Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1936, Page 2

A—2 »» PERMANENTP.W.A. BACKED B IGKES New Jobs in Industry Are 21/, Times Those in Actual Building. By the Associated Press. Secretary Ickes today had backed his proposal for & permanent P. W. A. with & report that the present emer- gency organization had provided em- ployment in private industry for two and one-half times as many men as it put to work on the scene of actual construction. In an annual accounting, Ickes sald projects costing $4,071,750,926 had been allotted Federal funds under the three public works programs un- dertaken since his organization was established. Billion Dollars for Wages. “P. W. A. has spent for wages al- Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ADDRESS. UDGE ISAAC R. HITT of Police Court will always have the Post Office Department stymied if they ever claim to be in- fallible, ‘The jurist recently mailed a letter to a friend of his right here in Wash- ington. This week it was returned undelivered. Across the front of the envelope had been written, in large letters, “deceased.” But the postoffice went much far~ ther in clarifying the situation. In red letters was the admonition to the sender: most & billion dollars,” he asserted. *“Materials used in P. W. A. construc- tion cost a billion and a half dollars— the majority of which went into the pockets of workmen in the mines, the forests and the factories most often far removed from the site of construction.” ‘The basic principles of all three programs were the same, Ickes re- ported. “The community selected its own project, put up most of the money required, and administered the con- struction with the aid of Federal grants and Federal advice under P. ‘W. A. regulations. 2,792 Projects Approved. “P. W, A. was responsible for three- quarters of all the schools and two- thirds of all the hospitals built in the last three years.” In addition to work already under way or allotted funds, Ickes said there are 2,792 projects “approved by the examining divisions and eligible for allotment.” These would involve a total out- lay of $831,087,417, including loans of $113,393,413 and grants of $375,- €99,381, FOR DROWNED COUPLE Marylanders, Driving Home for Holidays, Were Forced Off Road into Mill Pond. BY the Associatea Press. NEW WINDSOR, Md., December 26. =The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert ‘W. Smelser, young couple who drowned when their automobile ran into & mill pond, arrived here yesterday from , N. C., to await burial. Double funeral services will be held st 2 pm. today at the Presbyterian Church, with Rev. John R. Hays, pastor, . Burial will be in & mausoleum at Linden Hill, Frederick. ‘The pallbearers will be six graduates of Gilman Country School at Balti- more, which Smelser attended, and six griends from New Windsor. Smelser and his bride of less than & year were en route here to spend the holidays with his father. Leslie Smel- ser, when the accident occurred. Their Gold Mines to Be Opened. ving reported favor- gold in the Tagil region of the Ural Mountains, the Moscow government will start to de- welop the area. China (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) airdrome 3 miles outside the city's walls, the young marshal was not aboard. Stopped at Loyang. was understood that Chang had feft the premier's plane at Loyang, Honon Province, where they paused briefly after the flight from Sianfu, where the young marshal had held the generalissimo prisoner for two weeks. (A Domel (Japanese) News Agency report in Tokio said Chang ‘was brought to the capital by Dr, Soong in another plane from Lo- yang two hours after Chiang's ‘widely heralded arrival.) There were reports the sudden shift fn plans had been made through fear the great anger of the Chinese people against the marshal for his rebellion 'mmm csuse attempts to assassinate It ft It had been understood Chang would be taken before a council of high gov- ernment officials to explain his capture of Chiang and his demands for inclu- sion of Communists in the government and war with Japan. Shortly before the plane bearing the premier and his wife landed at the military airdrome, it circled the Ming Tomb airfleld in salute to officials gathered there, through a misunder- standing, to welcome him. Martial law, ordered throughout the ! mnation shortly after the generalissimo was made a prisoner, was lifted by government order today. Slayer (Continued From First Page.) one visited him during the time he spent in “death row.” No one made an effort to obtain executive clemency. Only three prison officials and two physicians witnessed the execution. Warden Louis Kunkel, Prison Clerk Howard Crosby, Deputy Warden Lorenz Schumul, Dr. Patrick Weeks and Dr. John Miller said the con- demned man made no comment. ‘The execution was the first at the institution during Christmas. Singer was sentenced to death for the murders of Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Kaufman and their 12-year- old daughter, Marjorie, Singer had been a helper on the Kaufman farm near Wabash. Bodies of the Kauf- mans were found stuffed beneath a cow barn at the farm. Prior to his conviction in Septem- ber Singer told various stories about the murders. But when he reached “death row” here, State police said, he calmly admitted killing Joseph Bryant, 20, of Detroit, Mich., during a holdup near Wabash in July, a few weeks before the triple murder, and implicated Kaufman in the Bryant slaying. The State police theorized | igure: that Singer killed the Kaufmans be- cause he feared they “would squeal” Throughout his stay in a “death row” cell Singer was apathetic, prison guards said, although at one time he declared “I would not have killed the Kaufman girl if I had it to do over.” At no time did he exhibit regret over the murders of the other three vice tims, the guards “Returned for correct address.” * x x & JAKE. Even Hugh B. (Bunny) Nesbitt knows no one would play a joke on him costing $5.98. Receiving a Christmas-marked suit bor from Richmond, Va., where he has several intimate Jriends, Nesbitt thought the best thing to do would be to unpack it and hang it up, just in case it turned out to be what it looked like from the outside. It was—a snow suit—jfor an 8= year-old! -k x % EXTRA. Eddie Weihe, architect, vouches for this one, despite its seeming absurdity. During the construction of a new animal house at the Zoo recently, one of the various trainers paused by the carpenters one day and jokingly asked if penguins for the house were included in their order. Penguins? They shook their heads. Sorry, but &3 they hadn't heard of them. Did the foreman know? No. To meke a long story short, the foreman went to higher and higher sources until finally the bufldAl:: terse notation: “No penguins included in original order. Extra, if supplied.” MAMEALL CUVILLIER and Hen- ry Broadbent, jr., two local lads, may have set a precedent in the solu- tion of the perplexing problem of se- lecting a Christmas gift for the sweet young i After they had argued with and be- tween themselves for several hours, each had finally made a choice. Still quite dublous and desiring to, have their tastes confirmed, their next step was to begin stopping every pass- ing lady shopper, explaining the situa- tion to her and asking for her frank opinion of the gifts which they had selected. When they had received, to their satisfaction, the opinion of the multi- tudes they made their purchases and went their ways greatly relieved. * % * % FIRE. Emmons Smith, was calmly sit- ting home the other evening waite ing for dinner guests when he heard the familiar din of fire en- gines. He paid little heed to the noise, living on one of those thor oughfares where ome gets quite accustomed to the sound, until he realized they were stopping and going through their usual routine of unpacking right in front of his house. He rushed down to the front door, opened it to see what was going on, and found himsel! being politely brushed aside as flve fire= men ran through the fromt hall and out the French doors at the rear, dragging their hose behind them. Mr. Smith, who is a little man, drew himself up to his last inch of dignity, protested violently, but the men procceded in their course of business and calmly put out a blazing trash can in his neighber’s backyard. Philippines Do Well. Government officials of the Philip- pine Islands report that great progress was made there in 1936. Government finances are reported to be in excel- lent condition, with internal revenue, provincial, and municipal collections showing good gains over 1935. Early s show that gold production in the last 12 months was vaiued at $22,- 000,000, compared with $16,000,000 in the previous year. Much of the profits from gold mining are going into re- modeling and new construction, sev- eral new apartment houses and office bulldings being under construction in Manila. Foreign trade of the Philippines is bresking five-year s * THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1936. Christmas Day "Marked by Terror in War-Torn Madrid | delay the St. Lawrence development. The Christmas season in Madrid was marked by anything but * earth” as these typical scenes show. No. 1—A girl fleeing to a su ‘ascist air raid. No. 2—Other residents taking along their protection from a e on ay for ST LAVRENCEPACT RUSHED BY WALSH New York Power Authority Head Opens Drive for Senate Approval. By the Associated Press. Frank P. Walsh, intimate of Presi- dent Roosevelt, today began & new fight for Senate ratification of the St. Lawrence power and seaway treaty. Walsh, chairman of the New York State Power Authority, declared | private power interests were “at- tempting to sidetrack the St. Law- | rence project.” For years there has been a contro- versy about the St. Lawrence plan, which calls