Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1937, Page 5

FASCIST COUNGI CITES PROGRESS Approves Work of Corpora- tions and Indorses Activi- ties of Party. B5 the Assoc'ated Press. ROME, March 9.—The powerful | Fascist Grand Council today an-| nounced its approval of the work of | Fascist corporations and its indorse- | ment of the activities of the Fascist party under the secretaryship of Lieut. | Col. Achille Starace. The announcement was made fol- | lowing a meeting of the council muti ended at midnight, bringing to a close a week-long series of meetings in which provisions were adopted for in- creasing the military strength of the nation, accelerating the birth rate and attaining a greater degree of economic | independence. | Premier Benito Mussolini, who ar- ranged to leave later today for Tripoli for a tour of Italy’s North African possessions, presided. Roberto Farinacci, former secretary of the Fascist party, who left Italy March 3 to present to Spanish Insur- gent Gen. Francisco Franco the coun- cil's “expression of solidarity with Nationalist (insurgent) Spain.” was absent 2,027,400 Party Members. Lieut. 1. Starace presented a re- port to the council showing that at the present time the Fascist party has 2,027.400 members. Associated groups, including various south organizations, the women's sec- tion and war veterans, he said. totaled approximately another 6.000.000. The council approved a resolution enabling all soldiers who took part in the Ethiopian campaign to be ad- mitted to the party After approving the work of the Fascist corporations, vital organs of the corporate state, the Grand Coun- cil declared: “In relation to the result already obtained and to the new and greater | necessities of the nation which have derived from its imperial status, the corporations must intensify their ac- tions to the end that the corporate state realize completely me_ supreme | goal of fascism—the economic powers of the nation combined with the greatest social justice.” End Work in Two Months. Count Costanzo Ciano, father of Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano, as president of the commission | studying plans for replacing the pres- ent Chamber of Deputies by an or-| ganization representing the corporate bodies, announced the work of the commission would be completed with- in two months. In a resolution commending the work of the corporations the Council | declared they excelled in coordinating | the economic life of the nation, in| promoting technical research for bet- | ter utilization of the productive re-| sources of the state and in disciplining all aspects of employment and pro- visions for improving conditions of Italian workers. Marshal Emilio de Bono, at the con- clusion of the session, presented to Mussolini in the name of the Council | the best wishes of the members for a successful voyage to Libya. | The Council indicated the agenda for its meeting had been exhausted by rising without setting a date for the next session. Black' Tom (Continued Prom First Page.) Arkansas, majority leader, had con- ferred with the President about the claims. Moore’s letter is said to have advised | the ambassador the reports were| without foundation. | The State Department has main- | tained a “hands-off” policy with re- spect to proceedings of the Mixed | Claims Commission, and the inquiry by the German ambassador regarding reported discussions at the White House of a proposed settlement ap- parently created a stir among depart- ment officials. Dr. Markau, whose status in the | negotiations has been something of a | mystery, judging by the Morris brief, | is reported to have visited the Capitol and the State Department regarding | the sabotage claims. In requesting for the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, the International | Harvester Co., the Singer Manufactur- | ing Co. and 45 other award holders | the right to intervene in opposition to | the settlement, Morris advised the ! commission: “Under the circumstances disclosed | we take the liberty of suggesting that the commission might welcome the intervention requested by the petition- ers. Sees Suggestion of Intrigue. “Their property interests are un- doubted and undoubtedly in jeopardy, the position is a confused one, the ‘Munich protocol is by no means free from strong suggestions of intrigue, and the purpose of the conferees at Munich to procure a virtual assign- ment to the sabotage claimants of the entire balance in the German spe- cial deposit account is manifest.” A footnote after “intrigue” refers to Moore’s letter and a letter of Decem- ber 1, 1936, from Capt. Hauptmann von Pfeffer, said to be a representative of Gen. Herman Goering, German vice | chancellor, to Robert F. Bonynge, American agent before the Mixed Claims Commission. The Munich protocol was the out- growth of a conference held in Ger- many last July by Bonynge. Under the settlement suggested as a result of these discussions, the $20,000,000 of reparations money held in the United States Treasury would be di- vided among the Lehigh Valley Rail- road, whose terminal at Black Tom, N. J., was blown up in 1917, allegedly by German spies; the Canadian Car & Foundry Co., whose plant at Kings- land, N. J., was destroyed under simi- lar circumstances in 1916, and more than 50 insurance companies. The Standard Oil, International