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MOST OF FARMERS SEENBAKINGBIL Compulsory Crop Control Favored by Majority, Two Senators Say. By the Associated Pr . SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Oct. 30.—Two members of the Senate Agricultural Subcommittee which for a month has ‘been holding hearings in various sec- tions of the country seeking farm legislation sentiment, today said a vast majority of farmers wants crop- production control. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma said 95 per cent of the farmers who have appeared before the subcommittee wants production control incorporated in the farm bill to be considered by Congress in special session next month. “They want the ever-normal gran- ary as insurance against the non- productive years and continuation of the soil conservation program,” Sen- ator Thomas asserted. Senator Ellender of Louisiana de- clared all farmers recognize the need for enactment of a farm bill, and while there was difference of opinion | as to its provisions all want legisla- tion that would bring about stable prices—"prices they can depend on, not subject to violent fluctuation.” Compulsory Control. He said the majority favored a law which would make production control compulsory. “In the South the sentiment is largely for compulsory control,” he said, “but in the Northwest many farmers feel that voluntary control, with benefit payments, would serve to bring about the same results. “Those who telieve in control say | give us better prices under a controlled | production program and then we can | afford to buy many of the necessities | of life that we are now being deprived of. And fe we should be able to buy then industry would be in a position to give the unemployed jobs and thereby improve their condition. It has got to start with the farmer. | “Farmers have emphasized the need to control our exportable surplus com- | modities in the belief that this in jtself would afford better prices and | then farmers would be able to buy | more.” | Senator Thomas said the committee had found conditions among Southern | farmers “terrible” and predicted they would become worse unless the Gov- | ernment aids with a program of crop | curtailment and subsidies or benefit payments | Not Modified A. A. A, Senator Thomas said it was likely the legislation proposed at the special | session would be a modified version of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which was held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. He said the hope was to keep it within constitutional limitations by making it co-operative on the part of farmers voluntarily. “Production would be controlled,” he said, “by State quotas subdivided into individual quotas and would apply | to non-perishable money crops—wheat cotton, corn, rice and tobacco.” Senator Frazier of North Dakota, the third member of the subcommittee here, declined comment. Senator Allender will conduct the | committee’s final hearing at Jefferson City, Mo, Monday PASSAGE IS PREDICTED. Most Farmers Favor Crop Program, Senator Pope Says. | COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 30 (®).— | Eenator Pope, Democrat, of Idaho, a member of the Senate subcommittee conducting hearings on proposed Fed- eral crop legislation, today predicted passage of a crop-control measure at the special session of Congress. “The majority of farmers are over- | whelmingly in favor of such a pro- gram, which includes control of pro- duction and marketing,” Senator Pope | said. Senator McGill, Democrat, of Kan- sas, and Senator Pope, at a two-day hearing here, heard farmers ask for continuance of the Federal soil con- servation program, voluntary produc- tion control and establishment of an | ever-normal granary plan and crop insurance. Co-authors of the ever-pormal gran- ary bill, the two Senators agreed that | farmers should have a voice in admin- | istering its provisions. Agricultural leaders of Ohio, Michi- gan and Indiana gave suggestions to the committee, which concluded hear- ings today. Senator Pope said his committee planned its final hearing in New York State. Alarmed at Labor Tendency. LIMA, Ohio, Oct. 30 (#).—The Res- olutions Committee of the Farmers’ | Equity Union, closing its national con- vention, declared today that any bene- fits accorded labor should not be at the expense of agriculture. The committee “viewed with alarm the apparent tendency of labor to push its program in advance of a reciprocal movement on behalf of agriculture.” VIRGINIA D. A. R. OBTAINS " PARK LAND NEAR LURAY Epecial Dispetch to The Star. LURAY, Va., Oct. 30.