Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1936, Page 6

A—06 *% FIST FIGHT ENDS CHAMBER SESSION Deputies Exchange Blows in Debate on Minister Sal- engro’s War Record. B the Associated Press. PARIS, November 13.—Swinging fists of Leftist and Rightist deputies stopped a stormy session of the Cham- ber of Deputies today. The trouble began during a debate over the World War record of Min- ister of the Interior Roger Salengro. Opposing deputies screamed invec- tive at each other and when Premier Leon Blum mounted the tribune, the Leftists rushed from their benches and swarmed over the Rightists in a mad melee. The chamber sessions were tem- porarily suspended. Books sailed through the air as the deputies slugged one another. One Leftist, dashing across the room in front of the government benches, struck the Rightist Jean Louis Tixier- Vignancour with a right to the chin. Tixier-Vignancour had shouted, when the premier rose to speak: “Blum means war!" Edouard Herriot, president of the chamber, called a halt to the sitting and ordered ushers to clear out the spectators. A court of honor cleared Salengro, on October 30, of charges he betrayed his country during the World War. (The court, headed by Gen. Marie- Gustave Gamelin, army chief of staff, declared Salengro had not been con- demned to death as a deserter and that he had been acquitted by a military court, during the war, while he was then a prisoner in Germany.) Becquart Speech Halted. The Rightist Deputy Henri Bec- quart, carrying charges that Salengro was condemned to death as a de- serter in the World War to the floor of the Chamber, was forced to halt his speech while Deputies shouted at each other. Salengro, seated on the government bench beside Premier Blum, remained silent while Rightists yelled: “Salengrq is a deserter!” Leftists counter-attacked with sim- flar charges against the Rightist Dep- | uty Philippe Henriot. Threaten to Bolt. Earlier moderate supporters of the Popular Front government warned they would bolt if Premier Blum yields to a Communist demand for last-min- ute intervention in Spain to save Madrid. - The government encountered an- | Three Die in Runaway Truck Crash hurled it on its side in a ditch. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1936. This wreckage was left after a heavy produce truck, roaring down a steep grade at San Luis Obispo, Calif., collided head-on with a passenger bus. sengers were killed and 32 other passengers injured. Only 4 of 39 persons involved, 2 of them on the runaway produce truck, escaped injury. The impact crumpled the front of the bus and The truck was demolished. The bus driver and two woman pas- = —Wide World Photos. PLANE OVER HILLS Priest Honored TEXTILE PARLEY GROUP WOULD END) GAS TAX DIVERSION Virginia Highway Users Will _ Petition for Amendment to Constitution. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Novem- ber 13.—The Virginia Highway Users’ Assoclation voted yesterday to petition the General Assembly to adopt a con- stitutional amendment prohibiting any, diversion of gasoline tax proceeds from construction and maintenance of high- WAays. L. E. Keppel of Richmond was elect- ed president of the association at a business session of the sixth annual convention, while the delegates heard addresses by State Highway Commis- sioner Henry G. Shirley and John W. Lawrence, general manager of the American Trucking Association. C. Fair Brooks of Richmond was named first vice president, Jack Stan= ley of Galax second vice president, Mrs, Cecil W. Wright of Norfolk third vice president and Miss Virginia Mor- ton of Richmond secretary-treasurer. Following & dinner last night rates and tariffs were discussed by R. Dan Jones, Rate Commission chairman, and D. T. Waring and J. B. Dempsey. P. A. Bristow of West Point, retiring president, presided. Shirley told the associatiom at its opening session that the progress of road construction in Virginia was not keeping pace with the needs of traffic. He proposed that a system of trunk highways be planned to take care of the heavy traffic and that a selected network of secondary roads leading through heavy farming areas receive some kind of surface, with all other routes to be maintained as earth roads. Lawrence praised the Interstate Commerce Commission for “sympa- thetic treatment of the industry and co-operation in the effort to work out its problems.” The association elected as directors | L. W. Wells, Bassett; Randolph P.| Harrison, Clifton Forge; W. S. Smith, Alexandria; C. D. McMullan and E. T. Gresham, Norfolk; R. K. Carter, Rich- mond; Ed J. Rutherford, Bristol; Clem | D. Johnston, Roanoke; A. J. Novick, Winchester, and Samuel A. Jessup, Charlottesville. —— “Charm” Diamond Bought. Reputed to “charm” fits owner against illness, a flawless pink dia- mond, weighing 19 carats and valued at $72,000, has been purchased by a group of Britons. John L. Lewis, head of United Mine Workers and Commit- tee for Industrial Organization, is reported negotiating pur- chase of University Club for headquarters for both organiza- tions. U.M.W. (Continued From First Page.) way, establishment of a permanen® headquarters would be & natural course. Hints of a fresh organization of- fensive, this time in the automobile industry, came today from Detroit, | where John Brophy, director of the C. 1. O.; Lieut. Gov. Philip Murray of Pennsylvania, a vice president of the U. M. W, met with Gov.