Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1935, Page 2

U. 5. NEUTRALITY FUTURE PROBLEM Dangers May Face Country Despite Present Isolated Position for Peace. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The tortuous road of neutrality— whose object is peace, but whose end- ing is sometimes war—has begun. The United States Government, having been advised from Geneva that the League of Nations was about to declare formally that Italy had “re- sorted to war,” saw no reason to hesi- tate further about issuing a proclama- tion of neutrality. Back in 1914 America issued a proc- Jacation of neutrality and was a par- ticipant in the war less than three years later. If the Ethiopian-Italian conflict can be localized there will be no danger of a world-wide war or American partici- pation therein. Too many people believe, however, that going in or staying out of war is a mere matter of executive discre- tion at Washington. Hence they are inclined to applaud the President’s neutrality proclamation and his warn- ing to American citizens to refrain from traveling on belligerent ships, which means, in this case, Italian ves- sels, because Ethiopia has no merchant marine. Ships Attacked Nevertheless, But. unfortunately, these warnings to citizens not to travel were advocated in 1915 and 1916 and they were not in themselves the controlling factors in forcing America into the war. It will | be recalled that ships flying the American flag were torpedoed by Ger- nan submarines and that American | ‘public opinion was fanned to fever heat by the sinking of neutral as well #s belligerent vessels on which inno- cent passengers, in no way involved in the war itself. were drowned without | in some cases being given a chance for their lives. Today America is theoretically neu- | 4ral. But actually, the very words of the President’s proclamation warn- ing American citizens not to travel on belligerent ships is regarded by Ttaly as an offense. For, as Capt. D'Annunzio of Italy rightly points out, there are no Ethiopian sub- marines and hence the danger of travel on Italian ships is remote. What the spokesmen. for the Italians did not perceive, of course, was that the State Department is merely pre- paring to absolve itself from legal responsibility for anything that might happen if an Italian ship is blown up by a crank or by somebody who deliberately seeks to involve America in the dispute through an untoward act that might inflame American opinion. Future Attitude Problem. The question then turns on what would be the attitude of the American people if barbarism were revived on the high seas. Would they sit su- pinely by and in timid or indifferent fashion give up their rights to use the oceans and seas in which no nation has a proprietary right? The pacific feeling of this country at the moment is such that many people would give an affirmative answer to that question, little realiz- ing that, if Britain is drawn into the war and Canada becomes involved, the citizens of the United States would not only have their trade relations impaired with their best customers, but that neutrality in fact would be- come practically impossible. The significance, therefore, of the President’s proclamation, made in the | face of the fact that our Government | probably realized it would offend Italy, must be sought in some other direc- tion. It lies rather in an inner hope for a course that will mean peace Father than war. Collective Action. Thus the powers are acting in con- cert at Geneva. Whatever they do will be done collectively and not in- | dividually. Their main fear has been | that, if they adopted financial or eco- nomic sanctions or penalties, the TUnited States might play a lone hand and unwittingly reduce the effective- ness of those sanctions or embargoes. * Happily or unhappily for Mr. Roose- | velt, the Congress tied his hands so | that, at the moment, anyway, he is| compelled to proclaim embargoes and | to prevent any belligerents from get- | ting help through the purchase of sup- plies in the United States. This au- thority lasts only until next February, by which time the international sit- uation either will have cleared up to the extent of localizing the conflict, or there will be a threat of a general war and the Congress can be expected to deal with the new circumstances s they arise. At the moment, the President can point to the mandatory provisions of the neutrality law and, having spoken words of warning and issued a list of articles that cannot be exported, he can sit back and await developments. U. S. Held Leaning to League. Geneva, however, feels that the United States, while not saying so in any formal way, is nevertheless ready ! to stand with the League of Nations, < ‘or, to put it another way, is prepared not to place any obstacles in the path of effective economic sanctions, em- ! bargoes or penalties as they may be ' imposed by the