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Evening star., 1934-01-22
COMMITTEE TOGET
WAR ON GASOLINE
Sterilization Board to Gel
First Dispute Arising
Since Pacts Signed.

The local gasoline price war being
waged by independent oil companies and
one Of the major companies on the retail
sale price Of unbranded gasoline will go
to a stabilization committee of the
Petroleum Administrative Board, it was
learned today.
The local situation. the first serious
dispute to arise following the ratifica-
ton Of the oil agreements last week, is
expected to be the first work of the new
Stabilization board and also is expected
to have far-reaching effect in settling a
national policy of the Oil Administra-
ton on price wars, which have torn the
industry IN years past, and which are
expressly forbidden under the oil agree
ments.
Under a private agreement between
independents and the major companies
reached some time ago, the independ-
ents were allowed to sell their un-
branded product at slightly less than
the major companies, but one of the
major companies, the Standard Oil Co.
refused to allow the competition and
cut the price Of its unbranded gasoline
to meet the price Of the independents
with the result that the Oil Admins
tration released the independents from
their agreement to allow them to again
sell lower than the major companies.
What action the new stabilization
committee will take was not indicated
today. The organization is not yet COM
plete, but it is expected to be ready tC
take up the Washington situation by
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
BULLITT'S SPEECH
GETS TOXIC REPLY
Foreign Office Spokesman Cites
Reference as Typical of War
Rumors.
BY the Associated Press.


TOXIC, January ga speech by
the American Ambassador to Russia
was cited by a foreign Office spokes-
man today as an example of prominent
statesmen spreading the idea OF the
danger Of a "Russo-Japanese war"
Un a speech in Philadelphia, VIII
liam c. Bullitt asserted that ''unfor-
tunately it Is impossible to say that
there is no chance of war in the world
today" However, he cited numerous
Russian non-aggression pacts as evil
dence Of the Soviet governments desire
for peace.)
The spokesman charged today in q
statement that Soviet leaders were is
suing provocative statements" which
were entirely responsible for the ap-
parently worldwide uneasiness with re-
gard to the prospects of a Far Eastern
clash.
Despite Soviet provocation," he said,
Japan is following a policy Of peace
Although the Soviets have concentrated
an army along the frontier of Manchu-
kuo. Japan has not reinforced its troops
In Manchuria."
The spokesman added that Russian
authorities in speeches late in Decem-
Der had said that Japan was inviting
and preparing for war with Soviet
Russia, and that they were ready to
invade Russian territory"
He also referred to the speech last
week Of Edouard Herriot, in the French
Chamber of Deputies, who asserted
that the United States would side with
Russia in the event Of a war with
Japan as an example Of nom Russian
leaders who were echoing Moscow's
propaganda.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
PARIS IS GUARDED
AGAINST RIOTERS
Federal Workers Plan Dem.
onstrations Against Pay.
Reduction Legislation.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the ASeoe1Ato0 Pro8S.
PARIS, January 22.-ThouAnds ID
mounted guards and police massed to-
day ct strategic points about the
Chamber Of Deputies and the City Hall
to repel threatened rioting In protest
Of pay cuts given civil employees.
Royalists issued call for manifesto
tions ct the Chamber after the close Of
shops and ofnces, protesting the Sta
visky Baycnne pawnshop scandal.
In lengthy session the cabinet took
ders In Paris and the provinces in hand
ducttons were announced by employees
for more than 50 centers Of France, In
cluding Paris.
Police Punishment Besun.
Punishment Of police omcials as .
result Of the failure Of the pawnshop
with Q heavy loss to the public, wa
announced by Premier Camille Chau-
temps.
One ofncial was discharged, two were
suspended, and the director Of the i'm
portant service Of police attached to
courts announced his retirement on the
grounds Of age. Other investigations
are being continued.
Today 200,000 miners in the great
coal fields Of both the north and south
Of France persisted in their demand,
for bread and more work" Some now
average only two days work week.
Farm Group Aroused.
In central Fance 1000 farmes who
yesterday denounced the government.
wheat policy and demanded suppression
Of importation Of all foreign wheat
lined up to press their pleas officially
The civil servants campaign against
recent salary slashes found . head In
the Paris region today In . scheduled
mass meeting at City Hall.
We'll show the government ano
Parliament" leader said, that W.
depression"
Evening star., 1934-01-22
TWO men ARE HELD
ON WEAPON CHARGE
Pair Were Sought and Arrested
on Hit-and.Run
Count.

