Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow, slightly colder tonight, lowest temperature about 38 degrees: possibly light frost in the suburbs, Temperatures—Highest, 55, &t noon today; lowest, 45, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page A-11. Clounxh Y.Markets, Pages16,17,18,19 33,440. ETHIOPIAN MARCH 10 ATTACK NORTH FRONT REPORTED: BATTLE IN SOUTH Warriors Advancing Toward Selicot, Near Makale, as 450 Casualties Occur in Fight on Fafan River. SELASSIE AT HARAR, GOING TO DIREDAWA Laval Confers With British En- voy, but Resumption of Nego- tiations Is Doubted — 1,000 Marksmen Halt Italian Ad- vance in Radowa Hills. BACKGROUND— In September, 1934, world peace advocates were pleased at a joint proclamation in which Italy and Ethiopia pledged themselves to abide by a friendship treaty em- acted in 1928. Three months later Italian and Ethiopian troops clashed near Eritrea-Ethiopian bor- der. On February 11, 1935, Mussolini called first mobilization of soldiers, airplanes; a week later the first of a long stream of troop ships left Italy for Africa. On October 2, at end of long rainy season, Italian soldiers were reported across the Ethiopian bor- der. Aiming from both morth and south at the single railroad between Addis Ababa, Ethiopian capital, and the sea, about 300,000 Italian troops are making steady advances. Re- cent estimates were that some 5,000 square miles had been taken on the north, about twice as much in the desert areas of the south. Last Saturday Il Duce shook up his Ethiopian command, replaced Gen. Emilio de Bono with younger Marshal Pietro Badoglio. By the Associated Press. Ethiopian warriors were reported marching to attack the Italian north- ern front between Dolo and Makale southern front had caused casualties Southern front had caused casualties reported at more than 450 on both sides. The Italian headquarters at Asmara received word that a strong column of Haile Selassie’s soldiers was advanc- ing toward Selicot, eight miles below Makale, into territory in which the Italians had been consolidating their | position. Unofficial dispatches reaching Harar, in Eastern Ethiopia, said more than | 150 native Somali troops were killed | or wounded on the Italian side in a | battle in the south, while Ethiopian | casualties were unofficially put at | more than 300. Ttalian Officers Wounded. These reports said some Italian of- | ficers, leading a convoy of Italian | trucks which were ambushed by the | Ethiopians, were wounded, but es- | caped. The encounter was said to have oc- Fnlered as second class matter D. C. hington, Break in Fuel Flow Gauge Reported to Base Ship. BACKGROUND— Lincoln Ellsworth is making his third attempt to span Antarctica by air, this time from Dundee Island, Weddell Sea, where his supply ship, the Wyatt Earp, arrived November 12 after a voyage starting from Montevideo October 18. In 1933, at the Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, his plane was damaged when it fell into a crevasse. In 1934 he went to Snow Hill Island, in Wed- dell Sea, but bad weather forced him to turn back. His object is to fly 2,140 miles across unknown parts of Antarctic continent to Bryd’s base, Little America, where the Wyatt Earp would pick him up in about five weeks. He financed the project himself and hopes to chart unexplored areas. ON BOARD MOTORSHIP WYATT EARP, Dundee Island, Antarctica, No- vember 20 (By Radio) (N.AN.A).— Lincoln Ellsworth sent a radio mes- sage from the airplane Polar Star, somewhere over Antartica, at 8 o'clock this morning (Eastern Standard Time): Back fuel flow gauge broke.” Ellsworth's message was interpreted here to mean that he was turning back in his plane, in which he and his pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, @h took off from Dundee Island at 2:50 | WASHINGTON, Ellsworth May Be Returning After Start of Antarctic Hop LINCOLN ELLSWORTH. o'clock on an attempted 2.400-mile flight across Antartica from the Wed- dell Sea to the Bay of Whales, Ross | Sea, ‘The explorer apparently is attempt- ing to return to his base here befors the broken fuel line forces him down in the ice-locked wastes of Graham ours earlier Ellsworth had | everything looks o.k.” as ! (See ELLSWORTH, Page 5.) MORGENTHAU HITS Exceed Collections in Many Cases, Secretary Tells Mayors. BACKGROUND— Created as a medium for articu- lation of city governments, the United States Conference of May- ors heard with dismay reports that Federal relief might be cut off abruptly. Leaders of the group described sad financial condition of many municipalities, hurriedly invited administration spokesmen to address