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Evening star., 1935-10-14
CRUDE OIL PRICES.

TULSA Okla. October IA L1.-Base
crude oil prices: Mid-continent area
Oklahoma -Arkansast--G Gravity scale to
Gravity scales scales o 20 STE .'n and % STA. West
Texas (Permian Basinl-70c and 75c
Texas Panhandle-Grayity scales to Sic
and 91c.
Rocky Mountain area: Salt Greek. wyo.
-Gravity scale to 81.
Eastern area: Pennsylvania grade BRAD
ford-Allegany). Sc: same Grade In South.
west Pennsylvania lines. 81 .72; same grade
IN Eureka lines, S1.67; same grade In
Buckeye lines, S1.62; Corning. S1.22.
Evening star., 1935-10-14

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 14-The
bond market retained most of its
earlier irregularity during late trad.
ing today, with an extension OF ad-
vances among Government issues up
to Is of point the principal feature.
Three issues of Treasury bonds ad-
vanced 7-32 under fairly heavy de-
mand and most of the other active
issues, along with guaranteed obliga-
tions, did almost as well. Elsewhere
the trend was decidedly mixed. with
most of the low-priced railroad issues,
including st. Paul SIS, Erie IS and
Missouri Pacific SIS trifle lower.
Industrials and utilities were mostly
higher. An advance of 13l points in
German Dawes) rs to 39A was
feature of the foreign department,
where higher prices were generally
the rule.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. October IA R.-Foreign
exchange steady. Great Britain in dollars
Great Britain. demand. 4.9OA: cables.
4.90h: 60-day bills. 4.S9A France. de-
mand. 6 50; cables. $50. Italy. demand
S.l1; cables. Sill.
free. 1925; reg. tourist. 2725: reg. COM
mercial 20.l0: Holland 67.77: Norway
"a So; Sweden. 1928: Denmark. 81 SO;
finland 2.1S: Switzerland. 81 So: Spain.
13 Sc: Portugal 446: Greece. C94I2 Po-
land 1886: Czechoslovakia 4.15; Yugo-
ssya n Ra@.n. Aussrs s As1ssfna sssn HsnfaEy " S
Brazil. S55n; Toxic $685. Shanghai.
37.35la: Hongkong, 50.12h; Mexico City.
27.90: Montreal in New York. $3.50;
New York in Montreal, 101.5O
n--Nominal
Evening star., 1935-10-14
AUTO PRODUCTION
CLIMBS TO 31,643
Total Compared With a..
ITO Week Ago and 25,4O1
in 1924 Period.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


DETROIT, Mich, October l4-The
total number of passenger cars and
trucks manufactu I'd in the United
States and Canada last week was 81.
SAB, compared with PATIO for the
week ended October S, according to
Grams Reports, Inc, of this city.
A year ago last week the output
totaled 25,401 units.
Commenting on the current stu.
alton, Grams Reports says: This is
the beginning of the annual heavy
production season and weekly in
creases should be noted for at least
several months unless halt is caused
by artificial economic factors or dis
turbances in the labor field"
Evening star., 1935-10-14
FOREIGN MARKETS.
BY the Associated Press,

LoNDON.-Discussions of sanctions re-
otricted speculation on the Stock Ex-
change today. but fair Investment buying
improved industrials. home. rails and
shipping shares Base metal issues con-
lost H part Of an early gain and silt-edsed
securities eased. The market closed irreg-
ular.
Bourse today but showed fair resistance
as financial circles kept q careful eye on
the International situation. Rentes firmed
and industrials moved irregularly while in
ternational issues remained generally
steady: The market closed irregular.
BERLIN--Trading was dull on the
today's session. The closing was weak.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
q. S. TREASURY POSITION.
BY the Associated Press.

