Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, colder tonight, with light to heavy frost in suburbs; minimum temperature about 38 degrees in the fair. Temperatures—Highest, 74. at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 46, Full report on page A- " Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 city; tomorrow at 6 a.m. today. 11. No. 33,393. post office, Wa ITALIANS INVADE Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. @h WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., FRIDAY, OCT! ETHIOPIAN CASUALTIES MOUNT; ADUWA BOMBED, CAPTURE NEAR; U. S. EMBARGO IS DUE TOMORROW * 11 Duce’s Army Meets Little Resistance. | 2,000 DECLARED | ing Attitude if Her Fleet Is Attacked LOST IN OGADEN Ttalian Bomber Is Reported Shot Down. The ADDIS ABABA—Italy hurled 100,000 soldiers at Aduwa, in Northern Ethiopia. and claimed the fall of the city was imminent; Ras Seyoum, | defending Aduwa, was reported to have advised Emperor Selassie he could not hold out much longet; Italian planes were reported to have War Situation. made a second bombardment of | against Italy would take at least six | for economic and financial sanctions| Aduwa. An Italian plane, said one weeks, provided the League approves against Italy. | report, was shot down; the Italian drive was concentrated on three | fronts; one column advancing on | Palace, with President Albert Lebrun | templated possible financial assistance Aduwa, another on the rich prov- | ince of Aussa in the southeast and the third on the province of Harrac, | with the object of cutting the Dji- | bouti-Addis Ababa Railway. | ASMARA, Eritrea.—Mussolini’s sons, Vittorio and Bruno, participate in | successful flying mission ahead of advancing ground troops. | ROME.—Government a. nounces Italian forces advencing all along | the front. Baron Aloisi starts for Geneva and League of Nations Council session. It was stated that economic sanctions against Italy would merely cause the Italian peo- ple to tighten up their belts and proceed on their predetermined course. GENEVA—Emperor Hailie Selassie tells League Italy is carrying out threats to conquer unarmed Ethio- | pia; he reasserts intention to co- | operate with League. PARIS. —Premier Laval was given a free hand by cabinet for League action on sanctions. LONDON.—Ambassador ~Grandi of Italy talks with Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign secretary, as Prime Minister Baldwin plars statement before Conservative party confer- ence.. NEW YORK.—Approximately 1,000 policemen and 200 or more detec- tives were mobilized for special duty because of clashes growing out of | the Italo-Ethiopian tension. The | densely populated Itaiian and col- | ored sections are close together in | upper Manhattan | WASHINGTON.—The State Depart- ment awaited further word of the situation in Africa before ordering an embargo on arms shipments to the belligerents. TOKIO.—The government was silent, but there was a general sentiment | for Ethiopia. It was indicated Japan, a non-League member, would be inclined t> ~0-operate with the League in sanctions. | THREE COLUMNS ADVANCING. | Heavy Casualties Reported on South- eastern Ethiopian Front. (Copyright. 1935, by the Assoclated Press.) | ADDIS ABABA, October 4.—Em- peror Haile Selassie today announced | a clash between Italians and Ethi- opians in Ogaden, thereby indicating that the Italian forces are attempting | to penetrate Ethiopia from three di-: rections. The Emperor said there had been 200 casualties on each side in the Ogaden battle. (A British Reuters dispatch reported 2,000 Ethiopians slain.) It was the first officlal statement (See WAR, Page 7. Sunday —in— “THIS WEEK” “What Are You Worth?” WILLFORD KING —noted economist says you may think you're nearly “broke,” but probably you own more than you realize. He tells you how to add up your assets. * k * * “She Married Her Boss” JIM TULLY —gives you an intimate close- up of Norma Shearer in her march from poverty to fame. * % X X These, a Host of Other Features and a Fine Array of New Fiction Will Be Ready for You —in— The Sunday Star | ing the attitude of France in the | (Copyright. 1935. by the Associated Press.) | | nounced, immediately made provision French Cabinet Full Authority on Sanctions Dispatch of Note to Also Approved in Paris. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 4 —The French cab- inet today accorded Premier Laval a vote of confidence, giving him a free hand in the League of Nation’s con- sideration of sanctions against Italy. The cabinet also approved the dis- patch of a note to Great Britain stat- | event that the British fleet, now op- | erating in, the Mediterranean as & | “precautionary” matter, should be &t- | tacked, but there was no immediate | announcement as to the nature ol; this response. 