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BAN ON POLITICAL . ACTWATY SCORED Hagner Says Ruling on Po- lice Is lllegal Under Merit System Code. BY JACK ALLEN Btaft Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., September 21.— The legality of the order passed by the Fusion bloc controlling the Board of Montgomery County Commissioners, to prohibit county policemen from en- gaging in political activity, was questioned today by Robert D. Hagner, minority member of the board. Commissioner Hagner declared the State's civil service laws, under which the force is maintained, specify that no person employed under those statutes shall be denied his or her political privileges and added that he would move to have the order re- scinded when the board meets on ‘Tuesday. Quotes Ruling. “Rule 47 in the publication ‘Merit Bystem. written by State Employment Commissioner Oliver C. Short, clearly states,” Hagner said, “that ‘no demo- tion or reduction in the rate of com- pensation shall be made in an em- ploye's salary on account of the em- ploye’s political or religious opinions or affiliations or of his refusal to con- tribute to a political fund or to render political service.' " Commissioner Hagner said that under rule 65, “Causes for Removal,” of the same book, a large number of conditions are listed as causes for re- moval from the service. but no mention whatever is made of any political activity as a cause for suspension or dismissal. Holds Order Tilegal, “The order, therefore, is not legal under my interpretations of the laws and regulations,” he asserted. “I will call the attention of the commission- ers to the laws on Tuesday and en- deaver to have the order set aside. “Inasmuch as all county employes hold their positions as political ap- pointees, it appears unfair to control & person’s right to engage in matters of political interest. The members of the police force are taxpayers, the same as other residents of the county, and are entitled to all the privileges as such.” The order affecting the police was adopted by the Fusion party bloc over the objections of Hagner and Richard H. Lansdale, Democratic organization members of the board, when it was introduced by Commissioner Paul Coughlan three days ago. Had Attended Rally, Tt was brought out at the meeting that Coughlan’s attention had been called to the presence of Detective Sergt. Theodore Vollten at a Demo- eratic rally in Bethesda. Commissioner Coughlan stated that the spirit of the bill by*which the police were placed under the merit system was to remove the force from politics and his order was in keeping with that measure. Interviews (Continued From First Page.) sir. A It is probably the duty of the parents to do that. Q Parents and teachers also, don't | you think? A. Yes. Here's a gentleman. your name? A. Charles Broad: Q. Where do you live, Mr. Broad? A. T am residing in College Park, Md. | Q. You have observed the traffic situation in Washington, haven't you? A. Yes. Q. Have you any idea for improv- ing conditions now? A. I think that the drivers in Washington should be required to pass the same tests that are now required of airplane pilots. Q. Well, what are they? A. I do not know all of them, but I know that one of them is that drivers are re- quired to have what is' called dual vision. Q. What is dual vision? A. As far as I know, dual vision is not only seeing what is in front of you, but also apparently seeing what is along on both sides of you, on the sidewalks end on the cross streets. Q. Well, have you observed con- ditions in Chicago? A. Yes. Q. Can you compare conditions there with conditions here? A. Yes, somewhat. I believe that the drivers in Washington are more careful than they are in Chicago. Q. Do you think that the drivers in Washington should be given a severe penalty when they violate traffic regu- lations? A. Where they do so will- fully, yes; where they do so un- consciously, no. Q. Thet's fine, Mr. Broad. I see youn have your little boys with you. A. Yes. Q. Do they know something about ¢ rules? A. Yes. Q. Do they have anything that you have told them that impresses the situation on them? A. Yes, they have learned a little poem that over | 700,000 children in the West know ! all about. | Q. Do you think they would be will- Ing to say it now? A. I think they would. | Q. Let’s try it. What is your name? | A. Richard Broad. Q. And what is your name? Charles Broad. Q. Now both of you know a little poem, don't you? A. Yes. Q. About traffic. Well, you stoop down here and say that little poem Just like you say it at home. A.: In roadways I must never play, I have no legs to give away. 1 have no arms that I can spare, To keep