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demonstrate, and that this is the
only way to stop the mass lay-offs
of workers from the CWA.
Hundreds Of thousands of work
ers are being laid off all over the
country. Available funds are be-
ing thrown into war preparations,
especially in connection with PWA
projects. Even the Civil Works
Administration has adopted this
policy and the construction of "air.
ports" has taken priority over Other
types of projects.
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Calls for Organization

NEW YORK.-The organization
of Committees of Action on every
CWA job, in answer to the firing
of CWA workers by Roosevelt, is
an immediate task, Herbert Ben
jamin, national organizer of the
Unemployed Councils, said Satur-
day. "The unemployed workers
are thoroughly aroused at the fact
that Roosevelt's order has already
fired hundreds of thousands from
CWA projects, and cut hours of
work and consequently wages OF
the rest from 20 to so per cent.
he said.
"The Unemployed Councils, Ma.
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arranged Tor AL
fred ITALIA in Wabash, Miami,
Grant and Madison counties, are
being held with John Marshall,
secretary of the Ohio Farmers
League. and Erik Bert, editor Of
the FARMERS WEEKLY speak
ing.
The charge against the three is
resisting an officer"
Protests to the sheriff, the
circuit Judge and the governor Of
Indiana are called for in state
ments issued by the United Farm
ers League and the Farmers Ma
tional Committee. for Action. A
defense fund, to make bond, and TO
fight the case in court and through
mass action, is urgently needed.
Eye witnesses Of the events Of
the day, when the three were az
rested, have described the affair
in a connected form.
The farmers first gathered at
the farm of Gearhart, at Lees
vile, which was to have been fore
closed. To the assembled farmers,
Tiala declared:
"The sale must be prevented and
If we do not prevent it violence
will follow and there will be blood
shed later when many of US farm
ers are evicted from our homes.
We must prevent this sale Of Mr..
Gearhart's farm. We must not
permit bids to be made"
Fight Tax Sales
He also urged resistance in the
coming delinquent tax sale to be
held Feb. 13.
The farmers then went to War
saw, the county seat, where the
foreclosure sale was scheduled to
be held. Tiala was a member of
the committee which discussed the
matter with Gearheart, Sheriff
Person, and George Bowser, local
attorney for the Federal Land
! Bank. When Bowser and authori-
ties refused to cancel the sale
Tiala and the farmers left the sher-
ifs office. To a group of farm
ers in the corridor, Tiala said:
i care we going to permit them
to sell this farm?" With this
statement, the crowd closed il
from behind and pushed the lanc
bank attorney into the street. HI
was Immediately surrounded by 9
large crowd of farmers.
"I was unable to move in any
direction" Mr.. Bowser told a news
: paper reporter. "I suffered M
+ physical violence but l was vir
: tually imprisoned from 1:15 until
o after S:15 o'clock"
"Some Of the group surrounding
{ me tried to protect me. One Eel
r low struck at me and hit one o.
: the persons protecting me. An
S other tried to strike me but ther'
/ was no attempt towards real VIC
e lence."
= "Had tried to free myself ant
d submit my bid they probabl,
IS would have resorted to violence
for many of them were angry"
l. Bowser was held by the farmer
> for two hours
n The Fort Wayne Journal Ga
l. zette describes the subsequen
l. events as follows:
e An ORIGINAL crowd of 200 farm
!. ers present at 2 o'clock swelleC
d throughout the AFTERNOON until I'll
} entire south side IF the COURTEOUS
le lawn ard sidewalk was iaromed.
d As tho crowd Increased the she,
d iff and civ police st~engthene
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which must be
raised in bond at
once to free the
three defendants.
Trial has been
set for Feb. 1.
No one except
the attorney is
permitted to see
the prisoners.
The meetings
arranpad for AL
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OPPOSITION GROWS.
AS THOUSANDS ARE
CUT OFF CIVILWORKS
Roosevelt Receives 5000 Letters Each Day Protesting
CWA Cuts; Convention Against Unemployment
Opens February
Chicago Workers VIII Demonstrate Against Lay-Offs-
Despite Refusal of Police to Grant Permits;
Many Demonstrations Feb. S

WASHINGTON, D. C.-With more than 1900 letters
coming to President Roosevelt each day protesting the dis
elimination Of CWA work the White House faced this
week with stronger opposition his reliefcung
activities in The Convention against Unemployment whrh
Evening star., 1934-09-24
AIRLINER PERILED
BY JAMMED GEAR