—The Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution have authorized the purchase of a large tract of land near the George Washington National Forest. Work- ing with the Virginia Conservation and Development Commission ar- rangements have been made for the immediate purchase of 26 acres with options on additional areas for future purchase. | Resorts. News features. John Clagett Proctor. Dick Mansfield. Automobiles. Amusements. Children’s page. Radio programs, News and comment on the new POTOMAC LEVEL FALLS, ued to fall here last night as the Weather Bureau predicted fair skies and tomorrow. nominal damage. A few boat houses Readers' Guide and News Summary The Sunday Star, Oct. 31, 1937, PART ONE General News. WAR IN THE FAR EAST “Lost battalion” runs gauntlet of bullets to sanctuary. Page A-1 Soviet-Manchukuo border forces re- ported strengthened. Page A-1 Anglo-Japanese tension dims Brussels parley hopes. Page A-1 Roosevelt urges flying deputies stress pacts’ sanctity. Page A-4 England to favor mediation at Brussels. Page A-4 FOREIGN Il Duce recalls Paris envoy, aggravat- ing rift. Page A-1 Loyalists shift capital of Spain to Barcelona. Page A-4 Britain seeks use of Portugal’s naval and air bases. Page A-4 De Valera fails with democratic dic- tatorship. Page A-18 NATIONAL Opposition indicated to Roosevelt third term. Page A-2 ‘Thomas J. Mooney's plea for freedom is refused. Page A-2 Roosevelt to lead Nation in Armistice Day ceremonies. Page, A-3 Sir Willmott Lewis hits theory of iso- lation for U. S. Page A-18 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY 100,000 spectators see annual Hal- loween parade. Page A-1 40 narrowly escape as truck plunges down embankment. Page A-1 Congressional probe of training school demanded. Page A-1 Doctors’ Hospital to plan for expectant fathers. Page A-1 Dr. and Mrs. Mann to lecture on Zoo expedition. Page A-19 Virginians to name new Governor at election Tuesday. Page A-20 |LEADERS ADVISE AGAINST 3D TERM Six Democratic State Chair- men State Opposition to “Breaking Precedent. ‘The Democratic State chairmen of six States advise against a third-term nomination for President Roosevelt, according to & private poll the results of which were revealed yesterday, along with the considered answers of these Democratie leaders. One of them, J. B. Hodges, chair- man of the State Democratic Execu- tive Committee of Florida, breaks completely with the President and his administration. Attacking the President with a sharpness which no | Republican has surpassed, this Demo- cratic leader charges Mr. Roosevelt with making “unconstitutional” pro- posals, “encouraging” s breaking his budget-balaneing prom~ ises and spreading lack of confidence. He suggests that instead of an in- quiry as to a third term, an investi- gation should determine whether the people want “the completion of the President’s second term.” Finally, a member of the President’s own family, Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., now at the University of Virginia, enters the third-term discussion to leave the door open because “what we feel today may have to be revised two years from now in the light of cir- | cumstances beyond our contrel, such as the foreign situation.” The Minnesota Democratic chair- | man declared the two-term rule was |an unwritten part of the Constitu- | tlon. The South Dakota chairman said he had already informed mem- | bers of the cabinet that the voters of his State positively were against Elected government held need of D. C consumers. Page B-1 Tax payments flood in to escape pen- alty for tardiness. Page B-1 Group medical practice lauded by Dr. Cabot of Harvard. Page B-1 Senator King to begin drawing up D. C. program, Page B-1 Medical examinations mandatory for a third tggm for anyone. The Kansas | chairman said it would be “a bad | precedent.” The Alabama chairman | asserted a third-term candidate would | sound the “death knell’ of the party | sponsoring him and Alabama would | g0 Republican for the first time in history if he were a Democrat. Ac- | cording to the chairman for Missis- food handlers. Page B-1 ‘Waynesboro, Va., man admits jealousy slaying, police say. Attorney general upholds county civil service law in answer. Page B-2 SPORTS Maryland's first-half scores bring win over Florida. Page B-5 Georgetown gives way to Manhattan in second half. Page B-6 | Navy outgains Penn but is loser of T-to-14 game. Page B-7 Yale aerial in last 3 seconds gets tie with Dartmouth. Page B-8 Upsets again make grand shuffie of grid rankings. Page B-9 Capital bowling stars will shoot in Southern tourney. Page B-10 ‘War Admiral takes Washington Handi- cap at Laurel closing. Page B-11 MISCELLANY. City news in brief. Obituary. Traffic Convictions. Shipping News. Educational. PART TWO. Editorial Section. Editorial articles. Pages C-1-3 Editorials and comment. Page C-2 Civic news. Page C-4 Parent-Teacher activities. Page C-6 Winning