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The Washington times., 1936-05-08
HEAD SOUGHT
FOR ETHIOPIA

ROME, May 8 UN.SJ.-Pre
mier Mussolini today sought an
other "man Of the hour" to take
up the administrative work Of the
new Roman empire as he rushed
to completion plans for merging
Ethiopia, Eritrea and italian
Somaliland into italian East
Africa"
ARRANGEMENTS for the union,
probably to be announced before
midnight tomorrow, after the
meetings of Parliament, the cabi.
net and the Fascist grand coun'
Gil, have been nearly perfected,
but the administrator remains to
be chosen.
Count Volpi di MiSuruta, who
was chiefly responsible for weld
ing together Tripolitania, Libya
and Cirenaica, is being promi-
nently mentioned.
Another possibility is Alberto
Pirelli, one of Italy's most i'm
portant rubber manufacturers.
Over the administrator. &C.
cording to present information.
will be q nominal governor, pos
sibly a prince of the royal house.
while it is still planned to pro
claim King Victor Emanuel en-
peror of a feudal Ethiopia.
The Washington times., 1936-05-08
Day i'm Congress
SENATE
SENATE

Meets at noon to continue con,
Sideration of the Navy bill.
Committees:
$50 a. m.-Finance Committee;
tax bill, open.
1890 a. m. Agriculture sub
committee; Columbia Valley prof.
ect, open.
1890 a. m. - Military Affairs;
routine business, Executive.
2p. m.-Banking and Currency
subcommittee; farm mortgages.
HOUSE
Meets at II a. m. to resume de-
bate on deficiency bill.
Committees:
10 a. m.-Military Affairs; avi.
alton appointments and promo
tionS.
10 a. m. Patent Committee;
will hear Lanham subcommittee;
executive.
1890 a. m. - Post Office; star
routes; open.
IL q. m. Rivers and HarborS;
drainage IN Buffalo, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1936-05-08
TAX SEEN RUIN
FOR TRADE
Continued from Page II

CONTINUED from Page II
on the undiStributed portion, at
rates which, If charged a. IN
terest, would be considered
uSurious."
Toner said there are many
small firms which would be out
Of business today if they were not
permitted to withhold earnings to
provide for the "proverbial rainy
day." particularly in the novelty
business. He declared:
"The only hope for the res
tOration Of this depleted work.
ing capital Is the plOughing
back of any future profits.
This in fact is the way practi-
cally every present unit in our
industry has been developed
and this same thing is true of
almost every other industry.
TO STUNT GROWTH
The proposed tax law will
stunt the growth Of our small
industries and will possibly
cause many concerns, which are
now struggling along, to 90 out
of business.
Certainly the Federal Govern.
ment does not wish to use its
power to tax as q power to
destroy"
Max Gordon, Broadway pro-
Queer, called for a reduction in
taxes, asserting that increased
taxes may wreck the show bust
ness. He said:
"The show business is q very
hazardous business and If you
keep on with these taxes you
won't leave q man enough to pro-
duce another show"
He said taxes were creating a
monopoly by driving out individual
producers. He did not discuss the
pending bill. electing to testify
briefly for reduction to present
rates.
The Washington times., 1936-05-08
CONTINUED from Page u

early as expected, the Hindenburg
will accomplish the first strictly
commercial aerial crossing Of the
North Atlantic well ahead Of the
original schedule, under which 1t
was not expected to reach Lake
hurst until late tomorrow.
800 Feet Above Sea
The airship dropped within 600
feet of the sea, whipped by wind
and rain, seeking a level at which
the headwinds were not SO strong
as at the higher attitudes Of
around 1000 or more feet at
which it had been flying since it
left Friedrichshafen Wednesday
night.
Before being compelled to slow
down, the Hindenburg had been
driving toward the United States
at better than 80 miles on hour
after leaving the Scilly Islands,
to the southwest of England, be-
hind.
Provided the weather permits
the airShip to maintain its aver
age speed and keep on its course,
Captain lehman hoped he would
guide the ship off the Newfound-
land Banks between 10 or II
o'clock tonight.
DR.. Eckener said the dirigible
would try to dodge around the
squalls on the course. -.
Despite the weather, the Hin
denburg glided along with q
SteadinesS and lack of sensation
that amazed the passengers,
among them 10 women, who were
sprouting their transatlantic air
wings on this flight.
Life on the dir1gible was q
miniature edition Of life on an
The Washington times., 1936-05-08
EDEN
FACE CUSTER
IN ENGLAND
Sanctions Fla S c o
Brings Hint Cabinet
May Fall

