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ILTES BATTE ATBYNEWSUTS Actions Directed at Sel\!es Keep Them From Filing With S. E. C. BACKGROUND— , Always a popular political cause, war on privately operated utilities received marked encouragement under the New Deal. After bitter fight, last Congress enacted legis- lation regulating such companies, providing eventual dissolution of “unnecessary” ones. With regis- tration required, many companies announced intention to resist op- eration of act; first to. initiate court test being Associated Gas & Electric Co. Baltimore Federal court ruled law unconstitutional. Securities and Exzchange Commis- sion countered with court action egainst Electric Bond & Share Co. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, November 30.—Share- holders in two utility companies to- day won Federal Court writs tem- porarily restraining the utilities from registering under the public utility holding company act. In a new sort of strategy aimed at the act, now under fire by powerful utility companies, the shareholders named their companies, the Federal district attorney and New York’s post- master as defendants. Albert E. Pierce of Warrenton, Va., filed one suit for himself and “other thareholders” of the Central Public Utility Corp. The Public Utility Investment Corp. filed the other action against the Utilities Power and Light Corp. U. S. Attorney Lamar Hardy and Postmaster Albert Goldman were named parties defendant. The suits asked that the act be de- clared unconstitutional, that the de- fendant companies be enjoined from registering and complying with the act, and that the Government officials be-enjoined from enforcing it. Federal Judge William Bondy signed the temporary writs and set Decem- ber 10 for the defendants to show cause Crash Victim RUSSELL KELSEY. WASHINGTON MAN KILLED IN CRASH Russell Kelsey, Oil Sales- man, Fatally Hurt as ~ Car Overturns. An automobile accident in Mont- | THE BUNDAY BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢. DECEMBER T, 1935—PART ONE. 80,000 Fans See Grove Score for West Point LATIN‘REDS SEEN ROUTED BY BRAZIL Liberal Democracy Gains in Federal Victory, Ob- servers -Believe. By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, November 30.— Pirst-ranking diplomats shared the opinion of other informed observers to- night that Communism as a conti- nental force in South America had been devitalized by the crushing of Brazil's five-day rebellion. Out of the conflict a stronger lib- eral democracy had emerged in Brazil, these quarters felt. Even opponents of the administration agreed that President Getulio Vargas in quickly meeting the challenge of a Leftist re- volt had shown the vigor of his demo- cratic regime. Congress Message Tomorrow. ‘The newspaper Anoite stated that Vargas would send a message to Con- gress on Monday asking for modifica- tion of the law of national security in order to authorize the government to dismis temporarily officers involved in the revolt. The paper said the President sought such power until the militafy courts decided definitely whether the dis- missals were justified. Vargas was reported seeking similar authority over public functionaries and the right to punish extremist news- papers. Officer Implicated as Rebel. Capt. Triffino Correa, prominent member of the Communist National gomery County late yesterday after- | [ Tioon cost, the life of Russell Kelsey, | fumm meto Hommoniter o tor bt here 21, an oil salesman of 4720 Linnean | Minas Gerses. Police said he had |avenue. He died shortly before mid-| g jetter from the head of the rebels | night in the Washington Sanitarium, | which implicated him as leader of the | Takoma Park, without regaining con- | yprising in that state. sciousness, of a fractured skull, @, pigpatches from Sao Paulo said Gen. | crushed chest and other injuries. | Miguel Costa, accused as a revolution- | He lost control of his car on the gary chief, had been arrested there. { Colesville pike, crushed into a tele- ' Maj, Alceu Cavalcanti, an instructor phone pole and overturned in a creek. | g the army general staff school, whom | Passersby saved him from drowning | the minister of war called the supreme | by quickly pulling him from the water. | chief of the revolt, was imprisoned | The accident occurred as the youth | pere, was making the curve near Burnt| why the writs should not be continued. | Mills. according to