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Evening star., 1936-04-01
Copyright 1896. BY the Associated PressJ


TRENTON N j., April 1.-The sensation-soaked Lind
bergh case still reeing from the literally lasminute
halting of Bruno Richard Hauptmann execution last
night threatened with further startling developments
today.
The break the nature of which was not disclosed
promised to come from the Mercer County grand ury's
investigation of charges that the murder of the Lndbegh
baby was done by Paul H. Wendell, held under
formal charge in the county jail here
The Mercer County prosecutor Erwin Marshall, an
nounced that the urys investigation scheduled to have
been resumed this afternoon had been deferred until to-
morrow morning to permit him to inquire into crcum-
stances surrounding Wendes detention at Mount Holly
in February by the nationally known Burlington County
detective chief Ellis Parker
Parker Obtained Wendell Confession"
conducting his unofficial investigation of the Lind
belief that guilty Of
obtained the three confessions which
subsequently rpudated but which largely the basis
which the grand jury the delay in HaupmannS execution
plans last night.
development could be public
Immediately high Sad but it indicated it would be
sensational
that witnesses would appear in
the detention Wendell in Burlington County it
including charge against
the in Mercer Countywoud before the grand jury
Mark Kimberlng prison warden, Cancelled the Bronx
execution which set for o'clock last night for at
hours that the look into Interesting
angles of the case"
Evening star., 1936-04-01
FRANCE CONVICTS PAIR
AS SPIES FOR GERMANY
~ the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
METZ, France, April 1.-Adjt
Charles Cridlig of the French Aerial
Defense Service and Prof. Philippe
Altmeyer were convicted today of be-
ing spies in the employ of Germany
and sentenced to five years in prison,
to be followed by 10 years exile from
France.
Adjt. Cridlig was charged with pro-
curing documentary information and
photographs concerned with this city's
defense against air attacks. Prof. Alt
meyer was alleged to have transmitted
this material to the German Intelli-
gence Service.
Nine. Cridig, charged with serving
as an intermediary, was acquitted.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
W0MAN'S ATTACKER
IN PARF IS HUNTED
Light-Skinned Colored Man Is
Sought After Victim Tells of
cfruouIa in Shruhherv

Police today renewed their search
for a nght-skinned colored man said
to have attacked a young woman while
she was walking through Rock Greek
Park yesterday afternoon.
The young woman told police she
was walking in the park near Twenty
seventh and @ streets when the man
grabbed her and dragged her into
some shrubbery. She said he held
his hand over her mouth and threat
ened to kill her if she made an out
cry.
Her clothing was torn as she strug-
gled successfully with her assailant
until he became frightened and ran
at the approach Of an automobile.
She went to q filing station at
Twenty-seventh and @ streets and
called police, who found her pocket
book at the scene of the attack. The
assailant was described as being about
20 years old, feet 10 inches in
height and weighing about ITS pounds.
He wore . gray suede jacket.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
WILSON Staying
TRIAL IS STARTED
Myers Goes to Court as Two
Other Defendants Win
Venue Change.
BY WILLIAM II. SHIPPEN, JR.,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.


