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Evening star., 1933-07-02
HTTLER'S DEMANDS UNITE
EUROPEANS AGAINST HIM
Germany Pictured as Being Surrounded
by Ring of Hostile Nations, Due to
Belligerent Stand.

mediate danger in the face of the
Nazi program.
To add to the extent of the disturb
ance which they have created in Eu-
rope, the Nazi government in its Lon
don proposal asked for additional ter
ritory in Europe. But where? Obvi-
ously Poland or Russia or both would
Baltic States to abandon their recently
acquired independence. But in the
case Of Poland, the lands adjoining
Germany not only are inhabited by an
overwhelming Slav majority, but also
are densely populated by race which
Is growing faster than the German.
In the so-called "Ethnic Poland"
which borders the Reich, there are on
100000 square miles of territory up
ward of 25,000,000 of people, 10000, 900
of whom are Poles and at least 2,000, 900
Of whom are Jews. In the same area
the Germans number less than 100000.
There are, then. more people to the
square mile than in France. What is
to become Of them, if the German de-
mand is to be honored?
The NaN program is clear on this
point. These 100000 Poles and Jews
are to be moved out forcibly into Rus
sia and their lands taken by German
settlers. But the Russian lands also
are settled and the population must in
turn be expelled to make room for the
Poles or the latter sent to Siberia.
| But naturally the attempt to remove
twenty-odd millions of people into q
wilderness would mean the practical ex-
termination of the greater part.
With equal dexterity, the Nazis have
managed to arouse even in Austria a
bitter resentment, which in turn mill
tateS against the union of the Austrian
Republic with the Reich. BY quarrel
ing not only with the domestic Jews
but with the Catholics as well, the
Nazis have consolidated two powerful
groups in Austria against themselves,
! namely, the Hebrews and the Catholics.
Added to these are the Socialists. who
see in the fate of their German breth-
rem the promise Of their own future
under Nazi domination.
Surrounded by Hostility.
And so the Germany of Hitler finds
itself surrounded by circle Of hostile
and apprehensive neighbors. France,
Poland. Czechoslovakia and Denmark
Immediately are menaced by declared
Nazi purposes. Austria, which before
1882 was moving spontaneously toward
union with Germany, now possesses q
dictatorship supported by Jew and
Catholic as well as Socialist and op-
posed to consolidation while the Nazis
dominate in the Third Reich. Britain,
too, which was sympathetic with Ger
man desire for treaty revision within
Europe, is now put on notice that the
Nazis claim British lands in Africa as
well as Polish, Danish and French in
Europe.
Finally, the Italians, who would like
to see Germany strong, who have sup
ported German claims for equality in
armiaments and revision Of frontiers
are now faced with the fact that Ger
man plans would bring the nation OF
Hitler to the Brenner and the Kara
wanken; that the Nad demand for union
to the Upper Adige, with its Teutontc
lContinIIAd an Third PaceN
Evening star., 1933-07-02

"A than anger, the demand for a
1 \ return of its former African
colonies, presented by Germany
at the London Economic Conference,
nevertheless constitutes one more ex-
ample of the fashion in which the
Hitler regime is provoking resentment
all over the world. 1t is, too, further
illustration of the entire absence in
Berlin of any statesmanlike apprecia-
tion of realities.
For If there is one thing that even
Hitler in his own book accepts as an
axiom Of German policy it is that
Anglo German relations must not only
be friendly but even close. Yet in de-
manding a return of the African col
onies Hugenberg in London struck
straight at British susceptibilities, since
it was to the British Empire that the
largest and best parts of the former
German spheres in Africa passed as a
result Of the war.
Thus German Southwest was ceded
to the Union of South Africa and
German East the most promising
single domain-to the British, along
with a part Of Togo. No one-unless
in a mental state appropriate for a
mad house-could even imagine either
the British or the South Africans would
consent to return territory valuable In
itself, and during the war the, base fol
dangerous German operations. Nor Is
it less evident that even to demand
such retrocession must awaken irrita-
ton and suspicion.
Abolishes British Support.
Coming on top of the recent Jewish
episode, which has produced an almost
mexampled explosion of indignation In
Britain, this new German gesture must
further abolish all possibility OF Brit
ish support for any German aspiration
Again, injecting that issue into an eco
nomic conference held in London, thus
necessarily adding new complication
to situation already complicated be-
yond eXaggeration, was certain to pro-
duce resentment.
Consider for a moment the record OF
the Hitler government to date in the
outside world: The attack upon the
Jews has not only insured the hos
tility and active reprisals Of the great
and powerful Jewish communities al
over the world, but by its nature and
spirit awakened the keenest disap-
proval both in the United States ano
Great Britain. Sympathy with German
sufferings and claims has been prac.
and in Britain, at least, comment has
taken on something of the wartime
tone.
At the same time the Nazis, by
openly demanding the retrocession OF
the Polish Corridor and Upper Silesia
by the Poles and Slesvig by the Danes
along with the union Of Austria with
the Reich, have successfully alarmed
Poland and the Little Entente and
Italians, despite the desire Of Mussolini
to promote German italian co-opera.
tion. Finally, in the more extreme
Nazi circles, the claim for Alsace-Lor
raine has been publicly voiced, bring
ing home to the French their own I'm
Evening star., 1933-07-02

