Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast) Mostly cloudy tonight, tomorrow fair; not much change in temperature; gentle east, shifting to south, winds. Tempera- tures—Highest, 83, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 60, at 5 a.m. today, Full report on page A-2. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 [73¢ No. Entered as second class matter o o post office, Washington, D. C. 5,0 3 ah WASHINGTON, D. C, ‘WITH SUNDAY,K MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening ITALIANS BAR ALL COMPROMISE, STUDYING LEAGUE WITHDRAWAL; CANADA AND RUSSIA BACK GENEVA % French, British Italians Embassies Guarded. | LAVAL SPEECH . Similar Recent REACTION SEEN| Press An By the Asiociated Press. ini i N. S ber 14. — Thi Mussolini Believes s rovcmmen, it , Get British Protest Against Attacks Over Radio Representations on Broadcast Follow ritish government, it was learned to- . day, has made official representation Amity of France Unshattered. |to TItaly concerning alleged anti- British propaganda broadcast by the Italian radio station at Bari. Official quarters said the Italian government had been warned Great | Action Against tagonism. | In Paris the Cairo correspondent of the Havas (French) News Agency re- | ported that a British transport had ianded tanks and 2000 British sol- diers at Alexndria, Egypt. At the same time the government speculated on the price France means to demand for its support of Great Britain in upholding the League of Ententes Also Pledge Aid to League. ANGLO-FRENCH OFFER STUDIED | Ethiopia Would Be Paid for Giving Italy Land. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. Star Yesterday’s Circulation, 127,283 Some Returns Not Yet Received. ¥ () Means Associated P Britain expects such propaganda, 8y:the Assoolated Press. tallan | ¥hich was construed as designed to ROME, September 14—The 1;‘4 1 | gtir up anti-British feeling in North- cabinet, meeting with Premier MUS- | o:p Afica, shall cease forthwith. solini, refused today to accepl &NV | " preyiously the government had compromise solution of Italy’s quar- rel with Ethiopia. lodged formal representations with the Italian Ambassador against at- | Nations covenant. | By the Associated Press. Consideration was given to the pos-| GENEVA, September 14 (#).— sibility that the Geneva pledge of Canada and Soviet Russia, embracing | Premier Laval may have been given at | vast stretches of territory on opposite ! the possible expense of Mussolini's | sides of the globe, joined the rally friendship. | around the League of Nations Cov- It was, therefore, realized in official | enant on the bitter Italo-Ethiopian The cabinet also “examined in wWhat | tacks in the Italian press in Great cases Italy’s remaining in the League | Britain, of Nations might be rendered im-| one of the broadcasts to which possible,” it was announced. Great Britain objected was reported to Il Duce, who holds eight cabinet nave included the statement: “All the portfolios himself, told his colleagues ' worid knowns the Italian colonial ac- that Italy’s military preparations in|tjon js blessed by God. All the world East Africa are proceeding With | yknows the rest of Islam is suffering greater intensity and that Libya, ON | ynder the British rule in Egypt and the western border of Egypt, has been | palestine—to take two example: circles that some more definite guar- | quarrel today. | antee of British co-operation in Cen- spect to Austria. | The French premier's speech, ac- cepted here as a definite, if possibly | reluctant, pledge of France to live up (See RADIO, page 2.) 5 BURN 10 DEATH N TRAN WREEK @il Tank Cars Ignite When Freight Derails—Man’s roinforced. Can Answer Any Threat. Ttaly now “is able to answer any threat, from whatever direction it may come,” he declared. As the cabinet met. both the Frencn end British Embassies were under strong guard. The Assoclated Press correspondent counted 20 uniformed policemen at the French Embassy and 30 at the British. Although the cabinet declared the speeches of Premier Laval of France and Sir Samuel Hoare, the Brulsh‘ foreign secretary, were received with SOFT COAL STRIE NONDAY PROSPECT Producers Unwilling to Meet Demands, but Negotia- the greatest calm, the embassies were guarded to prevent any demonstra- tions, However, Mussolini told the cabinet that Italy’s colonial conflict would not shatter her friendship with France. The speeches of Laval and Sir Bamuel before the League of Nations Assembly could not have been other than what they were because of the AnglovFrench position in regard to the League pact, Il Duce said. | Will Strengthen Friendship. | Nevertheless the cabinet declared Ttaly “intends to develop and fortify Italo-French friendship not only in the interest of