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A2 %% DERN ASKS 3,000 COMBAT PLANES 5-Year Plan Urged—Would Strengthen All Branches of Army. By the Associated Press. A declaration by Secretary Dern that the Army’s air force is “far short of its reasonable requirements” was accompanied today by a recommenda- tion In his annual report that meas- ures be taken “at once” to provide a five-year aircraft program, under which a minimum of 800 fighting planes would be purchased annually. While the need of nearly quad- rupling the present strength of the air force was considered paramount. the War Secretary reported to President Roosevelt that “in the absence of any effective assurance of permanent peace,” the American military ma- chine must be maintained at peak ef- ficiency “to proyide against unforeseen eventualities.” With this in View, Dern recommended greater strength for the Regular Army, the National Guard, Reserve Officers, Citizens’ Mil- itay Training Camps and the erection of a new War Department building w0 centralize its working forces. The new department building, agi~ tated for a number of years by prede- cessors, would be part of a $257,000,000 program for housing and other con- struction at Army posts which Dern hoped would be financed out of Pub- lic Works cr future appropriations. Hits Unpreparedness Policy. “It is a pity,” Dern’s report said, “that we should have become as ob- livious to the bitter lessons of the World War as to allow our defense to dwindle until, if any other war should be forced upon us, we should, as usual, be unprepared for effective action.” The aircraft program, he estimated, would equip the Army with 3,000 com- bat planes by the end of the five-year period. It now has 1,196 planes, of which only 838 are combat. The remainder are observation, treining and transport ships. There are 314 more under construction. In the event of a sudden war, Dern warned, “we should find that our so- called ‘economies’ have in reality been #& hideously extravagant waste of money and lives.” Hailing what he said has been a “growing consciousness” on the part of the Nation in the last year of a need for “a more adequate and a more modern defensive establishment,” Dern added: “With an army that is, and always has been, scrupulously loyal and subservient to the duly constituted suthorities, the danger of so-called *militarism’ would appear to be re- mote indeed.” Half Replacements. Approximately half the new aircraft purchased each year would be used to replace obsolete planes under the Setretary’s plan and the other half would augment the existing service- able strength. The report made these additional recommendations: Maintenance of the Regular Army at & minimum strength of 14,000 offi- cers and 165,000 enlisted men, in- volving the addition of 2,000 officers. Maintenance of the National Guard at a minimum strength of 210,000, necessitating an increase of approxi- mately 15,000. Increasing from 20,000 to 30,000 the minimum number of organized Re- serve officers to be given two weeks annual training. More Youth Training. Enrollment of 50,000 youths an- nually in citizens’ military training camps. There were 30,000 enrolled last Summer. > An enlisted reserve strength suffi- clent to bring existing Regular Army units to war strength. Inauguration of a munitions pro- turement program with the object of acquiring a full complement of mod- érn weapcns and other equipment for the Regular Army and National Guard &t peace strength. Provision of funds for completion of the Army’s housing program. With respect to the new department building, Dera emphasized centralized control in Washington is necessary for proper co-ordination and for econ- omies in purchasing under the division of the Army into nine regional staffs. At present, he said, the War Depart- ment occupies in whole or in part a large number of buildings in various parts of the District, many of which are rented. “During the past vear, it has been called upon to surrender some of its space to provide office room for variaus emergency relief agencies,”, he said. “This has served to aggravate the al- yeady overcrowded conditions under which the department functions and the great disadvantages resulting from the partial occupancy of numerous widely separated buildings.” Cites General Headquarters Force. The report described recent organ- ization of the General Headquarters Air Force as one of the most important recent steps toward improved national defense. This force, consisting of virtually all the air combat elements, is so organ- ized as to permit its concentration at any point without delay. @sw CHRISTMAS sms.