Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Falr, cooler tonight, minimum temper= ature about 47 degrees; tomorrow fair; moderate northwest winds. Tempe tures—Highest, 65, at 4:30 p.m. yester- day; lowest, 49, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A- 13. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 15, 16, 17 No. 33,390. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he T WASHINGTON, D. C, FRENCH STIFFEN BORDER FORCE AS GERMANS NEAR TIME TO LEAVE LEAGUE < Resignation Is League Experts Draft History Of ITtalo-Ethiopian Conflict Narrative to Be Submitted to Council Effective Oct. 21. ITALY CLOSES 5 CONSULATES. France Asks Aid of British Against Reich. By the Associated Press. | France issued unexpected orders | for military maneuvers and strength- ened her defenses along the German border as the date drew near for Germany's official retirement from the League of Nations. At the same time the French were reported as anxious for British avia- tion support against any threat from Germany in return for French rein- forcements: of the British fleet in the Mediterrean in case of trouble with Italy. These negotiations, revolving in diplomatic and military channels around the Italo-Ethiopian crisis cen- tering in East Africa, appeared to be solidified by actions in the two most interested countries—Italy and Ethi- opia. i Selassie Ready to Mobilize. ‘ Emperor Haile Selassie informed the League that he was prepared to | Mobilize his fighting men, and there were indications that this mobilization might be undertaken yet this week. Luigi Vinci-Gigliucci, the Italian Minister in Addis Ababa, ordered the | five Italian consulates in Aduwa and Harar Provinces to evacuate as quickly | as possible. Informed sources in Rome described Ethiopia’s impending mobilization as a “menacing threat” of imminent war. | Officials said the Italian Army in East Africa had not crossed the Ethiopian | border, but they they were braced against an Ethiopian attack. The Ttalian press resumed its criti- cal, and at times hostile, attitude toward Great Britain, whose fleet is | on guard in the Mediterranean against | possible difficulties -along the Suez | Canal route. ] Departure Effective October 21. Since Germany’s resignation from the League becomes effective October | 21, part of the interest at Geneva centered on the Reich. German dip- | lomats indicated that their country would remain neutral in the event| of war between Italy and Ethiopia. s’ | Nevertheless, France, as usual, was regarded as nervous over the border situation. A responsible German source in Geneva disclosed that the Third Reich would allow the historic date when its resignation notice becomes effective | to pass in cold silence. | He said Germany believed the YLeague of Nations was in a stage of such great evolution at present that | there was no reason for the Reich to | think of canceling its two-year notice. | German officials had set this to ex- pire October 21. MANEUVERS ORDERED. New Regiment of “Fortress Infantry” | Is Formed. PARIS, October 1 (#).—The French @ir forces today were given unex- | pected orders to begin maneuvers to-‘ morrow in the Lorraine and Cham- | pagne sectors and a new regiment of | “fortress infantry” was formed to‘ strengthen the troops on the German drontier at Strasbourg. These military moves were author- {zed shortly after an official disclo- sure that France is bargaining for British assistance in the event of a German air attack in exchange for | French aid if Italy attacks the Brit-| ish fleet formed in the Mediterranean in the Italo-Ethiopian crisis. | Gen. Victor Leon Ernest Denain, | French minister for air, describéd the | air operations as “defense maneuvers” to test the ability of the planes to parry a sudden attack quickly. Excused as Replacement. The strengthening of the frontier force was advanced as a mere replace- ment of the troops withdrawn from there for service on the Italian {frontier, An attacking air force in the region between Metz and Nancy will send bombing squadrons against Pantaoise and Beauvais, where light defense planes will try to chase them off be- fore they are able to make the simu- | lated bombardment. | ‘The maneuvers also will test land devices for detection of air invasions and the ability of reconnoitering (See ETHIOPIA, Page 5) i , l | claim that Purvis, former head of the | Fourth Generation Of Leghorns Hatches Brood in Tree Top Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md., October 1,—For four generations in the Leghorn