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Evening star., 1934-08-21
Y JERSEY DIRT TRACKS.

tration's program Of relief and re-
covery legislation. His ability, cour-
age, foreefulness, quick thinking and
his faculty for winning and holding
the support of his colleagues on both
sides of the aisle Is well recognized.
While O'Connor Of New York has
served two more terms in Congress
than Mccormack and therefore out
ranks him in seniority, his experience
has not brought him so favorably be-
fore the House membership as q
whole as has the service of McCor-
mack on the Ways and Means Com
mittee, where he has been chairman
of an important subcommittee. Nc
Cormack took very prominent part
in putting through the tariff and
revenue measures In the last Con-
gress. Besides that O'Connor is said
to be unable to get the support Of his
own Tammany delegation. McCor-
mack makes q stronger appeal TO
members from the Western States
and has many friends throughout all
the States.
Other Candidates.
While the speakership succession
Is not settled and may result in q
hectic within-party contest, there are
other candidates awaiting their
chance. The list Of contenders in
cludeS:
Representatives Sam Reyburn Of
Texas, William B. Bankhead and
John McDufie of Alabama, Clifton
Woodrum Of Virginia, Lindsay War
rem Of North Carolina and John E.
Rankin of Mississippi.
Rankin announced his candidacy
last night at his home in Tupelo.
IT announced several months ago"
he said, that would not be q con-
tender at the coming session of Con-
gress against Speaker Rainey, but
that If he were not in the contest I
would be q candidate" t-
. McDufie said he expected to confer
with Bankhead, chairman of the Rules
Committee, who once gave way to
McDufie's candidacy when both
sought the speakership.
To prevent rancor that might
threaten the smooth functioning Of
the legislative new deal, party leaders
were expected to seek q compromise
in an attempt to satisfy various ele-
ments.
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Continued From First Page.)
the general secretary of the Fascis
party.
Because Florence is the center oi
military maneuvers the city Is under
strict wartime measures and the
heads of the neighboring governments
entered it under cover Of darkness
early today. II Duce, after watching
the maneuvers in the neighboring
war zone," drove into Florence In
his automobile.
schuschnigg. travelling by train
came in with minimum OF fan
fare. His train was shunted to q
special siding in the Florence station
at an early hour, after he had passed
through the war zone" All lights
were out on the train and only the
sparks from its locomotive stack and
its roar signified its passage.
Austria's continued independence
against Nazi-ism, recently crushed in
a revolution which cost the life Of
the late Chancellor Dollfuss, is the
prime topic before Mussolini and
Schuschnigg.
II Duce, who recently withdrew
troops he rushed to the border during
fighting in Austria, conferred last
week with Prince Ernst Won Starhem-
berg, Austria's vice chancellor. Mus
solini has bluntly let Germany know
Italy would not tolerate a union
of Germany and Austria.
The leaders will spend the entire
day together, for the conference is to
be a one-day affair. It was under
stood Mussolini, who was a close
friend Of Dollfuss. would offer
Schuschnigg a similar friendship and
backing.
Welcomed by Mussolini.
Mussolini saluted Schuschnigg wher
the latter got off his train and ther
warmly shook his hand, welcoming
him to Italy in German.
Schuschnigg was dressed in civilian
clothes, while II Duce wore a .slouch
costume and white yachting cap, ir
which he had been attending the
army maneuvers.
Suvich, dressed in the Fascist fielc
uniform: Starace and Baron Aloisi
Italian delegate to the League of Ma.
tions, also greeted Schuschnigg.
The station was filled with Fascist
military organizations and a detach-
ment Of Florentine guards, dressed ir
the medieval uniform of the Medici
A military band played the Fascis,
anthem as the Austrian chancellor
and his private secretary left the
train,
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SOUTHEAST AREA
IMPROVING URGED
GotWaIs Seeks Speed in
Needed Provisions Be-
fore Retirement.

