Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1935, Page 2

A—2 wwx PRESIDENT FACES BUSY WEEK HERE Foreign Affairs, Coal Strike and Kennedy Successor Before Him. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Problems of vital importance awaited the attention of President Roosevelt when he returued to his White House desk today after a three- week stay at his Hudson Valley home. The tasks facing the President will keep him busy day and night if he carries out his present plan to leave ‘Washington the latter part of this week on a journey t® the Pacific Coast. They concern not only the fortunes of the New Deal, but the social and economic structure of the entire coun- try as well as international problems centering principally about the Italo- Ethiopian question. Not only is the President faced with making early decisions to bring about some semblance of progress in his gigantic works-relief program, which, from all appearances, has been floundering around without producing the anticipated employment, but he also has on his hands the problem brought about by the bituminous coal strike. In addition, the President’s worries are intensified by what might be de- scribed as an internal row over the National Youth Administration. To Study Works Report. The Presidents’ labors before leav- {ng Washington will include the study- ing of reports to be submitted by Sec- yetary of Interior Ickes concerning public works projects which the latter contends can be started before Decem- ber 15. Mr. Roosevelt, in his re- vamped plans for spending the $4,800,000,000 work-relief money, in- dicated he is counting on work-relief projects of a substantial nature ab- gorbing a considerable part of the work-relief funds by next Spring, thereby making it possible for the activities of W. P. A. to start slowing down. i The President has no reason to feel too optimistic regarding the possibili- ties of the public works assuming the proportions he has anticipated for next Spring. This is due to the fact that his new plan has placed require- ments and stipulations on the Public Works Administration making it ex- tremely doubtful whether Administra- tor Ickes can live up to them. First of all, Y.xes must’ produce projects which will be completed within a year; these projects must be in areas where there is a satisfactory amount of unemployment and persons on direct relief and must not cost more than $850 per man per year. To make good his contract with Congress when $4,800,000,000 was ap- propriated to take people off direct relief and put them on work relief, the President must have 3,500,000 persons at work by November 1, the total set by him months ago. Successor to Kennedy. With the assistance of his work-relief lieutenants, the President, while in Hyde Park, reshaped the general pro- gram with a view to expediting matters and bringing about the desired results, but the prospects are that before he leaves Washington, Mr. Roosevelt probably will find it expedient to make more changes. One of the first things the Presi- dent did upon arriving at the White House was to get in touch with State Department officials for latest advice on the Italo-Ethiopian situation. ‘The President arranged to see more than 20 people today, most of them | individually, and in addition will see others not on his engagement list, but who are identified prominently with his administration. Confers With Winant. The President will confer with for- mer Gov. John Winant, chairman of the newly created Social Security Board; Aubrey Williams and Josephine Roche, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, executive heads of the Na- tional Youth Administration; Harry L. Hopkins, works progress adminis- trator, and Commissioner of Educa- tion John W. Studebaker. According to reports regarding dis- sention in launching this New Deal agency, Commissioner Studebaker, who, it Is understood, was the orig- inator of the National Youth Admin- istration idea, has been left out en- tirely in getting this agency in motion. ‘Those familiar with the subject con- tend that Commissioner Studebaker, because of nis familiarity with the subject and the purposes of this move- ment, should have been consulted in starting the agency on its way. ‘The President’s list included a num- ber of senatorial callers, including Senators Bankhead of Alabama, Bach- man and McKellar of Tennessee, Byrd of Virginia and Harrison and Bilbo of Mississippi. Morris Cook, director of rural elec- trification, had a brief conference with the President as to the progress of that New Deal agency. Robert Fechner, director of the Civilian Con- servation Corps, was