The position of the Treasury on october
II was: Receipts. S61, 1,565, ,774 90; ex-
penditures,. Ss5. ,392 .O6; balance. ST.
month SI1. .2s6. .6Os 81. -o' 'Ae
Receipts for the fiscal year tsince July
-; 81; S5;1O6 s sSd'S16 10; expenditures S2'-
S9O.73 Of emergency expenditures) excess
Of expenditures, S9s6.757 .057 ,Ss. Gross
debt. SEQ ,493.941 .606.69 a decrease of
Gold assets. So. .47a. 754 .44s 50 N' 1A''
Receipts for October 12. 1924 tcom-
expenditures. ss3.a37. sos 90; net net balance.
S2.097.673. 644. So; customs receipts for
the month. S12.577 .622 .03
OBI 05; expenditures. S1.790. .653,412.2S,
including S97417s 902.42 of emergency
expenditures: excess of expenditures. S6S1.-
472.3s1 %; gross debt. S27. .225, ,6S0,4OO. SO;
sold assets. S7.9S6. .517.S21.21.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
Lumber Shipping,
Sales and Output
All Lag in Week
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, October 14.-Lumber
shipments, new business booked at the
mills and production during the week
ended October 5 were all lower than
during the preceding three weeks. the
National Lumber Manufacturer hsso-
citation reported today.
Production was well above the
August average and shipments and
orders were about up to that level.
All items were considerably in excess
of the corresponding week Of 1894.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
Chicago Grain

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 14.-Tumbles of
wheat prices formed the rule today
from start to finish.
First peeps of peace suggestions
from Italy had a bearish market ef-
feet. Beneficial rains in Argentina
added impetus to declines.
Wheat closed weak, 12.a22s cents
under Fridays finish. December,
1.021sa3s; corn, 1sa7s off; December,
SOS AGO; oats, Las off. and pro-
visions showing S to Is cents setback.
WHEAT Omen. High. Low. Close.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
.UPTURN FORECAST
AT STEEL PLANTS.
Institute Estimates Weeks
Rate at 50.4 Per Cent,
or of Point Higher.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, October 14.-Steel
production during the current week
is estimated by the American Iron
& Steel Institute at 50.4 per cent of
capacity, an increase of z of a point
from the preceding week, when it
was 497 per cent.
The estimated upturn this week
marks a resumption of the advance
in mill operating schedules following
a slight setback in the previous week.
The average rate of operations a
month ago was 48.3 per cent and a
year ago it was 22.8 per cent.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
RUBBER FUTURES.

NEW YORK. October IA GP.-Cr-.
ruEber futures opened quiet l lower to I
higher October unQuoted; December
12.71-73; March. IL 95-97.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
INVESTING COMPANIES

NEW YORK. October "A R.-New York
Security Dealers Association:
Moon auotatinnsN
Evening star., 1935-10-14
Chicago Cash Market.

Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat, No. 3 red tough, 1.04l2;
No. hard tough, 1.18; No. hard,
123a1.23A; No. hard tough, 118;
No. mixed, 1.10al.l3; No. mixed,
8534a891a; corn, No. mixed, 8712;
No. yellow, 87l2 No. yellow. 871a;
sample grade, old, 80a8l; new, 60a62;
oats, No. 2, white, 32a32l2; No. 3
white, 27s4a31; sample grade. 24a25:
no rye; buckwheat, No. 2, 1.12a1.15;
soy beans, No. 2 yellow, IS cars re-
ported, II net country station barley,
actual sales, 56a63; feed nominal,
30a48; mailing nominal, 48a73; timo-
thy, 2.50a280 hundredweight; clover
seed, l1.50a16.25 hundredweight.
Liverpool Grain Prices.
LIVERPOOL october IA UP.-Wheat
futures closed easy.
High. Low. Close. Close.
December 80 947s a3ss a3sss a45s
Exchange, 4s91a.
Baltimore Quotations.
BALTIMORE october IA, tP1.-Wheat
No red Winter. garlcky. spot do
mestic, 100; october. LOO.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
q. S. TREASURY NOTES.
NEW YORK BAR SILVER.