Two men arrested by a traffic police
man on a hit-and-run charge today
were held under bond of 81 900 each
pending a Police Court jury trial jan
uary 81 on an entirely different charge
carrying a concealed weapon.
Judge Isaac r. Hit took Q personal
bond In the hit-and-run case
The pair, James Wyncoop, %. Of the
1900 block of Wisconsin avenue and
Edward Shupp, 50, Laurel, Md, were
arrested Saturday by Officer Ohio
Sanders Of tho Trafic Bureau after they
are said to have struck the automobile
Of william Shaw, TOO block Of Harvard
street, only Q short time before. When
they were arrested Sanders said he
found a gun lying on the seat of the
automobile between them and placed
the other charge.
Tho hit-and-run charge was booked
against Wyncoop. In Police Court this
morning Shupp also was fined $40 each
on charges Of intoxication and bad
brakes.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
BACK FATHER O'HARA.
Two Protestant Ministers Join Denun.
citation Of Sex Course.

Two Protestant Ministers Join Denun-
citation Of Sex Course.
CHICAGO. January 20 (P.-Two local
Protestant pastors stood squarely behind
Rev. John F. OHara, c. s. c., vice pres
ident Of Notre Dame. today in his de-
nouncement Of what he called course
in concubinase" at Columbia Univer-
sity.
II consider it . shame and q dis
grace that universities should require
students to take sex courses" Rev. DR..
Frederick Shannon, pastor Of Central
Church, In Orchestra Hall said in his
sermon yesterday.
In the Chicago Temple yesterday DR..
John Thompson, pastor Of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church, said he
was shocked, and promised to devote
more Of his next Sundays sermon to
the topic.
In an address Saturday, before the
Notre Dame Club Of Boston, Father
O'Hara said that after Nicholas Murray
Butler, president Of Columbia, in 1891,
had "lamented the decline of good man
ners, not only among the younger gen.
Grafton, but also on the part Of their
elders, the university announced . new
course, required of all sophomores, in
a freer conception Of the relation Of
the sexes, unhindered by law or reli.
gion.'"
Evening star., 1934-01-22
SENATE PASSES FARM
BONDS GUARANTEE
$4,000, 900, 900 Measure Goes Back
to House for Amendments
Agreement.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate today passed the House
bill providing Government guarantee
for the authorized $2,000,000,00 OF
farm mortgage refinancing bonds.
There was no record vote.
The measure, urged by President
Roosevelt to speed up refinancing of
the farm debt. now goes back to the
House Tor action on Senate changes
The principal Senate amendments
provide no farm mortgage loans can be
made after February /, 1896, and re-
duce the number of members of the
proposed Federal Farm Mortgage Cor
poration from five to three, composed of
the governor of the Farm Credit Ad-
ministration, the Secretary Of the Treas
ury or a Treasury officer designated by
him and the land bank commissioner.
The present law only guarantees the
interest Of the bonds.
Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas,
offered an amendment to authorize an
other $100,000,000 for crop loans for
this year, but withdrew 1t at the request
of the Democratic leader. Robinson of
Arkansas. who said the administration
would propose . reduction in the ag-
gregate amount and cuts in individual
crop loans when a similar bill by SEN
ator Smith, Democrat, Of South Caro-
lima, comes up in few days.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
PRISON BILL READY
kentucky Assembly Likely to Pass
Convict Labor Plan.

FRANKFORT, KY, January % up.
Entering upon the second quarter Of its
o0-day session today the Kentucky Gen.
eral Assembly looked forward to pass
ing its frst bill this week.
Right Of way was expected to be
xiven the Milan bill to authorize the
governor to sign code of fair COM
petition for factories at penal institu-
tions using convict LABOR. An emer-
Rency measure, it is designed to pro-
vide for the reopening Of factories
which have been closed for 10 days as
. result of N. r. A. codes going into
effect. It has been passed by the House
and goes to the Senate today.
It is estimated the Department OF
Public Welfare Board has been losing
approximately $1,000 a day in revenue
from the factories.
Evening star., 1934-01-22

