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" FINGERPRINTS BAR CRIVINALS IN J0BS F. B. I. Records Guard Po- sitions of Trust From Fugitives. BY REX COLLIER. An effective fingerprint barrier is keeping the Army, police departments, banks and other institutions free of employes having criminal records. The striking results obtained by the Civil Service Commission in finger- printing applicants for positions of investigative character have led to widespread adoption of the finger- print-checking system in the realms of military and police recruiting and certain lines of private employment. fThe Civil Service Commission, by re- quiring fingerprints of would-be in- vestigators, has reduced the ratio of criminal applicants from 1 in 13 to 1 in 40. During August, the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that 447 ap- plicants for jobs such as soldiering, police work, chauffeuring and hotel work had committed crimes ranging from white slavery to murder. 7,084 Prints Checked. A total of 7,084 fingerprint cards of this type were received at the Justice Department last month with the requesf that they be checked against the more than 5,000,000 criminal fingerprint records on file at the F. B. L Division of Identification. Other crimes which the 447 pros- pective soldiers, policemen or em- ployes were found to have committed included counterfeiting, forgery, lar- ceny, burglary, automobile theft, highway robbery, embezzlement, viola- tion of the Articles of War, driving while drunk, grand theft, atrocious assault and battery, seduction, carry- ing concealed weapons and violation of the narcotic act. An escaped convict was caught while trying to enlist in the Army, being identified as Charles W. Adams, who escaped from the Eastern Carolina Training School, Rocky Mount, N. C., last July. He was serving a State sen- tence for forgery. Applying at Fort Bragg, N. C., on September 13 for enlistment in the Army, Adams’ finger- prints were forwarded to the Justice Department for examination. The F. B. L notified the Army that Adams was a fugitive from justice and he is being returned to the reformatory. Ring of Protection. The growing surveillance of appli- cants for positions of trust or of other lines in which the public or its prop- erty is dealt-with is expected to pro- tect the public from crooks who, in the past, have made it a business to “chisel in” on banks, hotels and other establishments, with a view to robbing patrons. A few years ago one of the notori- ous d'Autremont brothers, wanted for ‘New Use for wearing in Florida this year. The s hit of the Fall and Winter season. is an inner tube, some white lace and a pencil. THE SUNDAY S Inner Tubes This young lady shows you what the well-dressed bathers will be uit is made out of an old discarded inner tube from an automobile tire, and is economical as well as the new All that is needed to make this outfit —A. P. Photo. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Nebr., September 21.— Because about $28 rent remains un- paid on his home, Solomon Rickner, 114, Nebraska's oldest living person, faces eviction. 1 Efforts were pressed to obtain as- surance from the county it would pay | the back rent and keep up the pay- ments to Mrs. L. A. Warne, owner of the property in which Rickner lves with his daughter, Mrs. Cora Corbett, and her son Roy. | Rickner, who recently surprised physicians and friends by recovering from an illness, was perplexed by the order to vacate. | “I've never been treated like this Tenant, 114, Is Facing Eviction For Non-Payment of $28 Rent| ner would be extremely dangerous, but Charles Dobry, attorney for Mrs. Warne, anticipated no further action for at least two weeks, since no court action has been taken. “All Mrs. Warne seeks,” Dobry said, “js the assurance her rent will be paid. She is not a wealthy woman and since she must pay taxes she believes the county should pay Mr. Rickner's rent. Rickner will be cared for.” Dobry said the rent, about $7 a month, had not been paid since May, when Howard County went off the Federal relief rolls. Rickner’s rent was paid from relief money but when funds from that source were cut off murder and train dynamiting, was | before,” he said, tears welling in his no further rent was paid. found to have enlisted in the Army for service in the Philippines. Such enlistments