NEW YORK, October IA (P.-Bar
silver quiet and unchanged at 65ss.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
I T.ivernanl Grain Prizes

Liverpool Grain Prices.
LIVERPOOL. october IA UPl.-Wheat
futures closed easy.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
FEDERAL LAND BANKS

NEW YORK October IA R.-Federal
Land Bank bonds:
Evening star., 1935-12-31
John c. LETTS, A,
CLAIMED BY DEATH
PhiIanthropist and Founder
of Grocery Chain Gave
Y. M. C. A. Camp.

John Cowen Let's, IA. former presi-
dent Of the Sanitary Grocery Stores
here and for many years a leading
figure in business and financial cir
cles, died today at his home, 5000
Ellicott street, after a short illness.
Mr.. Let's was widely known for his
philanthropy, having aided many Or
ganiZationS and institutions caring
for the unfortunate and helping
toward the development of youth. He
gave to the Young Mems Christian
Association most of the property on
Rhode River. near Annapolis, now
known as Camp Let's" 1t is the
boys camp operated by the Y. M. C. A.
Founded Grocery Chain.
Coming to this city in 1909, Mr..
Let's founded the first store out Of
which grew the chain of Sanitary
grocery stores, which he headed until
retiring in June, 1927. Earlier he had
been in the wholesale grocery business
at st. Joseph, Mo-, and in Iowa..
Prior to going into the grocery busi-
ness, Mr.. Let's as a young man won
battle for health by going to Texas
to work as a cowboy and sleeping out
in the open. The trip to Texas was
made, friends pointed out here today,
after physicians had given him only
six months to live. Members of the
family held a consultation and granted
their permission for Mr.. Let's to go
to Texas, trip planned, as was thought
at the time, in accordance with last
will of Mr.. Let's. He began to i'm
(See LET'S, Page 80
Evening star., 1935-12-31
%, ,3l8 on Relief in District
As Number on Dole Hits 9,999
Officials Fear Possible CurtaiIment of
Government A gencies, With Increased
Demand as Funds D,UindIe.

said this morning, will make jobless
thousands of persons miles from home
who will look to the District to sup
port them.
The Hopkins order refusing W. P. A.
employment to any person not on
relief rolls before November precludes
any Federal aid in caring for these
newcomers, who were brought to the
District in thousands by their Repre-
sentatives and Senators at the begin
ming of the New Deal.
Already. the Official stated, hundreds
of these men and women have applied
for the dole.
Community Chest officials met today
to review the situation. but their first
allegiance to the 65 member agencies
and the fact the 1886 quota was un-
dersubscribed make it impossible for
the Chest to come to the assistance of
(See RELIEF, Page A.
Evening star., 1935-12-31
Lone Transatlantic Sailor
Loses Ketch in Chesapeake Ice

ing several Atlantic gales. He spent
some time at Cape May, N. j., and set
sail for the Chesapeake on Christmas
day, completing the canal passage Sat-
urday night.
He reached the point of Betterton
Sunday night. The Jean was caught
in the ice there and suddenly began
to fill.
"I got out on the ice and almost
Immediately the foe on which was
standing drifted away" Scattergood
said. by skipping from cake to cake
I got back to the Ketch, but by that
time she was pretty far gone.
My clothes, my money, my instru-
ments and my log-all my possessions
we're in the cabin and the cabin was
flooded.
81 had a number of flares on deck.
and tried to send them up. The last
one finally went OF"
When taken aboard Scattergood was
suffering from exposure.
Evening star., 1935-12-31
TRUCK KILLS MAN
ON KEY BRIDGE
Pile of Snow Trips Virgin
ian-Fair and Cold
Tonight.