police. The force | | of the impact broke the telephone DEADLINE TONIGHT IGNORED. |pole in two, the lower portion of it i being jerked from its anchor. Two Companies Register, But Rest| Mrs. Victor V. Kelsey, the youth's Keep Unbroken Front. By the Assocfated Press. With the zero registration hour but & day away, the Nation's holding companies yesterday maintained their almost unbroken front against the New Deal’s utilities act. The New England Power Associa- tion and the New England Public| Service Co., two major units, regis- tered yesterday with the Securities Coemmission to become the only big systems agreeing to obey the act. Utility spokesmen here contended, however, the action indicated no real break in the line. The New England Power Associa- tion stated it was filing “under duress,” claiming the act to be unconstitutional and reserving full rights to attack its | constitutionality at any time in the future. This accords with the com- mission’s frequently reiterated sug- gestion. Most companies, however, have refused to accept it. Deadline is Tonight. The registration deadline is mid- night tonight, after which the com- mission contends many of the activi- ties of the non-registering companies mother, who resides at the Linnean | avenue address, said her son was mov- | {ing from Rockville, where he had | lived a short time, to an apartment on | Connecticut avenue. He was married | about a year ago. His wile is the| former Betty Cochran. In addition to his mother and wife, | | Kelsey is survived by a brother and a sister who live at the Linnean avenue | address. — 'GREEK KING WINS | TILT WITH KONDYLIS | | Cabinet Grants Amnesty to Alll Greeks—George Ruler of Whole Country. By the Associated Press. | ATHENS, November 30.—King George, newly re-enthroned monarch, won the first round tonight in his fight with the man who led the move | for his restoration. In forming a neutral cabinet, which | immediately adopted a measure grant- {INVESTMENT FRAUD OPERATORS SENTENCED By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, November 30.— Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell im- posed penitentiary sentences today on two officials of a defunct investment firm whose operations were described by the district attorney as a “mil- lion-dollar fraud.” Myron M. Hughel, president of Pfaff & Hughel, Inc., received a five-year sentence and a $3,000 fine. Walter P. Pfaff, chairman of the board, re- ceived a three-year sentence and a $2,000 fine. Both were convicted of using the bankrupt last April. It maintained offices in this city, with branches in Chicago, Fort Wayne and Evansville. Mrs. Georgia Crosley, wealthy In- dianapolis widow, the Government al- leged, was defrauded of almost $800,~ 000. A score of other persons lost smaller amounts. Defense attorneys blamed the con- cern’s collapse on conditions outside the defendants’ control. They indi- cated the case would be appealed. o T R Jmay have the shadow of illegality cast ‘on them. Ten of the major systems are meet- ing this threat with injunction suits, many more are seeking exemption on | ‘the ground they are not holding com- | heard in quarters close to Gen. George panies and still others apparently | Kondylis, who executed the coup have decided to take no action what- | which led to a plebiscite for restora- ever for the time being. | tion of the monarchy. Three new suits were filed yesterday In most other circles satisfaction ®egainst the commission by Central| was expressed with the appointment AWest Public Service Co., North Ameri- tan Edison Co. and American Utilities | Bervice Corp., bringing to 41 the total| His appointment, said informed ob- of injunction actions. These suits in- | servers, is more likely to inspire con- olve hundreds of differpnt companies. | fidence in the sincerity of the King's s Exemption Plegs Filed. | intention to rule in a genuinely con- A flood of exemptions, meanwhile, | Stitutional sense than would the selec- the commission by | mmdi ;tunlmost any other possible ftility companies claiming they were | candidate. }e)nmpt because their operations were| The King was expected to sign the Predominately within a single State, |new cabinet's amnesty proclamation companies in other industries al- | Within the near future, despite the ing their utility business was only | strong opposition of Kondylis to ® small proportion of total operations. \ pardoning rebels. Total applications for exemptions were 144, but this was expected to be greatly augmented by today. | Between 20 and 25 companies have | registered, including the two big New England units. Most of these, how- ever, were small and were not asso- tiated with the Committee of Public Utility Executives, central organization | of the major systems, which so far has | fesisted the act virtually as a unit. Act’s Scope Tllustrated. The exemption requests showed the | BY the Assaciated Press. broad reach of the act. Such in-| BUFFALO, N. Y, November 30.