them safe I must take care. tr A | ERE'S a young lady. Q. What's your name? A. Fernie Miller, Mrs. Fernie Miller. Q. Where do you live? A. North- west. I have a little studio at the Joaquin Miller Cabin out in Rock | Creek Park, and I think this is a very wonderful thing, the drive on safety, end I think if .people would not vio- late rules and regulations on traffic we would not have any accidents. Q. Have you any suggestions to make to the taxi drivers in Washing- ton? A. As usual, I think they are very careful. Q. A suggestion was made some- time ago by Chairman Nojton of the House District Committee that trafic subways be coustructed in ‘Washington. Do think they would improve conditions? A. I think 80, Here is another young lady. Q. Q What's | GOV. HARRY W. NICE. 0 HEAR GOV. NICE C. Meeting Wed- nesday. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. KENSINGTON, Md., September 21.—Gov. Harry W. Nice has accepted an invitation to address the Ken- sington Chambker of Commerce at its monthly meeting in the local ele- mentaty school at 8 p.m. Wednesday, it was announced last night at a joint session of the trade body's Execu- tive and Advisory Committees. It was also announced that former Representative John J. Esch of Wis- Peace Soclety and at one time an Interstate Commerce Commissioner, would speak on “The Crime Situa- tion.” ‘The committees instructed the Pub- lic Utility Committee to study the service offered by the Capital Transit Co’s new bus line through Ken- sington and submit recommendations for any changes in routes or sched- ules it might consider desirable. A recommendation that the cham- ber urge the State Road Commission to place stop signs on Viers Mill road at the point where it intersects the Kensington - Wheaton road was adopted and will be submitted to the trade body at Wednesday's session. The intersection is highly danger- ous in its present condition, it was said, and a number of bad accidents have recently occurred there. For- seriously injured, it was said. many automobiles? A. Well, not nec- essarily. T Q. You think it is the driver, then, that causes the trouble? A. I don't know whether 1t is that or the traffic regulations. Q. Do you think taxi drivers are reckless? some of them are not. WHAT'S your name? J. B. Bowen. Q. What's your name? Bowen. Q. Where do you live? A. Danville, | Ind. Q. Have you been here in Washing- ton very long? A. Two weeks is all. Q. Since you got here to Washing- ton what do you think of the traffic? A. Seems to me it is rather congested compared with Indiana traffic. Q. Do you think there are too many cars here on the street or the cars that are here don’t give proper atten- tion to their driving? A. I think the cars that are here don't give proper attention to their driving. A J. B Here is a cab driver, No. 3511. He is a man that sees the streets all day long, drives up and down them in all directions. Q. What's your name, | sir? A. Walter Coburn. | Q. How long have you been driving | 2 cab? A. Four years. | Q. You never had an accident your- | self, 1 imagine. A. No, I haven't. Q. But some cab drivers do and many car drivers do. Could you tell us why these people do have acci- dents? A. They don’t think. Q. What do you mean they don't| think? A. Well, for instance, they pull off from the curb without giving a hand warning, or they don't look where they are driving. Q. Do you have many close escapes every day? A. Every day I have at least two. Q. What is the worst one you ever had? A. A little kid running out from between cars. Here comes an ambulance siren now cutting across the street. This shows what the Washington situation is. I don't knmow whether you can hear it or not. (Sound of the siren.) here’s a young lady I am sure wants to say something. What is your name? A. Frances Smith. Q. Where do you live? Central. Q. What do you think of Washing- ton traffic? A. I think it's terrible. Q. Have you any thoughts about how it might be improved? A. I | don't drive, myself. It seems to me like the people turn corners around here without giving any hint of what they want to do, and the pedestrians seem to be, well, sort of balled up all the time. Here's & young man. Q What is your name? A. James Beatty. Q. Where do you live? A. Broad- | moor Apartment House. Q. What do you think of Washing- ton trafic? A. I think it could be improved a lot by doing away with speed limits and only having reck- less driving charges, aiso by teaching pedestrians how to cross streets. Here is a young man. Q. What's | your name? A, Mink, Earl Mink. Q. What do you think of the traffic situation? A. At the corner of Penn- sylvanis venue and East Executive they have a light thére