among the Presi- dent’s conferees. In addition the President had a long talk with Joseph Grew, American Ambassador to Japan, end John Cudahy, Ambassador to Poland. —— WIFE OF COLT SCION ASKS RENO DIVORCE Daughter of Senator Reynolds Charges Cruelty and Asks Maiden Name. Mrs. Frances Reynolds Colt, daugh- ter of Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina, filed suit today in Reno, Nev., for a divorce from Lieut. Le Baron C. Colt, jr., of Bristol, R. I, and Washington, to whom she was married little more than a year ago. She charged cruelty and asked to be permitted to resume her maiden name. The couple was married at a quiet ceremony July 4, 1934, in a hotel suite at Virginia Beach, Va. Rev. Benjamin B. Bland of the Methodist Episcopal Church South performed the ceremony. Mrs. Colt’s father is now on a barnstorming auto-trailer tour of the country which he hopes to complete for $100. Colt is a member of the famous firearms family, the grandson of a Rhode Island Senator who died in office here in 1926. His last Wash- ington address was the Racquet Club. The couple formerly lived at the Btoneleigh Courts Apartments. A private, ‘uncontested trial was expected late today. Sees President EDWARD F. McGRADY, President Roosevelt's representative in the coal conferences, as he called at the White House this morning to talk with the President. —A. P. Photo. Coal (Contirued From First Page) because of the vast differences in local wage scales. The U. M. W. at first demanded a 30-hour work week in the place of the | present 35 hours, but subsequently agreed to continue the 35-hour sched- ule. McGrady did not say just when he expected the strike to be settled. He did remark: “This thing is going to be settled eventually.” There was more than one clash be- tween John L. Lewis, president of the union, and Charles O'Neill, spokes- dragged on. Government Criticized. When O'Neill suggested that enough miners stay on the job to keep the mines pumped out, Lewis said it would have been “ordinary courtesy” to make the request sooner. Finally, however, the request was granted. Once O'Neill criticized the Govern- ment's hydroelectric power plans, spoke of Federal taxes and said that what “bothers the coal operators is ability to pay” higher wages. Lewis shouted, “Producers haven't any money to give us, but they have money enough to contribute to the gigantic slush fund the Republicans are raising to defeat Franklin D. Roosevelt.” 6,500 QUIT IN DISTRICT 186. Cumberland Reports Only Skeleton Crews at Work. CUMBERLAND, Md., September 23 {#).—Approximately 6,500 men in Dis- trict No. 16, United Mine Workers of affected by the walk-out order. Of this number about 2,300 are employed in Allegany County. Only skeleton for work in the mines today. APPALACHIAN CREWS OUT. Mining at Standstill in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. PITTSBURGH, September 23 (P). —Mining operations were at a stand- still today in the vast bituminous coal flelds of West Virginia and Penn- sylvania while operators and employ- ers’ representatives sought agreement at Washington on_a new wage pact. The strike of the United Mine Workers of America, in abeyance since April 1, became effective at midnight. Operators made no attempt to work the mines. The last large walkout in the soft- coal fields occurred in the Summer and Fall of 1933. -The so-called “captive” mines of the steel companies which are with- out U. M. W. A. contracts also closed. Among them are mines operated by the Pittsburgh Coal Co., H. J. Rainey Coal Co. and the Hillman Coal & Coke Co. The H. C. Frick Coal & Coke Co., United States Steel Corp. subsidiary, has contracts with the Independent Brotherhood of Miners in about 10 mines. Although these contracts were unaffected, the Frick mines joined the others in the shutdown. More than 250,000 men were out in this region. Only small groups Col. Henry L. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, will speak Thursday night over a Nation-wide network on the subject “The Ameri- can Navy Today,” as guest speaker of the National Radio Forum. The forum is arranged by The Star and broad- cast by the National Broadcasting Co. The question of the preparedness of the Navy again has become one of the vital topics in America’s national life. The possibility of an interna- tional conflagration raises the question of America’s neutrality which can be best preserved by an efficient navy. Col. Roosevelt, who has worked hard, together with Secretary Swan- son, to make the Navy 100 per cent efficient, will explain what has been done since 1933, how much of the naval program as established by the London naval treaty has been com- pleted, and how many more ships have to be built in order to bring the American fleet to treaty strength. He also will dwell upen the im- portant question of the morale of the officers and crews of the American men of war, A America, with headquarters here, are| crews of maintenance men reported | THE CATHOLIC PILGRIMS CROWD CLEVELAND Cardinal Hayes’ Arrival In- formally Opens Euchar- istic Congress. By the Assoclated Press CLEVELAND, ' September 23.