no longer are possible un- der the co-operative arrangement be- tween the War and Justice Depart- ments. The Coast Guard also has the F. B. I. check the fingerprints of its recruits. The Navy, however, has declined sev- eral invitations of the Justice De- partment to take advantage of this fingerprint service. Naval officials have explained that they make a care- ful investigation of each recruit, but Justice authorities claim that only a check of fingerprints can make such an investigation complete. Pleases in Army. The Army last month submitted | eyes. | | Dr. E. C. Hanisch of St. Paul, county | physician, warned that moving Rick- | The family’s only income is from Roy Corbett's job as an oil truck driver. He supports a family .of eight. APPEAL OF CROATS | | DENIED IN PARISI ' Court Refuses to Hear Pleas of | Three Accused in Assassina- | tion of Alexander. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 21.—The Court of Appeals took less than five min- utes today to reject the plea of 6,091 fingerprint cards to the F. B. I, | three Croats charged with complicity of which number 354 revealed crimi- | in the assassination of King Alexander nal records. Some of the applicants of Yugoslavia that they are the vic- had used aliases in an attempt to hide | tims of discrimination. criminal careers. | The court refused to examine their Ten out of 58 applicants for chauf- | appeal against indictment, and de- feurs’ permits in Cleveland, Ohio, had | voted the session instead to a eulogy criminaj records, and one was a fug tive sought for automobile robbery Four out of 73 applicants for the San Antonio Police Department had been arrested for crimes up to murder. Seven out of 79 applicants for police jobs in Oakland, Calif, had police records. Twenty-nine of 65 men ap- plying for chauffeurs’ licenses at Kan- sas City, Mo., had criminal back- grounds. Six of 80 men who wanted to be sheriffs’ deputies at San Diego, Calif., had criminal records. D. C. MAN IS MISSING, VIRGINIA POLICE TOLD George B. Simpson Said to Have Left Richmond Early Yesterday. RICHMOND, Va, September 21 () —Members of his family reported to Virginia State police today that George B. Simpson, 42, of Washing- ton, was apparently missing between Washington and Richmond. He left Richmond at 5:05 this morning, they said, to drive to Washington for an 8:30 engagement but never arrived. The actual report was made by A. J. J. Coleman, 4445 Q street, a brother- in-law of the missing man, who came here from Washington. Simpson had been staying at a hotel here but was to see his dentist today. State police broadcast a description of his small car. Simpson lived with Coleman. TAKING STRIKE VOTE Lakes Radio Planning Walkout. CLEVELAND, September 21 (#).— Richard H. Miller, Cleveland repre- sentative of the American Radio ‘Telegraphists’ Association, disclosed today approximately 18 radio oper- ators employed on the Hutchinson Steamship Co.’s boats on the Great Lakes are taking a strike vote. The opegators, he said, are not planning to walk out in sympathy with the New York telegraphists strike, but are demanding elimination of deck work and wage increases from $82.50 a month to $99. Miller declared the line’s operators are “willing to arbitrate.” He as- serted that the association is between 95 and 98 per cent organized among marine radio operators. e STUDENT TO PREACH Raymond Meiners will speak in the English service at Concordia Lutheran Evangelical Church this morning. Mr. Meiners is studying {gr the ministry. * In the German service at 10 am. Rev. Charles Enders will preach on *“gpiritual in the Use of Material Things.” “The annual home-coming celebra- tion will be held September 27, in the fellowship hall. Great Operators of Alexander and Louis Barthou, | French foreign: minister, who was slain | with the King .. Marseille last Octo- ber. | With their last road to freedom Aix-En-Provence early in November. The government's documents, com- posed of more than 2,000 pages, hold the prisoners responsible for the deaths of two women spectators at Marseille as well as the statesmen. Zvonimir Pospechil, by a Croat sc- ciety of Pittsburgh, has protested.that | Barthou, as well as the two specta- tors, was killed by wild bullets from | poice guns. LAWYER ASKS $100,000 IN MAINTENANCE ACTION Claims Fee for $2,000 Monthly Settlement in Getty Family Dispute. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 21— Mrs. Ann Rork Getty, former movie actress, said today she had accepted her millionaire husband’s “just too beautiful” offer of $2,000 a month settlement for the support of herself and their two children. Simultaneously, William H. Neblett, one of the attorneys representing the former actress in her divorce action against Jean Paul Getty, oil operator, sent a letter to Superior Judge Myron Westover claiming credit for the set- tlement and asking a $100,000 fee. Neblett asked a court order direct- ing payment of the fees to his firm substituted attorneys for doing the mere clerical work of putting the agreement into writing.” “any large sums for either attorney’s fees or court costs.” By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, September 21— Weather observation stations, unat- tended, but reporting automatically by radio, at strategic locations in the Caribbean hurricane zone, were pro- posed today to the United States Weather Bureau. Creation of the automatic chain was urged by Arnold H. Kent, Miami radio technician, who said the stations could record and transmit barometric pres- sure, wind direction and wind velocity. A centra! receiving station, a sep- arate receiver for each transmitter, would automatically register the re- cordings from each of the isolated in- strument stations, Kent set forth in his letter to the bureau at Wash- Classes for confirmation instruction | ingto. Will begin Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. 0. “Each transmitter would begin fp “in order that they may not go to | Mrs. Getty said she saw no reason | why it would be necessary to pay out | barred, the Croats will be tried in| $500,000 SECURITIES REPORTED STOLEN, Valuable Papers Taken From Home of G. A. Hormel, Ac- cording to Secretary. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 21.— Theft of nearly $500,000 in securities from the fashionable Bel Air home of George A. Hormel, millionaire can- ner, was disclosed today by police. The thieves also took a valuable fur coat. Aside from that, authori- ties said, the big “haul” won't mean a thing to the robbers—the securities are described as non-negotiable. “If the yeggs don't know it al- ready,” said Capt. of Police Bruce Clarke, “they'll soon find out that | they have a white elephant on their hands.” Capt. Clarke said it was “plainly an outside job.” He said the theft, which was en- gineered by “jimmying” a second-story TAR, WASHINGTO D. PARK NATURALIST 0 CONDUGT TOUR |Motor Caravan to Leave Water Gate Tomorrow on 2V,-Hour Trip. A nature-guide motor caravan will be inaugurated by park officials to- morrow afternocn, with the public in- vited to participate. C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks, an- nounced yesterday that H. R. Gregg, park naturalist brought here recently from Hot Springs, Ark., will conduct the caravan, which leaves from the Water Gate, near the Lincoln Me- morial, at 2 p.m. Traveling over the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, the caravan will stop at the National Capital Waterfowl Sanctuary at Roaches Run, then at Four Mile Rua, Hunting Creek, Dyke Overlook and other interesting points. It will ob- serve wild waterfow], other birds and interesting plant life. Finnan said the caravan will re- turn to the Water Gate about 4:30 pm. The migratory bird season for shore variety end wild waterflow] is now at hand, Gregg said yesterday, and the great blue ‘heron and the snowy or American egret are plentiful along the Potomac. Although he pointed out that those desiring to participate | in the caravan should bring their own | automobiles, he believes there will be | room for a few non-drivers in private machines. Gregg is continuing his series of nature guide hikes in the park sys- tem. Starting on Wednesday, he will | conduct the walks along the Chesa- peake & Ohio Canal, in the proposed George Washington Memorial Park- way. This series will continue throuzh next Sunday and will start at the Sycamore Island Station, car stop No. 30, Glen Echo line. These wili start at | 2 and 3:30 p.m. each day. ©On Friday at 8 p.m. in Rock Creek Park at Pierce Mill, Gregg will conduct a campfire program, including an il- lustrated lecture, motion pictures and entertainment. This efternoon Gregg will terminate | his present series of nature guide walks, starting from near Sixteenth and Kennedy streets, at the Reservoir tennis courts, through Rock Creek Park. One walk will start at 2 o'clock and the other at 3:30 p.m. 