that says turn on green arrow only. It is very con- fusing, and in the morning the real congestion they have is during the time the Government workers are going down, and it is quite a problem for both pedestrians and drivers. WHA’X‘ is your name? A. Albert Ade. Q. Where do you live? A Newton A. Park What is your name? A. Helen Can- | street. hon. Q. Do you drive & car? A, Not here, I'm scardd to. g Q You think Washington has too * Q. What do you think of Washing- ton traffic conditions? A. You have » problem right here. You can see People crossing right on red lghts 4 consin, president of the American | tunately, however, no one has been | A. Some of them are and | THE SUNDAY STAR,- WASHINGTO " D. C, SEPTEMBER 2, 1935—PART OXE. DAVIS BACKS [:[]A[] U.S. Women’s Attractive Dress ON RELIEF PLAN Agrees on Proposal to Place Responsibility on Polit- ical Subdivisions. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, September 21.—Ex- pressing the first Republican approval of the plan to have responsibilty for care of unemployables left to the political subdivisions of the State, State Senator Wilmer F. Davis of Car- oline County said today that he was heartily in favor of the idea. ‘The possibility of decentralizing the rellef burden was suggested last week by Senator J. Allan Coad, Demo- crat, of St. Marys, majority floor leader and chairman of the Senate JOHN J. ESCH. KENSINI}T—UNiBUBYIFRANEE FORCING NIC | Esch Also to Speak at C. of Governor May Be Forced to| E INTO RACE Enter Primary to Hold Grip. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 21.—With Dr. Joseph Irwin France sending up trial balloons for the Republican pres- idential nomination, Governor Nice may be forced to file his own candi- dacy for the post if he expects to con- trol Maryland's delegation to the next | G. 0. P. convention, persons close to the Governor revealed today. Whether the Governor does so, in the opinion of some persons close to him, will depend on Dr. France, for- mer United States Senator. The lat- ter has moved toward announcing his candidacy to the extent of drawing up a party platform and declaring he will fight for the nomination if his party will not accept it. The possibility of an acceptance is considered remote. And for this rea- son, Nice’s friends believe, Frante will file and the Governor will be forced to do likewise. Nice cannot afford, observers say, to run the chance of losing prestige in his party. If France declares for the presidency, the mere declaration in many minds would place him above the Governor as titular leader of the Maryland G. O. P. In such an event the Governor would lose political prestige at home. The Nice adherents, furthermore, have heard that Prance is being urged | to run by certain members of the | party who opposed the Governor in the primaries and still are unfriendly toward him. Some of these Republi- cans still are powerful, despite the fact the Nice faction, through depo- sition, withholding of patronage, and other rebuffs, has gained ascendancy. So the Governor's adherents feel that it is incumbent upon their leader to place himself in the Maryland pri- maries, both to prove his party lead- ership here and to accept the chal- lenge laid down by his political | enemies. right now right on this corner. There is one fault Q. You think pedestrian control plays a big part, that we ought to have it? A. Sure. Another thing is that they ought to have more one-way streets, just like Thirteenth street. That is a wonderful thing, I think. Here i{s & young man wearing a Red Cross button. Q. What is your name, please? A. Jack Roberts. Q. What do you think of traffijc conditions? A. The conditions are 50 bad I leave my car at the District line and catch the street car and come in that way from Berwyn. Q. Here is a schoolboy patrolman, and I know he has something to say. We really want to hear from him. What is your name, son? A. Alfred Kanns. Q. Where do you go to school? A. 1 was going to Henry D. Cook, but now I am going to high school. Q. How long have you been a school- boy patrolman? A. For one year. Q. Do you like it very much. A. | Well, it was all right except that you had to have some trouble with the | children because they didn’t want to obey the lights, and it meant up there you had to wail of the lights, CHAMBERLAIN URGES BRITONS KEEP TEMPER England Must Face Realities and Bring Defensive Strength Up, He Advises. By the Assoclated Press. KELSO, Wales, September 21— Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain told a Conservative rally here today that the nation “must keep its temper,” meanwhile trusting that Italy will prove willing to assist in | maintaining peace in