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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-18
ltaLy Very Liable
 To Drop Peace Plan
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several days though Italian rejec- tion wns believed certain and inev- . stable.
 As finally drafted the plan would give Italy great economic and ter- 4torial concessions and provide for an international police" force, . largely Italian. in Ethiopia. The league would appoint the principal advisor to the Ethiopian ! government, with far reaching au- thority, including disposition of the soldier-poiice.
 Ears Three Nations
 1k was understood that the plan provided that neither the principal advisor nor his two principal assis- tants should be citizens of countries adjacent to Ethiopia. This would bar Italy, France and Britain alike as DossessOrs of colonies touching on Ethiopia, and might be calculat- cd in itself to make the entire plan unacceptable to Benito Mussolini.
 The consent of Emperor Halle selassie would be necessary for ap- pointment of advisors.
 Even more important. 1t was re- ported that citizens of touching countries could not serve on the police-and Mussolina demands &C., tual occupation of Ethiopia by his regular soldiers.
 Hence as reported, the plan showed a hardening of league sem timent against Mussolini's threats and boded i'll for any 100-to-1 chacne of last minute settlement.
 Submitted at Once
 Madariaga moved to submit the offer to Baron Pompeo Aloisi of Italy and Dr. Tecla Hawariat of Ethiopia at once. Neither Italian nor Ethiopian leaders here liked the plan. and league circles were reported to have received an unof- ficial intimation from Italy that 1t was not acceptable.
 Madriaga was instructed to re- port back to the committee after talking to Aloisi and Hawariat.
 Committeeman emerged from their meeting in the office of Jos eph A. Avenol, league secretary general, in most pessimistic mood. They described their plan, in con- versation with the United Press correspondent, as most fair. But they said frankly that they doubt ed the success of their effort.
 They expressed uneasiness re- garding Italy's attitude and regard ing news of naval movements.
 Certain to Reject It
 Italian leaders always have said that they would consider any pro- posal for Ethiopia's future which they though was reasonable. This attitude persisted. But Italian del- egates after hearing details of to- days compromise plan told other council members that Mussolini was certain to reject it.
 The committees work has been made more difficult because Tew- fix Rushdi Aras of Turkey and Col. Joseph Back of Poland are un- derstood to feel that its peace plan is unfair to Ethiopia, even if accep- table to Italy.
 There Is a threat also that Max i'm Litvinov of Russia may publicly dsnounce the plan when it is con- sidered formally by the council on the ground that is tantamount to naked imperialism.
 An Italian spokesman told the United Press:
 "Our first impression of the of- ,feg is most unfavorable."
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MILLIONAIRE IS
 UNDER CHARGES