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Evening star., 1933-07-02
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS.

A THOUGH in itself so naive as
~ to awaken amusement rather
II than anger, the demand for a
1 \ return of its former African
Evening star., 1933-07-02

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The Washington times., 1933-09-23
sSime' Dies Smiling As He Lived
Broadway and HOLLYWOOD Beloved Publisher of VARIETY

} It was tough shedding at first.
But somehow he managed To
scrape up each week the money
necessary to bring out Variety" /"
and finally success came to the
periodical in a big way. Variety
is published now on West Forty
sixth Street. Slime" owned the
building.
Found Dead in Bed
"Sime" was found dead in bed
in his suite at the Ambassador
Hotel. There was smile on his
face. A heart attack, said the doc
tors.
In April, 1880, young "syd," the
idol of Shines" life, was in Holly
wood. The boy picked up the lat
est copy of Variety. He found a
small note hidden in the middle
of the paper. It had been written
by Slime" It read:
although he doesn't know it
yet, sgd Silverman now owns
One-half of Variety"
Show business has shucked a
lot since Slime" Silverman came
to Broadway. But Slime" never
changed. To the end he remained
the same great little guy.
The body will be taken tonight
to New York.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 23.-No
longer will the calcium lights Of
Broadway glow for Slime Silver
man editor and founder of
Variety, theatrical journal. The
great little guy" ended his life's
run here yesterday as he had
wished-the final curtain IN sleep.
"Sime" and Broadway were
synonymous terms. To each other
they were like Damon and Pythias.
And the Street Of Dreams called
him the greatest Broadway editor
that ever lived and no one ever
disputed the encomium.
28 Years on Broadway
He began on Broadway. He
closed there. From the very be-
ginning his run was marked "in-
definite" It lasted 2S years with
him still packing them in to
s r. o. to the worldwide clientele
he had built up for his theatrical
weekly Variety.
Gruff on the surface-he seemed
unapproachable but the big
heart beneath. With the sole
exception of George M. Cohan.
Slime" Silverman had the longest
charity list of anyone on Broad
way. He never revealed q single
beneficiary. He would get sore as
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
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the kidnapping. The Minnesota
defendants are: Clifford Skelly,
Charles Wolk, Sam Kronick, Sam
Kozberg, Edward Berman, Pete
Valdez and Isadore Blumenfield.
Jury Excused
With the jury excused from
the courtroom, defense lawyers
launched into arguments in sup
port of their demurrers.
Attorney j. B, Dudley, speaking
for the sevenS Twin Cities de-
PENDANTS. contended that the kid
naping conspiracy ended when
the 100000 ransom money was
paid over by E. e. Kirkpatrick,
friend Of Urschel, to the kidnap-
ers in Kansas City.
Dudley asserted the new Federal
kidnapping act has nothing to say
regarding the handling of ransom
money.
Judge Vaught interrupted to ask
him If he conceded that the Min
nesota clients knew the money in
their possession was ransom
money. Dudley replied:
"NO, sir. There Is not even q
presumption i'm the record of
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
Defense Denied Directed Verdict
In Urschel kidnapping Trial