the two countries but also in that European collaboration which cannot be shattered by a con- Leg Amputated. tions Continue. | By the Associated Press. By the Associated Press. MONROE, La., September 14— | The threat of a soft coal strike Five unidentified bodies were removed Monday morning appeared larger to- early today from the ruins of about day than at any time since the Ap- 15 freight cars which were destroyed palachian wage and hour negotiations by fire after the derailment of &r started 10 days ago. Ilinois Central Eastbound train three Negotiations virtually had broken miles west of here. Several others down, with producers unwilling to | were believed to have perished. meet the United Mine Workers' de- One man trapped in the flaming K mands. wreckage was rescued by amputation| A dispute also arose over what Pres- of his leg with pocket knives. ! ident Roosevelt had meant in his re- First reports, attributed to & man quets yesterday to the miners and op- | who described himself as Rober’ erators to avoid a strike, Nolan, an Indiana transient, aboard Duncan Kennedy of Charleston, the train at the time of the wreck, W. Va., chairman of the operators’ about 12:20 am, said approximatelv 'group, interpreted the President’s re- | peaceful settlement for every dispute. fan invasion of Ethiopia. George Howard Ferguson, Canada's tral Europe might be required—indeed, ; representative at Geneva, told the | France has already made formal in- | League Assembly Canada cannot agree | quiry regarding such assurance in re- | that any member of the League is warranted in resorting to war to en- force its claims “in violation of its ' sciemn pledges to seek and find IN HOEY SLAYING Actress’ Father Near Col- lapse—Suicide View Held by Officials. By the Associated Press. WEST CHESTER, Pa, September Honorable Solution Sought. Canada hopes an honorable and peaceful solution of the controversy will yet be reached, he said, and added: “If unfortunately this proves not to be the case, Canada will join other members of the League in considering how, by unanimous action, peace can be maintained.” Spokesmen for the Little Entente, ! the Balkan Entente, the Baltic states 14.—Three different interests pushed and other nations of Europe joined |investigations into the death of the rally, swelling into imposing pro- | Evelyn Hoey today, despite the un- portions the protest against an Ital- Official opinion of some authorities that the glamorous torch singer de- The Assembly reconvened this aft- | Stroved herself. 'New Board of Trade Traffic I Unit Pushes Star Safety Drive Education of Motorist and Pedestrian in Dangers Mapped—Pledges of Sane Driving Pour In. 1 Through the creation of a new subcommittee on education and publicity | of its large and active Traffic Committee, the Washington Board of Trade today added powerful support to the campaign now being waged by the Safety Council of The Star to cut down the death toll on Washington streets and highways. The new subcommittee, under the leadership of Chairman Thornton D. Owen, is planning, in co-operation with The Star and the National Safety Council, to educate motorists and pedestrians to the need for eternal vigilance. It will work through the medium of newspapers, the radio, motion pictures, |ernoon in an atmosphere of great 'nullifies in advance what the com- |said the Italian communique must ' flict of colonial character or by the |40 men lined the sides of two .-m’quesg as one to extend the present | use of sanctions, which never were |tank cars which went up in flames | agreement for 15 days. specified and never applied in the |as the train left the track. Many of most serious previous controversy be- | the transients appeared to be trapped, tween members of the League.” Nolan declared. | View Given by Lewis. | John L. Lewis, president of the excitement caused by the Italian cabi- net’s rejection of any possibility of a compromise solution of the Italo- Ethiopian conflict. Work Seen Nullified. One delegate declared it “practically mittee of five is trying to do.” | League officials, however, took a calmer view of the situation. They| not be taken too tragically, and sug- gested it might be “just another maneuver.” Maxim Litvinoff, Russia’s spokes- | man, told the assembly that for his nation “there is only the question of | defending the covenant of the League as the instrument of peace.” | Henry J. Hoey, father, who engaged attorneys to learn all the facts sur- rounding the death of his daughter in the Pennsylvania farm house of Young Henry H. Rogers last Wed- nesday night, viewed the body at the Wilson undertaking home in Down- ingtown. He tottered forward in near col- lapse. A chair was thrust forward and he was pulled into it. He jerked