Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast ) Fair tonight and tomorrow: slightly warmer tonight; light variable winds. Temperatures—Highest, 78, at 2 p.m. yes- terday: lowest, 60, at 6 am. today. Full report on page A-13. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 No. Entered as second class matter pvost oflice, Washington, D. C. Norris Views Dam 1.5 TOTERMINATE 7 e e ALL TRADE FAVORS 7 ke Posiie GRANTEDGERMANY Tariff Will Be Raised on Imports Because of Ber- lin’s Discriminations. 33,371, Senator Also Inspects! Model Town Which Bears His Name. By the Associated Press. | NORRIS, Tenn., September 12— | Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska saw today for the first time the giant | | $31,000,000 T. V.A. dam, which he| | nelped to make possible by his relent- | less fight for Federal development of | water power resources. | His tour of inspection included not only the dam, which is rapidly nearing | completion, but also the Tennesseej Valley Authority’s “model town,”| which, like the dam, was named in his | honor Senator Norris plans to spend sev- eral days here where he is visiting Artbur E. Mcrgan, T V. A. chairman. Elated over the progress of the au- | thority program, he said “The Ten- (Cooyright, 1945, by the Associated Press) | nessee Valley is due for a great trans- | Germany on Ocober 15 will lose | formation providing the politicians all tariff reductions granted by the |and the ‘interests’ let T. V. A. do its United States in reciprocal trade work unmolested. pacts, official sources made known today. because of asserted persistent and flagrant discriminations against American imports there. The termination of tariff benefits, attributed to the State Department was interpreted as instituting a new policy in American foreign trade. ITALY AMONG OTHER | NATIONS “ON WARNING” Rome, However, Now Negotiating for Reciprocal Pact in Efforts to Retain Benefits. STAGE STAR SLAIN, ah ROOSEVELT MEETS WASHINGTON, D. AIDES T0 REVAMP WORK-RELIEF PLAN Conference Called to Speed Allocation of Remainder of $4,000,000,000 Fund. ICKES-HOPKINS RIFT WILL BE IRONED OUT President’s Jobs Statement Indi-‘v cates He Will Side With Works | Progress Administrator. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYDE PARK, N. Y., September 12.— Surrounded by a group of lieutenants, all holding major positions in the ad- ministration of the New Deal's work | relief program, President Roosevelt to- day is reshaping this gigantic program. At the same time the President is acting as a conciliator in an attempt to iron out the differences of opinion between some of these lieutenants and | WITH SUNDAY MORN C., THURSDA SEPTEMBER 12, ING EDITION 1S THAT FELLER GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING ? 1935—FORTY-EIGHT ¢ Toening Sfar PAGES. ##% Secretary Hull, it was learned au- thoritatively, has notified Dr. Hans Luther, the German Ambassador, RICH YOUNG HOST to completely eliminate what at pres- | ent appears to be personal feuds and bitterness. that after October 15 all German im- ports into the United Sta Two Schedules Established | in the library of the Roosevelt home ! here, with Mr. Roosevelt occupying an | easy chair at its head, are Harold L. 5L Crippled Father Kills Son, 5, TAMADGE SEEN The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 127,239 Some Returns Not Yet Received TWO CENTS. (®) Means Associated Press. SMALL NATIONS BACK ' BRITISH DEMAND FOR AFRICAN SETTLEMENT Belgium to Go Limit in Support . of League Covenant—Holland and Sweden Join Stand. FRENCH ATTITUDE ON COURSE REPORTED SPURNED BY ITALY Council Delays Adjournment Until War Danger Passes—To Be Ready to Act Quickly. By the Associated Press. A group of smaller nations, led by the Netherlands and Belgium, came to the support of Great Britain-in its opposition te the mili- tary conquest of Ethiopia by Italy. Representatives of these countries told the Assembly of the League of Nations they decried armed invasion and announced they stood firmly for the maintenance of the League’s principle of non-aggression. Hoare's Stand Affirmed. Their speeches were considered affirmations of the British |stand expressed yesterday by Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign secretary. While these speeches were being made publicly, efforts con- tinued among the League diplomats to reach an agreement with Italy on a method of procedure by which the threat of war could Fearing for Lad’s Fu Ickes, Secretary of the Interior and ! be averted, but favorable reports on the progress of these negotia- By that action this country estab- i lishes for the first time in many years a two-column tariff schedule, one with normal rates for countries which grant equality of treatment for American