convention here this week, hopeful of assurance of con= tinued aid. On Monday they heard fiery La Guardia of New York criticize Washington red tape, sum up their position; then they sat back to await Federal decision. Overlapping tax systems in many; cases have made the cost of tax col-| lection “far in excess of what we have | collected,” Secretary of Treasury Mor- | TAXATION COSTS CHIANG KAI-SHEK BOWS T0 JAPANESE Tokio Says National Leader Pledges No Opposition to Separation. BACKGROUND— Laying its plans methodically and with true Oriental fatalism, the Japanese empire defled world opinion in 1932 to spread its Asiatic sphere of influence over the Chinese Province of Manchuria. Cramped in its tiny island territory, the ex- pansion was merely a continuance of a movement begun in 1895 with the annezation of Korea. In 1933 Jehol was taken over while the in- ept Chinese government resisted fu- tilely and the world protested only indiflerently. Then, with all eyes on the tinder-box of Europe, Japa- nese rulers completed plans for further alterations of the Asiatic status quo; announced on Monday their intention to sponsor the “in- dependence” of five more Chinese provinces. genthau told the United States Con- ference of Mayors today. The Treasury head applauded Presi- | dent Roosevelt’s plan for a national tax conference late this Winter and said he was looking forward to a full discussion of the tax problem with the mayors and other public officials. Following Morgenthau's address, the | mayors elected Fiorello H. LaGuardia | of New York, president of the con- | ference for the ensuing year. In addition to announcing his plan | for the tax conference, President | Roosevelt told the mayors yesterday | | that “the Government does not pro- | By the Associated Press. NANKING, November 20.—Ambas- sador Akira Ariyoshi of Japan told the Associated Press today: ‘“Gen- | eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek 4Chmese national leader) has given me his | | solemn assurance that Japan has no | cause for apprehsnslon regarding North China.” The Japanese diplomat made this | hour interview Ilth the Chinese leader. Ariyoshi said Chiang told him there would be no untoward events in the curred south of Sasa Baneh, 150 miles | pose to let people starve” after July north (apparently referring to Jap- routheast of Harar, on the left bank | 1, 1936, when the W. P. A. program is | anese militarists’ fear that Nanking of the Fafan River. It was reported | the Ethiopians seized 53 trucks. Fitaurari (Commander) Ayela, commanding 1,000 of Ethiopia’s best marksmen, today successfuily halted an Italian advance in the Ra- | dowa Hills, inflicting heavy losses, ""mumcxpal State or Federal. was reliably reported at Addis Ababa. Bakala Ayela, formerly Emperor Haile Selassie’s chief huntsman, was ordered several weeks ago to hold an important pass in the hills at all costs. Government officials here pointed (See ETHIOPIA, Page 3.) —_— TRADING IS HEAVY AS STOCKS CLIMB Transfers of 15,000-Share Blocks | Reported in Buying Rush. Ticker Falls Behind. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 20.—The stock market. continued to reach for the heights today as ouyers rushed for | their favorites. Gains of a few cents to a dollar or more were scattered over a broad front and the ticker tape fell behind deal- ings on the floor of the Stock Ex- change after the opening gong. Rail and communication stocks were the most active. Single transfers of 15,000 shares each were recorded by Radio and International Telephone, the former up 62 cents at $12.12 and the latter 87 cents higher at $13.62, Other climbers included Case at $111, Louisville & Nashville at $55.50, Great Northern preferred at $33.25, Santa Fe at $53.37, Western Union at $77.25 and Schenley at $53.75. Bullish sentiment was aided by further bright earnings reports, fa- vorable dividends and generally satis- factory economic news. Profit-taking appeared on a fairly large scale around the beginning of the second hour and numerous early leaders dropped back from the day’s peaks, and, in some cases, gains were | Bakala converted into losses. The activity continued at a fast clip. SHIP SENDS SOS Spanish Vessel in Trouble Off Coast of Spain. ‘MARSEILLE, France, November 20 (A —An 8 O S was received here today from the Spanish vessel Ari- chachu, off Corunna, seaport on the northwest coast of Spain. Lloyd's register lists the Arichachu a steamer of 3276 tons, built expected to be concluded. Leading Importance. i In discussing the tax situasion, Secretary Morgenthau said: “I don't suppose there is a more important question