-elect Frank Murphy. The United Automobile Workers, another C. 1. O. union, has been con- ducting organization work for several | months, but has been marking tire < |PUBLICITY URGED FOR SECURITIES Investment Trust Regulation | Should Be Limited, New ‘ Yorker Testifies. By the Associated Press. Raymond D. McCrath, secretary of | LANDON CONFERS - ONG.0.P.FUTURE Declares Country Needs “Intelligent, Constructive, Militant Minority.” BY the Associates Press. TOPEKA, Kans, November Gov. Alf M. Landon contended today “the country needs an intelligent, con structive and militant minority,” and looked forward to the continuance of an “active” national Republican head- quarters “that will be able to furnish the people with a fair statement of facts.” The defeated presidential candidate met John D. M. Hamilton, national Republican chairman, in Kansas City yesterday for the first time since the election, and they discussed plans for party headquarters in Washington, Gov. Landon made no comment on his own plans to take part in the na- tional organization as titular head of the party. Hamilton said campaign headquarters in Chicago and New York have been closed, and a permas nent staff is on the way to Washing- “Under the American system of government,” Landon said after the conference with Hamilton, “the coun- try needs an intelligent, constructive and militant minority. Our discussions today have been directed to that end. “This means the continuation of an active national headquarters that will be able to furnish the people with a fair statement of facts. It means in- telligent assistance to Republican members of Congress, and, of more importance, the stimulation of details of party organization.” MODERATOR ELECTED BY PRESBYTERIANS Dr. Buswell of Illinois Chosen to Succeed Dr. Machen of General American Investors Co., Inc., | of New York, told the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday any | regulation of investment trusts should | | be confined to forms of accounting and | Philadelphia. B: the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 13.— The Second General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America elects during the past few weeks to take| pypjic reports which would insure full | ed Rev. Dr. J. Oliver Buswell, jr, part in the presidential and guberna- torial elections, throwing its support to President Roosevelt and Murphy, who was formerly mayor of Detroit. The automobile workers hope to capitalize on the election of the Presi- dent and of Murphy in their new | publicity. i McGrath, under questioning by | James Austin of the commission staff, | was emphatic in opposing any regu- | lation that would extend to such mat- ( ters as maximum amount to be in- vested in any one company or indus- campaign to organize workers in their | securities | | president of Wheaton College, Wheat« on, Il as its moderator yesterday to succeed Dr. J. Gresham Machen of Philadelphia. The General Assembly of the church, founded here June 11, opened its four- day session yesterday with the election of the moderator and the Rev. Leslie try, or outlining types of to be bought. ADMITTED TO SUPREME | industry. other tempest in the threatened resig- COURT BAR. nation of Defense Minister Edouard | W. Sloat of Washington, D. C.. as clerk | of the present assembly. Fifty-three Daladier in protest against withheld approval of his rearmament program. The Communist drive to bolster the Madrid defenses was opened by Jacques Duclos, secretary of the party in France, at a meeting of Popular | Front Deputies. Duclos reminded the legislators of Blum's assertion last Monday that his government would scrap the international non-interven- tion agreement if Great Britain would | do likewise. Threaten to Withdraw. Radical-Socialists, most moderate element in the Popular Front, speedily enswered that théy wonld withdraw if the premier abandoned France’s neu- trality either independently or by | agreement with London. | The Communists appealed to the| Socialists to support their demand that Prance remove its barriers against in- tervention. They urged the Socialists | to join them in recruiting a large army of volunteers to rush to the defense of Madrid. “There is not a minute to lose, dear eomrades,” the Communists pleaded, urging immediate acceptance of their plan. They also demanded an open fron- | tier for the proposed volunteer corps | and the release of small munitions makers who were jailed last month | for making grenades for the Madrid | government without a license. Daladier, regarded by political ob- | servers as a likely successor to Blum | if the coalition government should | fall, threatened to quit the cabinet | after his arms program encountered | Bocialist-Communist opposition in the | Chamber of Deputies. Leftists Defer Action. | Leftist members of the Chamber | Army Committee deferred ratification | of the program because of Daladier’s | refusal to permit Extreme Leftist newspapers from circulating in army posts. Well-informed sources, however, ex- pected a vote of confidence would be given