% Shabby young boys carried mail at night in 18t Cent. Scotland. SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS _] IN EIGHTEENTH century Scotland the mails were carried by foot posts and special messengers. Horses were used only toward London. In Edin- burgh an organization of sharp-witted errand boys called “cadies” traversed the streets at might carrying paper, lanterns. They were shabby little gamins and wore as distinguishing in- signia blye aprons. . What’s What Behind News In Capital Government Shuns Small Potatoes After Pig Experience. BY PAUL MALLON. A. A-ers seem to have dis- A covered a small pig is hard- er to catch than a large ® hog, especially if greased. They also appear willing to agree a little potato is harder to handle.than 2 big one, particularly if hot. This new barnyard reasoning seems to furnish a complete background ex- planation for the recent decision dropping little potatoes (producers of 50 bushels a year and less) from the solanum tuberosum movement. The decision has come as a result of ex- perience. If you only knew the inside en- forcement troubles of the A. A. A. pig chasers alone, you would realize why they do not want to try catching small potatoes. You will never learn about it from Washington, because this topic is considered taboo by offi- cial Government dispensers of infor- mation. But it will form more than one thrill- ing chapter in A. A. A. history when the boys behind the boys behind the plow start telling all. A faint grasp of the scope of their dificulty may be gained from the experience of Malone, N. Y., revenue officers in running down seven small pigs. The stout-hearted officers have been in close pursuit for nearly two years mow. The United States Marines could have done no more. Yet, at last ac- count, the pigs were still far ahead. The last account was given in a lo- cal up-State newspaper interview with Dan Gillette, a Thayer Corners farm- er in the town of Burke, Franklin County. He marketed the pigs. Books Kept on Farm Door. Mr. Gillette is a Vermont type of farmer who keeps his books on the barn door, in pencil. Thus he knows that, in October, 1933, he sold a 135-pound pig to a friend; again, in May, 1934, a 150-pound pig to the same friend. He says that, along about May, he also took five little pigs to market in Malone. There the packer said they weighed 538 pounds dressed, and that there was no tax on them as long as he raised them. The revenue officer first came to see Mr. Gillette in August, 1934. Since then Mr. Gillette has been having more trouble with his taxes than J. P. Morgan and Mellon together. The first revenue officer figured it all\up and decided no taxr was due. But two months later, Octo- ber, 1934, came another. He fig- ured and figured, adpising Mr. Gil- lette it “will be plenty.” When he finished, he said the tar and fine amounted to $44, including the seven pigs. These figures the officer sent to Syracuse. Mr. Gillette soon received a letter demanding the tax and fine. He appealed to the packer, but the packer had no record. Mr. Gillette | concluded that the revenue officer | must have imagined the pigs to be 200 pounds apiece, whereas they were “just little fellers.” Therefore, he retired into his shell. | A second letter some weeks later | hiked the amount to $47, which only goes to show how fast pigs can grow. | The letter was followed by another revenuer with “some kind of a war- rant.” That conference developed much harsh language, but no pigs or money. Twice again last Spring came revenuers, both going over Mr. Gil- lette’s double-door bookkeeping sys- tem on the barn. They just “took down the figures and went away.” The second one came back in the middle of May, with an announcement that the pigs had shrunk. What Mr. Gillette really owed was $24.50. He advised Mr. Gillette to submit those figures and Mr. Gillette did, but he has not yet received an answer. Two Demands to Settle. “Along about September,” however, Mr. Gillette got a threatening demand that he settle. And last month came another. If you think Mr. Gillette is fright- ened, you do not know Mr. Gillette. This is his off-season. He has heard about the good meals served in the WM.7Pese5Des \l\e-u»d! 4 Franklin County jail. He knows friends who will bring him cigarettes. Consequently, he is taking a strong position. He says: “They have rode me enough. If they think they can make an honest farmer give them more'n 50 cents on & dollar for what little he made on seven small pigs, they've got another think comin’.” The Landon bandwagon seems to be crowding up before it even gets started. Latest joiner is supposed to be Ogden Mills, former Preasury Secretary to Mr. Hoover. He was generally recognized here as the smartest man in the Hoover ad- ministration. Friends