1 French sources said they believed | that an application of sanctions of such action. | The full cabinet met at the Elysee | presiding. After the three-hour ses- sion, the following communique was issued: “Premier Laval made a complete re- port on the international situation,! @ Votes Laval Great Britain Stat- especially on the deliberations under way in the League of Nations. The cabinet, on his motion, approved the terms of the French government's answer to the recent British note (in which the British asked what the at- titud= of France would be in the event Great Britain were attacked while carrying out League orders). “The cabinet was unanimously in agreement with the premier on the positions taken and to be taken by | France at Geneva on the Italo-Ethi- | opian question and expressed confi- | dence in him and in his conduct of | negotiations in the League.” | Laval went to his cabinet for the approval of a Franco-British program | The program, Intended for League of Nations consideration, also con- for Ethiopia and an end to the Ethi- opian arms embargo. French officials said Laval and An- thony Eden, British minister for (See PARIS, Page 1) 12-MILE ADVANCE British and French Move for Sanctions Declared “Too Late.” ROME, October 4.—The Italian AMERICANS READY * CLAIMED BY ROME TO EVACUATE ZONE U. S. Charge d’Affaire$ In-| sists Wom Leave Addis Ababa. By the Associated Press. Cornelius H. Van Engert, American | AWAIT OFFICIAL {Munitions Only to President Seen Ready to Act on Arms. WORD OF WAR Be Barred by Proclamation. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ¢ President Roosevelt is expected to issue a proclamation not later than tomorrow, in accordance with the neutrality resolution passed by Con- gress, stating that a war exists be- tween Italy and Ethiopia. The neutrality act provides that as soon as such a proclamation is made an embargo will be placed on the export of arms, ammunition and implements of war to the two belligerents. The list of materials which will come under the embargo proclamation will not be much different from the list issued by the State Department two wec. 5 ago and which is being ap- plied to arms and munition manufac- | turers for the purpose of obtaining | export licenses. Raw Materials Not Barred. That is to say, raw materials such as cotton, copper and iron will not be barred to the belligerent countries if they have the money to purchase them, | The State Department experts have | been discussing the situation for sev- | eral days and have come to the con- | clusion that, for the time being at least, it would be unwise to include in the embargo list anything but actual en and Children | materials. In arriving at this decision the State Department authorities had to take into consideration every angle of the situation. No positive definition of what is war material could be found. OBER 4, 1935—FIFTY- ¢ Foening Star SIX PAGES. The only Some Retur: evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 133,719 ns Not Yet Received. FHP THANK GOODNESS . NO LEAGUE. OF NATIONS STAN WE A':’?GHT FROM NOW ON! DS \N OUR. WAY 'RE GOING TO UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. ON THREE FRONTS istration, which during the past year has conducted a $2000,000 safety campaign throughout the Nation and which is preparing for a $5,000.000 drive to cut down accidental deaths, today jomned The Star Safety Council in its campaign to curb street and highway deaths and accidents. Under the leadershipof W.O. Wheary, director of safety of the W. P. A. who is imposing the most rigid | standards of safety on more than 3,000 motor vehicles employed in emergency relief work in the District of Columbia and upon from 175000 forces were reported officially today | charge d'affaires at Addis Ababa, noti- | But in the debates of the Senate, when | 15 250,000 motor vehicles throughout to have swept forward again “all along the front” in Ethiopia. An official communique announced | that in yesterday's operations Italian airplanes replied to Ethiopian artil- ! lery and rfle fire in the vicinity of Aduwa and Adigrat by bombing enemy | forces. ! Italians resented bitterly reports that Anthony Eden of England and | Premier Laval of France had evolved | a three-point program for application of economic sanctions against Italy, but insisted sternly: “These efforts come too late to stop v The Italian advance has met little