contract. Page C-7 Military and veterans' news. Stamps. Cross-word puzzle. Vital statistics. PART THREE. Society Section. Society news. Pages D-1-11 | Well-known folk. Page D-7 Barbara Bell pattern. Page D-10 ‘Women's clubs. Page D-11 PART FOUR. Financial, Classified. Stocks ease quietly. Page Business loses more ground. Page Best Yule trade since 1929 forecast. Stock table, Bond table, Curb table. Classified advertising. Page A-10 Page A-12 Page A-12 Page A-14 Page B-4 Pages C-5-6 Page C-7 Page C-7 Page C-9 E-1/ 1 E- Page E- Page E Page E Page E Pages E Page 1 7 -1 -2 -3 -4 18 -5 E- PART FIVE. Feature Section. Pages F-1-3 | Page F-2 Page F-6 Page F-7 PART SIX. Auto Show Section. cars. Pages G-1-14 WITH DAMAGE LIGHT The flood-swollen Potomac contin- and slightly cooler weather tonight The flood crest reached Washington at ebb tide shortly after noon yester- day and passed down river with only and cabins on the river banks above Key Bridge were flooded as usual, but there was no damage comparable with that of last Spring. The proposed park will be near Luray, but the exact location has not been designated. Moderate northwest winds are ex- pected to accompany the slightly lower temperature today. ART PICTURES Sets Number Star. Now Available NY one is entitled to one week’s set of Four Pictures in the Art Ap})reclation campaign of The Star upon payment o Counter in the Business Office of The Evening By mail—inclose 46c (stamps not acceptable), addressed to the Art Appreciation Counter, The. Evening Star. Indicate desired set—No. 1—2—3 NAME. cone e mmmemmeeeam e —————————e e m—e e ——————— AQAress . cccevemcnmnammmamamaan e m——em e ————— e 1, 2 and 3 only 39c at the Art Page B-2| | sippi State Democratic Executive Com- | sippi, “the people as a whole would | look with disfavor upon a third term.” Origin of Poll. The poll which produced these re- sults was taken by Joseph Leib, for- | merly of South Bend, Ind., young po- | litical writer who organized the first Rocsevelt-for-President Club in 1930 and was an eager member of the Young Democratic movement in 1932. A persistent letter writer, he polled the State Democratic - chairmen in 1935 and gave out the answers showing that the overwhelming majority of the dele- gates to the 1938 convention would instructions to vote for Mr. Roosevelt, The poll this year was cut short be- cause the Democratic National Com- mittee stepped in to halt it. Lawrence | W. Robert, jr., secretary of the com- | mittee, was informed by Charles Reid, | Georgia State chairman, of the letter he had received asking his views on a third term. Robert advised Leib to stop. Subsequently, and presumably on advice from national headquarters, no more chairmen sent in their views. All six who replied thought a third | term would be distinctly unwise. The seven-page letter from Mr. Hodges, the Florida State chairman, upon which he said by telephone ln(er‘ he was willing to stand publicly, was | described on Capitol Hill yesterday as | a Southern political development of | the first order. Mr. Hodges had been & public critic of the President’s Su- | preme Court plan and an insurgent on | some other matters, but today he leads | a Florida insurrection against Mr. Roosevelt personally and his whole conduct of affairs. | Private Views Contrast. The more or less private views of these State chairmen are in striking contrast to public comments of sev- eral Democrats in public office who may be seeking to ingratiaje them- selves at the White House. Gov. George H. Earle of Pennsylvania is |one of those who have been talking up the third-term idea. The following replies were received from State Democratic chairmen polled: Herbert Holmes, chairmen Missis- mittee— “Of course, it is impossible for me to know how all the people of cur State regard a third term for the President, but from what I can lean | from those with whom I have talked, the people as a ‘whole would look with disfavor upon a third term. “Those who are receiving employ=~ ment and/or bounty from the Gov- ernment, whom I have contacted, are very much in favor of his nomi- nation for a third term, but this does not represent a very large voting strength.” C. M. Fitzwilliam, Kansas State Committee chairman— “President Roosevelt is strong as are not for a third term, I think he would carry the State. Personally, I think it would be a bad precedent.” A. W. Powell, South Dakota State chairman— “Tom Berry served two terms as the most popular Governor that South Dakota ever had. He balanced the budget, reduced bonded indebtedness several million dollars and operated the State without a levy on real estate or personal property. “In 1936 we though he was our strongest candidate for Governor and he ran for the third term and was defeated by over 10,000 votes, when