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Evening star., 1936-07-26
COUGHLIN PLEASED.
Radio Priest Predicts Deadlock In
Electoral College.

Electoral College.
BUFFALO, N. Y, July 25 R1.-
Father Charles e. Coughlin expressed
happiness tonight over the statement
Of his ecclesiastical superior, the Right
Rev. Michael Gallagher, Bishop of De-
troit, who said in Rome that he
could not speak against Father
Coughlin."
Bishop Gallagher" Father Cough
lin said, went to Rome for q vaca-
ton, Just as he has done for years"
Turning to- other subjects, Father
Coughlin predicted that an electoral
college deadlock would force the elec-
ton Of President and Vice President
into the laps Of Congress.
The Detroit radio priest told news
paper men that the Union party and
its candidate for the presidency,
Representative william Lemke OF
North Dakota, would gain enough
electoral votes to keep either the Re-
publican or the Democratic parties
from majority Of votes in the elec-
toral college.
THE Republican party Is rapidly
Qualifying for place in the museum,
he said. "As for the Democratic party.
it has altered the spelling Of its name
until it Is now spelled socialism.
You've got to take it as q Joke"
The Union party, he said, did not
expect to offer a gubernatorial candi-
date In New York State. but would
work, nevertheless. to defeat Gov.
Lehman.
"One reason for Gov. Lehmans de-
feat will be the high tax rate" he
said. Another will be his veto OF
ths school bus h1k There b strong
Evening star., 1936-07-26

Suddenly it dawned on the woman!
There had been a neighborhood we'd
ding and this was one Of the cele-
brating guests who had evidently mis-
taken the house where he was to
put up. Down the street one dwell
ing still showed lights. With great
difnculty the woman induced the
baggaged stranger to seek the other
address. He finally did so, though
loathe to forsake a vacant couch
which he espied in the corner.
But the strangest part of this whole
story Is that the G-Men slept through
it all!
Evening star., 1936-07-26
F. B. |. BARES PLOT
AIMED AT II MEN
Extortion Notes Threatened Lives
and Homes-0ne Ar.
rested.
ny the Associated Press.

ny 'ue honOClblru FIeSS.
EVERETT, Wash. July 25.-De-
partment of Justice agents, working
with Everett police, today announced
they had uncovered an extortion plot
in which the lives and homes Of al
least IL Everett business men were
threatened.
Agents said the II received letter,
threatening to blow up their homes
injure them physically and expose
them unless $1,000 was paid.
Police arrested Earl Christensen
28-year-old paper mill worker, who
was formally charged with attempte1
extortion and released on $500 bail
The complaint charges Christense-
with attempting to extort money from
William H. Hartford, a business man
Acting Police Chief Chester Da
said 10 other persons had receive
Identical letters.
Christensen was quoted BY agent
as saying, Il lost all my money gam
bling and wrote letters. picking tbs
names from a telephone directory"
Evening star., 1936-07-26
FARMERS DUMP MILK
IN COOLING PLANTS
Picketing Augmented in Louisi-
ana Area as Result of Price
y War Incident.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, July 25.-Milk
farmers seeking higher prices for
their product entered cooling plants
at Hammond and Tangipahoa today
and dumped $50 gallons Of milk in
tended for shipment to New Or
leans.
There was no conflict with the
cooling plant managers. The incident
augmented picketing activities among
organized producers on roads leading
to New Orleans.
New Orleans milk distributors to-
day looked to other channels for their
supply.
The boycott was called last night by
producers in the Florida parishes Of
Louisiana above New Orleans and
several South Mississippi counties,
because the New Orleans distributors
would not agree to pay an increase
in price of from $1.S5 to $2.32 per
hundredweight.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
HOMES ENDANGERED

Canadians Prepare to Flee Ad-
vancing Forest Fires.
CALGARY, Alberta, July Is (Py-
Settlers in Western Canada prepared
to move from their homes today as
forest fires spread along the banks OF
the Highwood River, in a densely-
wooded valley IS miles west Of High
River. Scores Of men were rushed
into the fire belt.
Isolated since Thursday, Sc fire
fighters at the summit Of Middle
Kootenay Pass, near the Alberta
British Columbia boundary, were still
cut off from their base camp, but had
q plentiful food supply.
Flames also menaced Northern Sas-
katchewan timberland.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
Germany May Pay Claims.