goods. and another higher schedule for countries which dis- criminate against American goods. President Roosevelt's formal direc- tions to the Treasury Department withhold extensions of lower duties on nearly 100 articles made in the Swedish-Belgian-Haitian trade pacts from Germany are expected to be an- nounced before Sunday The German-American commercial treaty, the first unconditional most- favored-nation pact entered into by this country, ends by Germany's de- sire and action on October 15 The effective date of the new and higher tariff on German goods Wiil coincide with the treaty's abrogations. Three Other Nations Warned. Germany, Portugal, Denmark and Italy have been “on warning” from the President since July that fave able tariff treatment they ceive is subject to cancellaticn on 30 days’ notice because of their discrim- ination against American imports. Italy is now negotiating a reciproeal trade pact designed to remove many of the discriminations. American trade officials have given no hint whether action similar that taken against Germany may bhe taken against Denmark and Portugs! The American Government's drast.c action was understood to be in re- taliation against far-reaching trad control measures adopted by Reic fuehrer Hitler which have throttled American trade and benefited the trade of other nations ch have negotiated special “balanced trad: and barter agreements with German- Germany and the United States are now carrying on discussions on the trade questions and the Reich's only escape from the higher duties depends on a favorable outcome of those ne- gotiations. The German Ambassador. acting under instructions from Berlin, for- mally announced Germany's inten- tion of abrogating the most-favored- nation treaty last October and it ends October 15 this year. Since that time, however, Germany has made overtures for negotiations toward & new pact under provisions of the trade agreements act. Secretary Hull has offered to nego- tiate a new pact on a basis on equality of treatment—which the Department claims is not now practiced by Ger- many—but no answer has vet been received from Ambassador Luther. Germany Expected to Suffer. American officials explained the | latest move as “equalizing” treatment accorded to American goods by Ger- many, and &s in no sense discrimina- to Eveiyn Hoey, Torch Singer, Shot Self, H. H. Rogers, Ir., Insists. (Copyright. 1935, by the Associated Press.) DOWNINGTON, Pa. September 12. —The honey-haired, blue-eyed little Evelyn Hoey. singer of torch songs 0 Broadway, Paris and London, was found shct to death early today on the floor of a bed room of the country place of Henry Huddleston Rogers, jr. At her feet lay & pistol. On the bed was another. And in a corner of the room, leaning against the wall was a sawed-off shotgun. Rogers, 29-year-old son and name- sake of the late Standard Oil multi- milionaire who died last July, was brought to jail here for questioning and was held on a technical charge of suspicion of murder. With him, and held as a material witness, was Wil- liam J. Kelly of Union City, N. J. “Lending weight to the suicide theory was the statement of Clyde Battin, a farmer employed by Rogers, who was in the house. He said that Regers and Kelly never left the coucia in the living room until after they heard the shot upstairs.” Suicide, Rogers Both Rogers and Kelly said the girl had killed herself after a violent quar- rel with Rogers. She had been a house guest for about a week On the other hand the authorities censidered the chauffeur, Frank Catano, made in answer to a question “I don't see how she could have shot herself. Still I can't express my opinion because I don't know.” Both Catano and the neighborhood farmer. Battin, said Miss Hoey was right-handed—an important matter in consideration of how the girl met death At West Chester, Pa., today, District Attorney William H. Parke of Chester County said the fatal shooting of Miss Hoey “looks like a suicide.” The story of what happened at the farm house, located at Lyndell, a tiny community on Brandywine Creek about 25 miles west of Philadelphia, was pieced together today by officers after they had questioned Rogers, Kelly and the servants There had been a drinking party at the farm, they were told. Un- finished glasses of liquor, bottles of soda, gingerale and liquor, and bowls of melting ice were still standing about when officers reached the place about midnight. Miss Hoey, who popularized the song. “What Is This Thing Called Love?” in New York night clubs and who _more recently introduced “April | "~ (See SLAYING, Page 4 Says. the following remark of | | work-relief during the next few months who is also public works administrator, and Harry L. Hopkins, works progress | administrator. whose opposing views. as to allocations of monies for public works have been bristling for some‘ time: Frank C. Walker, director of the | emergency council and head of the ! division of applications and informa- tion: Charles O. West, formerly liason officer between the White House and Capitol Hill, who is now Undersecre- tary of Interior; Corrington Gill. assistant works project administrator; ! Col. Horatio Hackett, assistant public works administrator in charge of hous- ing: Dr. Rexford Tugwell, Undersecre- tary of Agriculture, rural settlement administrator, and Daniel W. Bell, director of the budget. Job Making Necessary. Just in advance of this important conference with his recovery chief- tains the President stated that the problem now, is the absolute neces- sity to make jobs as quickly as pos- sible, by getting the $4,000,000,000 work-relief fund at his disposal allo- cated without delay and at the same time to have constantly in mind the turning over of workers to private in- dutry, as business continues to im- prove throughout the country. Announcement of this determina- tion on the Presideat’s part would in- dicate at first glance that he is more apt to side with Administrator Hop- kins in the latter's guarrel with Sec- retary Ickes. Mr. Ickes is a champion of permanent public works, in this tremendous spending program to spur | on recovery, and he left Washington incensed over Hopkins' opposition, es- | pecially the latter's turning down of | about 2,000 applications for public works projects. Administrator Hopkins, recognized as the champion of quick spending, insists that the money should be spent 50 as to give the zreatest amount of employment at once and has con- tended that many of the public works projects favored by Ickes would cost | | too much per man in the matter of | employment and take too long to | complete. { Indicates Problem Is Simple. However, the President, at his press conference yesterday afternoon, in an | | obvious attempt to minimize the diffi- | culties in which he now finds himself, | also inferred that the task confronting | him at the conference now in session | 1is a comparatively simple one. He asserted that the major purpose of | the conference is to provide a re- | check of activities to date so that | final plans governing the conduct of | | could be made before he starts on his trip to the Pacific Coast within the next two weks. Mr. Roosevelt explained the pur- poses of this conference further by saying that they would endeavor to Holds Sleeping Boy Over Ga ture Jets Until Death Comes in Squalid Basement Abode. BY W. H. SH It was midnight or a little after of his only son, 5-year-old David, jr. IPPEN, JR. when the father, David Ashcraft, at | length brought himself to the act he had debated all evening, the destruction Asheraft wrenched his body upward to the crutches which have been his lot for 10 years. swung his withered le; gs across the basement room at Third street, and stood looking down on the boy asleep in stained blankets, blissfully unaware of danger. ‘Then the cripple swung over to a greasy electric light enter that squalid room In it Ashcraft told how he loved his son, how he despaired of regaining the heaith he himself had lost to paralysis and tuberculosis, and how he little basement - WINGS WAY EAST Aviatrix Hopes to Better Non-Stop Record Held by Amelia Earhart. | | By the Associated Press | LOS ANGELES, September 12— Laura Ingalls hopped off early today on a projected non-stop flight to New York in an attempt to lower the | West-East transcontinental record of | Amelia Earhart. | The diminutive aviatrix, who re- | cently made the first non-stop East- | to-West cross-country journey by a | woman fiyer, was determined to reach | New York in less than 17 hours 7 minutes 30 seconds—the time made by Miss Earhart Miss Ingalls’ 5:44 am. | Trouble with Miss Ingalls’ landing | gear, which had caused her to post- | plane took off at pone the flight a short time before, | was adjusted. Attendants at Union Air Terminal. scene of the takeoff, said Miss Ingalis thought that the air in the ship’s dresser and began to write under & It was a letter to the police, or whoever might next feared to consign the child’s future to the mother. “I hope God will forgive me for (See MURDER, Page 4.) LAURA INGALLS ~ LITTLE ELIVINATES ICULLOUEH, 53 Californian Sweeps Into Quarter-Finals in Fifth Victory. By the Associated Press CLEVELAND. September 12.