a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his eyes as Vincent Downey, Miss Hoey's attorney, who accompanied him, examined the gun- shot wound that ended her life. Bullet Entered Right Temple. The father couldn't bear the ordeal. He was led to another room. Mean- while, Downey determined for him- self that the bullet entered the speakers, the schools and ’ther organizations to drive home the lescons of traffic safety. Organization of the subcommittees: - was effected Thursday at a luncheon meeting in the Harrington Hotel. At this meeting the group adopted a resolution recommending to the full Traffic Committee and to the Board (See SAFETY, Page 3.) of Trade that The Star safety cam- paign be supported in every possible way. The resolution was introduced by John F. Victory, secretary of the LITTLE 1S ONE UP LEGISLATIVE CALL - INTITLE GONTEST SEEN IN LOUISIANA | giving Ickes an opportunity to qualify Champion Takes Lead at Special Session Appears In- Attacks Certain Pacts, warned, moreover, that the |Actress' right temple and issued out He The cabinet declared that “all the forces of foreign anti-Fascism” have gathered about the Ethiopian contro- versy and therefore it felt duty bound to “reconfirm in the most explicit manner that the Italo-Ethiopian problem does not admit of compro- mise solution after the huge effort and sacrifices supported by Italy, and after the irrefutable documentation contained in the Italian memorandum presented at Geneva.” At the conclusion of its session the cabinet sent a telegram of praise to Gen. Emilio De Bono, high commis- sioner of Eritrea and Somaliland and commander of the Italian forces in East Africa. Abandonment Seen. The guard was thrown about the Embassy because a large proportion of the Italian population interpreted the speech of Premier Laval of France before the League of Nations assembly yesterday as an abandonment of Italy. Police feared a demonstration might be made before the embassy and de- termined to prevent any such occur- Tence. Twenty carabinieri and additional policemen were station in the streets nearby but there was not the slight- est sign of any gathering of the popu- lace. In semi-official quarters Laval's speech on the Italo-Ethiopian question was accepted as a tacit victory for Italy. The Geneva speech of Premier Laval of France was accepted in Rome s a tacit victory for Italy. It was so interpreted because it failed to inveigh against Italy’s claims in East Africa. The press also ana- lyzed the address as undamaging to Ttaly. Commentators Disappointed. Disappointed that Laval had not completely thrown overboard Sir Samuel’s patent request for French solidarity with Great Britain, the Italian commentators, nevertheless, found nothing in the French pre- mier's words which could persuade Italy to believe that France had de- cided to follow what was described as Britain's “hard-headed policy” in regard to the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. The assertion of an official spokes- man that the Laval speech would not change the Premier's plans gained support as four transports prepared to depart from Naples with troops and materials for East Africa. They will sail with more than 3,000 officers and men over the week end. WASP ON SANDWICH STINGS BITER INSIDE Oregon Man Nearly Strangled by Swelling and Is Sent to Hospital. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, Oreg, September 14— Just because a wasp and Chris Nof- | singer had the same idea at the same time, Nofsinger is in the hospital Nofsinger took a sandwich from his Junch kit. The wasp took a toe-hold on the sandwich. Nofsinger took & bite of both. The resultant swelling nearly strangled him. % | Firemen said, however, it was prob- able some of them had escaped injury | and filtered through the crowd that | gathered quickly as the spectacular oil blaze swept through the wreckage, which was strewn crazily over the | ‘nght of way where the cars buckled | up and turned over or telescoped wildly. | As the firemen fought to check the | flames from the tank cars, spectators | gathered near a box car through | | which they cut a hole to permit two physicians to reach Pete Riggs, about | mine workers, #said the president merely asked that the mines be kept tension. | When the coal negotiation commit- tee of 28 operators and 28 miners met this morning the operators proposed that the present agreement be ex- tended until October 1. | The miners voted motion was lost. The miners then moved that work be continued for| 25, of Calhoun, La., who was pinned | beneath heavy wreckage between two | cars loaded with puip wood. Riggs’ right leg was crushed. His cries of “cut my leg off and get me out of here” attracted a score of men to attempt his rescue as the flames neared him. They worked futilely to lift a heavy beam and finally doctors were summoned. with which to take his own life. | Dr. C. H. Hill administered the man a hypodermic and Dr. O. W. Crosby proceeded with the amputa- tion. The surgeon’s small proved ineffectual in the trapped position, so an ordinary pocket knife with a longer blade was borrowed to | complete the operation. Riggs was taken to a hospital without losing | consciousness. His condition was de- | scribed as serious. Four others, suffering burns or fractures, were taken to the hospital. DENIES AID TO DUCE Head of Irish Blue Shirts Spikes Report of Recruiting. KINGSTOWN, Ireland, September 14 (A).