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Evening star., 1934-03-20
DEATH PENALTY ASKED
IN ATTEMPT ON IL DUCE
Prosecutor Demands Two of Ac-
cused Be Shot in
the Back.
BY the Associated Press.

DS Tie ASSOCIATED HTeSs.
ROME, March 20-A penalty of
death by shooting in the back was de-
manded by the public prosecutor today
for two of four men on trial charged
with bombing St. Peters Cathedral
and plot to kill MuSsolini. The case
IS being heard by a special tribunal
for the defense of the state.
If the court had the slightest doubt
of the guilt of the pair. Renato Cianca
and Leonardo Bucciglione, said the
prosecutor. he suggested 80 years i'm
priscnment.
He also suggested 3o-year terms for
Claudio Cianca. Renato's son, and ac-
quittal of Pasquale Capasso, who was
merely charged with conspiracy.
The group is accused of having
plotted to kill II Duce by lethal gas.
Four persons were injured by the st.
Peters explosion.
Evening star., 1934-03-20

a
ment yesterday that none of the
charges against the penal institu-
tions has been sustained.
To Consider Wilson's Successor.
Members Of the Board of Public
Welfare were to begin definite con-
sideration of the selection of sue
cessor to George S. Wilson as director
at a meeting of the administrative
body at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Wilson yesterday submitted to Mai.
Daniel J. Donovan. District auditor
and personnel officer. a request for re-
tirement for disability. Wilson yester-
day reached the age of 65. He had
planned months ago to apply for re-
tlrement when he reached that age
Meanwhile Assistant Corporation
Counsel Vernon E West today began
to prepare proposed legislation which
would transform the Board Of Public
Welfare from an administrative
agency into an advisory body.
AS soon as the legislative draft is
prepared the matter will be taken up
by the Board of Commissioners and
trict Committees for consideration by
Congress.
Members of the welfare board as
yet have not been asked to comment
on this legislative proposal and have
made no public statement regarding
their reaction to it.
1t has become apparent at the Dis
trict Building that the Commission
ers plan to make the selection of the
new welfare director. The law reads
that the appointment shall be made
by the Commissioners. upon nomina-
ton by the Board of Public Welfare"
1t is reported in authoritative quar-
ters that the Commissioners will re-
ject nominations from the board un-
less the man suitable to the Commits
sioners is proposed by the welfare
agency.
Hodson's Name Mentioned.
1t developed today that some men,
bers of the welfare board and the
Commissioners both have given some
consideration to two or more of the
same persons for the post.
One of these is William Hodson,
director Of emergency relief for New
York City. recently appointed by
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. It was
said Hodson is not a candidate and
that there is a question as to whether
he would accept Hodson is well
known here. He is president of the
National Conference Of Social Work.
In 1925, when associated with the
Russell Sage Foundation, he played
a permanent part in the drafting of
a law creating the Board of Public
Welfare.
Another name under consideration
is that of Elwood Street. who has
served for several years as director
of the Washington Community Chest.
1t was said Street has not been
candidate for the job. but is repre-
Sented as being receptive" The
welfare post. it was explained. pays
less than the position with the Com
munity Chest.
Other names said to have been sug-
gested include James E. Stuart, for
merly executive officer of the old
Board of Children's Guardians, now
engaged in relief work in Cincinnati;
Joseph A. Berberich, who has been
active in Catholic welfare organiza-
ton, and Herbert L. Davis, formerly
superintendent of insurance. now at
tached to the District Assessors
Office.
Evening star., 1934-03-20
What's What
BehindNews
In Capital
Roosevelt Is Playing Cat
and Mouse Game
With Congress.
BY PAUL MALLON.

u
TT LOOKS as if President Roose-
welt has stopped playing cat and
mouse with Congress - but ap-
Il pearances are deceiving.
The benign expression on the
cats face indicates he has other
things in mind than letting the
mice run tOtld.
True, he has permitted them to
frolic and make faces at him without
raising a paw seriously against them,
He even has let them tweak his nose
on the st. Lawrence treaty, bonus,
vets and pay cuts. Soon he will 60
off quietly to sun himself down South.
But the mice are not going to run
away with the Capitol, so be not dis
turbed
It's a game.
Mice Under Handicap.
The mice are up for reelection this
year and the cat is not.
If they were kept under strict sub
lection they would become spiritless.
The illusion of a dictatorship would
be too real.
Evening star., 1934-03-20
Kills Wife and Daughter.