—Ral- lying again as he weathered his most erratic streak of golf thus far in the tournament, W. Lawson Little, jr.. the California “Siege Gun,” swept into the quarter finals of the United States amateur golf championship today by trouncing his his fifth straight oppo- nent, Warrington (Duff) McCul- lough, jr., Philadelphia, 5 and 3 Little made up & two-hole deficit to reach the turn all square. It was the first time in five matches that Little had failed to negotiate the outgoing half of the course in par or better. The champion appeared irri- table and at one point threatened to “pop” & photographer who annoyed him around the green. Sensing the | possibility of an upset, the way Little was playing, a crowd of nearly 2.000 | fans quickly collected and was difficult | w control. Emery in Quarter-Finals, | tory against German goods. Observers here expect German trade | to suffer in those articles which were | granted reduced duties in the Swedish | and Belgian pacts pecause of Ger- | many’s industrial competition with | those countries. Additional competition will be of- | fered German goods in this market | on the conclusion of trade pacts with | the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, | Italy and other countries, since any | reductions granted in those agree- | DAINARD “JOKE” PROBED Highway Employe Admits He Told of “Gun Battle.” TRUCKEE, Calif, September 12 (#) —A State highway checking sta- tion employe faced investigation to- day for his report, later admitted ments could not be allowed on Ger- | made as “a joke,” ol a “gun battle” man goods unless a new agreement between a Justice Department agent could be made for German goods be- | and a man resembling William Dai- fore those agreements go into effect. | nard, fugitive Weyerhauser kidnaper. . The report sent officers on a fruit 1 < 5 | less search for a “bullet-riddled car.” Four Raid Fur Establishment. W. E. Kocher, State Motor Cycie NEW YORK, September 12 (#).— | Department inspector, who spread the Four well dressed young men held up | alarm after receiving the report, said & Broadway fur establishment today | it was made to him by William Cas- and escaped with skins said to be|sidy, flag boy, who admitted he told ‘worth about $10,000. | the story as “a joke.” ‘Adults hBecome I;upils When Teachings Start Controversy By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 12.— Deputy sheriffs looked into Carey School at intervals today to see ‘whether the grown pro-Plog and anti- Plog pupils were sticking to their book learning or throwing erasers at each other. ‘Two middle-aged woman patrons of the rural district have enrolled “for a little review work” and eight others were making inquiries in this latest phase of the bitter controversy over the teachings of the principal—and only teacher—Henry Plog. ‘Whether “review work” was the first desire of the elder pupils or whether they wished to listen first-hand to Plog's teachings was a moot ques- tion. Did Plog teach that George Wash- ington stayed out all night, gambled, - ) drank liberally and ran around with women? One faction said he did and sub- mitted affidavits of students to prove it. Did Plog lead little children to ponder the love life of the frog? Did he tell them all about genes and such things? Plog said it was germs, not genes, he was telling about. He was con- fronted with the affidavits in court, where had had gone to force the school superintendent to sign his con- tract to teach this year. The school board already had signed. The court upheld Plog. When school opened Monday the yard seethed with patrons, some shak- ing fists and yelling madly, some cheering the slender teacher. Then came the adult urge for “re- view work.” [ | ascertain how much of the $4,000,- /000,000 fund yet remained unallocat- ed. His personal opinion was that | he still had about $1,250,000,000 yet to | be allocated. The next order of business, accord- ing to the President’s advance explana- tion. will be the re-examination of the broad lump-sum allocations already made and to decide just how much of this could not be spent advantage- ously for the purposes of which they already have been reserved. It is his opinion that this portion could be drawn back into what he described | as “kitty,” to be reallocated elsewhere. |~ Anxious to make this point plainer, the President pointed out that it js (See ROOSEVELT, Page 5.) COLUMBIA BROADCAST TO AID SAFETY DRIVE Program of WISV Will Present a Star Reporter Phoning Traffic Report From Police. Lending its support to The Star Safety Council campaign for careful driving, the Columbia Broadcasting Co., through Station WJSV, will broadcast & Star reporter phoning in a traffic repart from police head- quarters to the news room at The Star. The first broadcast of this nature will be tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 2:15 o'clock. Through the co- operation of the Chesapeake & Po- tomac Telephone Co., the radio will be able to plug in on the news writer at headquarters. Then the news room will be plugged