opposition from Emperor Haile Selas- | sie’s troops, the ccmmunique said. Italian troops were reported at Darco | Tacle, 12 miles over the border and | 12 miles from Aduwa. Inhabitants of native villages along | the line of march were described as greeting the invading forces by wav- ing white flags. Food Given Natives. The Italian forces, it was an- for distributing food and supplies | among the natives, who were described as being in a ‘state of extreme misery.” Italian planes paved the way for the advance by dropping leaflets on the villages, showing the natives they had nothing to fear unless they op- posed the advance. The text of the communique follows: “Yesterday, October 3, at 5 divisions of the regular army, sions of Black Shirts and those of native troops have, in order to crush the imminent Ethiopian menace, passed beyond the border between Barrachit and Meghec. Long Advance Claimed. “Encountering elements of enemy forces which have not been with- drawn—as was announced at Geneva— Italian columns have advanced across the rugged, difficult terrain along the front which is 20 kilometers from the border. “The opposition of the Ethiopian forces was not encountered and the populace awaited the Italian troops’ entrances into their villages, waving white flags. “The commissary provided for im- mediate distribution of food to these people, who were found in a state of extreme misery. “The aviation made a reconnaisance (See ROME, Page 17.) Readers’ Guide A-17-18-19 Lost and Found -A-11 Melcher in Filmland Sports Washington Wayside ____A-14 Women’s Features ... | of the women and children. fied the State Department today he | had insisted that three, American | women and six children attached to the Seventh Day Adventist mission | there leave the capital by the next train. Van Engert did not give the names It was assumed here he had taken | the action as a precaution against possible Italian bombardment of Haile Selassie’s capital. - Van Engert reported the Emperor and other officials have repeatedly as- sured him that everything possible will be done to protect American lives aud | property. The British Minister, Van Engert te- ported, has offered to provide gas| masks to any Americans who may d sire them as a protection against gas | attacks, and also has offered to permit American residents of the Ethiopian capital to set up tents in the compound of the British Legation. The British Legation is on the oui- | skirts of the city and considered much safer from aerial bombardment. U. S. SHIP SHUNS ITALY. Dollar Liner Cancels Calls at Mediter- ranean Ports. ROME, ;October 4 (#).—The Dollar Liner President Hayes will not call as scheduled at Naples and Genoa, where many persons are waiting to embark "(See SHIP, Page 3.) FARLEY FAVORS HIGHEST BIDDER FOR ’36 SESSION By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 4.—Postmaster General James A. Farley disclosed tc- day that he wishes the “biggest bidder” city to get the Democratic National Convention. ‘Told Chicago business men planned to ask him to lend his influence to bringing the convention to Chicago, Farley, national chairman of the party, said with a grin: “I'm anxious to lend my support to the biggest bidder.” Farley said his trip to Chicago from Washington was “primarily to see the world series game” today. He will leave tonight for Louisville, Ky., where he will address a Young Democrats’ meeting tomorpow night. | ator Key Pittman, the neutrality act was discussed, Sen- | the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, reply- ing to Senator Duncan Fletcher, from Florida, stated that cotton and other | such raw materials were not consid- ered as war materials. The officials | who are engaged in drafting the em- bargo list are more or less compelled to follow that definition in order to avoid possible legal complications which might otherwise bring the mat- ter of embargo before the Supreme Court. Italy Already Denied Credit. From the practical point of view, it| is asserted that neither countries are | at present in a position to purchase| any quantity of raw materials. Financial sanctions against [taly | came into force unofficially three months ago. At that time the London bankers, who were immediately fol- lowed by the New York banks, refused any further credits to their Italian ~or- respondents. Consequently, since last July Italy has been compelled to iive on her own fat. To finance all her purchases in Great Britain, the Umted States and other countries linked witn the British-American banking system she has drawn on her war treasury, which has a fair amount of gold and foreign exchange. If the Italo-Ethiopian conflict is nro- longed or if it expands to an inter- national crisis, the President can, un- der section 1 of the neutrality resotu- tion, extend the embargo to other States. But it appears doubtful wheth- er he can increase the list of materials subjected to t!