SALEM, N. j., March 20 LP.-
George Bolster, 26-year-old automo-
bile mechanic, killed his wife and s.
year-old daughter today, police said.
and then committed suicide. The
shooting occurred in the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Alpheus Wright, parents of
Mrs. Bolster, who was II. Relatives
said the young couple had been sepa-
rated for some months.
Evening star., 1934-03-20
SEARCH FOR BYRD
FLYERS DELAYED
Two Forced Down in TAX
ing Supplies to Ad.
vanced Base.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica,
March 20 (via Mackay Radio).-
Rescue expeditions awaited today a
break in the weather which would
permit them to go to the aid of two
Byrd Antarctic expedition members
isolated after a forced airplane land
ing in an uncharted ice field.
Pilot William C. Bowln and Wire
less Operator Clay Bailey we're forced
down during storm Sunday night
while returning from a depot where
they had deposited supplies, 100 miles
from their main base.
Byrd Preparing for Rescue.
Rear Admiral Byrd made ready to
fly plane to their relief and a ground
party was prepared to rush to the
group. but high winds and drifting
snow made a start impossible.
When the plane left Little Amer
ica," said Admiral Byrd, "it carried
full emergency equipment, including a
tent, cooking stove, sleeping bags and
80 days rations per man.
Both men were amply equipped
with fur clothing, so l see no reason
for concern. We shall start looking
for them as soon as the weather gives
us chance"
Plane Buried in Snow.
The last radio message from the
stranded flyers was at 8 pm. Sunday,
when they reported they had buried
the plane in the snow to prevent its
being blown away by the high wind.
Although the exact location of the
plane was not known, it was believed
they were marooned between 8 and Is
miles from the Little America base.
Evening star., 1934-03-20

sion. They will not be successful.
The matter has gone too far for that.
The Speaker dlUays has been a
silrer man since the Bryan days.
He is one OF the tew still dlire iCho
Ddnt Is to 1.
General Motors Knudsen was sit
ting in the N. r. A. with Standard
Oils Teagle waiting to see Gen. john
son about the automobile strike
threat. Said Mr.. Knudsen to Mr..
Teagle: IF we had a deck OF cards
and two more people. we could play
bridge" Said Mr.. Teagle to Mr..
Knudsen: 1T wouldn't be fitting In
these surroundings. We ought to play
blackjack"
tcopyrisht. 1ss4S
Evening star., 1934-03-20
80 Die in Landslide.

BELGRADE, YugoSlavia, March 20
R.-More than 80 workers were be-
lieved killed today in landslide in
the Batignole quarry at Bany, tsa, near
the Albanian border. Two days of
excavation will be required in order to
reach the victims.
Evening star., 1934-03-20
IMPROVEMENT is SEEN
IN SON OF ROOSEVELT
Condition Is Reported every Sat-
isfactory" After Operation
for Appendicitis.
To Consider Wilson's Successor.

BY the Associated Press.
Naval Hospital officials said yester-
day that the condition of John Roose-
velt, the Presidents youngest son,
whose appendix was removed yester-
day. is very satisfactory"
They predicted nine more days in
the hospital for him if his condition
continues to improve at the present
rate.
The President went quietly to the
hospital late yesterday to cheer his
18-year-old son. Mrs. Roosevelt was
there during the operation.
Evening star., 1934-03-20
CONSIDERS n. R. A.
POWER IN STRIKE
Roosevelt May Invoke Dras-
tic Licensing Proviso
in Auto Dispute. III