to the government and that Daladier would remain in the cabinet. “We were promised most solemnly by the government that air parity with Germany would be maintained | by our home defense force” the de- fense minister declared, without sug: gesting that Germany had any ide: of attacking either France or Great Britain. Daladier charged the French Army's ‘weapons now were inferior to those possessed by Germany, Russia, Italy and the United States. “If we continue like this,” he ‘warned, “I don't see what power can prevent us from going on until some day there may be a very terrible reck- oning * * * Every one can see what the situation is. “The government simply cannot make up its mind or get the premier to make up his.” Recent injury of several police- men quelling street demonstrations prompted authorities to order new steel helmets for the Paris force in future riots. The new headgear, it was pointed out, also would be useful for police on air-raid protection duty in the event of war. —_——— TELEPHONE CO. UPHELD IN REFUSING SERVICE Reasonable Belief That Equip- ment Was to Be Used for Gambling Justified. BY the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla:.; November 13.—Right. of a telephohie company to disconnect equipment it reasonsbly believes will be used T¢r gambling purposes was up- held yesterday by Circuit Judge Paul D. Barns in an order without opinion. The ‘Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., replying to a smoke- shop owner’s suit to prevent removal of his.telephone, told the court the proposed ‘action was based on the pa- tron’s vonviction for horse bookmak- . The gompaiy claimed its officials might be. liahle to prosecution, should they knowingly supply for gambling use, and said a case now be- fore the State Supreme Court involved that legal question. q H LOOKS FOR STILLS {Coast Guard Craft Torn| in Forced Landing, but Neither Flyer Hurt. BY the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, November 13.—The forced landing of an airplane near Ironton, Ohio, disclosed today that since late October the Coast Guardd Service has been engaged in search for Ohio bootleg whisky stills The Coast Guard ship, piloted by Lieut. W. D. Shields of St. Peters- burg, Fla., nosed over at Crown Point late yesterday. Both wings were | ripped away, but neither Lieut. | Bhields nor his aide, Aviation Ma- chinist’s Mate Tom E. Palmer, also | of St. Petersburg, was injured. Disclosure that the plane was seek- | ing to “spot” illicit stills came from | Col. Basil H. Minnich, district head | of the Federal alcohol tax unit here, | to which it has been assigned since | October 26. At first, echoing Lieut. Shields’ as- sertion that the plane was engaged in an “aerial survey,” Col. Minnich | later said it was attempting %o ferret out whisky sources which “were de- | priving the Government of consider- | able revenue.” | Minnich said that so far as he knew Lieut. Shields’ ship was the first and only one in the Coast Guard Service to engage in the work in in- land sections of the United States. “I don’t believe the service has suffi- cient planes or personnel to enter | it on any widespread scale,” he de- ! clared. Col. Minnich said decision to enlist the Coast Guard in the work followed a suggestion that use of a plane over the hilly and wood-studded terrain probably would speed detection of the stills, with their tell-tale columns of smoke. Results “so far,” he commented, “have not been too successful, prob- ably not as successful as they would be later in the year after the dense foliage has fallen.” IN USE FOR TWO YEARS, | Coast Guard Planes Have Long Been Aid to Agents. BY the Assoclated Press. Co-operating with the Alcohol Tax Unit, the Coast Guard has been using ajrplanes for almost two years to “spot” fllicit stills. ‘Two-seater observation planes at various bases along the Eastern Coast have often been employed for this work, officials said today in comment- ing on the crash of a Coast Guard ship at Crown Point, Ohio, yesterday while Pilot W. D. Shields was search- ing for illicit stills. On several previous occasions, offi- cials asserted, planes have been dis- patched to inland States in this work. ‘The co-operation of the Coast Guard in alcohol tax enforcement was start- ed in line with Secretary Morgenthau's co-ordination program for all Treas- ury enforcement agencies, During the last fiscal year, 402 stills, located and reported by Coast Guard pilots, were seized and de- dtroyed. Steel - . (Continued Prom First Page.) Secretary Perkins to review the en- tire employe representation plan, to| Britain now is Russia’s best tus- determine whether it conforms with Wagner labor relations act, but she declined to state what action she would take on thnlqeque-t. ~ | effort REV. FIDELIUS O'ROURKE Of Catholic University is shown leaving the Supreme court today after he had been admitted to practice before the high tribunal. Father O’Rourke received his law de- gree from Fordham University and is now studying geology at Catholic University. Thirty- siz years old, he is a member of the Franciscan Order. —Star Staff Photo. Thanksgiving (Cominueq From First Page.) in relations of this Nation with other elevators for grain at various ports, | peoples