New York, Sept. 1s-(UP)- Ralph Beaver Strassburger, mil- lionaire former Navy football star, was accused today of seeking to avoid payment of Judgements for $130,139 by fraud.
 Howard J. Delaney, the com plainant, charged in a supreme court suit that Strass Burger transferred approximately $1,000.- 900 worth of property to his wife to delay or prevent execution of Judgements won abroad by brok- craze firms now owned by Delaney.
 Supreme court justice McLough- lin denied an application to exam inc Strassburger and his wife be- fore trial because they are in Eu- rope "and the court is not satis- fled that this application is made in good faith."
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nearly 40 destroyers and a host Of auxiliary units already in position at Alexc ndria, near the entrance to the Suez Canal, or off Port Said - the entrance - Malta and Gi- braltar.
 The cruiser Berwick from the China fleet arrived at Singapore yesterday under forced draft on its way westward. The destroyers Duchess and Dainty of the China fleets 9th destroyer flotilla ar- rived today.
 Only Few Ships at Home
 It is indicated that of nearly 70 fighting ships in the home fleet, only the battleships Nelson, Rod ney and Royal Sovereign - itself normally in the Mediterranean and few outdated destroyers, re- main off the English coast. The others are in the Mediterranean or approaching.
 Herbert R. Ekins, United Press war correspondent en route to Addis Ababa cabled today from Suez, at the southern end of the Canal:
 Under the watchful eyes of British destroyers patrolling routes to the Red Sea 12 Italion subma- ,rines passed through the Canal and proceeded to stations across Italy's line of communication between Etitrea and the African coast"
 Turkey, Greece, and Egypt are strengthening their defenses.
 British extraordinary measures to protect Malta and Gibraltar have been told = booms across harbors, bomb proof cellars, anti aircraft batteries. heavy gun bat teriek
 Warships Steaming On
 Along with warships, troop ships and intuition ships laden with explosives are steaming through the Mediterranean.
 General Hure of the French su- preme war council arrived at Ajaccio, Corsica, yesterday, to in- spect island defenses in prepara- ton for a Mediterranean emer- gency.
 Later tonight every light in Lit- tie Malta Island will be blanked out and in the dark hours of to- morrow morning British Royal Air
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the peace effort of the league. The communique omitted reference to Italy's foreign policy because so far the ministers have received no definite information from the leagues committee of five on which 1t could act.
 The cabinet decided to deconvene on Saturday.
 The new financial measures adopted by the cabinet involve new taxation on business and a slight increase in taxes on the motor transport of merchandise.
 The cabinet appropriated 33',- 000,0 Lire ($27.457,00O) to build and supply a new oil depot for the navy. The money will be appor- toned in installments in the yearly budgets from now until the 1941- 142 budget.
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cated rather plainly they do not expect the proposals to be accept ed, although Italy is willing to consider" them.
 Salvatore De Madariaga of Spain, chairman of the committee. arranged to visit Aloisi and Tecla Hawariat, Ethiopian representa- tive, tonight, present the proposals and discuss them.
 Italy to Float Loan
 Rome, Sept. 1S-(UP)-The cab inet decided today to float five per cent internal loan to meet ex- penditures in East Africa.
 The cabinet gave no indication in it's communique of any softening of it's attitude towards Ethiopia and
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VETERAN POLICE CHIEF THREATENED
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four miles from what had been the center of the hunt. |, Positively Identified
 Carl 0rimaldi, the clerk who served him, positively identified the customer as Bey. He said Bey wore an amateurish bandage on his right wrist, where he was wounded the night of Aug. s1 in a gun battle in which he killed Con. stable John B. De Carli of Filing ton. Conn. Bey had visited the same store last Friday night. At that time he saw three rifles there, and 0rimaidi believed that if the guns had been in sight last night the slayer would have tried to steal one.
 Pilot Charles P. O'Connor to- day made another aerial survey of the wooded area where for days Bey shas played hide-and.seek with possemen. Reports that O'Connor would use tear gas bombs to flush the quarry were denied The plan, 1t was said, was merely to have the aviator locate Bey's hide0ut.
 SwaF1ns With Troopers
 Meanwhile the woods of South Hadley and the Hockanum sec- ton of Old Hadley swarmed with blue uniformed Massachusetts troopers, gray-clad Connecticut troopers, local police and volun- teers, with more than 125 cooper ating in one of the greatest man. hunts in state history. Searchers still carried heavy armaments--machine-guns, shot guns, rifles and pistols-for though Bey was forced to abandon his stolen rifle when surprised and fired on by possemen early yes- terday, he is believed still armed with the revolver with which he slew the constable. He also has ammunition. stolen from a Granby store.
 An imaginary deadline was es- tablished around the area being searched and police permitted only newsmen and cameramen to cross 1t. Maurice Crooks, a former Northampton school committee man, wandered into the closed area last night while hunting and was arrested when he objected to po- lice interference with his move- ments.
 Many Hampshire county resi- dent slept last night with loaded shotgun at his bedside. And to- day, as farmers went to their fields to f1usk corn or bag onions, they carried guns, just as did their ancestors in the 17th century to o,-l fnc s,t< n1r Al Kfv1or Philips bloodthirsty braves who then roamed this countryside.
 River Is Watched
 To frustrate any attempt by Bey to swim the Connecticut river and 50 escape from the police lines, two boats in charge of Game Warden T. White patrolled the waters close to shore.
 Not only is Bey strong swim mer. police pointed out, but he is thoroughly familiar with the riv- er's tricky currents, having swum in it hundreds of times when he lived here in his boyhood.
 At Boston, State Correction Com missioner Arthur T. Lyman issued a statement pointing out that the staying of Constable De Carli oc- cured just 21 days after Bey had been paroled from Massachusetts state prison.
 Twice during his confinement he had been examined by psychia- trists but though classified as men, tally deficient he did not appear sufficiently insane to warrant com mitment to an asylum the commis- sioner said.
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(Continued from Page 1.) again within a few hours after they were stolen. The machines al- ways had some accessory stolen such as tires, batteries, robes and parts of the motor.
 Reference to 8 fourth person who was described as the possible ring leader, was made by defense counsel, Attornel Sidney s. Cassell and noted by States Attorney Lewis. MT. Cassel charged also that LitZ and Conforti had "squealed" upon Caggiano, client of MT. Cas- sells.
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EGYPTIAN CHIEFS CONFER

