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Evening star., 1933-08-31
CRAWFORD SEEKS
EXTRAD|T|0N BAN
IIsIey Murder Suspect Asks
Supreme Court to Set
Aside Ruling.

George Crawford, colored, under in
dictlnent in Loudoun County, Va, for
the murder Of Mrs. Agnes Ilsley and
her maid, Nina Buckner, asked the
Supreme Court today to set aside an
order of the first Circuit Court of Ap-
peals requiring him to be held at Bos-
ton for extradition and trial.
Crawford's action marked the second
move to prevent his return to Virginia
The first attempt attracted Nationwide
attention when Federal Judge James A.
Lowell of Boston ordered Crawford's
release on the ground that Negroes did
not serve on jurtes in Virginia and
would not serve on the trial jury.
Judge Lowells ruling provoked a bit
ter denunciation from Representative
Smith of Virginia, who succeeded In
having the House adopt resolution Or
dering an investigation Of the jurist's
conduct in Office by the Judiciary Com
mittee. The committe, however. has
not yet undertaken the inquiry
j. Weston Allen and Butler r. VIII
son, counsel for Crawford. urged the
Supreme Court to pass on whether Vir-
ginia'S practice Of excluding Negroes
from grand juries constituted such an
infringement of the constitutional
rights Of Crawford as to warrant refusal
to eXtradite him. They declared the
question had never been passed upon by
the high court. insisting that the Cir
cult Court of Appeals. in ordering Craw-
ford held for eXtradition, had acted on
unwarranted assumptions and assertions
and had failed to consider the real
grounds on which the District court had
acted.
The lawyers pointed out that the
correct determination of the questions
at issue were Of grave public concern,
and declared the Supreme Court should
review the case for the additional rea-
son that impeachment resolutions hac
been presented against Judge Lowell's
action.
The petition also set forth that since
the Impeachment resolution was intro
duced, Negroes had been included in the
list for jury service in three States
where previously they uniformly hao
been excluded
Evening star., 1933-08-31
AIRWAYS ECONOMY
PROGRAM ATTACKED
BY AIR CORPS CHIEF
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Army's chief feeling toward this de-
partment is one of 100 per cent CO.
operation in the interest of promoting
aviation, 1t appears to me that his
statement will cause people to be un-
necessarily apprehensive"
Beacon lights were put on a sched-
ule. OF part-time operation as a result
OF an order issued by Col Clarence M.
Young 0ormer Republican Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics)
in an effort to economize." Martin said.
L nor any one else connected with
the present administration had nothing
whatever to do with this action. As a
matter Of fact, I have extended the
time OF the operation of lights on some
OF the airways and have plans whereby
full-time operation may be restored on
the principal routes. As far as radio
beaconS are concerned, there has never
been any thought in my mind of elirni-
mating these ranges.
Il have proposed that their operation
be discontinued when the ceiling Is un-
limited and the visibility is 10 miles
and all the leading airline operators
have agreed to this. Such operation
will In no way endanger the life of q
single individual, whether he Is travel
ing in an Army or civilian plane.
you may say for me that the air
ways will continue to operate in entire
safety. but they will operate on an eco
nomical be is, in conformity with the
edministrs ion promise of reducing. the
cot Of Government to the taxpayer"
Evening star., 1933-08-31

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his try today at liberating the buck
when all other methods failed by rea-
son of the deer's distruSt of the bridge
and its fear of close human approach.
The big buck is skeptical about eat
ing the luscious ears of sweet corn, one
OF his favorite foods, because they have
been placed there by man; he prefers
to slake his thirst with the dew from
foliage rather than drink the water
lowered over the cliff to him: he spurns
the bridge which was thrown across the
chasm in the hope that he would ven
ture across it to safety.
1t was such an attempt on the part
Of a motion picture photographer yes
terday that almost ended the drama.
Frightened at the camera man. sus-
pended from cliff high above, the ami
NAL, its head high in the air. dashed
across the ledge and gave the specta-
tors a thrill by leaping over the end OF
the bridge. He again became calm
when park officials ordered the pho
tographer hauled back
The bridge across the gorge is rs feet
long and between four and five feet
wide. The buck, however. has given it
few distrustful shifts and left it alone.
He appears less concerned about his
safety than do the park officials. the
Evening star., 1933-08-31
CHINESE GUARDING
THREE AMERICANS
State Department Informed
Priests in Red Zone
Are Safe.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Three Americans in the danger zone
of Communistic civil war in Southeast
China were reported today to the State
Department to be safe under the care
Of Gen. Liu Ho-Ting, commander of the
forces opposing the Chinese Reds.
The information came from the
American consul at Foochow. Gordon
l.. Burke, who reported receipt of a
telegram from Father Paul Curran at
Kienningfu indicating he and Father
Bernard c. Werner and Father Grace.
whose first name was not given, were
safe
Father Curran's telegram said:
Returned Kienningfu under Gen.
Liu's care who promises help, advises
wait few days"
The Foochow consulate requested
Gen. Liu to afford all possible assist
ance and protection to the three Amer
leans
With the American naval vessel
Sacramento scheduled to reach Foochow
today, Burke reported the situation
there was unchanged. At first fears
had been felt that the city might be
threatened by Communists, but later
information disclosed this danger was
not so imminent as had been felt.
Evening star., 1933-08-31
What's What
Behind News
in Capital.
Surveys Differ Widely
on How the N. R. A.
Is Going Over.
BY PAUL MALLON.

