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Evening star., 1935-12-02
WISE KILLING HELD
IN SELF DEFENSE
Prosecutor Says Boy Who
Shot Sire Seems to Have
Good Case.
ny the Associated Press.

WISE, Va, December 2.-The
mother Of Haugeman Falin, 16-year-
old mountain boy held in the killing
of his father, came to her sons aid
today with q declaration that the act
was in self-defense.
She told Sheriff J. Preston Adams
that her husband knocked down the
youth Friday with o pistol during an
argument over their automobile
The elder Falin. she said, threatened
to finish the little --," and warned
her: IF you butt in. I'll kill you, too. -
Thought Son Was Slain.
She ran from their house in Wild
cat Valley, she said, and was covering
behind a tourist cabin when she heard
shots. She thought her son had been
killed.
Young Falin remained in jail here,
without bond, while his mother sought
to perfect defense plans. She had not
retained An attorney.
Commonwealth's Attorney. Fred b.
Greear, who last month prosecuted .
similar case resulting in the convic-
ton of Edith Maxwell, said The
youth seems to have . good case Of
Self-defense."
He had been 80 severely cut on the
head, Greear pointed out. that stitches
were needed to close the wound.
Father Shot Others.
Deputy Sheriff Dan A. Bostig said
Of the father:
Palm shot Charles Bishop at Duf-
field several years ago, and another
man ut Ramsey. He is known to have
shot three or four others"
Like Mrs Falin, the mother Of Al
year-old Edith Maxwell supported her
daughters set-defense plea after the
girl was accused Of beating her father
to death with slipper. He had threat
ened to whip her for staying out until
midnight.
A jury convicted Miss Maxwell, and
she In In jail pending m appeal from
o 25-year sentence.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
CREEK ENDS CHASE
OF ESCAPING YOUTHS
Auto Misses BTidge-Twe SYRIA
cuse Boys and a Girl
Are Injured.

by tnG ASSoclateo FreS-
NEW ALEXANDRIA. Pa, Decem-
Der IA mad dash through three
counties to escape pursuing police
ended IN the chill waters of Loyal
hanna Greek last nigN for two boys
and q girl. All were hurt when their
automobile missed a bridge.
At the Westmoreland Hospital IN
Greenshurg their names were listed
as:
Robert wiegand, 16; A L. Mutt. Is.
and Grace Stoltzlman, IS, an Of Syra-
cuSe.
Police tried 10 halt the car with
pistol and rife fire after they had
received q report from filing station
at CreSson that q car had left after
the occupants refused to pay for
gasoline.
A witness said the machine was
going at such q terrific speed that it
shot straight out for almost 50 feet
before falling into LoyaIhanna Greek.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
ROTATING COLLEGES
SOON TO FUNCTION
Officers Of Young Israel Announce
Program to Operate in
Seven Cities.
BY the Associated Press.

by bHe Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, December 2.-Of-
f1cers Of Young Israel. o Jewish youth
movement, announced today q plan
for the opening Of rotating colleges for
branches Of their organization In
cities Of the United States and
Canada.
One already is In operation in New
York, serving SIS students, said Moses
H. Hoenig. New York, president.
Four-nfght-a-week courses In Jew.
Sh philosophy, Hebrew, Jewish his
tory. codes and ceremoniaIs VIII be
established, Hoenig announced, in
Chicago, Cleveland, Louisville, KY;
Rochester, N. Y: Detroit, Toronto,
Ontario, and Cincinnati. Faculty
members win be graduates Of Amer
lean universities, and classes are ex-
pected to begin January II.
Hoenig estimated 10000 students
would be enrolled within two years,
requiring $50 instructors, at an esti-
mated expenditure Of SIS, 900 yearly.
Members Of the faculty viii rotate"
IN their assignments, Hoenig ex-
planned. adding that plans call for
instruction on subjects to be stimuli
tanecus In all cities.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
HOG PRODUCTION
IS STEPPED UP
Details of New Contracts
Announced -"Balanced
Farming Is Aim.
ny ths Associated Press

