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Evening star., 1935-11-14
THOMAS HITS EPIC PLAN
breeder of Fascism," He Says In
Debate With Sinclair.

PHILADELPHIA, November IA (P).
Norman Thomas. prominent Social
ist, termed the Epic plan to end
poverty a breeder of fiaScism" in q
debate last night with Upton Sinclair,
originator of the plan.
Sinclair contended "the Epic plan
Is the only way to keep the Nation
from bankruptcy"
Thomas called Sinclair "a wishful
thinker" who Is Inconsistent"
Evening star., 1935-11-14
17OL|VES PER|LED
IN HOSPITAL FIRE
Flames Destroy Annex in
Night-Nurses Flee
Beds in Panic.
1y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, November IA
A raging fire, which for a time
threatened the Mercy Hospital con-
tanning 70 patients, caused momentary
panic among more than 100 residents
of the hospital annex here late last
night.
The fire broke out in the paper
chute of the annex at II pm. and
blazed through the building. The
nurses and employees housed in the
building. which is connected with the
hospital proper, fled in panic.
They dashed from the blazing struc-
ture in only their night clothes and
stood shivering in the cool night air
as firemen fought the flames All
their belongings were lost, but none
was reported injured.
Fol a time firemen feared the roar
ing blaze would spread to the hospital
proper, where 70 patients were housed,
and fought a hopeless battle against
the flames in the annex.
Assistant Fire Chief Herman Amish
said he believed the fire was touched
off by lighted cigarette thrown in a
paper chute on the fourth floor. From
the chute the flames f1ared to the
roof Of the building and spread rap
idly throughout the building.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
RUSSIAN MUST Die
AS MANCHUKUO SPY
Sentenced by Soviet After Army
Court Trial-Apprehended
June 8.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KHABAROVSK, U. s. s. r.. No
vember l4.-Former Maj. 'Sorokin OF
the White Russian Army, alleged
leader of an espionage system operat-
ing out of Manchukuo, and his assist
ant we're sentenced to death yesterday
after trial before Far Eastern army
court.
They had been held since June g.
when they were apprehended in Soviet
territory with bombs, pistols. poison
and anti-Soviet literature in their
possession.
Both allegedly confessed that they
were under orders of certain for
eign military mission at Harbin," in
Evening star., 1935-11-14
MAN ASKS ALIM0NY
ON CRUELTY GROUNDS
Wife Made Him semi-Invalid,
Charges Californian-Cross.
Bill Asks Divorce.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, November IA
Claiming his wife treated him SC
cruelty he has become semi-invalid
William D. Horn, 40 years Of age
yesterday appeared in superior court
demanding that his 75-year -old wife
Mary, give him $83 monthly alimony.
Mrs. Horn is comfortably situated
financially. Horn declared.
The woman countered with a cross.
complaint for divorce In which she
charged abuse.
Superior Judge Marshall McComE
took the case under advisement.
Evening star., 1935-11-14

the Japanese-sponsored state Of Man.
chukuo, to obtain information con.
cerning Soviet border troops and the
railroad running to Vlsdivostok.
Soviet authorities saio Sorokin for
years had been in charge Of an espion-
age system, training spies to be sent
into the Soviet Union. His assistant
also q Russian, was named Babbin.
Evening star., 1935-11-14

President Comes of Venezuela, the
worlds oldest dictator, is now rs.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
Shoe Symbols.

The shoe was Of old in many coun-
tries symbol of life, liberty, or entire
personal control,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Tar and Feather Band
Halls Action; 3 Reds
TakeH Hint, Leave Town

