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Evening star., 1935-09-11

William Harmon Mondell, 81, son
Of Frank Mondell. Washington attor-
ney and former Representative from
Wyoming, was arrested shortly after
daylight today by police who said
they found him hiding in a barrel
near the Fifteenth street side of the
Spanish Embassy after his car al
legedly damaged two cars parked
nearby belonging to embassy attaches.
Employees Of the embassy, aroused
by the noise Of the collision, tele-
phoned No. 10 precinct about $50
am, saying they believed some one
was trying to force entry to the en-
bassy.
Searching the premises, police
found the damaged cars, and near
a third automobile, presumably aban-
doned by Mondell, found the young
man in large barrel, they said. The
police tipped the barrel on its side
Evening star., 1935-09-11
DEMOCRATS AT PEACE
OVER OUSTING OF BEST
Satisfactory Settlement of Dis
pute Announced as Meeting
Is Postponed.

Satisfactory settlement Of their dis
pute over the projected custer Of Paul
Best, president, was announced last
night by the District Division Of the
Young Democrats of America, as they
postponed until September "a meet
ing scheduled for last night, at which
the matter was to have been threshed
out.
Both sides in the "feud" admitted
last night that mistakes had been
made and all agreed to forget. The
Executive Committee had charged that
Best had failed to cooperate.
National officers Of the organization,
as well as Postmaster General Farley,
viii speak at the meeting September
"A, 1t was announced.
Evening star., 1935-09-11
CLASS PLEDGES FUND

A pledge to raise $500 for the Good
win Industries, Inc, was given last
night to Col. w. o. Tufts, president
OF the Goodwill Board Of Trustees, by
the Talma A. Smith Bible class of
Mount Vernon Methodist Church.
The fund will be used to pay for
shoe repair machinery recently In
stalled at the Goodwill headquarters,
eQ7, Mount Vernon place.
Evening star., 1935-09-11
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

TODAY.
Meeting. Anacostia Lions Club,
Esther Memorial Hall, $50 pm.
Dinner. National Sojourners' Club,
La Fayette Hotel, 6 pm.
Meeting, Washington Philatelic So
ciety, Carlton Hotel, pm.
Meeting. Chi Sigma Sorority, May
flower Hotel, pm.
Dinner, Board of Trustees, Colum-
bus University, Mayfower Hotel,
pm.
Bingo party, Ladies Of Charity,
Nativity Church, 5000 Georgia avenue,
$3.50 pm.
TOMORROW.
Meeting, Round Table Club, Univer-
sity Club, 1880 pm.
Luncheon, Kiwanis Club, Maynower
Hotel, 1880 pm.
Luncheon, Cosmopolitan Club, Carl
ton Hotel 1880 pm.
Luncheon, Washington Trade Ex-
ecutives' Association, Carlton Hotel,
1890 pm.
Meeting, Washington section, Insti-
tute of Radio Engineers, Potomac
Electric Power Co. auditorium, Tenth
and E streets, 8 pm.
Meeting, Ladies Auxiliary, Lamb
skin Club, Masonic Temple, Eighth
and r streets northeast, pm.
Meeting. Chi Sigma Sorority, May
flower Hotel, 8 pm.
Supper, Alliance Club, Hamilton
Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Dinner and meeting, Washington
Automotive Trade Association, Hamil-
ton Hotel, 8 pm. !
Evening star., 1935-09-11
SORORITY PLANS MADE
Chi Sigma Meetings to Begin

Chi Sigma Meetings to Begin
Tomorrow Morning.
Miss Mary Lou Collifiower, president
of Alpha Province, Chi Sigma Sorority,
and the province officers, Lois Mertz,
Peggy Smith and Catherine Phugey,
will conduct the meetings Of the sor-
ority at the annual four-day confer
ence at the Mayhower Hotel beginning
tomorrow.
Fridays session viii be devoted to
the election Of officers A banquet and
dance at the hotel Saturday will be
followed by breakfast and q memorial
service Sunday morning which will
formally close the convention.
Evening star., 1935-09-11
Licensed to Marry.

