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Evening star., 1935-07-30
TWO MENINGITIS
DEATHS REPORTED
Montgomery Girls in Sep.
arated Areas Stricken
by Dread Disease.
BY a stafr Correspondent of The star.

BY Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd, July 30.-With
two deaths from spinal meningitis re-
ported in as many days, State and
county health officials were taking
steps today to prevent any general out
break of the dreaded and highly-con-
tagious disease in Montgomery County.
The first fatality was learned yester-
day when the county health depart
ment was informed Of the death Of
Virginia Mott, IA, at her home In
Brookeville after being i'll for less than
"a hours.
Dorothy Turner, colored, 10, Of
Buck Lodge, died of the disease at
Georgetown University Hospital in
Washington last night. The first
symptoms, physicians said, appeared
on Sunday and she was rushed to the
hospital that evening.
Attending physicians are assisting
DR.. Halliday in the absence Of DR.. v.
L. Ellicott, head Of the Montgomery
Health Department, who Is vacation
ing in Pennsylvania.
The doctors in the Turner and Mott
cases are taking precautionary meas
ures to prevent any spread and have
ordered persons who came into con-
tact with the two girls to undergo
daily examination to determine II
the contracted the disease.
The Mott girl, daughter of Richard
Mott, a Federal employe working in
Washington. became Ill Friday night
and grew worse steadily until Sat,r-
day night, when she died, despite the
continuous efforts Of two doctors to
save her life.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
RELIEF CORPORATION
DOES BIG BUSINESS
Food , Wool Cotton and Cloth
Distributed by Surplus
Agency.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Harry L. Hopkins Federal Surplus
Relief Corp, agency for distributing
food and clothing prepared in relief
workshops, did a big business in June.
the administrator has revealed.
The corporation shipped 4o,676,O02
pounds of beef alone during the
month.
The relief diet: 4,525,822 pounds of
mutton, 7,61O,078 pounds Of veal
1907 ,953 pounds of beef. 6,772, 1856
pounds of hamburger, ISIS, ,120 pounds
of beef stew, 191, ,l27 pounds of ground
beef, SO. .940 pounds of hash.
In addition there were large guam
titles of sirup. wool, cotton and cloth
for mattresses and ticking, as well as
SOB 800 containers for the dried milk
which is supplied those on relief
The meat came mostly froh. cattle
and sheep bought by the Farm Admin
istration to relieve distress in the
Middle Western drought area.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
UNION P|CKET|NG
JA|LS FIVE MEN
Sixth Is Taken to Hospital
After Outbreak in
Jackson, Miss.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss, July 30.-Five
men were jailed and a sixth was car
ried to hospital today following the
first serious outbreak of labor union
picketing here on construction prof.
ectS.
Five pickets of the Central Labor
Union of jackson, protesting the en-
ployment Of non-union labor in the
construction of a gasoline filling sta
tin, were arrested, police reported,
after engaging in fight with Sam
Mason, construction superintendent.
Mason was severely beaten about
the face and shoulders. Carried to
the hospital for emergency treatment
his wounds were dressed and he was
later discharged.
The five labor union men arrested
and charged with assault and battery
were booked as c. w. Tuner, Eddie
Stanley, H. B. Hatfield, A. L. Poole
and J. L. Armstrong.
Mason, the construction superin-
tendent, who allegedly was assaulted,
was charged with disturbing the
peace.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
On the Ethiopian Front
Italian Soldiers Are Enthusiastic about Fighting
for Glory Massolini Hopes to Bring Italy
in african Campaign.