—E. J. Cronin, director gen- eral of the Irish Blue Shirts, today political organizatiols was recruiting a corps of 1,000 men to help Pre- mier Mussolini in Ethiopia. Cronin said: “I want it clearly understood that when we appealed to our young men and women to join the Blue Shirts we did so in defense of the rights of the Irish people. I do not want the Blue Shirts induced to embark on a reckless, suicidal policy which is not and should not be of concern to this country.” Riggs at first pleaded for a knife | knife | spiked reports that his Free State| | the next 15 days and negotiations | continued, with an agreement that | the wages and hours finally decided | upon be made retroactive. | The operators voted down that pro- posal. Kennedy then summoned the full | Appalachian Joint Wage Conference Committee to meet at noon. A Producers’ Committee which con- tends it represents more than half of | the industry urged that the President this commission. { Johnson Plans to Quit. But from Hyde Park, N. Y., came ; word that Johnson would quit his job in October. The reason he gave was | that “I got to make some money.” He and Mr. Roosevelt reached an | | agreement whereby the former N. R. A. head would be permitted to re- | turn to private life about October 15. For 10 days now the operators and the United Mine Workers have tried to get together on terms for a new ‘wage - and - hour contract. This old | agreement had been extended four | times in the last six months at the President’s request to give Congress | time to act on the Guffey bill to set {up a “little N. R. A" with a coal | commission for the industry. Just what this commission could do to further wage-and-hour negotiations | | was questioned by some coal men. Its principal duty is to supervise price fixing. Johnson spent a good share of the | Summer of 1933 arguing and prging | the industry into an agreement on its code of fair competition. His out- standing feat, in the minds of many coal men, was to get a substantial section of the industry in the South to sign closed-shop contracts with the Firemen Fight By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, September 14.—Fire- | men remained beside the hot ruins of | a gigantic ofl storage tank today to guard against another flare-up of the blaze which destroyed 700,000 gallons of naphtha and injured a dozen peo- ple during the night. ‘The roaring fire defied all the efforts of firefighters brought to the scene by six alarms until it had created more than $50,000 damage as it raged, un- checked, for 10 hours. Only one of the injured required hospital treatment. He was Francis Soltosky, & fireman. The tank which burned is one of a number at the Standard Oil nflneq United Mine Workers. Fire at Top As Naphtha Tank Is Drained in the industrial section of East Balti- more. A dramatic but unseen part of the firefighting program was the drawing off of naphtha from the bot- tom of the 1,400,000-gallon tank while the top of it blazed like a blast fur- nace. Piremen bent their efforts toward preventing & spread of the blaze. Streams of water were poured against the metal sides of other storage tanks adjacent to the one afire. On several occasions flames spurted up from the two tanks nearest, and it appeared they were doomed, but & smothering chemical extinguished them. More wat on their sides to keep appoint Gen. Hugh S. Johnson to head | as director of New York City's W.P. A. | running with no mention of any ex- | aggression.” “No” and the| |stand also for the localization of | “covenant is not enough” and cre- |Of the left temple just above the | ated a sensation by saying that cer- | tain bilateral non-aggression pacv.xl actually are designed “for security and | | The Poles and Gemmans who heard | his address interpreted this remark | as an attack on the German-Polish | treaty of non-aggression. | Litvinoff said that while Russia's | non-aggression pacts with her neigh-| bors included a special clause for sus- pending the pact if aggression were committed by one of the parties| against a third state, there are other pacts which contain no such