'LOCAL INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS GAIN Maryland and D. C. Figures Up $1,349,462—Virginia Also | Reports Increase. Income tax collections in Mary- land and the District for the first 20 days of September showed an in- crease of $1349,462.24 over the same | period last year, it was revealed yes- terday in a report by Internal Rev- enue Ccmmissioner Guy T. Helvering. | The collections for Maryland and ' the District for the 20 days total $4,983.143.77, as compared with $3,- 636,681.53 for last year. The collections from the entire country, based on telegraphic reports from collectors in all districts, were | announced as $226,352,401.47. For the corresponding period in 1934, they | were $160,359,334.20. In Virginia, the collections were $2.484,069.34, against $1,894,959.83 for last year, | CIVIL LIBERTIES COUNSEL SENDS QUERY TO HOOVER Out Membership in Union on | " Basis of Stand. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, September 21.—Ar- thur Garfield Hayes, counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, said yesterday he has sounded out Herbert | Hoover for possible membership in Sounds Ex-President for | | window of the residence, occurred |th€ union on the strength of the George Desbons, the lawyer hired to | defend Mio Kraj, Ivan Rajtich and | four days ago. Mrs. D. T. Bonnell, Hormel’s secre- tary, notified him of the break, the police captain related. Besides her- self, two servants and a chauffeur were occupying the house when it was broken into. The securities were in a closet in |, her quarters, the officer said Mrs. Bon-gq.. nell reported. No attempt was made to conceal them. because of their lack of value to any one by the present owner. At Austin, Minn., Hormel expressed amusement at the report that $500.- 080 in securities had been stolen. expressed doubt that more than “a small amount of valuable paper” had been taken. FILIPINOS TO SPEAK First Annual Oratorical Contest | at Y. M. C. A. Tonight. Filipinos in Washington will hold their first annual community oratori- | cal contest at the Y. M. C. A. tonignt at 8:30 o'clock. The Filipino Club, Inc., will be rep- resented by Juan R. Quijano and Man- uel Argel; the Visayan Circle by Jus- tiniano Ferrer and Osmondo Rey- nante, and the Filipino Center by Macario Baico and Jose Cariaga. A silver cup donated by Francisco Delgado will be presented as first prize. Gen. Frank McIntyrc will donate the first prize medal and Mrs. Eustacuio de Leln and Mrs. Mabel Mediran will give the second and third prize med- als, respectively. | Unattended Radio Stations Urged to Warn of Hurricanes record whenever the pressure reached a certain, pre-determined point,” he wrote. “If, for instance, the pressure of 29.50 was the point from which you would want further information, the devices could be set so that when that point is reached, the transmitters would automatically record the re- quired information until the reading was again above 29.50. “Each of these transmitters would be powered by storage batteries, hav- ing a life of one year, so that a new installation of batteries befose each storm season would be adequate. Kent pointed out ships at sea woyld tune in on_the transmitters, thereby getting imihediate reports from the area. . He estimated the cost of a chain of from 10 to 20 stations at $20G000. He | | former President’s Constitution day | 1"rmgmg declaraticn calling for un- | swerving support of the Bill of | Rights.” | Hoover’s declaration, Hayes said, “awakens a grateful response from all who believe in American institutions.” “It seems to me,” he declared, “that, av | ing those views, you should be in- | ested in joining and supporting the ‘work of the American Civil Liberties Union. “The practical application of the bill of rights presents certain aspects which do not appear on the surface.” Hayes, in a letter to Hoover, asked him to state his views on such mat- | ters as the Tom Mooney, Scottsboro and Herndon cases, in which the union is interested. {STOKOWSKI MAY LEAD ORCHESTRA IN MOVIES | Makes Intimation at Meeting clfl Women, Lending Credence to Hollywood Report. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 21.— Leopold Stokowski, enterprising con- ductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, intimated to a women’s rcommittee on concert ticket sales that he may lead his men into the field of the cinema. Mentioned as a possible Hollywood | choice for the role of Richard Wagner in a picture production, Stokowski lent some credence to the report by his remark, without actually confirm- ing it. “I hope that the Philadelphia Or- chestra takes a leading part in the development of good music in the movies,” he said. ROAD BUYS BUS LINE Santa Fe Acquires Controlling Interest in Company. TOPEKA, Kans, September 21 (). —Samuel T. Bledsoe, president of the Santa Fe Railroad, announced here today that his company had pur- chased controlling interest in the Southern Kansas Stage Lines Co. ‘The company operated a network of motor bus and truck lines in Kan- sas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Colo- rado, and also owned interests in other companies operating in Missouri, llinois, New Mexico, Arizona and California. The Santa Fe, through its affiliate, the General Improvement Co, pur- chased 46,000 of the stage line com- pany’s 90,500 shares of authorized capital stock at $14 a share, for a total price of $644,000, ¢ | clesing | man, who was taken C., SEPTEMBER 22, Heads Jury J. W. JONES. RY TOCONSIDER REPORT ON AUDIT Pugh to Present Walker Papers to Probers Con- vening Tomorrow. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 21.— Report of the audit allegedly dis- “irregularities” in the office of Montgomery County Treasurer J. Forest Walker is to be presented to | the grand jury by State’s Attorney James H. Pugh when that body con- venes here Monday. In addition, 34 cases are to be con- sidered by the jury, which was first drawn at the March term of Circuit Court and therefore will be holding its second session. Josiah W. Jones, of Olney, president of the Montgomery County Farm Bureau, is foreman. Presented by Board. Discussing the Walker matter, State’s Attorney Pugh today said the 1935—PART ONE. s B3 INDIAN ON STANP- LIVED IN CAPITAL| &8 Chief Hollow Horn Béar Identified With Aid of Eve- ning Star Files. BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. Mrs. Catherine L. Manning, philatelic curator of the Smithsonian Institution and vice president of the American Philatelic Society, has solved one of the major mysteries of United States postage stamp history by identifying the Indian portrayed on the 14-cent denomination current since 1923. For more than a decade, the philatelic public has known that the countenance shown in the composition was that of Hollow Horn Bear, a Brule Sioux chief, but the question, “Who was he?” remained unanswered until Mrs. Manning discovered his photo- graph in the files of the American Bureau of Ethnology and his obituary in the files of The Star. The stamp itself gave no clue. Its label read merely: “American Indian,” and Post Office Department officials said the Government's purpose was to commemorate the Red Man in general. The portrait was alleged to be “ideal ized,” not a direct reproduction. Determined by Comparison. But Mrs. Manning’s researches hav- ing produced a print from the original | plate, and comparison shows the stamp | to be identical. The engraving was | done at the Bureau of Engraving and | Printing by L. 8. Schofield and L. Lamasure. Chief Hollow Horn Bear, The Star reports indicate, was a well-known figure in Washington from 1908 until 1913. He had a great reputation | among his own people as an orator, and the principal purpose of his pro- longed visit to the Capital was persuad- | ing the Government to give the work | of the Indian Bureau to a person of of the District-Virginia Bounuary Indian descent. | Commission, has requested the con- His first appearance in history was | tinued services of H. C. Gauss of the {an incident of Maj. Gen. George | Park and Planning Commission as an ‘Cmoks campaign in South Dakota in | expert on maps and boundaries, to 11889. Hollow Horn Bear was chosen | advise with the boundary group on to represent the lndnaps of the so- | identification and interpretation of called Rosebud Reservation, and it was | maps among the voluminous exhibits with him that the military leader | sybmitted. dealt in th interests of the pacification | The Boundary