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Attorney General Cummings was a
clear indication that the President is
considering the possible employment
of the legal measures at his COM
mand
Cummings simply stated that the
strike threat was discussed and the
talk related to clearing up some legal
points"
The White House is known to be
keeping itself alert as to the efforts
of Johnson in his talks with the au-
tomobile industrial leaders IN New
York.
Bargaining Plan Sanctioned.
In all cases heretofore Mr.. Roose-
welt has asserted openly the intention
of the Government to sanction the
right Of employees to choose their own
method for bargaining with employ
ers. either by company unions or ma
tional unions.
He gave this assurance to the en-
ployes from the Weirton mills and
again to the mine workers from Penn
sylvania who called upon him per-
sonally at the White House.
William Green, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, issued
here last night a denial of state
ment in Detroit by the National Au-
tomobile Chamber of Commerce that
the fundamental issue involved was
whether the automobile industry is
to be run by the American Federation
of Labor"
If there is a strike, Green said, 1t
will be because the workers themselves
decided on it. Those responsible. he
asserted, would be the automobile
manufacturers The real issue. he
added, was whether the workers could
organize without coercion"
Let the automobile workers decide
for themselves" he said. whether
they want a company union. an in
dependent union affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor or no
union at all.
Meanwhile the Senate Labor Com
mittee heard Dr. Paul Brissenden,
Columbia University professor OF
economics, advocate passage OF the
Wagner bill to outlaw company unions.
In the House, Representative Blan-
ton. Democrat, of Texas. said the
American Federation of Labor's at
titude is one of "self1shness" and 1t
ought to call of the automobile
strike.
The federation, Blanton said, Ought
to withdraw its demands since the
workers are getting better pay than
at any time since 1929"
The American Federation Of La
Dor is trying to force the workers
to do something they don't want to
do" Blanton continued, and If they
don't. it will put the label Of scabS'
on them.
When the American Federation OF
Labor. as it now is, seeks to cause
trouble, it IS not showing the proper
spirit. 1t is not working in harmony
with the President 1t is not work.
ing in harmony with Congress. Con-
gress is not in sympathy with that
movement"
n. r. A. Failure Seen.
Opening the second week Of Senate
committee hearings on the Wagner
bill outlawing company unions, DR..
Brissenden contended that the COL
lective bargaining section of the re-
covery act was in urgent need OF
revision
He said the N r. A had failed to
achieve Its objective Of higher wages
and greater employment and that it
was now in "a perilous situation and
"at a dead center"
The recovery administration. the
Columbia economist said, should sub
stitute price reduction campaign for
its policy of encouraging. or at least
Evening star., 1934-03-20
TAX COLLECTIONS UP
Income Returns Hit S146,7So,.
653 in II DAYS of March,

The Treasury took in s146, 789, ,653
in income taxes during the first II
days of March, as compared with
s98, ,l76,965 in the same period last
year.
The first quarter payments on 1898
incomes brought income tax collec-
tions for the fiscal year to $504, 1885,
642. as compared with S4S1 ,516,607
last year.
The Treasury has estimated total
March collections will be S25O,o00,0 ,000
Evening star., 1934-03-20

Daughters of 1912 the same tax ex-
emption for their property at 1851
Rhode Island avenue, which has been
allowed to certain other similar Or
Plantations.
Evening star., 1934-03-20
Worried About Silver.

Mr.. Morgenthau has been more
worried about the silver business than
any one else.
He is too honest to be much Of
politician, and that metal has strong
political backing The spectators,
who cleaned up on gold, have been
expecting a similar cleanup for them
selves on silver. Inner Wall Street
circles say SO much of the metal is
being held in New York that storage
places for it are at premium.
Mr.. Morgenth0u'S blunt assertion
that some OF the SilUer 1gttdtorS
are mot entirely disintereSted" and
that Siluer action is not necessary
noU brought political hornets
nest tumbling doUn on his bald
broU. So much pressure tOds er-
erted that he called in neWsr1en
and explained he had not meant
to say the House Siluer bloc mem
bers had INFESTED in stlUer stocks.
The root of the matter is that the
administration has been fooled once
or twice by silver politicians and is
giving warning that it will not be
fooled again.
Makes Name for Himself.
Mr.. Morgenthau is going to make
name for himself in the Treasury job.
The politicians thought when he was
appointed he merely would be an er-
rand boy for the White House,
AS it is, he has taken his job seri-
ously and shaken the department
from top to bottom, wedding out old
influences which ran the department
for both parties, no matter who was
President.
In doing so he has stepped on a
lot of toes, both liberal and con-
servative.
Evening star., 1934-03-20

promised to let the House Uote
soon on the silUer bill, opposed by
Mr. Morgenth1u.
Shortly after the publication Of the
Speakers promise, he was sitting with
some of his crcnieS when word came
that the White House wanted him on
the telephone. Plainly, he was dis
turbed. He thought he was going to
catch it. Looking worried, he went
to the telephone.
A few minutes later he came back
with a mousey grin spread all over his
face and whispered:
He didn't say word about silver"
Evening star., 1934-03-20
House Action Required.