ROCKVILLE, Md, April 1.-Two Of
four Washington gangsters charged in
the "blunder" murder of Allen B. Will
son obtained a change of venue today
as third went on trial for his life
in Circuit Court here.
The defendant is Ernest w. Myers
81, who was serving time at Lorton
Reformatory for robbery when indicted
in the Wilson Staying.
Myers has a police record in Wash
ington, Baltimore and New York.
The judges today set Cumberland.
Md, as the trial place Of Albert S. Sut-
ton, former lieutenant of the late Ed
die Killeen, slain Washington gambler,
and Edward McDermott, alias Slim
Dunn, who was brought here from AL
catraz Prison, where he was serving
time for the tristate gang hold-up Of
the Heurich brewery.
Dawson Represents Sutton.
Sutton is represented by Attorney
Thomas L. Dawson, Maryland secre-
tary of State, and McDermott by At
torney Dorsey Offutt of Washington.
Change of venue is mandatory in
Maryland upon request of defendants
charged with capital crime.
The judges granted Sutton and Nc
Dermott a change Of venue in the
murder indictments, but withheld a
decision on the true bills charging
them with conspiracy to murder Ed
ward G. (Mickey) Mcdonald, Wash
ington gambler.
1t was Mcdonald the gunner are
alleged to have marked for death
when Wilson drove innocently into
their ambush while delivering a paper
to McDonald's Takoma Park home at
dawn on the morning of october %,
1884.
The route carrier fell in hail Of
lead. He had been mistaken for
Mcdonald by the jittery gangsters,
who had lain for hours in the woods
near McDonald's driveway.
States Attorney James H. Pugh
will demand the death penalty for
Myers and the others as they come
to trial. The gunner allegedly were
hired by a big shot" Washington
gambler, who thought Mcdonald was
getting too much business.
Cleary Fourth Charged.
The fourth man under indictment
in the Wilson murder is William
Cleary, Philadelphia mob lieutenant.
There we're unconfirmed reports that
Cleary would turn States evidence
against Myers.
Selection of a jury began at 10
o'clock before Judges Hammond Urner,
Charles w. Woodward and Arthur D.
Willard. The State will summon
two dozen witnesses, while the de-
fense is expected to put on only two.
Myers probably will try to establish
an alibi by putting his wife Edna on
the stand.
The defense also will call Inspector
George Henry of the Baltimore police
department.
McDermott and Sutton, after re-
ceiving a change of venue, were
ushered from the court room under
heavy guard before Myers trial began.
The slender, dapper McDermott,
better known as Slim Dunn, gave
Myers an encouraging pat on the
shoulder as he left the room.
Police hurried from the court room
this morning to get the number Of q
cabin monop1ane which was diving
low over Rockville. The roar of the
motor sounded as If the plane was
trying to land on the court house
roof. Police, however, were unable
to get the flyers number.
picture on Page Al
Evening star., 1936-04-01
STATE EMPLOYEES PAY
HELD UP FOR INQUIRY
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April l.
Thousands of employees in depart
ments under Gov. Horner's jurisdic-
ton faced payless pay day as State
Treasurer John Stelle withheld their
checks until, he said, I'VE can in
vestigate padded pay rolls"
Stelle, aligned with the Democratic
faction headed by Herman N. Bum
desen, who is opposing Gov. Horner in
the April IA primaries, is candidate
for the Democratic nomination as
Lieutenant Governor.
I'VE have discovered more than
5000 names of pay-rollers who are
not actually working for the State,
and are turning the matter over to
the attorney generals Office" Stelle
said.
Evening star., 1936-04-01

because, say the Commissioners, it has
been difficult to get sufficient evidence
to obtain convictions. Police will be
expected henceforth to exercise spe-
cial vigilance In catching violators
while the violation is In progress.
"a few convictions on this count
will 60 a long way toward stopping
these practices, which are responsible
for dirty streets and alleys" Engineer
Commissioner Dan I. Sultan said.
In making known his determination
to crack down" on trash-throwers,
Col. Sultan also disclosed that he is
planning reallocation Of funds for
(see LITTER. Page So
Evening star., 1936-04-01
GOVERNOR ESCAPES

SHANGHAI, April up The
Kokutsu News Agency, official agency
of the Japanese-advised State of
Manchukuo, reported from Tientsin
today that unidentified persons at
tempted to assassinate Han Fu-Chu.
governor of Shantung Province, at
TSinan.
Official Japanese sources at Tient-
sin, however, said they were unaware
of such an event, and other news
sources at Tientsin and Tsinan did
not report the incident.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
FASC|STS DEFEAT
PERSONAL TROOPS
OF FHA|[ESE[ASS|E
Major Victory of ItaIy's
Northern Army Reported
After Violent Conflict.
BACKGROUND-