\e embargo proclamation. Hull Awaits Official Word. Section 2 of the neutrality resolu- tion provides that “The President is hereby authorized to proclaim, upon recommendation of the National Muni- tion Control Board, from time to time @ list of articles which shall be con- sidered arms, ammunition and imple- ments of war for the purpose of this section.” But in the first section of the act, the President has no such latitude. Secretary Hull is awaiting now only an official confirmation that the unde- clared war in Africa since Thursday was an actual “outbreak of war.” As soon a4s war between Ethiopia and Italy is considered official, the procla- mation providing the embargo on war materials, and making it unlawful for American vessels to carry such articles to a neutral port for shipment to the belligerents, will be issued. Today's World Series Pictures Today: The final edition of The Star today will contain a full page of exclusive Associated Press Wirephotos of the third World Ser ies game at Chicago. The Star scoreboard, giving a- play-by-play descrip- tion of the game, beg ins operation at 2:30 p.m.. Immediately after the game The Star will be on the street with the box score and full details of the contgst. the country, the W. P. A. will seek to | enroll its local personnel in The Star | | drive. i | Wheary, who, as safety director for all of the Civil Works Administration activities throughout the Nation, is | | in charge of protecting some 4.000.000 | | American citizens from avoidable ac- cideats, warmly commended The Star | safety campaign. “The results of such a campaign | | are difficult to measure,” he said, i “but I am convinced Washington will | find as time goes on that the drive | is bringing good in more ways than | it realizes. The psychological effects are fine and I am sure that the prac- | tical gains will be beneficial to every one in the city.” PFinding that most of the deaths of (See SAFETY, Page 4.) SHIPPING TIED UP BY LAKES STORM Two Vessels Grounded and Communications Disrupted in Michigan. By the Associated Press. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Octo- ber 4—A howling, snow-filled gale halted Great Lakes shipping over a wide area today, disrupted communi- cations and drove at least two ves- sels aground, where one was threat- ened with destruction by the moun- tainous waves. The Pittsburgh steamer Henry C. Frick is aground at Nine-Mile Point, in lower St. Marys River. Tugs are standing by. The Gros Cap Lightship, at the en- trance of the St. Marys River, was blown 5 miles from her station and a tug was sent through the storm to her aid early today. The Coast Guard cutter Dallas, at- tempting to aid the 254-foot barge Transport, pounding on the rocks in Lake Superior, 20 miles west of White- fish Point, turned back when the rag- ing seas threatened to hurl her on the rocks. Guardsmen said the Transport, owned by the Roen Steamship Co. of Milwaukee, apparently is doomed. Thirty men stranded on the barge were safe in a lumber camp. CRUISER SENT TO HORTA LONDON, October 4 (#).—The crack cruiser Achilles, of the home fleet, re- cently sent to Gibraltar, has been hurried to Horta in the Azores Islands, it was learned today. Reasons for the transfer of the Achilles, a 7,000-ton ship built in 1932, were not revealed At the same time, the New Zealand | | $7,000,000 Behind Traffic Life-Saving and Accident Curtailment Over U. S. Sees Psychological Benefits. The Federal Works Progress Admin-% Safety Broadcasts Today. p.m.—WJSV—"Wait for the Green Light”"—an analysis of the pedestrian problem in figures and in song. p.m. — WMAL — Interview with J. C. Grinder, 1304 D street southeast, candidate for the perfect driving record. ‘Tomerrow. a m.