SANTA ROSA, Cal, Aug. "a
G.N.SD.-This rich farming area
in Northern California was again
quiet today following the tar and
feathering of two men, named by
a band of 300 vigilantes as "radi,
cal Communists"
One spokesman, who declared
he represented the vigilante band
that rode through the county
rounding up five victims, three OF
whom escaped the tar and feath
ering fate when they kissed the
American flag, declared:
1--WE feel we have accom-.
pIiShed our purpose. Unless an
emergency arises there will be
no further vigilante activities
for the time being"
Three of the five victims were
reported to have left the county
They are George Ford, Ed Wolff
and c. Meyer. They were ordered
to vacate the county by the self
styled vigilantes.
The two other victims, Solomon
Nitzberg, chicken rancher, and
Jack Green, who were tarred and
feathered, could not be located
today.
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HERMIT SLAIN
FOR HOARD
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trail of the slayer proved too cold,
and they could not pick it up.
The posse disbanded at 4 o'clock
this morning, and the search was
continued by police.
Beside the body of Brush was
found a crimson-stained rock,
weighing about 20 pounds which
the slayer apparently used to kill
Brush. Brush's body was about so
feet from his log cabin.
Although there are five rooms
in the cabin, Brush used only one.
The other four were packed with
furniture. Some of the pieces are
antiques.
House Ransacked
Brush's room was a shambles.
The mattress on which he slept
was torn open, the slayer ap-
parently believing he would find
his loot there. A table was over
turned. One of the three chairs
in the room was broken. The oil
lamp, by which the aged man
read at night, was thrown to the
floor.
AS police reconstructed the
crime, they concluded tat the
slayer accosted Brush as he was
returning from the home of
Hummer, struck him, in a sur
prise attack and then killed him
with the huge rock.
Brush left his cabin only to
visit Hummer and another neigh
Dor, j. I. Vandermark, to whose
home, about 100 yards away, he
had beaten a path. On Sundays
he was visited regularly by his
cousin. Mayor L. P. Daniels, of
Falls Church, and Sergeant Alton
Shumate, of Falls Church police
force. They brought Brush food
and supplies.
Omen Called In
The cabin stands at the end
of an almost inaccessible road
one mile off the Lee Highway,
hidden by high trees and brush.
Fingerprint experts from the
Department of Justice were
analyzing the rock today. They
were called into the case by
Mayor Daniels.
Brush's only source of income
for the last three years was from
the sale of timber from his 145-
acre tract of land, according to
Hummer. Prior to that he had
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
DAWN STARTS
WAR GAME
DRIVE
RED" Army Artillery
Blasts Trenches
OF "BIues"

PINE CAMP, N. Y. Aug. "a
G.N.S0 Determined to clear the
st. Observation-Disclosures corridor
OF Blue" invaders, the Red"
army of Maj. Gen. Lucius Hol.
brook today renewed its north.
ward drive. striving to wreSt from
the enemy the strategic high
ground where it made field
bivouac after a day of indecisive
advance guard fighting.
Equally determined to stop the
advance, Maj. Gen. Fox Connor's
Blue" army chung to its lines,
stretched twelve miles through the
pine barrens and sandy ridges
north of here.
Both armies went into action
shortly after dawn, as the sun
drove the mist from the woods
and fields where yesterday more
than $4,000 troops struggled for
mastery.
The Red main attack opened
furiously along the entire front,
the left thrust northeast from
Evans Mills seeking to crumple
the enemy flank. The center, held
by the New York guardsmen,
thrust straight north, while on
the right the first regular division
swung west and north to seize the
commanding ridges near Sterling
Vile.
The earth rocked under a 90
minute artillery preparation in
which every light and medium
gun was trained on the en-
trenched Blues" the First divi-
sion laid down a heavy smoke
screen from three airplanes, and
shortly after 10 a. m. combined
tank and smoke attack was
launched in a desperate attempt
to shatter the Blues lines.
The writer, made an earial tour
of the battle line with Maj H. H.
Houghland.
From $500 feet, the area looked
peaceful, but at $500 feet, its
martial character was apparent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
CREDIT VICTOR
ST|LLSALARM

EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. "a
(I.N.SD .-"There is no need for
capital to be alarmed over the
election of social credit gov
eminent.
Nothing detrimental to their
interests will be introduced SO
long as capitalists are not ex-
plotting the people,"
Thus William Aberhart, Cal
gary evangelist and school
teacher. swept into power as
leader of the Social Credit Party
by an avalanche of votes, today
allayed the fears of Alberta bust
ness leaders.
The balloting, which ousted the
powerful United Farm Party, in
power for IS years, and igno-
miniously ignored the Liberals, who
were considered the opposition,
Melted the social creditors, I'M
heard of two years ago, at least
So seats out of a total of 60.
AS business men studied the plat
form of the social creditors, $780,
900 Albertans awaited fulfillment
of the party's promise of a $25
monthly dividend for every man
and woman.
1t has been estimated the cost
of paying the dividend will total
100 million dollars a year.
The scheme involves the pay
ment of credit, rather than cash.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Long Green With Envy
Over TydinSs Speech