Commission is meet- of the territory. ing daily at its offices in the Tennessee Shots Taken at 64. Valley Authority Building after hav- CHIEF HOLLOW HORN BEAR. MAY BE RETAINED Commission Chairman Asks That H. C. Gauss Be Kept in Post. Dr. Charles H. Brough, chaiirman commissioners had submitted the re- port to him for considecation and added that he felt the proper thing for him to do was to present the entire report to the grand jury. It is alleged in the report that a number of properties on which taxes were delinquent duriug the 1932-1933 | fiscal year had not been advertised | for sale as required by law. | Walker declared when the report | was made public by the commissioners | several months ago that his books (are in order and asserted the ac- cusation that they are not was an attempt to prevent him from obtain- ing bond so the Fusionists could ap- point a member of their party to his post. Eight Larceny Charges. Eight larceny charges will be in- vestigated by the j five of which are preferred against one colored into custody in connection with the recent series of robberies in Chevy Chase and Kenwood. Other cases to be considered in- clude: Housebreaking, nine; assault with intent to murder, two; embezzle- ment, four; statutory. five; assault with intent to rape. one; false pre- tenses, one; murder, one; man- { the Treasury Department selected his make no effort to arrive at findings | portrait to be reproduced on $5 bills. | O1 its report to Congress and the Vir- | The Indian Bureau listened to his ad- | ginia Legislature until all docuinents | i“.m_, with appreciation and the Bureay | 81d transcription of the oral argu- of American Ethnology regarded him | Ment are in final form. as “the ideal type” of Indian delegate. | Frank L. Ball Virginia counsel, Hollow Horn Bear attended the in- | Wil submit a written statement in re- auguration of President Woodrow Wil- son March 4, 1913, and The Star for that day notes that he led the Indians who marched in the civic division of the parade down Pennsylvania avenue. As a result of the cold weather and exertion he contracted pneumonia. The last rites of his church were ad- ministered by Father William H Ketchum, director, Bureau of Catholic ! Missions, and on Maich 15 the tired ol chief died. | of opinion over the boundary lin ! 2 e v line m- Catholic Church Rite. | volving part of the airport and prop His funeral was held from St. Paul's ' erty on which are located the Ame Catholic Church, Fifteenth and V can Oil Co., the Southern Oxygen Co. streets, Father Charles Warren Currier and Roaches Run. officiating, and Secretary of the In. terior Franklin K. Lane, Senator Wil- | liam Joel Stone of Missouri; Repre- sentatives James S. Davenport of 'PORTUGAL TO FOLLOW | Oklahoma and Charles H. Burke of CONCILIATORY POLICY | South Dakota, and F. H. Abbott and S e | Mrs. Marie L. Baldwin of .the Indian | Will Seek to Avoid Disturbances Bureau attending. No less than 25| minor chieftains, dressed in brilliant robes and head dresses, followed the | H. Glassie, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and another state- ment will be filed, probably about the middle of the week by Samuel J. Solo- mon, vice president of the Mational | Airport Corp., owner of the Washing- ton-Hoover Airport, part of whose lands are in controversy. in Europe and Maintain British Amity. BOUNDARY EXPERT He was 64 years of age in 1913 when | in§ closed hearings Priday, but will | ! ply to the final argument of Henry | | With the Alexandria water-fron: | agreement on file with the commis- | | sion, there remains still a differenc? I . slaughter, one; forgery, one, and Per- | panpearers chosen from six different jury, one. PRIMPERS ARE DEFIED BY NEW TYPE GLASS tribes down the aisle. Among the flowers was a wreath from Capt. Wil- | liam M. Wilcox of New York, a vet- | eran Indian fighter, whose life Hollow Horn Bear once had saved. The chief was buried in the Rosebud Reservation | Representative Cleveland Dear today Cemetery. His stamp, indigo blue in color, was announced April 27, 1923. It went on | sale at Muskogee, Okla. “the most | representative Indian town in the United States,” and headquarters of the five civilized tribes, May 1. NEW YORK. September 21.