for co-operation by the United States and Canada to complete & deep-water channel from Great Lakes cities to the Atlantic. The plan also would open the way for vast sal governmental development of electric power. A treaty covering the project was rejected by the Senate in 1934. ‘Walsh said private power interests were “reaching out to form an alliance with private power interests in Quebec in order to form an international private power pool against public | development in the international sec- tion of the St. Lawrence.” Walsh’s statement accompanied & brief to be filed today by the New York ite Power Authority with the Fed- eral Power Commission. This brief opposed & plea by the Niagara Falls Power Co. for permission to divert additional water from the Nizgara River for power production. Walsh said that granting this request might Atones for Misdeed. NORFOLK, Nebr. (#).—A Norfolk woman chose the Christmas season 1o atone for a misdeed of 15 years' standing. Pete Xanthis said he received 20 cents from the woman in payment for a dish of ice cream she ate at his confectionery 15 years ago and didn't pay for. With the money was a letter asking his forgiveness. War (Continued From First Page.) bar both foreign regulars or volun- teer fighters from entering the bloody Iberian peninsula. However, one spokesman said today the situation should not be called “alarming,” and added: ‘'We believe there are strong possi- bilities of a solution.” One newspaper, the Paris Midi, put the international negotiations in this light: “France and England have told Germany to chose between butter and cannon.” Officials believe there was little like- lihood the Reichsfuehrer would give a definite indication of his future policy before Monday. Meanwhile, the Prench Ambassador to London, Charles Corbin, left for Paris to remain several days. As “something any government can do within 24 hours,” to stop departure of volunteers for Spain, France and Great Britain have suggested to other governments the tightening of pass- port regulations, a foreign office atache id. Germany, Italy and Portugal were included in the pations so addressed, he added. REICH MAY GET COLONIES, Concessions Believed Solution to Tense Situation in Europe. BERLIN, December 26 (#).—Colonial concessions to Germany may solve the international crisis centering on Nazi aid to Fascist Spain, well informed sources said today. These persons disclosed that the week’s grave conferences in Paris be- tween French Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos and German Ambassador Count Johannes von Welczek had in- volved not only the sending of Ger- man soldier to Spain, but Germany's urgent need for raw materials as well. M. Delbos, it was stated, dropped the hint France was not blind to the theory that Spanish iron, copper, lead and manganese—rather than the pur- suit of glory and prestige—was the driving motive behind German “vol- unteers” who are fighting for the in- surgents, Germany needs these minerals bad- ly. And, said informed observers, while a victory for the Spanish Fas- Recovery Now Predicted Two weeks ago physicians feared that Charles Mendenhall, suflering from a skin disease, would not live until Christmas. Nurses, learning that little Charles never had heard of Santa, arranged an advance celebration. The boy now is _recovering and is shown surrounded by toys Santa left for him. Letters and gilu came tates and 'MM. {J A, P. Wirephoto. 'rom sympathizers in distant flzrts of the United —Copurgght, cists would mean an economic victory for Germany, & Spanish Fascist de- feat might spell economic disaster in the Reich. It could not be learned if France had made a definite offer for the pos- sible return to Germany of the Kameroons, Togoland or a portion thereof. But it was understood that France favored a discussion of the former German colonies, a general European security pact and Spanish peace as interrelated problems. Thus colonial concessions to Ger- many, facilitating German co-oper- ation with France and Great Britain in the liquidation of the Spanish con- flict, might ultimately lead to s re- laxation of the whole European tension and become a step toward the restoration of European security. Official sources preserved strict silence on whether Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler is considering an offer of French concessions. Difficulties Seen. However, keen observers said the conditions attached to any colonial offer might be too stiff for Der Fuehrer to accept. ‘They saw these further difficulties in the path of concessions: 1. The African mandates under which the colonies are held as League of Nations mandates, and Germany is not & member of the League. 