—A @ustrial corporations as United States | Proposal to restrict newspaper cov- Bteel Corp., and such rallroads as|erage of courts so sharply that attor- Union Pacific are seeking exemption | neys might be barred from discussing for the minor utility business con- | cases with reporters drew such a pro- ducted by them, amounting, in the | test at a meeting of the State Judicial case of Steel, to a fraction of a per Council here today that Chief Judge cent. | Frederick E. Crane of the Court of The battle line was virtually com- | Appeals later cqx:nmenwd, “Perhaps plete on the utility side, but the Gov- | this is too broad. ernment had hardly begun to move Photographers could be barred from legally. It has instituted only one court houses under the proposal and action, that against Electric Bond & | Statements on a trial would be limited Share Co. The Government is ex-|t0 “a statement of the issues involved pected to file other suits shortly, after | 25 the latter are shown by the plead- Which the utilities reportedly are pre- | ings, indictment or information” filed pared to seek agreement with the com- | i the case. mission on a limited number of test| Saying “the public is the first to be cases. | concerned in this,” Harvey Deuell, g:‘rlmgi‘?g edi‘;gr of ::emtzew Ym'kl lews, denounc roj RELIEF ALLOTMENT s Vol in USED TO MAKE WHISKY as a violation of the freedom of the press. “It is the entering wedge to Small Still on Cookstove Sends| Missouri Newlywed, 71, to bar reporters from the court,” Deuell {sald. “This seems to me a dangerous Lock-Up. By the Associated Press. thing.” POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., November | | ing amnesty to all Greeks, George suc- | ceeded in his first move to make him- whole country. Murmurs against the King were Mas filed with THRUST AT PRESS BY BAR CHECKED New York Court’s Proposal to Limit Coverage Draws Pro- test at State Council. [ self & full constitutional ruler of the | i BAZAAR AIDS CHURCH Holy Name Society Sponsors Event This Week. A bazaar and vaudeville show, un- der sponsorship of the Holy Name Society, will be given in the audi- | torium of the Church of the Nativity = | for three nights beginning tomorrow. of Constantine Demerdjis, professor | i of law and former minister, a3 premier. | . 11, Veudeville program will feature 8 male chorus of 30 voices, several | vocal solos and dance numbers by students at the Virginia Hunter Studio of Dance. Holy Name Society, Thomas W. Lyons | and Hugh Cassidy are in charge of arrangements, ——— BENEFIT PLANNED Ladies of Charity to Hold Party Wednesday. ‘The Ladies of Charity of Providence Day Nursery will hold a card and bingo pary at the nursery, 408 Third street southeast, Wednesday evening, at B8:30, to ralse funds for the purchase of food for the Christmas baskets to be distributed to the poor and Christmas cheer for the inmates of various institutions. HOOVER TO SPEAK ST. LOUIS, November 30 (#).— Former President Herbert Hoover to- day wired acceptance of an invita- tion to address the John Marshall Re- publican Club here December 16. The club is an organization of attorneys. Nimrods Oil Guns ToHuntBoarsin Be Freed Today in 600-Acre Tract. By the Associated Press. SPOONER, Wis.,, November 30.— Thirty nimrods oiled deer rifles today stood the sponsors would reframe it | was because they considefed it too broad. | greatest sport and a diabolical ad- The proposal was made by the ! venture. for & “half-wild” boar hunt which variously described as the Thomas F. Murphy, president of th-,' Wisconsin Wilds “Half Wild® Animals to | Justice Francis Martin, presiding justice of the appellate division in the first judicial district, said he under- 80.