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‘WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight and tomorrow morning, cooler late tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures— Highest, 69, at 1 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 41, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A-3. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 33,389. SELASSIE. HOLDING 2000000 IN LEASH TILL LAST VESTIGE| OF PEAGE VANISHES Longer Mobilization Delay| Would Be Duty Neglect, Emperor Informs Geneva. Definite Date Withheld. 12,000 MORE TROOPS DISPATCHED BY ITALY Half Million Fascist and Native | Soldiers Expected to Be Rcady! for Campaign in Two Weeks. British and French Consult on Preventing War. By the Associated Press. In the face of Emperor Haile Selas- sie’s announced readiness to put about | 2,000,000 men in the field for Ethiopia, Premier Mussolini today dispatched 12,000 more troops to augment the Italian army in East Africa. It was estimated that about 250,000 Italians with another quarter million native troops would be ready for the Ethiopian campaign when the dry season begins within two weeks. Selassie Awaits Geneva Word. Emperor Haile Selassie awaited a final word from his delegation in Geneva before going ahead with mob- {lization plans, an adviser saying that the Italians had “crushing surprises coming” if they invaded the black em- pire. 2 | Meanwhile the French and British governments were in close consulta- tion as to what the League of Nations should do to prevent hostilities, while diplomats at Geneva suggested that Pprobably nothing would be done until fighting actually broke out Objec-l tions were voiced there to “trying to | put out the fire before it really starts.” | Sanctions Discussed. ! ‘The chief subject of discussion in London was ‘“sanctions,” with the major political parties treating the question of penalties against aggressors | as of primary importance. Great Britain remained frm in its| stand that all members of the League | should work together in the applica- | tion of sanctions or any other means | of averting an East African war which might spread to Europe. | AWAITS GENEVA REACTION. Selassie Delays Proclaiming Call to Arm Warriors. ADDIS ABABA, September 30 (#).— Emperor Haile Selassie, after inform- | ing the League of Nations that a | general Ethiopian mobilization was imminent, decided to await Geneva's | reacton to his message today before | proclaiming the call to arms. An adviser to the Kings of Kings | asserted that if necessary 2,000,000 | Ethiopian warriors would soon be marching. | No definite date was set for the gen- eral mobilization, however, and au- | thorities said it was conceivable that | the proclamation might even be with- | held if the League of Nations or the | Ethiopian delegation to Geneva ad- vised such action. No Bate for Mobilization. The government, aroused by false Yeports published abroad (not car- | ried by Associated Press) that the general mobilization would be called Tuesday, announced officially that no specific date had been set. Government officials urged cor- respondents to be more accurate and announced, “True the Emperor en- visages eventual mobilization because of the gravity of the situation, but | no precise date has been fixed.” Calling the league of Nations' at- tention to the “increasing gravity of Italian aggression,” Haile Selassie said in his telegram to Geneva: “The time has come when we would be failing in our duty if we longer delayed gen- eral mobilization.” Prudence Keeps Them Alert. One of his principal counselors said: “We cannot protect our frontiers against possible sudden invasion and at the same time refrain from mobili- zation. Common prudence compels us to be alert.” He insisted, however, “The Em- peror with unbounding Christian faith still reposes supreme belief in the Jjustice of Ethiopia's cause and still places hope in God and the League to save the situation.” When and if war drums roll out a national warning across the hills, mountains and valleys of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie’s adviser said, men and (See ETHIOPIA. Page 3.) MIDSHIPMAN NOLD TURNS UP AT HOME Father Ordered to Return Youth to Academy Where He Dis- appeared Saturday. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, September 30.—Noti- fied today that Midshipman Ralph J. Nold, 19, of Belleville, Il1, was safe at home, Rear Admiral Thomas Foote Sellers ordered the youth's father to return him immediately to Naval Academy authorities. Nold disappeared from the academy on Saturday end a search by naval and local police failed to reveal any trace of him. Today the youth's father telephoned that Nold, a mem- ber of the plebe class, had arrived bome. The fact that young Nold had not taken any belongings with him made Naval Academy officials worry doubly about his disappearance. Nold had good standing at the academy and his trip was declared due to homesickness. Several weeks ago another plebe dis- appeared and was found at home. He ‘was returned here and dismissed from the naval service. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington. D. C. Selassie Prepares To Call 40 Pct. of Population in War Total for Ethiopia Is Put at 5,500,000 Unofficially. By the Associated Press. Emperor Haile Selassie’s reported threat to mobilize “two million march- ing men" against Italy if necessary would place in the field about 40 per cent of Ethiopia’s total population, ac- cording to latest generally accepted figures. The Statesman's Year Book for 1935 states that while no reliable estimates are available, the population of the | country 1s believed to be about 5,- 500.000. HURRIGANE LIKELY 10 MISS BERMUDA Storm 660 Miles East of Savannah, Ga.—Ships Are Warned. By the Assoclated Press. MIAMI, Fla., September 30.—The tropical disturbance which struck Cuba and Jamaica and threatened the Florida east coast was 660 miles east of Savannah, Ga., today and is ex- pected to pass northwest of Bermuda this afternoon. In the wake of the destructive hur- ricane the Holland-American liner Rotterdam, carrying 600 passengers and 350 crew members, was aground 60 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. The master of the vessel, Capt. Van Dulken, said in a wireless message: “Everybody well and quiet; no dan- ger.” Bahamas Damage Great. After missing the Florida coast Sat- urday night, the storm curved toward the Bahamas. An aerial survey of that section today showed no lives were lost, but property damage was great The Jacksonville Weather Bureau, in its advisory at 10 a.m. (Eastern standard time), “will pass out probably northwest of Bermuda early this afternoon. Cau- tion advised vessels in path of this severe storm.” The death list in Jamaica was placed at 2, while the fatalities in Cuba were placed at 35, with more than 300 in- Jjured. Moving 20 Miles an Hour. Narrowly missing the Southeast Florida coast as it swept northeast- ward into the Atlantic, the storm was moving about 20 miles an hour. It still carried winds of full hurricane force. said the dlslurbnnce‘ he D. WASHINGTO. PRESIDENT'S TALK ATBOULDER URGES PRIVATE 108 START |Roosevelt, Dedicating Big Dam, Says U. S. Only “Throws in Clutch.” |GOVERNMENT PROJECT HELD BENEFIT TO MANY Federal Spending Beginning Now to Prime Business Pump, Executive Asserts. (Text of President Roosevelt's Speech on Page A-10.) By the Associated Press. BOULDER CITY, Nev, September 30.—On the site of Boulder Dam, built here with $165,000,000 in Government funds, President Roosevelt told private industry today it must take over more rapidly the finding of jobs for Amer- ica’s unemployed. In dedicating the huge power, flood control and irrigation dam on tur- bulent Colorado River, the President cited it as an example of useful Gov- ernment work, but declared Federal projects were desirable chiefly to “throw in the clutch and start the | wheels.” Mr. Roosevelt said: “It is a simple fact that Govern- | ment spending is already beginning | to show definite signs of its effect on | | consumer spending: that the putting | of people to work by the Government has put other people to work through private employment, and that in two years and a half we have come to the point where privatc industry must bear the principal responsibility of keeping the processes of greater em- | ployment moving forward with ac- | celerated speed.” | U. S. Credit Held Strong. | Mr. Roosevelt declared the public works expenditures by the Federal |and lesser branches of Government | had left the credit of Government | “stronger and safer than at any time | in the past six years.” | " He proposed a State power line from | this project as a “yardstick” to meas- ure the cost of power throughout the | | United States. In discussing the power “yardstick.” Mr. Roosevelt stated: “It is my belief | that the Government should proceed | to lay down the first yardstick from this great power plant in the form of | | a State power line, assisted in its | financing by the Government, and | tapping the wonderful natural re- | sources of Southern Nevada.” The President strongly defended | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION -C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1935—FORTY-TWO PAGES. i ) ening Star P> Z SEPTEMBER EVE! == — The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. ¥ 3% % 3k Cireulation, SATURDAY'S 122 099 Some Returns Not Yet DAY'S Circalation, eceived. 