—The Nation’s sixth largest city, teeming with pilgrim throngs of thousands, extended joyous greeting today to Pat- rick Cardinal Hayes of New York, papal legate to the Seventh National Eucharistic Congress. His arrival, heralded by bells in 150 church towers, marked the in- formal opening of a four-day meeting of Catholics dedicated to Christ the King in the sacrament of the eucha- rist, the leaven “now bread no longer.” Cardinal Hayes received the sym- bolic embrace of Bishop Joseph Schrembs of Cleveland diocese, presi- dent of the congress. Others of the Reception Committee bowed and kissed the legate’s ring in recognition of his ecclesiastical rank and, on this occasion, as the representative of the person of Pope Pious XI. Two Vatican Officials. The distinguished visitor's suite in- cluded two members of the papal household, Msgr. Diego Venini, pri- vate secretary to his holiness, who EVENING S to the congress from the Pope, and Msgr, Carlo Grano, master of papal ceremonies and an official of the Vatican's secretariate of state. Papal knights of the Order of St. Gregory, in colorful array, constituted a guard of honor as the assembly moved through the decorated union terminal to the public square. Thou- sands of members of the Catholic faith formed in the canyons of the tall buildings, which echoed and re-echoed march, played by 10 massed bands. This was followed by “The Star | Spangled Banner,” the throng stand- ing silently. It presented a tableau in a theater richly hung with the gold .| and white of the Vatican and the red, white and blue. Thereafter the theme swung tempo- rarly into lighter vein as the musi- clans played the anthem of the car- dinal's residence city, “The Sidewalks of New York.” Smith to Speak. The cardinal's special train was fol- fred E. Smith of New York and a group of pilgrims. Smith is to address the general assembly tomorrow night. Reaching the cathedral, the pre- | lates and clergy repaired to vest for the | liturgical reception | Upon his exit from the cathedral, | Cardinal Hayes repeatedly extended | his benediction on a large cr.wd that | had heard the religious reception over a public address system. | The legate will be honored tonight | at a civic reception in Cleveland's vast public auditorium. He will open the | congress formally tomorrow by cele- brating a solemn pontifical mass in the same hall. | Police and firemen of the city have man for the operators, as the parleys been informed by their superiors to iprepsre to handle the largest crowd in Cleveland’s history. Spokesmen for the congress have predicted that 150,- 000 ‘rom out of town would be in at- | tendance. SOCIAL REVIEW SCHEDULED. PEORIA, II1, September 23 (#).—A | thorough review of new Federal social | undertakings was mapped today for the National Conference of Catholic Charities. | Right Rev. William A. Cummings of Chicago, & vice president of the or- ganization, predicted the gathering | would attract between 20,000 and 25,000 members of the hierarchy, clergy and laity of the church to Peoria for the annual assembly from Septem- ber 29 to October 2. Included in the number, he said, | would be delegates chosen by the va- | rious Catholic welfare agencies in all | parts of the Nation as well as hun- dreds of non-official participants in- terested in charitable endeavors. The program lists discussions on the various phases of Government housing, slum clearance and relief projects. | Social security and social insurance bulk large among selected topics. of maintenance men entered the work- ings today. Most operators had notified their employes last week the mines would be closed today. This move, it was explained, was intended to avoid con- fusion if negotiations at Washington fell through. Union leaders, heartened by reports from Washington that an agreement is near, were undecided whether picket lines shall be formed. Mine operators have built up a sup- ply of coal which some of them esti- mated would last more than six or eight weeks. Many workings have been operating on a part-time basis because of large stocks on hand. Conditions at the mines were quiet today, with most of the men