in likewise, thus enabling radio listeners to learn how stories are sent. The new series will be entitled “Au- tomobile Accidents.” A similar broad- cast will be made Saturday night from 10:15 to 10:30 o'clock. On Monday two broadcasts will be made. Both will be in the morning, one from 9:50 to 10 o'clock, and the other 10:30 to 10:40 o'clock Ed Sharpshooting Walter Emery of shock absorbers, attached to the re- | tractable gear, was not sufficient to | Oklahoma City, former national in- carry the 4,102 pounds of fuel, but | tercollegiate title holder, fired his way later decided the pressure was enough. | into the quarter-finals to be played “I hope to make it to New York | this afternoon, with a 5 and 3 deci- in 14 or 15 hours,” Miss Ingalls said, | sion over Eddie Held, Jamesburg, N. J “but if I can hold an average of | Emery set a tournament record with LONG'S HEIRIN'3% ator’s Bier as Move for | Inquiry Grows. by the Associated Press) BATON ROUGE, La.. \eptember 12. —Thousands paid silent tribute today indicated Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia might be invited by Long's' President in 1936. : The Griffin, Ga., Daily News. in a special dispatch from Cecil Hurst. as- on a vacation, said: { “Talking to certain ‘Share-the- that Senator Long, ‘the greatest cham- gene Talmadge of Georgia probably run for President in 1936.” Gov. Talmadge was en route from Auanta to Chattanooga to deliver an address and could not be reached im- mediately. ’ Plot Charged in Death. Following the expressed conviction of Earl Christenberry, the late Sena- tor's secretary, that Dr. Carl Weiss. jr.. who shot the Senator Sunday night. | had been chosen by lot for the assas- | sination, the district attorney prom- | ised a thorough investigation. | | Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, national organizer for the “Share-the-Wealth Club,” chosen to deliver the funeral tions were noticeably lacking. Despite these peace efforts, ward in the Mediterranean area military preparations went for- 5 Great Britain ordered three more battalions of soldiers to Thousands Pass Slain Sen- Malta. the strategic island in the Mediterranean which serves as a base for British fleet operations guarding the Suez Canal. Italy Sends Ttaly sent 5,900 more troops f East Africa. said all she intends to say at with Ethiopia. 5,900 More. rom Naples with sailing orders to It was suggested officially in Rome that Italy had Geneva concerning her dispute The Ethiopian government, telling its people to pray for peace, to Senator Huey P. Long, slain ruler but prepare for war, concentrated troops at Adua, the historic of his Louisiana empire, as one source Dattlefield, where an Italian expeditionary force was decimated in 1896. Emperor Haile Selassie decided foreign officers and soldiers Share-the-Wealth” Clubs to run for could be used in the Ethiopian army and put 14 reserve officers of Belgium to work as Infantry instructors. French Attitude Disregarded. In Rome, well-informed sources said that Italy will go ahead sociate editor of the paper, in Louisana with her Ethiopian campaign no matter what attitude France may adopt. Although much anxiety was expressed. on the eve of the Wealth’ Club leaders, I was told, now projected speech by Premier Laval of France in the League of Nations, these sources said Italy was determined not to swerve pion of the people’ is dead, Gov. Fu- from a war regarded as inevitable. It was stated that Italy would not swerve even though France will be invited by our organization to returned to the basis of co-operation with Great Britain outlined last February 3 at London. Irked With Geneva, Italians Dispatch 5,900 More Troops By the Associated Press. ROME, September 12.—Their in- difference toward League of Nations' dealings with the Italo-Ethiopian crisis becoming edged with irrita- tion, Italian officials dispatched a new mass of troops for East Africa today. The great trans-Atlantic liner BRITISH STAND BACKED. veden Believed Speaking for Entire f Scandinavia, GENEVA. September 12 (4 —A group of Europe’s most powerful small na- tions came out unequivocally in the League of Nations Assembly today against the employment of force as a means of acquiring the territory of others. Statesmen of the Netherlands, Bel- gium and Sweden—the last understood 10 represent all the Scandinavian coun- oration at services beginning this turnia and the transport Cesare Bat- (ries—pledged their nation’s loyal sup- afterncon at 4 p.m. (Central standard time), called for a congressional in- vestigation. Mr. Smith said last night he be- tisti took aboard, in round numbers, 5,900 troops and officers for &n im- companied by the usual fanfare. port to the League of Nations cove- nant, thereby backing the British