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va,
September II (SpeciaD "A marriage
license was issued here yesterday to
Hubert H. Peterson, 2024 N street,
Washington, and Ruth Clotile Dinan,
Ala Key Boulevard, Clarendon. Va.
The couple proclaimed their inten-
ton to be married September IS.
Evening star., 1935-09-11
TUGWELL SAYS ZEUCH
WAS NOT DISMISSED
Resettlement Position Only Tenn
porary Due to Interior Depart
ment Record, He Says.

DR.. william E. Zeuch, whose dis
missal from the Resettlement Admin
istration has been the cause of a
series of protests from organized Gov
ernment workers, was not actually
dismissed, according to DR.. Rexford
G. Tugwell, administrator.
DR.. Tugwell in q formal statement
explained that DR.. Zeuch had been
dismissed from the Interior Depart
ment with prejudice" and the COM
plant had not been removed. Con-
sequently. he was given only tenn
porary appointment with the Reset
tlement Administration and when the
time limit was reached he was allowed
to step out.
The resettlement lodge Of the
American Federation Of Government
Employees has protested that DR.. Zeuch
was "blacklisted" by Secretary Ickes
and that DR.. Tugwell upheld the
blacklisting by discharging him. Tug
wells answer was given when dele
cation from the local union called
ON him.
Evening star., 1935-09-11
D. c. FOOD PRICES
LEAP IN Z WEEKS
Quotations Here Are Above
Rest of U. S.-Pork
Chops Cheaper.

While retail food prices advanced
only six-tenths of / per cent for the
country as a whole, the increase in
Washington in the past two weeks was
IA per cent, with eggs and meat lead
ing the advance.
The prices here are 1913 per cent
above those of q year ago; for the
whole United States they are only ST.
per cent higher
The advances represent raise Of
3.3 per cent In a month. The current
index for the country is 1913. with
average prices Of 1913 as the basis.
20 Kinds of Food Rise.
Twenty-Five kinds of food advanced
in the two-week period, according to
DR.. Issdor Lubin, commissioner of Ia
Dor statistics, and nine decreased
Seventeen of the 48 commodities re-
ported from 81 cities. remained un-
changed.
Meats, fats and oils lead the rise,
and cereals. dairy products, fruits and
vegetables lead the decreasing offset.
Advances were made in wheat flour,
rice, wheat cereal, chuck roast, plate
beef, rib roast, round steak, sirloin
steak, hens, leg of lamb, sliced bacon,
sliced ham, canned salmon, butter,
cheese, eggs, bananas, oranges, cab
bage. pure lard, lard compound and
molaSses.
Pork Chops Cheaper.
Pork chops, on the other hand, de-
creased. the only drop recorded in
meat prices.
other drops In average prices were
made by white bread, prunes, raisins,
canned corn. onions. white potatoes,
canned tomatoes and oleomargarine.
No changes were recorded for corn
fakes, corn meal, macaroni, rolled
oats, fresh milk, evaporated milk, navy
beans, canned pork and beans, canned
peas, cocoa, coffee. tea, vegetable lard
substitute, salad oil, granulated sugar,
corn sirup and strawberry preserves.
Evening star., 1935-09-11
Marine Band Concert. Final.

The outdoor Summer season for the
Marine Band will be concluded this
evening when the band gives its final
concert under the direction Of Capt.
Taylor Branson. The concert Is
scheduled for 7:3o pm. ct the Capitol.
Evening star., 1935-09-11

Meeting, Washington Philatelic So
ciety, Carlton Hotel, pm.
Evening star., 1935-09-11

TODAY.
Meeting. Anacostia Lions Club,
Esther Memorial Hall, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1935-09-11

Meeting. Chi Sigma Sorority, May
flower Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1935-09-11

Dinner, National Sojourners' Club,
La Fayette Hotel, 6 pm.
Evening star., 1935-09-11

Dinner, Board of Trustees, Colum-
bus University, Mayfower Hotel, g
, 1935-09-15
81 Cities Show
Broad Movement
In Fall Buying