remain- ing at home or attending meetings to discuss the wage parley. Some picketing was reported among small independent miners of “house coal” at Johnstown, Pa., but there was no trouble. Dealers there reported large stocks on hand. Morgenthaus in Lisbon. LISBON, Portugal, September 23 (#)—Henry Morgenthau, jr., United States Secretary of the Treasury, and Mrs. Morgenthau arrived yesterday aboard the Conte Grande. They will visit Portugal and Spain until ! October 16. Col. Roosevelt in Forum COL. HENRY L ROOSEVELT. brought a precious chalice as a gift | the strains of Gounod’s pontifical | lowed by one bearing former Gov. Al- | TAR, WASHINGTON, CRASH ENDS TRIP OF OCEAN FLYER Waitkus Doubts He Will Re- sume Flight to Lith- uania. By the Associated Press. BALLINROBE, County Mayo, Ire- land, September 23.—Officers of the Irish Free State Air Force arrived to- day to undertake dismantling the monoplane of Felix Waitkus, Ameri- can trans-Atlantic flyer, smashed in the forced landing which ended his 3,000-mile solo flight from New York. The 28-year-old aviator, uninjured in the crack-up and refreshed by a night's sleep, said his future plans were undecided pending a final report from engineers who are examining the plane, but that he considered resump- tion of his flight to Kaunas, Lithu- ania, out of the question. Earlier the flyer had laughed off his mishap with the words: “I got quite a bump, but I can hardly wait to fly on to Kaunas.” Plane Is Guarded. While Waitkus had a long sleep, four civic guards kept an all-night watch over the craft. Recalling the details of his harrow- ing 22-hour adventure alone over the | Atlantic, he said: “Most of the time I was flying blind | in fog, rain and mist—filthy weather all the way. “When I tried to fly above the | storm, ice formed rapidly on the | wings, the carburetor froze and I | had to thaw it out. I almost froze, | too, wearing only a light flannel suit, a flying jacket and a beret.” Waitkus was the sixth pilot to win in a solitary gamble with a single motor plane against the Atlantic. | Previous trans-Atlantic solo flights were completed by Charles A. Lind- | bergh, Amelia Earhart Putnam, James A. Mollison, James Mattern and Wiley Post. Ship Hits Tree. | His own strength virtually ex- ‘hzuswd and his gasoline supply fall- | ing low, Waitkus put his orange and | white plane down at 4 am., Eastern | standard time yesterday. It struck | & tree after the engine stalled. The presence of a number of ani- mals in surrounding fields had caused him to attempt a slow land- | irg. ! He said he first tried to make the | Baldonnel Airdrome near Dublin, and then tried to lo.aie the Ballinrobe Airdrome, but couid not find the latter. Says Rad.v Saved Life, ‘The radio direction calls from Ath lone (an Irish station) saved my life, the flyer said. been for the signals I could not have fcund my way, as I did not know at | times where I was. There were fogs and storms over a wide are Roosevelt (Continued From First Page) and former President Hoover for their | leadership in the private charity move- ment, Mr. Swope said the “circum- stances in our national economic life” now seem more fortunate and more promising than at any time in the past four years. He appealed to | those with the biggest pocketbooks to have the biggest hearts. | Despite the depression, contribu- { tions by individuals and corporations | last year were actually more than in | 1929, he reported. | “In the face of the widespread un- employment which still exists in many of our American communities, one in every six of their population gave something to our funds,” he added. ‘Women's Group Meets, Following the ceremonies on the ‘White House lawn, members of the Mobilization's National Women’s Com- mittee met under the leadership of Mrs. Roosevelt in the east room to hear addresses by Miss Elizabeth Taylor of Little Rock, Ark., president of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, and Mrs. Francis R. Strawbridge, Pennsylvl‘ma State chair- man of the National Women's Com- mittee. At the same hour, in the Mayflower Hotel, which will be headquarters for all remaining sessions of the confer- ence, Mr. Swope presided at a meet- ing of the National Citizens' Commit- tee of the Mobilization. The commit- tee, composed of 97 welfare and civic leaders, was to map out & campaign for private charity's fight this year against human misery and develop means of combatting the impression that the huge Government relief and works programs obviate other forms of relief. In the latter connection, Bradley Buell, national field director of Com- munity Chests and Councils, Inc., said Government