clause. | This was regarded as an allusion to the Polish-German treaty. Impunity for Attack. ‘The Soviet spokesman said that un- | der such pacts a signatory “obtained | the facility for attacking with im-| punity any third state.” “No wonder advocates of such pacts | war,” he added. Fortunately, he said, the theory of | “security and aggression on others” was common to but a few countries | and “stigmatizes them before the whole world as probable disturbers of the peace.” As he and the other speakers pledged | allegiance to the Jeague it was un- | derstood in diplomatic circlcs that an | important factor of the scheme being | discussed by the five-powe: commit- tee for settlement of the Italo- Ethiopian dispute is °territorial ad-| Jjustment.” The plan now under consideration was understood to be an enlargement of the offer made by Anthony Eden of Great Britain in Rome to hand ov - a strip of British Somaliland territory to Ethiopia in return for which Ethiopia would give part of its land to Italy. Envisages Anglo-French Offer. The new scheme, it was said, en- visages a joint Anglo-French offer of a strip of land, half in French and half in British Somaliland, which would enable Ethiopia to have access to the sea. In return Ethiopia would give Italy a patch of territory in the southeast. Emperor Haile Selassie would un- dertake to maintain a free port in the newly acquired territory, thus pro- viding access for new Italian settle- ment. . The plan was believed to be a part (See GENEVA, Page 2.) Readers’ Guide Amusements _ Church News .. Comics __ Editorials hair line. Hoey emerged from the undertak- ing rooms early today after arranging for the body to be sent Sunday to St. Louis, Mo., for burial. He made his way through a crowd of curious folk, avoided speaking to any one and was driven away by a colored | chauffeur. The curious folk had been viewing the body all evening. Any one could enter and many were children. Chief County Detective Francis Grubb said he asked Hoey if he wanted to confront Rogers. His reply was: “No. Tam not vindicative.” Grubb said he added that he came only to see for himself, if he could, what the facts were and that he re- iterated his assertion he knew of no reason why his daughter should kill herself. It was known, however, that Morris | L. Ernst, noted libera' attorney en- gaged by Hoey to ferret out the facts. planned to interview Rogers. Rogers With Attorney. Rogers, released along with William . Kelly, a cameraman employed by him, on $2500 bail to assure appear- ance at the inquest next Wednesday or Friday, remained in Pennsylvania at the home of one of his attorneys. Besides the investigations by Ernst for the Hoey family and by the Rogers attorneys, the tragedy was still being probed by the county authorities. District Attorney Willlam Parke said it was his private opinion Miss Hoey committed suicide, but added that he was seeking more facts. Dr. H. B. F. Davis announced after autopsy that “every evidence pointed to suicide.” Detective Grubb con- tinued to investigate, nevertheless, and fingerprint experts were going: over the two guns found near Miss Hoey in the room in which she was killed. Both Rogers and Kelly were finger- printed before their release yesterday. Every effort was being made also to learn the exact movements of Miss Hoey just before she was killed. “I'll admit I haven’s had time to read the complete report of the au- topsy,” the district attorney said, “but it seems to me that taking the story of Claude Battin, the farmer, who was in the house at the time, and con- sidering the trajectory of the bullet which passed into Miss Hoey’s right temple and out threugh the left por- tion of her skull, lodging high up in the wall near the ceiling, taking these things into consideration it all looks to me as if the young woman shot herself. Powder Marks Near Wound, “There were powder marks about the wound also. “Then we found that Rogers’ story and Kelly’s dove-tailed in every im- portant respect. Battin, Kelly and the cook all agreed that Rogers wos on the living room sofa at the time of the shooting upstairs. “Of course, we're still investigating.” Parke emphasized, “At the present time we definitely do not suspect Rogers of murder.” He said he arrived at the scene of the tragedy at midnight—two hours after Miss Hoey wds killed—and said “Rogers looked like a man who had been on a good drunk, and the state- ments of the servants set forth that (Bee ROGERS, L A 15th After Trailing Most | of Morning. BULLETIN, CLEVELAND, September 14 (P). —Staging a comeback after losing the first three holes to his rival's subpar start, Champion W. Law- son Little, jr. finished all square with Walter Emery, 23-year-old Oklahoman, in the first half of | their 36-hole match