facing Goevrnment officials, There must be outlined certain zones of taxes, some exclusively for cities, some | for counties, some for States and some | for the Federal Government.” Morgenthau said the Federal Gov- | ernment’s leadership in pressing for reduction of interest rates had been | reflected in lower rates for the smaller | governmental units. His first Treas- ury borrowing was at 2 per cent in- terest, he said, adding: “Now I can get it easily for 3% of 1 per cent.” La Guardia was chosen to succeed Daniel W. Hoan of Milwaukee, who was elected honorary president. Ed- ward J. Kelly of Chicago was elected vice president, while trustees chosen | were Frederick W. Mansfield of Boston and Angelo J. Rossi of San Francisco, troops would try to check the Nonh China autonomy program). Ambassador Ariyoshi added that the whole range of Sino-Japanese re- lations had been reviewed and said that his role was that of questioner, and that he had given no assurances on Japan's behalf. U. S. Policies Blamed. (Copyright, 1035, by the Associated Press.) TOKIO, November 20.—The cam- paign for political independence of North China from the Nanking gov- ernment was attributed in part by a | Japanese foreign office source today to American and British currency pol- icies. A summary of Japan’s position, is- sued by this source, said the United States’ silver purchase policy, intensi- fying China's economic troubles, and Britain’s support of Nanking currency reform were among the factors “stim- ulating the spontaneous popular move- ment for autonomy of North China.” The question of application of the (See MAYORS, Page 4.) (See CHINA, Page 3.) Ten-Point Traffic Program Offered to Promote Safety Severe Punishment for Violators, Re- duction in Parking and Lights for Pedestrians Seen Only Way Out. Traffic Deaths to November 20—98; Same Period, 1934—114 BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. HOW D. C. DEATHS AND ACCIDENTS BY TRAFFIC COULD BE + DEFINITELY CUT. 1. Proper enforcement of existing regulations (by police). 2. Severe punishment and fines (by courts). 3. Drastic reduction in parking (particularly in congested area and on arterial highways). 4. Amber lights for pedestrians (at which time all vehicular trafic should stop. Then allow cars to go right on red signal). 5. Pedestrian control. 6. More one-way streets (and the same one-way at all times). 7. Stricter examination for driving permits. 8. Compulsory ezamination of autos (yearly or semi-annually). 9. the more serious cases). Cancellation of permits jor a longer period (and permanently in 10. Constant education along safety measures. As director of The Star's Safetyd———————————rr—" Council since its inception, automobile editor for seven years, and an automo- bile driver in the District of Columbia for nearly a score of years I believe that the adoption of the above 10 sug- gestions will prove to be the only way that the streets of the National Capital can be made :afe for motorists v &;. Her port of registry is Sebastian, Spain. pedestrians. Letters from many signers of careful driving campaign have indi- cated that the majority of persons favor these same Talks with others bring forth the same ver- dict. Educational campaigns alone will | not suffice. They go & long way, are needed and desirable, but g support WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 100 WCARL BANS USE OF P. W, A. FUNDS FOR PRISON G0ODS Ruling Expected to Turn Millions Into Private Trade Channels. UPHOLDS TREASURY PROCUREMENT UNIT Controller General Ignores Law on Penitentiary Purchases From Regular Moneys. Millions of dollars’ worth of business will go to private concerns under a| decision today by Controller General \‘ McCarl which held that no part of the $4,880,000,000 work-relief fund may be used to purchase prison-made goods. | The ruling came in the case of a 60- cent brush purchased for the Army. ‘While the controller general's deci- sion was directed particularly to goods produced in Federal penal institutions, it was interpreted as being so all-in- | clusive as to affect every prison in the country—State and municipal. Upheld Treasury. The decision upheld an order from the Procurement Division of the Treas- | ury which said in August that the work-relief fund could not be used for | prison goods inasmuch as it was in- tended “to provide relief,| work rellef and to increase employment by pro- viding for useful projects.” In his summation, McCarl said { making such purchases from the Fed- | eral prisons appeared to be out of line with the purpose for which the ap- propriation was made. The question of the 