the District of Columbia. There
isn't any water here. II you
go on the Potomac River you
are apt to find yourself in
Maryland or in Virginia.
But does that make any diff
ference? Why, of course not.
Not a bit. The District Of
Columbia is as good a label as
anything else.
Maybe they have a plan.
Maybe they are going to tuild a
tunnel, parallel to the one run.
ming from the Senate to the Of
flee, building-maybe they are
going to build a tunnel, and fill
it with water.
"And then? Why, for any
Senators who doesn't want to use
the subway transportation we
now have between the Senate
and its office building-why, he
can step down to the new tun-
mel and row over, in a row.
boat"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
FEARS
AERIAL RAIDS
BY ITALY
SeIassie Gives His
, Subjects Warning,
Instructions

Adds ABABA, Aug. "a G.N.S).
Considering hostilities inevitable
unless eleventh-hour efforts at
Cancellation result in unantici-
pated success, Emperor Halle Sc
lassie, of Ethiopia today issued
detailed instructions for protec-
ton of his civilian population in
event of an aerial attack.
Additional troops for the north
ern frontier today were requested
by Ras Kassa, the most powerful
provincial governor in Ethiopia,
who has already put 10000 of his
own Gala cavalry into the field.
The Ras, who will command
the Ethiopian forces on the
Eritrean border, will fly to the
capital as soon as weather per-
mits to consult with Emperor
Halle Selassie regarding rein
forcements.
Month to Dry
Rains have halted in the low.
lying desert regions Of Ethiopia,
but it will be another month be-
fore the morass of mud dries
sufficiently to permit Italia
cavalry and mechanical units to
move.
Meanwhile, Ethiopia's war
preparations progress slowly and
confusedly. with numerous tales
of the Ethiopian trinesmen;s naive
faith in their own proves reach
ing the capital.
Thousands of Philippians believe
that their leaders have an instru-
ment, combination mirror and
magnet, capable of destroying
italian airplanes.
Some of the wild tribes in the
interior, expecting easy victory,
plan to go into the war mot as
an army, but as hunters, with
Italians as our prey" Their
leaders said:
Even our children know well
how to fight like lions and Loop
ards"
Government authorities are
making every effort to restrain
the tribes from their foolhardy
bravery.
Concern Of Women
Although an American, DIR. Tor
rance, has arrived to help organ
ize Red Cross units, the fighting
forces are still opposed to the
organization that Emperor Halle
Selassie recently approved.
The idea of caring for the
wounded is strange to most Of the
warriors, who say the victims are
"a concern of the women"
A pathetic hope exists that
Britain will certainly come to the
rescue of Ethiopia, if needed
Only highly-placed officials are
said to be aware of the full
strength of the Italians.
At some border points, the ma
tives are digging lion pits to trap
Italian horses, cars, and tanks,
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BRITISH FLEET
SPREADS OUT
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squadron and the third cruiser
squadron, are proceeding to Alex
andria, a Reuter- dispatch from
Malta stated, to which port the
Glorious also has been assigned.
Other units are proceeding to
Famagusta, Larnaka, Limassol,
Ismailia, Port Said, Suez, Acre
and Haifa. The first destroyer
flotilla and the first submarine
flotilla will, according to present
plans, remain at Malta until the
end of September.
If the program has no more
formidable object than a display
of British strength and might it
is certain in this case to be effec-
tive, for the cruises will take
some of the finest ships Of the
British fleet close to waters at
present dotted with Italian trans
ports carrying colonial expedi-
tionary troops to East Africa.
However, rumors persist one
reason for moving the fleet froA
Malta lies in the fact that ad-
miralty authorities fear its prox-
unity to Italian airplanes based
on the island Of Sicily, only So
miles to the north.
Hundreds of i'll italian soldiers
are reported to have been
brought from Africa to Rhodes,
the major Dodecanese Island, tax
ing it's hospital facilities. Another
island, Leros. is said to have been
converted into a powerful fort.
Seven women and II men,
Athens reported, arrived at the
island of Samos from Calymno to
escape Italian persecution" They
made the perilous trip in an open
fishing boat, enduring terrible suf-
ferings from hunger and exposure.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
LEGION PRAISES
FICTION REDS