Ten passengers aboard New York
Washington airliner suffered nearly
20 minutes of anxiety this afternoon
when the retractable landing gear of
their plane failed to function properly
and the pilots circled over the city
until they made an investigation and
determined that it was safe to land.
After receiving orders by radio from
the ground to land at Washington Air
port, Chief Pilot c. c. Taliaferro set
the big plane down for a normal land
ing. and after inspection it was pro-
uounced ready to continue on its run.
Taliaferro said the electric motor
operating the right landing wheel re-
fused to stop at the raised position
and pulled the right wheel up through
the top of its cowling, jamming the
gear temporarily. He was able to re-
lease it almost Immediately, but was
unwilling to attempt a landing until
he could determine whether the
wheel had been damaged.
Field officials said the passengers
apparently were not alarmed and that
three of them Immediately made res
ervations to fly back to New York
after landing
For a time a landing at Boiling
Field was considered and fire truck
and Army ambulance were held ready
there in case of accident.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
WARDMAN SALES
UPHELDBY COURT
Dissatisfied BondhoIders
Given Opportunity to
Join With Others.

The bitterly contested foreclosure
sale of the so-called Wardman prop
critics, upon which $ll,000,000 Of
bonds were issued and sold to the
public. was temporarily upheld today
by the majority of the Court of APP
peals in an opinion giving the dis
satisfied bondholders an opportunity
to place themselves on an equal foot
ing with those approving the sale
Associate Justices Groner and Hitz
refused, however, to concur in this
action Their dissenting opinion
termed the provision of the majority
for the dissenting bondholders "a
mere makeshift," and said it was
perfectly clear the decree Of sale
imposed conditions which inevitably
tended to throttle bidding and de-
preciate the value of the properties
to be sold"
Included in Properties.
The wardman properties include
the Wardman Park Hotel, Carlton
Hotel, Chastleton Apartments, Ca
thedral Mansions, north and center;
Connecticut Avenue and Davenport
Apartments. Boulevard Apartments,
Stoneleigh Court, Department of JUS
tice Building and 27OO Connecticut
avenue
Built at a cost of approximately
$4,000 900. these properties were re-
financed in 1928 through Halsey
Stuart g. Co., Inc. and Hambleton
& Co.. Inc, New York bankers A
refinancing mortgage was issued and
Sl1 100000 of bonds sold. The mort
gage covered all of the properties, al
though several of them were already
encumbered to the extent of approx
mately S4000,000
In 1881 the owning company. Ward
man Real Estate Properties, Inc.
failed to meet an interest payment
The trustees of the mortgage lnsti-
tuted foreclosure proceedings and a
"Bondholders' Protective Committee
was formed
After protracted litigation, in which
minority group of bondholders Wig
orously opposed the proposed condi-
tions of sale. the lower court issued
a decree ordering the foreclosure sale
and the properties were bought in by
n
Evening star., 1934-09-24
HAT7PTNANN TO BE TRIED
FOR MURDER IN JERSEY;
LINDY SAW KIDNAPER
Man Passed Colonel
Waiting in Car for Condor
Flyer, on acknowledgement Trip,
Watched Man Flee after Taking
Close Look at Automobile.

talking preparatory to completing
the ransom transaction, the man
dropped his handkerchief to the
streot-apparently as signal to
John that the way was clear.
A moment later John" disap-
peared in the shadows of the ceme-
terry and the lookout" was lost to Col.
Lindbergh's view as he ran down
East fremont avenue.
Even before Col. Lindbergh saw this
other man on the night of the futile
ransom transaction, experts who had
examined the series of ransom let
tiers were convinced that all of them
had been dictated to the person who
wrote them, The Star also learned
today.
This conviction was predicated
largely on the fact that difficult words
had been spelled correctly in the
notes, while words ordinarily con-
sidered easy to spell were garbled.
The consensus of the experts was
that the letters had been composed
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Evening star., 1934-09-24
ROOSEVELT NAMES
OHIO REPUBLICAN
Henry E. Hoagland Is Appointed
to Home Loan Bank
Board.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, September "a.
President Roosevelt today appointed
Henry E. Hoagland of Ohio to the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board, sue
ceeding Walter Newton of Minnesota,
secretary to former President
Hoover
Hoagland is regarded as an author
ity on building and loan mortgage
legislation. advising the Ohio State
Department of Commerce in this ca
pacity He is Republican. He Is
native of Illinois.
Since July % of this year, Hoagland
has been special advisor to the Fed
eral Home Loan Bank Board in for
mulating regulations for the Savings
g. Loan Insurance Corp.
The President also appointed James
L. O'Toole. jr., of Pittsburgh, col
lector of internal revenue for the
twenty-third district of Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
BY REX COLLIER.