Speed In provision Of needed i'm
provements for the southeast section
of Washington will be urged by Maj.
John c. Gotwals as one Of his last
acts as Engineer Commissioner Of the
District.
Maj. Gotwals announced yesterday
he had recommended that the Com
missioners seek congressional ap-
proval Of many OF the long list Of de-
mands for improvements voiced by
southeast civic and business groups.
Some of these already are contained
In District plans and he asked that
the Commissioners give their support
to others still dependent upon con-
gressional action.
Urges Garbage Removal.
After long and serious study, Maj.
Gotwals recommends removal Of the
garbage transfer station from its pres
ent location at New Jersey avenue and
X street southeast to new location,
as yet undetermined, In q section
which is entirely industrial. Opera
ton Of this plant in southeast Wash
ington has been one Of the principal
subjects of complaint by southeast
citizens.
Even in an industrial location, Maj.
Gotwals believes the transfer plant
should be housed in O closed brick
structure.
Mai. Gotwals asked that the Com
missioners urge Congress to make
available in the next District appro-
priation a sum of $300,0 for start
ing Of construction Of new 81 ,000, 900
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge to re-
place the old span now crossing the
Anacostia River. The Commissioners
already had planned to ask for the
drafting Of plans for new bridge.
Construction Of q swimming pool
in Anacostia Park, between Pennsyl-
varlia avenue and East Capitol street,
is another proposal approved by the
Engineer Commissioner.
Maj. Gotwals also approved removal
Of the center parking on Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, from the Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Bridge as far north
west as Eleventh street southeast, to
eliminate trafic hazards.
Approves New Boulevard.
Development Of o new boulevard
highway, as substitute for Minne-
sofa avenue and Anacostia road, to
run from Benning road northeast to
Pennsylvania avenue southeast, also
Is approved by Maj. Gotwals.
The Engineer Commissioner empha- 10
sized that bids will be opened August
81 for construction of an Anacostia
junior high school, which will be the
largest Of its type in the city. Appro-
priation funds already are available.
He announced also that contracts
have been let for laying of two 30
inch water mains in the line of
Eleventh street, to serve Southeast
Washington.
While Southeast groups are seeking
q diagonal boulevard from the Mall
to their section, Maj. Gotwals points
out the difficulties Of this in relation
to Federal planning, and suggests in
stead q curved roadway from Fourth
street to Constitution avenue, just
south of Pennsylvania avenue. He
explained also that plans are under
way to widen and extend through the
Southeast section Independence ave-
nue.. the south border Of the Mall.
Evening star., 1934-08-21
|NDUSTRY'SV| VIEW
Of STRIKE SOUGHT
Bruere Talks With Sloan
Following UItimatum of
Textile Workers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Robert Bruere. chairman of the Cot
ton Textile Industrial Relations
Board, conferred today in New York
with George A. Sloan, chairman Of the
Cotton Textile Code Authority. on the
attitude of the cotton industry toward
the proposed general strike.
The conference apparently was due
to the ultimatum announced yester-
day by Francis j. German, chairman
of the Strike Committee of the United
Textile Workers, that "the next move
is up to the industry or the admins
tration"
Compromise Is Sought.
Bruere, as head of the agency set
up to deal with labor disputes in the
cotton textile industry, for the last
few DAYS has been in conference with
other administration agencies in an
effort to draft compromise plan
to be submitted to labor and the
manufacturers.
Unofficial reports indicated the
controversy might be turned over to
Secretary Perkins of the Labor De-
partment. Sources close to the new
ly created National Labor Relations
Board said it was the opinion of the
members of that agency that the
threatened textile walkout was OBJ
viously a case involving mediation
and. as such, subject to the jurisdic-
ton Of the Department of Labor.
Other reports, however. indicated
that the textile situation would be
considered soon by group of repre-
sentatives from the several agencies,
including the Department of Labor.
established to deal with labor con-
troversy.
Board Meets Tomorrow.
The Cotton Textile Industrial Re
lations Board will meet tomorrow to
discuss the situation.
Already leaders of the union have
arrived here, declaring they are going
ahead with their plan to instruct
100000 workers to leave their ma
chimes before September / to protest
what they term abuses Of the stretch
out, code violations and enmity to-
ward labor organizations.
The strike leaders established head
quarters here, with regional offices in
Providence, r. L; Cohoes. N. Y,
Philadelphia and Greenville. S. c.
German said it was doubtful If the
entire industry would be called out
at once, explaining that few extra
days might be needed before the silk
and rayon and woolen and worsted
divisions could be ordered from the
mills.
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MEXICAN POLO TEAM
WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY
Army Group Will Meet U. S.
Players in Matches Sept.
10, % and 26.