say his loy- alty to Mr. Hoover continues, but that he thinks Hoover has no chance to win, and has so informed the former President. Benator Norris has cqonfided to a Democratic congressional friend that he will support President Roosevelt next year. That is no news, but Norris also indicated he would support the Democratic President even against his independent colleague, Senator Borah, who sits at the desk adjoining that of Norris in the Senate. At the same time, Norris regards Borah as a real potential threat to Mr. Roosevelt’s re-election. Those who are supposed to know George Peek’s mind say the latest departing New Dealer will go actively Republican next year if the -Repub- licans will adopt a satisfactery. farm plan. He may try to write'jt. His view is that A. A. A. works:at cross , cuts production &nd lets THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.,” MONDAY, Haake Hurls Epithets at Berry Tumult marked the opening of the Industrial Recovery Conference here today as A. P. Haake of Chicago shouted “unqualified liar” at George L. Berry. Haake is shown standing as he exchanged insults with the in- dustrial co-ordinator. Divergent views of Jchn Lewis (left), president of the United Berry retorted “eat it, eat it” and offered to assist Haake in that process. Mine Workers, and Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, were emphasized at the opening of the conference, as plenty of space appeared between the two. Near Riot (Continued Prom First Page.) numbers of the delegates withdrew for round-table discussion scheduled to proceed after Berry's address telling the delegates the conference was in their hands. " Just before the opening, the Na- tional Lumber Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation joined six other industrial groups in declining to participate. In a letter addressed to Berry, the lumber association said it did not re- gard the conference as “timely, or likely to contribute to industrial re- covery, stability or progress.” The conference was only minutes old when a delegate arose from the floor to demand a vote on the ques- | tion of whether O’Leary should not | head a meeting of business men to| discuss the situation. | “Very sorry,” Berry shouted, “but it doesn’t go over.” | There was continued shouting from | the floor, but loud “noes” apparently | overwhelmed the motion. Told to “Get Hall.” Berry cupped his hands, and again | yelled to the audience: | “I assure you there is no fight in | this meeting. Do your talking at the | round table conferences—get yourself a hall!” The delegates then were told to ad- journ to their round table meetings, but for the large part remained in| the large auditorium, walking around | and talking in groups. Berry had Insisted that the meeting | was “industry’s party” and that the Government had no plan to present. Some business groups have charged the Government seeks to revive N. R. A., however. Spokesmen for these said they hcped to prove the confer- ence was not impartial and not repre- sentative of general business. It was known that strategy designed for a “showdown” and a quick end to the conference had been discussed, but there was no advance notice as to whether it would be put into effect. The other six major industrial groups without official delegates to the sessions were steel, retail dry goods, cotton textiles, automobiles, shoes and electrical goods. Individuals from some of these groups, however, came to ‘Washington. Purpose of Meeting Announced. Berry’s office announced the ses- sion as “the largest industry confer- ence in the Nation's history * * * of representatives of investors, man- agement and labor, to discuss how Government co-operation can be most effective in solving the urgent prob- lems of unemployment, taxation and stabilization of prosperity.” The voluntary nature of business attendance was stressed by the co- omdinator, but several tfade associa- tions advised clients to set in simply to protect interests, so a pro- gram in which they had no part could not be said to reflect their opinions. Berry has said that if this confef- ence fails he will call another. Labor leaders were saying little although one of the most important was privately skeptical of results. A CORRECTION The statement appearing in The EvVening Star of June 15 of this year that Harold Hudson of Glen Echo, Md,, signed a confession admitting the purposes, : farm products in from foreigm coun- ¢ (Copyright, 1985.) ¥ theft of various articles was erroneous | and The Star takes pleasure in wr-. T LANGLEY SHOOTING MYSTERY SOLVED " ;Wite of Sergeant Kelley De- Berry as he opened the conference of business and labor leaders to discuss what the Government should do to promote industrial re- covery. —A. P. Photos. FALL HAS RELAPSE; FAMILY SUMMONED Physicians Fear Attack May Be Fatal to Former Interior Secretary. B the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., December 9.