Grafton by the judges and it was de-
cided to give honorable mention to
the second three. These were sub
mitted by Phoebe Hyatt. 1918 Nine
teenth street; Paula Richards, a stud
ent at the Felix Mahoney National
School of Fine and applied Art, and
Loren L. Murray, 2l24 / street, the
only man in the honor group.
All posters will be on exhibition at
the Arts Club until February /, when
they Will be distributed throughout the
city IN advertisement of the Bal Bo-
heme, February l3 at the Willard
Hotel. There will be no reproduction
Of any of the posters. Among the 1856
contestants were nigh school and art
school students, as well as illustrators
and artists In the line Of fine as well
as commercial art
The judges were Miss Harriet Garrels.
chairman: Miss Gertrude Brown, Miss
Emily Steuart, Charles A. r. Dunn and
Rowland LYON.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
COLUMBIA DEAN
DEN|ESSEXC COURSE
Seeks to Learn Source of
Report Which Aroused
CIergymen.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 22.-Colum-
bia University officials want to know
who started all this talk about q
course in sex offered at the insti-
tuition,
Dean Herbert e. Hawkes. regards
it as an indictment >of Columbia Uni
versity and termed the denunciations
Of aroused clergymen as much ado
about q thing which doesn't exist.
The story Is made made up % entirely rely. OF
Is no basis for it whatsoever.
II can't think Of any course given
at the university which would answer
to the one described by Rev. John F..
OHara Of Notre Dame University last
Saturday night.
mo announcement Of any such
course has been made by the uni
versity; none will be made"
In an address before the Notre Dame
Club Of Boston, DR.. O'Hara had criti-
cized what he called course in
concubinage" which. he said, was to be
required Of all sophomores to give
them "a freer conception of the rela-
tions Of the sexes. unhindered by law
or religion"
Whoever started this false story
about the course suffered from wishiul
thinking or diseased imagination, {"
Dean Hawkes. said
He said he would write to DR.. O,Hara
Immediately. asking him where he
had received his information about the
course in sex.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
Girls Life Saued
ByPre1nOnitiOnO of
Mother in Prayer
Woman Hurries Home
to Find Her Orer.
come BY Gas.
~ ths Associated Press.

OMAHA. Nebr.. January 22.-Dorothy
Jane Grosz, II, Of Omaha, is alive today
because Of her mothers premonition az
she knelt In prayer at q church that
something was wrong at home.
Leaving church hastily as the services
drew to q close, Mrs. Cornelius Grosz
hastened home and, finding tho door
locked, peered through q window and
found that Dorothy Jane had been over.
come by gas after coffee pot had
boiled over and extinguished the flame
halator squad revived the girl.
Mrs. Grosz said that as she knelt In
prayer she felt her thoughts drawn
away from her prayers to Dorothy Jane,
who had been left seated in a rocking
chair. The girl, q night club enter
tainer, had recently been i'll and was
still weak as Q result Of the illness.
Evening star., 1934-01-22

A POSTER depicting a gay clown
~ was awarded first prize yester-
II day in the annual poster con-
1 \ test Of the Arts Club Bal
Boheme. 1t Is the work Of
Miss Vaughn Darby, 1888 Kalorama
road, a member Of the class at the
Abbott School of Fine and Commercial
Art.
The winner was awarded $25 Sec
ond and third prizes, SIS and tickets
to the bal. respectively. also went to
Washington women. The poster con-
sidered second best was the work Of
Miss Miriam Moss, 3405 Prospect ave-
nue.. a graduate Of Columbia Univer-
sity and an art teacher. Third prize
went 10 Miss Lillian Nalle, 1920 Tilden
street, an Army girl living In the city
and studying art here. One hundred
and flfty-six posters were entered in
the contest.
Six posters were under final consid-
Evening star., 1934-01-22
500 MEN TO GUARD
LOUISIANA POLLS
Arbitration Committee Chosen
to Handle Election in
New Orleans.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, January 22.-The
city Democratic primary tomorrow will
be held under the surveillance Of .
patrol Of 300 armed men subject to
orders from an arbitration committee
drawn from all factions, and under the
threat Of prosecution by the district
attorney II any registration or ballot
box frauds are attempted.
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley. now
bitterly at odds politically with Senator
Huey P. Long, threatened last week to
use 10000 policemen If necessary to
insure an orderly election and Gov. O..
K. Allen. friendly to Long, offered .
gesture Of State troops when an inves-
tigation Of pay rolls of State depart
ments located In New Orleans was sug-
But today factional armed uprisings
had capitulated to the settlement Of
polling disputes that may arise by the
arbitration Of seven citizens drawn from
all factions. who were enlisting 300 spe-
cial police guards for election day duty.
Under the agreement reached the
regular policemen will not be permitted
to wear partisan badges and no liquor
may be sold or consumed at or near
voting booth.
The four candidates for mayor who
approved the arbitration agreement on
behalf Of their candidates. and the
tickets they head were: Mayor Walm-
sley, seeking reelection at the head
of the old regular organization ticket;
Francis Williams independent candi-
date. heading his ticket of asserted
anti-Long and anti-Walmsley candi-
dates; John Klorer, candidate for
mayor on the Huey Long ticket. and
Herbert Homes, a candidate classed
as an independent
District Attorney Eugene Stanley's
name appeared on both the Francis
Williams and the Mayor Walmsley
tickets.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
FALL PROVES FATAL
TO RETIRED ACTRESS
Amelia Shaw Summerville Dies at
7l-Won Renown as Come.
dienne in the 90s.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 22.-Amelis
Shaw summerville, . popular actress OF
q generation ago. died yesterday from
the effects Of . fractured hip suffered
in fall on icy pavement. She was u
years old.
Attendants at the Bible Institute
where she lived, said she had been q
friend for many years Of Henry E
Dixie. the veteran star. critically III N
Bellevue Hospital. They once were CO.
stars, 1t was said.
The actress had appeared in "Trilby'
and Mary. Mountain Maid" Her last
role. several years ago. was In "Ihe
She was born Amelia M. Shaw In
County Kildare. Ireland. taking the
name Sunmerville when she went on
the stage at the age Of II.
She was the author Of Speaking
Voice." and at the time Of her last ILL
ness was writing another book on voice
culture. which she taught after her re-
tirement from the stage.
Her husband. Fred Rummels. an actor
died many years ago. Her daughter
Mrs. Grace Stickels, survives.
Miss Summerville, who was injured on
January when she fell outside heI
home, was one Of the most hilarious
comediennes Of the sos and 90s.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
FILES OF WET GROUP
WILL BE PRESERVED
Shouse Says Papers Will Aid Fu-
ture Historians of Prohi.
bition Era.
BY the Associated Press.