The Mexican Army polo team, which
will compete against the u S. Army
team in a series of international
matches September 49, % and 26,
will arrive in Washington at am.
Friday, the International Polo Com
mittee announced today.
During its visit here the Mexican
team will stop at the Shoreham Hotel.
Among those coming here are Gen.
and Mrs. Gilberto r. Limon, Capt.
Alfonso Corona del Rosal, aide-de-
camp; Capt. Juan Gracia Zazueta,
Capt. Antonio Nava Castillo, Capt.
Quintin Reyes Chavez, Capt. Antonio
Perez Ortega, Capt. Miguel Zabalgoitia
Barron and Capt. Nicandor Chavez.
Evening star., 1934-08-21

to Seventieth, Seventy and
Seventy-third.
Representing the congressional dis
trict in which George Norris, veteran
independent Republican resides, Shall
lenberger's constituents have some
times cast their decisive ballots on
the Republican side of the ledger.
However, he spent one of his terms
out of Congress, from 1908 to 1910,
being Governor of Nebraska, which
also required votes.
Senator Sheppard, Democrat, Of
Texas has been in Congress consecu-
lively since 1902, but his service has
been divided between the House and
Senate. He is the dean" of Congress
from the standpoint of service.
Evening star., 1934-08-21

ment for breaking away from prece-
dents and tradition and sectional
lines-and doing what is best for the
whole country and for the party in
control-and to put the best fitted
man in the Office of floor leader.
Considered at Last Session.
Mccormack was considered for this
position at the opening of the last
Congress, when Rainey was elected
Speaker, and had a Southern man
been chosen Speaker instead Of Rainey,
then Mccormack would have had for
midable support for the post of floor
leader to put through the admins
Evening star., 1934-08-21

BY the Associated Press.
~ REPRESENTATIVE ADOLpH J.
SABBATH, Democrat Of Illinois
IN is new dean Of the House, but
l. Representative Ashton c.
Shallenberger, Democrat, of
Nebraska is mquestionably the old
timer here.
SABBATH dates back to the Sixtieth
Congress, beginning March 4, 1907,
IA consecutive terms, 2s years.
Shallenberger dates, intermittently,
back to the Fifty-seventh Congress. his
service beginning March 4, 1901. His
record of service. 8 terms. 16 years, not
consecutive, reads: Fifty-seventh,
Sixty-fourth, Sixty fifth, Sixty-eighth
Evening star., 1934-08-21
In Capital Letters
Bosses Number 2 Make Page One News When
Administrative Heads Sail Away to
Reap Vacation Benefits.

paper, along with the steamship SAIL
ings, beams to read his name on page
one.
Most euphonious phrase in town,
Haitian Legation" Say it three
times and see If you don't agree
Next most lyrical phrase, and to me
most mythical, Nellie Tayloe Ross
"A billion in bullion" AS director Of
the mint she uses the words a lot
=. And then, there's Admiral Hamlet.
which is a nice-sounding name
Those of us who vision Washington
as one whirIgig of buffers and white
kid gloves and caviar and calling cards
ought to know how natural and folksy
the place can be. To wit: Secretary
Of Commerce and Mrs. Dan Roper
gave a watermelon party" on their
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number 2 man out of his Winter OBJ
scurity. This, then, is the open sea-
son for the press conference with the
minor official. What he says makes
news, whereas, in the busy days, it
made merely conversation, If that.
With Attorney General Homer
Cummings on holiday in Hawaii Il
Just said that to be alliterative. He's
really back in California now, his
first assistant, William Stanley, has
been holding the spotlight. This
press conference business Is pleasant
enough, but bit perplexing.
Gosh, I wish the boys would
smile" he conf1ded to friend, as the
newspapermen trooped out OF his Of
flee.
Hull Escapes Royalty.
Cordell Hull, who'd much rather
balance a trade relations pact with
Soviet Russia than a teacup with Wis
iting japanese royalty, packed his bag
and deserted the State Department
for a Virginia camp, just about the
time the motor cycle sirens signaled
the approach, last week, of their i'm
perial highnesses, Prince and Princess
Kaya, leaving the tea-drinking priv
ilege with Undersecretary Billy Phil
lips, who, they tell me, really enjoys 1t.
Harry Hopkins, F. E. r. A. dd-
ministr1tor, tDent of to Europe to
see uhat they were doing about
relief oper there. In his absence
First Assistant Aubrey Williams
has contounded the biblical theory
and has added couple OF cu0tts
to his stature, officially speaking.
wonder if Mr.. Hopkins has at
tended any champagne dinners while
away. I imagine not. Last Winter,
down South, he went to an elegant
dinner; sat next a SNUG lady, who be-
rated him for his zeal; argued that
'the poor ought to take care OF them
selves" Each sententious sentence
was punctuated with the popping OF
a champagne cork.
Hopkins tDas furious. At the
IoDely lady. At the irony OF the
situation. Most OF all at himself
for getting roped into the dinner"
Our own number 2 officials aren't
the only ones who find a pleasant
place in the sun during the Wash
ngton Summer doldrums. The same
thing happens with the young foreign
diplomats here. Only in their case,
their triumph is more social than
political.
Out on Page One.
The Ambassador may wear himself
out during the Winter making speeches
telling how he loves Washington. But
the moment Spring is in the air he
hies to his homeland. Whereupon the
counselor of the embassy, who Is ac-
customed to finding his little parties
chronicled in the back pages of the
Evening star., 1934-08-21
STORE TO BE REPLACED