pol= mediate departure from Naples, ac- icy pronounced yesterday by Sir Sam- uel Hoare, Great Britain's foreign sec- lieved disclosure of the motive behind | TWenty-five hundred regulars of the retary. the assassination would “shake the | Nation.” | The great influx of outsiders for the ! eral of the Senator created a traffic | jam in the city’s business district. The State House Park, where the Senator will be buried, is the north boundary. Flags of State offices hung at half staff. The city appeared to be begin- | ning to comprehend that which had | been so difficult for it to realize—that | the man whose seven-year power re- gime it had witnessed in history-mak- ing turbulence really was dead. Thousands Pass Bier. Long’s friends, in Baton Kouge and the parish, both of which were po- litically opposed to him to the last, | eulogized him. Foes said they were sorry he was killed because they felt | the proper way to eliminate him from | State politics was at the polls. Notables of the State and Nation, | Cosseria Division also left last night from Genoa. Start October 10 Expected. October 10 was mentioned in diplo- matic circles as the probable date for a beginning of hostilities. The diplo- mats said their information came from government sources, but the date could not be confirmed officiaily. Regarding the demand for peace de- livered by Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign secretary, to the League As- sembly yesterday and the possibilities of peaceful settlement of the contro- versy at Geneva, a government spokes- man said: “Italy has nothing further to ac- complish in the League with refer- ence to the Italo-Ethiopian question, | now that Baron Pompee Aloisi has presented our memorandum. How- ever, Italy is ready to discuss other ques- | it should be remembered that | | tions currently before the League.” 220-miles-an-hour speed I'll b2 there | &n outgoing 32, four under par, 10|as well as humble citizens, awaited in around 13 hours.” She planned to fly at around 8,000 to 10,000 feet. Conditions indicated she would be favored with a good tail | wind at that altitude. Clear weather across the country and & 20-mile tail wind awaited the | fiyer, although she can hardly reach | New York before nightfall. Her ship | was loaded with 590 gallons of gaso- | line. become 7 up. Held rallied superbly in the stretch, taking three straight holes after being six down, with six to go, but lost out on the fifteenth. Canadian Eliminated. ‘The last foreign threat, Jack Nash, 23-year-old Canadian, was eliminated by Freddie Haas, jr, New Orleans, former Southern amateur champion. (See GOLF, Page 2.) D. C. Motion Picture Theaters Enlist in Safety Campaign Star Council’s Drive to Reduce Auto| Hazards Is Plugged on Screen. Lobbies Have Pledge Cards. . Leading Washington motion picture houses today took on dual roles as they indorsed The Evening Star Satety Council's campaign for careful driving and proceeded to form their own units among driving employes. ‘Warner Bros.’ theaters and Loew’s Washington theaters were the two chains to sign up. ‘This means that the theaters in amusement and entertainment of the stitutions to help to protect and save ‘The first group owns 12 theatersg in the city. They are the Earle, Met- ropolitan, Ambassador, Apollo, Avalon, Avenue Grand, Central, Colony, Home, Savoy, Tivoli and York. The second group owns the Fox, Palace and Co- | lumbia. | Executives of Warner Bros. who signed up today include J. J. Fayette, general zone manager; George A. Crouch, assistant zone nanager: Harry Lohmeyer, Washington district manager; Frank La Falce, director cf publicity and advertising; A. J. Bry- lawski, real estate department, and C. | E. McGowan, contact manager. | Loew's Theaters executives who af- filiated with The Star included Carter 3 the future will not only be for the people of Washington, but also in- them. T. Barron, Eastern division manager: Col. O. J. Ratto, manager of Palace Theater; Frank Taylor, manager of Columbia Theater; Lou Brown, Loew's publicity director; Eugene Ford, man- ager of Fox Theater, and Phil Lamp- kin, orchestral director of Fox The- ater. Heartily approving the safety cam- paign, officials of both chains of the- aters are bending their efforts to make the drive a success. They have planned to use “trailers” after the feature film advertising the safety drive, and call attention to the fact (See SAFETY, Page 3.) [} | the funeral. At 9 o'clock the great | | crowd passing the bier of Senator | Long extended single file a quarter of a mile in length and steadily was| growing. Although Gov. O. K. Allen, titular head of Long's powerful machine, is | pledged to carry on the doctrines of the dictator, the man who is running | things for