Alexandria, Egypt, Sept. IS - (UP)-Premier Mohammed Tewfik Nessim of Egypt conferred at the residency today with Egyptian army officers and department. chiefs from the interior. Important deci- sions to be announced with a few days were said to have been
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eagerly awaited enlightenment to- day on the course England will


 day on the course England will persue in the event of military ag- gression by any European power.
 Concretely, the Paris gov- ernment wants to know if 1t could count on British support to check a possible German attempt at ab- sorption of Austria. It has asked London to say what 1t would do in plain language.
 It is stated in reliable quarters that if concentration of Britain's naval forces in the Mediterranean led to an act of war against Eng land by Benito Mussolini France would be brought into the conflict on the side of Great Britain. It was officially learned, however. that France has never given any promise to Britain.
 [ The way the diplomatic wind is blowing was evidenced when the government decreed supplement- ary credits of 85,000,06O francs i($5, ,610,000) for an urgent Air de- fense program and expansion of the air force, already the largest fin the world.
 Seal Up Gibraltar
 Gibraltar, Sept. IS - (UP)- Preparations were made by Brit. ish naval authorities today to seal the harbor of Gibraltar, completely in case of necessity.
 The south or admiralty harbor was closed to submarines and ships a few days ago by a boom across the entrance. Another boom was prepared today for the north en- trance, ready to close it on short notice.
 Gibraltar seethed with war-like preparations. The dockyard was the scene of the greatest activity since the war. The harbor was crowded with warships and flying boats, the former expected to leave momentarily under sealed orders. |, The local defense committee Is in permanent session. Owners of bus- ses and automobiles have handed in their names to the government off disposal within an hour.
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 described the welcome given the first contingent of Cosseria troops to arrive at Benghazi yesterday. Soon afterward 1t was revealed that the first contingent of the As- siettas landed at Derna. that nearly 24,0O0 of 30,000 men in the divisions already had sailed. beginning a week ago today, and it was assumed that all had gone to Northern Africa.
 British Cause Concern
 British fleet movements are caus- ing the greatest concern and inter- est throughout the country.
 The latest mobilization order was published in today's Royal Gazette --2,00O non on-commissioned officers and men of the 1910 class of the army motor corps called to the colors.
 Nineteen thousand World War veterans have applied so far for enrolment in the special fascist volunteer division '"Tevere."
 The national air defense commit tee has worked out complete plans for public safety during possible enemy air raids. Millions of townspeople would go at once to designated. spots in suburbs or countryside. Children and civil servants are being given gas mask drill. Gas shelters are being built.
 The cabinet meeting on which the issue of war or peace may hinge was started at the ministry of interior at 10 a. m. (4 q. m. EST).
 Mussolini arrived at the ministry -or, which among half a dozen other departments, he is chief fifteen minutes ahead of time, and greeted arriving ministers. All looked grave.
 At their meeting last Saturday the cabinet ministers announced than Libyan defenses were being strengthened "because of restless ness manifested by some expatriat- ed Cyrenacins" who have refuged in Egypt or the Sudan.
 . Actually the massing of two di- visions in Libya broadens the DO. tential theater of war. It puts Ital. ian soldiers east and west of the Sudan. .a.s ~
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FIRST SNOWFALL

Quebec, Que. Sept. 1S.-(UP)-- The first snowfall of the season in Quebec province was reported from the Laurentides National Park to- day.
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STATUS oF BALBO

