, McSwain said, the com- | mittee has asked repeatedly for the | records. Just before Congress ad- | journed, some banking material was sent down, he said, but it was “not all we were entitled to.” A special subcommittee probably | will Tenew the inquiry into War De- | partment business dealings around Oc- tober 1, McSwain said. In a report to the House in the | closing days of the last session, the chairman indicated the committee wanted answers to these questions: Did the office of the Assistant Sec- retary of War deliberately override recommendations of the Army quar- termaster general and insist on mak- ing negotiated agreements with Silver- man, his brothers and companies for the sale of excess Army goods at a price about 20 or 25 per cent of what they could have realized in the do- “mestic market on a basis of bona fide competitive bids> Did the same office, disregarding recommendations of the quartermaster general, make negotiated contracts and modifications of the contracts that enabled the Silvermans to mo- nopolize the market for surplus Army materials, virtually dictate prices and realize profits of 200 to 600 per cent? Did the Silvermans use hundreds of thousands of dollars of “uncon- scionable profits” realized through a monopoly of surplus Army supplies to “corrupt and overreach Government but wholly in harmony with the mass interests. He also charged that, to a large extent, the depression was the combination of unhealthy arrange- ments in agriculture, in business and in finance, and explained that his administration’s legislation was reme- dial. In giving his exposition or ac- counting of the New Deal the Presi- dent said: “It was necessary to seek a wise balance in American economic life, to restore our banking system and public confidence, to protect in- | vestors in the security market, to give labor freedom to organize and pro- tection from exploitation, to safeguard and develop our national resources, to set up protection against the vicis- situdes incident to old age and un- employment, to relieve destitution and suffering and to relieve investors and consumers from the burden of un- necessary corporate machinery.” Mr. Roosevelt added: “I do not be- lieve any responsible political party in the country would dare to go before the public in opposition to any of these major objectives.” Explains Tax Bill. Mr. Roosevelt then took occasion to answer what Mr. Howard said was the uncertain feeling on the part of many regarding the new tax bill, that some had, as Mr. Howard expressed it, (See LETTER, Page 2.) JAPAN GIVEN HINT Australia Makes Reference to officials either by means of direct gifts of money, entertainment and innu- merable material objects of value, or indirectly through high-pressure po- litical and legal lobbyists”? Couzens Sits in Wheel Chair. ROCHESTER, Minn., September 6 (&) —Senator James Couzens of Mich- Southward Expansion. MELBOURNE, Australia, Septem- ber 6 (#)—Sir Frank Clarke, presi- dent of the Victoria State Legislative Council, told a Japanese good will mission today that Australia would look askance at Japanese expansion toward the south. Sir Frank made the remark during igan, who has undergone several op- | a speech at a luncheon tendered in erations, showed steady improvement | honor of the mission. Katsujide today. Buchi headed the mission, which re- The Senator was permitted to sit | turns a good will visit by Australians hlwhflehm‘wnwum to Japan last year, ¢