every constitutional officer won, “Mr. Roosevelt lost over 30,000 votes in 1936 and I know it would be fatal to ask the people of South Dakota to re-elect him for the third term * » Alabaman’s Views. John D. McQueen, chairman State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama: “* * * T beg to advise that #t is my candid opinion that the nom- ination by any party, of any one, regardless of who he might be, as a candidate for election to a third term as President of the United States, would sound the death knell of the party responsible for such nomina- tion.” John F. D. Meighen, Minnesota chairman: “My opinion is that the two-term rule is part of our unwritten con- stitution, just as much as the right of the Federal Government to pur- chase new Alaskas. Save in grave emergency, I do not think the voters will overlook the two-term rule.” Mr. Hodges, in his long, seven- page reply, charged the President with disregarding platform pledges “to solve its legislative problems within the Constitution” by propos- ing the “"amazing” Supreme Court reorganisation bil. He charged the ever in Kansas, and though Kansans |~ Reads Decision MRS. THOMAS J. MOONEY, The wife of the man serving a life sentence for the 1916 Pre- paredness Day bombing at San Francisco is shown read- ing a summary of the Cali- fornia Supreme Court decision which denied his plea for jree- dom on a writ of habeas cor- pus. Mrs. Mooney then left for San Quentin Prison to visit her husband. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. KNIGHT CONVICTED ONARSONHARGE Jury Acquits Media Man of Attempt to Murder Four Children. By the Associated Press. MEDIA, Pa. Oct. 30.—A jury to- night found Albert R. Knight guilty on three charges of arson, but acquit- ted him of a charge he attempted to to death his four $120,000 irsurance. t and his four chi without any show of emotion.® About of Knight's friends from his home town of Lans- downe also were present when the jury reported to Delaware County Judge John M. Broomall at 9:45 p.m. Term May Be 4 to 29 Years. The three charges on which Knight was convicted carry with them a total of from 4 to 29 years in prison. The Jury found him guilty of: 1. Attempt to set fire to a dwelling and chattels, penalty 1 to 2 years. 2. Firing a dwelling, penalty 2 to 20 years. 3. Firing chattels to defraud the insurer, penalty 1 to 7 years. Knight's attorney announced he would ask for a new trial and re- quested Judge Broomall to set bail for Knight's release. Broomall, however, refused on the grounds that Knight had been convicted of a felony and could not be admitted to bail. He ordered him jailed. burn collec ren heard 25 children to | | | | parade day amd was nowhere near the Knight had been free on $10,000 | bail during his trial. ed Each of Children. The former oil promoter kissed each of his children good night and then conferred in a whisper with Ruth, one of the daughters. The children began to cry as they left the court room. Judge Broomall set November 15 as the date for hearing arguments on a new trial. The jury deliberated almost 24 hours before its decision was announced by Mrs. Florence Hickey, housewife, of Marcus Hook, who was foreman. Knight was charged with setting fire to his home last May to murder his children and collect the insurance on their lives. He claimed he was returning from Washington, D. C, on a bus the night the fire was discovered and did not arrive home until two hours after it had been extinguished. He also testified that his house was infested with insects and that he had | placed kerosene-soaked paper and oakum in the basement to exterminate them. Assistant District Attorney William A. Toal accused Knight of setting the fire by a slow burning fuse and told the jury it was “only an act of God” by which Knight's three daughters and his son escaped death. President with making other “uncon- stitutional” proposals, “encouraging” sit-down strikes and the C. T. O. and with promising to balance the budget 80 many times that “the peopls of the Nation have no confidence in any such promise.” Hodges said that lack of confidence in the President “is now growing to an alarming extent,” that the people see no necessity for a special session of Congress and that “they do not in- tend to allow the Government of the United States to be operated on catch phrases.” Hope for Change in '40. “Our objections are now inaudible, Hodges’ letter said. “We have learned that we can only make changes on general election years, so our people tolerate these things, knowing that there can be no change until 1940, when they hope to select some other Democrat who will reflect the actual thoughts and desires of the rank and file of the Democratic party.” Hodges’ advice on a third term for the President was: “Don’t