—“Uncle Joe” Cameron, 71, and & newlywed, was in jail tonight, ac- cused of making “relief whisky.” “I was on relief,” United States Commissioner Arno Ponder quoted him, “but I heard I could get more it I was married—so I hunted me up a wife.” Ponder said “Uncle Joe” explained how he converted his increased re- lief allotment—*“a batch of sugar and corn”—into homemade whisky. “I sold my liquor for 40 cents a quart and took a nip before meals out of the profits,” Ponder quoted him. Officers found a small still on “Uncle | | County Lawyers' Association of New | From 6 to 10 beasts, half domestic York City. | pig and half European wild boar, are Judge Crane said it was intended to | to be loosed in a 600-acre wilderness | strike only those “who have been | east of here tomorrow. The huntsmen | making a circus of the courts.” will give chase with fox and wolf Proposals for jury service for women | hounds. ;and to reduce the exemptions for jury | W. J. Dethloff, superintendent of | duty also were discussed before the 'the Wisconsin Humane Soclety, called | council. the hunt a “diabolical adventure.” and said he had asked the attorney ROMANCE STARTS HERE general for an opinion on its legality. OMAHA, Nebr., November 30 (#).— | J. D. Eastwald, hunt promoter, who has never forgotten the thrill of a Mrs. Katherine Newbranch Douglas, | boar hunt he went on while serving daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey E. overseas in the World War, called it Newbranch, and Representative Harry | the greatest sport in the world. “This won't be a parlor sport,” he Joe's” cook stove yesterday. led here this afternoon at —————— " 4 the home of the bride's parents. 0'Connor’s, Brother Dies. The couple met in Washington, GRAND FORKS, N. Dak., Novem- | where the bride was secretary to Sen- oer 30 () .—Michael M. O’Connor, | ator Edward R. Burke. The couple 63, & brother of J. F. T. O'Connor, | left by train tonight for News Or- United States contrdller of the cur- | leans. They plan to be in W Tency, died here tonight. ton for the Christmas holidays, : B > Buffington Coffee of Chadrow, Nebr., | asserted. “I bought a wild boar last TIENTSIN EXPECTS JAPANESE INFLUX Municipal and Government Officials Preparing to Quarter Troops. By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, China, December 1 | (Sunday) —Municipal and govern- { ment officials rushed preparations to- | day for an expected influx of Japan- | ese troops. Authoritative sources said Japanese | oficers had called upon Tientsin | government officials and ordered the evacuation of the mint, agricultural station and a flour mill for use of troops. The quarters were estimated of a capacity sufficient for three di- visions. | Japanese troops continued to mass | mails to defraud. Indictments were at Shanhaikuan, at the great wall, returned shortly after the firm went | awaiting orders to move into North | China. Numerous trains were held ready. | Aerial Bases Rushed. The establishment of aerial bases was being rushed in the vicinity of | Tientsin, which observers say will likely be the main Japanese military bases if the Tokio government orders | support of North China autonomy plans. In some Chinese sources it was be- lieved the “delay” in the arrival of Japanese reinforcements was due to the impending arrival of American Maj. Gen. C. E. Kilbourne, who was expected today. NEW CHINESE STATE NEAR. | Move Expected Soon in Hopeh and | Chahar Provinces. SHANGHAI, November 30 (#).—A Japanese dispatch from Tientsin said | tonight that the Chinese military leader there announced an inde- | pendent state would be proclaimed shortly in Hopeh and Chahar prov- inces. Gen. Sung Cheh-Yan, commander of the Peiping-Tientsin military gar- rison, said the Rengo (Japanese) News Agency informed Chinese national leaders in Nanking by telegraph that the autonomy program would be car- ried through as “soon as possible.” Cities Are Included. The cities of Peiping and Tientsin would be included in such a state. “The time is very near for new northern developments,” said a spokesman for the Japanese Embassy here. There were rumors autonomy might be proclaimed Monday. The Nanking government, in its third note to Japan within two days, protested vigorously today against what it said was Japan's seizure of the Chinese post office in the northern demilitarized zone. At the same time the foreign office sent identical notes to all embassies and legations in China, denouncing the autonomous state set up in Eastern Hopeh by Yin Ju-Keng, Chinese ad- ministrator of the demilitarized zone. (Tientsin dispatch said Chinese sources reported 10 trainloads of new Japanese troops arrived at Shanhai- kuan, eastern gateway of the Great Wall, from Manchukua) The note asserted ¥he people of North China did not want to separate from the central government. The Chinese notes yesterday ac- cused the Japanese Army of responsi- | bility for the independence movement, and protested the seizure of Fengtai railway junction, near Peiping, by Japanese troops. PILLAGING IN SHANTUNG. Telegraph Lines Severed in Operations of Bandits. PEIPING, November 30 (#).