New 81, 600, 900 Structure Plan
ned for One Destroyed by Fire.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August 21
R).-A new $1,00O,0O0 department
store building to replace the structure
burned last March was announced to-
day by Joseph H. Loveman, president
of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb.
Construction Of the new building
will begin in october, Loveman's an
nouncement said.
Evening star., 1934-08-21
ISLANDS EXPRESS GRIEF
Philippines Send Message of Re
gret at Rainey's Death.

MANILA, P. T., August 21 NP.-A
resolution expressing coincidence in
the death Of Speaker Henry T. Rainey
was passed today by the Philippine
Senate. The resolution described the
Speaker as among the best friends OF
the Philippines in the United States
Congress and an able champion OF
insular independence.
Evening star., 1934-08-21
AirWoman Gets $4,000.

In recognition of her record solo
flight from England to Australia the
New Zealand cabinet has granted Miss
Jean Batten $2,500.
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Wants Farmers Taxes.

A tax collector in County Cork, Irish
Free State, reports that some Of the
farmers who should pay taxes are now
on government relief.
Evening star., 1934-08-21
BY GENEvIEvE FORBES HERRICK

w YHEN the boss is away, the
NA/ assistants steal the play.
wv That same Summer sun
which sends your number
Government official into
holiday, hiding up in the mountains
or down at the shore, brings your
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Watches Trade Pacts.

The President also will keep in
touch with the State Department
relative to the working out of trade
agreements. The trade treaty with
Cuba is the only one completed thus
far, and will be ready for the Presi-
dents signature next Friday.
The President also is anxious to have
conferences with the members of the
several commissions appointed this
Summer, with view to working out
policies and programs for the admin
istration. Among these are the men,
bers Of the Communications Commits
sion, the Securities Commission, the
Aviation Commission, the new Railway
Labor Board and the Railway Retire
ment Board.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be at Hyde Park
to greet her husband upon his arrival
as will Mrs. James Roosevelt, the
Presidents mother, who recently re-
turned to this country from a trip
abroad, and Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dali
the only daughter of the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt, and her two chill
dren.
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Continued From First Page)
family lot In Carrollton Cemetery. be-
side the graves of the Speakers faith
or and mother.
Thousands Send Condolences.
Meantime, thousands Of messages
of coincidence have been sent to WAL
nut Hill, the Rainey home. Others
have been received at the Speakers
Offices from his former colleagues,
diplomats and high Government OFF,
cials.
Many visited the Speakers cham
Der yesterday to leave their cards with
Mai. William T. Roy, assistant House
parliamentarian, who is in charge.
The Office force placed a wreath on
the Speakers dais in the House Cham
ber and laid the leaders favorite
gavel alongside.
Flags waved at half staff above the
Capitol and will remain so until after
the funeral service
The President today issued an execu-
tive order directing that flags in the
Capital and on Government buildings
in Illinois be placed at half staff to-
morrow as mark Of respect to Mr..
Rainey.
The text of the Presidents order
follows:
LAS a mark of respect to the mem
ory of the Honorable Henry T. Rainey,
late Speaker and member of the House
of Representatives of the United
States, it is hereby ordered that the
flags on the White House and public
buildings in the District of Columbia
and the State of Illinois be placed at
half mast on the day of the funeral
service at Carrollton, ILL, wednesday,
August %, 1884"
In planning to attend the funeral,
President Roosevelt is following a
precedent established by former Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover, who attended
the services for the late Speaker
Nicholas Longworth in 1881 in Cincin-
natl. The only other Speaker to die
while In Office was a Democrat-M
c. Kerr of Indiana in 1876.
Dies Of Heart Attack.
Rainey's death in a st. Louis hospi-
tai was caused by a heart attack fol-
lowing a short seige of bronchial pneu-
monia. 1t was pneumonia also that
took the life of Speaker Longworth.
In the announcement of the Presi-
dents trip to Hyde Park Saturday, it
was pointed out that this will be in
no sense a vacation
Mr.. Roosevelt will conduct the af-
fairs of his Office from small room
on the first floor of the Roosevelt
home. He will carry away with him
the various major problems requiring
immediate attention. notably the N.
r. A. reorganization plan and
drought relief program, and policies
In strikes and labor disputes.
The President will hold frequent
conferences with members of his ad-
ministration, and will be faced with
the task of making number Of i'm
portant appointments, the most prom
inent being the selection Of sue
cessor to Eugene Black, who resigned
last week as governor of the Federal
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PRESIDENT TO co
TO RA|NEY RITES
Leaves This Afternoon and
Will Return Pending
Hyde Park Stay.