do it! The people are against it.” A letter signed by Franklin D, Roosevelt, jr, from Charlottesville, Va., dated October 24, said: “Thank you very much for your recent letter, but I am afraid I can- not give you the answer you desire. In the first place, I think it is not my position to make any statement con- cerning a third term for my father. And furthermore, the necessity for deciding such an issue has not as yet arisen, since what we feel today may have to be revised two years from now in the light of circumstances be- yond our control, such as the foreign situation. “However, many thanks for your letter, and I would appreciate it very much if you would let me know the result of your inquiry.” (Coprrieht, 1087.) | of preparedness prior to the explosien | which killed | accusations | eredit unions of working people with | A2 e THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 31, 1937—PART ONE v MOONEY REFUSED FREEDOM PLEA State Supreme Court Spurns Appeal—Case Before U. S. High Tribunal Next. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.—The State Supreme Court tcday smashed Thomas J. Mooney's latest California effort to upset his conviction 20 years ago as a parade bomber—a case thrice denounced by Government agencies and by laboring classes around the world. The court sharply rejected Mooney’s demand for freedom and vindication on the ground that he was convicted by perjury and frame-up. Five jus- tices subscribed to the opinion. The sixth, Justice William H. Langdon, dissented, contending Mooney should be freed. In San Quentin Prison, Mooney said he had been “anticipating this action for two years” and that the case would go quickly before the United States Supreme Court. “We will make no attempt to go before the State Supreme Court again,” he said. “Can Never Expect Justice.” George T. Davis of Mooney counsel said the decision was “unjust, unfair and illogical * * * Mooney * * * never can expect to have justice in Cali- fornia.” Describing Mooney as “outspokenly hostile to our system of government,” the majority decision cited his radical activities and what it described as an alleged threat against 1916 proponents 10 and injured 40 persons. | The court held Mooney had failed | to prove his prosecutors used perjury | or false evidence; failed to establish | him contention that they knew their | witnesses were perjurers, and that he | had not succeeded in showing that the district attorney withheld evidence po- tentially favorable to his own case. The decision dismissed as incredible | the great volumes of evidence which Mooney produced—his alibi of the street clocks, the recantations of an eyewitness, John McDonald, and the of perjury against an- other State witness, the late Frank | C. Oxman. Claims Photograph Alibi. The explosion occurred at 2:06 p.m. Mooney produced photographs show- ing him and his wife on the roof of the Eilers Building, 1% miles from the blast scene, and street clocks in the picture pointing to 2:01 and 2:04.| He also produced new witnesses, who said they saw him on the Eilers roof at that time. “An examination of the record.” said the decision, “disclosed that testi- mony of many witnesses failed to place petitioner (Mooney) on the roof of the Eilers Building at the time dis- | closed by the clock “Moreover, the statements made by many of these same persons to police shortly after the explosion disclosed in | most instances that petitioner and his wife did not arrive on the Eilers Building roof until after 2:30 p.m.” Mooney has long contended that the photographs disproved the story of “eyewitnesses” that they saw him | at the bombing scene variously be- tween 1:40 pm. and 2 p.m. As it had in 1930, the court rejected the testimony of Warren K. Biilings, who was convicted also of the bomb- ing, that he was busy sabotaging au- | tomobiles in behalf of a union on places in which witnesses had him. CREDIT UNIONS WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO E. A. FILENE National Association's Managing Director to Give Address Next Saturday. Credit unions of the District and Maryland will conduct a Filene me- morial meeting at 8 p.m. Saturday in the auditorium of the South Building of the Agriculture Department, Edward A. Filene, Boston business man who died in Paris on September | 28, was the founder of the credit union movement in the United States. | The organization now consists of 6,400 a membership of 1,500,000 persons. At Saturday’s meeting, Roy F. Bergengren, managing director of the Credit Union National Association, will deliver the memorial address. EDWARD J. HARDING DIES Edward J. Harding, 72, father of Edward J. Harding, jr., managing di- rector of the Associated General Con- tractors of America here, died yes- terday at his home in