—North | China’s unrest cropped out in the Province of Shantung tonight, where large bodies of well-armed men were pillaging eastern villages, said dis- patches from Chefoo. Telegraph lines were severed and bus schedules were disrupted, said the reports, which quoted authorities 8s expressing the opinion the move- ment was political. Renewed Japanese military activity at the Great Wall of China strength- ened the impression prevailing among neutral observers that a showdown was approaching in the North China crisis. ‘Whether the Japanese will open pour down the railway arteries into the rich North China plain of Hopeh Province was generally believed to depend on whether the North China leaders are able to agree on a pro- gram of self-government satisfactory to the Japanese, Trains were held in readiness for quick movement of Japanese troops fo. the gsouthern frontier of Hopeh Provinct if the central Chinese gov= ernment should move troops north- The eyes of 80,000 spectators wi were following him in vain, when this action picture was snapped yesterday the military floodgates gnd let troops | ere upon Grove, and 11 Navy players By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 30— Rules of reason were declared null | and void today by the 81,000 notables, | gentlemen of arms and ordinary foot | | ball devotees who saw the Army blast | the Navy, 28 to 6. Poise and dignity surrendered the | field to galloping excitement as the | crowd roared its pleasure or despair at the performances of the players. | Stirring rhythms of the bands of | the Military and Naval Academies | | whipped up enthusiasm. Relief came {only from the antics-of the Army rmule and the Navy goat. The Midshipmen were the first tol appear on the field, shortly after noon. | missed the game by a matter of hours. | “unless there is a change of mind, and | Their arrival set the crowd roaring. There were no members of the Su- | preme Court present, but there were | many others high in Government station. Some were Postmaster Gen- eral James A. Farley, Harry H. Wood- | Ting, Assistant Secretary of War; Henry L. Roosevelt, Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy; Jesse Jones, chair- man of the Reconstruction Finance | Corp.; Mayor-elect S. Davis Wilson, | Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New | York, Senator Joseph F. Guffey,| | Harry Hopkins, Works Progress ad- | ministrator, and Gov. Paul McNutt of Indiana. Neither Secretary Dern nor Secre- tary Swanson attended. Dern, a for- | mer Nebraska gridiron star, heard the result on board the U. S. S. | Chester in mid-Pacific, en route home after attending the opening of the| Poise and Dignity Surrender | As Army-Navy Crowd Roars | ‘Good Luck; but Within Reason,’ Is West Point Superintendent’s Greeting to Rear Admiral Sellers. at Franklin Field, Philadelphia. Grove can be seen finishing his 80-yard dash for Army’'s first touchdown in the Army-Navy classic. new Philippine government. Swanson was in Washington. Mrs. Swanson occupied a box. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war- | time President, was a guest. “Good luck, but within reason,” was the word given Rear Admiral David P. Sellers, superintendent of the Naval Academy, by Maj. Gen. W. D. Connor, | superintendent of the Military Acad- | emy, as the two exchanged greetings prior to the game, } Maj. Gen. Connor and Maj. Gen. | Craig, chief of staff, played together for West Point at the turn of the cen- | tury. | Two of the naval high command Admiral William H. Standley, chief of naval operations, sailed yesterday for the London Naval Conference. Ad-| miral Joseph M. Reeves, commander | in_chief of the United States Fleet, left the West Coast, where the fleet | is based, too late. He is due in Wash- | ington tomofrow, Col. Prank Knox of Chicago, men- | tioned for the G. O. P. presidential | nomination, got tickets at the last| minute and dashed up. | Goal posts t down after the final whistle—to townies, not West Pointers. Steve Early, White House press chief, sat on the Army side, as befits a relative of Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early, C. 8. A. Col. Edwin M. Watson, aide to President Roosevelt, was with | Early. AUSTRIAHUNGARY REUNON IS HINTED New Central Europe Power Subject of Diplomats’ Speculation. | (Copyright, 1935, by the Assoclated Press.) VIENNA, November 30.