Among them speech was not dis
guised; one dared to Use the word
war"
"You think that war with Ethiopia
will come 3oon?"
Their eyes turned heavenward; they
smiled.
"Just now we are in truce, a truce
imposed by God. We are in the
rainy season. Nothing can be done!"
But it will be q terribly difficult
undertaking."
Ready for Anything.
with men enough, everything Is
possible. Mussolini has promised us
a more glorious future. Besides, his
subjects are ready to endure anything
II only they can bring back to him
the trophies Of success. We shall
hight here as we fought during the
revolution. We shall fight our wav
through to victory"
"And you do not long for the quieter
life in Italy?"
One Of them looked at me. and
quoted Mussolini.
There are days which pass with
out leaving trace In the monotonolis
succession. These are the gray davs
days spent under gray skies. nonot-
onous and banal. And there are the
days Of storm, outstanding DAYS. days
OF tumult, days of creation and davs
OF destruction; there are DAYS that are
worth years!"
AT last leaving this little stopping
place. he pushed on again, closer
and closer to the frontier.
Finally one Of my Fascist friends
helped me down from the car. The
rest Of the way would be made on
foot, since the road was not prac-
ticable for the motor. We reached
the summit of a mountain. Huge
tents, large enough to house a Zep-
pelin, were ranged side by side.
Boy Of II Mascot.
Black Shirts formed on either side.
making an avenue for us, their arms
raised in salute. They were engaging
youngsters, bronzed and smiling. Some
one summoned the youngest, that he
might be presented to me. He was
small, lean, bashful; a boy of II, who
had volunteered for service. When
I spoke to him he blushed, not daring
to reply; he was the mascot of the
regiment, they told me.
1t was all youth, tender youth, and
courage. I could not prevent a shud-
der when thought that these lads
were at the very gates of the frontier.
I'VE are the van," they told me.
''That Is an honor which Mussolini
has paid us, and for which we are
grateful"
A little way of, not many kilo-
meters, the mauve peaks of Ethiopia's
mountains pierced the sky. They
looked peaceful enough in the deep
ening twilight. Their heavier shadows
looked heavy with mystery.
Yet here were hundreds Of young
men on the brink, waiting only the
word to offer themselves. Waiting.
and impatient. I wondered how such
Evening star., 1935-07-30
WHITE OFFICERS RUSHED
Selassie Urges Capetown Recruits
Be Speeded to Ethiopia.

CAPETOWN. Union of South Africa.
July 80 R.-Emperor Halle Selassie of
Ethiopia was said in dispatch by the
Reuters (British) News Agency today
to have asked for the prompt dispatch
to Ethiopia Of white men being re-
cruited here as officers for Ethiopian
troops.
The agency said arrangements had
been made to equip them and rush
them by airplane to Ethiopia at an
estimated cost of f200-about 81, ,000-
each.
1t was said that instructions to en-
list British subjects have been sent by
the Emperor to Seyd Ahmed Berhar-
dien, whom he has appointed as off1cial
Ethiopian representative in Capetown.
Evening star., 1935-07-30

This Is the second of a series OF
sin dispatches In which a peH
knoUn French author and journalist
describes the tour she has Just
completed OF the frontier provinces
OF Ethiopia and italian Erttred,
telling OF the military preparations
and the temper of the natipes and
of her meeting ,Dith Ras Seyoum,
ruler and leader OF the first line OF
Ethiopian tDarriors.
By Mail
BY MARCELLE PRAT.
ADD QUALA, Eritrea (NA.N.A).
The day was ready to start for the
Ethiopian frontier the rains began.
The car arrived, however, and We
began the ascent among precipices
and mountains that rose sheer to the
sky. In the valleys the streams began
to fill with a khaki food. We faced
q climb with 1900 hairpin bends.
As far as the eye could reach were
cars or trucks loaded with native
soldiers, which swung around curves
and drove you to the very edge Of
precipices; camel caravans, strings Of
mules and lorries which carried spirit,
rations and guns to the frontiers.
The earth was fantastic, and the
trains themselves were fantastic. Un-
real.
Donkeys moved obstinately ahead Of
us, slowing us down to walking pace
for hours. To right or left they
would not bulge.
Climb 10000 Feet.
The pebbles kept up a continuous
fusillade on the metal Of the car
The bends increased. The chasms
grew steadily deeper. We had climbed
about 10000 feet, and I was in q
hurry to arrive at my first stop.
Addi Quala, and fine black fellows
sumptuously appareled. went ahead
of those tall shadows who were in the
seventh heaven of pride because they
carried rifles. to pay my visit to the
ofhcial italian residence. ] was to
stay several days there.
The rain beat on the iron roof.
The electric light failed. All around
the garden jackals and hyenas howled.
The faint light of candle threw
strange shadows on the wall. Three
young fellows in black shirts, italian
soldiers, sat around me-
Have you been here long?" I asked
them.
only three months"
"And you are happy"
Careers Abandoned.
"Our lives are not our own. We are
part Of the army, and when Mus
solini issues a command we leave ev-
erything to obey. The interests Of
our country are greater than our pri-
vate interests. In coming here, our
careers have to be abandoned, the
mills which we controlled have been
closed down. But what does that
matter? So long as II Duce wishes it
to be so, that Is all we want to know"
Arms crossed on their breasts, their
hearts beating high, they awaited
word from Rome to launch themselves
forward, to undertake new conquest.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
AMNESIA VICTIM FOUND

John J. Serbu, 40. Of Baltimore was
returned to his home last night after
a policeman found him in Union Sta
ton, apparently q victim of amnesia.
He said he could remember nothing
since Friday.
Relatives were notified and q
brother-in-law came to Washington
last night to take Serbu home
Evening star., 1935-07-30
REVOLT CONFIRMED.
Italian S0malis Strike Out for Ethio-
plan Border.