—WJSV—Coroner’s in- quest into the death of Ervin Jones, killed in a traffic crash. Broadcast from the morgue. p.m. — WRC — The safety work of the Maccabees, featuring singing of the safety song by the Junior Maccabees. p.m. — WISV — Interview with Dr. J. Roscoe Creer, who has treated many traffic victims. Broadcast from Emergency Hospital. (These broadcasts will conclude the series of 45 arranged by Sta- tion WJSV of the Columbia Broadcasting System, and Sta- tions WRC and WMAL of the National Broadcasting Co., in connection with The Star’s safety drive.) HOPKINS EXEMPTS RELIEF ROLL RULE 90 Per Cent Restriction Is Lifted to Speed Big Spend- ing Programs. By the Associated Press. The Public Works Administration announced today that Harry L. Hop- kins had exempted its $330,000,000 non-Federal program from the re- quirement that 90 per cent of its labor be taken from the relief rolls. The order followed Hopkins earlier decision that employes on the $100,- 000,000 P. W. A. slum clearance pro- gram also need not come from relief lists. Simultaneously, P. W. A. made pub- lic an order by Secretary Ickes ex- tending local option on P. W. A. proj- ect wages to those financed from the old appropriation on which contracts are let after October 9. Qfficials said contractors had re- quested modification of the 90 per cent relief rule because they con- tended there was not a sufficient sup- ply of skilled workmen on relief. It was recalled that Gen. Hugh S. John- son, New York City P. W. A. admin- istrator, recently said several thousand skilled jobs were going begging there because of an insufficient supply of relief labor. * Third of Job Goal Achieved. The orders followed a report by the Works Progress Administration show- ing 1,126,234 jobs had been provided to October 3 in the drive to put 3,500,000 needy to work. Hopkins’ order authorized State W. P. A. administrators to waive the 90 per cent requirement on P. W. A. projects where there were “no qualified workers on the public relief rolls avail- able within the vicinity of the proj- ect.” “Vicinity” was defined as “an area within which the worker may travel to and from work without un- usual 7:30 tion.’ Non-relief labor, to be taken from the United States Employment Serv- fimmwummm er: 1. Bona fide residents of the politi- cal subdivision which is financing, in (See RETNEF, Page §.) Safety birector rgor W.P. A. E ' Adds Star Drive to Program A A A" UNW""'INB’ MAY ENFORCE LAY | Potato Hearing, in Second Day, Continues Its Con- trol Demand. By the Assoclated Press. | Reluctantly, the Agricultural Ad- | justment Administration headed today | toward enforcement of the controver- sial potato tax control law as testi- mony in the second day of hearings continued overwhelmingly to demand that course. Scattered voices from small produc- | ing areas opposed the compulsory con- | trol law or favored voluntary methods, | but the great bulk of commercial pow tato growing sentiment was favorable |to the law enacted by the last Congress. One of the few dissenting voices was from Connecticut. W. S. Mid- | daugh said growers in that State were because they felt they would be pen- alized by allotments based on past production. R. S. Campbell of Massachusetts favored voluntary reduction with ben- efit payments, rather than the com- cent a pound on excess production. Zuckerman Leads Chorus. The chorus for enforcement of the law was led by H. G. Zuckerman of | California, largest producer in the | United States, who contended the vol- untary plan would be less effective and just as difficult to administer. “Rugged individualism and agricul- tural control don't seem to make good bedfellows,” Zuckerman said, with 15-cent potatoes the growers continue to get ragged and raggeder.” The law was also supported, in gen- from North Dakota, Maryland, Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Idaho. Without commenting on any par- ticular plan, Don E. Montgomery, A. A. A. consumers’ counsel, warned that the consumers would not approve jany plan to make potatoes scarce. Luxury Idea Unpopular. “Any plan to make potatoes a lux- ury will certainly be resisted, and my opinion, properly so,” he said. The A. A. A. either through acci- dent or forethought got into a posi- tion yesterday where it could argue | that farmer sentiment compelled it | reluctantly to undertake administra- tion of the law. Potato farmers who gathered here yesterday presented an almost united front in a turbulent hearing called (See POTATOES, Page 5.) Today’s Merchandise The advertising columns of The Star today again are fea- turing Fall merchandise of the most desirable quality and variety. The best offerings are invariably found in The Star. It pays to shop through The Star. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display.) Lines. The Evening Star_ 55,925 2nd Newspaper___ 29,347 3rd Newspaper__. 22,944 4th Newspaper__. 