Europe. He declared, however, that Great Britain must “face realities and bring her defensive strength up to the mini- mum required for her own self- defense.” Britain, he said, is “greatly handi- capped by the fact, the knowledge of which is quite widespread on the con- tinent, that our defensive forces have fallen to & dangerously low level. “That is not a tolerable situation for a great country. If Great Britain’s words are to be listened to with re- spect, if she is to make good any obligations she might undertake, then she must be recognized to be strong enough to make good those words. few minutes because | Pinance Committee. Senator Davis agreed with Senator Coad’s argument that the end of State care for jobless would save the cost of the special session scheduled for February. Favors Whole Idea. am heartily in favor of the whole idea,” Senator Davis said. “I'd like to see all sales taxes discontinued—gross receipts or retail sales taxes or any- thing like that. had to take care of their own, they'd be more careful about how many peo- ple got on the relief lists.” Senator Davis was in Baltimore to confer with State roads and Federal relief officials in regard to repairs of damage done in the Federalsburg vi- cinity by the storm last week. He said he had been successful in his confer- ences. He did not plan to see Gov. Harry W. Nice, he said. 3 Returning to the subject of the care of unemployables, he said that he thought most counties would favor caring for their own needy. Objec- tions, he said, would come from those areas where the relief load was very heavy. However, in his opinion the advantages of stricter supervision of relief clients and the saving of the cost of a special sesslon would out- weight the difficulties of other coun- tles. Opposed in Baltimore. Davis said that he would even favor making towns responsible for their un- employables, leaving to the counties those in rural areas. The arrangement suggested by Coad has been broached before, but met with opposition from Baltimore City. More than half the State relief funds are spent in Baltimore, and the county people claim that Baltimore does not pay more than half the gross sales tax, which furnishes the funds. Baltimore, on the other hand, asserts it pays considerably more than half of other taxes levied. '| Justice Is Slow Witnesses Make Three Trips to Traffic Court in Vain, | Witnesses in a recent traffic case parked cars and was charged with drunken driving, after three trips to Traffic Court, without giving their tes- timony, are speculating on the next move following the third plea by the accused yesterday. This, it was pointed out, is & pro- cedure followed in a great many traffic cases, with the result that onlookers are often reluctant to give their names | as witnesses to an accident. The facts in the present case brought to the attention of The Star by one of the witnesses follow: August 11—An automobile collided with four parked cars in the same block. The driver was attempting to flee the scene when the owner of the fourth car grabbed him and called police. The police charged the driver with drunken driving. Witnesses were or- dered to appear in court August 12. August 12—Witnesses apd owners | of damaged cars appeared in Police | {an attorney who entered a plea of | not guilty and demanded a jury trial. Bond set at $500, furnished by a pro- fessional bondsman. Trial set for Au- gust 23. August 23—All witnesses again in court. Told by defense attorney they | might as well return home. Sat in | court an hour. Case called and wit- | nesses filed up to be heard. Defend- ant’s name called. No answer. Bailiffs called his name through cor- | ridors. Judge continued case until | August 29 after conference with de- | fense attorney and bondsm-1. Wit~ | nesses told to return August 29. | August 33 (afternoon)—Defendant |called on owners of four damaged cars, told them not to appear in court —that everything was settled. One owner gave him two hours to pay $32 damag.s or threatened to tell story to his employer. He was paid. Later paid damages for other three. August 20—All witnesses in court again. Sat in court room for hour. Then learned from defendant’s attor- ney that he had changed plea to guilty on August 24. Refused to be- lieve this. Went to office of corpora- tion counsel. Told there defendant had been permitted to plead guilty. No evidence heard. Case continued until Leptember 21 for sentence. September 21—Defendant permitted to change plea to not guilty. Again | demanded jury trial. i s 4 DIE IN GOLD QUEST LOS ANGELES, September 21 (#).