A N IMPARTIAL business executive
~ recently went on a political
II scouting tour of the country. He
1 \ wanted to find out for his own
business how Mr. Roosevelt and
the N R. A. were getting over with the
people. He covered half the representa-
tive States outside the Democratic
South
His report sounds as if it Were
. ,critten by Democratic publicity
1t says Roosevelt Is as popular with
his supporters as Gandhi with his. He
pictures the President as commanding
the same sincere loyalty as religious
prophet.
Cheering for Engineer.
This scout pictured the voters-the
body> politic-as being on a train, not
knowing exactly where they are going.
but cheering like thunder for the engi-
neer
The demand for imitation, he thought,
was growing weaker. That is because
retail business is definitely better than
had been hoped for.
Farmers have not been helped to the
degree believed in the East. Higher
prices were not as beneficial as most
observers think, because the crops are
small. He thought the farmers were
postponing their debts and using their
little cash TO buy lower class cars, or
putting a few dollars IN the sock for
Winter.
Evening star., 1933-08-31

The first report deals with psy
chology not statistics. 1t may be a
little over enthusiastic, but not ma
terially SO.
The second is tainted with the fact
the investigators are thinking in terms
of selling stocks and bonds. Their
pessimism in that respect probably is
justified; but they have muffed the
factor of popular psychology.
The third shows Washington opinion
does not always accurately reflect the
view of the country. Just as no man
is hero to his valet. no administration
Post Office Has No Steps.
A small Eastern town has a new
post Office without steps, but don't
mention the fact to the Government
contracting authorities unless you have
a catcher's mask on.
It came about this way:
The Government let the con-
tract for constructing the build
ing, and forgot about the steps
until the building 1Uds completed.
The project manager rushed
through a separate contract for
steps on coSt-pluS basis.
The board of awards turned down the
proposition on the ground 1t would not
sanction any cost plus work.
Citizens must use stills or grow longer
legs.
Another factor in those investiga-
tions is that the favorable one touched
the whole countryside while the pesst-
mistic one centered in cities. Also, the
pessimistic one hit mainly the financial
strata in cities.
Evening star., 1933-08-31
COUzENS' CHARGES
DENIED BY MILLS
Messages Asking Loan, Said
to Have Been Sent to
R. F. C., Read at Quiz.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, August 31.-A denial OF
charges made recently by Senator
James Couzens that he prevented an r.
F. c. loan that would have permitted
Henry Ford to open two new banks
here was made today by Wilson w.
Mills, former chairman of the board of
the Nations largest closed bank
Testifying before the one-man grand
jury investigating the closing of the
bank, the First National Bank, Detroit
as well as the Guardian National Bank
Of Commerce, Mills read messages
which he said were both telegraphed
and telephoned to Charles A. Miller,
then head of the r. F. c., asking that
the loan be granted.
Opposed Ford Plan.
The witness testified he never favored
the proposed Ford plan for opening two
new banks on the assets of the closed
institutions, saying he knew it meant
only IS per cent pay-off to depositors
and also lid not believe Ford would
give the depositors of the old banks the
right to subscribe to the stock of the
new banks.
Senator Couzens, in testimony last
week, declared Mills was taken up on
a high hill' by George P. Dawson,
chairman Of the board OF the Central
Hanover Bank e. Trust Co. of New
York, and promised he would become
head OF bank to be established here
by New York interests He declared
Mills phoned Miller at the Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Of
fees after the application for a s20,-
100000 loan was made, and said that
although his directors had asked him to
request the loan be granted, he did not
favor it and hoped it would be refused
The Ford plan, previous witnesses
have testified, failed when the $20,-
100000 loan upon which 1t was condi-
tional could not be obtained.
The Senator. in his testimony, had