2. A proposed German deal with Portugal for a portion of Angola is | said to involve German military sup- port of Portugal on the Iberian Pe- ninsula, particularly because Portugal | is anxious lest Soviet power become established in Spain. Acceptance of some other colonial proposition probably would mean that the Angola deal would have to be dropped. In his mountain chateau near Berchtesgaden, Hitler let drop no hint of his decision in the request from Gen. Francisco Franco, com- mander of the Spanish Fascists, said tp have been conveyed to Der Fuenrer by Gen. Wilhelm Faupel, new Nazi Charge d’Affaires in Fascist Spain. Informed sources had predicted Hitler would call a conference of his chief political and military aides, but there was no evidence they had been summoned to his Bavarian villa. ‘The German people were almost completely ignorant of the grave situ- ation and the pressure brought to bear upon their leader by France and England to choose a course the de- mocracies hope will foster peace in- stead of one they fear may iead to war. A foreign office spokesman said he had no knowledge of any intention of Hitler to call a conference, either during his vacation stay at Berchtes- gaden or elsewhere. Newspapers Comment. There was no reference at all to the international problem in Christ- mas day editions of German news- papers and only veiled references to- day. Hitler's own newspaper, the Voel- kischer Beobachter, commented cryp- tically about Franco-British “excite- ment” and talk of a “demarche on Berlin” by those countries. For the first time in a German newspaper, the Beobachter published a semi-official disclosure that nu- merous German volunteers were in the ranks of Franco's troops, but it deprecated their importance to Euro- pean diplomacy. “Why all this excitement?” it asked. “So long as one only heard of Soviet Russian and international bolshevist volunteers swarming into Madrid the situation seemed by no means menac- ing to Western European peace.” Commenting that Great Britain would not be expected to see a peace peril because of German volunteers with the Spanish insurgents, the Beobachter accused the Leftist-minded French Popular Front, especially its foreign office, of “crying alarm.” Also by inference, the Frankfurter Zeitung referred to the situation with an assertion France threatened to bolt Spanish neutrality unless given quick and effective assurances of other na- tions’ non-intervention. EUROPE WATCHES HITLER. LONDON, December 26 (#).—The chancellories of Europe watched Adolf Hitler today for a decision on whether h'flruflflm troops into Spain . possessions as they, too, seek shelter in the sudbway. seeking relief, in tears. No. 4—A building ablaze after an aerial bombardment. —A. in an effort to turn the tide of battle in favor of insurgent Fascists, possibly provoking a general war. Hope mounted, however, that Ger- many would avoid any action that might endanger Buropean peace. This hope was strengthened by reports Hitler was studying carefully the de- mands the Spanish insurgents were said to have made for increased sup- port. The Spanish civil war, feared as a threat to all Europe since its begin- ning, appeared to have brought the continent to a final showdown on the issue of war or peace for the im- mediate future. Despite official silence in the great capitals of Europe, the Christmas holidays were broken by hurried con- ferences. Great Britain and Prance obviously were disturbed, but hoped Der Puehrer might make a decisive gesture for peace and dispel the war clouds. British sources appeared confident the move to help Germany find sorely needed raw materials and economic outlets, possibly through colonial ex- pansion, would weigh heavily with Hitler in making his decision. The British feeling was that the reported economic offer would loom larger to the Nazl leader than even an overwhelming Fascist victory in Conference Denied. A German foreign spokesman denied “any knowledge” of confer- ences at Berchtesgaden, where Hitler was spending the holidays, or else- where over the rumored recommenda- tion of stronger Nazi fighting forces for Spain. Gen. Willam Faupel, German charge d’affaires in Fascist Spain, was reported to have suggested granting the demand for 60,000 additional troops which Gen. Francisco Franco, insurgent generalissimo, was said to have made. France was reported to have warned Germany that, if additional masses of soldiers were sent to aid the Spanish Fascists, she would be com- pelled to consider it an out and out attack on the Spanish government and go to the Socialists’ aid. 4 Russia was said to be encouraged by the firmer Anglo-French stand on behalf of non-intervention. The Soviet had for some time been urging France and Britain to take & stronger attitude in backing up the work of the International Non- Intervention Committee. The other most interested European party, Italy, seemingly content with its Ethiopian victory and recently im- proved relations with Britain and France in the Mediterranean, re- mained apparently aloof from the crisis. FASCISTS ARE BOMBED. WITH FASCISTS ON THE MA- DRID FRONT, December 