PAah DOTu6fs
(Copyrisht, 1885, by the Associated Press
Adds ABABA, July 30.-Authori-
tative Ethiopian sources said they re-
ceived confirmation today of reports
of a revolt Of a number of native
Somalis In Italian Somaliland.
A party Of Italians, meanwhile, de-
parted from Adds Ababa.
Complete details Of the uprising
were lacking.
Previous reports, however, said the
natives in Italy's colony of Italian So
maitland, southeast of this 'last black
empire" had struck out for Ethiopia
in the vicinity Of Ualual, scene of q
frontier incident.
Meanwhile, Ethiopian troops, 10000
strong and modernly equipped,
marched away from the capital under
the command of former Cabinet Min
lister Dedjazmatch Haptemikael.
Strict military secrecy surrounded
the troop movements.
The war Office declined to confirm
reports that the field army from
Southern Ethiopia was headed for the
frontier of Eritrea, Italian colony to
the Northeast.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
COUNTY ASKS BIDS
ON SEWAGE PLANT
Also Calls for Estimates on Re.
surfacing 80 Miles
of Streets.
By q stan correspondent Of rhe STAR.

By Staff Correspondent OF The Star. ...
ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va,
July 30.-Bids were asked for today
by the Arlington County Board for
the construction Of a sewage disposal
plant and for resurfacing about 90
miles Of streets. --
Proposals for the disposal plan, es-
timated to cost $150,oo0. and for re-,
surfacing go miles Of streets torn up
by the laying Of sewer mains, are
to be submitted on September "a,
while proposals for 80 miles Of streets
are to be opened August IL.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
10000 SEE NEW STORE
80 Employed as Crowds Swamp
Peoples Drug Establishment.

More than 10000 persons visited
the new Peoples Drug Store, Eleventh
and G streets, yesterday and an even
larger crowd is expected today, ac-
cording to M. B. Fetzer, manager.
So great have been the crowds that,
although the store opened only yes
terday, II new employees have been
added to the sales force. Seven
were added yesterday and four more
today, making total of 80 mattresses
and statesmen.
The new store handles approximate
ly $4,000 varieties of articles. It
includes soda fountain 200 feet long
and tables and counter will seat BAT
persons. There Is basement res
taurant and balcony tea room. A
feature of the basement is q minia-
ture radio studio for Arch McDonald's
sport broadcasts.
Evening star., 1935-07-30

an army could be checked, how such
spirit could be broken.
Every day Of this preparation is,
costing Italy millions. What u she
going to do to Justify that expendi-.
ture?
tcopyright. 1895. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Incl ~
Evening star., 1935-07-30
Fishing Party Planned.

Plans for a fishing party for men,
bers of the Brotherhood of the Wash
ington Hebrew Congregation are be-
ing made by Allen v. De Ford, presi-
dent, and a committee composed of
Norman Kal, Lee Pretzfelder and
Burnett Baer. The party is to make
its headquarters at Bowen's Inn, Solo,
mons Island, Md, August "a and 25.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
OBSTACLES FACE GENEVA.
England Only Member Likely to Urge
Forceful Action.

Copyright, 1898. by the Associated Press.)
GENEVA, July 30.-The League Of
Nations confronted obstacles today in
its apparent program of speaking soft
ly and moving gently in the impasse
between Italy and Ethiopia.
League circles said England appeared
to be the only member of the Council
likely to call for forceful action at
the momentous session tomorrow.
Reports from Scandinavian states.
however, indicated that those ma
tions were following keenly the
Evening star., 1935-07-30

Leagues handling Of the dispute and
were insistent that 1t should protect
the interests Of smaller nations.
Any persistent temporizing in the
East African problem. Geneva sources
said, might lead to difficulties at the
September session OF the League As
sembly and possibly even to threats Of
new designations.
England's stand for the special
Council session aroused widespread
interest.
League circles generally conceded
that q settlement on the basis. of dis
cussion Of frontier incidents by the
Italo- Ethiopian Cancellation Commits
sion would not strike at the roots Of
the dispute.
REVOLT CONFIRMED.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
Ethiopia
Continued From First Page.)