—In-| are Manning will have both pho- :‘\slbl?wnolr’x‘;:eflect;:xgt xlass'_t—n 503" tograph and stamp on display in the o safety, a jolt to vanity—made Vi i it debut i the United States todsy. | Builing. beginning tomorron. | The new glass, developed in Eng- | : land, first appeared in the show win- | dows of a fifth avenue jewelry shop (Marcus & Co.). In addition to enhancirg window | displays, the glass was said by its| sponsors to be capable of deflecting glare, such as from the sun in the day- time and frcm automobile and street | lights at night. The new glass was acknowledged to | have only one drawback—people can't stand in front of it and primp. Invisible and Non-reflecting | Product Held Boon to Merchandise Display. By the Associated Press. BOY, 8, WON'T SALUTE U. S. FLAG, HELD DEVIL’S Father Supports Him in Defiance of “Satan’s Kingdom,” School Heads Are Puzzled.. By the Associated Press LYNN, Mass., September 21.—Lynn school officials are wondering what to do about 8-year-old Carlton B. Nich- | ols, jr. Carlton refuses to salute the Stars and Stripes and his father upholds him. The boy says. “The flag is an em- blem of the devil.” and his father ex- plains his son’s actions are based on religious grounds. He added that the earth and earthly things are “Satan’s | kingdom.” | The lad’s stand was discovered yes- terday when he refused to join other members of his third-grade class in| and JUDGE R. W. LECHE HEADS LONG TICKET| Representative Dear Selected by Opposition as Candidate for Governor. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, September 21. became the anti-Long candidate and | Judge Richard W. Leche was chosen | to head the Long ticket for Governor | of Louisiana in the primary to be held in January. Dear formally an- nounced, and Leche emerged from the Long organization caucus as a com- promise candidate. In a statement Gov. O. K. Allen said he had conferred with the lead- ers of the 64 parishes of the State and found that they stood unani- mously for the man the late Senator Long wanted for Governor. There- fore, he said the administration would supporot Leche. Earl Long, brother of the late Huey Long, was reported to be the Long men’s selection for Lieutenant-Gov- enor, Gov. Allen for the United States Senator and A. P. Tugwell, for State treasurer. —_— DR. ROBBINS INJURED Nationally Known Educator Falls While Pruning Tree. TAMPA, Fla, September 21 (#).— Dr. Raymond Robbins, nationally known educator, suffered injuries to his back this afternoon in a fall from a tree at his home near Brooksville. Dr. Robbins was brought to Municipal Hospital here for tfeatment. He had been pruning trees and fell about 10 feet. Dr. Robbins disappeared several years ago when he failed to keep an appointment with President Hoover at the White House. He was found later dressed in working man’s garb in the North Carolina Mountains. Relatives said he had been & victimof amnesia. hymns. Ive been building these cars for twelve years. nNow. but never of this one é By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, September 21.— Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar. commenting on the present interna- tional situation in the Mediterranean area, said today the foreign policy of | Portugal will, “if possible. be aimed at ! an avoidance of European disturb- ances, & maintenance of a British alliance and an improvement of rela- tions with Spain.” The British admiralty, it was dis- closed, has requested permission for a ! flotilla of British war planes to alight on the Tagus River and refuel Sep- tember 24 while en route to Gibraltar. $20,000 GEMS STOLEN NEW YORK, September 21 (#).— Three robbers held up a jewelry store in broad daylight today at a busy | midtown corner, one block north of Grand Central Station and two blocks | east of Fifth avenue, and escaped with | gems estimated at $20.000. The owner of the shop, Leo Gum- biner, his porter and a customer were bound with picture wire and gagged while the gunmen, young and smartly dressed, obtained diamonds in the concern’s safe. - Two Taken in Gun Fight. MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 21 (#)—Two men were captured in & running gun battle with police today after they allegedly obtained $225 in| a furniture store hold-up. An hour after the suburban store | was held up, two youths, who, police said, gave their names as Walter J. Turner and H. J. Powers, and de- scribed themselves as being “from