family of a hen at Laurel Grove, Md., owned by Mrs. Philip T. Graves, the chickens have been laying up in a tall tree cov- ered by a thick vine, setting and hatching their young and not let- ting the chicks down until they have grown to some size and can fly down. The first hen stole her nest there, Mrs. Graves says, and hatched some six to eight chick- ens, and all of them have used the same nest to do the same thing! Now the great-great- great-granddaughter has come forth again with her brood raised & in a tree in the ancestral Committee of 1 | | By the Associated Press. | GENEVA, Qctober 1—League of Nations experts plunged anew today into their task of drafting a historical summary of the Italo-Ethiopian crisis, to lead to the League's “last word warning against war in East Africa. ‘The official narrative of the conflict, as far as it has gone, will be submitted to the League Council Committee of Thirteen Thursday for consideration in drafting recommendations for peaceful settlement of the dispute. If hostilities have not already begun | by Thursday, League circles reported, the Council Committee may discuss | the possibility of “preventative” sanc- | tions, already hinted at by Anthony Eden of Great Britain. Seasoned observers of League pro- cedure, however, saw small likelihood of any such sanctions ever going into effect. The studious atmosphere of Geneva, 1n fact, was shattered by re- current, unverified rumors that fight- ing already had begun between Italy and Ethiopia. Advocates of sanctions designed to | halt the conflict before it could start examined carefully League resolutions of 1926 to the effect that “it is not OFFICER ADMITS KILLING DILLINGER |Chicago Police Sergeant! Talks in Hope of Aiding “Woman in Red.” | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 1—The Eve- ning American, in a copyrighted story, today said the man who fired the shot that ended the career of John Dil- linger on the night of July 22, 1934, was Sergt. Timothy A. O'Neil, former captain of the East Chicago, Ind., Police Department. + O'Neil and Detective Martin Zarko- vich, who took Mrs. Anna Sage to Melvin Purvis with information that enabled the “G” men to trap Dillin- ger, told thelr story in an interview. The American said Zarkovich, often mentioned as the officer who shot Dil- | linger in front of the Biograph Thea- ter, credited Sergt. O'Neil with that deed. Zarkovich was quoted as saying: “It wasn't I. I'm sorry it wasn't. | Tim O'Neil shot Dillinger.” O'Neil, the newspaper ‘said, ad- mitted firing the shot that dropped the gangster to the pavement, where he died. Seek to Aid “Woman in Red.” O'Neil and Zarkovich agreed to dis- close their story, the American said, | in order to aid Mrs, Sage, “the woman | in red,” in her fight to avoid deporta- tion to Rumania. The officers, the newspaper said, supported Mrs. Sage’s “G-men” in Chicago, had promised her immunity from deportation in re- turn for the information which led to Dillinger’s entrapment. Zarkovich said: “If it had not been for Mrs. Sage many other policemen and bank guards might have been killed before the law caught up with John Dil- linger. Up to now I have been silent, but I feel that the Federal Govern- ment is not being fair with Mrs. Sage and I am going to tell just what I know. “Mrs. Sage called me on the morn- | ing of Saturday, July 21. She told me she could turn up Dillinger. She said she was in trouble with the Gov- ernment, and would do it if she was promised she would not be deported. Confer With Purvis. “I told her I would see what could be done. I arranged a meeting at an east Chicago hotel. Purvis and a special agent named Winstead were there. They promised to do what they could, and were very assuring to her. Later there was another meet- ing at a street intersection in Chi- cago and the promises were repeated. “Mrs. Sage provided the informa- tion that Dillinger would go to a theater Sunday night, either to the | Biograph or to a West Side theater. Purvis and O'Neil went to the Bio- graph. Winstead and I were with others on the West Side. “Later we received word to hurry to the Biograph. I got there a few min- utes before Dillinger came out. Dil- linger had a gun and reached for it. Tim shot him before he could draw it from his pants pocket. Winstead :;lo flredu After the killing I heard e agents repeat their promise help Mrs. Sage.” ® L{c_x POWER IN CASE. \ Immigration officials said today the Labor Department has no power to cancel an order for the deportation of (See DILLINGER, Page 3.) Robbers