for the Amer- ican amateur golf crown. | By the Associated Press. | | _ CLEVELAND, September 14, — | Balmy weather favored the finish of a tournament that began in a deluge | as Champion W. Lawson Little, jr., of San Prancisco and his challenger, | Walter Emery, of Oklahoma City. came to grips today in the final round of the United States amateur goll championship. They teed off shortly before 10| am. for the first 18 holes of the 36- | | hole title duel. It was Emery's first bid for the United States amateur crown agains® | a shotmaker who has swept all na- tional championship fields, in Britain and America, over a two-year period. | Emery won the first hole with a birdie 3 to Little’s 4. taking only one | putt after laying his approach 5 feet | from the pin. | His second birdie. a 4 on the 467- vard second, gave Emery a lead of 2 | up. Little missed a 7-foot putt for a half. Emery went 3 up at the third with | a par 4 to Little's 5. The champion | dubbed his drive, then tried for the | green with a No. 7 fron, only to end | up in a trap. | Although Little outdrove Emery by | (See GOLF, Page 2.) . $410,772 Contracts Let. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., September 14 ment and road relocation was an-| | nounced yesterday by the T. V. A | evitable in Effort to Make Peace With Roosevelt. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La. September 14—Another special session of Louisi- ana's oft-convened Legislature ap- peared inevitable today, this time to undo some of the work it had pushed through at the dictation of Senator Huey Long. As the Long force sought peace with the White House and anti-Long ele- ments renewed their opposition to the machine left by the assassinated dic- tator, special session talk was heard in both camps. At the same time the possibility that Long's name would be carried on in public office arose when it became known that an attempt might be made to have his widow accept appointment to her husband’s unexpired term, which has a year and four months to run. Sources close to the leadership said | such a plan had been discussed at some conferences. Shooting “Act of God.” From Judge B. H. Pavy, father-in- law of the man who shot Senator Long last Sunday night, came the as- sertion today that the shooting “‘must have been an act of God.” Members of the slain assassin’s fam- ily again jolned in asserting Dr. Weiss had taken no part in a supposed plot on Senator Long’s life. They said more than a dozen persons could at- test he was treating patients or was with his family on July 21 and 22, the dates on which Senator Long had alleged an assassination plot against him was hatched in New Orleans. Seek Peace With Roosevelt. The likelihood of a special session was based on several reasons. The Long lieutenants. deciding on | (See LONG, Page 7. | By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, September 14.—Wil- liam S. Wilson, jr., Baltimore Deme- cratic member of the House of Dele- gates, today assailed what he said was a practice of issuing “courtesy cards” to prominent political figures over the signature of Maj. J. Purdon | Wright, State police superintendent. Gov. Nice said he had ne knowl- edge of such cards being issued by the present State police head, but that he understood it was a general practice to issue them. Delegate Wilson said: | “I have been surprised in the last few days at the appearance in a num- ber of places of a harmless appearing plece of pasteboard that inspection reveals would be expected in a Facistic \‘ or Communistic form of government. “So-called ‘courtesy cards,they ap- | pear to be an invitation to their | privileged holders to violate the law | with impunity. They bear an ‘intro- duction’ from Maj. Wright and there “Courtesy Cards” to Politicians Deplored by Maryland Delegatej can be no doubt their owners expect | them to have a deep impression upon any State policeman who might over- take the holder for ignoring the safety regulations on the publie highways. “There is no place in a Democratic form of government for special privilege of any type and particularly | of a special privilege so reprehensible as permission for some to violate the law. “It is my earnest hope that this strange growth will not be permitted | to survive by State officials who have the power to exterminate it.” | Gov. Nice said he had not “the| slightest idea” that the cards had made their appearance, although he understood they had been issued in! previous administrations. “I never had one and I have never seen one,” the Governor said. The Governor is expected to an- nounce tomorrow his decision on con- tinuing Maj. Wright in the post or replacing him. \ i | TWO CENTS. ress. NEW PLEA OF CASH FOR PUBLIC WORKS INOFFING FOR 13% Possibility