activities “will not lift responsibility” from his organization's endeavors and that funds “somewhat in excess” of last year's $70,000,000 will be needed this Winter. Mrs. Roosevelt addressed a noon luncheon meeting at the Mayflower. Her topic was “Meeting Human Needs Unmet by Government.” Campaign Mapped. The Women’s Committee was to re- assemble at 3 p.m. to hear addresses by Mrs. W. P. Hobby, Texas State chairman of the committee, and Mrs. Sidney C. Borg of New York on “Women's Word in Interpreting Wel- fare Services.” Mrs. Frederic M. Paist, president of the National Board, Young Women's Christian Associa- tions, will lead a discussion group. At the same time there will be a meeting on campaign plans, with | Charles P. Taft, II, presiding and the following speakers: Donaldson Brown, vice president and chairman of the Pinance Committee, General Motors Corp., New York; Dudley Blossom, general chairman, Cleveland com- munity fund; Joseph H. Ashton, Ash- ton Insurance Agency, Kansas City, Mo.; Lynn Mowatt, campaign director, Los Angeles Welfare Federation, and H. E. Atwood, vice president Pirst Na- tional Bank & Trust Co., Minneapolis. Speeches by Walter Lippmann, edi- torial commentator, and Edward D. Duffield, president of the Prudential Life Insurance Co., are scheduled for a banquet meeting in the Mayflower ball room at 7 p.m. Social workers, assisted by the Wash- ington Community Players and friends of distressed families who have been helped by private charities, will pre- sent a dramatization tomorrow of their experiences in actual cases. They will be cross-questioned by a hearing board headed by Newton D. Baker, Mr. Swope’s predecessor as chairman of the mobilization. The conference closes with a lunch- eon tomorrow at which Mr. Baker and Miss Dorothy C. Kahn, president, American Association of Social Work- ers, will speak, “I believe if it had not | D. C, President Pleads for Private Relief Speaking from the south portico of the White House today, a few hours after his return from Hyde Park, President Roosevelt is shown opening the third annual Mobilization for Human Needs Conference. MOXNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1935. on private agencies to take over a good share of relief work. He called —A. P. Photo. Text of Roosevelt Talk . President Tells Human Needs Conference Nation Is in Better Position to Do Duty by Private Charities. OLLOWING is a stenographic) report on the informal remarks | made today by President | I Roosevelt before the Mobiliza- | tion of Human Needs Conference at | | the White House Mr. Swope. Ladies and Gentle- men of this Third Annual Meeting for the Mobilization of Human Needs: I am happy. indeed. to greet the netional and community lead- ers of the human welfare services of the whole Natiog. For the third time we have the opportun- ity, face to face. to pledge at once the substance and the sinews of Government and of private or- ganized welfare agencies in the service of the less fortunate of the land. The problem, in spite of definitely brighter economic skies this year, demands the best that both can give. Extends Praise For “Heroic” Work. I want to extend my congrat- ulations and appreciation fcr your heroic work—and I choose that word “heroic” deliberately—dur- ing these years through which we have just passed. The fact that you have maintained your support of welfare services with a shrink- age of only 13 per cent of the amount raised since 1929 is remark- able. I am glad to know that you halted the retreat at that point a year ago and now are headed once more toward the front. Let there be a general advance from that point in the 350 campaigns which have been organized for the Autumn of 1935. There are very special reasons why all must co-operate to bring private welfare support back at least to the 1929 level. In pur- suance of the announced policy of the legislative and administrative branches of the Federal Govern- ment, the Govemiment is with- drawing as rapidly as possible from the field of emergency home relief. ‘We are moving successfully toward the substitution of work for direct relief. We anticipate, in addition to the work provided by Federal funds, a very definite increase in work provided by the employers of the Nation during the coming year. The great mass of private employ- ers realize today that they again must greatly help in our economic situation by offering employment to the utmost limit of their ability. Nation Better Able to Do Duty. Chiefly because of the steps taken by the Government itself during the past two and a half years to save homes and farms, to bring prices into a more fair