The evidence, 1t was asserted,
tended to show a conspiracy be-
tween George cMachine Gun'O
Kelly and Bates, and there was
no evidence presented to show
that the Shannons were working
with or carrying out any of their
arrangements.
Bates Expects RAP"
At least one of the IL defend
ants thinks he will be convicted.
He is Bates, who said today:
'T expect to take the rap"
Bates. of all the defendants,
has had "the finger" put on him
by the government. They pro-
duced witnesses who testified
Bates and the fugitive George
CMachine Gun") Kelly we're the
pair who, armed with a machine
gun and six shooter, invaded the
Urschel home and "snatched" the
millionaire.
The prosecution has shown
that when Bailey was arrested a
fortnight after the kidnapping he
had $70O of the Urschel ransom
money in his trousers,
Bates pr '>abIw will not take the
stand, according to Attorney
LaSka,
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
COTTONOUTPUT
CURB STUDIED
BY international News Service


The Government today moved
to put into effect it's program of
long range production control, be-
ginning with cotton. on which it
has promised to lend producers 10
cents a pound.
Loans of this type are contin-
gent on the farmer pledging cur.
tailment for next year. the ulti-
mate goal being limitation of cot.
ton acreage in 1884 to 25,0O0,000
acres.
This compares with the 1888
crop of more than 40.798, 900 acres
originally planted, which. had it
been permitted to mature. might
have driven cotton to the scent
level according to Government
authorities.
While Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace emphasized that the cot
ton plan Is not necessarily prece-
dent for identical procedure in
other crops, extension of produc-
ton control to basic farm COM
modities was forecast by Charles
]. Brand, coadministrator of the
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tratiOn.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23

the devil If a recipient told of his
largesse.
"sime" would have been 81
the coming May, 10. He was
born in Cortland, N. Y, in 1872,
the son of Louis j, and Rachael
Silverman. His father Is dead.
His mother, SO, resides at the
Hotel Alama, in New York. The
birthday party he gave for her
on her last natal day is still the
talk of New York. To her "Sime"
never grew up. He was still her
little boy.
Leaves Widow and Son
Besides his widow, Harriet.
and only son Sydney, the theatri-
cal editor is survived by his
mother, a brother, George, and
two sisters, Sallie and Annie.
"Sime" went to New York when
26. He began with a commercial
business in Beekman Street. But
the lure of the sock and buskin
was in him. He began writing
theatrical reviews first for the
old Daily American and la,er for
the Morning Telegraph.
But "Sime" had ideas. And in
December, 1905. he launched
Variety" from the same offices
in the old Knickerbocker Thea
ter building that Charles 3. Dill
linghan has just%Vacated.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
WEST VIRGINIA AWAITS INVASION OF STRIKING MINE
Husband Wins
His Way Out
Of HencOOp

ELIZABETH, N. j., Sept. %
U.N.SO. VILLA m Gemmel
didn't mind much when his
wife ordered him out of the
house a year ago.
He found the chicken coop in
the backyard comfortable
enough.
He didn't even complain,
William told Judge Henry 8.
Waldman, when his wife put
up a wire fence to keep him
from passing between the coop
and the house.
But when she took In a
lodger, a widower with four
children, William became
mildly resentful.
How come" the judge asked
Mrs. Gemmel. She explained
she lust couldn't get along
with William"
Said the judge:
"Well, you'll get that lOdger
and his children out of the
house within "a hours. Or I'll
get q deputy sheriff to do it,"
william looked forward to
spending tonight in "a comfort
able room and bed" under the
express command of his honor.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
CUBANS CRUSH
TWO REVOLTS
OVER NIGHT
Hernandez Two Sons Are Re-
ported Captured; 81 Others
Seized as Rebels

HAVANA, Sept. % 0.N.sJ.
Wit hthe army claiming So rebel
With the army claiming SO rebel
ment today apparently had
crushed two revolts overnight in
different sections of the island.
In Camaguey province troops
under Capt. Miguel Benitas re-
potred to headquarters they had
clashed with the rebels led by
Col. Juan Bias Hernandez, wound
ing seven and capturing IL, in
Guiding two sons of Colonel Her
nandeZ.
81 Captured in Mantanzas
The rest of the insurgents
fled, Captain BenitaS reported.
Two of his own men were
wounded.
In Matanzas province govern
ment troops reported capturing
81 alleged rebels at the Mercedes
sugar mill, where they had fled
from the town of Manguito.
Administration circles buZZed to-
day with reports of an approach
ing solution of Cuba's political
problems.
President Ramon Grau San
Martin conferred secretly with
opposition leaders, and there were
prospects cabinet changes might
bring political peace pending the
constitutional convention.
Promises Reply Today
The President promised to re-
ply today to demands of the op.
position for a concentration gov.
ernment. There was widespread
hope the reply would pave the
way to solution.
This would halt the sporadic
uprisings throughout the island,
and probably would enable the
government to settle strikes para
lying industry, win recognition by
the United States. and obtain
American aid for Cuba's financial
difficulties.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
|. MAURAN
D|ES|N Nh,