Cl;lorofom Dog. 3 Thursday for Study in Recommendations. | to place on record a breach of the Covenant that the Council is con- vened, but to prevent one.” A 1927 League report, pointing out that the Council might recommend economic and financial measures | “likely to prevent” an outbreak of | hostilities or even to “fix neutral zones” from which both parties to a | dispute must withdraw their troops, also drew their attention. | “Practical difficulties” began to emerge from informal conversations as to application of sanctions against | Italy. | League sources said certain small | countries, notably Austria and Switzer- | land—both connecting Italy with Germany—might shrink from co- | | operation in applying sanctions. Serious doubts also were expressed in League circles as to whether Hun- gary and Poland would co-operate in such sanctions. Germany, although | technically a member of the League | util October 15, has been standing | aloof during the entire discussion of | the crisis. ‘Without these nations, in the opin- jon of some League officials, effective application of economic sanctions would be extremely difficult. WIFE SLAYER MUST DAY WITH HS LIFE Yankee Jury Convicts Newell P. Sherman in “American | Tragedy” Drowning. By the Associated Press. WORCESTER, Mass., October 1.—| A Yankee jury branded Newell P.| Sherman 8 wife-murderer today in a | verdict dooming him to the electric chair, | | The wife, victim of “an American | tragedy,” whose rival was Esther Ma- | | gill, machine shop coworker of the choir-singing, Scoutmaster husband, was drowned from a canoe on Lake Singletary. | | Judge Thomas J. Hammdhd told the ! ! jurors: . | “You can look the world in the face | with the satisfaction that comes of a | :duty well performed.” Slayer is Unmoved. The 242-pound slayer displayed no | emotion as the verdict was announced | | at 1:52 a.m. (Eastern standard time). | None of his family was present. The mandatory death sentence will | not be pronounced until the defense | has had opportunity to file an appeal. The jury deliberated more than nine hours. It accepted the State’s charge that Sherman lured his wife who could not swim, into a canoe for the first time in her life, overturned the frail craft, | pushed her away when she tried to cling to him and swam ashore. The State advanced as a motive for the crime Sherman’s admitted illicit relations with 18-year-old Miss Magill. District Attorney Owen A. Hoban introduced evidence to show that Sherman, a few days before his wife wife gave birth to their second child, kept a rendezvous with the “other woman.” Sherman admitted itted a “date” with (See SHERMAN, Page 7.) IMPORT QUOTA NORMAL France Assures American Pear and Apple Market. PARIS, October 1 (#).—A normal quota on imports of American pears | and apples for the quarter beginning today seemed assured when the total of all permitted imports of those fruits was announced at 16,000 metric tons, the same as for the correspond- ing period of 1934. The American share has not yet been announced. It was fixed at 5,829 tons for the last quarter of 1934. France’s effort to divert more trade to her colonies was evidenced by the allotment of 250 tons of apples and pears to Algeria. — e Oregon Forest Fire Unchecked. MARSHFIELD, Oreg., October 1 (#). —A forest fire continued raging south- ward through valuable timber today, threatening a major catastrophe to the Siskiyou National Forest in South- western Oregon. The town of Powers, 50 miles southeast of here, was saved from destruction by the combined ef- forts of more than 1,000 men. The Star Scoreboard will give a contest at Detroit. Immediately after the game, The See the World Series With The Star base ball games, beginning at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow, with the WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | WONDER \F THEY’VE RUN IN A REPUBLICAN LIST OF PREACHERS ONJIM FARLEY ! T W VAN SWERINGENS BEGIN COMEBACK Purchase of Securities of Rails First Step—Dangers | Ahead Seen. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 1.—With con- trolling securities of their gigantic | railroad network in their pockets, the ' Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland steamed off on another phase of their rail career today. On the way back to complete mas- tery of their railway system the brothers will have to pass a number | of danger signals, Wall Street banking circles said. In these quarters it is believed that the actual bidding-in of the key se- | curities by the Van Sweringens yes- terday was merely a point of de- | parture. With the aid of George A. Tomlin- son, Cleveland steamship operator, and George A. Ball, Indiana glass jar manufacturer, the Van Sweringens bought at open auction stocks and bonds which they had put up as col- lateral for loans which, with back in- terest, totaled about $50,000,000. The collateral was placed on the block by a banking group headed by | J. P. Morgan & Co. The bankers realized about $4,703,000 and suffered | a loss of approximately $45,297,000. The brunt of the loss, it was said in | ‘Wall Street, was borne by the Morgan | firm. Now that the Van Sweringens have | bought back the collateral, they must | surmount four obstacles, rail men de- clared. | First: They are confronted with | pending receiverships of two of the units of their rail domain, the Mis- souri Pacific and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois. To this burden is added the weight of financial prob- lems surrounding the Denver and Rio Grande Western and the Nickel Plate. | Second: They must gain the a) (See RAILROAD, Page 5.) B. & 0. ASKS CUT IN EASTERN FARES I. C. C. Report Says Conditions Differ From Time Rates Were Se Up. By the Associatec Press. ‘Taking the stand that passenger fares in the East are too high, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. today disagreed with the Pennsylvania Rail- road and other Eastern lines which insist that the Interstate Commerce Commission should not interfere with present rates. The commission has before it a re- port by one of its examiners, pro- posing that passenger fares through- out the country be fixed at 2 cents a mile for coach travel and 3 cents for use of pullman cars. This would increase rates in the South, but lower them East of the Mississippi and North of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers. All the Eastern railroads except the Baltimore & Ohio recently filed ex- ceptions to the examiner's feport. “It is earnestly urged,” the Balti- more & Ohio said, “that the commis- sion take into consideration the com- petition which must be met by the railroads and its effect upon pas- senger transportation and also the improvements anc increased facilities that have been made in connection with transportation by railroad. “It seems clear that the reason why there has been a constant decrease in the movement of passengers using the railroads is due primarily to the fares which were established when condi- tions were entirely different from those of today.” play-by-play description of the Star, carrying the box score and full details, will be on the streets. ASSAILED BY KING .| will be higher than ening Star TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1935—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. g2 NN Physicians and Surgeons Join Star Drive to Safety Pledge Roll Curb Fatalities Jumps More Than ! two other small bumps in quick suc-| 800 as Medical Society of District Indorses C Washington physicians and sur- geons, who more than any other group of people, with the possible exception of the police, are brought into inti- mate daily contact with the horrors of sudden death and injury ou the streets and highways, today joined The Star Safety Council as a unit, | through the Medical Society of the | | District of Columbia, in the campzign to cut down the traffic toll. At the same time the headquarters | | of the Army Medical Center, which | includes Walter Reed Hospital. n- | dorsed the safety drive and began the | pledging of all ambulance, truck snd automobile drivers on the post to a rigid observance of the 12 primary | safe-driving rules. The Star Council has been notified by Dr. C. B. Conklin, secretary of the Medical Society, that the Execuuve | Committee of the society has approved | the safety campaign and requested that the organization be provided with | safe-driving pledge cards for the use| of the society membership. | Safe-driving pledge cards will be distributed to individual members of | the local society at a meeting of thei membership tomorrow night at the society’s building, 1718 M street. | “We feel,” Dr. Conklin said, “that | the efforts of The Evening Star in | connection with present traffic safety campaigns is commendable and tnat (See SAFETY, Page 4.) The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. MAROONED LINER |Land at Jamaica Shortly| (®) Means Associated P PASSENGERS QUIT POUNDED ON REEF, After 7 A.M. Without Casualties. ROTTERDAM CREW TRIES TO GET HER OFF ROCKS Skeleton Force, Staying Aboard to Aid Salvage Ship, in No Danger. By the Associated Press. KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 1.