LONDON, May 8 G.N.S).-De.
mand by Sir Austen Chamberlain
in the House Of Commons that
League sanctions against Italy be
dropped, now that she has con-
Quered Ethiopia, has started a
stampede among Tory members,
who today were reported to be
overwhelming in favor of lifting
the penalties imposed upon Pre-
mier MuSSolini.
A majority of the foreign af-
fairs committee Of the House of
Commons favor lifting sanctions
provided Britain does not take the
initiative in proposing this step
at Geneva.
Would Remove Navy
Chancellor Of the Exchequer
Neville Chamberlain and other
principal cabinet members, it was
reported, favor not only hating
sanctions but withdrawing Brit.
aims naval concentration from
the Mediterranean. They also
would like to reach an under.
stand with II Duce.
Anglo Italian relations, in vary.
ing degrees, have been tense ever
since Britain took the lead in i'm.
posing League sanctions upon
Italy and sent the British fleet
to the Mediterranean at outbreak
Of the Italo- Ethiopian war.
Intrigue Grows
Meanwhile, intrigue around the
British cabinet is growing and the
position Of Prime Minister Stanley
Baldwin and Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden is becoming shaky
it Is said, since they favored sane
tionS against Italy.
The News Chronicle stated q
die-hard Tory clique, including
Winston Churchill and former
Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel
Hoare, who resigned under crit
icism for his part in the Hoare
Laval Ethiopian peace plan, is
campaigning to GUST Baldwin anC
make Neville Chamberlain prime
minister.
Macdonald Quoted
The news letter issued by Ram
say Macdonald, lord president OF
the Council, and expressing views
Of national labor supporters of the
government, said: a
"Once sanctions failed rs q
deterrent, 1t would be folly to
maintain them as a punishment.
Surely the only dignified, con-
structive course is one Of real
ism. Faith in the League is so
blistered by mustard gas It is
past saving. Let US admit Italy
has conquered Ethiopia and
smashed the League govern
ment."
Commenting on this letter, the
London Daily Mail said:
publication Of these out
spoken comments has caused
considerable surprise in the lob
bies and indicates q conflict Of
views in the cabinet"
The Washington times., 1936-05-08
HONOR NEGUS
IN PALESTINE
CONTINUED from Page u


across the harbor to the Italian
ship.
Halle SelaSsie, dressed In q
cream-colored stamina, or toga,
inspected a guard Of honor and
then entrained for Jerusalem.
Trucks mounted with machine
guns and troops in war kit pa
trolled Haifa in view of the danger
Of disturbances among Arabs and
Jews caused by Selassie's presence.
At Jerusalem the NeguS will be
greeted by a representative Of the
high commissioner and an air
officer. He is expected to remain
in Jerusalem several days at least.
Special detachmentS of British
troops were drafted to guard the
NeguS and special passes were
issued to approved applicants who
requested permission to stand
along his route to the Haifa rail.
way station from the ship.
All. Cars Searched
Persons receiving these passes
were warned uOG 10 dGGC1upI 10
communicate with SelaSSie, but
photographers were allowed to
take his picture.
While no high British official
will be present when the NeguS
reaches Jerusalem, the Palestine
government will give him a full,
ceremonial welcome.
Authorities have taken precau-
tons against possible disorders
which they fear may be precipi-
tated by the Emperor's arrival in
view of increasing antagonism be.
tween Jews and Arabs throughout
Palestine.
All cars entering Eaifa were
searched by police for arms.
The Washington times., 1936-05-08
F FEDERAL JOBS
UNTITLED

A number of important vacan-
cies in the Federal establishment
will remain untitled for the pres
ent, President Roosevelt said to-
day.
In response to questions at his
press conference, Mr.. Roosevelt
indicated he did not intend to
nominate anyone soon to fill the
vacancy on the Federal Reserve
board or the assistant secretary
ship Of Navy.
No consideration is yet being
given to a successor to Comp
troller General McCarl, whose
15-year term Of office expires
June 80, Mr.. Roosevelt added.
The Washington times., 1936-05-08
Zeppelin Is Nearing
Newfoundland

locean steamer. So marked was
this illusion that one passenger
remarked:
81 have to pinch myself to
realize we are flying the At
lantiC."
For the novelty of the expert
ence, a number of passengers took
showers in the dirigible'S bath
roomS-the first showers" pas
sengers have ever taken in q com.
mercial airShip over the Atlantic
Ocean,
The Washington times., 1936-05-08
STATE RESTS
IN SUTTON
TRIAL
"Surprise" Witnesses
UncaIIed in Abrupt
Move