Favorable weather for tonight S
New Year eve celebrations and rain
or snow by New Year night were in
prospect today as Washington counted
its first traffic fatality since Sundays
blizzard made treacherous going fol
automobiles and pedestrians.
The fatal accident occurred on Key
Bridge at the height of this morn
inR's rush hour, when Clarence E
Courtney, So. a street car conductor
stepped from the sidewalk over q
snowbank at the curb and fell be-
meath the wheels Of an Army truck
Courtney was killed instantly. He
lived at 1903 Key boulevard, Rosslyn
Va. and was walking south across the
bridge when the accident occurred
The driver Of the truck, Pvt. Bernard
E. Martin. Al, member of the Quar-
termaster Corps, Walter Reed Hos.
pital, was held by police for an in
quest, the time to be set later.
Attempted to Cross.
Martin said it appeared as if Court
ney suddenly decided to cross the street
and plunged headfirst beneath the
truck. Martins three companions
Melvin Tibbs. Perry johnson and
James Hoard, colored employees of the
hospitals landScaping department
were ordered to appear at the inquest
as witnesses.
Meanwhile, the District continued
its snow removal work with a force Of
800 men and 200 trucks. CroSswalks
and intersections in the downtown
area were pretty well cleaned up
last night, officials said. and remova
crews were spotted at the commu-
nifty centerS in outlying districts. while
the main force worked northwarc
along Pennsylvania avenue, E, F anc
G streets toward Seventeenth, Eight
eenth and Nineteenth streets.
The force was reduced from 1,10C
men, who we're turned out yesterday
The reduction was neceSSitated by
need for resumption of regular gar
bage and ash removal, halted tempo
rarily yesterday.
Fair and Is Degrees.
The forecast called for ''fair
weather. with a low of about Is de-
grees tonight. followed by increasing
cloudiness. with rising temperatures
and rain or snow late tomorrow after
noon or early at night"
The mercury may rise to 80 degrees
this afternoon and to the freezing
point tomorrow, but no thawing
weather is in sight, forecasters said
Temperatures have not risen above
the freezing point for a fortnight.
Weather men said that this month
will be the coldest December since
1917.
The Potomac was frozen to a depth
of IL inches at HagerStown, where
a low of degrees was reported. The
minimum here for the last IL hours
(See WEATHER, Page A.
Evening star., 1935-12-31
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
STAFF CorreSpondent of The Star.

ST. LOUIS, December 31.-Experi-
ments at Georgetown University Medi-
cal School with a potent awakening
drug" were described here today by
Prof. Theodore Koppanyi and Drs.
Charles r. Linegar and James M.
Ollie to the sessions Of the American
Association for Advancement Of
Science.
Already it has aroused two Wash
ingtonians from deep comas following
what would probably have been fatal
overdoses of sleeping powders.
This drug is picrotoxin. 1t is OBJ
tanned from a variety of the moon
seed vine, plant family represented
by one species near Washington. Used
Evening star., 1935-12-31
LINDBERGH LAW
CHARGE TO BE MADE
Messenger Boy, Who Sent Threat
ening Notes for Thrill,
to Get Hearing.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
BUFFALO. N. Y, December 81
Roland E. Markell, 81, messenger boy
who sent threatening extortion notes
to two wealthy Rochester men "just
for the thrill" faced a hearing late
today before United States commits
sioner on a charge of violating the
"Lindbergh law"
Although he is accused Of attempt
ing to extort 100000 from Frank E.
Gannett, owner of a chain Of news
papers, and $3.50 900 from Louis A.
Wehle, president of the Genesee Brew
ing Co., both of Rochester, Markell is
classed by Federal Attorney George
L. Grobe as more of case for a
straitjacket than handouts"
Federal men said Markell sent four
letters to Gannett and six to Wehle.
The writer threatened to kidnap
Wehle's two boys. The letters to
Gannett contained similar demands.
Evening star., 1935-12-31
ETHIOPIA CHARGES
ITALIAN MASSACRE
OF RED CROSS UNIT
81 in Swedish Ambulance
Group Reported Slain in
Aerial Bombing.
FASCISTS REINFORCE
POSITIONS IN NORTH
Prepare at Home for Sober New
Year Celebration Under Pres
sure of Sanctions.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Meeting virtually no opposition
during early peekS OF their inDd-
sion, italian troops captured con-
siderable territory and several cities
adjoining Eritrea. In late Nouem-
Der, hoWeper, 1dudnce SIotDed dot0n;
MusSolini shook up command.
ConcetUing strategy OF hdrasSing
italians on tanks, hampering COM
nunication and supply lines by
guerilla attacks. Ethiopian forces
haze put up effective resistance
during recent tDeeks;; major engage
nlent no1p looms
Most spectacular phase OF Dar
has been acttUity OF italian air
sQuadronS; Dessye, Ethiopian field
headquarters, bombed t,Oice in No
pember. American Red Cross hos
pitdl damaged
At home, Mussoltni takes steps to
reinforce Itdly's economic ability
to carry on long i0dr as pressure OF
League OF Nations cuts fuel and
ammunition sources, closes door to
loans.
Evening star., 1935-12-31