BACKGROUND
On October 2 OF last year italian
troops inuaded Ethiopia as result
of 1884 dispute ouer Eritrea-Ethi
opian border. After steady progress
for sir peeks, Fascist forces hesi-
tated to consolidate gains Whie
MuSsolini matched wits NTH irate
League OF Nations members.
Convinced opposition of other
polUers mould not ertend to sweep-
ing oil embargo or military force,
II Duce launched neU oGenSiueS,
tDhich haze resulted in reported
major successes.
BY the Associated Press.
ROME. April 1-Italy's northern
army smashed through to its first
major victory over the troops of Halle
Selassie, led by the Emperor himself,
Marshal Pietro Badoglio reported to-
day in an official communique.
Badoglio announced that 1000
Ethiopians were killed and that the
Italian forces had suffered more than
1000 casualties.
The Fascist commander in chief
said the Ethiopian King of Kings
fought personally in the battle yester-
day in the Lake Ashangi sector, 80
miles south of the former principal
Italian front lines at Amba Alaji.
Marshal Badoglio's communique
said:
Yesterday the Negus (emperor)
started great battle with his best
troops in the Lake Ashangi zone.
THE battle, which was extremely
violent in certain phases, concluded
with victory for our troops.
Further details will be given in a
succeeding communique."
The second communique read:
In the Lake Ashangi zone, toward
Quoram, great battle was fought
March 81.
THE army of Emperor Halle Selas-
sic, with the troops of his bodyguard
furnished with modern arms of every
kind, attacked our position south Of
Mai ecu.
THE day closed with a complete
victory for our arms.
THE Ethiopian action, which was
expected, took place between am.
and pm, with series of active
frontal attacks which were repulsed.
I'm the afternoon our national and
Eritrean troops counter-a attacked and
put to flight the enemy. which retired
in disorder in the Mecan Valley, bonn
barded, meanwhile, by airplanes and
artillery.
"The losses for Halle Selassie's
armed forces were extremely grave;
estimated at 1000 killed, among them
a number of subchieftains.
Many prisoners were captured as
well as large quantity of arms.
Our entire losses were IL officers
killed and A wounded; 81 national
(white) soldiers killed and 1872
wounded; 300 Eritreans killed and
wounded.
Our aviation participated ardently
and eff1caciously in the battle and was
the object of active anti-aircraft fire,
which struck many planes.
From the information from prison.
ers it appears that the Ethiopian
(See ETHIOPIA, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1936-04-01
Baldwin Declares
Women Beat Men
In Keeping Secrets
Neuer Kne,U of Leakage
of Civil Service Infor.
nation, Says Premier.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April Prime Minister
Baldwin suggested today that one of
the best ways to keep secret was to
intrust it to a woman.
Said the statesman: MANY women
in the civil service are able, in the
course Of their daily work, to amass
secret information. I have never
known a leakage of information due
to woman but I have known leak
ages through men who should have
known a great deal better"
Baldwin was commenting on a plan
to inlarge the famous Newnham Col
lege for Women at Cambridge.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
RAIN FORECAST TONIGHT
Temperature Little Changed, With
AZ Low Scheduled.

Cloudy skies from which rain will
drop on the District late this afternoon
and tonight were predicted by the
Weather Bureau today. The rain Is
expected to continue through tomor-
row.
The cold snap dropped the ther-
mometer to low Of 43 degrees at 7
am. today. 1t is scheduled to touch
AZ tonight
Evening star., 1936-04-01
AIDES
INDICTMENTS ARE
SHOWN IN PROBE
Reputation and Character
of California Leader
Scored by Sullivan.
TOLAN FIGHTS VAINLY
TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE
Regional Official of Movement
Had Confessed So, 500 Monthly
Commissions.
BACKGROUND


The TownSend plan tDould giue
all citizens ouer so monthly pen
sions of 5000, such sum to be spent
each month ,Uithin the United
States. By terms of the McGrodrty
bill, now pending in the House, the
pension fund Mould be built up
through per cent transactions
tar, With pensions limited to 5000,
but no minimum set.
MoDement has become impressive
political force during past tlDo
years, as weH as gigantic promotion.
House members, fearful indiuid-
ually, rallied behind suggestion for
investigation. Open hearings be-
gan last ueek.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
ExecutiOner Gets
Only Expenses as
Stays Are Granted
BY the Associated Press.