President May " Ask More Millions Is Discussed. {FERMANENT PROJECTS MAY NEED SALVAGING Housing Particularly Thought to Be in Line in Any Move for More Funds. By the Associated Press. A possibility that President Roose- velt will ask the next Congress to appropriate more millions for perma- nent public works was discussed in in- formed circles today. Neither confirmation nor a denial that he had been assured the Presi- dent would follow such a course could be obtained from Secretary Ickes, the public works administrator. s But other officials, striving to read between the lines of the presidential order setting aside the bulk of remain- ing work relief funds for temporary work under Harry L. Hopkins' juris- diction, thought it highly probable that Congress would be asked for more money to salvage some permanent P. W. A. projects. It was pointed out that, since the $4.000,000.000 works program was an- nounced last Winter, many communi- ties had been encouraged to develop P. W. A. projects which now have little apparent chance to qualty for any ot the $4,000,000,000. Public Housing to Be in Need. One type of public works mentioned particularly as likely to be included in any new appropriation was public housing. The original work relief allotment for this purpose was cut $100,000,000 by the President yester- day, this amount being made available instead for other P. W. A. projects which can be started by December 15. To be financed out of the $1,250,- 000,000 remaining unallotted from the | work-relief fund, Mr. Roosevelt said at his press conference yesterday, per- manent public works projects will have to meet these rules: 1. Contracts must be let on or be- | fore December 15. 2. The projects must be completed & yvear. 3. They must be in an area where | there are sufficient persons on relief | to provide the workers. 4. They must abide by the work- relief requirement callmg for wages at the average annual rate of $850 per man. While these rules were regarded as |in some of the public works which Hop- kins previousiy had thrown out, offi- cials felt that a good many others which they considered desirable would | be unable to meet them. Industrial Efficiency Up. Favor for further unemployment re- | lief appropriations was read by some observers into the President’s recent assertion at Hyde Park that, even if industrial production were resumed immediately at the 1929 level, indus- trial efficiency has increased to a | point where only 80 per cent of the | 1929 man-power would be employed. | Hopkins' Works Progress Adminis- tration, meanwhile, redoubled activity. Three eight-hour shifts—sorting more than $1,000,000,000 of new W. P. A. applications—rushed to complete | the program to be submitted at the | final meeting of the Work-Relief Al- lotment Committee next Tuesday. TITLE PROMOTER LEAVES BY PLANE J. P. Reinach Quits D. C. as Offi- cials Study Offers of “Nobility.” By the Associated Press J. P. Reinach, promoter of & Unitc | States nobility at prices ranging from | $200,000 for a barony to $1,000,000 for a dukedom, today bought a ticket on | an_afternoon airplane for Niagara Falls on the Canadian border. | His proposition had been turned over to postal authorities by William Candler, Atlanta capitalist. one of those offered such a title if he'd grab it quick. | Reinach had said he would hold “the ceremony of the ennobling and the granting of the titles on September | 24” in Washington. Officials of his | hotel said he had booked no such | ceremony on its calendar of functions. Post Office inspectors were investi- | UP —Awarding of three CONLracts|, mgjor departure from their leader's | “nobility” v - gating his “nooility” letters, but Gov- | valued at $410,772 for power equib-| ilicies in conferences 100king o 8 | ernment lawyers appeared to be un- certain whether he had violated any Federal law. . BULLETIN By the Associated Press. The United States today ex- pressed official regret that Magis- trate Louis B. Brodsky of New York City had made “insulting” re- marks concerning the Nazi flag, but disclaimed responsibility for his words as not voicing any offi- cial attitude of this Government. Secretary Hull extended this Government's regret orally tc Dr. Rudolf Leitner, charge d'affaires of the German Embassy, who was summoned to the State Depart- ment for that purpose. “Although in this country,” Hull said, “the right of freedom of speech is well recognized by our fundamental law, it is to be re- gretted that an official having no responsibility for maintaining rela- tions between the United States and other countries should, re- gardless of what he may personally | think of the laws and policies of other governments, thus indulge in expressions offensive to another government with which we have e