There was another man In the
Lindbergh kidnapping plot-a mys-
terious accomplice who masked his
face with a handkerchief-and Col.
Charles A Lindbergh saw him on the
night DR.. John F. Condor paid
S5O.O0O ransom to John" at st. Ray
mond'S Cemetery, the Bronx.
The man with the handkerchief
shielding his face passed Col. Lind
bergh as the latter waited in his car
on the night of April 2, 1882. near
the spot where "Jafsie" was handing
a box of money to the man who
investigators declare was Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann.
After looking at Lindbergh's car
the man, still holding the handker-
chief to his face to hide his features,
started running around the corner of
an intersection near the scene of Con-
don't weird rendezvous with John"
As he reached a spot on East Ire
mont avenue. in plain view o. the
place where Condor and John" were
Evening star., 1934-09-24
.L|NDBERGHS HEAD
HOME ON FLIGHT
Renew Trip On Schedule
That Will Land Them in
Gotham Wednesday.
BY the Associated Press.
BULLETIN.


AMARILLO, Tex. September "a
(PD.-Col. and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindpergh. who are flying East in
connection with the investigation
of the kidnapping and Staying Of
their first son. were reported to
have landed in a pasture near
Spearman, Tex. at 1880 am.
(mountain standard time) today.
WINSLOW, Ariz., September "a
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
left the airport here at $50 am. (M
S. T.) today in a resumption of their
flight to New York where they were
called by the investigation Of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, held in the kid
nap-slaying of their first son.
They expected to stop at Albu-
querque or Amarillo for fuel.
The noted flying couple slipped
quietly out of Saugus, Calf, yester-
day morning, arriving here at 6 o'clock
last night.
Secrecy covered their movements
The plane was flown 60 miles from
Los Angeles to Saugus by Clarence
Robey. a commercial pilot, nd the
Lindberghs drove by automobile to
the obscure airport and hoped of
without giving any indication of their
intended route or stops. Nothing was
heard from them until the plane
landed here. Together the Lind
berghs rolled their craft into hangar
made arrangements for an early de-
parture and drove to hotel where
they asked not to be disturbed.
Apparently they did not intend tc
reach New York until Wednesday
when the colonel will appear before
the Bronx County grand jury.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
GEORGE S. WILSON
FOUND DEAD IN BED
Former Director of D. C.
Public Welfare Board
SuCCumbS Suddenly.

George Smith Wilson, former direc-
tor of the Board of Public Welfare,
who retired May 81 after "a years of
District service, was found dead in
bed at his home, 1901 Georgia ave-
nue., today at $50 am. Mr.. Wilson
was IS.
Mr.. Wilson's brother Samuel, who
lives at the Wilson home, found the
former director dead when he went
to call him this morning. The fam
lily physician, DR.. Alfred V. Parsons,
was summoned. but life was extinct.
Wilson's two sons, George Wilson,
jr., of the District Highway Depart
ment, and James Wilson of the Traffic
Department were called Immediately.
Miss Mary E. Allen, Wilson's secre-
tary for many years, also was notified.
Mr. Wilson went to a ball game
yesterday afternoon and retired last
night apparently feeling well.
He was retired as director Of the
Board of Public Welfare at his own
request when he reached the age
of IS.
Mr.. Wilson completed his service TO
the District last May after "a years
of work in the interests of the Cap
ital's welfare and penal institutions.
he was retired at his own request as
soon as he became IS. Six months
before his retirement, he had con-
fided to close personal friends that
he believed he should give up the well
fare post because of the increase in
work resulting from the unemploy-
ment situation and his conviction that
his job called for "the services of a
younger man anu more energetic di-
rector"
Mr.. Wilson came to Washington in
1895 as secretary to the Associated
Charities. In 1900 he became secre-
tary to the Board of Public Charities
of the District. He remained in the
Continued on Page 4, Column %
Evening star., 1934-09-24
ROOSEVELT SILENT.
ON GEN. JOHNSON
M aintains NoncommittaI
Attitude, but Watches
Situation Closely.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