Plainfield, N. J., after a long illness. In addition to his son here, Mr. Harding is survived by his widow, Mrs. Julia Kerwin Harding; two daugh- ters, Miss Catherine Harding, also of ‘Washington, and Miss Grace Harding, and another son, Louis R. Harding, both of Plainfleld. Funeral services will be held in Plainfield Tuesday. | Interment to Be Marx Brothers Convicted WALIPIEROGIVEN - COOLIDGEMEDAL Concert by String Quartet Featured Program Honor- ing Italian Composer. By ALICE EVERSMAN, Founders’ day at the Library of Con- gress of the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation was celebrated yesterday afternoon with a concert by the Cool- Chico and Groucho, two of the famous Marx brothers, as they appeared in Los Angeles court at their trial on a charge of violating the copyright law in a radio broadcast skit in which they took part. They were conv: (Story on icted and face sentence Monday. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Page A-1.) $250 Dug-Out For U.S. Ambassador to China By the Associated Press. A hurried exchange of telegrams with State Department official here, and dirt was flying in the compound of the American Embassy at Nanking as Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson dug himself a bombproof shelter. Not a fancy shelter, constructed on scientific lines, but a plain, ordinary, everyday hole in the ground with a concrete slab for a roof. His action is regarded here as purely an emergency measure, since protec- tion of American property abroad is strictly on an emergency basis—and that goes for the protection of Ainer- ican diplomats as well. Diplomacy Ignores Danger. How to protect government property and employes abroed in times of dan- ger is a matter that's taken up when the danger presents itself. From the standpoint of diplomacy, danger can't be ,anticipated. There are no standardized plans for the construction of bombproof shel- ters, gasproof chambers, riot barri- cades and the like. Is Authorized No information is available here, | therefore, as to the effectiveness of Ambassador Johnson's $250 dugout. The design was the Ambassador’s own, blueprints. All he got from Wash? ington was authorization to dig in and good luck to him if any bombs came | his way. Estimate Was $50 Short. Not being trained as a contractor, the Ambassador came out a bit wrong |on his estimates—his first figure was | $200—but the extra $50 was granted without any delay. All construction of Government property overseas is on the assump- tion, Government official say, that there will be no need or occasion to protect such property. is made even for such tective devices as steel windows. How emergencies are dealt with is indicated at the Consulate in Seville, Spain, where threats of damage from | rioting brought construction of a | steel picket fence at a cost of $7,000. shutters for GIRL, 15, MISSING AT CHARLOTTESVILLE Frances Tomlin Vanishes on Way | to Classes—Police Chief Scouts Foul Play. By the Associated Press, CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct. 30 —Charlottesville police said tonight they had received no clue to the whereabouts of Frances Tomlin, 15- vear-old high school student, who ap- parently vanished between her home and the school Tuesday. Police Chief Maurice F. Greaver de- clared. however, that he did not be- lieve the pretty blond was the victim of any foul play. “But her parents informed us they did not know of any reason the child would go away voluntarily,” he added. The girl's is a filling station employe. GEORGE H. KOHRT RITES T0 BE HELD TOMORROW in Arlington Cemetery With Military and Masonic Honors. By a Staff Correspondent ot The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. 30.—Fu- neral services for George H. Kohrt, 47, World War veteran, who died Fri- | day at Walter Reed Hospital, Wash- | ington, will be held from the residence, 1017 Reese court, at 1:45 pm. Mon- | day. Interment will be in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery with military and Masonic honors. Mr. Kohrt was a first lieutenant of infantry with the A. E. F. and was wounded in action. He was treated in several veterans’' hospitals afterward. His death Friday, however, followed a short illness. He was a member of United States Treasury Post, No. 35, American Le- gion; Heroes of 1776; Parish Lodge, No. 292,'A. F. and A. M, and the Na- tional Sojourners’ Club, Washington. Mr. Kohrt is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alecia M. Kohrt; a daughter, Mrs. Kathleen L. Swann; four sisters, Mrs. J. W. Hunter, Mrs. Augusta Ul- horn, Mrs. Otto Langhoff and Mrs. Herman Langhoff, and two brothers, R. W. Kohrt and G. A. Kohrt. father, Sumner Tomlin, | HIT TWICE ON ROAD, VIRGINIA MAN DIES Waxpool Resident Struck by Truck After Being Felled by Another Vehicle. By the Assoc'ated Press. LEESBURG, Va., Oct. 30.