— ‘The never-ending quest for gold in the Southwest led four men to their deaths and sent six cthers to hospitals, where they were in a serious condition today. Mason Reid, 26, and Phil Pridgeon, about 30, were killed in a premature dynamite blast at the Black Mountain Mine near Searchlight, Nev.: At the Starlight Mine, near Mojave, Calif., John Chovic’, 35, and John Bukovac, 31, lost their lives when overcome by poisonous gas. Six men attempting rescue were overcome. French Youth Stabbed by Nazis Who Cross Border During Raid By the Associated Press. METZ, France, September 21.—A frontier “battle of the children” re- sulted today in the stabbing of & youthful French cownherd by a group of young Hitlerites, who crossed the border, and aroused great excitement in the area. The wounded boy was Plerre Dan- ner, 15, who was treated at Creutz- wald Hospital for a kaife wound under the left eye. Police reported that a group of Nazi boys, aged 13 to 15, made a “raid” into PFrench territory and accosted Danner and & group of boys and girls L3 near the village of Merten. ‘The Germans asserted they taunted the French boy with & remark “You will soon be & German again,” where- upon Danner replied he would rather remain French. An argument ensued and soon grew into a fight, during which Danner stabbed. And if the counties | in which the defendant hit four | | Court. The defendant appeared with | Surprises Pr incess Rostislav % Member of Noble Family Cites Fine Attire of All Classes. Lauds American Design- ers for Utilization of French Fashions. Princess Aleka Rostislav of the old States seven years—but still marvels at the attractive dress of American women irrespective of their station. Resting at the Mayflower Hotel yes- terday after arriving from her home in Chicago, she discussed the dressing habits of women in various countries. In Europe, she remarked, a well- dressed woman is immediately recog- nized as a person of considerable wealth, but here it is possible to get very smart clothes for very little money, and so all women dress well. The princess, who worked as a mannequin for three years in a de- partment store and now is touring the country as a style expert, ex- | pressed approval of the trend toward brighter colors and of the rapid ad- vances made in harmonizing styles of dress with styles of make-up and hair- dressing. designers of women's gowns,” fashions of France without sacrificing beauty.” She said she’s glad to see that skirts will be a great deal shorter this Fall. Princess Rostislav, the former Prin- cess Galitzine, was only nine years old at the outbreak of the Russian Russian royalty has been in the United | PRINCESS ROSTISLAV. revolution. She remembers vividly the | experiences of being imprisoned twice | and committed to the colony for crim- | inal children because of her member- | ship in a noble family. Allowed to leave Russia, in 1821 she | rejoined her family in England, where | she studied for a few years in a | Prench convent. Coming to the United States in 1928, she began “I'm very much for the American | working immediately and six months | she | later married Prince Rostislav, nephew | Virginia received $2,256.178, and the declared, “and glad to see that they |of the last Russian Czar, whom she | federal Government was to be reim- can utilize the extreme and grotesque | had met previously in London. Her bursed to this sum by annual deduc- !husblnd is now employed in an office of a Chicago business firm. In Washington for a department store style show, Princess Rostislav intends to see the sights of the Na- tion's capital. She will return to | Chicago tomorrow night. stanbul to Built Turkish Dictator Gives People National Playground by Sea Kamal Ataturk Orders Mayor of In- City, and Turks Now Call It “Coney Island.” ISTANBUL, Turkey (#).—“Build me & city by the sea, near Istanbul, where the masses may go and enjoy themselves. It must be finished within three months. It must have a ihotel, a casino, a bathing beach. It must have all other attractions of a first-class watering place. It must be a national playground for the people.” It was Turkey's famous dictator, Kamal Ataturk (“Father of ‘Turks”), better known as Mustapha Kemal, talking. orders were given to the mayor of Istanbul, who knew his head would be lopped off if he failed to fulfill the commands of the Gazl (the Con- queror). | So in less time than it ‘takes to | tell the mayor set to work. He put 8,000 men on the job. Within three | months to a day the seaside city had | sprung up as if by magic. Today it is the talk of the whole Near East. Call It “Coney Island.” “The place is called Florya. It is on the European side of the Sea of | Marmora. It is about 30 miles from | Istanbul. It is the Turkish version of Monte Carlo, minus