Rome, Sept. 18.--(UP)--Those who seen in Benito Mussoiinfs mind the unfolding of a great am- bition fin Africa. pointed today to his long discussed appointment of Air Marshal Italo Balbo as gover- nor general of Libya in North Africa.
 Balbo, hero of the mass seaplane flight to the United States, life member of the fascist grand coun- ell and one of its original leaders, was regarded by many as having been shunted to obscurity.
 Mussolinfs spokesmen insisted that he was being honored and that he was needed for a tremen. dous job. Balbo makes frequent flights to Italy, particularly in times of crisis.
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MOBILIzATION TEsT

Rome, Sept. 18.-7-(UP)-Mem. bers of numerous fascist organiza- tions today received personal. verbal or written instructions from divisional headquarters to be ready today. tomorrow or Friday" for the mass test" mobilization of na- tional strength that will bring out between 10,000,000 and 15,000,0O0 men, women, boys and girls.
 The instructions prescribe that every person subject to call must report as his already-designated post within one hour of the call to assembly which will be given by bells from churches, bells and sirens from fascist centers and drums in the streets.
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Rogers Tribute To Evelyn Hoey

Covered with . s1OO bianIet
 of flowers prOvidsd by H. K. Rogers. Jr., yOane oil heir who was her host at . house party near LyDdeiI, Pa, when she was shot and killed. the body of Evelyn Hocy. Broadway
 torch singer,
 was sent to St. Louis for interrnent. A West, Chester, Pa, florist Is shown preparing Rogers floral
 offering.
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10000 THROUGH CANAL

Suez. Sept. 18.-(UP) - Ten thousand Italian troops have passed southward through the Suez Canal in the last IA hours. Other ships are arriving north bound for Italian ports carrying i'll and disabled men.
 Many of the northbound arrivals are from Assab, at the southern end of Eritrea, and reports from apparently reliable sources are that illness is prevalent there, IS de- grees above the equator. M Geneva, Sept. 1s-- (UP) Baron Pompeo Aloisi decided today to leave the peace discussion at Gen. eva and go to Rome to give Pre- mier Benito Mussolini personally the councils ultimate offer which constitutes the only faint hope held here of delaying or averting war in Ethiopia.
 .Aloisi will take with him the text of proposals drafted by the copn- cil's conciliation eomsnittee of i've. giving Italy great economic and territorial concessions I Italian sources here have indi.
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YOUTHS ARE SENT
 T0REFORMATORY

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CRACK TROOPSOF
 ITALY AT EGYPT

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The Washington times., 1935-06-05
PICKUPS AND PUTOUTS

Eppa Rixey, the Virginian
who lasted more than twenty
years as a major league pitcher,
was a recent visitor here Rixey
owns several gasoline stations
in Cincinnati and is also in the
insurance business there
Tony CanzOneri, who clashes
with frankie KIick in the
ShrinerS' Convention bout at
the Griffith Stadium Monday
night, is wanted by Jeff Dick
son, London promoter, for
urOpea appearances. al
Lippe, veteran manager Of
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F ANS, PLAYERS
PROTEST BAN
ON PITTS
ALBANY, N. Y, June 5.-Three
shakespeare out!

ALBANY, N. Y, June 5.-Three
shakespeare out!
Alabama Pitts may be, but his
baseball bosses and teammates
won't take it lying down. They're
protesting the decision bitterly.
Just as Alabama's mother pre-
dicted six years ago, when he
drew a long stretch for a SIS rob
berry, the star athlete of Sing Sing
will leave the big house with three
strikes called before he swings.
A decree by Judge w. G. Bran
ham, of Durham, N. c., president
of the National Association of Pro
fessional Baseball League, bars
Alabama from playing tomorrow
when he is paroled-With the
Albany baseball club, which had
signed him as outfielder in anticl-
patton of his release.
When Alabama, with leaden
steps, entered the penitentiary six
years ago, his mother sighed:
He'll never get job when he
gets Out-he'll never have a
chance"
Her doleful prophecy, however
may not be final. General Man
ager John ]. Evers, of the Albany
Club, said that while he would
abide temporarily by Judge Bran
hams decision, an appeal would
be taken. The Southern baseball
car holds "the public would re-
sent" the appearance of Pitts on
the diamond.
Backing up Evers, Manager Al
Mamaux polled his players today.
Would they resent Alabama
presence on the team? They would
not.
The general attitude Of Albany
fans was:
"Give the guy a break"
alabama" was a model prls-
oner, influencing the parole board
to reduce his term to a minimum.
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LYNCH IS AIMING
FOR 200F|ELD
IN GOLF
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON
Two hundred entries.