—Diplomats speculated today upon the possible for- | mation of a “new central European | power” after discussions this week | between Austrian and Hungarian statesmen here. In official quarters it was said a| unity of objective has been established | | between the members of the pre- World War empire. Representatives of the two con- sidered common military, political and economic problems and officials said fundamental and far-reaching agree- ments had been reached. Military Assistance Pact. These agreements, it was reported in | well-informed quarters, include anj | understanding amounting to a mutual | military assistance pact, e decision to | stick to the League of Nations even if Italy withdraws from Geneva, and upon trade and financial co-operation. Officials of both Austria and Hun- | gary insisted that friendship with Italy remained an essential principle of their foreign policy. Newspapers welcomed the plan of co-operation developed by Premier | Julius Goemboes of Hungary on his visit here for conversations with Chancellor Kurt Schuchnigg, Vice Chancellor Ernest von Starhemberg |and the Austrian foreign minister, Baron Egon Berger Waldenegg. First-Class Powers United. The Hungarian semi-official news- | paper Magyar Harlap said, “Austria and Hungary, if separated, are second- | rate factors in deciding the future of | the Danubian Basin. “But if united, they are first-class | powers.” | Another newspaper, Ej Nemzedek, referred to the centuries-old traditions uniting the nations and observed: “Ex- | perience and success and the prosperity | of Austria and Hungary in past cen- | turies are convincing proof that these neighbors depend on each other in | peace and in war.” e Pays Levy With Nickels. NEW FRAZIER-LEMKE | ACT AGAIN RULED. OUT Deprives Mortgage Holder of Constitutional Rights, Says Dakota Jurist. By the Associated Press. SIOUX FALLS, 8. Dak., November | 30.—The amended Frazier-Lemke farm | moratorium act was declared uncon- | stitutional again today when Federal Judge A. Lee Wyman ruled the law deprived a mortgage holder of ruhu‘ guaranteed by the Constitution. The opinion was given in a review of a foreclosure action by an insur- | ance company (Union Central Life of Cincinnati, Ohio) against Mrs. Elsie Buntrock of Columbia, S. Dak. The act also has been held unconstitu- tional by the Iowa District Court, a district judge in Virginia and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. CRASH FATAL TO FOUR Pennsylvania Victims Burned to Death on Lincoln Route. BEDFORD, Pa., November 30 (#)— Four persons burned to death tonight | in a collision of two automobiles on | the Lincoln Highway about a mile| east of here. One car, in which three persons were riding, bore a Michigan license, but it was impossible to distinguish the figures after the fire. The other machine is believed to have been driven by a Bedford man. T G GANS SOV INRETAL SELLIN Unusual Industrial Activity Reported This Month in Business Survey. By the Associated Press. Substantial increases in retail sales last week and unusual industrial ace tivity throughout November were re~ ported yesterday in predominantly cheerful Commerce Department busi- ness surveys. Holiday buying was said to have started with a rush in most of the 32 cities covered by the department’s weekly report, with favorable weather aunditions helping considerably. Noting better times in the District, the survey stated: “Although department store sales receded somewhat from the previous week with an average decrease of 7.9 per cent, they continued their sub- | stantial gains over last year with an increase of 24.1 per cent over the cor= responding 1934 week. Bank clearings were 3 per cent less than previous week, but 29.3 per cent higher than same week last year. Value of build= ing permits again went well over the million mark with a total of $1,304,300. Influx of visitors, as reflected by those visiting the Washington Monument last week, were 6,538, compared with 