CUMBERLAND, Md, May 8.
The State rested its case against
Albert A. Sutton at 1850 a. m.
The move was unexpected because
the prosecution was scheduled to
call several surprise" witnesses.
Whether or not Sutton would
be placed on the stand in the
afternoon could not be ascer.
tanned.
One Of the States own wit
nesses today gave damaging evil
dence against the prosecutions
contention that Sutton hired the
gangsters who murdered Allen B.
Wilson, Washington Times-Herald
route agent.
Mickey" On Stand
Edward Mickey" Mcdonald.
diminutive and colorful figure Of
WaShington's sporting world, told
the Allegheny county circuit
that Sutton warned him before
the Wilson killing that Claude
Bailey was tout to get him."
The statement appeared to on.
lockers to be dramatically opposed
to the States claim that five gun.
men, who slew Wilson on october
%, 1884, in the belief he was Nc.
Donald, were paid by Sutton.
Sutton, now serving 20 years in
Lorton Reformatory, is charged
with first-degree murder.
Mcdonald testified following his
wife and declared Sutton had been
his friend for years.
Warned Of ride"
F. Brooke Whiting, one of the
two defense counsel, questioned
the reputed gambler:
"IS it true that for many years
you were friends with the de-
fendant?"
THAT might not be q fair
question to the defendant"
Didn't Sutton warn you that
this fellow Bailey was after
yOu?'\
81 guess you could call it a
warning. He told me this guy
Bailey was going TO take me for
q ride. Then / told him to tell
Bailey he could find me any
time.''
Later, Mcdonald declared he
never saw anything" to indicate
Bumps" might want to kill him
prior to the bombing of McDon-
AIDS car on october 2. 1884.
Recalled to the stand at 11:45
a. m, Mickey" was asked by
James H. Pugh, States attorney
for Montgomery county, if he saw
Sutton after the dynamiting.
The witness declared he had,
and explained:
81 merely asked him how he
slept last night"
"And what did he say?"
Nothing"
Mrs. Mcdonald corroborated
the testimony that Sutton and
her husband were friends, and
told about what she knew of two
dGOC1lSOO OkA G4CAOAAd4O 44ACS OAAO
bombing and the brutal Wilson
murder.
Several other witnesses testi.
fled about alleged Washington
gambling places run by Sutton.
and placed him as being in the
city in october of 1884.
Sutton and his wife, Mrs. Nan
Sutton, both of Washington, are
the only defense witnesses SO far
announced. They are scheduled to
take the stand after Pugh finishes
with the score Of State witnesses.
Sutton has been kept under an
unusually heavy guard at the
county Jail here, which also har-
bors McDermott. The latter is
awaiting sentence, and it is still
unknown whether the Federal
Government will release him from
q 15-year trick" in Alcatraz prison.
a sentence involved with a holdup
of the Heurich Brewing Company
in WaShington-in order that he
may Immediately begin a life term
at the Maryland State Pen1ten'
tiary in Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1936-05-08
Rirney Chorus to Sing

Birney Com munity Center
Choral Society will give its annual
musicale tonight at S:15 in the
Birney School auditorium. Mrs.
Edna G. Docking is director Of
the chorus while Mrs. Martha
Ellis is secretary Of the Center,
Evening star., 1936-04-26
FIRE LOSSES CUT
| BY RESEARCH UNIT.
New Efforts to CurtaiI Dam.
ages Made by Bureau
of Standards.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
New efforts to curtail the tax of
10000 lives and $500, 900 900 levied by
fires each year in the United States
are being made at the Bureau Of
Standards.
Experts figure that research work
and education have cut fire losses
almost in half during the last Is
years. Scientists of the bureau are
now preparing an encyclopedia of fire
resistant building materials which is
expected further to reduce the loss.
Even this, however. won't prevent
person from shutting his eyes to
fire hazards. The experts figure that
about half of the fires are due to care
leSSneSS.
Most Of the bureaus research on
fire resistance of building materials is
done in huge furnaces where condi-
tlonS almost identical to those in a
raging building fire are simulated In
side these furnaces portions of build
lngs are constructed-partiti steel
and concrete columns. floors, plaster
walls and beams-and are subjected
to the same loads which they would
carry in a building.
Materials Tested.
A roaring fire which reaches 2,300
degrees Fahrenheit is then started
and by means of delicate measuring
devices to record the heat and re-
Evening star., 1936-04-26