26 (#) (delayed) —Socialist planes dumped bombs last night into a Fascist Christ- mas celebration behind the Madrid front lines. Eleven soldiers were killed in the raid on the barracks at Getafe, about six miles south of Madrid. The raid- ers missed a larger human target in the darkness. Rollicking troops, singing in -the streets after the traditional Christ- mas eve feast, drowned out the drone of the airplanes with their merry- making and were unaware of the raid until bombs exploded. None, how- ever, was hit. Otherwise Christmas in the trenches was peaceful. Gen. Francisco Franco's insurgents spent the day digging new earthworks, playing foot ball and idling behind the lines. A few rifle shots and the occasional explosion of shells from Madrid ar- tillery were the only signs of hos- tility along the entire front. PLANES HAVE BEST YEAR CHICAGO, December 26 (#).—The American Alrlines marked up 1936 as s banner year today with passenger trafic, miles flown and express car- ried well in excess of 1935. President C. R. Smith said revenue passengers would total about 254,600, against 176,005 in 1935; express, 1, 676,700 pounds, compared with 599, 642, and miles flown, 14,829,000 to last year's.11,504,407. No. 3.—A terrorized girl, P. Wirephoto—Paramount News. YOUNG ROOSEVELT VISITED BY FIANCEE Physician Says President’s Son Is “Convalescing Perfectly.” By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 26.—Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., son of the President, was “convalescing perfectly,” his phy- siclan reported today as Miss Ethel- du Pont, his flaneee, arrived unex- pectedly at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. George Loring Tobey, who has been treating young Roosevelt, an- nounced his patient has suffered “no setback” and that “there is no pos- sibility of a transfusion.” ‘The daughter of Mrs. Eugene du Pont of Wilmington, Del., visited the hospital with Mrs. Roosevelt, who has been in Boston since yesterday morn- ing. They went immediately to Frank- lin’s room. The bulletin issued by the doctor read: “Convalescing perfectly, no setback, no possibility of a trans- fusion.” Blood Test Report Clarified. Dr. Tobey's statement that there was no possibility of a transfusion was in response to reports from an authoritative source that blood tests had been made in anticipation of a transfusion. Dr. Tobey said the blood tests were a routine matter. President Roosevelt talked with his son by telephone yesterday. Miss duPont came to Boston by train to- day from New Jersey. Mrs. Roosevelt, who made a hur- ried trip from-the White House by train, to be with her son for Christ- mas, confirmed Dr. Tobey's report with the declaration he was “doing fine.” President Phones Son. The President talked with his son by telephone. Miss Ethel du Pont, the Wilmington, Del., heiress to whom he is betrothed, sent him greetings and indicated she would visit him soon. Dr. Tobey said that if the youth’s present progress continued, he should be able to leave the hospital in about 10 days. He said the strapping Harvard oars- man was walking about his hospital room daily to strengthen his legs and that he should be able to take his place with the crew in the Spring. Mrs. Roosevelt Cheerful. Mrs. Roosevelt, wearing a light gray coat, deep red hat and a small fur neckpiece, appeared cheerful during her visit. “For once in my life I have no plans or engagements,” Mrs. Roosevelt said. “I have nothing to demand my atten- tion for the next few days, and I don't know how long I'll be here. I'm just not making any plans.” Agreeing with Dr. Tobey that it would have been foolhardy for her son to travel to Washington for the holi- days, Mrs. Roosevelt sald “it wasn't worth risking the danger of germs en route. But I think a trip South later will be just the thing for him. You know how these things are—you just have to watch them all the time.” LITERARY FRATERNITY TO MEET AT RICHMOND BY the Associated Press. RICHMOND, December 26.—Mem- bers of the Sigma Upsilon Literary Praternity, which has chapters at colleges and universities, will hold their national meeting here Tuesday and W 3 Dr. Willam 8. Knickerbocker, of the University of the South, at Se- wanee, Tenn,, 1s président of the fra- ternity. Vice presidents of the organization are Dr. Virgil Jones, of the University of Arkansas; Dr. E. J. .Erwin, of Davidson College, and Dr. L. C. Wim- berly, of the University of Nebraska. Dr. John M. Thurber, of Buffalo State ‘Teachers i secretary-treas- - s .| ical Foun | hol plant, finishing the work late in POWER ALCOHOL GAINS POPULARITY ! |Wide Use Predicted in Next 10 Years—Now Sold in Four States. By the Associated Press. ATCHISON, Kans., December 26.