ny the Associated Press
Emphasizing that balanced" farm
ing Is their aim. A. A. A. oficials made
public today details Of the 1s36-19s1
contracts offered farmers for eorn-hog
control
The contracts, effective as Of yester-
day, are designed 10 increase hog pro-
dnetion by 80 per cent IN 1ssG A
shortage Of hogs has led to higher
prices, with protests from consumers.
A study Of processing taxes, mean
while, indicated to DR.. A. G. Black,
Agriculture Department's chief econo-
mist, that the taxes have been passed
on to the consumer" or taken from
the farmers potential returns and
not absorbed by the processor&
Features Of Contracts.
Leading features of the contracts:
/. Community and country control
committees will make appraisals and
determine q farmers "base'' produc-
ton Of hogs and his base corn acreage.
2. The contracting farmer will be
permitted 10 raise 100 per cent Of the
hog base.
g. He win be required to keep his
corn acreage 10 TO 30 per cent under
his base.
4. A producer will receive $125 ben
eft payment for each hog IN his base
for 1885.
S. Corn benefits win be at the rate
Of IS cents bushel for 1896.
Producers must grow at least IS per
cent Of the base corn acerage to qualify
for payments.
Acres taken out of corn production
must be planted In soil improving or
erosion preventing crops.
Aims Enumerated.
Aims Of the new program, the A.
A. A. said, are to balance the corn crop
with live stock feeding requirements;
to encourage better balanced cropping
systems; to maintain q balance be-
tween producer and consumer inter-
ests, and to restore the balance In
production between regions adversely
affected by weather during the last
two years.
Considerably, a new attack In the
A. A A. came from the American
Liberty League In a statement the
league asserted that existing regi-
mentation Of the farmers Of the
United States constituted a definite
challenge 20 the American form of
Government
In his annual report, DR.. Black
praised the marketing agreement pro-
visions Of the agricultural adjustment
act. These provisions. he said, make
possible q new kind of cooperation
Among farmers, dealers, and process
sors for the purpose of improving
marketing conditions and raising the
incomes Of certain groups Of farmers,
partly through regulating the fiow of
farm products TO the market, regulat-
.nS the qualities and grades sold,
standardfzing charges for processing
and handling, and deciding upon
minimum prices to be paid to the
farmers"
Evening star., 1935-12-02
INCREASED NAVAL
PERSONNEL URGED
Need Is Stressed by Rear Admiral
Leahy, Chief of Navigation,
in Annual Report.
BY the ASsoeia ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
Increases in personnel strength to
man the full treaty Navy with its
essential war complement were urged
yesterday in the annual report of
Rear Admiral william d. Leahy, chief
Of the Bureau Of Navigation.
A shortage of both officers and en-
listed men forced the Navy to cruise
through the 1885 fiscal year with q
substantially undermanned feet. he
said.
Emphasizing that it was dangerous
to the national defense" for ships'
compliments to fall below IS per cent
of fun enlisted strength, Leahy's re-
port said the average enlisted force Of
$3.50 maintained during the year
made it possible to man eomhatant
ships to only 81 per cent Of their
needs.
Similarly, 1t was said, line ofacr
personnel of 6,320 was more than $500
below the number necessary to man
fully the treaty Navy now authorized
and building.
Even with an expansion Of facilities
at the Naval Academy at Annapolis
for turning out large numbers Of Of
ficers, it was said that the requisite
personnel could not be obtained be-
fore 1945 or later.
Since the period covered by the re-
port an enlisted force Of 90 900 men
mas been authorized BY Congress
This, Leahy said. should allow all
eombatant feet vessels to reach the
desired IS per cent Of complement.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
CORONER CONVINCED
MAN WAS KILLED
Starts Checking Stories After Dis
covery of Body Of Girls
Suitor in New York.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW CITY, N. Y, December a.
Coroner j. william Giles Of Rockland
County announced today he is con-
WINGED Leroy Smith, found dead near
the home Of a 17-year-old girl with
whom he had been friendly. was slain.
As DR.. Giles sought to refute state
ments by some State police that Smith
committed suicide, District Attorney
George v. Dorsey said he would start
today rechecktng the stories Of all
persons he questioned Immediately
after discovery Of the body q week
ago last Thursday. Smith apparently
had died Of q bullet wound the pre-
vious Saturday night.
Certain discrepancies In the stories,
including that of the girl, Mrs. Mary
Swope. Philpot. estranged from her
husband, needed clearing up, the dis
trict attorney said.
The coroner based his conviction
the man was slain. he said, on the
autopsy and evidence ut the spot the
body was found, near Mrs. Philpots
home.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
EXPERTS CONSIDER
NEUTRALITY COST
Trade Might Lose Nothing
to Billions Three
Plans Outlined.
~ thr Associated Press.

~ va 4A@9eNANN~N y A~nSs
The price America is willing To pay
to stay out Of future wars Ioomed
today as q vital question confronting
experts awaiting congressional con-
sideration next month Of permanent
neutrality policy.
On the basis Of statisticians' figures,
the cost Of an attempt to remain nett
trail might range anywhere from Moth
ing TO billions. depending On the type
of policy adopted and the scope Of
the war the country tried to shun.
These figures are based On the trade
which would be lost II the United
States curbed or shut on exports to
belligerents.
. Some advocates Of strict neutrality
say that monetary costs should net be
considered; that peace at any price is
cheaper than war. Others would lay
down a policy designed to keep US out
Of war, yet deal as soft a blow as
possible to the country'S economy.
Three Proposals Outlined.
Three broad proposals for a per-
manent policy have been advanced.
Some peace advocates would cut of
all trade with all belligerents or all
trade with aggressors.
Members of the Senate Munitions
Committee would embargo all trade
IN munitions or essential war ma
terials, but permit normal trade in
other commodities
The administration seems to some
observers to be headed toward o policy
of embargoing munitions proper, but
applying quotas on war materials to
limit exports to normal.
Suppose another World War should
break out, involving the same nations
that were in the last one? How would
the various plans affect American
trade?
Under the first, the great bulk Of
all American foreign trade would be
sacrificed. In the so-called normal
year of 1876 this amounted to $4,so8,-
000. 900, or 10 per cent Of the coun-
try's total production Of movable
eOO0As ASoSI yCAk tOtA1 GAROAb " WVIE
about $1,000 .ooo, 900.
Second Would Cut Somewhat.
The second plan, If confined to the
commodities on which the administra-
ton Is now centering attention, would
cut normal trade approximately ST.
000. 100000 In q year such as 1926.
But If It included cotton. the total
would be close to $4,000 ,000, 600.
Under the third policy the cost
would be little II applied before trade
expanded to the war demand, 1t would
merely keep exports at their normal
level.
Reports from London that Great
Britain had found encouragement for
the success Of q possible oil embargo
against Italy IN hints that the United
States might tacitly but effectively
join in such q move, were met IN
well-informed quarters here with the
assertion there had been no tndica.
ton the United States was contemplat.
ing any immediate neutrality steps
beyond those already taken to dis
courage sales Of war supplies to Italy
and Ethiopia.
Evening star., 1935-12-02

Some economists have . reasonable
new theory that the railroads VIII
come back also when the dlrables re-
cover fully. The basis Of this theory
is that the durable goods are not car
ried by truck, bus and airplane. Only
the railroads haul the bulk of steel,
irun, humber, etc.
The theory seems to be begia.
ming to Dork out slightly. At
least the recent Improvement IN car
loodings is attributable partly to In
creased production and partly to
the increased movement OF agricul-
tral goods.
The railroads lost money until Sep
tember. Their nine-month loss was
double that Of year ago. But in
September they made o profit, which
Is going to be increased In October.
: Stock Market Rise.
An interesting thing about the stock
market rise Is that It has been accom-
plished without any corresponding
increase In general prices. The most
recent private computation indicates
that stock market prices are up about
SO per cent since last March. The
index Of wholesale prices is almost
the same as last March; they are up
exactly nine-tenths Of one point.
The only change in industrial prices
lately has been toward firming.
II imitation has anything TO do with
general prices, there would seem TO be
little Of IL in the existing situation; at
least little has been added since
March.
(copyrirht. 1o3g.,
Evening star., 1935-12-02
d. e.. Artist Gets
His Poodle, But
In Strange Way
Finds Dog He Retraced
Steps to Buy, but
Missed. on Train.

This Is the story Of an artist and a
dog. The names do not matter. But
the painter, 1t may be said, Is wash.
ington man.
One chance In approximately 81 900
brought them together. The man went
to Philadelphia Saturday 10 see Army
demolish Navy. After the game he
hurried toward the station. but hesi.
tsted o moment when q more or less
nondescript character offered n poodle
puppy for sale. Then, remembering
the loss Of another dog he had owned.
he hastened on. Reaching the train.
he discovered 1t would be half an hour
before it would leave for Washington.
Suddenly he recalled the little pup.
It weighed scarcely q pound.
Out Of the station, UP the steps
to the street, across the bridge, he
went. But the poodle was gone. The
artist retraced his steps, resumed his
seat In the car and disconsolately
confessed his failure to o friend. But
his remark was overheard by Q woman
who. halfway to the Capital hap.
pened to see the dog In the car ahead.
And she told the artist.
A group of Army fans had the
mininutive animal and were Offering
it gratis to anybody who could me-
gotiate the car aisle without disturb
ing series Of bottles. goal post sec
tions and other souvenirs Of the battle
which they had set up as hurdles.
The artist brushed an that aside.
"Will you sell your dog?" he de-
manded.
The poor little creatures owner
beamed his response. sen tt2" he
stammered. why. III give it 70
you'll Here, take this too, and
quarterI"
No use TO argue. The artist carried
away pup, goal post and Ascent piece.
Yesterday, at home in Chevy ChasA.
artist and animal were getting ac-
quainted.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
LIBERAL COALITION
. URGED At SESSION
"Prcduction for Use" Plat
!. form Suggested at
Milwaukee.
ny the Associated Press.