French Somaliland to insure neutral
ity in the event of q conflict between
Italy and Ethiopia.
Authoritative sources said fear that
native sympathizers for Ethiopia at
Djibouti, French Somaliland, might
get out Of hand, prompted the order
OBSTACLES FACE GENEVA.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
.FIRECRACKER FROM SKY
lightning Bolt Blasts Shoe on
Girls Foot.

NESPELEM, Wash. (P).-Lghtning
struck the home of Columbia Joe,
an Indian who lives north of here.
Cecil Joe, his daughter, was knocked
unconscious. her foot was burned and
the shoe torn apart, as Joe put it,
like a firecracker burst inside.
There was no other damage.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
Autos Nav Take Place.

Automobiles may replace the popu-
lar two-humped camel3 for transpor-
tation in Jehol Province of China.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
6 FISHERMEN TELL THIS

153-Pound Alligator Gar Taken
From Creek.
OKTAHA, Okla. H1.-Not one. but
six fisherman swore by this story, and
brought along the catch to prove it
1T" was an alligator gar thai
weighed 153 pounds. The six took
it in Dredy Greek. near Muskogee,
after shooting at 1t with q rife fW
more than two hours. --
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-10
PEPPER LEADS
FIGHT ON AAA
Charges Program Invades
States Rights: Plea
Crowds Court.
By United Press

ny cHtttN 4 ftSS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O-George
Wharton Pepper, schooled in Penn
sylvania Republican politics, again
led the attack on the New Deal farm
program in the Supreme Court to-
day with an assertion that the AAA
is an invasion of states rights.
The small courtroom. was crowded
as word of Mr.. Peppers eloquence
was noised about the building.
Most visitors planned to remain
to hear argument later on the
Bankhead Cotton Control Act.
The archbishop of York, who re-
Gently was quoted as saying he was
glad the New Deal was being tried
over here" and John w. Davis
1924 Democratic presidential nomi-
nee and severe New Deal critic, were
present.
Mr.. Pepper had only a few
minutes of time remaining today
His attack was centered on an
effort to have the whole scheme of
AAA thrown into the discard
thereby hating any chance of re-
enactment.
He asserted he wished to make
two points:
/. That the 'so-called" processing
taxes are regulatory and not part of
the usual taxing power given
Congress.
2. That, as such, the tax must fail
if the scheme itself is beyond the
regulatory powers granted Congress.
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answer it, and I heard some one
at the back door. I was afraid
L started to run to grandmother
with only one shoe on.
Then I saw that it was daddy
at the back door. He put his fin
ger on his lips and said 'Sh-sn'
and picked me up and carried me
out to the car"
Betty Joan pushed her blond
hair back and hoped on one foot
around the chair.
Daddy held me in his lap
there were two other men in the
car. They took me to the hotel
ROOM
1t was from this hotel room that
betty Joan was taken by city de-
tectlVes several days after her
disappearance from her grand
mothers home, and taken TO
court, from which she was sent to
Inc Chlidren's Guardians Home.
1 told the judge that I wanted
70 live with my mother then, !"
Betty Joan explained this morn
ing. I'm so happy to be home
for Christmas"
n
>ha pink dress is a little
Il shorter than it was the last
Time Betty Joan wore it.
But it's prettier than the ones
at the home she said. They
were all checked ones, and I got
tired of checks"
Betty Joan was given into the
custody of her mother in Superior
Court 3, when Mrs. Layton was
granted a divorce from the childs
father. She was visiting her
great-grandmother, Mrs. Elvia
Cummins, 1915 Brookside-av. when
she disappeared. She was sent to
the guardians home Oct. 81. fol-
lowing trial of her father on a
contempt of court charge, for the
alleged kidnapping.
Yesterday, following a hearing
on petition to modify the court
order making her a ward of the
court, she again was given into
the custody of her mother.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-10
FRIENDS LAUD.
G. 0. P.FLAYS
F. D. R. TALKS
Capital Reacts Along Usual
Partisan Lines to New
Deal Defense.
FARMERS BACK STAND
Leaders From All Sections
Join in AppIauding
Chief Executive.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt returned today from
whirlwind one-day speech-making
tour of the Midwest to find the
Capital reacting along traditional
partisan lines to his strongly worded
defense Of New Deal farm and re-
covery policies.
Reaction here on Mr. Roosevelt
announcements yesterday divided
generally along partisan lines, with
Republicans disappearing and Dem
ocrats cheering the Presidents state
ments.
Democrats said the President S
remarks indicated he intends to
push forward with his farm pro-
gram, which they hailed as highly
beneficial. Republicans predicted
the farm belt generally would not
be impressed by the speech.
Allotment checks don't help pay
off mortgages said Rep. Usher L.
Burdick (R., N. d.. Generally
speaking, the speech could not make
much of an impression in states
where farmers are merely existing
on the allotment checks"
Spangler Leads Attack
Senator Elmer Thomas Cd, Okla. }
admitted that the President has
done something to help the farmer -
but contended he has failed to go
far enough"
Mr.. Thomas commended farm
prices will have to go much higher
before the farmer is able to pay off
debts contracted when grain and
cotton sold at high levels.
Harrison E. Spangler, Western
headquarters director of the Repub-
lican National Committee, sounded a
keynote for Republican attacks on
the Roosevelt speeches.
He charged that the President had
attempted to play class against
class, needless or ignorant of the
dynamite he tossed about so reck-
IesSly."
AZ oAoO VI AuiSAHCo lslI IOOOSCVclb y
defense of the reciprocal trade
agreement with Canada.
G. o. p. Headquarters Silent
Republican national committee
headquarters here, however, was
silent for the present as regards
comment on the Roosevelt adj
dresses.
Other comment:
Sen. Charles McNary -(Rep., Ore.) :
Il regret that the President did not
touch upon what a permanent agri-
cultural policy should be. I think
that his comment to adjust unfair
parts of the Canadian agreement is
reassuring."
Rep. John Rankin Dem, Miss {:
Those attacking the President are
Turn to Page Three
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new TRIAL SOUGHT
FOR OMAN SLAYER
Judges Errors Cited by
Barrett Counsel.