League. Incidentally, the value of the League as a collective instrument was never better {llustrated than in the effect . on French policy today. Unquestionably, Paris is lukewarm toward sanctions and there is a con- siderable pro-Italian sentiment in France. But it's the League itself Which is at issue and if France aban- dons the League or shows any signs of weakening its powers in an emer- gency she may some day regret it when Germany is at her doors and she looks imploringly across the Eng- lish Channel to Britain for aid. Helpful Move, A statement that the United States would not attempt to violate the sanctions or penalties imposed by the League would be helpful at the mo- ment to world peace. And the precedent for this action might well be taken from the new neutrality law itself. For the League members will become quasi-belligerents when they impose economic penalties on the ag- gressor nation, Italy. The United States might then conceivably in- voke neutrality as a basis for con- curring in the blockade against Italy. This would not require formal con- currence, but a mere extension of the list of articles and supplies that can be embargoed against Italy by the terms of the President’s powers re- cently granted to him by Congress. Italy may resent the step, but all this merely reveals what “neutrality” can mean in the diplomatic language of a realistic world. (Copyright. 1935.) Luxuries Permitted. Bolivia may again the im- portation of luxuries, | and the political astuteness to do it. What’s What Behind News In Capital But Situation May Change by ’36. BY PAUL MALLON. N ROUTE, SAN DIEGO TO | Roosevelt would be re-elected today. Any one sifting the surface and sub-surface condition through 5,000 miles of country from reach that conclusion if his mind is unprejudiced. If anti-New Dealers think differently, they are not doing themselves any good by deluding But what will happen next year may be another story. Everywhere Republicans cre bestirring them- selves, raising money, getting ready Paign this country has seen in a long time. They can get real money from the influential elements in the cities where Mr. Roosevelt’ have not accomplished their pur- pose. ‘With a well-run, well-financed cam- paign and a good candidate. they ocratic domination during the next 12 months. The best-informed Demo- cratic leaders know it, and are preparing. The national Democratic machine is as good as advertised, and better. It still needs repairing in some States (Towa, Colorado, California), but the | Rooseveit Ahead Now, NEW ORLEANS. — President coast to coast and around to here will themselves. for the hottest opposition cam- most recent business reassurances stand a fair chance of upsetting Dem- Democratic Machine Good. Federal Government has the money | In general, the cogs connecting Wash- | ington with the various State Gover- | nors, bosses and dominant political organizations are working smoothly, olled by Public Works allotments, Federal patronage, relief organiza- tions, It will be very hard to beat. ‘Yarns you hear about the decline of Roosevelt popularity are true in a gen- eral way, but do not tell the whole story. Every one knows of the antago- nism among city business people, manufacturers, professional people, groups heavily burdened and fear- ful of tazation, the Townsendites, etc. Beyqnd this, there seems to have been a change of sentiment among white collar classes. Not that they are against Roosevelt now. They seem to be merely less en- thusiastic about him. They no longer cancel engagements to hear his radio speeches. They no longer applaud everything done in Wash- ington. Their collective state of mind seems | to be one of sympathetic searching | analysis, without general approbation or disapprobation. Interest in Public Affairs. That is why there is greater interest in economics and politics than there | ever has been. Every shopkeeper will argue economics with you. Every clerk 1 has his own political ideas, which are | not necessarily those he reads. The people certainly know more about | what is going on in Washington than | they ever did and each has his own | view. | Consequently, the decline of in- terest in Mr. Roosevlt's words seems to indicate only a decline of in- terest in him personally, but not in his New Deal. That is an impor= tant political distinction, For instance, the newspapers off Mr. | Roosevelts’ particular path gave little | prominence to his speeches on his Western trip, although many of those | same newspapers are ardent New Deal | supporters. They displayed relief and tax news from Washington, the Eth- iopian situation and even interviews | with Mickey Cochrane more promi- nently than the President's speeches. That is an accurate reflection of the current interest trend. Business Is Better. Business was 8 to 40 per cent bet- | ter in the 15 or more communities | visited and hastily investigated dur- | ing this trip. Only one