WASHINGTON. Sept. Il. Rp-A
fan buying movement which has
been gaining momentum since Labor
Day" vas reported by the commerce
department Saturday TO have
"broadened demand" in both retail
and wholesale trade in the week end
ed Wednesday.
In its regular weekly survey of
conditions in 81 cities, the depart
ment noted that the forward trade
movement" was based largely on
this background:
Favorable weather. stimulated
buying power In agricultural sec
tons. sustained activity IN building
and construction, and gradually i'm
proved employment conditions
brought about by WPA allctments
and increased industrial production"
Another commerce department re-
port Saturday noted a continuing
decline In United States raw cot
ton exports In August as compared
to the previous month and August
last year.
Despite gains 10 several European
countries. this years August ship
mentS fell to 24l. 900 bales. valued at
$l6.2l3.0 900 against ass. 900 bales val
ued at SIT $40 900 in August last year.
July shipments this year were 277.-
600 bales, valued at 9le.4i8.000
The notable gain IN cotton ex-
ports was a Jump IN the movement
TO France from 6.oi2 bales In Aug
ust last year to S4.0s2 In August this
year.
IN the domestic scene. New York
reported that Manhattan and
Brooklyn department stores increas-
ed last weeks tournover II per cent
over q year age and that buyers were
having difficulty In getting deliv-
cry.
Boston reported "a definite short
age" OF skilled labor In the metal
industries while Philadelphia de-
partment stores increased trade vol
ume 10 per cent over last year.
A survey Of 100 Cleveland man
ufactures showed an increase cf
about 1000 In employment ver a
year ago. and $500 men were expect
ed TO return TO work shortly for the
production CT new automobiles.
Chicago and st. Louis depart
ment stores sales increased. and In
&c. Louis industrial employment has
expanded since Labor Day. Thirty
seven stores IN ~ northwestern
cities. according 10 the Minneapolis
report. pushed sales up 10 per cent
In August this year as compared
with last.
, 1935-09-15
Ranger Division
Is Captained By
Toni R. Hickman

AUSTIN. Sept. L. Rp-L q.
Phares. acting director OF the De-
partment OF Public Safety. Saturday
announced appointment Of Tom r,
Hickman a. senior captain OF the
Ranger Division.
Hickman. 40. entered the Ranger
service In 1919 as a private and was
appointed captain In 1870. After
participating In many sensational
cases, he left the service at the start
OF former Governor Miriam A. Fer
guson's last administration TO be-
come a cigarette and beer tax sup
ervisor.
Governor Alfred reappolnted him
In January.
Hickman is widely known in the
east as a rodeo performer and judge
and in 1880 toured Europe with the
Simmons University band. Last
year he made q personal study Of
police systems In several northern
and eastern states.
He was born on a ranch In Cooke
county In 1885 and spent his boy
hood as a ranch hand In Texas and
with the Chickasaw. Choctaw and
Comanche Indians. His first assign
ment as a peace officer was as a
deputy sheriff en- the Texas-O OKLA
homa border in 1908 where he work.
ed until 1919.
He Is well known 10 Texas rodeo
audiences. having judged exhibitions
at Fort Worth. Dallas. wichita Falls.
san Antonio. Houston and STAN
ford.
, 1935-09-15

MERCEDES, Sept. IN. - Superin-
tendent E. III. Potept or the Mer-
cedes schools. announced Friday he
had received Information of the ap-
proval OF two w. r. A. projects for
improving Mercedes independent
School District buildings and
grounds.
The two projects. totaling s25. 500.
include nm addition 20 the North
Grammar school. construction or
tennis courts. and repairs.
The projects Rre now In wash
lngton, having passed the state
board nc San Antonio.
Project I win total S4.805 and win
include construction or two concrete
tennis courts with ~backstops: con-
struction OF three small incinerm-
tors for the school grounds: repair,
plaSterinE and painting on North
Side Grammar school and repair
and painting OF football hleacher&.
Brick from the old Harriet Clay
comb Grammar school building,
which has been razed. win be used
ms foundation for The tennis courts.
Project a calls for building an IN
sembly room 20 the North Side
grammar school and several small
class rooms, t0taling an expenditure
Of $4,000
, 1935-09-15
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Sept. H=R-The
stock market side-stepped gtngerly
Saturday with only the metals ana
a handful OF specialties showing
firm ~propensltles.
Profit taking was In evidence &C
times. although the majority or
losses we're held 70 minor proper
tons. The close was irregular.
Transfers Appropriated 100000
shares.
The market seemingly could find
little stimulation in the movement
Of grains, cotton and the general
run OF commodities. U. 8. govern
ment securities again slipped down.
ward and corporation loans were
mixed. The guilder steadied In for
eign exchange dealings.
Shares OF u. q. Smelling got up
3 points on top Of It's Fridays squirt
Of more than 6. but yielded part
OF this gain IN the final hour.
American Smelling. Cerro De Pasco.
Howe Sound, Kennecott and Amaze
onda gave q good account OF them
selves. American Telephone was
resistant.
Western Union and Case sagsed
about a point each and y. 8. Steel,
General Motors, Chrysler. American
Can, westinghouse. Consolidated
Gas. Santa Re. Union Pacific ana
numerous others were about un-
changed to moderately in arrears.
Builish forces were somewhat less
vociferous than usual. but they did
not appear 10 be especially down.
hearted 20 far as selected stocks r
concerned.
, 1935-09-15