John L. Mauran, vice chairman
of the Fine Arts Commission, died
at his summer home in Dublin,
N. H.. late yesterday. members of
the commission learned today.
Mr.. Mauran, a st. Louis archi-
tect of national prominence, was
appointed in 1909 a member of
the Council of Fine Arts by Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt. He was
appointed a member of the Fine
Arts Commission in 1890, sue
ceeding Abram Garfield, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, and elected vice chair
man last February %.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Isabel Chapman Mauran,
and two married daughters.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
P.O,PAY BOOSTS
|Rk FARLEY

Removal of fourth class post
masters, whom he accused of
Initiating" their own salaries,
was demanded today by Post
master General James A. Farley.
He directed Joseph G. O'Mahony,
First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, to draft legislation to anne
lorate the evil of salary abuses
by many fourth class postmas-
ters.
The order Is a result Of an
investigation that has been in
progress for several months which
convinced Mr.. Farley that some
postmasters have themselves pre-
pared and mailed to friends and
relatives from their own offices
heavy packages with the sole
purpose of increasing their own
salaries.
This procedure is made posi-
bic by the manner of compensa-
tion for fourth class postmasters.
The postmaster at a fourth class
office Is allowed certain commits
sions on the value of stamps at
tached to mail matter dispatched
from his office. BY an act of
Congress in 1925 the commissions
allowed we're increased to 100
per cent of the first $75 worth
of postage stamps Cancelled each
quarter.
In some communities, it was
revealed, shipments have con-
sisted Of foodstuffs to distant
points.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
NURSE AND PAL
!: ADMIT THREATS
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ing to kidnap her daughter unless
&1O. 900 was Forthcoming.

-" CONTINUED from Page ~
!. ang to kidnap her daughter unless
: $4,000 was forthcoming.
i; Department operatives disclosed
that the first letter to the Batch
s eller family was received on
:, August 10. It demanded $4,000
!, on pain of kidnapping, and stated
that the family should acknowl-
= edge receipt of .he missive by
inserting a noti1e in the personal
column of New York newspaper.
addressed to Ralph and signed
"Father George"
The authorities were notified.
They advised the family to go
through with the acknowledge
ment, and this was done on
August is.
Three days later another letter
was received specifying that the
$4,000 was to be made up Of
$4,000. in $40 bills and $1,000 in
$40 bills. Several other letters
were received, and finally yester-
day a telephone call designated
the place Of turning the cash over.
Federal officers and police were
posted about the place, and the
De Palma woman was arrested in
an automobile near the spot.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
5 MINES CLOSE;
WALKOUT IS
ORDERED
Penna.G Group Wants Neighbors
To Cut Off Coal Flow Into
the Industrial CenterS

PITTSBURGH, Sept. % UNS0
Determined to halt the flow OF
West Virginia coal into a market
they have crippled, striking miners
of the western Pennsylvania bi-
luminous area early today were
reported planning to mobilize in
: Greene county for an invasion"
of the West Virginia field.
= West Virginia authorities W e e
ready to repel any such march.
Purpose of the invasion, should 1t
be attempted. would be to per-
suade West Virginia coal workers
: TO drop their tools pending union
re ~ognition, thus damming at its
. source The importation of coal into
this industrial region.
Holiday" Extended
Operations in the western Penn
g eylvania area have been brought
:, to a standstill as the result of the
/. miners holiday" affecting be-
:. tween $4,000 and 10000 miners.
The holiday, first declared in pro-
..,test against the long delayed coal
code and wage agreement negotia-
:. tions at Washington, has been ex-
. tended because of failure Of the
II. C. Frick Coke Compa ~ to sign
the code.
- A bit of strategy enabled the
"a organizers to penetrate the West
i. Virginia area. Stopped at the
. State line by State police and
- other officials, the organizers
A.ostensibly turned their backs on
Z the Southern field-but only long
= enough to board trains and busses
which brought them across the
e. border without difficulty.
Mines to Close
=; West Virginia authorities,
: meanwhile, signified firm deter
mination to halt any mass move
ment of the Pennsylvania miners
e. into the adjacent State.
-, Deputies and State troopers were
:, ordered out to patrol the Pennsyl-
vania.West Virginia border line
:" IL 1ullCS A1OA Ill VI NAOA 6oA"OW w A~'
1T is in this territory that the
Pennsylvania miners seek to ex'
tend the paralysis now gripping
the southwestern Pennsylvania
/. coal region. ,
=. OF the twelve mines operated
~- regularly in the borderline terri
tory south of the Pennsylvania
line, five mines were reported
ready to close today following a
.'walkout vote by the workers.
20. Seven Remain Open
Should these mines close, the
reported invasion would be di-
rected at the remaining seven.
= :. A note of warning was sounded
by Capt. j. r. Brockus. COM
'mander of Troop A, West Vir-
"ginia State police. Brockus de-
clared:
''We feel we have enough
trouble of our own in this State
without others bOthering us.
These men from Pennsylvania
= have no business here and we're
going to keep them out"
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
SECOND c. c. c.
CAMP FOR D. c.