the gambling. ‘The Turks call it their “Coney Island.” The first one to plunge into the sea at the new resort was Kemal himself. He wanted to set the Turkish people an example. He desires them to become aquatic-minded. Centuries of tradition and practice held them behind latticed windows and in mys- to lead normal, healthy, outdoor lives, like Americans and Europeans. This is only one of & thousand reforms Kamal Ataturk has put through since he threw the Sultan out of Turkey, abolished the caliphate, separated the state from church, abol- ished the harem, tore the veil from the Arabic alphabet for new Latin char- entire Turkish language, emancipated | the Turkish women and revived the soul of the Turkish nation. Kamal's Word Is Law. Kamal Ataturk restored “the Sick Man of Europe” (which is what Tur- and healthy individual, fit to join the world family of nations. His word in Turkey is law. The President of the Turkish Re- public exercises more power than did the great Sultan Abdul Hamid in the palmiest days of the Turkish Empire. Unconventional and original, the ‘Turkish dictator is unique even in his social life. He has tried marriage and found it wanting. Thirteen years ago he wooed, won and wedded a the | These peremptory | terious harems. The Gazi wants them | faces of the Mohammedan women, | outlawed polygamy, scrapped the old | acters, reformed the calendar and the | beautiful Turkish girl, Latife Hanum, | ‘dnughtpr of a rich Smyrna merchant. | She was then 27. He was 41. | The marriage lasted two and a half | years. It was not a happy one. Of |a highly independent, domineering nature, Kamal wanted to be unfettered and free, while his wife wished to par- ticipate in all his activities. So they agreed to part Since then Kamal, again showing | his disregard for convention, adopted a 27-yeer-old Turkish woman. Her name is Afet Hanum. She is a school teacher. She accompanies the Gazi on all his journeys. Travel in De Luxe Train. In order that he and she may travel in complete comfort, the Turkish dic- | tator had the government build him five de luxe air-conditioned railway coaches, equipped with baths, recep- tion rooms. elaborate dining rooms, radio, motion pictures, library and every other convenience and luxury. Kamal is able through the radio ap- train to communicate instantly with a-y part of Turkey or Europe. The Turkish ruler’s private train is more remarkable than the famous | train built for King George and Queen Mary of England. It is far more elaborate than that used by President | Roosevelt. One entjre coach is occu- pied by a dozen secretaries and typists. Another accommodates the | dential staff and the official archives. | There is also a fully equipped first- | aid station | The dictator's own coach is fitted { with a turkish bath, fed by hot vapor from the locomotive and equipped with showers. There is accommoda- | tion on the train for 120 men, in- cluding armed guards, aides, military secretaries, etc. | The Turkish leader, whose father was an humble lumberman, travels all over the country in this new presi- | dential train, supervising Turkey’s new five-year industrialization plan, inspecting his army, addressing his ipeople and organizing the youth of the land. Hates to Be Called Dictator. Although a dictator in every sense of the word, Kamal Ataturk hates to be called such. “A dictator, to my | mind,” said he, “is one who imposes key was always called) into a vigorous t his will upon others. I prefer to rule | | by winning hearts instead of by break- ing them.” | | to dislike other dictators. In a recent interview he made a veiled attack on | these leaders. | “Certain insincere leaders, who do not realize the seriousness of war,” said the Turkish generalissimo, “have | become the agents of aggression. | They have deceived the nations they | control by misrepresentations and by abuse of nationality and tradition.” MOONEY’S FREEDOM Billings Plans Court Proceedings if He Is Kept From Hearings. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 21.