NEW YORK, July rs R.-Robert
w. Bonynge, American agent on the
Mixed Claims Commission, tonight
reported as very satisfactory" con-
ferences he held recently with Ger
man officials regarding possible pay
ment of more than $4,000. 900 in
claims against Germany growing out
of the Black Tom and Kingsland,
N. j., explosions and fire Of 1915
and 1917.
Bonynge said he would 30 to Wash.
ington tomorrow to report to ON.
cials Of the State Department.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
"a D0USED IN HARB0R

STAMFORD, Conn, July Is P1.-
Twenty-four persons waiting to in
spect two war vessels sent here in
connection with the State convention
of Foreign War Veterans were thrown
into Stamford Harbor today from a
temporary float which parted moor
ings holding it to small wharf.
Two 14-year-old boys found them
selves neck-deep after the accident,
but for the most part the men and
women on ts,e float were in water up
to their hips.
All were waiting to be taken aboard
the United States Navy destroyer
Gilmer and the cruiser New Orleans.
anchored miles OF the harbor In
Long Island Sound.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
CANDY COMPANY HEAD
BEATEN WITH BALL BAT
Assailant Flees in Taxi-Attacs
Occurs Near Closed
Plant.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn July rs
Sanford A. Bennett. president of tll'
Bennett Hubbard Candy Co.. which
has been the scene of strike disorders
for nearly two months. was beaten
over the head with a base ball bat
late today by an unidentified assail'
ant who escaped in taMcab.
The attack took place at the door
Of a drug store near the strike
picketed plant.
Doctors said that the patient
would be able to be out in a week or
10 days, barring complications.
Police arrested a taxicab driver
they said had admitted driving the
unidentified assailant.
Evening star., 1936-07-26

Reciprocal trade agreements, ne
gotiated by the Democratic admin
istration, haUe become an issue in
the present campaign, the Repub-
hcan platform javor;ng repeal OF
the la,D under Which they tDere
concluded. This series OF articles
attempts to present the results OF
the treaties as indicated BY duail-
able figures on foreign commerce.
The series is not presented as an
argument for or against the
treaties.
The article Which tolIo,Cs is the
first of the series.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
PRESS SUMMONED
TOL|BERTY FIGHT
Hanson Tells Virginians
U. S. Has Alternative
of Dictatorship.
Ey Ire Associated Press.

By ,re Associated Press.
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va, July
25.-Elisha Hanson, general counsel
for the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. told the vir-
ginia Press Association here tonight
that America stands at the cross
roads, where one path leads us back
to liberty and the other to dictator
ship"
Speaking on "the press-bulwark Of
our liberty" at banquet concluding
the Virginia publishers Midsummer
meeting, he declared the decision
which the people must make is
whether they can and will govern
themselves or must be governed.
The issue Is clearly between per-
sonal liberty, embracing the right to
own and to acquire private property on
one hand, and an illusion Of economic
security. accompanied by an actual
destruction of all individual rights
and privileges, including the right Of
property" Hanson said.
No Liberty without Free Press.
Declaring "our forefathers fought
to lay down the doctrine that free
people were entitled to have press,
free from any form of restraint" he
said that without a free press there
could be no liberty.
He cited the action Of Louisiana
publishers in resisting a tax on the
advertising revenues of papers which
had criticized Huey Long, decision
of the Supreme Court in a case in
volving injunction proceedings against
a Minnesota paper, and the press
fight for guarantee OF their rights
under the national recovery act as
landmarks in the defense Of the con-
stitutional principle" which now
would seem to be thoroughly safe
guarded from attacks by Government
or governmental agencies
He recalled that John Stewart Bry-
an, publisher of the Richmond News
Leader, served as member Of the
committee that preserved the doc
trine that the Government is with
out power to abridge the freedom of
the press"
Propaganda was Urged.
'If 1t be conceded" he continued.
that any agency of the Government
has the right to compel a newspaper
or even the right to try to compel
newspaper to maintain in its en-
ploy either a news or editorial writer
in whom it has lost confidence, what
ever the reason may be for that loss,
then the Government will have been
provided a means through which it
may exercise a direct control over the
gathering and dissemination of in
formation and the expression Of opin-
ion by the press"
While the press must be vigilant
to resist direct efforts to restrict it,
it should be equally alert to the effort
to control its columns through prop
aganda from whatever source prop
aganda comes" he asserted.
The association at a morning busi-
ness session reelected Maj. Raymond
Bottom, publisher OF the Newport
News Daily Press and TimessHerald
president and also renamed other Of
ficers for new terms. They are: Sen
ator C. J. Harkrader. publisher Of
the Bristol Herald Courier and News
Bulletin. vice president for dailies;
Pres Atkins, publisher of the Norton
Coalfield Progress, vice president for
the weeklies: George o. Green. pub
Usher Of the Clifton Forge Review,
treasurer, and Robert B. Smith, secre-
tary-manager.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
CURI0S AUCTIONED
Col. Miller Seeks to Save 101
Ranch "White House."