t0 IuU hSMOCLAJCu ElCoos
MILWAUKEE,, December 2-Dele-
gates of nine liberal political groups
today proposed that an liberals con-
solidate their voting strength behind
a single slate Of candidates and a
production for use" platform.
The project, which would remove
the Socialist. column from ballots for
State, county and city Offices, was
drafted at the two-day organization
meeting of the Farm-Labor Progress
sive Federation. The conference was
sponsored by the Wisconsin State Fed
Grafton Of Labor.
3 Thomas M. Duncan, secretary to
Gov. Philip F.. La Toilette, explained
the federation's aim was to unity
liberals on common ground instead OF
fighting against their own causes by
balloting on a wide range of candi-
dates, all avowedly liberals.
To Determine Viewpoints.
Delegates win determine their men,
bership's attitude within 80 days for
final action on agreement.
= Duncan said the federation would
endeavor to elect candidates chosen
by the federation and listed under the
progressive heading on the ballot. The
federation would map the platform
and solidify the groups. but the vari-
. Gus parties otherwise could keep their
identities.
THE action" Duncan said "is sim
liar to that in Minnesota when the
Farmer-Labor party was organized In
1924"
Socialist "Surrender."
Whether the Socialist party, for
more than two decades q dominant
factor in Milwaukee politics, would
surrender its name ON the ballot was
termed highly debatahle" by Max
Raskin, Socialist city attorney Of Mil
waukee.
Representative Thomas r. Anlie
Progressive, of Wisconsin expressed
the belief there would be general rati-
fication of the agreement. He said
there was "at least IS per cent ac-
cord at the conference. Anlie Is a
leader in the national movement for
formation of liberal party.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
LINGUIsT DIES

WELLESLEY. Mass, December 2
R.-Dr. Marshall livingston Perrin,
10, professor Of 0ermanic languages
and Sansirit ut Boston University,
who lived with Bedouins, Eskimos and
American Indians 10 learn their Gus
toms, died yesterday after . long
illness.
He was born here. He served as
secretary Of the United States Fish
eries expedition on the Pacific Coast
Ia 1874.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
500 Bison Herded
Into Corral to Die
By Order of State
Killing of Buffalo De.
signed to Relieve OUer.
Stocked Condition.
By the Associated Press,

EDMONTON, Alberta, December
2.-Sharpshooters converged on Elk
Island today for the first unrestricted
killing of buffalo since 1873.
There viii be no chase across plains
to bring the animals down. Five hum
dred prime bison Of the 2,00o in Elk
Island Park win be herded into a big
corral where they viii be easy targets
for the rtf1emen.
A Canadian packing company has
the contract for the bison flesh, but
the hides win be made into coats for
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The buffalo slaughter was ordered
to thin the Islands overstock herds
Evening star., 1935-12-02
Indus Fac.
trial tory Dept. Bldg.
pro- employ Pay store con-
di1cfinn mani rnIIs saleS tracts
Employment Increase.

The growth Of employment and
pay rolls in the heavy goods industries
lately Is a significant step. because
that Is where the bulk OF unemploy-
ment lies.
Miss Perkins Bureau Of Labor
Statistics has figures indicating that
employment IN durable goods averaged
about IS per cent this October and
about So year ago: pay rolls about
66 this October, compared with 46
last year.
The non-durables show 96.4 per
cent employment this October. Is COM
pared with 95 last October. Their
pay rolls were 862 this October, as
compared with 1876 last year.
The purchasing power improvement
Of the last year has therefore been
mainly IN durables. There ts plenty
of room left for improvement In that
Hne
Evening star., 1935-12-02