—Al- bert B. Pall clung to life today after a relapse physicians feared would prove fatal. The 74-year-old Secretary of In- terior under Pres- ident Harding rallied late last night after mem- bers of his family had been sum- moned hastily. Col. H. F. Pipe: Government hos- pital comman- dant, reported Fall “was gain- ing ground,” and S appeared in no Albert B. Fall. “L:;medlfibe dap- Fall, who served a prison term for accepting a bribe in the Teapot Dome ofl scandal, has beén ill for months, suffering heart disease, plurisy, arth- ritis of the spine and general ill ‘health. Mrs. Fall, notified at Clarksville, Tex., where she had gone on busi- ness, was expected to reach her hus- band’s bedside late today. Military Training Opposed. BLOOMINGTON, Ind, December 9 (P)~—The Indiana State Christian Conference, attended by representa- tives of 13 Indiana colleges and uni- versities, adopted a resolution yester~ day favoring congressional action to abolish compulsory military training in land grant colleges. Y clares It Was Accident and Suicide. B~ the Associated Press, —The mysterious shooting of Tech- | nical Sergt. Clement H. Kelley and his 3-year-old son a week ago last night stood revealed today &s an ac- cident and a suicide. Mrs. Kelley, held under “restraint” at the post hospital during a week’s investigation by Department of Justice men, cleared the case up in an inter- view with the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. She talked with the paper after the G-men reported that their investiga- tion revealed no grounds for prosecu- tion and after she and her 17-year-old nephew, Josébh “Buster” Russell, had been freed. As she told the story, her husband, crazed by the death of his son, turned his service pistol on himself. She said she and the sergeant were in the kitchen of their home on the reserva- tion when Buster and the three Kelley children enacted & mimic guard mount. During it the youth accidentally discharged the heavy pistol, the bullet killing the little boy. Fired Two Shots. “I ran and picked up Sonneyboy,” the woman said. “I could see he was dead. I don't remember what Sergt. Kelley said, only that he hollered ‘Oh, my God—my God.' He picked up the gun. I went to him and kissed him and put Sonneyboy in his-arms. “I saw him fire two shots. One struck his nose, I guess, for it was bleeding. Then I was at the door. I thought I had been shot and I said to him, ‘T think I'm shot’ He said, ‘Oh, my God, I hope I haven't hit you’ Then I ran to neighbors. I was so surprised that I hadn't been shot. Two shots were fired after I ran—or I guess they were. I didn't hear them. I didn’t hear anything that I remember. “I thought he had fired the first two because of the boy. “He seemed to me like he was crazy. Not from what he said, but the way he looked. Then I think he fired the other two because he thought I had been shot or maybe he was trying to empty the gun of bullets. Wanted Gun for Christmas. “Sonneyboy was crazy about a gun. That’s what he wanted for Christmas. He called it a ‘bam-bam.’ He had just begun to talk. I know he was looking right at the gun while Buster held it. The bullet hit him right between the eyes, you know. “I'm sure it was Sonneyboy that made him do it. The investigators wanted to know why I stood there and watched him shoot—why didn’t I take the gun away from him? Maybe if I'd gotten to the gun first I would have done what he did. I don’t know. “Maybe if I'd told him we could have another little boy—— “But I don't think so. He would never have lived without the boy. If it hadn't happened then, maybe a week or 50 later. I'm glad they buried them in the same coffin together. That’s the way he would have want- od i 2 LANGLEY FIELD, Va., December 9. | DECEMBER 9, 1935. YORK ARCHBISHOP GIVES 2 SERMONS Appreciation of Revelation of God Held Needed for = Civilization. Human appreciation of the revela- tion of God is needed for preservation and development of civilization, in the judgment of the Most Rev. William Temple, Archbishop of York and Pri- mate of England, as expressed in two sermons yesterday at Washington Cathedral. “The world’s most urgent require- ment, now that it is welded by the scientific conquest of distance into a single community,” the visiting prelate declared, “is a single and universally accepted standard of moral judgment, by which all nations agree that their actions shall be approved or con- demned. Introduced by Bishop Perry. “There is no hope whatever that