hanch Nv mite House..
PONCA CITY. Okla. July IS P.-
Paintings, household furnishings, relics
and curies went for pittances today
as Col. zack Miller auctioned off most
of the furnishings of the 10l Ranch
white house"
He said he was trying to raise
$4,000 for an appeal bond in his fight
to save the white house" from fore
closure sale. He did not say whether
he had raised the money, but appar-
emily had.
A group of seven pictures by Emil
W, Lenders, famous Western painter
who died three years ago, brought
s7s0, and q picture Of White Eagle,
iead chief Of the Ponca Indians. $2oca
Evening star., 1936-07-26
BISHOP DEFENDS PRIEST.
Declares Coughlin Under His Jurisdic.
tion, Not Vatican's.


BY the Associated Press.
ROME, July 25.-Bishop Michael
Gallagher of Detroit asserted tonight
that Father Charles E. Coughlins
political activity is matter entirely
of my own supervision and not one in
which the Vatican would take any
initiative"
IT have no complaint against Father
Coughlin for his political activities
and approve much of his argument" +"
the bishop said. There is absolutely
no controversy between Father Cough
lin and myself"
The bishop declared he would tell
Pope Pius-if the Pontiff, as supreme
head Of the Catholic Church, should
inquire about the priest-"Father
Coughlin speaks for the people"
The ecclesiastical head Of the dio-
cese of Detroit. on his arrival in Rome
from Naples. defended Father Cough
Inns right to engage in political dis
cussions and also personally Endorsed
the priests views.
II cannot speak against Father
Coughlin, he said in denying the Vat
ican had interviewed in the contro-
versy resulting from the priests char
acterization Of President Roosevelt as
a liar" declaration for which the
priest later publicly apologized.
Father Coughlin Is against Presi-
dent Roosevelt, the bishop declared,
because the President did not keep
faith with his promises"
"The head OF all priests in the do
cese OF Detroit" Bishop Gallagher
said. "is myself. 1t must. therefore,
be for myself to make observations
about Father Coughlin, not the Vat
ican."
Declares Trip "for a Rest"
When his ship docked at Naples
earlier, the bishop declared he had
come to italy absolutely for a rest"
above all the trip gives me an op-
portunity to visit the Pope upon the
occasion of his celebration of his
eightieth year of life.
Il have always sought during my
life not to engage in politics. This I
will continue to do. Even less do I
intend to occupy myself with politics
on this trip"
OF his subordinate, the radio priest,
he said:
He said some very just things and
very acute things, and because his
priestly mission IS exactly that, he is
occupying himself with the needs of
the people"
Has Two Companions.
The Detroit bishop was accom-
panied by Bishop Joseph Shrembs of
Cleveland, Ohio, and Msgr. Joseph A.
Bresnn, vice rector of the American
College.
The bishop acknowledged that some
of Father Coughlins radio addresses,
in the "fervor of discourse" may have
included advanced and excessive per-
sonal expression
But this was small defect" he
emphasized, which in no way may
destroy the value of all of Father
Coughlin's really worthwhile work"
In a moment when the peril Of
communism weighs heavily through
out the world, even in the United
States" Bishop Gallagher asserted,
'it is really a great good that Father
Coughlin has lifted so high, and so
effcaciously, a voice to make the
people remember that only in the
social teachings Of the church lie real
security and safety for every nation
Evening star., 1936-07-26
RAIN CHECKS DROUGHT.
Helps Crops, But Fails to Rout Heat
In Entire Area.


In Entire Area.
CHICAGO, July rs P.-Rain con-
tinued its assault on the drought to-
day.
Not general enough to rout 100
degree heat from all the grain belt,
it covered most of the growing
States of Indiana and Illinois with q
crop-restoring downpour and reached
over to cool Iowa.
Three inches of water-"enough to
drown any drought" the weather man
said at Chicago-drenched the parched
earth around Terre Haute, Ind, last
night. Pretty good" rains. about an
inch of water, were reported in the
other two States.
A barrage of showers along q
broader front was forecast for tonight
and tomorrow. The weather man said
it would hit most Of North Dakota,
parts Of South Dakota and Minnesota,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois,
Kentucky, Iowa and Missouri.
No Relief in Kansas.
4NO k1ORC Va 4CA4N4 Wao oSS4 AS@
Kansas and Nebraska, which have
had no rain for q long time. Tenn
peratures in the two States ranged
from 100 to ia yesterday. in protrac-
ton of what Meteorologist s. D. Flora
called "the worst hot spell Kansas
has ever known"
Cooler weather was expected over
the week end in the heat-crippled Da-
kotas and Northwestern Minnesota.
The rains and cool weather pros
poets were only temporary bearish
influence on the Chicago Board Of
Trade. Corn prices went down, but
rallied on reports that the crop would
be failure regardless of rain from
now on.
Prices Advance Sharply.
The following table shows the sharp
advance scored In many important
farm commodity prices In the past
five weeks during which drought and
heat were important parket factors.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
SIGN.