asserted that Mills was guilty of "dou-
decreasing" other directors of the bank
in asking that the loan be refused Mills
read a statement In which he said he
had proof he was not guilty Of double
crossing"
Mills characterized as absolutely
false" the statement of Senator Couzens
that he was taken up on high hill
by Dawson and promised the presi-
dency Of local bank to be established
by New York interests.
Charges Hearsay Evidence.
Il think I can prove that this state
ment Is absolutely false" said Mills
Even while Couzens was testifying
Dawson wired a denial of the Senator
testimony. and denied 1t again later in
a telephone conversation with Couzens
Nevertheless the Senator continued to
repeat the charge"
Senator Couzens In his testimony
has impugned my honor and integrity
in various respects" said Mills. Il
think that practically all Of it was hear
say Judge Lacy arthur J. Lacy has
stated in this court what in his opinion
may happen to a persons honor II
hearsay evidence Is admitted"
Evening star., 1933-08-31
LABOR HELD MAIN
COG IN PALESTINE
President of Zionist Body
Declares Worker Is Back
bone of Project.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHAHA, Czechoslovakia, August 81
tJewish Telegraphic Agency Nahum
Sokolow, president of the World Zionist
Organization. addressing the Eighteenth
World Zionist Congress, last night de-
fined his views on the position of labor
in the upbu.lding of a Jewish national
home in Palestine.
In the center of the national up
building must stand the worker who has
achieved more than any ether section,
forming the backbone of the movement
and of the Palestine upbuilding," he de-
clared.
He urged that all Jewish workers in
Palestine be enrolled in the Histadruth,
Palestine Jewish labor federation. to
prevent the formation Of second such
body.
"Hitlerism," DR.. Sokolow stated, en-
ables us to convert all jews to Zion
ism, which is a difficult, but not impos-
sible, task"
Pessimism over the Jewish outlook
during the next five to ten years was
expressed by Prof. Selig Brodetsky
British member of the Zionist Executive
speaking on behalf of the Executive. He
asasiled Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New
York for attacking the policies of the
flaborite faction and for the spirit o!
warfare he injected in criticizing Dr.
Chain WhiZmann, former president -O1
the World Zionist Organization.
Changes" he asserted. 'are taking
place now in the world of politics which
affect also those with whom the Jews
are allied Therefore, it is important
not only to speak of unity, but also to
create unity"
Berl Locker of New York. member OF
the Executive, pointed out that the most
serious problem of the organization
department of the Executive had been
to keep the organization united in the
face of an internal fight within Zionist
organization ranks.
A petition was presented by Deputy
Isaac Gruenbaum. Polish Radical Zion
ist demanding that all delegates tc
future congresses must have command
of the Hebrew language The petition
aroused storm of protest.
Evening star., 1933-08-31
j. s. WOMEN ASKED
TO HELP GUST LONG
Mrs. Hammond of New Or
leans Says He Is Nations
Problem.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 31.-Mrs. Hilda
Hammond of New Orleans, today dis
closed a campaign to make the whole
United States Long-conscious and Sen
ate-cOnSciouS.
Mrs. Hammond, chairman OF New
Orleans womens committee, said her
organization is seeking and finding
help from women throughout the United
States in their movement to oust Sena-
tor Huey P. Long.
This is national, not State mat
ter" Mrs. Hammond said. Charges OF
dishonesty, corruption and immortality
ON the part of Senator Long were hurled
into the Senate by John NJ Parker last
April. They still lie buried in the Ju-
dietary Committee
She said her organization had been
told repeatedly in Washington that this
is a State matter, but l insist, she
added. 1T concerns every man and
woman In the United States"
Meanwhile, over long distance tele-
phcne from New Orleans, Senator Long
denounced the move of the womens
committee Of Louisiana as 'ousted poll.
ticians hiding behind the skirts OF
women
Evening star., 1933-08-31
WRIT FoRBIDs PICKETING.
Conducive to Violence, Brooklyn Su-
preme Court Justice Holds.