—Wilmer Mills, 35, of Waxpool, Loudoun County, | apparently struck by a hit-and-run driver and then run over by a truck as he lay helpless on the Winchester- | Washington highway near here, died | today shortly after he was admitted | to Loudoun Hospital. A coroner’'s inquest absolved D. K Frampton, truck driver, of Oxford, Pa., of blame in the death. Framp- ton testified the man was lying in the road when his truck struck him Medical evidence introduced stated that Mills had been viously. {1,500 POLICEMEN GUARD 942 GERMAN MARCHERS Bund Members' Parade Through Yorkville Cheered and Booed by Spectators. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Policemen outnumbered marchers by 500 today along the route of Nazi-minded mem- bers of the German-American Bund through Yorkville, Manhattan's “Lit- tle Germany.” Though spectators booed and cheered as lustily as any of the after- | noon's football crowds, Police Com-} missioner Lewis J. Valentine called | it “a very orderly parade.” Only one nose was punched—a | young man made the mistake of hoisting his arm in the Nazi salute in the middle of a hostile group. Twenty-six American flags and six Nazi banners waved in the parade. Packed from 3 to 10 deep along the curbs, spectators were held back by 1,300 policemen and 200 detectives. Police clocked 942 marchers. Expect- ed New Jersey and Pennsylvania units didn't arrive. ADVERTISE FOR NURSES AFTER STAFF RESIGNS Ickes to Speak in Forum CONSERVATION TOPIC OF CABINET OFFICER. By the Associated Press. ONSERVATION of the natural resources of the United States will be discussed by Secretary of the Interior Ickes in an address tomorrow night on the Na- tional Radio Forum, sponsored jointly by The Washington Evening Star and the Nationhal Broadcasting Co. The program is broadcast over a Nation-wide network at 10:30 p.m. and is heard locally through Station ‘WMAL. Mr. Ickes’ talk will deal with a sub- ject that is regarded as one of the most important long-range objectives of the present administration. The Department of Interior has wide jurisdiction over natural resources at this time and Mr. Ickes, a firm ad- herent to the belief they should be conserved to avoid impoverishing the Nation in future years, has made a thorough study of the. subject. There is a proposal be{gre Congress to change the name of the Depart- ‘ment of Interior to the Department of Conservation. Should this change be made, additional activities dealing with the national resources may be placed under the jurisdiction of the department. One of the most interesting recent proposals for resource conservation contemplates the sestablishment of seven “regional T. V. A's.” The ob- SECRETARY ICKES. jective of this proposal is to develop all the major watersheds in a manner similar to that followed along the Ten- nessee River—a program of power de- velopment, flood control and the prese ervation of timber and sofl resources. o Omaha Officials Seek to Replace 27 Who Have Quit in Salary Dispute. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., Oct. 30.—“Wanted: Nurses for Douglas County Hospital duty, to work for prevailing wage scale, board, room and laundry.” That advertisement, ordered pub- Jished in a newspaper Sunday, was the Douglas County commissioners’ answer today to the mass resignation yesterday of the entire nursing staff of the institution, effective November 5. Twenty-two nurses—27 others have quit in the last 60 days because the county had no funds to pay them— said they would quit unless the county gives them their back pay in cash, & $10 a month increase, and more help. The resignation yesterday was o be effective November 1, but the nurses later granted a four-day extension. The commissioners also discussed closing the institution, but settled on no means of disposing of the 356 patients. Commissioners indicated they may vote a wage increase next week. Capital Man Honored. CHICAGO, October 30 (#).—The Refrigerating Machinery Association at its annual meeting here today elected S. E. Lauer, York, Pa, as chairman of its Standards Committee; A. H. Baer, Harrison, N. J., as first vice president, and William B. Henderson | of Washington- as executive vice presi- dent. and it's doubtful if he used any formal | No provision | minor pro- | injured pre- | |idge Quartet and the annual pre- | sentation of the medal awarded for | outstanding services to chamber music. A large and distinguished audience | filled the hall, which has already out- grown its capacity ti h the interest | awakened in music circles by the pro- grams sponsored by Mrs, Coolidge. At | nearly all of the concerts by the most | prominent ensemble groups h | make up the winter series at the li- brary every seat