exceptional city was 40 per cent better (San Diego). The average improvement of the Western half of the country was found to be about 10 per cent over | last year. This is a far better condition than the Washington figures show. It is due partly to Government spending, partly to sectional subsidies by the Federal Government (A. A. A, silver). But even beyond those factors, the natural undercurrent of business is definitely fixed and strong, much more so than in the East, where the lag- ging heavy goods manufacturers are centered. The depression is physically over, but the trouble is it has not been forgotten. Business people are un- certain, inclined to keep in their shells, Some refuse to tell how good their business is. They prefer to talk in doubts. If all were suddenly to start talk- ing business up instead of down, an entirely different national feeling would be created without any mate- rial change in the basic situation. Country Looks Prosperous. The outward appearance of the country is excellent. There are few manifestations of depression. Auto traffic is heavy on most highways. Tourists are traveling and spending money. Trains are not generally crowded, but well filled. Few vacant houses or stores are seen in most cities. Business men are advertising energetically and competing sharply for business. Where the ezisting condition ap- parently diflers most from mormal is that, while nearly every one (the upper three-fourths of the country) is making a little money, profits are not what they were in 1923-25, Furthermore, the high-pressure groups, the promoters who made money out of financing -new enter- prises, are not now making anything at all. Their wail is loudest. In only one spot was there any evi- dence of third coslition senti- ment sufficient. w%mn;. ‘That was in Colorado. -partissn Al | dent of the Glidden Co. One was that | that a steam pipe burst. THE EVENING STAR,” WASHINGTON, D. T, TUESDAY, FOUR PROBES OPEN IN CHICAGO BLAST Six Known Dead, 40 Hurt as Workers Push Hunt for More Bodies. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 8.—While fire- men and crews of workers searched the ruins of the soya plant of the Glidden Co., investigators launched a four-way investigation today into the terrific explosion which yesterday took six known lives and injured more than 40 persons. Five employes were definitely missing and firemen said they believed them to be dead in the ruins. As the work crews struggled with tractors, steam shovels and trucks at the scene of the explosion that rained bricks, blocks of structural steel and twisted iron in a block-square area, relatives of the missing men waited fearfully in huddled groups. Residents in a radius of a mile from the wrecked plant were replacing glass in windows and repairing roofs and walls damaged by the force of the blast. 5 Four Investigations Pushed. Investigations were under way by Coroner Frank J. Walsh, who sum- moned a jury of chemists and engi- neers for an inquest; by State's At- torney Thomas J. Courtney. by City Pire Marshal Thomas J. Sheehan and by the office of the State fire marshal. ‘Three members of the coroner’s jury were chosen by the Western Society of Engineers at Walsh's request. Three possible causes of the explo- sion were suggested by Willlam J. O'Brien of Cleveland, Ohio, vice presi- a dust explosion occurred, another was The third was that vaporized hexane—a form of benzine used in extracting oil from soy beans—had leaked from a tank and had been set off by a spark. State's Attorney Courtney said he would demand an explaration of the oil extraction method from the com- pany’s officers. ‘Workmen, aided by glaring lights, dug away at the wreckage throughout the night. Damage Near Million. Searchers were hindered by the mass of brick, shattered glass aud twisted steel girders. A huge crane dug away at the wreckage under the eerie light cast by huge searchlights mounted on fire department trucks. Firemen said it would require several days to clear the wreckage. The terrific explosion caused dam- age estimated at nearly $1,000.000. It leveled the half block long plant, felled three large storage tanks, wrecked five automobiles parked near- by, crushed two box cars on a sidiog, caused serious damage to nearby homes and buildings and shattered windows within a radius of several blocks. The plant had re-opened for the first time a few hours before the blast. It had been closed for five weeks to permit the installation of new ma- chinery. Max Spoerri. 