Saturday when. with her fathers
consent, she became a volunteer
worker for the first field ambulance
unit OF his army.
She arrived In an American
made automobile at an abandoned
house IN Adds Ababa where Ethio-
plan women were making bandages.
There she doned a white smock and
joined SO ladies OF the court, prin-
cipally wives and daughters OF
mobiles and high officials. and three
native nuns OF the Roman Cath
Ole mission, in their work.
With the princess at their head,
the womN rolled bandages OF great
length on simple wooden machines
copied BY native artisans from a
model brought from London The
princess proved ade-t and her
nimble fingers soon we're steadily
adding IL the pile beside the re-
winding lindle.
while IN London" she said.
speaking faultlesS English. Il visit
cd some OF the hospitals and I wish
now l knew more about their work.
I'VE lack all means OF succor-
ing the wounded. We haven't a
single doctor, any medicines. SplintS.
tetanus serumS, surgical appliances.
anything"
"A hospital Is unknown 20 the pri-
mitive v@rriors Of Ethiopia who
expect % lie with their wounds ~
attended md suffer in silence die
where they fall or be eaten by
jackals and hyenas at night
, 1935-09-15
TAX SPENDING
TO GET PROBE
Santa Rosa Farmers Resolve
To Check Expenditures
Of Officials


SANTA ROSA. sept. IA. - Santa
Rosa farmers decided at @ meet
ing Friday night at the school audi
forum to investigate expenditure OF
such public funds as cmanate from
their taxes. They resolved not only
20 investigate but decided that the
Is farmers present would be unable
Co pay their taxes until Try were
reduced.
Or. Martin A. Bernfield. OF Har-
hngen, was the principal speaker.
j. r.. Lester presided. The group
passed the following resolution:
Whereas the taxing agencies al
fecting the landowners In the vicin-
ity Of Santa Rosa. Cameron Coun-
~, Texas. through the respective
Boards Of Equalization, have had
excessive valuations placed upon
their lands for the purpose Of tax
alton: and
Whereas said landowners find II
necessary TO organize for the pro-
lection or the taxpayers To invCsti-
gate past practices In the part OF
officials In the management and
expenditures Of public funds: and
whereas u n necessary for this
purpose TO appoint a committee TO
act In behalf OF said taxpayers: now
Therefore at a meeting OF the
taxpayers OF the Santa Rosa district
held In Santa Rosa. Texas. on FRI
day, sept. 18th. 1885, be IL resolved
that the following committee CON-
posed OF; J. r. Lester. p. M. Christ
Jansen. John Pulchny, ". K. I'd.
Hanson and 8. A. Rack. are he~by
empowered 90 oct I'm behalf OF the
taxpayers OF Santa Rosa IN inves-
tiEatinR the management OF the
public funds affecting said district
that are raised by taxing land. to
make recommendation back 10 "a
general meeting Of the taxpayers 10
be called by said cAmmittec. Cd send
a copy OF this resolution g Governor
James ". Alfred and Judge Oscar
g. Dancy. II being understood that
oil taxpayers at said Heeting. num-
ber1ng as. will be unable To pay
their taxes until same are reduced.
, 1935-09-15
CALLED
LIAR BY BILBO
Senator Ired by Statements
Over Radio by Long
Associate