LOWELL, Mass, Aug. "a (U.S0.
Commentator of William Ran
dolph Hearst and Hearst news
papers for their efforts in battling
the teaching of subversive doc
trines and opposition to commun-
istic ideals in the United States
was given in resolutions unani'
mously adopted at the State con-
vention of the Massachusetts,
State Department of the Ameri-
can Legion here.
The convention also adopted
resolutions calling for the annual
observance of National Constitu-
ton Day, September II.
A resolution asking the United
States withdraw recognition OF
Russia was also adopted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24

The new 465 million dollar
flood control bill may not be dead
but Senator Willard Tydings 3D.
of Maryland made what he would
call a noble stab" at killing it.
The Marylander spent two and
a half hours ridiculing the meas
ure, and at the end of that time
the Senate voted % to 20 to re-
commit it to the Senate Com
merce Committee.
AS a result Of the Tydings
speech, the oratory laurels which
usually encircle the brow of Lou
isiana's redoubtable kingfish,
Huey Long. chung firmly to the
high forehead of the Maryland
Democrat.
For while Huey laughed and
enjoyed the speech.
AS the time rolled on, he be.
came fidgety.
In the galleries. spectators
were frequently doubled up with
laughter.
Tydlngs proceeded to take up
the flood control measure pro-
ject. It authorizes the expendi-
ture of hundreds of millions of
dollars for dredging, harbor i'm.
provements, and the like.
He considered them, in his own
style, one by one.
"Take the authorization for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
W|NCHELL BOY
MAKES BOW

NEW YORK, Aug. "a. - Intro
ducing Walter Winchell's own
blessed event.
Walter Winchell. jr.. now four
weeks old, has made his first ap-
pearance before the public-Via
the camera lens.
Although he has been hailed far
and widely his father in his
column and over the radio, and
by his fathers friends through
both mediums, little Walter, until
the picture-taking episode, had not
been seen by the public.
Little Walter now weighs nine
pounds. When he arrived on July
rs, he tipped the scales at seven
pounds six ounces.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Rare 0kapi Pride
OF the London Zoo

LONDON G.N.S). LEO. the
Okapi, one of the rarest animals
in the world, has taken a promi-
nent place in London zoo society.
Leo comes from Africa and Is
the talk of the town. An Okapl
(O-ka-pi, with the accent on the
second syllable), includes in equal
proportions the characteristics of
the giraffe. the deer and the zebra.
He looks like a miniature giraffe.
One of the shyest of animals.
the Okapi has been hunted almost
to the point of extinction by the
pigmies Of the Lturi forest with
their deadly blow-guns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
II Duce Has 100000
PLAYING Big War Game

BOLZANO, Italy, Aug. "a
T.N.SO.-Half a million armed
italians we're set today to demon
strate to Europe, especially Ger
many, that the Ethiopian cam
paign will not leave her back door
unprotected.
With the dual purpose of "de'
Tending" Italy's northern border
from an invasion" through Aus.
tria, and Stimulating conditions OF
warfare in mountainous Ethiopia
two armies faced each other I'm
der the eyes of Premier Benito
Mussolini between here and Tren'
to, to the south.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
NUMBERSGAME
COSTS I FINES

Two men hald as numbers op-
orators pleaded guilty to charges
OF permitting gaming before
Judge Robert E. Mattingly today
in Police Court. They were fined
$3.50 each.
Joseph Wilson, 300 block Sixth
st. S. E., and Leo Cohan. 1900
block Holbrook st. N. E., the de-
PENDANTS, were arrested by the
police vice squad yesterday in the
600 block F. st. N. w. Police said
they made the arrest after wit
Messing an exchange of numbers
slips between the men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Wyoming Society
Plans River Cruise

Many prominent citizens of
Wyoming now residing in the Dis
trict are expected to attend the
wyoming Society's Potomac River
cruise on September 5.
Among those to whom invita-
tons have been sent are Senator
and Mrs. Robert D. Carey, Sen
ator and Mrs. Joseph C. O'Ma-
honey, Representative and Mrs.
Paul r. Greever. Justice Willis
Van Devanter, Gen. John J. Perish
ing, Admiral and Mrs. Emery S.
Land. and Ex-Governor Nellie
Tayloe Ross, director of the Mint.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Resigns
As Trade Board Head