BY tHG hSSOCIHltu FltSS.
TRENTON, April Robert H.
Elliott, official executioner of four
States, came to Trenton last night
to perform a double execution and
collect $500.
A 30-day reprieve for Charles
Zied, Philadelphia gangster, de-
layed his walk to the chair for
at least nine weeks.
A 48-hour stay followed three
hours later for Hauptmann.
Elliott got his expenses from
New York.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
French Quotas Unchanged.

PARIS, April l @.-The French
industrial and agricultural quotas, an
nounced for the second quarter Of 1886
today, showed little change. The total
apple and pear quota was set at $1,000
quintals (147,735 pounds, with the
American portion not aupounced.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
New Sensations in Hauptmann
Case RumOred - Prosecutor
Probes Wendell's Detention.
MERCER COUNTY ACTION HELD
UP UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
Legal Officials in Quandary on What
May Happen Next After Condemned
Man Is Snatched From Chair.
BULLETIN.


TRENTON, N j.. April 1-Col Mark O. KIM
berling warden of the New Jersey State Prison. an
nounced this afternoon that Bruno Richard Haupt-
mannS execution has been set for Friday night
at o'clock
Evening star., 1936-04-01

tlenlent OF the border dispute were
under tUGy.
(Copyright, 1896, by the Associated Press)
TOXIC, April 1.-The japanese
] Army command in Manchukuo
charged today that a squadron
of IL Outer Mongolian airplanes
bombarded heavily a frontier
guard within Manchukuoan ter
FitGry.
" A Gommunique issued by the
japanese general headquarters
at Hsinking, capital of Manchu-
kuo, asserted both the air raid
and a later ground clash oc-
Cured about 20 kilometers (12.5
miles, north of Tawlan," inside
the Manchukuoan frontier.
Both sides were reported to have
suffered heavy losses in the clash on
the disputed sector between the jap
anese-sponsored state Of Manchukuo
and the Soviet-supported republic of
Outer Mongolia, but the outcome of
the conflict was not disclosed.
A Domei Gapanese) News Agency
dispatch from Hsnking implied that
the Mongols used poison gas in the
encounter
THE Manchukuo foreign Office is
esSremelyj indignant at the Outer
Monaghan air forces bombing of jap
anese Manchukuoan forces March %
and March 81, and also the activities
OF Outer Mongolian chemical warfare
|nRnits," the dispatch said.
Considering these developments
4 serious menace to the peace of the
Far East and detrimental to the rela-
tions between Mauchukuo and Mon
7 golia, the Manchukuo foreign Office is
preparing a strong protest to Outer
Mongolia after detailed reports are
available"
Ignorant of Invasion.
At the same time both the war Office
and foreign Office said they were en-
tirely ignorant of reported invasion
of Outer Mongolia by japanese Man
chukuoan forces, charged in Soviet
advices from Ulan Bator (Urga), cap
ital of Outer Mongolia.
The japanese people-whose SOL
diers, if the Ulan Bator accounts were
accurate, were engaged in large
scale invasion, carrying danger Of
war to the worlds largest military
power, Soviet Russia-were entirely
ignorant of the movement.
Vernacular newspapers, obeying
press ban against publishing any,
thing concerning the Manchu-Mon-
golian frontier troubles except Toxic
and Hsinking communiques, did not
mention the reported expedition into
Outer Mongolia.
Only oblique references to the
fresh border troubles were permitted
in accounts of an interview yesterday
between Tamekichi Ota. japanese
(See MONGOLIA, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1936-04-01
Dozen Nongo|ian AirpIanes
Lead 24.Heur Battle With
\ ese-Maachukuoan
Troops Near TaWIan.
BOTH SIDES SUFFER
HEAVY LOSS IN CLASH
Counter Soviet Report Charges
Invasion of Outer Mongolia Led
to Bitter Fighting, With Ad-
vancing Foes Repulsed-Ob-
servers See Crisis in Far East.
BACKGROUND