5,644 for the previous week and 5,480 for same week last year.” New York department stores re= ported their sales 13 per cent ahead | of the corresponding wee® last year, | Cold weather and “effective publicity,” the department said, jammed C! cago’s retail district streets with buy= ers. Boston stores reported a turne | over ranging from 10 to 25 per cent above the corresponding week of CONVENTION SPOT —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. changed. New York markets noted that apparel and dry goods were move | ing a little better than last year, but reported sales were not up to expecta- tions. Manufacturers’ stocks were re- ! Wholesale business was i Choice Reported Made by Democrats—Guffey Sees Good Chance. 'ported light. Minneapolis reported that sales in the Dakotas and Montana | were brisk, owing to cold weather. Los | Angeles holiday merchandise orders were heavier than last year. The department predicted the in- dustrial index for November, adjusted | to account for seasonal changes, would rise above its October level. “Industrial production during- No- vember has not undergone the usual seasonal recession,” the survey said. | “Steel, automobile and electric power | production have continued to expand, while the recessions in industries for which current data are available have been mainly of a seasonal character.” Relief Loads Lighten. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 30.—A definite movement backed by Joseph F. Guffey, Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senator, to bring the 1936 Democratic National Convention to Philadelphia, was disclosed today. Guffey, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said he believed Philadelphia had a good | chance to get the meeting, and that | he would return to the city next week | to organize & committee -to see how | TWo automobile companies alone much Philadelphia can offer.” expect to sell three cars this year for The Baltimore Sun. in a copyrighted | €Very two the whole industry turned Washington dispatch, said Philadel- | Outin 1932, the department said, with« phia would be the convention site |OUt identifying the companies. Detroit, the motor car center, re- ported its relief rolls last week were diminished by 3900 families. The number of families on relief after this cut was only 43 per cent as large as it was this time last year. Pittsburgh reported relief rolls lightened by 6,000 persons, the department said. New England textile centers also reported “greatly accelerated activity.” New York noted that industrial opee rations were well maintained, while Grand Rapids, Mich.,, reported a fur- a change is most unlikely.” Albert C. Ritchie, former Governor | of Maryland, said he learned a month | ago the convention would be held in | Philadelphia. James A. Farley, Post- | master General and chairman of the | Democratic Committee, said “‘nothing has been decided upon yet.” Guffey, Ritchie, and Farley were in | Philadelphia for the Army-Navy foot | ball game. “This is an auction in which Phil- adelphia is chiefly in competition with | St. Louis and Chicago,” the Penn- | sylvania Senator said. “It would be foolish to mention the bids in ad- vance of an auction. The bids must be submitted by January 5.” Philadelphia has had no open move- ment to obtain the convention. SOCIALISTS TO CLEVELAND. CLEVELAND, November 30 (#).— The Socialist party will hold its na- tional convention for adoption of a platform and the nomination of can- didates in Cleveland the latter part of next May, it was announced today. Clarence Senior, national secretary of the party, said Cleveland was chosen over Indianapolis and Chicago by the National Executive Committee. A committee headed by Daniel W. Hoan, 1alist mayor of Milwaukee, is preparing agenda for the conven- ther revival of the furniture business. Further reports from retail stores showed New Orleans and Houston, Tex., merchants were among the few that failed to report gains. Seattle | stores also “were not entirely satise | fled.” 2 DISTRICT GAINS SET MARK. | Fifth Reserve Area Report Says Finance Tone Good. RICHMOND, Va., November 30 (). —October and early November wite nessed more improvement in business in the fifth Federal Reserve district than any other six weeks in several years, according to a report issued by | the Federal Reserve Bank of Riche | mond today. Employment conditions were also | viewed as more favorable