NEW YORK, August 81 LP).-Holding
picketing to be a nuisance to the pub
lie" and conducive to malicious mischief
and violence, Supreme Court Justice
ealah Strong in Brooklyn yesterday en-
.onled members of the Bakery and Con-
Jectlonery Workers International Union
from picketing shops of members of the
Speciality Bakery Owners of America.
Six pickets were arrested in Brooklyn
early in the week after Grover Whalen,
national recovery administrator in New
York, declared picketing of code estab-
lishments was a criminal offense.
The mere walking back and forth on
a sidewalk with placards," the courts
opinion declared, is sufficient to annoy
the public and creates a public nui-
Sance."
Justice Strong's decision also observes
the striking union workers and the
bakery owners had been given an oppor-
tunity to settle their differences under
the N. R. A., but added that this, it
seems, is impossible
Evening star., 1933-08-31
D. c. GETS s1,75o,5OO
FOR SEWER WORK
FROM FEDERAL Fun
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heavy rains in the vicinity of Fifth an.
1ngraham streets
The formal letter of notification from
Administrator Ickes read as follows:
In accordance with the provisions of
the national industrial recovery act of
1888, an allotment of $l,759 500 has
been made to the Board of Commits
sioners. District Of Columbia, for sewer
construction. A list cf the approved
projects showing the amount allotted
for each is attached
instructions regarding provisions to
be incorporated in contracts, progress
reports and ether detailed information
will be issued shortly.
\, "A request, copy herewith. is being
forwarded to the Secretary of the
Treasury to transfer s1,759,50 to your
credit for the performance OF these
works"
The letter to the Treasury Depart
ment was request to the Secretary to
make transfer Of funds under the
national industrial recovery act as fol-
lows:
Transfer to: District Of Columbia.
Board OF Commissioners. 1885 Fed
eral project. Amount, $1,75o, 500.
Purpose, sewer construction. Apply
against authority Of August ls, 1882
Evening star., 1933-08-31

Popular loyalty to the N. r. A. also
was stressed by the investigator. He
found it more marked in the small
towns which comprise the great bulk
of the country Also among working
people who comprise the masses.
These classes are ostracizing any one
who declines to subscribe to the Blue
Eagle.
Gets Opposite Results.
Another confidential investigation on
the same subject was undertaken by a
large investment securities house with
headquarters in Wall Street. 1t was
equally sincere.
A QUESTIONABLE was sent out to all
employees in all branches, even sales
men on the road. Every large city in
the country was reached through this
method.
The dns1Uers Uere unanimously
peSsiniStic. The N. R. A. pro-
gram uas said to be mouing 10ith
elephdntine SloUneSS. Very telD
results in actual purchasing
polCer could be seen.
Mr.. Roosevelt was described as still
popular, but not as popular as he was
in March.
A third investigation of the same sub
iect was undertaken in Washington.
The leading financial journal of New
York sent its columnist here. The idea
was to get fresh closeup of the re-
covery machinery, from a favorable
standpoint If possible.
The columnist spent five days inter-
viewing people outside the prejudiced
administration circles. He was unable
to find one enthusiastically optimistic
about the N. R. A.
Composite Picture Needed.
The real answer does not lie in any
one of the three Investigations but In
a composite of all. If you fit the pieces
together you will get more accurate
picture than they spent thousands OF
dollars for.
Evening star., 1933-08-31

announced the name Of the new weekly
would be Today. They explained that
they had been given permission to use
this name by Arthur Brisbane, who
uses it for his daily newspaper column
Mr. Moley said that he expects to
get to work right away and try and
have things ready to bring out the
maiden issue about the first of October
Besides members of the Roosevelt
family and close friends and newspaper
and camera men on hand to see the
huge yacht sail away with the President
and his cruising party were a large
number of citizens of Poughkeepsie. The
President, wearing panama hat. with
the brim turned down in the back, and
at the rail on the after-deck waving and
smiling as the boat pushed of.
Besides the President and Mr.. Astor,
others in the yachting party are Judge
Frederic Kernochan, Kermit Roosevelt,
son of the late President Teddy Roose-
welt; Lytle Hull, George St. George and
W. r. Stewart, all of New York, and
DR.. Leslie Heitler of Mobile, Ala With
one exception the cruising party Is the
same as made up the party on the
Nourmahal last Winter just before the
life of Mr.. Roosevelt was attempted in
Miami, Fla.
The Nourmahal sailed away with the
U. S. s. destroyer Manley as a convey
When it reaches New York Harbor late
this afternoon the Manley will be joined
by the destroyer Twig.
The Nourmahal is only about 4
years old, and is one Of the largest
yachts Of its kind in this country. 1t
is 263 feet long and is of 5000 gross
tons. 1t has high speed of 16 knots
and a cruising speed of 14Ia knots.
1t is an oil-burner and has fuel capac-
ity sufficient to travel $4,000 miles. It
carries crew of As.
Only two secret service men are
making the trip with the President.
Stephen T. Early. the Presidents sec
retary, is aboard the destroyer Manley,
as is Capt. Walter Vernon, the Presi-
dents naval aide.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
yesterday afternoon attended the
Dutchess County Fair at Rhinebeck,
about IA miles from Hyde Park. They
had the pleasure of seeing the Presi-
dents horse New Deal, with John, the
youngest Of the Roosevelt boys. in the
saddle, win a blue ribbon However,
this handsome bay gelding later, in
another class, with John up, and later
with Mrs. Dali in the saddle. failed to
win prizes.
Evening star., 1933-08-31
STORM WARNING GIVEN
IN OKEECHOBEE AREA
Improvement Board Engineer Or
ders Those "Not Securely
Housed" to Seek Shelter.