lUuSC hCtlUH ntqulItu.
All four of these bills still require
action by the House.
Senator King told the Senate that
the gambling bill was asked for by
District Attorney Garnett to enable
him to cope with the numbers racket
and also to make possible to bring
about more effective prosecution of
commercial gambling establishments.
The Utah Senator said the COM
mittee was informed that school chill
dren are being induced to play the
numbers game.
He also pointed out that this game
takes money from large groups OF
persons Of limited means. The COM
mittee was told by witnesses that
the odds in the numbers game are
about 600 to |.
Numbers Prohibited.
The pending bill makes two inpor-
tant changes IN the existing cooe.
First, it adds the numbers game to
the various gambling methods al
ready prohibited.
1t also enables the police to break
up commercial gambling establish
ments by providing that the posses
sion of equipment, tickets, slips and
other devices, shall be prima facie
evidence of intent to violate the gam
bling laws. This is necessary. Sem
ator King said. because of the diff
Guilty of getting witnesses to testify
after a gambling raid. The report on
the bill emphasized that these new
legal weapons are to be aimed at COM
mercial or professional gambling.
The Capper bill would place a pen
atty on landlords of apartment houses
if the temperature of apartments is
ket at less than 68 degrees between
the hours of 7 o'clock in the morning
and 10 at night.
Evening star., 1934-03-20
Plane Buried in Snow.
SENATE APPROVES
BILL TO PROHIBIT
NUMBERS" GAME

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Evening star., 1934-03-20
MELLON is LINKED
TO MAIL PROBE BY
SENATOR ROBINSON

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Evening star., 1934-03-20
CHANGE IN PENAL
SYSTEM PLANNED
Commissioners May Create
Position of Director in
Charge of All Units.

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ment yesterday that none of the
charges against the penal institu-
tions has been sustained.
Evening star., 1934-03-20
PRESIDENT STRESSES
GOOD OF COUNTRY IN
RAIL LABOR DISPUTE

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aviation" and wanted to give it every
chance to develop"
Aviation should not be restricted
too much until its maturity is
reached" she said. The industry is
still young and it should not be killed
before it develops"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
NAVAL PARLEY
IN DEADLOCK
Great Britain And u. S. Not
Able To Reach Agreement On
Battleship Tonnage.
BY FREDERICK KUH
United Press Staff Correspondent


LONDON, July 6.-Great Britain
and the United States, in three
weeks of naval negotiations, have
failed to bridge their difficulties
it was learned authoritatively to-
day.
Indications were that the nego-
tiations might soon be adjourned
until August and that thereafter
an agreement might be reached tc
put the future battleship limit at
10000 tons.
The battieship tonnage limit is a
principal point of disagreement
Britain favors ships of $4,000 tons
the United States of $4,000.
The British memorandum o1
June 81, it was learned, drafted al
the request of the United States
delegation, reiterated the 1880 de-
mand for reduction of battleshir
tonnage to $4,000.
Britain has limited willingness
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three thousand tons above 25,000
The United States apparently would
go two or three thousand below its
demand for $4,000 ton ships
Therefore, it was indicated that a
compromise at around 10000 might
develop.
Meantime, France has revealed
intention to lay down $4,000 tor
battleship next year, unless Italy
abandons it's decision to build two
5000 ton ships.
The result is that Great Britain
is trying to persuade Italy to re.
linquish its plan. Italy SO far hal
been unresponsive.
AS for the japanese. 1t was re.
ported here that Japan was de.
laying appointment of delegates tt
London because of the British Am
erican differences. However, it
may be that the Japanese cabinet
crisis was responsible.
American delegates will join il
talks with the French.
AS the japanese could not arrive
before August, the Americans were
considering the possibility of ar
adjournment until they get here.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06