60-cent brush was raised by Maj. Carl Halla, Finance Department, War Department, who had submitted an account of some | $40, in which the brush purchase ap- | peared, and asked if it would be nec- essary to get a clearance on the pur- | chase from the Bureau of Prison In-| dustries in the Department of Justice before submitting the account to the controller general's office for approval. | Under statutory law, the Government is required to buy those products of | its prisons for which is has use, if they can be supplied. McCarl said no. Diversified in States. In the issuance of its order against prison products, it was understood today the procurement division was not thinking particularly of the out- put of Federal prisons, which is limited, comprising generally shoes, brushes and machinery, but was hit- sion. It was felt also that by setting up :flban complaints would be headed of business being highly critical of Gov- | ernment manufacturing or what has | been termed frequently and freely | | “competition with private industry.” vision, however, upset had the controller general held | that statutory law would govern pur- | chases out of the relief money as it | statement after a two-and-one-half | goes others. FORMER BROKERS CONVICTED OF FRAUD, Oficials of Bankrupt Investment House Found Guilty of Using Mails to Defraud. By the Associsted Press, INDIANAPOLIS, November 20.—A Federal Court jury today convicted Myron M. Hughel and Walter P. Pfaff, former officials of a bankrupt In- dianapolis investment house, of using the mails to defraud. The jury's verdict, reached last night, was read in court this morning. | Hughel was president of the firm of | Pfaffl & Hughel, Inc., and Pfaff chair- | man of the board. The company, which maintained offices in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Evansville, Ind., and Chicago, was | credited with a $10,000.000 annual business prior to its coliapse. | Judge Robert C. Baltzell set Satur- day, November 30, as the date for imposition of sentence. A maximum sentence of 30 years may be im- posed on each. Clair McTurnan, chief counsel for Hughel, said he had not yet de- termined whether an appeal will be taken. Fred E. Hines, of Pfaf’s de- fense, said his client would appeal. -——— NEWSPAPER CONFIDENCE CLAIM TESTED IN COURT New York Appeals Bench Will Consider Reporter’s Appeal From Sentence and Fine. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., November 20.—The question whether a newspaper reporter should be compelled to disclose the source of confidential information was on the Court of Appeals calendar for consideration today. The reporter who raised the ques- ting at State-produced goods, which | are said to have a wide diversifica- | The stand of the procurement di- | would have been | tion is Martin Mooney of the staff of the New York American, who was sentenced in General Sessions Court to serve 30 days in jail and pay a fine of $250. ‘The sentence followed his refusal to tell a grand jury the source of infor- mation on which he based a series of six articles concerning gambling and the “policy racket” in New York City. After his conviction Mooney instituted :l"bfllm to the S hmhm a e State’s tribunal. BULLETIN LONDON, November 20 (#.— Lord Jellicoe, British admiral and outstanding British navaifffigure in the World War, died todsy. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1935—FORTY PAGES. DOCTOR BARES SIX “MERGY DEATHY” Pennsylvanian Admits He Took Drastic Steps to Relieve Suffering. | By the Associated Press. READING, Pa., November 20.—Dr. Monroe F. Clouser of Friedensburg said today he has hastened the deaths | of at least six patients during his 25 years of practice and contended that | many doctors do the same but are afraid to admit it. In each instance, the 52-year-old | physician said, he hastened death “at the request of relatives of the patient, who asked me to relieve the patient’s suffering.” “In each case” he explained, consulted a fellow member of the med- 1cal profession. My colleague agreed with me that the patient was in- curable after a thorough diagnosis. I then administered an overdose of pain-relieving drug.” Every one of the cases, he said, was an incurable patient suffering from diabetic gangrene or cancer. Dr. Clouser’s most recent case was | two years ago, when he hastened the organized labor and organized | death of a 68-year-old woman. living ‘nearby Oley Township, incurably il | and suffering much pain from dia- betic gangrene. “MERCY KILLING” CREATES STIR Doctors Divided by New Englanders’ Published Admission. BRIDGEPORT. Conn., November 20 () —Dr. A. M. Warriner’s quoted story | that he committed a “mercy killing” 48 years ago in North Brookfield, Mass., split his colleagues today into two camps. An interview in the Bridgeport Post said the 80-year-old doctor deliber- ately had given an overdose of a pain- relieving drug to a man hopelessly | wounded by buckshot. It brought declarations of approval and disap- | proval. Dr. C. S. Conklin, president of the Bridgeport Medical Association, and City Health Officer Richard O'Shea said they were opposed to a physician | taking the life of a patient, but opin- | jons partly supporting “mercy killings"” were offered by Dr. Upton S. Reich and Dr. H. E. Waterhouse. 