This buying and profit confidence
is not yet solidly normal The only
thing which might reasonably be ex-
pected to hinder its growth next year,
however, would be something nation
ally depressing.
A lot OF such possibilities exist,
but they hare been generally recog-
nized for a long time (anbGlaneed
budget, bonus, monetary sitzat5oR,
Towzsend mouemeRtJ. No one
seems to be much ercited about
them. At least, the gToUth of con-
f6epce has been accomplished
straight tn the face of them.
A balanced view Of the way things
are going now may be gained from
the monthly business chart used by
Government officials and economists.
It shows a continuous improvement in
all lines since May, as follows:
(Note-Each figure Is seasonally ad-
justed and represents the percentage
Of normal activity existing at the
times stated. Normal is 100 based on
the averages for the three years
1923-2SJ
Evening star., 1935-12-02
TELESCOPE THREATENED

Fire About Mount Wilson Is
Brought Under Control.
PASADENA, Calf, December CE7.
Mount Wilson, atop which Is the
worlds largest telescope, was threat
ened for q few hours with forest fire.
A brush blaze IN Eaton Canyon
Saturday night started creeping up
the mountain side, but ITS men aided
by four pumper crews finally brought
It under control.
The 100-inch reflector Of Mount
Wilson Is valued at $1,000, 900.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
RACER GETS 3 YEARS

WARWICK, England, December .
R-A sentence Of three years penal
servitude today confronted Luis
Fontes, automobile racing driver, con-
victed of manslaughter.
Reginald Mordike was killed after
Fontes' car bad crashed into his
motor cycle at Coles Hill
Fontes recently won the Jubilee
International Motoring trophy and
also the motoring Grand Prix.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
PROFESSOR HANGS SELF

LANESvMLE, Iowa, December .
CRj.-The body Of Prof. D. r. Phillips
OF the Iowa State Teachezs' College
Education Department was found
hanging from tree two miles north
Of here last night.
DR.. Philips had been missing from
his home IN Cedar Falls since Friday
noon. He was ~ years old and re-
Gently suffered nervous breakdown.
HIS widow survives.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
CARDENAS DECLARES
FUTURE Is BRIGHT
Ends First Year Of Six-Year Term
Confident Of Increased
Progress.
|3y the Assocfated Press.

MEXICO CITY, December 2.-Presi-
dent Lazaro Cardenas, completing the
hrst year Of his six-year' term, said
in an interview today, The future Of
Mexico Is bright"
I'VE have not accomplished every
thing we set out to do for various rea-
sons" the President said, but with
the experience we have gained and the
knowledge we now possss. am sure
we will make more progress In the
next year."
He asserted his government would
continue its efforts to bring about
social and economic Improvement Of
the people, especially the agrarian
classes.
He spent the day with his wife and
SON ct their home in Calernavaca.
Evening star., 1935-12-02
COLDER WEATHER
IS DUE TONIGHT.
Mercury Expected to Drop
to "a Degrees by Tomor-
row Morning.

Homeless men slept on mission
shelter floors last night and many more
fortunate individuals who own auto
mobiles today rued their failure to
protect car radiators
The temperature dropped during the
night to low of 20 degrees at o'clock
this morning-not the coldest this
season, but the coolest since the "a
degree mark Of November "a
The worst Is yet to come, however,
the Weather Bureau said, predicting
colder weather today and tonight with
q probable low Of "A degrees early to
morrow, to be followed by somewhat
more comfortable temperatures.
At 1915 am. today, the thermome-
ter had risen only 4 degrees from the
early morning minimum.
Shelters Crowded.
Several organizations which take
care Of transients and homeless folk
reported their shelters were crowded
to capacity, but said this condition
had obtained since the District closed
its transient lodges a month ago. An
increase in appeals for shelter began
with the first cold weather and no
further demand developed during the
last "A hours, most aid societies said.
The degree Of cold doesn't make
much difference" one official re-
marked. They can't sleep outside in
4o-degree temperature any more than
they cso in 30"
Some increase In appeals for aid
since the beginning of the current
cold spell, however, was reported by
the Volunteers Of America mems shell
ter at All Pennsylvania avenue. There,
it was said. more men than usual
were fed at the pm. ''handout" yes
terday and more were housed last
night.
Extra Beds Installed.
I'VE put in extra beds since the
Government lodges closed, we're filled
up every, night and we hardly have
enough food to take care Of the men,
an official Of this shelter said.
The Central Union Mission, pioneer
organization for the assistance of
transients here, noticed no appreci-
able increase" IN the population Of itz
shelter.
The Gospel Mission, with shelters ut
$40 Fifth street and 2l4 John Mar
shall place, has been crowded to the
gunwhales for the past two months"
and 10 or 90 men have been forced
to sleep on floors.
The Travellers Aid Society, offering
help to families and homeless youths,
reported no increase during the cold
spell.