doctors of the department of
health were innoculated with five
cubic centimeters each of the new
serum, which was developed by DR..
Maurice Brodie, assistant profess
sor of bacteriology at New York
University, aided by DR.. Park and
his research assistants.
The serum is intended to avoid
paralysis rather than cure it. 1t
was obtained from the spinal cord
of monkeys suffering from infan-
tile paralysis. The material was
ground up in solution of formalin
which killed the virus but did not
kill the immunizing properties of
the virus. according to the ply
sicians.
In three or four weeks the blood
of the three experimenters will be
tested for the anti-bodies develop
ed by innoculations.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
DRUG SCANDAL
At HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD, July 6. (U.P -
Pete Benson, AZ, said by local au-
thorities to have driven an automo-
bile which figured in the Staying
three years ago Of Vivian Gordon,
New York beauty, was arrested here
today as an asserted member of a
ring which allegedly piled a rich
traffic in narcotics among promi-
nent film personages.
Arrested with him were Raymond
LIE Fung, 81, Chinese film actor,
John Kelly, 38, and Max Weber, 40
According to federal narcotic
agents, Benson admitted he was
named in the Gordon murder but
declared he turned states evidence,
was cleared and left New York in
fear of reprisal.
Miss Gordon was taken for a
ride" early in 1881 after she had
been identified as a principal wit
ness against members of police
vice squad in a vice inquiry. She
was strangled to death.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
PLAN To GUST
KAL|N PUT Up
T0D|RECTQR!s
Board Votes To Have Legal
Department Pass On What Has
Been Dead Issue
DISCUSS WATER PROGRAM
Swing Reports Having Contact
ed Washington Officials To
Obtain Relief.

Echoes of past argumentative
sessions were heard in the board
room of the irrigation district this
morning when Frank Conley after
a talk before the directors to Sc
cure force account in the construc-
ton of the American canal
requested that the board call an
election in the Brawley division ac-
cording to the terms of the court
writ granted Charles Morrow in
that matter.
1t was the opinion of Director
Young that this writ having been
granted to Morrow, it was his bus
mess and not that of the board to
further this election. Young also
expressed himself that the reason
for which the writ had been is
sued having been removed. he
could not see any particular reason
for acting now according to its
terms.
The writ had been granted Nor
row last year calling for a recall
election against Burleigh Adams
who was at that time chairman of
the district board. Since then
Adams resigned from the board and
A. j. Kalin was appointed to fill
his unexpired term by the board
of supervisors Kalin has been di-
rector for the Brawley division
since his appointment.
After some discussion of the mat
ter it was moved and seconded
that the writ in question be sub
/ .nitted to the district IS legal de-
pallment for consideration and an
opinion as to how far it binds the
district. When this motion was
put to vote, Directors Hewes,
Aten, Young and Kalin voted in
favor of it with Director Rose vot-
ing against the motion, it being
Rose IS opinion that the writ was
binding on the board to call this
election.
Previous to this plans to be fol-
lowed here during the period OF
the water shortage as we'll as prob
lens TO pe met in that same time
were discussed by the board. Re-
ports coming from the upper basin
of the Colorado river today indi-
Gated that no rain had fallen there
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Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-06
JACK DEMPSEY Is A BIG SISSY
One Time 'He-Man' Central Figure In 'Stork
Shower At New York

NEW YORK. July 6. U.P)-Jack
Dempsey emerged from a night
club last night and FASTENED toward
a taxicab as though ashamed Of
the three walters and the bar
tenders who followed him, their
arms piled high with rattles, tiny
pink and blue blankets and car
load of diapers.
What the hell is the matter?o
snapped an inquisitive policeman.
Dempsey mopped his brow with
a blanket.
'Babies,' he muttered, "just
babies.'
FThey had baby shower for
Mr.. Dempsey said the bartender.
Mr.. Dempsey is going to have a
baby"
"Not me,'' said the former
heavyweight champion looking ask
ance at dangling diaper, "my
wife. Hannah Williams. I've al
ready engaged room at Polytechnic
hospital for the end of the month.