stan correspondent VI Ilc old4
HYDE PARK, N. Y. September "a.
Continuing an attitude of silence
regarding a fresh crop of rumors
out of Washington concerning reor-
ganization of the N. R. A., Presi-
dent Roosevelt is proceeding today, in
his customary calm and unruffled
manner, with the plans for reshaplng
this major agency of his program.
One of the reports was that these
plans would be announced this week.
Mr.. Roosevelt's study of this diff
cult problem, as we'll as his constant
exploration of general business con-
ditions," today included long con-
ference with Gerard Swope, presi-
dent of the General Electric Co., and
former chairman of the N. R. A. In
dustrial Advisory Board.
In making this appointment with
Mr.. Swope, noted advocate of in
dustrial self-government, the Presi-
dent made it evident that he not
only wanted to hear Mr.. Swope'S
VIEWS SCllCA any
but also desired to get his opinion
upon some of the tentative plans
drafted by the President and his asso-
ciates for recognizing N. r. A. 1t
is recognized that Mr.. Swope is well
acquainted with the Set-up of this
agency, having acquired this knowl-
edge during the period he served as
head of the industrial advisory group.
He is supposed also to have some well
established views as to how this huge
machine might be improved.
The Presidents conference with
Swope was concluded just before
luncheon. Afterwards the President
said I'VE talked about most every
thing" Nothing more specific was
said
When asked if Swope was being
considered for appointment to one of
the major positions in the new set-up
being planned for the N. r. A., there
was no comment.
Watching Things Closely.
While the President is maintaining
a strictly non-committal attitude re-
garding these new changes, especially
regarding the one to the effect that
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, national recov-
cry administrator, is either "out" Of
(Continued on Page S, Column -
Evening star., 1934-09-24
"EMIR" TO BE GOOD
Anne Gould Charges He Annoyed
Her With Telephone Calls.

NEW YORK, September "a P.-
Miss Anne D. Gould, 81, with her
wealthy father, Jay Gould, appeared
in night court last night to accuse
the self-titled Mohammed Al-Ras-
child II, American-born, "Emir OF
Kurdistan," of annoying her with
telephone calls.
The "en,ir," who said he was born
in Detroit, Mich, promised he would
not bother Miss Gould any more and
was given a suspended sentence on a
charge of disorderly conduct. He said
he had not intended to annoy the
socially prominent daughter of the
railroad and financial family, that he
had sought only to have her accept
part in my opera"
In answer to questions, the "emir"
said he is q writer by profession.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
BY the Associated Press.

MARKSVILLE, La, September "a
The Marksville Volunteer Fire Depart
ment yesterday put out" Huey Long
temporarily. at least.
Trouble between the "Kingfsh" and
the volunteer firemen, and a near clash
between the volunteers and Huey's
State police bodyguards. developed
while Long was making a campaign
speech on the court house steps in be-
half of Lieut. Gov. John B. Fournets
disputed candidacy for the Supreme
Court.
Suddenly a fire alarm-a screaming
siren atop the court house-let loose
one terrific blast and followed it up
with six more.
Immediately the volunteer fireboys
came dashing up the street looking for
the fire.
TRAFFIC around the court house square
was congested. Firemen did a great
deal Of bell changing and siren blowing
in vain attempt to get through and
motorists responded with an equal
amount Of horn footing, shouting and
laughing
Senator Long shouted into his loud
speaker to the effect that Marksville's
Evening star., 1934-09-24
Fiiremen Rouse Huey Longs Ire
For ANSWERING Alarm at Rally
Volunteer Department Makes Run
Amid Great Chatter, Lnterrupting
Speech of Angry ''Kingfish."

volunteers were "hoodlums" and that
they were deliberately trying to drown
out his political speech.
Mayor E. M. Laborde jumped to the
defense of his fire boys.
The volunteer firemen of Marks
vile are not hoodlums," he cried, add
ing, Il belong to the volunteer force
myself"
The location of the fire was and
still is moot question. There was a
strong suspicion there wasn't any.
State highway policemen, who are
accompanying Senator Long and his
candidate on their projected tour of
the Supreme Court district. prepared
to arrest the volunteer fremen.
Sheriff J. j. Jeansonne came in
right behind the State police and
ordered them away.
Meanwhile, the "KingfiSh' was
shouting into the microphone charg
ing that his political enemies in New
Orleans probably had something to do
with the fire alarm and threatening to
invoke all manner of punishment on
their heads.
The excitement gradually subsided
and Long went ahead with his speech.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
DISCoRD OVER LOCKOUTS.
Concord Strikers Told Jobs Have Been
Filled