— Two men of letters in the science of chemistry, both famillar with farm woes, predicted today that power ale cohol within 10 years will become an economic force in American agrie culture. Back of this statement by Dr. Leo M. Christensen and Dr. Harry Miller was three months of commercial pro= duction on a research basis of anhy« drous (water free) alcohol, made from & wide variety of farm-grown raw materials. Alcohol Gasoline Now Being Sold. Laboratory experiments over a pe=- riod of years convinced them that anhydrous alcohol could be blended up to 20 per cent with gasoline and used successfully as a fuel for high=- compression combustion engipes. It is being sold today from service stae tions in four States—Nebraska, Kan- sas, South Dakota and Iowa. The price is the same as for regular gaso= Christensen and Dr. Miller came less than a year ago to Atchison, near the center of the vast grain-pro- ducing Sponsored by the Chem= tion, they rebuilt an alco« September. They had hoped for a good grain harvest, but the drought intervened. With corn prices going higher it could not be used profitably as a raw material, as Dr. Christensen had i hoped. Some corn was purchased, however, and converted to determine the price that could be paid for it. This was set at somewhere between 60 and 75 cents a bushel, Dr. Chrs- tensen said, depending upon the mar- ket for by-products—mill feed and solid carbon dioxide (dry ice). Many Combinations Tried. Other raw materials were sought for conversion. Carloads of cull .ilweet potatoes, molasses, rice, grain | sorghums, rye, oats and barley went into the plant. Wheat, Irish potatoes and Jerusalem artichokes are yet to be tried. Some of the raw materials have been tried in combinations. One of the best, Dr. Christensen said, was grain sorghum, oats and barley. SEARCHERS PRESS IDAHO PLANE HUNT Quick Dash Into Snowy St. Joe National Forest May Dis- cover Wrecked Craft. Br the Assoctated Press. SPOKANE, Wash., December 26.— Weary searchers depended upon & quick dash to lead them today to the snow-covered wreckage of an airplane, missing since a week ago yesterday, in North Idaho, with two pilots aboard. In Utah, however, a fresh fall of snow during the night added to the possibility that another vanished aire liner, carrying seven persons, may not be found until Spring. The Western Air Express plane disappeared Dee cember 15. At daybreak today the Idaho ground searchers, led by Fred Cunningham of Kellogg, Idaho, planned to make & final dash over 3-foot-deep snow to a point on Early Creek Ridge, 3 miles away in St. Joe National Forest. They will be guided by directions dropped yesterday from a Washington National Guard plane piloted by Lieut. Clare Hartnett, with Lieut. Dean Eshelman as observer. Shortly after noon yesterday two Guard planes took off from Felts Field, Spokane, for the Idaho mountains. The two Guardsmen feel confident the snow-covered object which they glimpsed on Early Creek Ridge, really a continuation of Cemetery Ridge, is the missing Northern Airlines plane. It carried Pilots Joe Livermore of Spokane and Arthur Haid of Seattle. Radio facilities have been perfected to permit communication among the ground and air searchers and Fort George Wright and Felts Field in Spokane. o NORRIS DECISION REVIEW REQUESTED Government Asks U. 8. Supreme Court to Weigh Reversal of Conviction. BY the Associated Press. The Government today asked the Supreme Court to review a Circuit Court decision reversing the convic- tion of George W. Norris, former Broken Bow, Nebr., grocer, convicted of perjury in connection with his 1930 campaign against Senator George W. Norris. ‘The grocer was fined $100 and sen- tenced to jail for three months after he testified before a special Senate Investigating Committee that he had been paid no money for his effort to wrest the senatorial nomination from the veteran legislator of the same name. In the Government's petition to the high court, Solicitor General Stanley Reed contended the Eighth Circuit Court erroneously held that the trial court was in error in refusing to sub- mit to the jury the question whether the grocer “had fully and fairly re- tracted and corrected his original false testimony.” The Circuit Court has remanded the case for a new trial to determine whether the grocer purged himself of false testimony. NEW HAMPSHIRE BALLOT EXAMINATION STARTS BY the Associated Press. CONCORD, N. H.,, December 26.— The State Ballot Law Commission today began examination of 337 dis- puted ballots in an effort to determine who was elected in the first congres~ sional district contest. Counsel for Arthur B. Jenks, Man- chester Republican, and Alphonse Roy, Manchester Democrat, met with the commission to present arguments for and against admission of the ballots. It was expected a decision might be . made some time today. On Thursday & second recount of ballots gave Jenks 51,613 and Roy 51,611 ‘The official count originally gave Jenks the election; a recount resulted in a tie vote; the Ballot Law Com- mission then awarded the election to Roy and a protest from Jenks resulted in the second recount. »