According to Miss Joy LetDis, the
telephone company seems to be the
only one netting profit out OF
grocery store In the 400 block OF
'IrDing street. What's more, ac-
cording to Miss Le,Dis, the grocer Is
none too happy about the situation.
By tDay OF dcQudinttng the Gus
TONERS OF the public pay station
phone yith the real nature OF his
business, the proprietor has put a
sign on the booth tDhict reads:
This is q grocery store, too."
Evening star., 1936-07-26
LIGHTS.

LIGHTS.
THE wife of a public school execu-
tive has little sympathy for the
absent-minded motorist who drives
after dark without turning on his
lights. One evening recently she
cried "Lights!" in a rather irritated
tone to three such offenders.
The third motorist pulled up and
said:
Thanks lot, lady. and how about
turning your own lights on?"
Evening star., 1936-07-26
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SURPRISE.

SURPRISE
You really do not have to join the
Navy to see the world, II the
Navy will forgive one of our opera
tives for saying so.
You can do almost as well, indeed,
BY joining a wealthy family headed
for a vacation. A Washington fam
lily North-bound provides a case in
point.
Knowing that servants would be
| difficult to get-that is to say, the
kind of servants they wanted-the
wife took along cook whose travels
and knowledge Of geography were
both a little on the short side.
Gloucester was the destination and
the family arrived at night.
The next morning, the cook was
found standing at one of the win
dows instead of her appointed posi-
tion in the kitchen,
For heavens sake, Mrs. H." she
| greeted her mistress, '1 never knew
they had an ocean up here. thought
they only had one at Coney Island"
G. (WHIZ) MEN!
TN ONE Of our exclusive neighbor-
hoods a well-known Washington
family. on vacation, had rented the
house for the Summer BY coinci-
dence the temporary tenants were
four G-men, reckoned among Mr..
Hoover's best. With such adequate
protection on hand, woman mem
ber Of the landlord-family who has
to remain in town during the Sum-
mer, thought it safe to stay at the
old manse.
But what was her surprise the
other early morning to be awakened
by the stumblings and mumblings
Of a stranger in the upper hall!
Well dressed, the intruder was noisely
trundling a suit case and did not
seem to realize his predicament, even
when accosted by the woman. I'm
so sleepy" he murmured, II can't find
a vacant bed-what are all those
men doing in those beds?"
Evening star., 1936-07-26

Said elevator operator admits he
has his ups and downs, his particular
down being that the car he runs is so
slow prospective passengers almost in
variably are gone before he can reach
their floor.
But" he brightens conversation
ally, "the Secretary likes this one"
Evening star., 1936-07-26
PREFERRED,

An operative has it on good author
ity from an employe in the Labor
Building that an elevator operator says
Secretary Perkins prefers slow, vertical
TRANSFORMATION.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
VERDICT.

Judge Oscar H. Luhring probably
iUil be long remembered by mem
bers of a jury seruing in his court
a hot day or so ago.
"It any member of the jury is as
Uarm as am, he may remope his
coat" said the Judge.
The jury considered the PROPOSE
ton for moment, squirmed q DIT
in the process, apparently reached
a uerdict in tauor OF the conpen-
tions, and just sat there, being hot
and uncomfortable.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
Washington
.Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
ANNIE.