Tension betDeen Soviet Russia
and Japan because of border clashes
between their friendly states OF
Outer Mongolia and Manchukuo
has been groWing for months.
After a period of comparative quiet,
fighting again broke out last Ueek
and Japanese -Manchukuoan troops
were beaten back from, Mongolian
outpoSts.
The Outer Mongolian goUern-
ment at that time dispatched
strong protest to Toxic, expressing
surprise that fighting should be re-
sun,ed while negotiations for a set
tlement of the border dispute were
under ,DGy.
Evening star., 1936-04-01

(See TOWNSEND, Page ~
Evening star., 1936-04-01

(U s. Weather Bureau ForecastJ
Rain tonight and tomorrow; not much
change in temperature; lowest tempera-
ture tonight about AZ degrees; moderate
to fresh east winds. Temperatures-High-
est, so, at noon yesterday; lowest, 43. at Z
am. today. Full report on page B-s.
Evening star., 1936-04-01

(See ETHIOPIA, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1936-12-17

Across.
!. Heavy cord.
8. Dark, viscous substance.
10. Look askance.
IL. Assert.
IS. Western State.
16. Unoccupied.
IT. Ends.
49, River in Africa.
20. Whole.
21. Pertaining to complete abstinence
from intoxicants.
%. Writing fluid.
a. Run of track.
as. Geometrical body.
27. Sinewy.
28. Requires.
80. Crude metal.
80. Optical glass.
"a. Sagacity
35. Obligatory.
81. Prickly shrub.
38. New.
SO. Bucket.
40. Falsehood.
a. Vigilant.
az. Rip.
43. Perceive by the ear.
a. Faces with masonry, as an en-
bankment.
IS. Piece of machinery.
47. Early Christian church building.
80. Ethical quality.
So. Scandinavian navigator.
81. Pierced with holes.
Sc. Connecting part.
81. Two collections Of old Morse liter
ature.
b8. Surface limiting a body.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
Fog Real "Black. k.0ut."

When fog recently enveloped the
west coast of Europe, parts Of the
countries experienced one Of the
blackest periods in recent years. The
moisture cloud extended from North
ern Ireland across Great Britain to
France, Belgium and Central Ger
many. Traffic was paralyzed in many
places. Between EPSON and Cheam,
England, abandoned cars lined the
highway. In Manchester guide
tricycles," equipped with special
lights. led the way for omnibusses and
cars
Evening star., 1936-12-17
The Cheerful Cher-ub

Its nice that bad veatherI
draws people together,
That strangers ~ho pass
In the street
Will smile a. they 60
through e hard ram or sno.,|
Ard almost ">-
shake hands J >lo- 1
If there's >S$R>
.leet. >@<l
R1'cA"r = ~ i
Evening star., 1936-12-17

SO. Maiden.
so. Reposes.
81. Scrutinize.
Down.
l. Degree Of value.
2. Heating chamber.
3. Relevancy.
4. Precious fur.
5. Evergreen tree.
8. Famous mountain In Asia Minor.
Z. Rags.
8. Gay.
9. Hebrew prophet.
10. Floor covering.
IL. Supervise for publication.
IL. Feminine name.
13. Sway in walking.
18. Annoy.
%. Crude borax.
"A. Clang.
Is. Sacred snake Of India.
26. Projecting window.
81. Departed.
30. Symbolic.
80. Artemis.
81. Scoff.
33. Part of q doorway.
"a. Parched with heat.
36. Lifting machines.
81. Interdicts.
80. Explosive devices.
AZ. Move back.
43. Vex, fatigue.
IS. Asp.
46. Heart.
AZ. Instrument for tolling.
48. Melody.
40. Transgressions.
so. Cryptogamous plant.
81. Mother Of Helen Of Troy.
So. Paradise.
SIS. Corpulent.
The Washington times., 1936-04-06
D.C.GR0UPBAR
.R0ADCL0S|NG