Establishment of a second Civil
ian Conservation Corps camp
within the District was asked Of
Robert Fechner, corps director, to-
day by Arno B. Cammerer, chief
of National Parks, Buildings and
Reservations.
The camp would be built at Fort
Dupont in Anacostia and house
200 men.
At the same time John D. Coff-
man. of the Interior Department,
re-submitted Cammerer's request
for establishment of a winter C..
C. C. camp at Fort Hunt on the
Mt. Vernon Highway.
Men at the Fort Dupont camp
would be used chiefly in Anacos-
tia Park and the National Arbore-
tum, cleaning up underbrush and
planting trees,
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
this trial that these defendants

this trial that these defendants
know they had ransom money.
The demurrer filed in behalf of
the three Shannons asking Judge
Vaught to direct a not guilty
verdict made the following con-
tentionS:
l. That there is fatal
variance" between the allega-
tions in the indictment and the
proof offered by the Govern
ment.
2. That there is mot suffi-
cient evidence" to warrant a
verdict of guilty.
g.. That the proof shows that
the acts of the Shannons
guarding Urschel at their
ranch) was committed under
duresS because they feared
serious bodily injury or death
at the hands of other codefend-
ants.
The shannon's demurrer also
denied that the Shannons knew
that Uhschel was kidnapped and
being held for ransom when they
kept him in captivity.
It has not been shown that the
Shannons entered into any con-
spiracy in connection with the alb
duction of Urschel, 1t was further
contended.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
Liner, 1O7 Injured,
Continues VOudOe

CRISTOBAL, G. T., Sept. %
GN.SD.-With lot of her passen-
gers and crew injured-none seri-
ously-after passing through the
center of a hurricane this week,
the steamship Virginia continued
her voyage westward today. The
storm did much damage aboard
the ship. Most of the injured suf-
fered cuts, bruises or broken bones.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
BANK
GETSCHAR7ER

Open Washington banks re-
quested the Treasury to withhold
dividend payments of the Com
mercial National Bank until after
opening of the Hamilton National
Bank in order that the latter
might share in the $1,O00,000 of
new deposits which will result
from the dividend payment, it
was stated by j. F.. r. O'Connor,
Comptroller of the Currency, to-
day as he issued a charter to the
new bank.
O'Connor made his announce
ment in a short address to the
officers and directors of the new
bank as they gathered in his Of
flee to take the oath of office
and receive the charter which
opens the bank Monday morning.
He was referring to what he
termed the splendid coopera-
ton" of all open banks in the
city to further the Hamilton or
ganization plans.
E. c. Graham, president Of the
new bank, responded to the ad-
dress and on behalf Of the direc-
tors and 5000 stockholders, ex-
pressed appreciation of the Treas
ury Departments aid in releasing
the $4,000, 900 of deposits which
will be available to the 100000 de-
positors in the new bank Monday.
After the issuance of the char
ter, Graham called a meeting of
his directors in the anteroom of
O'Connor's office. Resolutions
already drawn were presented and
adopted which made the bank a
member of the Federal Reserve
system of the local clearing house
association.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
$93,845 to Be Spent
At TrQininq School

In announcing how they would
spend $93.845 allotted by the
PWA for improvements, officials
Of the National Training School
for Boys today divided their al
lotment as follows:
Construction of a concrete tun-
mel system and installation of
underground steam piping, $4O,-
600: replacement Of two boilers.
$40, 900: alterations to the trades
building so as to include new
laundry, $l9,05O; new laundry
equipment, $12,295: and improve
ment to physical facilities, $2,50O.