BY the Associated Press.
TALLAHASSEE. Fla. August 81
Fred c. Elliot, engineer for the State
Internal improvement Board, today ad-
vised residents of the Lake Okeechobee
area mot securely housed to seek tenn
porary shelter in substantial buildings
because of possible danger from a storm
now in the Bahamas region.
Elliot said his reports from the
Jacksonville and Miami Weather Bu-
reaus indicated no substantial evacua-
ton of the Okeechobee area was neces-
sary at this time, and stressed that his
advice to seek temporary shelter in
substantial buildings" was only for
those persons mot securely housed"
Evening star., 1933-08-31
DOG WITH BROKEN LEG
SAVES FAMILY FROM FIRE

BUFFALO, August 31-Limping to
his masters bed. despite q broken leg,
an 11-week old Irish setter today gave
the alarm which saved four persons
from q fire which was sweeping their
home.
The dog, its leg broken in fall
downstairs, crawled to the bedside of
John Haushammer and awakened him
by barking and tugging at the bed
clothes. Haushammer noticed smoke
In the room, and aided his wife and
her aged parents to, the street. The
dog, overcome by the smoke, vas saved
by flremen.
Evening star., 1933-08-31
INCREASE HELD TOO LOW.
Continental Head Holds 10-Cent Boost
on Crude Inadequate.

NEW YORK. August 81 @.-D. ].
Moran, president of the Continental Oil
Co., declared yesterday that the 10
cent-a-barrel price increase on Mid
continent and Texas crude initiated
this week by the Standard Oil Co. of
New Jersey subsidiaries lis not high
enough"
1T is regrettable that leaders in the
last price advance seemingly hold the
opinion that a 10-cent advance will be
enough to meet the code provisions as
to hours of labor and employment with
out evasion" he said This company
is making effective all provisions of the
oil code and on September 2 it will
give consideration to a more adequate
price for crude, unless it has been
fixed by the President prior to that
time"
Evening star., 1933-08-31
FAIR TO CLOSE ON TIME

CHICAGO, August 81 F.-A Cen
tury of Progress Exposition will close
definitely October 81. President Rufus
c. Dawes said yesterday despite requests
from all sections to continue it next
year.
TT will be impossible for us to hold
the fair over" Dawes said.
I'VE have obligations to our bond
holders and to the institutions which
have been promised shares In the fairs
surplus that cannot be risked," he said.
Dawes revealed he had received In
recent weeks as many as q dozen letters
Q day urging that the fair be continued.
They come from industrialists. societies
and individuals.
Evening star., 1933-08-31
WOMAN SLAIN WITH AK
Accused Husband Is in Hospital,
Victim of Neighbor.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, August 81 up.
Wounded by a shotgun charge, A.
Nelson Hansard A, farmer, was under
guard at a hospital today. charged with
hacking his wife to death with an ak
during rampage at his home, near
Farragut, last night.
The body of Hansards 4o-year
hodv was dragged from burning bed
which the Hansard children said their
father set on fire. Officers said J. w.
Kelly. a neighbor, shot Hansard twice
after the latter had left his home and
attempted to set the Kelly home on hre:
Hansard's wounds were described as
'Aerious."
Evening star., 1933-08-31


action of Gov. Arthur Seligman in de-
claring martial law here, where coal
miners are on strike.
The Governor proclaimed martial law
after requests from city and county au-
thorities, mine operators, non-striking
miners and others.
Roberts said the New York lawyers
asked to aid were Joseph Brodsky, A.
G. Hayes and an attorney named Lieb-
oWitz.
Striking members seek recognition of
the union committees permission to
join any union they desire, overtime
pay for Sundays and holidays and re-
mureration for dead work" Mine
operators refuse to deal with them be-
cause the National is not affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor.