Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1936, Page 5

0P TOGATIR FORKNDN SPEC “Full House” Expected to Greet Candidate in Rich- mond Tonight. By the Asscciated Press. RICHMOND, October 12.—Clarence R. Ahalt, State Republican campaign director, said yesterday that delega- tions of Republican from all sections of Virginia would visit Richmond to- night to hear Col. Frank Knox of Chicago, vice presidential candidate. »He predicted that the Mosque would have a “full house.” Democrats will also be active this ‘week, the high spot being & broadcast by Senator Byrd at 9 p.m. tomorrow. Assistant Secretary of State R. Wal- ton Moore, former Representative from Fairfax County, also will speak in be- half of the Democrats in a radio ad- dress over WRVA on Wednesday night. In the meantime, nine speeches are scheduled to be made in Virginia to- day. Lieut. Gov. James H. Price will waddress a Democratic rally at Claren- don, former State Senator O’'Conor ‘Goolrick will go on the stump at Heathsville, Representative A. Willis Robertson, Lexington, Democrat, will sppear at Amherst, Representative S. Otis Bland at King and Queen Court House, Ben Ruffin of Richmond at Goochland, Representative Howard Bmith of the eighth district and Mayor J. Fulmer Bright, Richmond, at Louisa Court House. Mr. Smith will also speak at Leesburg during the day. Doors of the Mosque will be thrown open here tonight at 7:30 o’clock. The meeting will open at 8:15 o'clock and Knox will begin his speech at 8:30. It «will be broadcast over WRVA. SAYS AVIATION LAGS Official Urges Action to Restore U. S. Supremacy. Alhtough the United States was the birthplace of the airplane and for many years led the world in air supremacy, it has allowed itself to sink “out of sight beyond the horizon of new aerial development,” according to Charles F. Horner, president ef the National Aeronautic Association. Declaring that America's loss of position in Werial affairs is due to a dangerously “smug complacency,” Horner, in an editorial in the October issue of the association’s magazine today called on all aviation interests to join together “to unloosen the | shackles that prevent adequate air defense and proper civil aviation development.” District of Columbia—Partly cloudy and much colder; heavy frost tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy and con- tinued cold: fresh to strong norther- ly winds tonight, becoming moder- | ately variable tomorrow. Maryland—Generally fair and much colder tonight with temperature near | freezing in the interior; tomorrow in- | creasing cloudiness. Virginia—Generally fair, colder in east and central portions, probably frost in the interior tonight; tomor- row increasing cloudiness, colder in south portion. West ' Virginia—Partly cloudy and colder, with temperature near freez- ing tonight; tomorrow cloudy, colder in south portions. River Report. Potomac River clear and Shenan- doah very cloudy today. rt for Last 48 Hours. DTt O mperatute. Barometer. - 3 1 g ] | 2o »a S 33 | ? g 3 33 5 ES v suuZma EEREE (] smeRpnsronons » LA a loon Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 69, 2:30 p.m. yesterday. Year . 83. "!.owen. B51. 2:45 pm. today. Year g0, 56. Record Temperatures This Year, Highest, 105. on July 10, Lowest, 0. on January 23. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon vyesterday to noon today.) Hishest, 83 per cent, at 2:15 a.m. today. Lowest, 35 per cent, at noon today. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and, Geodetic Survey.) Today" Tomorrow. . | cent; it was slashed to 21%., Sun, today - _ un tomorrow oon. ~ today 38 a.m. 9 p.m. Automobile lights must be turned on eone-half hour after sunset. Precipitation, 9 | debts contracted prior to July 1, 1932, lanta, tlantic Cit; altimore, M iveston, Eu'on . Dak dianapolis sonville 299292220 S Yor11 100 ERRETSE S PP 3383 am. Gree England. a (Noon. Greenwich "H’ Mnys" - a | temperature in Alberta sometimes "| went up from bankers and bondhold- |to July 1, 1936. All interest already is reading a poem to Mary duri School. Tomorrow, Sidney Polal Polalcoff, at the Webb School. Fate of Premier Aber- hart Believed to Be in Balance. “Social credit,” the most unusual erperiment in governmental eco= nomics in Alberta, is fast ape proaching a real test. In the bal- ance also there will be Premier Aberhart, sponsor of the plan and the most talked-of personality in Canada today. This is the first of four stories on the experiment. BY DEWITT MACKENZIE. (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press.) | EDMONTON, Alberta, October 12.— Alberta's strong-jawed premier, Wil- liam Aberhart, an amazing personality who almost overnight has sprung from near oblivion to become the most talked-of individual in Canada, be- cause of his tradition-shattering social credit experiment, will begin to meet his real test about November 1, if present plans materialize. Near that date, it is announced, the provincial government will start deal- ng out its history-making monthly | “basic dividends.” that is, credit which | will be the equivalent of cash within the province. This means a gratuitous income from the state for every adult citizen, rich or poor, employed or involuntarily idle, who has covenanted to support the movement. It means that the province, under a plan which never before has been tried by any government, would in effect be turned into a profit-sharing corporation. In this, every Albertan would ipso facto be a “stockholder,” if he or she agrees to play the game that way. ‘The amount of the initial dividend has not yet been determined, but a sum between $5 and $10 per month has been mentioned. Twenty-five dol- lars was the sum tentatively suggested by Aberhart in the early days of his campaign. Later he announced that he saw no reason why the figure should not be $75. This was just before the election of August, last year, and it created & furor of approval that swept him into power with 56 of the 63 members of | Parliament behind him. It was the first political job of this man of 57, who previously had been | a school teacher and fundamentalist | preacher of the Gospel. It is written on the social credit wall that there will be cold, dire days ahead for non-participants—and the drops to 60 below zero. The first outstanding move of the Aberhart Legislature was to make an arbitrary cut of about 50 per cent in the average interest rates on provin- cial bonds, with the exception of one small group. The total funded and unfunded debt of the Province is $160,000,000, some 55 per cent of which is held in the United States. The average rate of interest on bonds had been 4.89 per A roar of rage, coupled with threats, ers throughout Canada. Breach of contract was charged. But Aberhart, who had been handed Mother Hub- bard’s cupboard in place of a State treasury by his predecessors, merely protuded that fighting jaw and gave his opponents a “so what” look. Then the Legislature passed a bill for reduction of all private debts. The measure provided that on all private the interest should be wiped out up paid between these dates was to be Penn State Anthracite $ Size e:xy.‘ as it this_depe: ered. Fil prepared ! has bee: bl 714 13th Opposite the Telephone Bldg. Morta (Fayal) Asores_ e : : (2] = % When wintry llndlu force the ther- an much longer now!) good STATE ANTHRACITE COAL will keep your hou: fuel was first discov- your bin now—and be Phone NAtl. 3068 Food for body and n;ind. Perry Fliakas, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Fliakas, 1225 K street, and Mary Louise Anderson, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Anderson, 720 Eleventh street. Perry eriod at Thomson r. and Mrs. Harry —Star Staff Photo, ing the rest coff, son of Alberta to Begin “Dividends” Testing Social Credit Plan 4 PREMIER ABERHART. applied to retirement of principal. ‘The balance of the debt could be paid off over a period of 10 years, without interest, on a graduated scale, begin- ning with small installments. . Moreover, on.all debts contracted since July 1, 1932, the maximum in- terest collectible is 5 per cent. Any- thing paid above that applies to re- tirement of principal. All this has provided a tremendous boom to farmers and others, many of whom are mortgaged up to the hilt as the result of hard times. The Legislature also decreed that | municipalities shall not collect taxes | to pay more than 3 per cent interest | on their securities. On April 1 the government defaulted on a bond pay- ment of $3,200,000, but paid the in- terest. Aberhart's strong-arm methods of handling debts have inspired others to follow him. Already the neighboring Province of Saskatchewan, which, with Alberta and Manitoba, constitutes one of the | world's greatest granaries has an- | nounced a reduction of $75,000,000 in | the tax, relief and interest debts of | farmers in 158 drought-stricken areas. It is the Aberhart scheme with modi- fications to suit local conditions. All Canada, from coast to coast, is watching Alberta’s volcanic eruption with feverish interest and anxiety. ‘The great Province of Alberta, treas- ure house of natural wealth, is seeth- ing. The masses who voted for Aber- hart continue to worship at his feet and drink in his Sunday radio ser- mons. The premier’s opponents assert that In support of this they point, among other things, to his recent heated statement that he would consider the question of “licensing” the press of Alberta. The writer heard him make this threat, which contemplates bringing the newspapers under some measure of government control. The declara- tion was inspired by articles which Aberhart said were untrue and in- If You Are Troubled With Rheumatism relieve the fortures of rhemmatism, 3:--.“..‘ "and neuritis b1 drink Moun- f ov* Mineral e, ‘Dee Cistying. En ins Tor oyer 30 rears. Fhons MEL. Mountain Vallgy Mineral Water MEt. 1062 1405 K Bt. N.W. 00 Per Ton 1 own (—and it - m doing_ever St. N.W. AUTO TRAILERS TRIPLED IN YEAR More Than 750,000 Now Live in Rolling Homes, Survey Shows. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, October ll:d_tfi wide- spread urge to travel trip! e num- ber of coach trailers on United States highways this year and put more than three quarters of a million people into rolling homes, reliable estimates of the mushroom growth of an infant industry indicated today. Next year this flowering business is expected to triple again the number of trallers and occupants living and vacationing in them—the so-called “tin can tourists”—it was disclosed in & survey by Karl Hale Dixon, pub- lisher of & journal devoted to the fleld. The number of houses on wheels in the United States grew from 100,000 in 1935 to more than 300,000 this year, and the number of “trailerites” from 250,000 to more than 750,000, Dixon estimated. “However, tremendous as that in- crease is, it will be more than tripled in 1937,” he said. “That means that at the present rate of production, the total number of coach trailers on roads, old and new, will approximate 1,000,000, and the number of trailerite converts around 3,000,000.” In 1935, most trailers that rolled over the highways were produced in the last five years, 75 per cent being homemade and 25 per cent factory built, Dixon's figures showed. tended to cast discredit on the office of premier. The Dominion government has made no move against Aberhart, despite the fact that it has sole power over inter- est rates on provincial bonds. The correspondent was told in well- informed quarters in both Alberta and Ottawa that the government has adopted an attitude of hands-off and watchful waiting, for the time being at least. It is stated that this is due to ad- vice from political leaders who said the masses in Alberta are in such a state of ferment that interference with Aberhart might produce a revo- lution. To reports that he is ambi- tious to become prime minister of all Canada, Aberhart has given the de- nial. But the skipper of the social credit ship continues to poke the nose of his craft out into unchartered waters and holds doggedly to the course which he believes will lead to the harbor of VUtopla. QR MOM/\ How aso \5°M\E} Ut NN\ H or! BRE N MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1936. VETERAN WITH AX SLAYS KIND WIFE Insane Patient Released on Her Plea Says He Had Disgraced Her. By the Associated Press, ‘WORCESTER, Mass,, October 12.— A childhood romance that began in England was at an end here today, with Mrs, Mary Ellis Crosbie, 49, dead and her husband, Frank, 54, shell- shocked war veteran and an insane hospital patient, held for her murder. Crosbie, Police Inspector James F. Sheahan sald, hacked his wife to death a few hours after, with tearful | K pleading, she induced a young interne to grant him a day of liberty from ‘Worcester State Hospital yesterday. “I killed her because I had dis- graced her,” Sheahan quoted the hus- band as saying, after he had been re- manded to Worcester jail pending formal hearing on a murder charge Tuesday morning. The husband declined to amplify that statement, the inspector added. Sheahan reconstructed the crime as follows: Mrs. Crosbie pleaded for sev- eral minutes yesterday to have her husband granted liberty until 8 o'clock last night. An interne, un- mindful of Crosbie's hospital record, which said, “dangerous, do not re- lease,” granted the liberty. ‘The couple greeted each other with outward signs of deep affection as they left the hospital. Later, at home, Mrs. Crosbie went