JACKSON. Miss, Sept. II. Up
u. s. Senator Theodore @. BIlbo
referred to the Reverend Gerald l..
TX. Smith. organizer OF Long Share
our wealth" societies as n "damnable
self-made liar" Saturday In denying
charges made by Smith In o radio
address Friday night.
Bilbo. who In q licensed minister
OF the Baptist church himself, said
that Smith should take his Bible
and get back In the pulpit where
he belongs"
When the Reverend Gerald T..
X. Smith intimAtes. insinuates or
charges that I went to New Orleans
last week or any other time In my
life with $4,000 In my pocket" SEN
ator Bilbo said holly, "he is a con-
temptihle. dirty. vicious. p~usillani-
nous. with malice aforethought,
damnable self-mAde liar"
X went 10 New Orleans 10 make
arrangements with the federal land
bank TO get some money that they
were holding back on a loan TO fin
ish my dream house. I made the
necessary arrangements and drove
straight back to my office at Pop
larville. / visited only two places IN
New Orleans. q restaurant and the
bank"
, 1935-09-15
FORT o r. LIVESTOCK

FORT WORTH, Sept IL. Rl-
USDA)-Hogs 100. truck hogs
steady; top Ills; better grades leo
$50 lbs truck lots ll.0s-l6: mixed
grade underweights down TO 1000;
packing sows steady. mostly Gas.
Cattle 1900: calves 500; compar-
ed with close last week: Slaughter
steers and yearlings strong TO Is
higher: she-stcck mostly Is up; bulls
steady; calves strong 10 Is and more
higher: part load medium weight
fed steers and package choice year
lings topped at 1000: most fed sters
and warnings 100000: cake-fed
6.75-8O0; grassers 4.75-6!O0. Good
fat COWS 4.50-5.50: bulls 425 down;
desirable slaughter calves 6.00-70O;
few 7.50: common lots down to
$50.
Sheep 800; nominal: compared
with week ago: Fat lambs Is higher,
other classes around $3.50 higher;
medium to good fat lambs 7.50-S.25;
few good fat lambs $50: fat year.
lings 6.O0-25: feeder lambs and year
lngs Is or mere higher: feeder lambs
6.50-7.85 feeder yearlinEs 5.OO-6o.
, 1935-09-15
Cobb To Speak

HARLIN0EN. Sept. L. - T
Cobb Of weslaco viii address the
Junior Chamber Of Commerce nc It's
meeting at 7:30 o'clock Monday
night IN the patio OF the Reese
Wil-Mond hotel with Q talk on tour
lists. The Jaysees are fostering q
program to bring tourists 10 The
Valley. County Judge o. G. DAncy
viii speak briefly.
The Emory Parnells OF Ia Feria
viii entertain and there also viii
be singing and dancing.
A president 70 succeed M. ". Me-
Cright, VINO "a resigning. and three
directors. are 90 Be elected.
The Jaysees propose On active pro-
gram for the coming season said
Ray Byfield. secretary and manager,
and 10 Ia hoped that Gil members OF
the organization win be present
, 1935-09-15
Produce Notes

California now has a prorate law,
amended from its 1888 form, which
places p~rorates into effect on com'
modities where So percent OF the
producers and 81 per cent OF the
"produciny factors" petition for 1t.
Owners oi land are termed pro
ducinE factors and they have one
vots per so acres.
Although the first Isle Of Pines
grapefruit received on the New York
market last month was good. the
supply Is reported short. The clDp
Is one OF the shortest in years. be-
ing reported at las. 900 boxes. Most
Of the Pines grapefruit usually Ia
\ marketed before the continental
y fruit comes on the market In guam
city.
More than 40 per cent OF Florida's
grapefruit was canned the past sea-
son. Three times as much juice
was put up as any time before but
REGARDLESS Of this heavy pack. 90
per cent Of the canned goods have
already been shipped or sold. Flor
ida canned 3.667.62 cases Of grape
fruit the past season. put UP 2,l71,-
423 cases Of grapefruit juice and
iT7.245 cases OF orange Juice.
Florida's frost forecasting service
will start Nov. Is and continue I'M
al April. The new Florida service
Ia supported By a $4,000 fe'g raj
and $4,000 state appropriation.
The Valley service has only the fed
eral appropriation.
The California grapefruit crop Is
reported rs per cent normal or about
he same as 1888 but seven points
I better than q year ago. California
grapefruit Is a negligible factor on
the national market.
Dealers who buy potatoes. fruit
and vegetables on credit from New
Jersey grwoers must be licensed and
bonded and only payment In cur
rency is considered cash.
California has taken the spot
light in the carrot industry. She
shipped only four cars In 1916. Last
season the shipments totalled 9.5aS
cars. accounting to a large extent
for the large increase in the ma
tional figures. The nation shipped
i3,2e6 cars In 1884. the . test in.
crease In production OF any fruit
or vegetable In the United States.
Figures by states In 1884: California
e.6l3, New York i.557, Texas 622.
Arizona 244. Michigan l4e. This
does not include shipments In mix
cd cars. The South shipped con-
adorable carrots in mixed car lots.
, 1935-09-15
Lecture Scheduled
For Sunday Night