Attorney Edward Everett Rice to-
day filed a petition in Federal Court
asking new trial for George w.
Barrett, 50-year-old Kentucky feud-
list, convicted of first-degree muir
der Saturday in the Staying of Nell
son B, Klein, a Federal agent.
The petition alleges that Judge
Robert C. Baltzell erred when he
allowed pictures of the body of
Klein in evidence and in permitting
insinuations to reach the jury that
Barrett had killed his mother and
sister.
1t charged also that the court
erred when it overruled a motion
attacking the legality of the law
under which Barrett was tried and
which provides death by hanging
Mr.. Rice indicated that if his mo-
ton is overruled, he may seek an
appeal to the Supreme Court.
Judge Baltzell is to sentence Bar
rett at 10 Saturday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-10
Hoffman WithOlds Stand
He'll Take on Hauptman1
By United Press

By United Press
TRENTON, N. j., Dec. 10.-Gov.
Harold G. Hoffman today said that
10 one knows how he will vote when
Richard Bruno Hauptmann, comes
before the Court of Pardons in his
last attempt to escape the electric
chair.
I have expressed to no one in the
world my opinion as to the mans
guilt or innocence" he said.
Barring surprise discovery of some
convincing new evidence, the Court
OF Pardons, composed of the Gov
ernor and seven judges, will be the
last recourse.
Gov Hoffman said his talk yes
terday with Edgar Rosecrans, Haupt-
mann counsel, soon after the United
States Supreme Court had refused
to review the kidnaper's case. was
informal and concerned a point of
law. He asked MIR. Rosecrans to
look up the law on that point and
the attorney agreed.
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1t was the beginning of her
first day at home, following a Ju-
venile Court order late yesterday
which placed her again in the Gus
tody of her mother, Mrs. Patricia
Layton. Through darkened streets,
Betty Joan rode last night with
her mother and Miss Jessie Levy,
Indianapolis attorney, from the
Board of Children's Guardians
Home.
Tears clouded her dark blue
eyes, but they were because I'm
so happy" she explained.
Il knew you'd come, mother"
she repeatedly said, clinging to
Mrs. Layton.
1t was not the first ride through
darkened streets that Betty Joan
remembers. Today as she played
in the warm old-fashioned kitchen
of her aunt's home, 1899 E. 10th
st, where she and her mother are
to live, she described another one.
DADDY kidnapped me from my
~ gr t : grandmother
house" she explained. L was sit
ting on the bed, trying on my
shoes, and talking to grand
mother, when some one knocked
at the front door She went to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-10
BALDWIN HINTS At
PEACE PLAN SLIP
Intimates New Difficulties in
Situation,

By United Press
LONDON, Dec. 10.-Prime Min
lister Stanley Baldwin intimated in
the House of Commons today that
a hitch had occurred in the Franco
British negotiations to settle the
Ethiopian war.
I'VE have been examining all
messages regarding the matter, -
Baldwin said Frankly, I am not
at all sure that fnality has been
reached. There has been a leak
age in France which has made
these most difficult and delicate ne
gotiations incomparably more deli
cate and difficult