CHARLOTTE, N. c., September "a
Rj.-Erstwhile strikers, finding them
SeleveS locked out as they sought to
return to work at numerous mills, set
up new rumbling of discord in the
Carolinas' textile industry today.
Although mills in many sectors ran
quietly with full forces and no re-
ported friction, reports from others
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Evening star., 1934-09-24
Acting Captain Declares
Master Warned Him to
Watch Radio Man.
SULPHURIC ACID TAKEN
FROM OPERATOR, HE SAYS
Contradicts Testimony That There
Was Disorganization on
Bridge of Liner.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 24.-Testi-
mony that he feared George I. Alagna,
assistant radio operator on the burned
liner Moro Castle, would throw acid
in the face of Capt Robert Willmott
was given today by William F. Warns,
acting captain of the ship.
Warns, who assumed command OF
the Moro Castle when Willmott died
several hours before the palatial
pleasure boat was destroyed by fire
September 8, was the first witness
called at this weeks hearing into the
disaster by a Department Of Com
merce Board.
He testified that the day before the
tragedy which cost 1872 lives Capt
Willmott told him he was vaguely
apprehensive.
Keep an eye on that fellow
Alagna," Warns quoted the captain
as saying. He has two bottles of
sulphuric acid. Do you know I keep
my door locked?"
Feared for Captain.
Warns then declared he feared that
Alagna would throw the soaring acid
in the captains face.
A mate took the acid from Alagna,
the witness said.
Warns contradicted the testimony
given by Alagna last week that there
was disorganiZation on the bridge of
the Moro Castle He said he had in
structed Alagna to send out the o S
at 3:18 m, and that the fire on the
ship was discovered Just before 3
o'clock"
The Federal grand jury, too, re-
Sumed its investigation Of the marine
disaster, with about so crew members
waiting to testify.
Officials to Be Called.
The acting captain was called first
in today's session by Dickerson N.
Hoover. assistant director of the Board
Of Navigation. after Chief Radio Off
Ger George w. Rogers was excused
until later when he pleaded pressing
personal business.
Hoover also disclosed he would call
officials of the Ward Line, operators
of the Moro Castle, tomorrow or the
next day to question them on certain
events and practices in connection
with their operation of the ship.
When Warns took the stand his
face was still lined and haggard, but
his voice was firmer than when he
originally appeared before the board
two days after his ship was lost. His
laft u-oc etiIl IN handaOeS
Under questioning by Capt. Nielsen,
Warns testified he was about 8 miles
off Sea Girt when he swung around
on the quarter and ordered Stand by
on his engine room telegraph.
Il wanted to swing her around and
keep the fire forward so We could fight
the fire" Warns said,
What were your orders?"
Il ordered the quartermaster to give
the engine room stand by and then
after hard astern on starboard, the
signal to stop"
When was this?"
About minutes after g."
During the fire what orders did
you give to the wheel?"
Hard left. I wanted the wind on
her quarter to keep the fire forward.
When the wheel let 60 used the en-
gines. trying to test the wind. When
the engine room telegraph broke I
was helpless"
Warns revealed that on Friday
morning Capt. Robert Willmot had
told him he felt something lis going
to happen" He quoted the captain
as saying:
Keep an eye on that fellow Alagna
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
.FOXX'S 44TH HOMER
BEATS GRIFFS, 5-4
Nationals Shelled Marcum Off
Hill With Four Runs
in Fourth.
BY staff Correspondent of The Star.

By staff Correspondent of The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, September "a
Jimmy FoXx slammed his forty-fourth
home run of the season off Diggs,
Washington rookie. and the Athletics
defeated the Nationals, to 4, in the
first game of today's double-header
here.
Washington held a 4-to-3 lead at
the end of the fourth inning when
Marcum was nicked for five hits, one
q two-bagger by Powell.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
ACCUSED SLAYER FOUND
DROWNED IN LAKE ERIE
Connecticut Man, Sought for Kill
ing Partner and Wounding
Another, Is Suicide.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, September "a.
The police search for Abraham
Knopp, go, of Waterbury, Conn,
wanted as the slayer of his brother
in-law and partner in the theater
business, had ended on a pier in Lake
Erie today.
Coast Guards took Knopp's body
from Lake Erie about "a hours after
Benjamin E. Levine, his brother-in-
law, was shot and killed in a down.
town Office, and Ernest Schwartz, an
other partner in Knopp's theater here,
was wounded Police said the three
had quarreled over business matters.
DR.. Wilson G. Chamberlain, assist
ant county coroner, said Knopp COM
mitted suicide.
Evening star., 1934-09-24
Uncashed Paper Worth 1000
Found in Clerks BELONGINGS

$4,000 in uncashed checks and money
orders
Most of the checks and money
orders were for amounts ranging from
ST to 81, representing for the most
part fees for recordations, licenses,
abstracts and other routine services.
Brown died in August at the age
of IS. He was widely known as the
oldest county clerk in the State in
point of continuous service. He was
a Democrat
The checks and orders were found
in almost every conceivable place in
his office and his home near the
court house. They were carefully
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