the United States does notincluding Buenos Aires, Rosarlo, Santa stand aloof but is making a resolute Fe and La Plata and also numerous | international | local elevators. friendship and, by the avoidance of discord, to further worid peace, pros- to promote perity and Rappiness. The proclamation follows in full: “I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Presi= dent of the United States of Amer= ica, hereby designate Thursday, the 26th day of November, 1936, as a day of national thanksgiving. “The observance of a day of general thanksgiving by all the people is a practice peculiarly our own, hallowed by usage in the days before we were a nation and sanctioned through succeeding years. “Having safely passed through troubled waters, it is our right to express our gratitude that Divine Providence has vouchsafed us wis- dom and courage to overcome ad- versity. Our free institutions have been maintained with no abate- ment of our faith in them. In our relations with other peoples we stand not aloof but make resolute effort to promote international friendship, and, by the avoidance of discord, to further world peace, prosperity and happiness. Seeks Abundant Future. “Coupled with our grateful ac- knowledgment of the blessings it has been our high privilege to en- Joy, we have a deepening zense of our solemn responsibility to assure for ourselves snd our descendants a future more abundant in Taith and in security. 2 “Let us, tberefore, on the day appointed, each in his own way, but together as a whole people, make due expression of our thanks- giving and humbly endeavor to fol- low in the footsteps of Almighty “In witness whereof 1 have here- unto set my hand snd caused the seal of the United States of Amer- ica to be affixed. 4 “Done in the City of Washingion this the 12th day of November, the year of our Lord 1936, and of the independence of the United States of America the 161st.” . Best Russian Customer.. worth $2,500,000 in. the firs this year, this being as as was purchased by States. WITEDTO U. S, Roosevelt’s Call to Geneva Conference Is Greeted Enthusiastically. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, November 13.—Delegates to' the International Labor Organiza- tion accepted enthusiastically today an invitation from President Roosevelt for an international textile conference in Washington next Spring. The conference probably will be held early in April, and will discuss | adoption of the 40-hour week, work- |ing conditions and customs problems facing the world textile industry. All countries desiring to attend will | be invited, probably 22 in all, including Germany, Delegates will represent governments, employers and workers, The invitation was presented by Carter Goodrich, United States labor commissioner at Geneva. Frederic Leggett, -British representative, in summarizing the speeches of accept- | ance, declared President Roosevelt “immense prestige” and added: I am convinced a 40-hour week | | for textiles is coming, but it requires | the co-operation of employers and workers.” | The invitation was supported by Henry 1. Harriman of Boston, repre-| senting textile employers of the United | States. e Argentina is building huge terminal 5 F STREET GROSNER OF The Handmade Homburg ++. it’s a style that has about every- thing in the way of a dress effect . . . the illustration shows the extreme smartness. See them in the popu- lar grays, browns, midnite blue and black. 4 A jaud _ *;7'359; i i American Embassy Reports Refugees Within Gates Well Ey the Associated Press. | PARIS, November 13.—The United States Embassy in Madrid reported all refugees within its | | gates well today, in a telephone | | conversation with the Paris Em- 1 bassy. 1 Sufficient supplies of food were | | on hand to feed the American | | nationals, officials in the Madrid Embassy said. 0 - COUTsSe we have ‘charge accounts ++.and it’s so easy to make the arrangement . « . that’s convenient to your own budget. | able to live there. Mosquitoes “Protect” Country. Nigeria, part of British West Africa, is rich in tin, but few white men are It is a country manifestly for the Nigerians. A na- tive leader, once proposing to erect a | colossal statue to the savior of Ni- geria, was naturally asked to what great statesman he referred to, Wil- berforce, perhaps? “Not at all,” said the Nigerian, “the mosquito!” True enough, for if not for the mosquito the white men would flock there in thousands. 3 “Such regulation might lead to a | false sense of security on the part of investors which might well prove | embarrassing to the Government in! troublesome times,” he said at a com- | mission hearing in connection with its | study of investment trusts. ‘ McGrath said the public reports | should show make-up of the portfolio, deposits or losses realized from differ- ent sources, all transactions between | directors, officers and sponsors of the | trust, if any, and such other. details | as would enable an investor to ap- praise the real value of his ucurmu.‘ Australia has banned import of ex- | !! plosives except under license. o \325 F STREET If you're one of those fel- lows who have been figur- ing on “better things” and ways to pay for them... 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