HAR1IN0EN. Sept H. Mrs.
Theadosia ID. Schubert, author OF
Divine Remedies" will speak on
your Thoughts. the Tools by Which
You Share Your Life" ut the Unit
ed Study classroom. corner OF Van
Buren, and Commerce streets. Sun
day ut 7:45 p. m, II was announced
Saturday.
Mrs echobert also has done edi-
torial work for Universities.
, 1935-09-15

SAN BENrTO. Sept. lA--Post-
master and Mrs. A. M. Bowie have
left by auto for Chicago TO attend
the national postmaSters convention
Sept. a to "a. They will stop In Fort
Worth Co visit Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Reid and Miss Anna Beth Bowie Is
accompanying them ar far ms Iowa
70 visit here grandmother. Ted
Bowie viii 20 an far ~ College sta
ton where he will attend Texas A.
and M. College. Robert Ballenger Is
going ar far M Waco 10 attend Bay
Tor University.
Other Valley people expected 20
attend the Chicago meeting include
Postmaster and Mrs. w. TT. Bur-
nett OF Brownsville. Postmaster and
Mrs. A. C.. Oyler of EdinburE. Post
master Harry Merits or McAllen.
Postmaster Mary Lovely, Weslaco.
Postmaster Jack York. Pharr: and
Postmaster Myrtle Hatch. Mission.
, 1935-09-15
TODAY'S MARKETS

justmsnt Administration In allow
ing the cotton cooperatives 10 pay
farmers the fun price Of IL cents Q
pound when their cotton Ia market
ed. Merchants insist this VIII act
to make ell growers who are mem
bers OF the co-ops market their cot
ton throlNh thep and deprive the
private firm Of q share Of this busi-
mesa.
Port receipts Se.lsl; week se,lsl;
season e3i 1877; last season eel.6e4'
Exports i0.e2S; season 354.5is; last
season AL .4s6. Port stocks l,t6S,-
562. Stocks on shipboard nc New
Orleans, Houston and Galveston
were q e.e30: ast year 7e.04f.
Spot sales ct southern markets
24,eie; last year 36,704.
, 1935-09-15
Bride Of Month L.
Held In Shooting

DALLAS. Sept. IA RD-Mrs. Edith
BEDDING, married only q month,
was charged with murder Saturday
for the shooting Of her husband,
Jimmie Redding, 20, in q quarrel
she said resulted from his refusal to
tell her where he went when he eft
the house Friday.
Il did not mean 10 kill him." the
a3~-year-old bride was quoted by
officers as saying. 81 Just shot to
scare him go. He had been seeing
another woman and I asked him to
let her alone"
Officers were Informed Redding,
O former insurance man. had walk
&C away from the house and. when
he returned later, the argument en-
sued.
, 1935-09-15
Braniff To Visit

T. III. Braniff. OF Oklahoma City,
president Of the Braniff Always,
Inc. Is expected 10 visit the Valley
next week in furtherance Of his or
Ranization's present campaign TO en-
courage sporting expedition from the
Middle West to the Rio 0rande
Valley. Small groups OF two or
three peffons can BE- accommodated
on fishing or hunting trips from
Kansas City. Tulsa. and such towns.
on the regular passenger schedule.