ad- justment, to make the payment of debts easier, to make loans to in- dustry, to railroads and to banks, the actual purchasing power of the mass of the people has greatly risen from the low point of 1932. This means, therefore, that the Nation as & whole is better able to do its duty to private charities than it has been for six long years, and that is a pretty good selling argument for all of you to carry to the Nation. In the task of caring for the less fortunate in this year of 1935, there are, of course, many im- portant gaps to be filled. It is to the filling of these gaps that your earnest efforts are being directed. It cannot be emphasized too often that the task you have been doing all these years is far broader than relief. The public must real- ize more and more the great and necessary work you are doing in such fields as nursing, hospitals, child welfare, recreation and youth guidance. Such services as these have not and cannot be assumed as a responsibility of the Federal Government except in a most limit- ed degree. Their very nature con- signs them to private agencies. Security Body Ready to Function, I am very glad that the new Commission of Social Security, headed by Gov. Winant, with the able assistance of Mr. Altmeyer and Mr, Miles, has come to Washington. They are about to undertake a great task—that of spreading the gospel of taking care of the aged throughout the country, of set- ting up unemployment insurance and, also, of co-operating with the States and communities in taking care of widows and children. That is going, in the years to come, to be considered one of the greatest steps ever taken by the American people. ‘The work: of this new commis- A sion dovetails—ties in—very closely with the human needs of every community and I am very confi- dent that you will be able to make it clear in this campaign that you are co-operating in this new work. It is going to help every commun- ity in the land. It is going to make more clear what all of us Jointly face The responsibility of private welfare has become increasingly great as industrial life creates new problems of community living. Such support must come from all those whose developments have ac- centuated the congestion and the problems of community life. | They owe the community a very | substantial sum for the mainte- | nance of community welfare serv- | ices. Such gifts should be, and I am confident will be, based on the sound motive of helping those within the community who need all kinds of help and bettcr living conditions. Let me repeat how glad I am to come back to Washington today 10 join in this great conference. I am especially glad to greet your hard-working, devoted chairman, Gerard Swope, my old friend. And, so, I say God speed to you, to all of your fellow workers here and in the communities from | which you come. The United | States can have no higher ideal than that expressed in your slogan. ‘To each and all of you let me say— | Be a Good Neighbor, 6 LOUDOUN LIQUOR DEFENDANTS FINED Quesenbury Among Five Others Pleading Guilty in | Alexandria. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. September 23.! —Pleading guilty to charges of con- | spiring to violate the internal revenue | laws pertaining to liquor, following a compromise between District Attorney Sterling Hutcheson and defense at- torneys, six Loudoun County men were given fines running from $100 to $750 | and suspended jail sentences by Judge Luther B. Way at an adjourned term of the United States District Court | here today. With five other Loudoun men, in- cluding one-eyed Tom Quesenberry, they were arrested last Spring and in- | dicted in May as an aftermath of a| Federal liquor raid near Leesburg in which a Federal agent was wounded | and an Alexandria policeman later killed. Of the remaining five, three were | placed on probation three years, and | two, Quesenberry and Shelby Cole, | his alleged still assistant, had imposi- tion of their jail sentences continued | until the December term of the court. | L. Clark Hoge, former postmaster | of Leesburg and a Loudoun County | apple grower, drew the heaviest fine. His sentence was a $750 fine and three months' suspended jail term. i Posey Phillips and Raymond Jewell | were fined $250 each and given six months’ suspended jail sentences. Harry Adams, colored caretaker for William H. Lipscombe, received a $100 fine and three-month suspended sen- tence. Robert Edmonson and Graham T. Legge, an employe of Hoge, were fined $100 each and given suspended sen- tences of three months each. A. C.