difference between having to give
up a small business o. trade and being
able to pay the government license
fee and buy necessary materials A
high percentage of these loans have
been, and regularly are. repaid
III health work. throughout Eastern
Europe. l55 medical institutions are
being maintained. These include hos
pitalS and sanatoria. CenterS Tor in
formation on tuberculosis. They in
clude maternity centerS. Summer col
onieS for tuberculouS. anemic and un-
dernourished children. As many as
35 900 such children have been sent 10
these Summer colonies in a single year
from their city cellar and garret homes
in the cities.
School Is Provided.
Tens of thousands OF Jewish chill
dren in Poland. Roumania and Eastern
Europe would have no schooling at all
if it were not for what is provided
through j D c. subvention Religious
schools, as we'll as working mems
schools, to a number of 1,163 in Poland
have been providing education for more
than 1874 900 children in a single year.
Not the least of its achievements
is what the Joint Distribution Com
mittee has accomplished in Palestine.
The J. D. C. was instrumental in
forming the Palestine Economic Corp.
in 1926. Altogether about 81 900, 900
in J. D. c. cash and assets have been
turned over to the corporation, which
has worked through local banks in
extending loans for the purchase Of
land, and to people in business and
trade. The Palestine Economic Corp.
has also financed loW-cost housing.
has invested in the basic industries
of Palestine, has financed water sup
ply projects and in many ways has
helped in the upbuilding OF the land.
One of the progressive measures
inaugurated in 1884 was an arrange
ment whereby the Palestine Economic
Corp. would furnish half the capital
for one-million dollar public utility
company for the extension of credits
for projects similar to those previously
financed by the Palestine Economic
Corp and in other fields as well.
In Poland today 100000 out of a
Jewish population of 100000 are
known to be on the verge of starva-
ton. The plight of the Jews in Ru-
mania, Lithuania and other sections
of Eastern Europe is being aggravated
by new flares of anti-Semitism. The
J. D. c. is the only major American
organization which is raising funds for
the relief and reconstructive aid Of
these people.
Evening star., 1936-04-26
JEWISH APPEAL DRIVE
WORKERS WILL RALLY

More than $50 volunteer workers in
the United Jewish Appeal drive will
gather at the Jewish Community Gen.
ter tomorrow night for a rally mark
ing the opening Of two weeks cam
vaSs for funds.
Campaign organizers hope to raise
at least SCI 900 for European relief
and the reconstruction of Palestine.
The drives Special Gifts Committee
already has obtained more than half
of this amount.
A special meeting will be held at
the Willard Hotel Tuesday night. with
representatives Of the following organ
i2ations participating: jacob Medi-
cal Society, Jewish War Veterans. and
Amity, Alliance and Fifty Clubs.
Co-chairmen of the United Jewish
Appeal are Edmund l. kaufman. Nor
ris Cafritz and Isidore Hershfield.
Evening star., 1936-04-26

sistivity of the building parts to 1t
the scientists can determine exactly
the worth of any type of construc-
ton.
For instance. they found that an
unprotected steel column supporting
load failed after only II minutes
exposure to the flames but that a
similar column encased in two inches
Of concrete withstood the same heat
for as long as eight hours.
Other tests include setting fire to
small buildings equipped as Offices to
determine the resistance of desks.
safes and other equipment as well as
the construction of the buildings. The
resistance of various types of roof
coverings was determined by dropping
flaming brands on the roofs and SUBJ
jecting them to air currents of vary
ing intensity.
Research on Fire Causes.
The bureau has completed tests on
Evening star., 1936-04-26

conditions under which cigarette and
cigar butts or lighted matches cause
fires and of how spontaneous COM
bustion causes them.
DR.. Lyman j. Briggs. director of
the bureau, said fire destruction in
the United States was equivalent to
the complete destruction every year
of $4,000 homes costing $4,000 and
in one out Of every four or five of
these homes some one has met death.
The bureau is attacking the prob
lem from the construction angle, he
added, realizing that even though
buildings cannot be made wholly fire.
proof, If they can be made slower
burning an important advantage has
been gained"
Evening star., 1936-04-26