28. an engineer for | a German firm which supplied the new machinery. was among those at first reported killed. but a later check showed he was not at the plant at the time. List of Known Dead. The known dead were Dana Noyes Merrill, 30, chemist, of Oak Park, Iil.; George R. Harger, 33, superintendent, of Oak Park: Samuel Van Gilder, 45, of Arlington Heights; John A. Satosky, 35, of Chicago: Edwin Seaburg, 48, of Chicago; Ralph Payne, 40, of Oak Park. Among the reported missing were Edward Biang, Frank Covey, Wilson Cruz, F. Lovell and Frank Cozey. Danger of new explosions from es- caping gases added to the difficulty of rescue and firemen relinquished the task to crews from the building com- missioner’s department. Gas company workers dug to the mains to shut off the flow of gas to the factory. The police were obliged to stretch ropes around the scene to hold back the thousands of spectators who rushed to the plant. U. S. EXPERTS SENT. Explosion in Soy Bean Plant to Be Investigated. By the Associated Press. Two experts were sent by the Agri- culture Department to Chicago today | to investigate the explosion in the Glidden Soya Products Co. plant. One was Dr. David J. Price, in charge of dust explosion investigations for the department, and the other, Hylton R. Brown, associate engineer. | Officials here said the explosion ap- parently occurred during the process. ing of soy beans. Dr. Price explained the Agriculture | Department wants information con- cerning any explosions during manu- facture of products of agricultural origin. The information is used in developing methods for preventing and controling explosions. ACTOR LOSES SUIT LOS ANGELES, October 8 (#).—A suit for damages of $50,000, brought against Ernst Lubitsch, motion pic- ture director and executive, was dis- missed yesterday by Judge Frank Collier. John James Dunn, an actor, sued Lubitsch for injuries he said were caused when he was struck by the director’s automobile November 6, 1931. Judge Collier held Dunn guilty of contributory negligence. Smith talk was strong there. It will not coalesce. The sta’ement obtained from W. R. Hearst at San Simeon ac- curately sums up the futil:ty of such & movement. He, an origiral sponsor of it, said the leading conservative Democrats, who could give it mo- mentum, are afraid. 4 What he also probably ‘meant was that the Democrats, displeased with the New Deal, are unwilling to under- take an insurrection, which would only help the Republicans. They still think bad Democrats are better than good Republicans. Similarly there is no prospect of a third party representing the large surge groups, wealth sharers, Cough- linites, Townsendites and Epics. Mr. Roosevelt appears to have cut ground from under all these, except possibly the Townsendites. The old-age crowd 18 Dead in Air and Explosion Tragedies Atop this knoll near Cheyenne, coast-to-coast airliner that crashed yesterday. killing 12. Wyo., is shown the wreckage of a ‘The wreckage is covered with white canvas. The automobiles clustered about are those A general view of the damage the Glidden Soya Products Co. on Chicago's West Side. caused by an explosion yesterday at Six persons are 2 PLANE WRECKS PROBED FOR GLUES Theory That Gas Overcame Pilots of Airliner Is Discounted: By the Associated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo., October 8 —In- vestigators searched the wreckage of two airplanes today trying to learn why they crashed in the West with 14 deaths and at the same time hope dwindled for the safety of three per- sons missing since Sunday in a third ship. The fall of a United Airlines pas- senger ship near here killed 12. The plane apparently struck a hilltop and careened crazily for several hundred yards, scattering the bodies of its oc- cupants over the rough terrain. Coroner Paul Worland said a theory the two pilots of the sleek twin-mo- | tored craft may have been overcome by carbon monoxide gas was not borne out by blood tests. Happened Quickly. ‘Whatever occurred happened quick- ly, though. Airline officials fixed the hour of the crash from instruments | taken from the wreckage at less than two minutes after Pilot H. A. Collison had reported his position 15 miles west of here in preparing to land. A revised list of the victims of this crash: Pilot Collison, Salt Lake City; George Batty, 27, Denver, copilot; Le- | ona Mason, 28, Kemmerer, Wyo., stew- ardess; Juliet Hillman, Pittsburgh, Pa., socialite; Charles H. Matthews, jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., banker; Mrs. Coralyn Cathcart, Portland, Oreg.; Ray Bane, 40, Greeley, Colo.; John F. Cushing, Evanston, Ill, industrialist; G. H. Miner, Chicago, business man; Helen Warren, Chicago, , airlines employe; Robert Henry Renebome, jr., former oil firm employe; Vincent Butler, San Francisco, attorney. i Col J. E. Davis Killed. ‘The other fatal.accident at Lords- burg, N. Mex., brought flaming death to Lieut. Col. J. E. Davis of San Diego, Marine Air Force commander, and fatal burns to his mechanic, Sergt. Q. M. Owens, also of San Diego. Owens, who leaped from the plane, a living torch, just before it smashed into a railroad embankment after taking off at the local field, died sev- eral hours later in a hospital. He was unable to give a comprehensive state- ment of the accident. The plane had stopped at Lordsburg to