ELECTRICAL REPAIRS Commercial Motors Repairs—Rewinding MILLER-DUDLEY/ 1716 144 ST.NW. NORTH 1583 JEWELRY REPAIRE Bring it to a firm you can & st. oderate prices. Skilled work- Mamihip, "Easy credit terms. CASTELBERG’S 1004 F St LW, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1937. D.A.ROFDISTRICT |MILLER INDIGTED Play “Soldiers” Amid Ruins of War Playing “soldiers” is more than just a game for Madrid’s school-age boys, for their mimic rompings are ofen spiced by genuine bombardments. Here a young “soldier” harangues his com- rades in a shell-torn Madrid street. s A youthful general inspecting his troops (note hats) in an avenue strewn with debris. Harvester and other claimants argue they have an interest in the Treasury fund and that it would be “illegal” to turn this money over to concerns whose claims of sabotage against Ger- many have been turned down several times by the commission. The Morris brief charges tha. Capt. von Pfeffer “received the very definite impression, from persons not as yet identified, that his giving satisfaction to the sabotage claimants would be followed by certain tangible benefits to Germany, such as the modification | of the Harrison resolution (suspend- ing payments due German nationals | out of the German special ceposit ac- count in the United States Treas- ury), the return of the alien property custodian fund and the like.” Calling attention to a ruling of the commission in another case against acting upon the agreements of other than “accredited national agents” of the respective nations, the brief states: “If ever a case existed showing the wisdom of that principle, this is that case. Examination of the documents attached to the agent’s two reports shows tha the parties were engaged in diplomacy of almost a bizarre char- acter. “It is inconceivable that this com~ | mission in passing upon the motions | for award submitted by the American agent, will consent to thread its way through the devious diplomatic ques- tions presented by the identity and authority of Dr. Markau, the identity of the ‘experienced American citizens’ who made representations to Capt. von Pfeffer, what those representations were, the curious transactions in which Dr. Markau was involved in Washington in November, 1936, and other matters.” Relations Question Brought Up. The brief states that a letter from | Capt. von Pfeffer to the Secretary of State last December “definitely indi- cates that he was in some way given to believe that a settlement of the sabotage claims was indispensable to an improvement of relations with America” and “that he was ‘il-advised,’ but he plainly intimates that he and | Dr. Markau were misled.” It adds that the Moore letter to the German Ambassador shows that “the United States has recognized no au- thority in Dr. Markau or Capt. von Pfeffer to speak for the German gov-; ernment.” The commission is planning to hold a hearing in the near future to con- sider the Morris brief. The body is composed of Christopher B. Garnett, American member; Dr. Victor L. F. Huecking, German member, and Jus- tice Owen J. Roberts of the Supreme Court, umpire. R S PALMISANO OFFERS BILL TO CHANGE LIQUOR ACT Proposal Would Have District | Court Review Decisions of A. B. C. Board. An amendment to the District liquor control act which would take away from the Board of Commissioners the right to review decisions of the Alco- holic Beverage Control Board and place it in the District Court is pro- posed in a bill introduced late yes- terday by Representative Palmisano, Democrat, of Maryland. Palmisano, vice chairman of the House District Committee, believes legal questions such as those involved in actions of the Alcohol Control Board should be decided by a court. His measure was referred to the District Committee. Touch of Civilization. BARROW, Alaska (#).—Eskimos talked excitedly today about some- thing they never saw before. At a | birthday party for Sergt. Stanley Mor- gan, U. S. Army, guests dazzled the natives with formal attire—Dr. H. W. Maurer, Government surgeon, in tux- edo; the few white women in evening gowns. AME any city or town in Ames to-one chance that Greyhoun N CADET TEAMS VIE ONMAPPROBLENS Gettyshurg Battlefield Is Im- aginary Locale in School Competition. Six teams, representing each high school, were competing today at the Franklin Administration Building in the military map problem games, a feature of the annual competition for the high school cadets. The Gettysburg battlefield was the imaginary locale for the military field problems which the cadet teams tac- kled at one-hour intervals. Col. Wal- lace M. Craigie, professor of military science and tactics, was acting as chief umpire. The captain of the winning team will receive a gold medal and the team will be awarded a silver cup named for Col. Craigie. The second feature of the competi- tion will be held Monday at Central High School Stadium, when the 12 battalions and bands from the senior high schools will compete. If it rains, this phase of the contest will be post- poned until March 18. ! Capt. James Regan, jr, and First Lieut. Forrest Carraway, both of the United States Infantry, will act as judges for the battalion drill, and Alex- ander Morris, second leader of the Navy Band; Willam F. Santelmann, second leader of the Marine Band, and Carl Hubner, second leader of the | Army Band, will be judges for the band contest. The annual regimental drills are slated March 22 or, in the event of | rain, March 25. The company com- petitive drills, the main feature of the competition, will be held May 10 and | ! 