-Phillips, 21; J. M. Gray, 63, and C. C. Jewell, 18, were placed on probation by Judge Way, who sus- pended imposition of any sentence for a period of three years in their cases. DEATH FOR CANDY THEFT Soviet Dooms Woman Worker for Stealing Chocolate. LENINGRAD, U. S. S. R., Septem- ber 23 (#).—A woman worker in the Leningrad chocolate factory was sen- tenced to death today for stealing chocolate to sell on the open market. Sentenced with the woman, Maria Mattisova-Urago, was her husband, who was given 10 years in prison as an accomplice. Three watchmen were convicted of accepting chocolate bars as bribes and were sentenced from one to two years at forced labor. Three other woman workers, who aided in the BONUS OCCUPIES |Hundreds | vious | officer. ;pll-adl'd guilty to charges of cc of court and conspiracy FARMERS JAILED INMORTGAGE TILT 14 of “Overall Brigade” Dazed hy Sentences for Attacking Marshal, By the Associated Press ST. JOSEPH, Mo., September 23.— Disconsolate farmers moped about jafl cells here yesterday, stunned by Fed~ eral prison sentences imposed for an offense seldom punished in the corn belt in the past—riotous blocking of a foreclosure saie. “I have decide grinned United States Marshal Henry L. Dillingham, “that the stars and stripes are still on the American flag.” Dillingham and three aides were dis- armed, beaten and threatened with hanging when they sought to auction off the farm of Sam Divelbiss, u an order of Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis, at Plattsburg, Mo., August 15. Sentenced to Prison. Divelbiss, toil-worn and gray, and & dozen friends, of the “overall brigade,” were sentenced by Federal Judge Al- bert L. Reeves to terms ranging from one day to three years. Thus they paid for a stretegic mis- take. Blaming farm foreclosure conditions on the Supreme Court’s action 1 ting aside the Frazier-Lemke act were the first of disgruntled farm in the Midwest to assault a Federal The victims of previous spo- radic demonstrations were State au- thorities. Halting a three-day trial, 14 men tempt to interfere with a Federal officer. “The infamy of this act,” Judge Reeves said, “has spread to all corners of the Nation. Your action is da gerously near to treason, and certa rebellion and insurrection.” Women wept as he passed sentence. Editor Gets Three Years. Clifton Gall, mood. ri er, editor of a fan Wspape d- LEGION DELEGATES of Resolutions Demand Cash, With Can- cellation of Interest. By the Associated Press MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, St Louis, Mo., September 23.—The busi- ness of the bonus superceded a pre- carnival spirit here at 10:10 am. (C. S. T.) today, and National Comdr. Frank N. Belgrano. jr., for- mally called to order the first session of the National Convention of the American Legion. In a hall flanked by colorful delega- tions seeking next year's mee national offices, the Legionnaires from all parts of the United States turned to the first serious business of the 1935 meeting. The invocation was by Rev. Park W. Huntington, national chaplain. Mme Ernestine Schuman-Heink. official soloist, sang “The Star Spangled Banner.” | Governor Gives Welcome, ‘Today's morning session was dedi- cated largely to the formalities of a convention call, marked by an address of welcome by Gov. Guy B. Parks of Missouri and the presentation of dis- tinguished guests. In his address of welcome Gov. Park said. “The chief object and con- cern of the American Legion is the welfare of the Nation. You were its defenders in time of war, and now are zealous in its development and preservation, and I greet you as good citizens and patriots.” The principal convention business. action of the long-sought payment of adjusted compensation certificates, probably will not reach the floor be- fore Wednesday. Hundreds of de- parimental resolutions recommending the bonus payment, with cancellation of accrued interest and refund of in- terest already paid, have been as- signed to resolutions committees, out of which will come the Legion's pro- gram for 1935-36. Cash Demand Seen. It is a foregone conclusion that a demand for cash payment will be voiced by the meeting. The method of raising the money is in dispute. n his message to the convention Comdr. Belgrano made a strong plea ®gainst inflation. As the Legion came 1o order the con- vention corporation estimated nearly 200,000 visitors were in Si. Louis for the four-day session, whicn will close Thursday afterncon with the election of national officers and selection of a 1936 convention city. A tremendcus ovation greeted Mme. Ernestine Schuman-Heink as she ad- vanced to sing “The Star Spangled Banner.” cluded and Comdr. Belgrano pre- sented her with a leather bound