(Continued From First Page.)
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.DUCE is REPORTED
DRAFTING ACCORD
WITH SCHUSCHNIGG

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Evening star., 1934-07-05
DR.. M0SHER NAMED
TO ELECTRIC SURVEY
Syracuse Professor Is Appointed
to Post by Federal Power
Commission Head.

Dr. William z. Mosher, director of
the School of Citizenship and Public
Affairs at Syracuse University. has
been appointed director of the elec-
trio railway survey. 1t was announced
Yesterday by Frank r. McNinch.
chairman of the Federal Power Com
mission. Dr. Mosher, a well known
author on subjects affected by his
new appointment, has had wide ex-
perience in this field, including six
years that he was associated with the
Bureau OF Municipal Research in
New York City.
DR.. Mosher has just prepared for
the official history of New York State.
which is being brought out by the
Evening star., 1934-07-05
SUSPECT ADMITS
Staying GENTRY
Cruelty to Benefactor of
Painter Is Given as
Cause of Killing.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
JEFFERSON. Wis. July 5.-Carl
Church, captured as the slayer of Earl
Gentry, erstwhile bodyguard to D. C..
Stephenson. former Indiana Ku Klux
Klan leader. confessed the crime,
authorities said today shortly after he
was arrested at Fort Atkinson, near
here. Sheriff Joseph T. Lange and
Fort Atkinson officers caught Church
last night as he slept in winery.
II am not sorry in the least for the
act committed, as feel that did
a good deed for society when I killed
Earl Gentry" Church, an itinerant
painter also known as George (Slim)
King, was quoted by Sheriff Lange as
saying.
Woman Abused by Gentry.
He committed the act, he said, be-
cause Mrs. Carrie Gill, 59-year-
widow, accused of plotting with
Church to bring about Gentrys death,
had been abused by Gentry and be-
cause she was kind to me when I was
sick" Mrs. Gill whose late husband
was a well-to-do tavern keeper, is
being held for first degree murder and
admitted, investigators said, that she
gave Church $50 to slay Gentry. She
is known locally as the Sunshine
Lady" because of her acts OF charity
and pleasant temperament.
Gentrys body. with bullet wound
in his head, was found last Sunday
slumped in his automobile which had
been parked near the Gill residence,
where he had made his home for the
past eight years.
Church said he first met the widow
in the Summer of 1882, and that she
suggested that he get some Chicago
gangsters to come to Jefferson to take
Gentry "for ride"
AT that time" his confession said.
Gentry took dislike to me and said
he would shoot me on sight If caught
around the house. I knew he was
mistreating her and she had blacked
eyes on various occasions.
Arranged for Staying.
This I didn't like as she was ex-
tremely good to me and treated me
like my own mother.
Lange said Church arranged with
two Chicago hoodlums to have Gentry
killed for price of $1,000, but he
disliked their plans, he confessed.
"On June 49," the confession said,
II informed Mrs. Gill I would take
away his own gun and put him away
so he would not bother her further"
Lange said Church stated Mrs. Gill
had complained that night Of being
by Gentry more than
usual.
Admitting. Lange said. that he
found Gentry's pistol June 80 and sat
on the front porch for him to come
to the Gill house, Church narrated:
When Earl saw me he asked what
was doing there and told him he
was on the spot and that had the
Evening star., 1934-07-05

difference (gun) tonight. He pleaded
for a chance and promised he would
leave and cause no more trouble '
When Gentry put his Rand to his
pocket, Church confessed, he believed
Gentry had another gun on him and
shot him.
Aided in Removing Body.
II never took aim" the confession
states, Il fired one shot. which hit
him about the right eye"
In the statement Church told of
how he obtained the aid of Ferdinand
Probst, brother of Mrs. Gill, in re-
moving the body from the kitchen
where blood stains we're found. Probst,
held as q material witness and now
facing warrant on charges of being
an accessory after the fact, In a state
ment to Lange earlier, told Of aiding
the painter.
Mrs. Gill. District Attorney Harold
M. Dakin said, replied when asked
why she wanted Gentry killed:
"The main reason was that he
made my life miserable and gave me
more heartaches than any woman