By the Associated Press.
The alleged slaughter of Swedish
Ethiopian Red Cross ambulance unit
ported to Adds Ababa today by the
high Ethiopian command on the
southern African front.
Ras Desta Demtu, son-in-law of
Emperor Halle Selassie, wireleSSed his
capital that 8 Swedish troops and %
Ethiopians, making up the ambulance
unit, had died in an aerial lombard
ment near Dolo. on the Ethiopian
Italian Somaliland frontier.
In the north the Italian invaders
moved up reinforcementS in anticipa-
ton of a long-drawn-out campaign,
and it appeared the old year would go
out to the crack of rife fire.
Prepares for Sober Celebration.
Blackshirt Italy prepared for the
most sober New Year celebration since
the World War.
The nation of the geographical boot
awaited calmly the turn Of the twelfth
month in the knowledge that height
ened strife and increased bloodshed
at the front probably would be the
keynote Of 1886. sounded yesterday by
Premier MuSSolini when he explained
the tardineSs of advances into
Ethiopia.
Soldiers we're given special rations,
an extra quantity of wine and a small
ration of cognac, but the New Year
celebrations were kept within narrow
limits. This last day of the old year
found Italian troops emerging from a
month of the most bitter fighting in
the three months of hoStilities betW cen
the two nations. They were confident
the most sanguinary fighting was
ahead
Rifles we're cooked and bayonets
fixed along 80 miles of jagged, noun
famous front, extending from Makale,
forward point of the Fascisg lines,
northwest toward the holy city of
AkSum.
$50 Miles Separate Armies.
1t has been estimated that the
Italians, having driven their military
spearhead less than rs miles into
Ethiopia in the northern sector. and
having been pushed back from ini-
tial advances in the south, now face
warfare designed to conquer $50 miles
of bad terrain before the Eritrean and
Somaliland armies can be united.
The Ethiopians, for the first time,
are abandoning guerilla warfare and
engaging the Italians in hand-to-
hand fighting. Losses have been
heavy Italian authorities announced
nearly 500 white and native troops
and IA Italian officers have died dur
ing the last 9nonth. As many more
we're wounded. The Ethiopian losses
were estimated by FaSciSts at 1000
dead and double that number wounded
along the Takkaze River, northeast
of Makale, and in the mountains, val
leys and plateaus of the Tembien
sector to the west.
Champagne Spurned.
Romans had no champagne-it is
an article from a "sanctionist" coun-
try, France-for New Years. Other
elf-imposed restrictions, adopted by
the FasciSts to combat League of
Nations financial and economic sane
tlons. acted against any joyful Ital-
ian welcome to the New Year.
Fascists expressed satisfaction that
Mussolini's review yesterday of the
military operations in East Africa re-
futed critics of the Northern Army
for its failure to advance beyond
Makale. II Duce told his cabinet it
had been absolutely necessary to
consolidate positions.
Evening star., 1935-12-31