The District Commissioners
have turned down the proposal by
Trinity College and the Oblate
Fathers to close Lincoln Rd. be-
tween Michigan Ave. and Franklin
st. N. e.
At q public hearing last tall,
the petitioners asked for the road
closing and offered in return for
the property closed to dedicate
land owned by them to the Dis
trict so that Fourth st. N. z.
might replace the road.
This was opposed by several
citizens associations of the neigh
borhood and by Glenwood Gene
terry. The Commissioners decided
that since Lincoln koad was one
Of the few highways to. the Cath.
Ole University and Soldiers Home
neighborhood it would be mad
visable to close it.
The Washington times., 1936-04-06
TO FACE
COURT TEST
WEDNESDAY

It's future reign Of terror" pro.
gram undecided, as q result Of
growing resentment at the whole
sale confiscation Of private tele-
grams, the Black Senate lobby
committee yesterday prepared to
defend it's fishing expedition" &C
.tivities in District Of Columbia
Supreme Court Wednesday.
Chairman Black Cd, OF Ala
bama, declared it has not yet been
been decided when hearings will be
resumed, but indicated there will
be no further Investigations based
ON information cleaned from read.
ing seized private kilograms until
the court action is heard.
May Resume Today
Senator Gibson (R0, Of Yer.
mont, one Of the five committee
members, said, however, he un-
derstood the lobby inquiry would
reopen this morning. Gibson has
been instructed to go over the rec
ords Of The Crusaders, an organi-
zation which has opposed some
phases Of the New Deal" and di-
rect the questioning Of its Off
cialS..
The Black committee is q CO.
defendant with the Federal Com
munications Commission in the
Injunction suit instituted by Will
liam Randolph Hearst against
seizure Of private kilograms. The
publisher is seeking q court order
stopping telegram seizures. He
demands also that messages thus
far taken be returned.
Adding fuel to the controversy
raging against the Senate proberS
is the opposition Of House leaders
to Blacks request for $4,000 as
a fee for special counsel.
Black has named CHAMPION
Harris, his former law partner, to
defend the committee in the
Hearst suit. The proposal was &C
cepted by the Senate, but the
House Rules Committee agreed
only by a vote of five to four to
bring the request to the floor this
week. A hard fight is in prospect,
House Members Angry
Had It not been for Majority
Leader Bankhead, who loaned the
prestige and power of his position
to aid Black in obtaining the spe.
cial fee, the request might have
died in the rules committee.
Many House member are ir.
ritated by the fact that Black, at
a recent lobby hearing, brought
out that half a dozen Representa-
tives shared q home with an al.
legged lobbyist. Many privately say
they do not want to be PUT in the
position Of supporting Blacks
telegraph raids,
The Washington times., 1936-04-06
Checks and Balances
Prevent Tyranny

LOW does our Constitution pro-
IL teetus against ryrannyby provid-
ing for "a government Of checks and
balances?
81 "Firsr, the States are balanced
against the general government" says
President John Adams. Second, the
House Of Representatives is balanced
against the Senate, and the Senate
against the House Third, the execu.
tive authority is balanced against
the legislature [Congressl. Fourth,
the judiciary is balanced against the
legislature, the executive and the State
governments. Fifth, the Senate is bal.
anced against the president IN all ap-
pointments to Office and IN all treaties.
Sixth, the people hold in their own
hands the balance against their own
representatives with periodic cleo
ions.
BY these checks and balances" our
Constitution keeps any branch Of our
government from grasplng too much
power This guards our liberties and
protects US against tyranny
TOMORROW THE PEOPLE ALWAYS
SUPREME.l
CopyrtghI 1858. KIns Features Syndicate. Inc
The Washington times., 1936-04-06
Services Pay Honor
=. To Simonds, Writer

Frank II. simonds, widely known
journalist who died several weeks
ago, was lauded as "the very
finest type Of newspaper man" at
a service in his memory yesterday
in the Washington Cathedral.
Attended by members Of the
diplomatic corps, high Govern
l1nent NfficialS, members Of Con-
greSs and associates of Mr.. ST.
lnonds, the service had as the
principal speaker Frank B. Kent,
political writer and commentator.
The Washington times., 1936-04-06

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