Chile's Automobiles Increase.
Chile has 80 per cent more automo-
biles than year ago.
Evening star., 1936-04-26
You May Pay Too Much
If You Pay Too Little

TOO often, when couples buy upholstered furniture they
make mistake paying little only discover later
that such false penalty One of the things for
merchant do offer upholstered furniture of inferior quality, disguised
apparently when
only what o pay little for upholstered furniture the
chances that will you the than had selected
quality furniture thrifty little the beginning You
get all back with Karpen Upholstered with guar
Washington Mayer Co.,
Evening star., 1936-04-26

dependable furniture Beneath its beautiful covers,
only the finest materials are used including
springy curled black hair filling from the names
and tails of South American horses. You are safe
when you buy upholstered furniture at Mayer g.
Co. and always glad to show you.
Evening star., 1936-04-26

Research on Fire Causes.
The bureau has completed tests on
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-20

would have struck their tents
and stolen away in the night, ig-
ANONYMOUSLY routed.
This has not been done; but it
still can be done. A total demo-
lition of the Farmer-Labor ma
chine can be effected in the fall,
but a wearing-down process must
be begun now. A chain is as
strong as its weakest link. A ma
chine is as efficient as its least
cog. To begin the wearing-down
process, the road must be made
rough. After number of Jolt
ing miles, some part in the ma
chine will yield up the ghost.
With a hot offensive, there will
De no chance to replace parts.
Other parts must eventually give,
and by the time the FL wagon
wheels into the polls in the fall,
it'll be coughing and suffering
and asthmatic-no wind left to
huff and to puff and blow the op-
position down.
That's the formula to beat
the Farmer-Labor political ma
chine. It's not a new formula !;
it has been successfully used be-
fore against party machines, and
as long as properly applied, will
continue to be successful.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-20

Republican candidate for pres
ident, ALT M. Landon, defined his
approach of the problems of the
nation as the american way"
He said, "The American way
means education and debate in
congress and out of it. We all
get impatient when we are not
getting things done. There are
intermittent delays. But that is
the American way and the path
we must follow"
In 1882, Impotence hid the
American path from public view
and caused voters to follow the
low road of new dealism. Dur
ing the ensuing three years,
Americans have learned better
how to wait.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-20
THE FALL GUY
By Col. Longshot

In this old game of cry and
Get IT, there still seems to be
a doubt among some folk as to
who holds the blue chips.
In the industries, the dude on
the side lines seems to think that
there are two distinct types of
humans, one an unfortunate cuss
who does all the heavy, takes
all the grief and collects a suck
er's share of the proceeds, while
the other is pictured as a bloated
bond holder, only half human,
sitting up nights trying to figure
out some new angle to yank the
feathers out of the other fellow
and picking off all the velvet.
When the sob sisters pick out
some poor hombre for a shining
example of the gent with the
horns and the fish spear, they
usually label him 'Ethe boss' and
they tout him as a Simon Lagree
whose principal sport is blowing
under every third worker and
making slaves out of the others,
while he leads the life of Riley.
But when you pull off the lid,
who is the fall guy, and who is it
who does all his riding on the
cushions?
The fellow who sits on the re-
ceiving end of the pay roll sell
dom knows what a soft berth he
drew in this modern scheme of
things; for he is the only player
in the game who doesn't have to
give rip where his cut comes
from and only has to worry about
how to spend his winnings as he
likes. He doesn't have to bother
about maintaining the equipment
he uses, doesn't have to ante up a
per cent for bad accounts, cut
with the stock holders, bet
against the material market or
pay 81 varieties of taxes on his
share, but just gathers up his
chips and has an army of politi-
clans figuring out how to keep
him happy.
But what about the other work.
er, the boss, who in most cases
is merely former employe of
some other boss and now has
more bosses over him than a rab-
bit has relatives. All he has to
do is to park his name on the pay
check with nothing else to do It'll
tomorrow = except - check the
bank roll to see if there is enough
left to start business on Monday,
rustic up enough to pay the rent
on the roof that keeps the rain
off the worker, dig up enough to
pay for the insurance that guar
antees the worker ample compen-