by tne hSSOCldteQ fIeSS.
All files of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment will be
presented to the Library Of Congress for
preservation as reference and research
material. Jouett Shouse. president Of
the association, said yesterday in his
last annual report.
THE complete story Of the collapse
Of national prohibition in the United
States is to be preserved there for
historians Of the future" Shouse said
Those files will constitute a reservoir
Of incalculable value to students bent
on detailed research into the prohibi-
ton era"
The report was largely a chronicle
which Shouse said was designed Ito
stand as a convenient handbook OF the
repeal movement and an invaluable
guide for future reference when in
quiries are undertaken as to how repeal
was carried to its final, triumphant
conclusion"
Evening star., 1934-01-22
President to Ask
$3.50, 100000 Grant
For CiuiL Works
Viii Hold Request to That
Figure Despite Pleas
for Continuance.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt was described to-
day at the White House - unswerving
from his budget. and planning to ask
Congress this week for funds to con-
tinue the Civil Works Administration
only until May.
This will involve about $3.50. .C00, 900
Of the $1,166, 10000 which will be
asked to meet budget requirements for
this year.
There is considerable pressure to
have the c. w. A. extended indefinitely,
but it was reiterated the President has
given no intimation Of abandoning his
original plan to taper OF the program
by May.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
IS ALUMNI AWARDS
ANNOUNCED AT YALE
Scholarships Totaling $32, 1856 Be.
vealed-Chevy Chase Youth
on List.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated fIeSS.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, January 22-
The award of alumni scholarships to-
falling S32,866 to 78 students, among
announced last night by Yale Uni
versity.
Earl H. Nikkel Of Jose, Colo, foot
ball star and basket ball captain, and
Karl D. Warner Of Woodbury., Conn,
captain Of the track team and Olympic
runner, were among the athletes hon.
ored. Other athletes in the list in.
Guided David L. Livingston Of Honolulu.
Hawaii. swimming ace; Stewart N.
Loud Of Royal Oak, Mich, diver; Fitz-
hugh Quarter Of Short Hills, N. J., a
crew man; B. Courtney Rankin OF
Lowell. Mass; Walter A. Marting Of
Marion, Ohio. and Mather K White
head OF Westfleld, N. j., foot ball men.
Other recipients included David
Badger, Francis G. Fabirn and Fred K.
Stewart, all of Evanston, Ill; Edward
j: Fasold and Jack Franklin Of Gin
South Euclid. Ohio; Robert C. Carey.
Harman w. Mcbride, Allyn M. sufYens
and Baldwin H. Ward. ali Of Cleveland
Heights, Ohio; Robert r. Moffett of
cleveland, Charles o. Towne Of East
Cleveland.
Franklin H. Blackmer of Steamboat
Springs, Colo; Richard Galland of
Denver, Colo; Robert H. Footman of
Kansas City, Mo-; Samuel P. King Of
kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii; Richard P.
Thomson of Baltimore, Md.
Judson Bradway Of Birminpham.
Mich; Charles T. Alexander Of Detroit
Mich; John M. Gates. jr., of Baltimore; !;
Nelson M. Loud Of Royal Oak, Mich. !;
Herbert G. Miller Of Columbus, Ohio;
George T. Broadfoot of San Rafael.
Calf: Frederick H. Chute and Dexter
N. Thompson of Minneapolis, MINI. !:
Harry M. Day Of Baker, Greg; James
H. Childs, jr., and Henry L. McClin-
tock OF Pittsburgh, Donald J. Meyer Of
Wenster Groves, Mo-; Robert A. Parish
of Hollywood, Calf; Robert A. Mattern
OF Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
JAILED UPR00TING TREE
Vanderbilt q. Freshmen Spend
Hour in Nashville Jail.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, January a.
Five fraternity freshmen at Wander
bilt University were ordered by upper
classmen to uproot a three in q resi-
dental section, and they went to work
without question. But where should
the tree be but right by the home Of
Richard M. Atkinson, prosecuting at.
to9ney. The five frosh were arrested
and put behind the bars. However,
after an hours incarceration the jailers
get the amateur tree-fellers.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
ARTIFICIAL LUNG SAVES
pneumonia SUFFERER
Man Breathes Again Unaided a
Crisis Is Past-Fireman At.
tended for Week.