in nearly ; all lines of industry, especially in cone struction fields. tion from resolutions sent in by party locals. Senior declared next Spring's convention “can be compared to the convention we held in St. Louis dur- ing the trying days of 1917 to de- | clare our opposition to the last World War.” The convention's resolutions will deal with trade unions, the New Deal, programs for farmers and unemployed, international relations, Soviet Russia, war and fascism and organizational | problems, the secretary said. He predicted that the party’s rising strength would make it possible to be on the ballot in every State. . Man Has Charmed Life. Charles Patrick Thorne must have a charmed life, according to doctors of Sydney, New South Wales. His latest adventure was to fall 15 feet from a tree, paralyzing his hands and legs, and after laying several hours unconscious he crawled a mile on his elbows and knees. Doctors said he probably would remain in bed all his life. Thorne in- duced them to replace the shattered part of his spine with a piece of his shin bone, and he is walking spryly egain. ugwell to Talk in Forum . AGRICULTURE UNDERSECRETARY TO DISCUSS RESETTLEMENT. ETTLEMENT will be dis- cussed by Rexford G. Tug- well, Undersecretary of l : Agriculture, in charge of that part of the administration’s program, in the National Radio Fosum tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. The National Radio Forum is arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the network of the National Broadcasting Co. Resettlement is a huge pro- gram, Including rural rehabilita- tion. Tugwell has at his command many millions of dollars for the projeets now planned. He himself is one of the most colorful figures of the Roosevelt administration and has been re- E a leader in the Presi- ‘brain’ trust.” | The fifth district’s two leading money crops, cotton and tobacco, will probably be more profitable this year than in 1934, although prices this year were lower, the report predicted. Coal production in October was re- ported as showing “considerably more than a seasonal increase” in compari= | son with September and also exceeded October, 1934, production by nearly 12 per ceat. Building permits issued in October leading cities exceeded in value the permits issued in the same month | last year by 31 per cent, and contracts actually awarded rose 136 per cent. Retail trade for last month was re tarded by excepticnally mild weather, | but exceeded October, 1934, trade by | more than 4 per cent, while wholesale trade in five leading lines was ree | garded in the bank report as compar= | ing favorably on the whole with Oc- | tober of last year. | “There was probably less improve- | ment in the banking business than in almost any other line, but this was | due to the ability of business men | in general to carry on their activities without calling on banks for much additional assistance,” the report as- serted. lin $20,000 NURSERY STOCK PURCHASES ARE SOUGHT, | Gartside Sends Recommendations to District W. P. A. Authorities for Park Planting Recommendations went forward yesterday from Frank T. Gartside, ‘WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. (®.— Tugwell’s resettlement program acting superintendent of the National Capital Parks, to District W. P. A, authorities for the purchase of ale most $20,000 worth of trees, plants and shrubs, to be placed in the local park system. Included in the purchases are Oriental plane trees, American elms,. beeches, privet, dogwood, contoneaster, holly trees, evergreens, crabapples, bush roses, ground-covering plants of various species and other related mae« terial. Gartside recommended improving minor reservations, planting adja- cent to Piney Branch and Bingham drive in Rock Creek Park. and land- For more than a, year K, 8. Bovender, grocer, saved his niokels. ‘When he had . he lugged a big bag dewn to cif 1 and paid his 1935 street assessment installment. When tax officials finishing count- ing the 1,628 coins, they handed him & receipt for $81.40, covers a lot of ground. He took over among other things the Sub- | sistence. Homestead Corp.,, which | Secreta REXFORD GUY TUGWELL. well himself has been under fire from a number of sources in re- cent weeks. scaping at Takoma, Edgewood, Turkey Thicket, Taft and Langdon Recrea« tion Centers. Production Increased. China has started & movement to in: crease its wheat and rice production.