— New complications locmed in Tom Mooney’s habeas corpus bid for free- dom tonight as court action to halt his hearing was threatened and an- other potential witness in his behalf appeared. The court move was threatened by Warren K. Billings who, like Mooney, is serving a life sentence for the 1916 zn Francisco preparedness day bomb- g. Marshall R. Spencer, 58-year-old odds-job man of Oregon City, Oreg., said he could support Mooney’s claim that he was more than a mile from the bombing scene at the time the blast killed 10 persons and injured 40 others. Spencer said he would “be glad” to help Mooney but did not want “to get mixed up in the case.” Mooney, held in jail here during a week end recess of .the habeas corpus hearing, said he did not recall Spencer. Billings said at Folsom Prison that unless he was permitted to attend the habeas corpus hearing he would peti- tion the California Supreme Court for an injunction to halt it. the original alibi claims for the now- gray-haired convict and his wife will MOVE THREATENED| 20 years, in which Mrs. Mooney as- sertedly wrote an account of hers and her husband’s activities the day of the bombing. It was written shortly after she had been taken into custody, | he added. p BAD HUSBAND, GOOD COOK Wife Divorces Him, but Keeps Him on Job in Lunch Wagon. NEWARK, N. J, September 21 (#).—Adrian Van Leiden’s wife, Eliza- beth, didn't think he rated so highly as a husband, but as a short-order cook in her lunch wagon he’s a first- class asset. Mrs. Van Leiden got a divorce to- day on grounds of desertion, but she said she would keep him on the job at the gas range. Two years ago when Adrian walked out of their home his wife fired him from the job. But the customers missed his cooking and she took him back. They rarely speak to each other. WORKERS THREATENED BLUEFIELD, W. Va., September 21 (#)—Thirty colored track workers threatened by white mountaineers laid down their tools and marched out of Buchanan County, Va., declining to wait for the single train which comes each day from Devon, W. Va. Norfolk & Western Railway offi- cials, employers of the men, declined comment. paratus and special telephones on this | presi- | VIRGINIA TOKEEP LARGE U. 5. FUNDS Gets $3,761,000 Advances, Has Had to Pay Back Only $301,000. By the Associated Press. A check of the Bureau of Pubiic Roads records today revealed that the federal Government has deducted from Virginia federal aid highway grants a total of $301,100.40 in return for 1931 and 1932 emergency employ- ment advances totaling $3,761,680, and it can deduct no more on these accounts. That is precisely what Virginia authorities anticipated when they ac- cepted the money under the terms of the grants, and at that time they made an open secret of what they expected. Provisions for the 1931 grant, total- ing $1505,502 for Virginia in excess of the usual federal aN grant, called for a reimbursement of the federal Government through deductions “from regular apportionments from future authorizations” under the federal highway act. The advance was to be paid back in equal annual in- stallments over a five-year period begianing in 1933. The first install- ment—$301,100.40—was deducted. Under the second grant, in 1932, { ;Ylons over a 10-year period beginning in 1938, but the Cartwright bill | overtook the matter before any more | deductions were made, and under its provisions no more deductions are to be made on the “advaace” accounts. In return for the $80,000,000 author- ized for advances to the States in 1931, the federal Government was reimbursed to the extent of $15.- 540,000. The 1932 advances totaled $120,000,000, and there is to be no reimbursement. This year Virginia now has approx- imately $10,000,000 to its credit here for road building and grade crossing construction. Of this amount only $2.778,475—the regular federal aid apportionment—has to be matched by the State. The remainder is an out- right grant for unemployment relief. The State is working on its triple federal program with the hope of getting it started before severe Winter weather. scanning both projects that had not | been acted upon and those killed by |W. P. A, and their statements gave rise to the hope that the 32 projects killed by the W. P. A. might be revised | for favorable action under new P. W. A. policles worked out after the Roosevelt-Ickes-Hopkins conferences | at Hyde Park. Primary requirements | are that the size of relief rolls in the various communities are in proportion | actual constructon could be started by December 15. 'FOOD DESTRUCTION | Canterbury, England, Dean Joins | Father Coughlin in Attack on Output Limit. By the Associated Press. | DETROIT, September 21.