to. the cellar to inspect her preserve closet. Crosbie went down after her. As she leaned over to look at the pre- serves, the husband seized an axe and struck her twice, Sheahan declared. Be, ; eat Winter 40 ;o with LK-O-SEA . ang | pILLSBURY'S PANCAKEs AKFAST T°M°RRow ? Just add milk or water—stir— and bake the finest pancakes you ever tasted! THE “EDEN” HOMBURG A REPLICA OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND POPULAR HAT IN ENGLAND inTrRoDUCED FERST IN wasHINGTON AT THE LEWIS & THOS. SALTZ INC. ESTABLISHMENT 1409 G STREET N. W. + o « We copied precisely the exact BLACK HOMBURG #hat England’s busy young Foreign Minister wears. We tried them on a dozen smart young Washingtonians . . . the effect is astounding. We think it's the most becoming Hat for day or evening wear, we've seen in years . . . Once you see for yourself bow becoming it is, you'll be emulating Eng- land’s new style leader and . . . like him ... ‘wearing this Black Homburg on most occasions. $7.50 HAND FELTED BY SCHOBLE LEWIS & TH®S. SALTZ INCORPORATED 1409 G STREET N. W. NOT CONNECTED WITH SALTZ BROTHERS INC. The first blow nearly decapitated her. Crosbie then cleaned his hands and went upstairs. Neighbors, calling on Mrs. Crosbie, became suspicious at the husband’s claim she had gone to visit a friend nearby. They checked and found she had not reached the friend's héme. They then notified the police. Officers found Mrs. Crosbie’s body huddled under a shelf in the preserve closet. Crosbie “calmly admitted,” Sheahan said, he had done the slaying. Crosbie served with the 101st In- fantry, 26th Division, in Prance. His hospital record said he was shell shocked and gassed. Previously, the record added, he had been a patient at the Bedford and West Roxbury =Ny A I‘ m-mim INLV. Veterans’ Hosptals. He was admitted to Worcester Hospital September 8, 1935, after, the asserted, he tried to kill his wife with a furnace TROUBLE WITH YOUR SHOES? We bulld greh pusperis—take savs SBies e mats any “irpe ot orthopedle correction. SCIENTIFIC SHOE REPAIRING A. LANGENBACH Dec. ‘0501 25 35, MAvends o, 7 e N i “Buy American” and Save Regularly Not just a few savings here and there or now and then, but consistent sav- ings EVERY DAY on an average stock of over 1,500 items. That's why so many people buy all their food at the convenient American Stores—they know that It Pays to Deal “Where Quality Counts and Your Money Goes Furthest” 4500 QUALITY Fruit Salad 2 25¢ Reg. 27c No. 22 Can 23¢ Soft, Fluffy Puriten Marshmallows 15¢ tall cans Oil or Mustard Domestic SARDINES 2 -9 Pamunkey Mills Virginio Jgst. Peaches & 4200 Cal. Peaches Del Monte Dole’s Pineapple Juice Bel Monte Crushed PINEAP 17¢ cans Buffet Fruits 29 Popular Candy and Chewing Gum Bel Monte Spinach 12 . 29¢ | 45C0 Cal. Spinach 2 Garden Peas 2 15¢ L 25¢ 29c 10c PLE Yampray., c Tomato Juice = 10¢ 2 x, 15¢| Tomato Soup 2.% 15¢ 17¢ cans 13¢ can HEINZ SOUPS Sale of Cadlifornia Dried Fruits! The American Stores have joined other chain stores in promoting @ Nation-wide campaign to have all America know better the healthful qualities of the delicious dried fruits California offers. MEATY SANTA CLARA PRUNES big 14 cans 25 2 29¢ 17¢ Except_Chicken Gumbo. Clam Chowder or Con- somme. Anchor Opener Free With & full pound jar of 450 Peanut Butter Gold Seat All-Purpose FLOUR 3.25¢5 ¢ 23 Meaty, thin-skinned and small pitted California prunes that run 40 to 50 to the pound and sell regularly Seeded Calif. e Q¢ RAISINS () PRODUCE "edieiins ( FANCY HAND SELECTED WHITE POTATOES FIRM YELLOW ONIONS 5 Ibs. 9C FANCY NO. 1 GRIMES GOLDEN 4-19° APPLES ASCO ME Pork Chops b 27 &3 T e End Cut Shoulder Lamb Chops Lean Stewing Lamb Fresh Phila. Scrapple Briggs A4 Sausage Meat m. 30c Briggs Pep Park Roll Freshly Ground BEEF ROUND| ®.19¢ STEAK | Boiling BEEF . ]2¢ TENDER Ib. 29‘ for 10c Ib. 4500 Baoking Powder = dc = l15¢ A4SC0 Baking Soda o ASC0 Spices ws DO'NUTS 6~ 9c «17¢c Plain or sugared. Seedless Calif. RAISINS 2 15¢ 227 CRISP LARGE WHITE CELERY z bunches | sc Victor Bread 16 oz. loaf ¢ SUPREME 24 or. BREAD et 10( Finest Quality Domestic % 8‘ Sliced American . Loaf Cheese 1b. 8c American Grated Cheese ‘o 16€ Waldorf Toilet Tissue 4 . 15¢ Scot-Towels Scot-Towel Holder SCOT- TISSUE Soxr*"473 wn 10¢ SUGAR-CURED Smoked HAMS Ib. 29‘ Whele or Shank Half. 10 to 14 Ib. Average DELICIOUS SIRLOIN STEAK +35¢ ». 2lc ». 10c w. 15¢ w. 35¢ IVORY FLAKES 2;:5.19¢ % 21c Get a pair of ONYX Silk Stockings for 50c ond @ box top. $1.00 value. Ivory Snow pkg. 14¢