this chief need of our world can be met unless there is indeed a Father of all mankind, Whose Will includes the welfare of all His children, and who has made His character known to men—unless, in short, there is a divine revelation. | The archbishop was introduced by Right Rev. James De Wolf Perry, | Bishop of Rhode Island and presiding | bishop of the Episcopal Church in the | United States. His first address was broadcast over a national network, and | included an appeal for personal prac- | tice of Christian ethics. “The true | center of the world is God,” he said, | “and unless we can really learn not only to think, but to feel that we are, as it were, planets revolving about Him, we cannot exercise a right judg- ment. That is something we cannot | attain by ourselves. All we can do is to submit ourselves to the forces which can bring about a change in us. “In other words, the supply of our | most vital want is to be found through faith and worship—faith as practical trust in the active power and wisdom and love of 8 God who is ready to| | guide us if we seek His spirit, and | worship as the opening of heart, the submission of conscience, the sur- render of will to the holiness and love of God disclosed in Jesus Christ.” * * * Appeals for Confidence. | The archbishop’s second sermon, delivered to a congregation which | filled the Great Choir of the Cathe- | dral to capacity and ingluded many members of the diplomatic corps, Gov- | ernment officials and churchmen, was | an appeal for confidence in the teach- | ings of the scriptures as an effective | guide to peace and order. “The world | is now one family,” he said, “but is it | to repeat the brotherhood of Cain and | Abgl? We have great sources of pow- | er, but are we to use them to build | another Babylon? There is only one | thing that can save us, and that is| | the word of God, conquering and to conquer.” In the procession for the second service the archbishop marched with Bishop Perry. Others participating were Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington and host to the primate; Rev. Dr. Henry Freeman, Troy, N. ¥.; Canon William L. De Vries, Canon Anson Phelps Stokes, | | Canon Joseph Fletcher, Canon Albert H. Lucas, Canon Raymond L. Wolven, | Canon William L. Turner, Atlanta, | Ga.; Chaplain George B. Niver, Chap- lain George F. Kincaid, Rev. Dr. G. | | Warfield Hobbs, Dean G. C. F. Brat- enahl and Right Rev. Julius W. At- | wood, retired Bishop of Arizona. | The Ambassador of Great Britain |occupied a place near the chancel | railing. ELLSWORTH RESCUE PLANE IS CRASHED! | Russell W. Thaw and Mechanic Escape Injury as Ship Falls at Atlanta. By the Associated Press. | ATLANTA, December 9.—A plane | intended for use in the search for | Lincoln Ellsworth, missing Antarctic explorer, was wrecked here early to- day in the take-off of Pilot Russell W. Thaw for Brownsville, Tex. Thaw, the son of Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw, and his mechanic, William Henry Klenke, jr., escaped injury as the ship plunged from a low altitude just after clearing the west end of Candler Field, the Atlanta municipal irport. Airport attendants said the engine cut out shortly after the ship left the ground. It struck a tree. Thaw flew the plane here yesterday from Caldwell, N. J. $29,000 INCOME TAX REFUNDED MRS. FIELD Widow of Founder Found to Have Over- stated 1932 Receipts. The Treasury today announced an income tax refund of $29.223.25 to Mrs. Delia S. Field, 2000 Sixteenth street, widow of the late Marshall Field, one of the founders of the great Chicago department store which bears his name. The refund covered an overassessment for 1932. Mrs. Field, long a leader of Wash- ington society, in recent years has been living in comparative retirement at her Sixteenth street home and at her Summer home in Massachusetts. The refund was authorized when an investigation disclosed an error in Mrs. Field’s tax return which overstated her income. DIES AT AGE OF 100 Grifith Evans Knew Both Lincoln and Grant. | BANGOR, North Wales, December | 9 (—Dr. Grifith Evans, 100-year- old veterinary surgeon who knew both Abraham Lincoln and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, died Seturday night. During the American War between the States, Dr. Evans, stationed with the Royal Artillery at Montreal, visit- ed fleld hospitals of the Union Army. POWER USE HITS PEAK Load Declared to Be Equal to 1920 High. SPOKANE, Wash., December 9 (#). —Lesher S. Wing, chief engineer of the Federal Power Commission’s na- tional consumption survey, reported today that the power load in the Nation is equal to the 1929 peak. “There is a continuing ward trend in power use, which in Department Store Dr. Hurt in Fall SCREEN ACTRESS INJURED IN BATH ROOM OF HOME. CARMELITA GERAGHTY. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 9 —Carmelita Geraghty, screen actress wife of Carey Wilson, scenario writer, told police she fell in the bath room of her Bel Air home today, sustaining a deep gash in her forehead. ITZEL T0 QUESTION MRS. LORING AGAIN Interview Is Planned After | Criminologist Makes Report. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Decem- ber 9.—Mrs. Frances Loring, mother of the murdered Corinna Loring, again will be interviewed by authorities in- vestigating the mybterious murder case, it was learned today. Mrs. Loring will be questioned fur- ther in regard to the movements of U.S. LIQUOR LEVY LIMITED BY COURT Tax on Manufacturers and Dealers in Dry States Is Ruled Out. By the Assoclated Press. The Supreme Court ruled today that the Federal Government lacks the right to impose a special tax on liquor manufacturers and dealers in dry States since the prohibition amendment was repealed. In a 6-to-3 opinion read by Jus- tice Roberts, the court affirmed deci- sions by the circuit courts in a case from Birmingham and Tulsa. Justices Brandeis, Stone and Car- dozo dissented. Roberts said the law infringed on State rights. Section Held Invalid. ‘The Government had asked & high court ruling when the circuit courts held invalid the section that imposed an excise tax of up to $1,000 on illicit dealers within dry States. They ruled the tax was in fact & penalty, and that since these cases arose after repeal of the prohibition amendment they were outside the powers of Congress and a matter for State or local control. Government attoroeys resisted this limitation on the taxing powers of Congress. Fined $250 on Tax. Gus L. Constantine, alias Dr. Gus, a Birmingham malt dealer, had been fined $250 for failure to pay the tax. In the Tulsa case, the Federal Dis- trict Court for Northern Oklahoma sentenced Roger Kesterson to six months in jail and fined him $500. Bernord Roberts was sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined $100. The section of the tax law imposing the levy was repealed last year by Congress. SPANISH CABINET ENDS SHORT REIGN | Premier Chapaprieta Hands Resig- Corinna prior to her disappearance on the night of November 4. Some | points in her previous testimony to Lieut. Joseph H. Itzel of the Balti- more homicide squad, who is heading the investigation, can be amplified, it is believed. Mrs. Loring, however, will not be questioned until Robert W. Hicks, ‘Washington criminologist, who inter- viewed Mrs. Loring for more than two hours on Saturday night, makes his report to Lieut. Itzel. Fainted After Interview. Mrs. Loring fainted on the street after her interview with Hicks. She was revived quickly, however, and was driven to her home in Mount Rainier. Until Hicks reports to Itzel it will not be known whether he obtained any “new leads” from the murdered girl's mother during the interview. | This report is to be made today and | it is probable, it was said, that Mrs. | Loring will be interviewed tomorrow. | The Baltimore detective returned | to Upper Marlboro today after a week end at his home, and plunged imme- diately into the investigation. After a study of the 1,000 pages of testimony which he has taken during the case Itzel said that he was prepared to press the probe along the lines which he has mapped out for this week. Leads Eliminated. He is known to have eliminated a considerable portion of the testimony. At least three witnesses are to be ques- tioned during the early past of the | day. They had been expected Satur- | day but were unable to appear at | Itzel's headquarters. | ‘They are a Mount Rainier man who wrote Itzel a letter saying that he had important information on the case, and two colored men who cut down a tree in the backyard of the Loring home in the late evening of the day on which Cerinna disappeared. | Prince Georges County police were assigned to bring the men in today. Seek More Financial Data. Arthur Keefer, attorney for the Lor- | ing family, informed State's Attorney | Alan Bowie that he would confer with | him tomorrow in regard to the mur- | dered girl's finances. Although the au- | thoritles have obtained considerable | knowledge about Corinna’s financial affairs, other information which Keefer is to supply. and which is regarded as important, is being awaited, particularly the funds which she had deposited in a Washington bank. Her accounts in Prince Georges | County banks have been scrutinized.| - | SANGER GROUP TO MEET First of Tuesday Luncheons to Be Held at Women’s City Club. Margaret Sanger's National Com- mittee on Federal Legislation for Birth | Control will hold the first of a series | of Tuesday luncheons at the Wom- en’s City Club tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. | Dr. Prentiss Willson, Washington phy- | sician, will speak. The committee said virtually every phase of the birth control problem would be discussed at these luncheons. Speakers at future meetings will in- clude Rev. Russell J. Clinchy of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, Mrs Hazel Zborowski, execu- tive secretary, Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau; Mrs. Nell Wells Al- exander, one of Mrs. Sanger’s feld representatives; Mrs. Mark Lansburgh, National Board, National Council of Jewish Women, and Miss Dorothy Detzer, national secretary, Women's International League for Peace and Preedom. WOUNDED OFFICER DIES TWIN FALLS, Idaho, December 9 (). —Slayings attributed by officers to | Douglas Van Vlack increased to three- with the death last night of Sherifl’s Deputy Henry C. Givens. Van Vlack already is charged with murder for the abduction-slaying of his divorced wife, pretty Mildred Hook, and State Patrolman Fontaine Cooper. Officers said Cooper and Givens | were shot down November 25 when | they sought to halt Van Vlack’s car | as he was fleeing with his abducted | former wife. She later was shot and | beaten. Doctor Is First Patient. nation Directly to Presi- dent Zamora. By the Assoclated Press. MADRID, December 9.—The Spanish cabinet resigned today after two months of power. Joaquin Chapaprieta, who had been premier since September 25, but who changed his cabinet around October 29, turned in the resignation directly to President Alcala Zamora The immediate cause of the resigna= tion was political controversy over the national budget for 1936. EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE DENIED BY LOWENGRUB Pleads Not Guilty in D. C. Su- preme Court—Accused by Dead Woman. Irving Lowengrub, broker, was ar- raigned in District Supreme Court today and pleaded not guilty to charges of larceny and embezzlement. The charges resulted from a police investigation which followed the suicide of a young woman formerly employed by the broker, who left a note describing his business activities. Later investigation brought to light other persons who had had dealings with Lowengrub and he was indicted after their testimcay before the grand jury. PRISONER FEARS MOB TWIN FALLS, Idaho, December 9 (#)—Douglas Van Vlack, accused of abducting and killing his divorced wife and two officers who tried to arrest him, cringed in fear of mob violence today as sheriff’s deputies took every precaution to protect him. Van Vlack whimpered his terror to Sheriff E. F. Prater after the death of Deputy Sheriff Henry C. Givens last night. Givens was fatally wounded No- vember 25 and State Patrolman Fon- taine Cooper was killed as they sought to stop Van Vlack as he fled with his divorced wife, Mildred Hook, later found brutally slain. Sheriff Prater said he there was any mob danger. - Four Dies in Political Clash. MEXICO CITY, December 9 (#).— A political clash in the nearby town of Texcoco yesterday resulted in the deaths of four men. Eight persons were wounded. Irvin S. Cobb Says: doubted Pioneer Americans Used to Fight, But Now They Complain. BANTA MONICA, Calif., December 9.—Our ancestors, the men and wom- en who whittled this country out of ramping wilderness—they were differ- ent, although perhaps difficult to get along with. They'd fight you over almost any issue—their { personal rights, their publie ‘wrongs, their nat- ural principles, their private prejudices, their outer boundaries, their internal policles. They fought one an- other; they fought foreign powers. But, excus- ipg politicians and professional whin- ers, they didn't do such an awful lot of fretting over the painfully prim- itive conditions of a pioneering life. Wx, their children, with too many laws we won't enforce, too many crim- inals we won't punish, too many un- just taxes we won’t rebel against— we complain about everything. It's as though a race of eagles bred a breed of worms that turn only to turn the other cheek. I guess we're getting peevishly flabby. I woke up this morning feeling as MARION, 8. C. (®~—Dr. J. C. Moessner, a chiropractor, was the first | patient in his own hospital. He fell i from a scaffold and broke four bones | in his right ankle while inspecting the renovation of a building he converted 1933 and continued in 1934 and 1935," Wing sald, } into & chiropractic hospital. \ flabby as a cold flapjack, and I don't know when I've been peevisher. So I sat down and wrote this. N. B—And never mind telling me that a worm hasn't any cheek. I know that as well as you do. (Copyrigpt. 1035, by the Nouth American A