135,377 VAN SWERINGENS QUALIFY TO REGAIN LOST RAIL EMPIRE Brothers Expected to Have| Little Competition in Bid- ding in Key Securities. WALL STREET EXCITED OVER MORGAN AUCTION | . Sees Possibility Group of Capital- | ists May Step in and Seize Control of Roads. Unit Operating Nearly 300 Trucks Is‘ D. C. Works Progress Group Joins Star Safety Drive Last to Enlist—School Children to Receive Instruction. The District of Columbia Works Progress Administration, which operates nearly 300 trucks and motor vehicles in the District in conpection with the | gy the Associated Press. local relief program, has joined the Star Safety Council in the drive to make Washington streets safe for motorists and pedestrians. ‘The Works Progress group is the final large organization coming within the scope of the District government to join in the safety campaign safety work within the ranks of the | local emergency organization will be handled under the immediate direction of William C. Cleary, assistant deputy administrator. | Commissioner George E. Allen, who | is in charge of the general emergency and relief programs in the District, | already has taken an active part in the safety campaign as a member of the Board of District Commissioners, all branches of the regular District gov- ernment having been brought into the | safety drive. ‘The local Works Progress organiza- | tion has called on the Star Safety Council to provide 300 special safe- The heaviest loss of life as well as | the countless other Federal projects of the greatest property damage was re- Smaller nature now under way through ported in Central Cuba. At Cienfuegos, 17 bodies were in hospitals and morgues. Three persons were killed at Gibara, Oriente Province; two at Cumanay Agua, three at St. Sienna, and four bodies were found at Guajinito. Five were reported dead in' Abreus, and one in San Juan de Ulloa. Authorities and volunteers searched for other bodies. Fears for Fisherfolk. Fears were expressed for the 6,200 fisherfolk at Cayman Islands. 178 miles from Jamaica. In the British Bahamas the colonial government expressed concern over the 610 residents of Bimini, 45 miles east of Miami. There had been no word from the little island. Pan-American Air Lines here an- nounced the Miami-Nassau plane would detour by way of Bimiri if no word was received this morning. Wireless reports from Great Abaco said considerable property damage had been done there, but there was no report of loss of life. As the hurricane moved northward from Cuba and Jamaica, it headed directly for Miami. Just in time to miss the mainland it veered eastward, passing 40 to 50 miles off this city’s coast. Trains Wait for Farmers. Residents boarded up their doors ead windows. Many moved to hotels, fearing to remain in their homes. In the Lake Okeechobee section two trains stood by to move farmers and their families to safer ground. Winds here did not exceed 40 miles an hour, and at Fort Lauderdale, a short distance up the coast, they did not pass 48 miles an hour. Key West had about a 40-mile wind. The tanker Reaper passed through the center of the hurricane yesterday about 275 miles east of Melbourne. Fears had been expressed for her safety after the Coast Guard received a message she was “inaking bad way.” A few minutes later, however, the Reaper radioed she was out of danger. (Picture on Page A-3.) SRS e Thief Shoots Two Policemen. BRIDGEPORT, Conr.,, September 30 (A).—Patrolman Wilfred Walker of the Bridgeport police was wounded fatally and Sergt. Thomas P. Kear- ney critically here early today by a gunman who fired on them as they attempted to arrest him and a com- panion for stealing radio sets from a music store window. The looters escaped. Hunting Is Futile Because Mosquitos Block Gun Sight By the Associated Press. PRINCESS ANNE, Md. Sep- tember 30.—Edward McCready, one of the best shots of Somerset County, came home empty- handed from his first squirrel hunt of the season. His reason for the lack of luck: There were great swarms of mosquitos in the woods that day, there having been no frost to kill them off. Each time he raised his rifie to draw a bead on a squirrel so many mosquitos settled on the gun barrel that he could not sight it. | the rapid-fire jobs-making works prog- ress administration. | Five-foot Dam Held Important. Pointing to the vast use of Boulder Dam in preventing floods, irrigating soil and providing power, he asked, “Can we say that a five-foot brush- wood dam across the headwaters of an arroyo, and costing only a mil- lionth part of Boulder Dam, is an un- desirable project or a waste of money? work proceeding in every one of the more than 3,000 counties United States, and of a vastly greater number of local divisions of govern- | ment, the actual credit of government | | agencies is on a stronger and safer basis than at any time in the past six years. Many States have actually im- proved their financial position in the past two years. Municipal tax re- ceipts are being paid when the taxes fall due and tax arrearages are stead- ily declining.” Proudly detailing the far-reaching | purposes of human benefit hoped for from the new dam, Mr. Roosevelt re- iterated his determination to complete similar undertakings in the other three corners of the country—the Ten- nessee Valley experiment already un- der way in the Southeast, the Grand Coulee Dam project, nearing com- pletion in the Northwest, and the | proposed St. Lawrence waterways de- velopment—although he did not speci- {y the latter three proposals. Johnson and Swing Mentioned. “Today marks,” he said, “the offi- cial completion and dedication of Boulder Dam, the first of four great Government regional units. This is an engineering victory of the first or- der—another great achievement of American resourcefulness, skill and determination.” The President recalled that Senator Johnson of California and Phil Swing, former Representative from California, | started the legislation which made the dam possible, and related the hopes for which the structure was built—to harness the turbulent Colorado and provide power, prevent floods and make possible future homesteads. The visit to Boulder Dam was one of the principal objectives of Mr. Roosevelt's trip West. His trip across Utah brought him enthusiatic greet- ings from crowds at Salt Lake City |end Ogden and from groups gath- ered at hamlets and crossroads along the route. & At Salt Lake City the President, in a brief Sabbath day talk from the rear platform, pointed to Philip- pine independence as an illustration “of the act that our'peopu in this country believe in keeping their word and that is a mighty good thing for the world.” Gov. Miller of Wyoming and Blood of Utah rode here with the President. The Governors of the other five States of the Colorado basin—California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado—also were here or repre- sented. Secretary Ickes of the Interior De- partment, who accompanied the Pres- ident and Mrs. Roosevelt West, pre- sided, and Senator Pittman of Ne- vada, also a guest on the presidential special train, introduced Mr. Roose- velt. Johnson and McAdoo Absent. Tliness kept Senator Johnson from attending, and the junior Senator from , William Gibbs Mc- Adoo, had mnot yet recovered from injuries received in an automobile accident. Others who were here, however, (See ROOSEVELT, Page 5.) “With it all,” he continued, “with | | ernmental groups and business firms | in the | | pledge cards for members and em- | driving pledge cards for the use of its | | drivers, who operate tiucks and cars in i | connection with emergency relief jobs in every part of the District. The District government joined the | | campaign as a unit, vnder the leader- ship of Melvin C. Hazen, president of the .Board of District Commissioners. The Police and Fire Departments and | the District Public Scnools entered the | campaign separately. in general co- operation with the District govern- | ment and the Star Council. Washington civic organizations, gov- which have obtained safe-driving ployes are requasleg by The Star (See SAFETY, Page 4.) The Safety Broadcasts Today. 3:15 pm. — WMAL — Interview with Dave Evans, holder of 26 transcontinental automobile racing records and prominent contender in many Indianap- olis speedway classics, on highway safety. 4 pm—WJSV—Interviews with passersby on whether exam- inations to get a driver's per- mit in the District are strict enough. This will be broad- cast from the intersection of Fifteenth street and New York avenue. Tomorrow. 2:30 p.m —WJSV—Interview with Robert F. Cornett, chief exam- iner at the Traffic Depariment, to bring out efforts made by incompetent persons to get driving permits and some of the experiences of the ex- aminer. p.m.—WRC—Interviews with passersby to get pedestrian re- action to pedestrian control. This will be broadcast from the intersection of Fourteenti and F slieets. FUND IS APPROVED FORD. C.HOSPITAL $188,500 P. W. A. Money Goes to Children’s Institu- tion and Luzon Sewer. Approval by President Roosevelt of $188,500 in P. W. A. funds to finance repairs to Children’s Hospital and con- struction of a combination sewer in Luzon Valley was announced today at the Public Works Administration. These two projects, it was said, have a total construction cost of $296,500. A loan and grant of $100,000 for alterations and improvements to Children’s Hospital was approved on a basis of a 70 per cent loan and 30 per cent grant. The construction contemplated includes a new heating plant and laundry, alterations to an existing wing of the hospital and an addition of a floor in the main build- ing. The project will provide work for 69 men for six months. Outright Contribution. The 30 per cent grant is an out- right contribution by P. W. A. The $70,000 loan, however, is to be re- paid under the act authorizing the District government to borrow from P. W. A. The $88,500 allotment for construc- tion of the Luzon Valley sewer is a Federal grant, the District having made no application for a loan. The Federal contribution is 45 per cent of the cost of the project, which is estimated at $196,500. The sewer is planned to relieve the burden on existing sewer facilities in that area and will drain into Rock Creek. This work will provide em- ployment for 776 men. Both allotments are subject to the District entering into a contract satis- factory to the public work adminis- trator and to compliance by the Dis- trict with P. W. A. regulations. The District also must comply with the (See FUND, Page 2.) NEW YORK HAS SNOW BUFFALO, N. Y., September 30 (#). —Parts of New York State were decked out in Winter garb today in the wake of the season's first light snowfall. The snow was more than an inch deep at Owls Head, in the Northern Adirondacks, and light snow or hail was reported to have fallen in the last 24 hours at other points in the State. A.G.E PURCHASES VIRGINIA UTILITY Common Stock of Public| Service Corp. Bought From Chase Bank. ‘The Associated Gas & Electric Corp., giant utiiity holding company whose lobbying activities are still under in- vestigation by House and Senate com- mittees, has entered the utility field in this section with the purchase of common stock in the Virginia Public Service Corp., People’s Counsel Wil- liam A. Roberts today informed the Public Utilities Commission. The A. G. & E, according to Roh- erts, has bought up the common stock formerly held by the Chase National Bank. According to the current issue of Poor’s Public Utility Index the Chase Bank held the entire common stock of the Virginia Public Service Corp., which it purchased at fore- closure on March 31, 1933. If the Associated Gas & Electric Corp. has acquired the entire Chase interests it would have control of the Virginia corporation. Hopson Controls A. G. & E. Roberts told the commission this places the A. G. & E. in competition with the Braddock Light & Power Co., & subsidiary of the Potomac Electric Power Co. The A. G. & E. is controlled by Howard C. Hopson, who led House and Senate investigators on a merry chase at the last session of Congress before he finally appeared to give his testi- mony. At one stage the hunt resulted in dissension between the two com- mittees, with the House group threat- ening to arrest him to protect him from the Senate probers. It was this corporation whose em- ployes flooded Congress with telegrams opposing the regulatory legislation. After an investigation, it was charged most of these telegrams were inspired by improper methods, some aliegedly being signed with names taken from tombstones and others with names taken at random from telephone di- rectories. It was also asserted school children were induced to sign some of the messages. Roberts told the commission: “The Virginia. Public Service Corp. operates in Arlington County and in Alexandria, Va., and, in the northern part of Arlington County and in Fair- fax County, is in competition with the ROOSEVELT SEES CHEERFUL BUDGET | Deficit Is Billion Below Esti- | mates, He Says, in Pre- senting Figures. President Roosevelt told the Na- tion, in a report published today, that Federal deficits will not be as large as originally estimated and that his critics are wrong when they say New | Deal spending spells heavy boosts in taxes. | In a “budget summation” which marks a new departure in American fiscal procedure, he declared economic | conditions have grown “decidedly bet- ter”; asserted tax receipts are higher | than expected, and estimated the | deficit for the current fiscal year will be $3,281,000,000, or $1,247,000,000 less than his estimate last January. Emergency Expenditures Decrease. “The prevailing rate of recovery he said, “points to the speedy decl of Federal expenditures for emergency activities.” Unless the A. A. A’'s processing taxes are knocked out by the Supreme Court, “will not need new taxes or increased rates in existing taxes to meet the expenses of its necessary annual op- erations.” This will be true, he said, despite “erroneous and gloomy predictions” that “heavy increases in taxation will be required to balance the budget and retire our public debt.” His remarks on taxation were re- | garded in many quarters as a follow- up to his recent declaration that busi- | ness may expect a “breathing spell.” The budget summation, designed to he argued, the Government | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 30.—The Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland and “others” were quaiified to bid | today for the key securities con- trolling the $3,000,000,000 (®) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS, VESSEL STANDS BY 10 TAKE 976 OFF GROUNDED LINER Rotterdam, Stuck on Reef Near Kingston, Not Be- lieved in Danger. SIX FROM WASHINGTON ARE ON PASSENGER LIST Sea Reported Running Calm, Al- though Steamer Was Following in Wake of Hurricane. (Copyright. 1935, by the Associated Press.) NEW YORK, September 30.—The British steamer Ariguani was standing by in a calm sea today to take off the passengers of the Rotterdam, flagship railroad | of the Holland-America Line aground empire slated to be auctioned at 3:30 on a reef 60 miles southeast of Kings- p.m. This was learned at the offices of | J. P. Morgan & Co., head of the credit banking synauicate which is| auctioning the securities, after the deadline had passed at which time prospective bidders were required Lo; make deposits with the Morgan firm. | Usually well-informed quarters in Wall Street financial and raiiroad | circles, however, expressed the belief | that the Cleveland brothers would | have little competition in the bidding. Morgan Offices Silent. | The Morgan offices @eclined to re- veal the identity of persons qualified or to say whether the Van Sweringen | bidder would be the Mid-American Corp., incorporated at Columbus by Van Sweringen lawyers last week. L. F. Loree, frequently mentioned | as a possible contender for the con- trolling interest in the Van Sweringen railroads, was authoritively said to have made no preparations to bid. | The creditor banking syndicate had ! | made preparations to place through | Morgan & Co. a “protective” bid, | | based on today’'s late prices for the securities, particularly the 51 per cent | interest in Alleghany Corp., key rail | | holding company of the Van Swerin- gens. The block of Alleghany shares | |had a total quoted value today of | around $3,000,000. Wall Street Interested. ‘Wall Street was still excited, how- ever, over the possibility that some new interest might step in and outbid the Cleveland brothers, thus seizing control of the largest group of private- ly held railroads on the American | continent, aggregating some 28,000 | | miles. Railroad quarters generally thought it highly unlikely that any outside rail- | road interest would bid. They pointed out that any railroad company desir- ing to ucquire the Alleghany shares would have to get permission from the 1. C. C. The only possibility, it was thought, would be that some group of capitalists might enter the contest | in the belief that railroads are emerg- | | ing from the depression. Rarely has Wall Street shown such keen interest in a security auction. | Many railroad, financial and other | persons expressed intention of attend- | ing the sale in the musty old Ex-| change sales room in Vesey street, long | known as the “grave yard” of securi- | of the Rotterdam, line’s offices here that all was calm aboard. | i take account-of econonMc changes and | ties. because the issues usually placed | congressional appropriations since the |On the auction block there are of | budget first was presented to Congress | Virtually unknown corporations, and | in January, stressed reports of better economic conditions. This is a subject to which the President is referring frequently as he travels across the country, and administration leaders are seeking to hammer home the argument that the improvement proves the worth of New Deal policies. In a radio speech last night, Postmaster General Far- |ley told the administration's ecritics to “look at the market reports.” In his budget summation, the Pres- ident said that if the A. A. A. should be ruled unconstitutional, “then we will have to face the problem of financing existing contracts for bene- fit payments out of some form of new taxes.” No Promise of Balanced Budget. He did not promise a balanced budget for the next fiscal year, be- ginning July 1, 1936. That budget, he said, is being prepared with a view to “sharply decreasing the spread between income and outgo.” His figures for the present fiscal year were based on the premise that the $4,000,000,000 of work relief money will be spent in full. The works pro- gram, he said, “has moved more slowly than I hoped, but is now accelerating with reasonable assurance of provid- ing adequate employment during the coming months.” Of the economic outlook, he as- serted: “At this date inventories are low. (See BUDGET, Page 5.) F.D.1.C.TO PAY OFF $4,000,000 LIABILITY Prepares to Reimburse Depositors in Bradford, Pa., After Cashier Is Found Dead. By the Associated Press. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. prepared today to pay more than $4,000,000 to depositors in the Commercial National Bank of Brad- ford, Pa., which did not open today. Leo T. Crowley, Federal Deposit In- surance Corp. chairman, said he had been informed a $1,000,000 short- age had been disclosed. Crowley said the Bradford pay-off would be the largest and the twenty- first since the Federal Deposit Insur- ance Corp. came into being. He esti- mated that of the $4,500,000 to $5,000,- 000 on deposit in the bank, approxi- mately 90 per cent was insured. Crow- ley sald the pay-off would probably exceed the total of all previous pay- offs. Heretofore, $1,000,000 has been the largest liability, he said. Crowley said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. would send men im- mediately to Bradford and the pay- off should begin within 10 days. ( of little value. Brothers Consent to Sale. | The decision to place the securities | under the hammer was with the full | consent of the brothers, O. P. and | | M. J. Van Sweringen. The $3,000,000,000 corporate struc- | ture reared by the brothers during | the 1920’s had been only nominally |in their control since 1930. In that year they applied for and | received from the Morgan firm and | associated banking interests such as- | | sistance as necessitated the pledging | of great blocks of Van Sweringen Corp., Alleghany Corp. and other holding units which sew up control of | the whole empire. | Included in the collateral were | more than 2,000,000 shares of Alle- ghany Corp., 1,244,580 common shares | of Van Sweringen Corp. and a varied assortment of rail, coal, steel, termi- nal and other securities which had | (See VAN SWERINGENS, Page 2.) — COOLER WEATHER HERE ‘ IS OFFICIAL FORECAST Thermometer Stood at 41 at 6 O’Clock This Morning, Withl‘ Only Slight Change at 10 A.M. | Lightweight clothes were a drug on the market here today following the | sharp drop in temperature last night. | At 1:30 a.m. ‘oday the thermometer | stood at 46; at 6 o'clock it had dropped to 41, and by 10 o'clock it had risen only to 52. | For this afternoon and tonight fair and slightly warmer weather is ex- pected. The minimum early tomorrow will be in the neighborhood of 50, but as the day goes along the Weather Bureau says it will get cooler. In Western Maryland some heavy frosts were reported. Hagerstown had a low reading of 31 degrees, and Cumberland reported 33 degrees. Readers’ Guide Lost and Found.- Melcher in Filmlan ton, Jamaica. Six Washingtonians were aboard. ‘The first attempt to float the liner off the reef was unsuccessful. Capt. J. Van Dulken, veteran master reported to the His latest message read: “Grounded west side Morant Cayr, First attempt to float her unsuccessfu. Weather fine. to forward passengers per Ariguani .y Kingston. Making arrangemen g Passengers very quiet.” The Ariguani is bound from Enge land to Kingston. Capt. Van Dulken, at 12:41 pm, (Eastern standard time), sent tiy following message 'o the Associatcl Press: “Weather fine. Passengers will b- transferred to S. S. Ariguani 1 Kingston." Goes Aground at 2 AM. The Rotterdam went aground «. Morant Cays, in the Caribbean, abou 2 am. (Eastern standard time) toda: The first message to the line’s offic 1 said: “Everybody well dangef™ The Rotterdam was within eac reach of dozens of fishing boats i and around Kingstcn This is the second cruise the line: has made through the West Indie this month. She first sailed from New York September 7 and sailed on the second cruise September 21. 8hu was due back in New York Priday. The liner was taken from the tri atlantic run between Rotterdam and New York for the Autumn cruising season. A ship of 24,149 tons, the Rotter- dam was built at Belfast in 1908. 976 Are Aboard. The line’s office, after rechecking the passenger lists, said the Rotter- dam carried about 450 passengers and a crew of 526. The Rotterdam was bound back to New York after a cruise to St. Thomai in the Virgin Islands and to La Guayra, in Venezuela. She was pute ting into Kingston after touching for a few hours at Willemstad, on the Island of Curacao. In view of the master's statement regarding the calm sea, the reason for the grounding of the liner on Morant Cays—to the south of the fa- e and quiet. | mous windward passage between Cuba and Haiti—was not known to the line’s offices. It was first thought the Rotterdam might have been blown on to the cays by the hurricane which now is sweeping past Bermuda after veering away from the Florida coast. No Fear Held by Officers. The officers here had no fear for the safety of the passengers. F. R. Wierdsma, general manager of the line, said Capt. Van Dulken has been with the line for 35 years. He is 52 years old and a native of Rotterdam. € WASHINGTONIANS ABOARD Persons From This City Were on Vacation Trip on Rotterdam. Six Washingtonians were aboard the Holland-American liner Rotterdam when she went aground today on a reef off Kingston, Jamaica. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Jules C. Ricker of the Westchester Apartments. Mr. Ricker is president of the insurance company bearing his name. They were making a vacation trip to the West Indies. The others were Miss Ivey H. Wil- liams, a typist at the P. W. A.; Miss M. O. Rhine, employe in the adver- tising department of the telephone company; & Mrs. B. Anderson and Mrs. Irene Rowzee, 3848 Beecher street. Miss Williams, who lives at the Park Lane Apartments, was a travel- ing companion of Mrs. Rowzee, who is the wife of Edgar Rowzee, wire chief of the Rockville branch of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. Miss Rhine, who resides at 2116 P street, and Mrs. Anderson were to- gether. All the Washington passengers had left about a wed: ago and were ex- | pected back next week. (Picture on Page A-2.) KING TO BE SPEAKER IN FORUM TONIGHT Utah Senator Will Discuss Budget Balancing on Air at 10:30 P.M. Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, will discuss the problem of balancing the Federal budget at 10:30 o’clock to- night in the National Radio Forum arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast ovey a coast-to-coast nete work of the National Broadcasting Co. Tonight's will be the first broadcast on the forum’s new Fall and Winter schedule, consisting of programs each Monday instead of each Thursday night. Senator King, a member of the Sen- ate Finance Committee, which deals Women's Features....B-16-17 v with revenue-raising problems, will discuss the subject, “Shall the Federal Government Balance Its Budget, and it So, How?"” 1