That's the goal of Joe Lynch,
Georgetown University, president
of the National intercollegiate
Golf Association, for the annual
championship, June 1923, at the
Congressional Country Club.
Many conservative critics have
placed the entry list at approx
mately $50. That number, if at
tanned, would exceed by three the
record list of lat for last years
intercollegiate championship at
the Country Club Of Cleveland.
May Have Last Laugh
Of course, Lynch is aiming high
but he's a determined young man
and may have the last laugh on
those who scott at his estimate.
Lynch and his felloW-workerS at
Georgetown, together with the va
rious committees appointed by
the Congressional Club, are labor
ing like trojans, avowed to make
the 1885 intercollegiate champion
ship the best in it's history.
Walter G. Moyle, general chair
man of the club committee on ar
rangementS, today announced
Walter B. Hunt had been named
as one of the publicity directors
for the forthcoming champion
ship. Hunt is also a member of
the regular tournament commit
tee at Congressional.
Other Clubs Cooperate
Realizing members of the club
will be denied their usual free
dom of the course during the first
three days of the championship,
four local clubs have come to
their rescue. Columbia, Indian
Spring, Washington and Manor
have extended the privileges Of
its courses to Congressional mem
berS for the first three tourna-
ment days.
Word brought back from Notre
Dame by Maury Nee, local golfer,
reveals Notre Dame will send a
five-man to the event. The team
includes Johnny Banks, Win Day,
Bill Cole, Harry Baldwin and Pat
Malloy. Nee is ineligible to repre-
sent Notre Dame, only recently
having completed his freshman
year.
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Round and About

OOu11U d11u k4DONG
We nominate Clark Griffith
for the title Of Washington's
Big &C" Man-Bob Newsom
who cost Griff $4,000 G's, fell
off a mountain in 1881 and
broke his right leg-he had no
sooner recovered than a mule
stepped on his foot and broke
the leg all over again-Rogers
Hornsby can't see Bozie Berger
as a big Lacquer. but Rogers
had better look at some of his
own hirelings.
Walter johnson recently ex-
pressed the belief that Old Sam
Crawford would have given
Babe Ruth a battle for long
distance hitting honors had the
lively ball been in vogue in
Crawford'S time-Walter once
tWirled in an exhibition game
against Wahoo Sam and threw
Sam a fast one that Waiter
says was hit farther than any
ball he ever saw frankie
Kick. junior welterweight cham
pion who is in our midst train
ing for his fight with Tony
Canzoneri tt the bal park June
10, says prunes are the most i'm
portant part of his diet
Max Baer eats a lot of spa
ghetti, probably because three
of his chief trainers are of
Italian extraction.
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PICARD RECORD
MERITS OPEN
GOLF EDGE

NEW YORK, June Son the
basis of medal play averages
since January l, Henry Picard,
young Hershey (Pa) professional,
is the best bet in the National
Open golf championship starting
tomorrow at Oakmont, Pa.
In 81 competitive rounds of
play so far this year, Picard has
attained an average Of II 1851
strokes, leading Paul Runyan,
White Plains, N. Y, present P. c..
A. titleholder, who has II 1882,
according to figures released to-
day by the Professional Golfers
Association.
Averages Over ~
Picard's game is suited to the
Oakmont layout, and his recent
conquest in the Metropolitan
Open championship gives him the
edge over the leading pros of
the country.
Closely following Picard and
Runyan are Johnny Revolta,
Milwaukee. with 27-46 for 46
rounds of play; Harry Cooper,
Chicago, with Y 16-41; Gene
Sarazen, unattached, with 70 GLIB
for 26 rounds. and KY Laffoon,
Chicago, with 727-15 for As
rounds of competition.
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fighters, is now in Japan with
his stable. Lippe was manag-
ing Jeff Smith the night local
gendarmes stepped into the
ring in the seventh round Of
Smiths bout with Henry Lamar
at the Washington Auditorium
eight years ago, arreSting the
principals for violation of the
anti-bOxing law which then
existed here.
"Pete" English, wilson
Teachers College athlete, is
known as Harry to his family
Sgt. Elmer Wright of Wash
ington Barracks is . brother Of