District relief officials admitted
heads of 81 new families to the dole
today and brought the total number
of relief-receiying families at the
years end to 9.999
Figures issued at the Capital w
P. A. Office, meanwhile. showed 1919
employable heads of families had been
certified for works progress jobs. max
ing the number dependent for life on
direct and indirect relief here 23,318.
While the relief appropriation of
81 100000 dwindles. District officials
are becoming daily more alarmed, it
was learned, over the possible cur
tailment OF alphabetical agencies In
the new retrenchment program will
open broader road than ever to re-
lief headquarters
DISARMAMENT of the N R. A., reduc-
tion Of the administrative staff Of the
w. P. A. and curtailment of the A. A.
A. and other agencies, a high official
Evening star., 1935-12-31
JAMES PENNEWILL DIES
SUDDENLY IN DELAWARE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DOVER, Del, December 30.-James
Pennewill, 81, former chief justice Of
Delaware, died suddenly yesterday.
Pennewill was taken ill at the break
fast table.
A native of Greenwood, he had
lived in Dover since 1878, when he
began to study law. r 1897 Gov. Ebe
Tunnel named him resident judge of
the State courts for Kent County.
In 1909 he was appointed chief
justice of the Supreme Court by his
brother, Simon S. Pennewill, then
Governor, for term of IL years. At
the expiration of that term he was
reappointed by Gov. William d. Den
ney. He retired in 1888.
His widow survives. There were no
children.
The funeral will be held Wednesday.
Evening star., 1935-12-31
PITT UNIVERSITY
IS "BLACKL|STED''
American Association of
University Professors Hits
Administration.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, December 31.-The
American Association of University
Professors today placed the University
of Pittsburgh on its ineligible list be-
cause of alleged insecurity of aca-
demic tenure"
The vote of the delegates to "black-
list" the Pennsylvania school was
unanimous.
In their action the professors en-
phasized they we're not criticizing the
university as a whole, but its present
administration as represented by
Chancellor John G. Bowman.
DR.. Ralph E. Hinstead of Syracuse
University. chairman of a committee
which investigated the university, TOLD
the delegates the administration OF
Dr. Bowman is inimical to the ideals
of this association
Professor Dismissed.
He said "the least serious question
involved" was the dismissal from Pitt
of DR.. Ralph D. Turner for expressing
religious views Chancellor Bowman
regarded as "SubVerSlve.
1t was DR.. Turner's discharge that
prompted the associations investiga-
ton of the university.
DR.. Hinstead declared the almost
universal testimony of 100 professors
interviewed by the committee was that
an atmosphere of fear. uncertainty
and intimidation surrounds the faculty
there"
Not only. he asserted. was there
suppression Of academic expression
on social and economic issues" but
there Is suppression of freedom of
speech about the administration Of
ordinary university affairs"
I'VE are not branding the univer-
sity as a whole" Dr. Hinstead declared
I'VE are merely branding its present
administration. If there is any uni
versity whose administration deserves
to be put on the ineligible list, it is
the University of Pittsburgh"
Two members of the Pitt faculty.
DR.. Robert T. Hance and Dr. Marion
o. McKay-spoke against the ineligi-
DlllIy Recommendation VI OI' Sdll
Wittke of Ohio State University, chair
man of the associations Committee on
Academic Freedom and Tenure.
Progress Praised.
DR.. Mckay praised the progress of
the university during the past Is years
and asked that the association con-
slider the fact that adoption of the res
olution would retard Pitts growth.
THE good of the university out
weighs its shortcomings" Dr. Hance
said. The university is situated in
great industrial center, a center
stepped in conservatism, and change
will have to come slowly"
Andrew w. Mellon, former Secretary
of the Treasury, is one of the uni
versity trustees.
When an institution is placed on
the associations ineligible list the as
sociation does not receive new men,
bers from its faculty. Those already
members are not affected.