11 in Griffith Stadium. “FAKE EYE SPECIALIST” ARRESTS HOLD TWO' | —_— | Men Already Are Under Indict- ment for Fraudulent Use of Mails. Arrest of two alleged fake eye spe- | | cialists, who already are under in- dictment” for fraudulent use of the mails, was announced yesterday by Post Office Department officials. They said Ernest Mandell, who had | been sought by post office inspectors | for many months and is under in- | dictment in Milwaukee, was arrested in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday night, | and that R. B. Hall, with whom Man- | dell allegedly had worked the eye| specialist racket since June, 1935, was | taken into custody yesterday in the same citly. | Hall is under indictment on the same count in Norfolk, Va., officials here said, and is wanted in a number of States. The department has arrested about 30 fake eye specialists since inaugu~ rating a drive against them last June. Nearly every one knows that - KIDNEY TROUBLE is often associated with serious discases. Don't take chances . . . backache, dizziness, shortness of breath, headaches are symptoms dangerous to health. Maybe the ankles swell . . . does the urinalysis show albumen or casts? Learn how Mountain Valley Mineral Water from Hot Springs, Ark., can help you. 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Fur- ther, he asserted, export restrictions have hampered a continued supply of materials for industry. “Countries like Japan, being appre- hensive, seek to save themselves by self-sufficienc although we realize such a* turb world economy,” he ishment of all restric- raw materials and A nmigration of all all races into unde- « irs must be permitted. Great Brita through Sir Fred- erick Leith-Ross, chief economic ad- viser to the British government, v sought to demolish the Germa: theory | that possession of colonies solves the problem of raw materials. HEARS REYNOLDS Second Day of Conference Opened—Banquet Ends Session Tonight. District Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution convened in Memo- rial Continental Hall this morging to hear reports of the Chapter House Corp., first business of the second day of their thirty-sixth annual confer- ence. Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina, was to be the chief speaker at this afternoon’s session. The annual banquet, to be held at 7 p.m. at the Mayflower Hotel, will close the conference. Mrs. George F. Mid- dleton is chairman of the Arrange- ments Committee for this function. Disarmament Condemned. Peace plans that advocate disarma- ment and interfere with national de- fense were condemned by Mrs. Vinton Earle Sisson of Chicago, national chairman of the National Defense Committee of the organization, in an address yesterday afternoon before the conference. Mrs. Sisson said: “My advice to those seeking a peace program is to join with the forces for peace in your communities, with your clubs and with your churches, but see that the right kind of program is being discussed.” D. A. R. Defended Against Critics. Mrs. Sisson drew a line between | programs for “practical peace” and | those for “peace at any price,” and defended the D. A. R. against critics who called it a “militaristic organiza- tion.” Reports of officers representing 59 chapter in the District were heard at yesterday's sessions, presided over by Mrs. Charles Caryoll Haig, District regent. Mrs. George Madden Grimes, chairman of the Resolutions Commite tee, was indorsed as candidate for vice president general, an office to be filled at the national meeting of | the D. A. R. here in April. MISS GLASSFORD FINED | (LOS ANGELES, March 9 (®.— | | Dorothy Glassford, 24, daughter of | Brig. Gen. Pelhnam D Glassford, for- | | mer police superintendent in Wash- | ington, D. C., pleaded guilty to an in- | toxication charge and was fined $20 in Municipal Court here yesterday. | Miss Glassford and James J. Mad- den, 37, were arrested on a main | boulevard early March 5. Madden | previously had pleaded guilty to & similar charge. | House Member Improved. A secretary reported improvement oday in the condition of Represent- ative Frank W. 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The grand jury’s true bill was re- turned late yesterday at an unan- nounced session by Foreman J. Y. Sutherland. Commonwealth’s Attorney W. O. Fife of Albemarle said in discussing the indictment: “Uhder Virginia law all murder is presumed to be second degree, and the burden of proving it first degree rests with the common- wealth.” Dr. Miller has been held in Henrico County Jail, Richmond, on & warrant charging murder since his arrest a week ago. His counsel, E. V. Walker and Robert Taylor of Charlottesville; Leith Bremner of Richmond and Com- monwealth’s Attorney Harold M. Rat- cliffe of Henrico County, prepared to confer with Dr. Miller tomorrow. 1335 FSt. N. W. Walker said an insanity plea was being considered. Sheriff J. Mason Smith said Dr. Miller in a signed statement declared that the girl died late Monday in the back seat of an automobile when he administered chloroform prior to per- forming & planned abortion. 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