refuel on a flight from El Paso, Tex., to San Diego, Calif. Luxury Plane Unreported. At Salt Lake City the search con- tinued for the missing “luxury” plane of the Standard Oil Co., unreported since Sunday. The search turned to Northwestern Utah upon the report of a railroad conductor that he saw a strange “blotch” high up on a mountain. Two days of hunting in the Great Salt Lake vicinity proved fruitless. Aboard the plane were R. S. Allen, pilot; G. A. Lenz, copilot, and’ George C. Anderson, mechanic, all of Ala- meda, Calif. Collison, pilot of the U. A. L. ship, had been flying for 17 years and was will probably exert strong influence on both major parties during preparations for the election next year. They are sufficiently powerful to warrant re- spect from any candidate for public office. But they do not seem to be led by any one wise enough to whip them into a separate political entity (comparable to Huey Long, for in- stance). n Repub! are making & bid for their suj in California. (Copyright. 1936.) thoroughly familiar with the territory. Weather conditions were good, said ‘W, P. Hoare, the airline’s field man- ager at Cheyenne, —_— P.-T. A. Meets at Herndon. HERNDON, Va., October 8 (Spe- cial).—The Parent-Teacher Association of the Herndon High School will t 8 o'clock in the meet, schodl. Dr. C. Shull, president, ‘will presi . " OCTOBER 8, 1935. of the Fort Francis E. Warren soldiers, summoned to guard the debris and hold back crowds. ~—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. WALLACE MAY ASK NEW POTATO ACT Five-Point Program Modify- ing Law Considered by Secretary. Simplification of the law which makes him a czar over America’s po- tatoes may be sought from Congress next January by Secretary of Agricul- ture Wallace. The Secretary had under considera- tion today a five-point program of modifying the Warren potato-produce tion act. It was presented him by the Potato Program Development Com- mittee, headed by B. D. Ayres of Ac- comac, Va. Plague of the Agricultural Adjuste | ment Administration, the present War- ren potato bill gives the Secretary absolute control, through Federal tax- ing power, over every grower'’s output in excess of five bushels. After granting Wallace this aue thority, however, Congress failed to | appropriate funds for enforcement | The five recommendations submitted | by Ayres are Increase of automatic allotment ex= emption from 5 to 50 bushels Provision for a referendum, with ap- proval of two-thirds of producers en- titled to an allotment necessary for continuance of control after first year. Provision to exempt specifically the consumer from penalties with refer- |ence to stamping and packaging po- tatoes Provision for growers who sell direct |to the consumer to file return: sales to eliminate attaching stamps potatoes. Provision for regulation of ship- ments of potatoes in interstate com- merce in excess of grower allotments. A.F.of L. (Continued From First Page.) consolidating capitalistic institutions.” Five unions proposed labor party known to have been killed in the blast and 40 injured. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. ‘Acidosis’ Nutritional Quackery, BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor MILWAUKEE. October 8—"Acid- osis” was branded as nutritional | quackery in a report today by a | committee on nutritional submitted to the American Public Health Association. The committee report also held that feeding the whites of raw eggs to invalids and other similar dietary ideas were without basis and con- | demned them in a report on “food fallacies and nutritional quackery.” “The great popular demand for in- | formation about foods and health { during recent years,” the report said, “has resulted in an increasing and alarming amount of exploitation of the public by dietary quacks, faddists | and self-styled nutrition experts.” Acidosis Defined. “‘Acidosis’ is a term frequently and effectively used by the purveyors of food fallacies. Nearly all the | diseases that afflict mankind can be found enumerated as the result of acidosis caused by eating acid foods. “Elaborate menus are offered for | alkali-forming meals, and systems of | chasing “thelr books or enlisting their services and special courses. The | claim that aeidosis will result from eating bread and meat or certain combination of foods, such as pro- | teins and starches or fruits and starches, is entirely unsupported by scientific evidence. THIS IS PU It's the end. problems | | false and harmful ideas.foisted upon | | dieting which can be had by pur- | U. S. Health Association Says | “Acidosis is usually a condition at- tending certain diseases, such as dia- betes or kidney diseases, involving faulty metabolism of the body. ponderantly acid diet is injurious.” Value of Raw Eggs Hit. | Concerning the eggs the report 1reads: “It has been pointed out by numerous investigators that the white | of eggs is much less