cita- tion for her services to the Legion. re- ferring to her as “a real American citizen.” The Los Angeles Police Post Band. cheers with its “California Here I Come,” a musical invitation for the 1936 convention. brief memorial service for the Nation's war dead. Mme. Schuman-Heink sang ‘There Is No Death.” It was followed by “Taps” played by two trumpeters in opposite ends of the Convention Hall, CULBERTSO;\I AND LE ROY FORM LAW PARTNERSHIP William S. Culbertson, formerly Minister to Rumania and Ambassador tion in the general practice of law with Howard 8. Le Roy, authority on radio and aeronautics law. Under the firm name of Culbertson & Le Roy, they will have offices in the Colorado Building. Culbertson took his Ph. D. at Yale University in 1911 and studied law at Georgetown University. Before his appointment to the diplomatic service in 1925 he practiced law here and served as special counsel and as & member of the Board of Review of the Federal Trade Commission. He also was vice chairman of the Federal Tariff Commission. Le Roy, in 1927, was legal adviser to the United States delegation to the International Radio Telegraph Con- ference in Washington. Since 1928 he has been an officer of the American section of the International Committeg on Radio. During the present year he has headed the new Radio Program theft, werb. ordered to prison for| three to seven. years. Committee of the District Bar Asocia- tion. ng or | | The California State champions, bmugh!‘ | Chaplain Huntington presided at a to Chile, today announced his associa- | secretary of the Missouri F: e Protective Association, drew three vears. Judge Reeves described him as “insolent, impudent and arrogant.” Four were sentenced to two years among them Dan Stoeffel. 7 of destroying the ocder and pulling hairs from a captive bailiff, 65-yea Colbern | Divelbiss used the sale he chest of d Georg: for and two otk tenced to a year and a They will be moved to the Leaven- | worth, Kanm today Five escaped with rison Nathan Jc court with the sentenced later. Physicia was suffering from nervousness. Har- DEATH OPENS WAR ON RIDE HITCHING Maryland Boy Killed by Truck, and Police to Make Round-Up. By the Associated Press TOWSON, Md death of 23 Albert truck a ride September 12-year-old Buckingham in a fall from on which he was hing today had led to an order police to bring in all children cal “hitching” rides. | Magistrate Normall H. Angell, as- serting “this may save a life,” quested that the children—as well as their parents—be summoned to the local police station for a lecture on the dangers of hitch-hiking Young Buck: 1a accompanied by three other you was a truck on the York road wk sudden bump tk him to the ment. State police said was driven by Russell D. W. Baldwin, Md After viewing th pacity as acting co: Angell issued the f “Every father who has a years of age will know mj when I saw at Union Memorial Hos- pital that this fine-lc young | boy was dead. I have a of 12 1. “We must do everything to stop loss of life like this. I, there- fore, am asking all police in and around Towson to bring all boys in short pants to the station house when they are found riding on the backs of trucks. I will then send for their parents. This may save a life. body ner ng stat feelings possible 10 Missing as Boat Capsizes. CALCUTTA, India, September 23 (#)—Ten ons were missing and feared drowned today af boat carrying 33 persons capsized in the River Dha at Bihar, Twenty-three were rescued. Irvin S. Cobb | Says: | A roar swept the hall as she con- G. O. P. Sees Hope in Democrats’ Chronic ‘ Dissatisfaction. SANTA MONICA, Calif., September 23 —For the first time in 15 months the Republican high command meets this week at Washington to dissolve the lodee of sor- row ani form & band of hope. But what de- i tained the lads? | Most of them have been loafin} | * anyhow since March, 1933, They're going to talk up a joint partnership with the dissatisfied Democrats. That ought to be cozy. Being cissatisfied is a chronic dis- ease wich Demo- crats. Nothing can be more dissatis- | fied than Democrats when they're all | in office except the same Democrats when they're out of office. Alongside | of them Job and Jeremiah were a | song-and-dance team. But there may be loud cries over | the present plan to nominate a Re- | publican for President and hand the dissatisfled boys second place on the | ticket—the idea, in other words, being that if the Republicans own the part that does the grazing and control thg | part that gives the milk, some deserv- ing Democrat can be the cow’s tail. (Ocpyright. 1035, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)