CHICAGO, Aug. "a GN.S).
Thomas Y. Wickham has re-
signed as first vice president OF
the Chicago Board of Trade. His
resignation followed his suspen-
sion by the directors, along with
four of his partners, on charges
of violating minimum margin
rules and failure to report ir'
regularitieS on the part of a cor
respondent firms solicitor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Press Legion Post
Will Picnic Sept. 5

Members of the Press Club Post,
American Legion, will hold their
annual picnic at Seneca. Md, Sep
TENDER S, it was announced yes
terday. Arrangements are in
charge of "Soserios" Nicholson. as
sisted by Dick Westwood and Nate
Golden. The baseball game will
start at 2 p. M. and a basket
dinner will be served at 6.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
So, Fish|ess Friday
For the Transients

District transients had to do
without their Friday fish yester'
day. The health department con.
demned 1,400 pounds of fish as
unfit for use. They acted at the
request of transient bureau Off
Gals who found the fish had
spoiled when it was delivered
Thursday. Other supplies on hand
prevented any food shortage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Chambersburg Jail
Prisoner Is Fugitive

CHAMBERsBURG, Pa, Aug. "a.
Raymond Brown, 81, colore
prisoner, escaped yesterday after
noon by scaling the 20-foot wall
Of the Franklin county Jail here.
Brown was in the yard with
other prisoners, who, officials say,
lifted him to their shoulders and
enabled him to scale the wall. He
dropped to the roof of a black
smith shop and then to the ground
making good his getaway. Police
are searching for him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Malta Launches Move
To Combat Gas Raids

VALETTA. Malta, Aug. "a
G.N.SO 1.-THE Maltese govern
ment today launched active de-
fensive measures. ordering i'm
mediate construction Of public
air raid shelters in every district
of the island.
Police issued leaflets instruct
ing the populace how to behave
in event of a poison gas attack
from the air.
Malta lies only So miles from
Sicily.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Sen. Pope to Interview
Sir Samuel hoare
Copyright. 1875, by International
News Service)

Copyright. 1875, by International
News Service)
ONDON, Aug. 24.-United
States Senator James P. Pope,
Democrat, of Ohio. whose declara-
ton America would inevitably be
drawn into the next European war
regardless of neutrality legislation,
caused a furry of excitement in
Washington, will interview British
Foreign SECRETARY Sir Samuel
Hoare on Tuesday next, 1nterna-
tional News Service learned today.
A definite appointment has been
made for him, authoritative White
hall circles revealed to this CORE
spondent, by the Unites States
embassy,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
q Truckmen Fined

LAUREL, Md, Aug. "a (SpeciaD g.
Four more trucks were stopped
by Maryland State police here to-
day in their drive for liability in
6urance. The drivers were fined
500 apiece and required to regis,
ter for the insurance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Strike Board Organizes

The board set up by President
Roosevelt to arbitrate the strike
at the Camden, N. j., plant of the
New York Shipbuilding Company,
met today to organize. Both sides
to the dispute have until August
q to accept or reject arbitration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24

farmed, but whether he amassed
any wealth was mystery.
Brush had lived on the farm
for 10 years. He was brought
there by his parents when 6 years
old. Since the death of his father
Is years ago he lived alone.
Mayor Daniels said he had re-
peatedly pleaded with his cousin
to move to the town of Falls
Church but Brush insisted on re-
naming on. the farm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Thinness Recipe

BOSTON, G.N.SD.-Eat every
thing and you can still stay thin
If you play lots Of volleyball.
That is the motto of Rosa largo
and Cathryn Denicourt, two deni-
zens of the public courts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Two ConVicts Seized

HAGERSTOWN, Aug. "a (Spe-
ciaD Two prisoners who escaped
from the Maryland State Penal
Farm at Roxbury. were captured
by police and penal farm at
tendants and returned today
They are: Charles B. Parker, IS.
Baltimore, and Garnet Creager,
10.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
High Cost Of Wafer
Bemoaned by Hull
International News Service

IntPrnat1OnaI News Service
Representative Merlin Hull (P.)
of Wisconsin, was recounting the
huge authorizations of the House
for rivers and harbors and flood
control. He said:
"We've authorized one billion
one hundred million dollars in
the last few days for water.
We'd better spend it for beer"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-24
Do You Remember!

One month ago the tollotD.
ing names 1Dere in the head
lines. Can you recall them?
EMO BOrbabehere
Lawrence Cramer
Michael McCardell
william Gillette
Marcelle ManviIIe
(AnStIerS on Page 81