Richard Plummer, 4539 Conduit
road, q pneumonia sufferer, was able
to breath unaided today for the first
time since last Tuesday, when the Fire
RESCUE Squard was called In to admin
lister oxygen.
During the past week q fireman has
been in constant attendance to supervise
use OF an artificial lung. Today at
tending physicions decided the crisis
was past and told the fremen their
services were no longer necessary.
Plummer, a 45-year-old steamfitter,
was on the point of death early last
Tuesday morning and the rescue squad
was summoned after hope for his life
had almost been given up. For several
days oxygen was administered contin-
uously and for the last few days at
intervals when his breathing became
labored.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
LAUDS POLICY IN CUBA

SANTIAGO, Chile, January ~ R.-
The government owned newspaper
Nacion yesterday expressed admiration
for the Cuban policy Of President Roose-
welt,
Dezpite attacks from Caribbean dele
gates at Montevideo, the newspaper
said Secretary Of State Hull Of the
United States succeeded In carrying
the Rooseveltian atmosphere Of the
new international policy Of the good
neighbor" to Latin Americans, couvinc.
ing them the present course u not linked
with the past.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
ARRAIGNED IN FORGERY

Harold Rowland, Forestville, Md,
was arraigned in Police Court this
morning on charges Of forgery growing
out Of his alleged signature Of the
name Of Rev. james Trimble Marshall,
jr., also Of Forestville, to q number Of
checks. He was held for grand Jury
action under bond Of $500. Rev.
Marshall is pastor Of the Forestville
Episcopal Church.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
IND0RSE PENSION BILL
University Park Citizens Notify
Chairman Norton Of Support.

The American University Park Citi-
Gems Association today notified Chair
Committee thai 1t indorses her old-age
security bill.
the District are to be considered at q
subcommittee meeting tomorrow morn
ing called by Representatives Charles
]. O'Brten Of Illinois, chairman, who
predicts that favorable report on this
legislation will be made to the District
Committee ON Wednesday.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Rain and some
what warmer tonight and tomorrow:
lowest temperature tonight about ~
degrees; colder tomorrow night; mod
crate east. shifting to south winds.
Maryland and Virginia-Rain tonight
night and in east and central portions
to-. brow; colder tomorrow night and
in extreme west portion in the after
noon.
West Virginia-Rain tonight and to-
morrow; somewhat warmer tonight;
colder tomorrow.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
DIVORCE PLANS DROPPED
Sidney Fox and Husband Hope
for Reconciliation.

HOLLYWOOD, January ~ tP.-
Sidney Fox and her husband. Charles
Beahan, who separated during quar-
rel at a New Year party, have talked
things over. they said yesterday, and
decided to abandon all plans for .
divorce for the present.
I'm spite of our recent difficulties"
said Miss Fox. film actress. '>our mar
riage has meant too much to both Of US
to end 1t without serious consideration.
We have determined to take time to
think things out
Beahan, film director. said: IT sin
cerely hope that our trial separation
will eventually bring about q complete
reconciliation.