— The 450 passengers and about 250 of the crew of the marooned liner Rot- terdam came ashore today to the peace and hospitality of Jamaica. } They landed from the rescue ship Ariguani shortly before 7 am. in| happy frame of mind, apparently un- | perturbed by the interruption of their | pleasure cruise on a coral reef at Morant Cays, 60 miles southeast of | Kingston, early yesterday. | Most of the passengers were asleep when the vessel went aground, and | they remained aboard ship until 4:30} p.m. yesterday, when their transfer to the Ariguani began. The Holland-America liner was said by the passengers to be high on a rock and battered by heavy seas. i Mrs. Otto Schumacher of New York ’ said she felt the ship bump and that | then, after a brief interval, there were | cession. She realized then that the Rotterdam was aground. Crew Cheered Passengers. ampaign. Safety Broadcasts TODAY. 3 p.m.—WRC — Interviews with passersby to zet pedestrian re- action to pedestrian control. This will be broadcast from the intersection of Fourteenth and F streets. TOMORROW. 12:45 p.m.— WRC — Interview with Dr. W. C. Lambert, in charge of the emergency room at Gallinger Hospital, on his views of highway death and injury. 3:30 p.m.—WJSV—Interview with motorcycle policemen as they g0 off duty regarding traffic violations they have seen through the day. This will be broadcast from the press room at police headquarters. :15 p.m.—WJSV—Interview with Miss Mary Steere, who was struck by an automobile last Saturday, suffering severe in- juries about the head. This will be broadcast from her bedside at Emergency Hospi- tal. Dr. James F. Mitchell, Emergency Hospital surgeon in chief, also will be inter- viewed. FEDERAL SPENDING Utah Democrat Calls for Retrenchment in Line With 1932 Campaign Promises. (Full text of Senator King’s ad- dress on Page B-6.) In a sharp attack on administration spending and mounting taxation, Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, a member of the Senate Finance Com: mittee, last night called for vigorous | retrenchment in line with campaign | promises of 1932 and a balanced | budget by 1938. Speaking in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and broadcast over a Nation-wide network | of the National Broadcasting Co., King, who was an outspoken op- ponent of N. R. A, pointed out that the public debt approximates $30,- 000,000,000 and cannot be expanded further indefinitely. “Unfortunately,” he added, “there are those who exhibit no concern in fiscal policies and in the adoption of measures which will maintain the credit of the Government. The de- mands are made for larger appropria- tions and the entrance of Govern- ment into fields of activity which be- long exclusively, under our theory of government, to individuals and pri- vate endeavor. Time to Take Stock. “It is time that we should take stock of the financial condition of the | Government and determine to sup- port only sound fiscal policies and enforce rigid economy in all branches of Government.” It is only by this that recovery will come, he emphasized. Assailing “schemes for socialization of industry,” King amplified: “Un- doubtedly there are in public positions and in some of our colleges individuals who are dissatisfied with our form of Government, and by usurpation, if they could, and if not, by change in the Constitution, would embark this Re- public upon the sea of socialism or upon a road that leads to a totalitarian state. They are enamoured with the spirit of regimentation and discipline that will only end by destroying the sovereignty of the States and bringing all the people within the control of bureaus and Federal agencies.” Still Will Have Deficit. Commenting on President Roose- velt’s revised budget summary for 1936, in which he predicted that revenues T expected, expendi tures less and that the deficit will be some_$1,246,000,000 lower than vul (Bee KING, Ragn. 31 4 THREE DIEINTEST OF NEW EXPLOSIVE Premature Blast in Quarry Near Baltimore Injures Four Others. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 1.