—A joint | statement issued tonight by Very Rev. Hewlett Johnson, dean of Canterbury (England) Cathedral, and Rev. Father | Coughlin, Detroit priest, condemned | the destruction of foodstuffs and de- | | clared a scientific monetary system | would aid in preventing war. | Dr. Johnson, an exponent of the | social credit plan which was indorsed | recently by voters in Alberta, Canada, | came here from Toronto to confer to- | day with Father Coughlin, an advo- | cate of monetary reform. The dean | will return to Canada for a speaking tour. “We consider it the duty of every Christian to openly and actively con- demn the destruction of foodstuffs and the restriction of output as one of the | worst types of sacrilege,” their state- ment said, adding “that the world has an abundance of goods sufficient to give every person in Western civiliza- tion a good standard of living.” . Historic Sword Disappears. LONDON, September 22 (#)—The Stranger still, Kamal is known also | Sunday Pictorial said today that a |it, valuable historic sword, dating from |a period between 1485-1670, has vanished from the armory of the | Tower of London. creating a mystery which Scotland Yard has been called upon to solve. P. W. A. authorities this week were | to the size of the projects. and that | HIT BY CLERGYMEN KINGTOPUSHPLEA FOR COURT ROOMS To See President on P. W. A, Loan for Judiciary Square Buildings. Chairman King of the Senate Dis- trict Committee will go to the White | House this week to bring to President | Roosevelt’s attention the application | of the District for a P. W. A. loan to erect adequate buildings for the police, Juvenile and Municipal Courts, in Ju- diciary Square. Acting on authority given them by the last session of Congress, District officials already have applied for the necessary $3,000,000 loan for the court structures. Senator King has indicated the main difficulties in the way of the loan are the new rules limiting P. W. A. allotments for the time being to projects that can be completed within a year and which will not exceed in cost a certain average per man em- | ployed. Delegated to Push Efforts. | 'The Utah Senator, who has been | in favor of going ahead with the court structures for some time, brought the | question to the attention of the Na- | tional Capital Park and Planning | Commission Friday and was delegated to make further efforts to obtain allotment. As chairman of the Senate Commitee he is an ex-officio member of the park and planning body. If P. W. A. funds should be made available for the court structures the District would be required by act of Congress to repay 70 per cent of the allotment and to set aside a part of the city's annual tax collections in a separate fund to meet the reimburse- | ments. Discussing District legislation gen- erally, Senator King announced yes- terday that before Congress reconvenes in January he will follow the same course he pursued last year in going over pending and proposed bills to make an early start on any measures that may appear urgent to District officials at that time. Got Quick Action on Some. Senator King had nearly a dozen District bills ready for consideration by the Senate Committee when Con- gress met last year. This also made it possible to get some of these bills passed by the Senate before that body became busy with national legislation. ‘ Senator King also made known yes- terday that he has received a number of complaints regardinz the Summer schedule of the District Supreme Court, and its effect on the number of persons who remain in jail awaiting trial. The Senator, who has indi- cated on previous occasions that he believes the judges should shorten the vacation period, said he intends to give the question further consideration. War Fear Cuts Travel. NEW YORK, September 21 (A .— The French liner Ile de France sailed | today with only 320 passengers | Offictals of the line blamed the small ist of passengers on public apprehen- | sion over conditions in Europe. | Couple; 71 and 24, 'On Relief, Parents ;Of Twin Daughters Three Other Children of | lowans in Council | Bluffs Orphanage. By the Associated Press COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Septem- ber 21.—John Slattery, 71, Council Bluffs relief client, sat in his one room tar paper shack today and won- dered what he was going to do with the twin daughters presented to him by his 24-year-old wife 10 days ago. | Slattery, father of three other chil- | dren now in an orphanage here, was | puzzled by this latest biological twist and didn't quite know what to do about it all. | He and his wife get along in the shack all right, he said, but he’s not so certain how it will do for the twins, especially with Winter coming on. His young bride eloped to Hiawatha, Kans., with him after two months’ courtship when she was 17 and he | was 64. At first her parents, Mr. and | Mrs. Alex Toth of Omaha, frowned on the marriage but now are reconciled to Slattery said. Romance flowered for Slattery be- | cause, he said, his wife, then Margaret Toth, always went through his yard on the way to the grocery. Despite his age, Slattery is In ro- { bust health. 'rl'\e character of a compary is shaped by the service it renders. ® QuALTY N EWSPAPER ENGRAVING Jonce 1877 MAURICE JOYCE ENGRAVING CO.inc EVENING STAR BUILDING - - WASHINGTON - D. C.