digestible when | raw than when cooked. There is even evidence that raw egg white when fed | to_experimental animals will invari- ably produce toxic symptoms. “One of the most common and ex- tensively proclaimed nutritional fal- lacies is that proteins and starches | are incompatible and should be sep- arated into distinct and separate meals.” This idea ignores the fact, says the report, that a large proportion of staple food articles contain both starch and protein. Other ideas listed as fallacies were: To eat but one kind of starch or one kind of protein at a time, to think that arthritis comes from improper | food combinations, to refrain from acid fruits with carbohydrate foods. to avoid the use of dark meat, and to think salt causes Bright's disease. Fire Auxiliary to Meet. ARLINGTON, Va., October 8 (Spe- cial). —The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Arlington Volunteer Fire Department will meet at the fire house tonight. AUTO SHOW PUZZLE CONTEST ZZLE NO. 1. SHUNTER States in the Land o’ Cotton. Files, but not on parade, Add a letter to each word shown the letters to spell a word for which site the new word. If the puzzle is Exhibit Hall, 2601 Calvert street nort! co-operation of The Star, is conductin AUBURN BUICK CADILLAC CHEVROLET CHRYSLER DE SOTO DODGE FORD HUDSON HUPMOBILE LAFAYETTE LA SALLE This is the first puzzle. October 28, 1935. A diff Opposed to credit. in the left-hand column and rearrange the definition is given. Insert the new word below the definition and place the added letter in the last column oppo- solved correctly, the added letters will spell the trade name of one of the twenty-one (21) automobiles shown in the list below, to be exhibited at the Sixteenth Annual Automobile Show of Wash- ington, D. C., from November 2 to November 9, 1935, inchisive, at the Calvert hwest, opposite Hotel Shoreham, under the auspices of Washington Automotive Trade Association, who, with the g this contest. LINCOLN NASH OLDSMOBILE PACKARD PIERCE-ARROW PLYMOUTH erent one will appear each day until PONTIAC STUDEBAKER TERRAPLANE Solve each puzzle, and not earlier than October 29, but not later than midnight, October 30, send all of the solutions with a reason of not more than twenty (20) words “As to Why an Automobile Show Should Be Held in Washington, D. C.,” to the Washington Automotive Trads Assoclation, 1427 I street northwest, Washington, D. C. It is not necessary to send in the actual puzzles, but it is compulsory that the entries show the new words. The new words will not be given out or published, and no entries will be returned. Officials of the Washington Automobile Trade Association, whose decisions will be final, will act as judges, and based on correctness, neatness and manner in which the solutions are submitted, Annual Automobile Show, will award as well as the reason for holding an prizes totaling $100 and 100 tickets to the Automobile S8how, as follows: First prize, $50 and 12 tickets; second prize, $25 and 8 tickets; third prize, $10 and 6 tickets and 25 prizes of 2 tickets each. 1In case of ties duplicate prizes will be awarded. ‘will be announced in the Automobile Show Section of The Sunday Star on motive Trade Association, 1437 I street ber 3, 1935. Questions should be ressed to Washington Auto- north: ‘ashington, D. C. JOHN M. BRANKAN TYPHOID VIGTIN b : “There is no evidence that a pre- | Nationally Known Advertis- ing Man Dies at Estate | Near Nashville. By the Associatc * Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. October 8— John M. Branham, nationally known |in the newspaper advertising field, | died today at his home on the Fox- land Hall estate in Sumner County after an illness of two weeks. He was | 61 years old. Mr. Branham, former part owner of the Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, was the head of the John M. Bran- ham Co., which maintains offices in Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Kansas | City, Detroit. San Francisco, Los An- | geles and Seattle. He was a native | of Sumner County. His survivors include his widow, | Mrs. Laura Stratton Branham. Fox- | land Hall: a sister, Mrs. J. Earl Col- | lier, Washington, D. C., and two half | brothers, Billy Branham of the Ar- kansas Democrat, Little Rock, and Charles Branham of the advertising department of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Journal. Mr. Branham began his career as a youth in the advertising depart- ment of the old Nashville American. After several years of successful serv- ice there he became affiliated with the Barnard National Advertising Agency was changed to Barnard & Branham Co. At the death of Mr. Barnard, the business was continued under the name of John M. Branham Co. Physicians diagnosed his illness as typhoid. Mr. Branham had hoped that he would recover sufficiently to ride at the trials of the National Fox- hunters’ Association at Jackson, Tenn., next month. He had ridden at the national event for 10 years and his pack of foxhounds had taken many trophies. AVIATORS PUSH HUNT FOR MISSING FLYER, 21 U. S. C. Birdman Should Have Arrived at Mexico City Late Yesterday. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, D. F., October 8.— - | for Frank Kurtz, 21-year-old Cali- | fornia pilot, en route here from Guad- alajara. The University of Southern Cali- fornia aviator should have arrived here about four hours after taking off at 3:45 p.m. yesterday. A check of railroad stations and towns along his route resulted in no trace of the missing fiyer. Kurtz had completed the first lap of his 2,000-mile trip from Los Angeles to Guadalajara in less than 15 hours. s HEAD-HUNTERS SEIZED New Guinea Natives Said to Have Eaten Two Women. BATAVIA, Java, October 8 (#).— Police reported today a round-up of 56 natives of the south coast of New Guinea, members of a head-hunting party said to have killed and eaten two native women. The arrests were sald to include 17 children. The head- hunters, who have been scourging the New Guinea coast since August, are said to have killed 11 natives and kicnaped two children. of Chicago and the name of the firm | Aviation officials began a search today | resolutions. Others called for free- ing Tom Mooney, removal of tne | Supreme Court's power to declare { legislation unconstitutional, Goverr.- | ment ownership and operation of | banks. a condemnation of Fascism, a ban on the use of Federal firearms by State militia in labor disputes, sup- port of Soviet Russia's peace policy and a ban on general strikes. Along with the Western Metal Min- | ers’ Union, the following proposed in- dustrial union resolutions The Brevery Workers, the Wiscon= | sin State Federation of Labor. M. E, Shacklette, United Rubber Workers, Barberton, Ohio; J. W. Crother, Cen- tral Trades Council, Jeonette, Pa.; J. A. Burks, Birmingham, Ala.; C. H. | Rundle, Cement Mill Employes; Clair | B. Bellows, Syracuse, N. Y.; Harry Krauss, Linoleum Workers, Lancaster, | Pa.; Wyndham Mortimer, Auto Worke | ers. Cleveland, Ohio, and John North, Auto Workers, Grand Rapids, Mich. Craft Unionists Make Demand. Craft unionists answered the indus- trial union resolutions with one of their own—calling upon the federation to revoke the charter of the Oil Work- ers unless they gave up the boiler- makers in the oil industry to the Boilermakers' Union. This was introduced by John Frey, president of the metal trades depart- ment, who is generally expected to lead the fight of the craft unions against the industrial unionists, head= ed by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers. | Battle Independent Party, Conservatives among the leadership of the federation united today to com- bat growing sentiment within the ore ganization's ranks for an independent labor party. | The proposal, recurring annually, gained new vigor this year with pres- entation to the Resolutions Committee of a request that the Executive Council take the initiative in forming an ine dependent political organization. The proposal, offered by David Du- binsky and other leaders of the Ladies Garment Workers' Union, asserted that the two major parties were likely to desert labor when dominated by their “reactionary elements.” The traditional policy of the fed- eration to refrain from independent political action, supporting its friends and opposing its enemies in whatever | party they appeared. was reaffirmed |in the Executive Council's report yesterday. Federation leaders said they under- stood Dubinsky's proposal would be supported by similar requests from the United Textile Workers and the Steel Union. | ‘| Irvin S. Cobb f Says: South and Garlic-Growers || Hit by Roosevelt Neu- trality Order. SANTA BARBARA. Calif,, October 8.—President Roosevelt started some= | thing with his proclamation warning U. S. citizens off ships belonging to the two warring nations follow- ing the one of against selling to either of them s muniticns or deadly arms. The second order dis- appoints the @ {thousands of tourists, especi- ally those from the Southern States, who'd ar- ranged for Win- | ter cruises aboard | Ethiopian boats, and the earlier | one was a serious blow to those | American producers who'd counted on selling Italy increased stocks of her favorite weapon. I refer to our | garlic-growers. Think of all that stuff piling up in the warehouses over here and not nearly enough gas masks to go around! And, with the supply cut off, think of the defenseless populace over there! The last time I was in Naples, about every other person I met either had eaten too much garlic or not enough. And when I moved on to Rome, I appreciated the old saying, “when in Rome be an aroma.” Still I must admit that I now feel toward garlic as I do toward our celebrated California climate—I like but not to excess. t yright. 1935. by the North Americas Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)