— Three men were killed and four injured in an explosion at a stone quarry on the outskirts of Baltimore. Four men were seriously injured and were taken to hospitals here. The blast occurred while a group of men were conducting an experiment with a new explosive. Two men, both of whom were killed, were tamping the explosive into a drilled hole prep- aratory to setting it off with an elec- tric current, when the explosion oc- curred. Hurled 75 Feet. Bodies of the victims were hurled 75 feet from the scene. Huge chunks of stone were tossed through the air. A man identifiec only as Fowler was s0 badly injured that physicians held out little hope for his recovery. Two of the dead were brothers, Harry and Mac Liptrap, both of Bal- timore. The third victim was not identified immediately. Others injured were Daniel A. Leonard, 50; Philip Martin, 34, a foreman at the quarry, and George Selby, all of Baltimore. The quarry is owned by Thomas R. Martin & Son. Asked to Test Explosive. Edward L. Martin superintendent of the quarry, s.id Leonard and four other men, none employes of the com- pany, came to the quarry and asked that they be allowed to use one of its drilled holes to test a new explosive. Virginia Park Resident Defies Police Seeking to Evict Him Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., October 1.—Melanch- ton Cliser, deputy tax collector of Page County, sat tight today as officers sent by the State Conservation Commission sought to evict him from his Fome in Shenandoah National Park. Cliser locked himself in the kitchen and defled the law as county officers headed by Sheriff E. L. Lucas and Commonwealth Attorney Lynn Walt:n tried in vain to serve eviction papers. Reported threats by the officers to throw a tear gas bomb into the house and break the d with & warning y Other passengers told how Capt. J. | | van Dulken, who is remaining aboard | | the Rotterdam with about 250 of the crew, and his officers comforted the | | passengers and inspired confidence in ' | them. It was said the vessel hnd\ | drifted from her course. | The S. S. Midas is among a group | of ships which are standing by the | Rotterdam today as she tries to back | down off the reef. ‘ The passengers are staying in the Myrtle Bank and Constant Spring Hotels, the latter reopened to care | for hem. | They will retumn to New York Sun- | day on the S. S. Volendam. | The skeleton crew was in no imme- | diate danger, and the salvage ship Killerig, out of Kingston, strained to | | set the big liner free. | Four hundred and fifty passengers and about 250 of the crew of 526 of the Rotterdam came to Kingston. Scheduled originally to leave for England today, the Ariguani was loading here yesterday when the Rot- terdam wirelessed for assistance. She put out to sea quickly and arrived alongside the liner yesterday after- noon. | Woman Sprains Ankle. } A heavy swell was sending breakers over the reef, but the task of trans- ferring hundreds of people with their baggage was completed by the Rot- terdam’s crew without injury, except | for a sprained ankle suffered by one of the women. Cause of the Rotterdam’s grounding was not explained. She struck the | coral reef about 1:30 Monday morn- ing. Some passengers were still up, celebrating a Spanish fiesta. Others, in night clothes, cried out as they rushed on deck. Order was soon restored. Corrine Buckheart and Anthony Costello, New York professionals, helped by dancing the Carioca on the deck. The passen- gers, many still in pajamas, paced the decks quietly for hours later await- ing developments. Dawn and the sight of a beautiful beach less than 200 yards away put most of them in good cheer and by the'time the rescue ship arrived they were beginning to enjoy the experi- ence. WHEAT REBOUNDS TO DOLLAR MARK By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 1.— Dollar wheat was back on the grain market blackboards here today. Wheat futures jumped 2 cents & bushel, December and May deliveries advancing to fractions above $1 a bushel, the highest since September 20. Futures on both the Kansas City and Minneapolis markets have been holding well above $1 in recent weeks, with prices at Minneapolis currently quoted as high as 20 cents above| Chicago. The upturn here was largely a re- | flection of a sharp advance of more than a cent in Liverpool prices, traced to serious drought conditions in Ar- gentina wheatlands. Hunter Held in Killing. KALISPELL, Mont., October 1 (#). —Clarence Delager was held for trial today for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Wilbur Coe, whom De- lager said he mistook for a deer mov- ing about a thicket. A coroner’s jury at Eureka, Mont., exonerated Delager, but Lincoln County authorities decid- ed to press the manslaughter charge. Cliser, who owns a store and 46 acres of land in the National Park about 4 miles west of Luray, has re- fused to accept the State’s price for his property, holding it was not fair. After their attempts to serve the eviction papers today, Sheriff Lucas and his men are reported to have gone to Harrisonburg to get further in- structions from the court. Some 300 families in the park area are said to have violated permits granted them to remain in the area Yesterday’s Circulation, 128,656 Some Returns Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. ROOSEVELT CITES "LIBERAL SPIRIT" OF CALIFORNIANS Declares National Program Owes Great Debt to State for Its Stand. ECONOMIC SKIES ARE CLEARING, HE ASSERTS Fact Is Disclosed by Spirit of Masses, He Says—Regrets Passing of Will Rogers. ress. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, October 1.—Presi- dent Roosevelt, speaking in the coli- seum that was the site of the 1932 Olympic games, today paid tribute to what he termed the “liberal spirit” of California, and made tender reference to the death of his friend Will Rogers. “To the liberal spirit of this State our national program owes & great debt,” said the President. Mr. Roosevelt again expressed his belief that the economic skies are clearing. Hope Being Fulfilled. “It is true, as shown not by the figures alone, but by the spirit of the great mass of 2 mericans in every part of the country, that we have come through stormy seas into fair weather,” e said. “Patience is receiving its reward. Faith §s being justified. Hope is being fulfilled.” Near the close of his brief speech the President expressed his keen per- sonal regret that Will Rogers could not be here. Referring to a previous visit here during the 1932 campaign, he said that “on that occasion I was intro- duced by & very old freind of mine, & friend of every man, woman and child in the United States, a kindly pher—one who would be with us today but for his untimely death in Alaska. “Will Rogers’ kindly humor saw facts and laughed at fantasy.” Arrives in Los Angeles. President Roosevelt arrived here foday in his special train after an from Nevada, where he dedicated Boulder Dam. Gray skies and occasional gusts of Hght rain threatened to mar an elaborate program planned for the first visit of a Chief Executive in of- fice since that of Woodrow Wilson in 1819, Despite the threatening weather, a crowd of several thousand gathered at the Union Pacific Station to cheer the President on the completion of his transcontinental trip. First to leave the presidential train was Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who, ac- companied by her secretary, Mrs. Mal- vinia Scheider, hurried to & waiting automobile and was driven to the more Hotel. Several hundred Los An- geles policemen co-operated with se- cret service operatives to patrol the train. Meanwhile at sea. south of San (See ROOSEVELT, Page 3.) R. F. C. BOARD TO FIX LOAN FOR BAY SPAN |Radcliffe to Confer With Jones Today—$2,500,000 Is Seen as Figure. By the Associated Press. ‘The Reconstruction Finance Corp. today said the amount of a proposed loan for the new Chesapeake Bay bridge will be determined at a meet- ing of the R. F. C. Board. R. F. C. officials said they did not know when the bridge loan would be acted on, but Senator Radcliffe of Maryland planned to see Jesse Jones, R. F. C. chairman, today. Senator Radcliffe said his understanding was that the R. F. C. would lend $2,- 500,000. The projected bridge would cost $10,000,000. Sponsors of the project hope to obtain a grant of about $4,500,000 from the P. W. A. and a | loan of several millions from R.F.C. Some persons interested in the project expressed belief the R. F. C. might be counted on for $3,000,000, which with a grant from P. W. A, would boost the total to $7,500,000. Gov. Harry W. Nice of Maryland has indicated that if the State should be required to put up $2,500,000, he would ask the Legislature for a spe- cial bond issue. e D. C. DIVORCE GRANTED First Under New Statutes Is Awarded Mrs. Lillian Tucker. ‘The first absolute divorce under the District’s liberalized statutes was granted today by District Supreme Court Justice Oscar R. Luhring to Mrs. Lililan L. Tucker, 1301 Fifteenth street. In her suit, which was uncontested, Mrs. Tucker claimed her husband, Walter L. Tucker, a tax expert of the Internal Revenue Bureau, deserted her two years ago. She was represen! by Attorney Raymond L. Neudecker. Readers’ Guide Pages. Cross-word Puzzle Editorials - Finance . Lost and Found - Melcher in Filmland temporarily. ‘They were supposed to have been evicted before the October term of court, which cogvened last Thursday. v