the State administration is | Seymour Weiss, one of the Senator's closest aides and companions. However, there was uncertainty whethgr his present leadership would | extend to domination of the machine’'s political policies. There appeared to be no doubt that others would dispute any attempt he may make to do so. Battle Lines Drawn. Every State office in Louisiana was closed as the hour for the funeral ap- proached, but all was far from quiet on Louisiana’s political front. While two grave diggers spaded into the moist soil of a sunken garden ad- joining the skyscraper capitol that Long built, while thousands filed past his bier in the rotunda of that capitol and more thousands swarmed into (See LONG, Page 5.) Readers’ Guide Amusements Cross-word Puzzle_ Editorials PO Washington Wayside ____A-9 Women’s Features ___B-17-18 4 v Regarding reports of an Italo-Ger- man non-aggression pact, the spokes- man said these reports were “mani- festly circulated” to embarrass Italy in its stand before the League A report persisted in informed quarters nevertheless that Italy would welcome German friendship and sym- pathy for its East African ambitions on a reciprocal basis if Britain's ada- aant attitude won France away from its friendship with Italy. In addition to today's troop depar- tures, authorities made provisions (See ROME, Page 2.) Support of the League. in the face | of the threatened invasion of Ethiopia by Italy, was pledged by Jonkheer A. | C. de Graff, foreign minister of the Netherlands: by Premier Paul van Zeland of Belgium, and by Richard Sandler, foreign minister of Sweden. | Foreign Ministers Confer. Force was added to Sandler's decla= ration by the fact that he came here almost directly from a conference with the foreign ministers of Norway and Denmark. It was reported, without | confirmation, that the Scandinavian | statesmen would recommend their | governments resign from the League of Nations if the League fails to make good in this Italo-Ethiopian crisis. Premier van Zeland told the Assem- bly Belgium “had decided to go the limit” in taking part in the common | responsibility of League members. Many delegates attached deep sig- nificance to this statement, since Bel- gium is an ally of France. | _ Shortly after Van Zeeland's speech, | Premier Laval of France authorized | the issuance of a denial by the press that he had said he would never approve the application of sanctions |against an aggressor in the dispute between Italy and Ethiopia. | Pressure on France Seen. | Russia, having publicly committed | herself as opposed to the employment |of force, League observers had the | impression that it would be difficult | for clese collaboration between Gen. | for France to resist a developing move- | Emilio de Bono, high commissioner of | ment for the employment of measure: " (See ETHIOPIA, Page 4.) Poland and Russia Add Troops To Total Massed by Nations By the Associated Press. The armies of Poland and the So- viet Union are assembled today at strategic points for military maneu- vers, following the pattern of other nutions whose Summer war games were given added significance by their areas of operation. The military rehearsals of the Polish and Red troops have extended further the war games which this year were the most comprehensive of any peace tinte. Germany, France, the United States and Italy put almost 600,000 men through military paces. It was also authoritatively announced that the Austrian Army will be called for mimic battle demonstrations at Innsbruck later in the Autumn. Spain officially called off its annual maneuvers, but in August concen- trated troops and vessels of war on its Mediterranean frontier. Great Britain's annual naval and army reviews for the King were not extraordinary, although the “gqueen bee” robot planes demonstrated an attack on a battle cruiser at sea. The Polish army's practice tactics are taking place in Pomorze, often referred to as “the Polish corridor,” | which divides East Prussia from the rest of Germany. The Soviet military forces are as- sembled in the Ukraine, which the Red press has emphasized is under constant danger of attack. The most elaborate of the games were staged by the Italian army at Bolzano, in Northern Italy, near the Brenner Pass, & vital point on the Austrian frontier. il Duce's forces for the maneuvers numbered 500,000. The Third Reich paced 12,000 troops | through military rehearsals, the first | demonstrations since the Versailles | treaty. France assembled its units in the area between Paris and the German frontier, more than 40.000 troops par- ticipating on the battle fields of the War. ‘The United States held its great- est peace-time mobilization with 35,- 000 troops sent to training services at various camps, 5