10,188 5th Newspaper_ 6,547 Total ( newsdevers. ) 69,026 ‘The Star’s circulation con- tinues to grow in every division, through regular sub- seribers in the city and sub- urbs, through newsstands, through newsboys and inde- pendent carriers and rural routes. New people evidently: appreciate The Star. ’ opposed to the pending control plan | pulsory progxam with a tax of % of a “but eral or specific terms. by spokesmen CUBS, 2 TIGERS, WITH GREENBERG OUT WITH INJURY: OWEN PLAYS FIRST Clifton Put on Third as Cochrane Faces Crisis Through Loss of Star With Third Game Opening. LEE AND AUKER BATTLE IN PITCHING DUEL Wintry Blasts Leave Doubts as to Crowds at Wrigley Field This Afternoon—Thermometer Hovers About 48 Degrees, With Strong Wind and Clear Skies. Today's starting lin DETROIT (A.). White. cf rf Rogell. ss Qvwen. 1b Clifton. 1 Auker. p | ., Umpires—Me: Stark (N). fi ond base b. srs_ McGowan (A ase: Moriarty (A ). third base, BY S E. STAN, Staff Correspondent of The Star CHICAGO, Ill, October 4.—Th2 crippled Tiger invaded the Bear's den today as the 1935 world series shifted to Wriglev Field for the third, fourth and fifth games of base ball's annual classic. The score at the end of the second inning was Cubs, 2; Tigers, 0 Greenberg Out for Day. Detroit'’s hopes of vicwory suffered a severe blow this morning when it was disclosed that big Hank G berg, slugging first baseman, wo not be able to play today. Greenberg sustained a badly sprained wrist yes- terday when he slid into Gabby Hart- nett of the Cubs at home plate during the seventh inning. At first it was feared that he had fractured his wrist but X-rays last night revealed that the tendons were bruised and physicians said at the time that Greenberg probably would play. This morrning. however, the wrist was so swollen that Greenberg’s only hope of playing was as a pinch- hitter. | Both Managers Confident. Both teams were confident today. Manager Mickey Cochrane looked upon yesterday's victory as the game which snapped the Tigers out of the slump which had gripped them since the middle of September. Manager Charley Grimm declared that in de- feat the Cubs looked better yesterday | than the Tigers, pointing out that but | for Bridges' superb pitching the Cubs would have held a 2-t0-0 lead in the set. Aces On Mound All even after the first two battles in Detroit, the two contenders sent the leading percentage pitchers of the | American and National Leagues to the pitching slab today. For the Cubs Handsome Bill Lee. a rigat-hander with a dipping curve, took the moun while the Tigers banked on Elder | Auker, another right-hander, who throws with an uncerhand delivery reminiscent of Carl Mays. Lee fin- ished the regular season with 20 wins | and 6 defeats, while Auker had 18 vic- | tories and 7 losses | The Government Weather Bureau | looked for a temperature of not more | than 48 degrees at game time with a light. but chilly northwest wind and clear skies. FIRST INNING. DETROIT—Lee worked a two and in | two count on White, and then fanned him, Hartnett dropping the third strike, but threw him out at first. Cochrane took a strike and a ball |and then grounded to Herman, who let the ball go through him for an error. Gehringer waited for a three ;and two count, and then hit a slow roller to Hack, who threw him out on a nice play, Cochrane taking second. | Goslin watched two balls go by, then | popped to Jurges back on the grass. No runs. CHICAGO—Galan, on a two and two count, singled sharply to right. | Auker worker Herman to a count of | two strikes and a ball and then struck him out. After looking over a ball, Lindstrom beat out a slow roller to Clifton, Galan moving to second. Hartnett, after two strikes and a ball, drilled fato a double play, Rogell to Gehringer to Owen. No runs. Detroit, 0: Chicago, 0. SECOND INNING. DETROIT—On the first pitched ball Fox fouled to Hartnett. Rogell looked over a ball and a strike, angl then beat out a slow roller to Cavarretta, and when the first baseman flipped the ball wildly to Lee, who covered first, Rogell went to second. Owen ground- ed to Jurges on the second pitched ball and was thrown out at first, while Rogell moved to third. Clifton hit Lee’s second pitch back at him and was thrown out. No runs. CHICAGO—Demaree took two called strikes, and then slammed Auker’s next pitch into the right-field bleachers for a home run. On the first pitched ball Cavarretta lined to hite. Hack took a strike and then singled to left. On the first pitched ball, Hack stole second. Jurges let a ball and strike go by, and then rapped a sharp grounder to Clifton, who booted the ball for an error, Hack moving to third. Lee let a ball go by and then grounded to Gehringer, who threw him out at first, while Hack scored and Jurges went to sec= ond. Galan, after two strikes and @ ball, fiied to Goslin. Two runs. Detroit, 0AChicago, 2.