is taken long before the opening hour, and many throng | the corridors hoping to be admitted ‘The high point of this opening event is the honoring of the individual who has contributed most to the advance- ment of this branch of music. Intro- duced by Mr. Spivacke, head of the music division, Mrs. Coolidge an- nounced that this year's choice was the eminent Italian composer, Gian Fran- cesco Malipiero. With a few words, she contrived to give an idea of his personality and of the earnest and seeking character of his talent, and spoke of him as a composer who had | “illumined modern Italy and modern (art.” The Italian Ambassador, Si de Suvich, received the medal for the | composer, who is in Italy at presen | with a graceful speech of acceptance The program ed by the Cool- idge Quartet comprised the “Cantari alla Madrigalesca” by Malip: “Quartet No. 3 in B flat” by Ros and Beethoven's “Quartet in E op. 127" Malipiero's work is ful changing moods indicated by the | character of the melodies he he | woven together with suck expertnes |In a frame of modern harmonizati | one finds street songs, a vesper hymn, the spirit of the carniva lullaby, merging one into the of with brilliant effect The work written fulsomely and genuinely with many adept turns of phrase The mood of the entire was a joyous one beginning wi htful quartet by Ro Cor bout the time when he was lent Mozart scholar, has m of the delicacy of the master wi the indisputable stamp of the s that was to win Rossini fame in jater vears. Concluding the concert we the charming quartet of Beethoven's which has come to be known as “La Gaiete” and which is redolent of the brighter musical hues and felicitous construction that he at times so thor- oughly delighted in. | The members of the quartet, Wil- liam Kroll and Nicolai Berezowsky, violins; Nicolas Moldavan, viola, and Victor Gottlieb, cello, gave a superb performance of all three numbers They have grown immeasurably since last year in sensitiveness of ensemble and in the fine etching of phrase. Their playing yesterday was polished in subtle details, colorful in variet and brilliant in dynamic emphasis and the audience was hearty in its recognition of their ar 'BEEHAN-O'HARA SUIT | POSTPONED BY COURT Continuance in $100,000 Action Asked for and Received by Race Track Owner. By the Associated Press PRIVIDENCE, R. I, Oct. 30— Federal Judge John C. Mahoney to- | day granted a postponement until De- cember 1 in the $100,000 civil brought by William E. Beehan, N York advertising man, against Walter E. O'Hara, race track owner and pub- lisher. Attorneys for O'Hara asked for the continuance. At that time, the respondent mu file pleas or demurrers to the s which is based on an allegedly libelot attack made on Beehan in the Star- Tribune extra of September 8 Judge Charles A. Walsh today en- | tered a decree in Superior Court ad judging the Providence Tribune Co., publisher of O'Hara's Star-Tribune, guilty of contempt and at the same time purging it of contempt by rea- son of an explanation published by that newspaper yesterday. The contempt action grew out as |& result of an allegedly false inter- view attributed to Judge Wi in the Star-Tribune on Wednesday. The publishing company was ordered to print an explanation, which it did yes- terday, and the explanation has been found satisfactory by Judge Walsh. whis at p prog. Business Dispute Fatal. BOSTON, Oct. 30 (#).—A business dispute during a card game between three partners in a cafe today brought death to two of them and possible fatal injuries to the third. Archellio Victor, 60, of Quincy died of gunshot wounds and Emelio Che- ceni, 55, died of knife injuries. An- thony De Maino, 25, wounded by gun- fire, was reported in eritical condi- tion. | Former Banker Again Loses in Clemency Plea For the second time, the Parole Board yesterday denied clemency to Benedict M. McNeil, who is serving from eight months to four years at Lorton in connection with the col- lapse of the Park Savings Bank. McNeil, assistant cashier of the institution which did not open after the bank holiday. of 1033, went to prison in April, 1936. He sought parole last January, but was turned down. The present application was received in August and heard Friday at Lorton. In the decision yesterday, which was announced .as being unanimous, the board said that “parole should be denied without prejudice to the.right of the applicant to renew his applica- tion at any time after six months from this date” McNeil's “short term” would end May 19, 1939, The former banker was convicted on two counts. The first charged con- spiracy to embezzle $50,000, -and-the second, to steal $50.000. The indict- ments named also his father, Alexan- der McNeil, since dead, and Robert Stunz, the cashier, who committed suicide.