ANNIE.
GIRL named Annie who lives
n in Nebraska recently sent a
~ post card to the Board OF
1 \ Trade with this terse request:
please send all details of how to get
married in Washington on a Saturday
afternoon"
The board obliged as best it could.
AS to the more or less important de-
tail of finding bridegroom-the
board left that up to Annie.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-04
Los ANGELES STOCKS

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4. UP)-
Dull trading marked activity on the
Los Angeles stock exchange today
The oil group took the lead with
the largest turnovers, outstanding
of which was the performance of
Lincoln Petroleum which sold 1000
shares at 16 cents, unchanged.
Volume was $4,000 shares, with
six issues up. four down and ID un-
changed.
Exeter Oil declined 2k cents to
so, while Bandini Petroleum gained
* at 8. -.
Republic Petroleum sold 2300
shares at 10B, an advance of 1a.
Bolsa Chica A, Consolidated, Occi-
dental and wellington were un-
changed.
Black Mammoth Consolidated ad-
vanced cents in the mining group
with Consolidated Gold lost cents
With the exception of Menasco
Motors which gained as. the indus
trials were unchanged.
Transamerica advanced ls to loas
Security First National also rose,
closing at 52A, up "a.
Pacific Finance was down u al
28A. Los Angeles Investment Com
pany slumped "A to 5h.
Southern California Edison "
per cent preferred and Southern Pa
cific remained unchanged at 27A
and AZ, respectively.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-04
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO. Sept. A. (UP)-Reports
that Argentina was contemplating G
an increase in the basic price paid
to producers for corn induced heavy
buying on the Chicago board of
trade today. Prices ran up sharply
with the September delivery show
ing gain of about cents at one
time.
At the close corn was up "a to
s cents, Sept. 81 II, wheat was up
rs, to rs, Sept. $1.11b, and oats
was up Ia to IL, Sept APIS cents.
The corn market opened higher in
response to the Argentine news and
when offerings became light shorts
ran TO cover. Buying continued
heavy through midsession but light
ened later. A little selling was In
duced by reports of beneficial rains
in the northwest and southwest but
prices maintained their gains.
other grains were helped by the
advance in corn, Wheat gained bet
ter than a cent q bushel on a mod
crate volume of buying. Strength
in Liverpool and Winnipeg also had
a bullish influence. Oats and rye
were each a cent or more higher for
the day.
Some concern was felt over Ar
gentine corn shipments to this coun-
try 1t is believed there is enough
of the yellow cereal in transit at
present to have a depressing effect
on prices at the time the new do
mestic crop is moving to market
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-04
NEW YORK STOCKS

Stocks, bonds, cotton, grains. and
the dollar advanced today.
Steel issues led the share market
Rails and industrials stood out In
bonds. September corn shot up
| nearly cents a bushel and 9TH
| grains were l to cents a bushel
higher French francs broke below
| gagements were made in parts for
shipment to New York.
A contra-seasonal rise of 1879
| cars in the weekly car loading total
| to 753,742 cars, new high since
October %, 1881, featured the bus
mess news.
Trading in stocks generally was
quiet Some irregularity was noted
in the early trading especially in
the steels. That group came to the
forefront later, however, with Beth
shsm san G. G. sf% ssse h5Eh pn maaa 2pGn
new high and other steel shares
were up fractions to more than a
point. Substantial pickup in steel
demand is expected after the Labor
day holiday.
Motor shares did little. Packard
was very active, rising to new high
on the movement at 12% up
point. Motor accessories came up
Electric Auto-Lite which gained
more than 2 points. Murray Cor
poration, apd Briggs were firm.
American Telephone rose points
The stock Benefited by higher
dividend for Pacific Telephone and
also was helped by the Bell Systems
August station gain amounting to
$4,000. the best August gain in
fairly active and strong. Gas and
electric utilities were steady to firm
Increases in retail business helped
the mercantile shares. Macy rose
a new high. spiegel, May. stern
gained more, than point. G.
Penney reached new high at 91B
up Is point. Interstate Department
stores also SO made ,ara neW ,S. high; aon,
were noted in such issues as West
inghouse Electric, Du Pont, Air Re
duction. Coca Cola, Commercial
Credit. Norfolk & Western. Para
mount First preferred. Penn Dixie
Cement preferred. and Ward Baking
Rubbers were higher, led by U. S.
Rubber Issues. The preferred OF
the latter was up point. Oils were
steady to firm.
Among the rails, Pennsylvania
made new high and Lehigh Valley
equaled its top. Most of the issues
were up fractions to a point In re-
soonse to the gain in carloadings.
International Nickel made a new
high on improvement in foreign
copper prices and the recent rise in
platinum. Coppers generally were
better. SilVers made small gains
and there was some activity in
Alaska Juneau In the Colds.
Dow Jones preliminary closing av-
erages showed, industrial 1904 up
O.S0. railroad 551S up 0.30. utility
35.01 up 018.
Transactions totaled 1,174,510
shares compared with 1,O47,760
shares yesterday. Curb sales approx
imated 223,000 shares compared
with 221, 900 shares yesterday.