'LONDON SPY SCARE FOLLOWS ARREST | German and Woman Companion Known to Have Flown Frequently. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 20.—Spy-scare headlines such as have not been seen since the World War appeared in the | British press today after an official war office announcement of the arrest of a German, Dr. Hermann Gortz. Dr. Gortz was arrested under the official secret act, a section of which provides three to seven years im- prisonment if for any purpose preju- dicial to the safety or interests of the state a person “makes any sketch, plan, model or note” calculated to be "dlrectly or indirectly useful to an enemy.” Newspapers said Gortz and a woman companion were well known at the seaside town of Broadstairs, Kent, where they were said to have been seen frequently wearing flying coats and air helmets. Gortz, who appeared twice before a magistrate at Margate yesterday, was remanded until Monday. The proceedings were expected to be secret. Readers’ Guide Sports _ B-12-13-14 Washington Waysic!____A-13 ‘Women's Features___..B-9, 15 ¢ Foening Star * | Professor Refuses ToShareProgram With Sally Rand By the Associated,Press. READING, Pa., November 20.—Sally Rand volunteered to talk about the Italo-Ethiopian situation to the Ex- change Club today in place of a col-| lege professor, who said he'd rather not share speaking honors with a fan dancer. But club officials engaged a uamedj animal act to fill the gap in their pro- gram left by the withdrawal of Dr.| | Milton W. Hamilton, head of the Al- bright College’s History Department. | They marked Miss Rand down for a | discussion of “Current Business Prob- | lems and Experiences in Her Life.” } Dr. Hamilton, engaged several weeks | ago for a talk on the war, told the | club leaders not to expect him, ex- | plaining he hadn’t known Miss Rand would be on the guest program, too. “I'll talk on any subject the pmres- I sor has decided not to talk about,” the | usn dancer retorted. She gave a sample of what she can | talk about at a Rotary Club meeting | earlier. | After telling the Rotarians she | learned about advertising from her mother, who worked once in the ad- vertising department of a newspaper, Miss Rand said: | “You business men can encourage the growth of ideas in the youth of your city by keeping a sustained inter- est in their accomplishments, by fol- lowing carefully their development, | and by aiding them in making reali- | ties out of their dreams.” Between speeches the fan dancer is | appearing at a Reading theater. GUNMAN'S WiDow FACES QUIZ HERE Mrs. Cugino to Be Grilled on Husbhand’s Link With Wilson Murder. | Mrs. Frances Cugino, widow of the | notorious gunman, Tony 3 The‘ Stinger”) Cugino, was being broughh to Washington from New York to- xday for questioning in the murder of Allen B. Wilson, Washington news- | paper route agent. Mrs. Cugino, whose husband hns‘ been named as the “trigger man” mw the slaying, which occurred more than | a year ago at Takoma Park, Md., was | | arrested on a Federal warrant and | |is being returned by Lieut. Floyd Truscott and Detective Sergt. Earl Hartman. The warrant was issued by United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, but neither the commis- sioner nor police officials would di- vulge the nature of the charge. Police have been told that Cugino | | fired the shot which killed Wilson when gunmen, lying in wait for “Mickey” McDonald, thought the newspaper man was the gambler. It is expected that Mrs. Cugino will be questioned concerning her hus- d’s activities at the time of the killing. Four men said by police to be def- initely linked with the killing are being held in various jails. Cugino commit- ted suicide in a New York cell. A sixth man, said to be connected with the slaying, was killed when he at- tempted to escape from Lorton Re- formatory. The Wilson murder case probably | The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. will be presented to the Montgomery County grand jury in January. A responsible District official has declared that starvation threatens some of Washington's needy un- less the Community Chest raises not only its original minimum goal of $1,877,900, but an additional $400,000 to offset withdrawal of Federal direct relief in the Dis- trict. ‘Today, the Chest, after 10 days of tireléss, intensive campaigning among the citizens of Washington, was more than $400,000 short of the “absolute minimum” needed for normal activities of its 65 agencies—and more than $800,000 short of the extra fund declared necessary to avert hunger and suf- fering in the Nation's Capital. ‘Thousands of public-spirited, com- mmlty-mlndiwwnnonllnn have given 1i to the “mercy Yesterday’s Circulation, 132,487 Some Returns Not Yet Received kK [TZEL PREPARES 10 CHECK ALIBIS Mass of Information Given by Friends and Family Is Scrutinized. BACKGROUND— On Tuesday, November 5, Rich- ard Tear reported that his fiancee, Corinna Loring, 26-year-old ste- nographer, had disappeared. They were to be married the next day, Tear was sure the girl had not gone away voluntarily. On Saturday, November 9, Co- rinna Loring’s body, garroted, was found by a hunter in woods a few blocks from her Mount Rainier home. Many clues have been un- covered, many witnesses questioned The girl's mother was last to see her alive, early in evening of No- vember 4. Between mother's de- parture for church at 8:10 and Tear's arrival at home at 8:40 the victim left the house. Three police forces investigated, finally placed case in hands of Lieut. Itzel, ace Baltimore detec- tive. The murderer still is un- known. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Novem- ber 20.—A mass of information col- | lected from acquaintances, friends and | the family of the murdered Corinna | Loring was being scrutinized today by Lieut. Joseph Itzel preparatory to be- ginning a check on the alibis of vari- ous witnesses. The record of the case thus !ar‘ consists of hundreds of typewritten pages taken by a stenographer sitting in on Lieut. Itzel's interviews through- out the past week. The Baltimore detective said today he has been so busy collecting these statements while the details were still fresh in the minds of the various wit- nesses that he has had little time as yet to go over the whole transcript in a thorough-going manner. Confident He Will Find Motive. He feels confident, however, that a | study of the record will furnish him | some definite lead or motive on which to shape the future course of the in- vestigation. Lieut. Itzel said today information | gathered thus far convinces him the murder was not committed by an in- sane person. | disappearance in & community where almost every resident knew Corinna | | seems to indicate she was done away with by a person cr persons with an intelligently conceived plan for re- moving her from her home unseen. Investigators said the triangular wounds over the girl's temples were such as could have been caused by the (See LORING, Page 3.) MINERS RS FAVOR STRIKE Vote 409,351 to 29,215 Urging 2-Shilling Pay Boost. BARNSLEY, England, November 20 (#).—The members of the Miners Federation of Great Britain were an- nounced officially today as having voted 93 per cent to empower their National Executive Committee to call s Nation-wide strike if necessary to enforce their demands for an increase | of two shililngs—30 cents— a day. The vote was 409,351 in favor to 29,215 against. The committee was authorized to convene a national conference to con- sider the result of any negotiation arising fzom the ballot. ,Must Some Needy Starve? fund” of the Chest, but many others have given little, or nothing at all. The Star believes that many persons may have been overlooked inadvertently by the solicitors, that they are ready and willing to give generously when the need is real- To any who may have been over- looked by solicitors, to contributors who can possibly afford to increase the pledges already given, to every citizen with a conscience and a heart, the Community Chest sends through The Star this eleventh- hour appeal in behalf of the desti- tute, the suffering and the under- privileged. Write that check NOW, or tele- phone the Community Chest and say, “T will givg’ The completeness of the | TWO CENTS CHEST SOLICITORS WAGE HARD FIGHT AS CLIMAX NEARS $468,671 Must Be Raised by Tonight to Reach Minimum Goal. VICTORY BY 8 P.M. IS HERCULEAN TASK Drive to Close Definitely at Rally. Stranded Former U. S. Relief Clients Face Starvation. The Community Chest campaigners today were engaged in a desperate final effort to reach their minimum goal of $1.877,900 before the close of the Chest's annual “mercy” drive to- night. It was a herculean task which con- fronted the army of volunteers when it set forth this morning, but, under the encouragement of Campaign Chairman William McClellen and other leaders, the solicitors hoped to close the $468,671 gap separating | them from victory. Dispensing with the usual midday luncheon rally of workers today, the campaigners intended to continue | their canvassing relentlessly until the | “zero hour,” 8 o'clock tonight, when they will gather at what they hope will be a “victory rally” in the large ball room of the Willard Hotel. Final | returns will be tabulated at the meet- ing, which will mark formal end of | the drive. $400,000 More Than Goal Needed. Even with the minimum goal at- tained, the Chest would still be short some £400,000 needed, according to District officials, to care for stranded former beneficiaries of Federal direct relief. Actual starvation threatens these unfortunates unless private | agencies are provided with the funds to meet the critical situation, it has | been stated. Whatever the outcome. the Chest campaign will be closed definitely to- night, it was announced. As the figures stood today, the Chest was 25.55 per cent short of its minimum goal, pledges in hand totaling $1.409,228.13. Chair- man McClellan today reiterated his faith in his “army” and stressed the “desperateness of the situation.” He + urged every worker in the Group 8o- | licitation and Governmental Units who has unreported pledges to be sure and get them in by 8 pm.. He urged the most careful consideration of all terri- tory with a view to seeing that no one misses an opportunity to contribute. | He urged every Washingtonian who | has not pledged, either through ab- sence from home or failure to be solicited, to send in his gift to the Chest. Return of Begging Fought. Again stressing the large number ot homeless men-appearing on the streets of Washington, with consequent ine crease in street and door-to-door beg= ging. Dr. McClellan called attention to | the fact that this condition had been | almost eliminated in the last two years and urged that it not be permitted to return. The city was thrown “wide open” to the canvassers at yesterday's meeting. | This means that the workers in the Metropolitan Unit can solicit any per= son who has not yet contributed, re- gardless of territorial or unit limita- tions. This was expected to produce a last-minute rush among the workers that would result in substantial in- creases in the amounts which will be reported tonight. Speaking at yesserday's meeting, Elwood Street, director of the Board of Public Welfare, declared: “As I look over this group, I have two | thoughts in mind. The first is the good as a whole that the Community Chest has engendered in the com- munity. The second is that a group like this can do anything it wants. The job can be done.” Too Many Small Gifts. “It seems to me.” Street continued, “as I go over the resuits, that too | many people are not giving adequately |and do not seem to understand that they are giving for 65 service agencies. There have been too many small |gifts. I have heard it said that | Monday should be a good day for the Government group, of which I am one, because Saturday was |pay day. That is a wrong premise. | There is too much tendency to take | the spare change that a Government worker can spare on pay day. The | worker who can give one, two or five dollars on pay day can, as a rule, give | that much every month without miss- | ing it. This applies to all other Wash- ingtonians as well. We should impress upon givers the thought that their | gift its divided by 65 and thus bring to them the necessity of increases “'As director of the Board of Public (See CHEST, Page 4) _— 3 PCT. BONUS GRANTED BY MANUFACTURING FIRM Machine Makers Declare First Dividend Since 1930 Total- ing $75,000. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, November 20.—Cut= ler Hammer. Inc, industrifal ma= chine manufacturers, announced yes= terday the first dividend since 1930, and a bonus of 3 per cent of this year's earnings to all office and shop employes. The total amount of the bonus and the number of employes to benefit were not made known. About 2,500 are employed. The dividend of 25 cents a share is payable December 16 to stockholders of record December 5. The dividend will approximate $75,000 on 300,000 shares outstanding. Cutler-Hammer showed & net in- come of $221,438 the first half of the year, compared with a net of $105,489 for the first half of 1934 and a net loss of 830.0‘&4@ second half of last year,