saw the equalf B the = One of Buick’s veteran workmen, on the payroll since July, 1923 mfl_—————x— PETERS IS NAMED 10 BUILOINGS POST Civil Engineer Succeeds J. P. Gili—H. L. Wooten Promoted. Washington’s public buildings, un- der jurisdiction of the National Park Service, have a new boss in Charles A. Peters, jr, who was named by A. E. Demaray, acting director of the National Park Service, as acting as- sistant director in charge of bulldings. He fills the place vacated by James F. Gill, who recently died. When the Civil Service Commission passes on his papers, it is expected that Peters will secure a permanent | appointment as assistant director. This action is being recommended by Secretary Ickes, it is understood. Re- | cently he has been chief engineer of | the building branch of the National | Park Service. | Is Civil Engineer. Peters is a civil engineer, having been graduated from the University | of Michigah in 1917. For a numbe: of years he has been identified with construction in the Washington park | system. He aided in the building of {the new Red Cross structure and | other work. He resides at 4891 Poto- | mac avenue. Herbert L. Wooten has heen named acting executive officer of the build- ing branch. He has been for a number of years in the National Park Service and is an accountant. During the past few years he has been in charge of the accounts section of the building branch. He lives at 6223 | Piney Branch road. Huge Sums Involved. Peters said the trend in the Na'ion- al Park Service is to have college- | trained engineers in charge of the main public buildings in Washington, because of the complex probiems. Officials revealed that there is some $5,000,000 worth of air conditioning equipment in Washington's publc buildings and this is being increased constantly. A similar sum is invested in elevators and there is some $11.- 000,000 invested ir the central heat- ing plant. Altogether, the officials estimate that there are some $50,000.- 000 worth of modern equipment in | the Federal Government's structures here that are under National Pars Service jurisdiction. Officials have not as yet Jdisclosed the name of the man who will | succeed Peters as chief engineer of the building branch, although this appointment is expected to come through shortly, they said last night. FLYER AT CAIRO IN RECORD DASH Campbell-Black Seeks New Mark in Flight to Cape Town and Back. By the Associated Press LONDON, September 22 (Sunday). —The Reuters (British) News Agency reported early today that Tom Camp- bell-Black, British aviator. attempting | a record flight from London to Cape Town, South Africa, and back. landed at the Almaza Airdrome, Cairo, Egypt, at 3:20 am The British airman was accom- panied by J. H. G. McArthur as co- pilot. They took off in the fast ship, the Bogmerang, at 10:10 am. E. S. T. | Saturday, arriving at Cairo 10 hours |and 10 minutes later Before taking off Campbell-Black said he hoped to make the trip to Cairo non-stop, flying from there via Lake Victoria and Kenya to Cape Town. He hoped to reach South Africa by Monday. The total distance for the round trip flight is 6,910 miles. A previous attempt was ended by engine trouble. | FLORIDANS GET JOBS | Gen. Summerall Sounds Warning | to Jobless From Other States. JACKSONVILLE, September 21 (#). —Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chair- man of the Florida Ship Canal Au- | thority, today issued a statement ad- vising the unemployed of other States not to come to Florida in hopes of obtaining work on the canal project He said that approximately 30,000 heads of families were on relief rolls in Florida and that persons from | other States could not be given work until this State’s relief load has been cared for. Work on the trans-Florida ship canal was officially started this week COUZENS NEARLY WELL Physicians Say He Will Soon Be Able to Go Home. ROCHESTER, Minn., September 21 () —Senator James Couzens has al- most fully recovered from his series of operations at Mayo Clinic, physicians | said today, adding he was “up and | about and taking his meals out.” He | sleeps in the hospital, however. They | said he probably would be able to | saluting the flag and singing patriotic | Oregon,” were trapped in the Wolf |leave for his Detroit home late next River swamp land near Raleigh. week. ON DISPLAY SATURDAY sepr.28T