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Evening star., 1936-04-03
THREATENED BY FLOODS.
Several States Affected by Rains and
Frost Damage.

Seyeral StateS Anecte0 Dy Rains ana
Frost Damage.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April P.-
Flood waters threatened to wreak fur
ther damage today in Tennessee, Ala
bama and North Georgia as fresh
downpours sent streams rising out of
their banks.
There was crop damage from heavy
frosts and freezing temperatures in
Tennessee, East Arkansas and North
Mississippi.
The food situation today by States:
Tennessee: Heavy rains on the upper
Tennessee River threatened a new
rise below Chattanooga. At Ridgely.
Tenn, the Mississippi River over
flowed thousands of acres of low farm
lands unprotected by levees, driving
about $50 families from their homes.
Engineers were confident, however,
that the levee system on the lower
river would handle the high waters
easily. Frost and sub freezing
weather wrought considerable dam
age to crops.
Alabama: 1.-THE worst food since
1917" was predicted for communities
along the Tennessee River in North
Alabama by C. E. Hadley, Chatta-
nooga meteorologist. At Bridgeport,
Guntersville, Decatur, Florence and
Riverton farm and forest lands were
inundated and further rise in
the waters was anticipated that would
cut of Bridgeport from Chattanooga.
At Pickwick Landing Dam, giant T.
v. A. project, machinery was being
moved from Golfer dams.
Georgia: Threat Of floods followed
yesterdays storm in the north section
of the State. At Rome, about 100
families evacuated their homes as the
Oostanaula and Coosa Rivers began
rising. In Southwestern and North
western Georgia, streams were high.
but there was no active flood menace.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Tornado

Continued From First Page.)
the eight In the Gorrell block was LETT
on its foundation, seven were COM
pletely destroyed and in this area at
least five were killed.
Electricity throughout the city was
cut off after the storm struck and
everything was black for three hours
except for the light from flares, flash
lights, lamps and candles.
Damage to industrial and business
property was extensive. The George
c. Brown Lumber Co., the j. D. wilkins
Steelwork Plant, the Red Band Flour
Plant the billiard Paper Co.. Sinclair
Refining Co. Wholesale Plant, Glass
cock Stove g. Manufacturing Co. and
other industrial buildings were prac-
tically demolished. The wind de-
stroyed the buildings at the Sinclair
plant, but left the storage tanks un-
damaged.
700 Out of Work Today.
The Blue Bell Overall Co., on South
Elm street, was severely damaged and
remained closed today, throwing some
TOO workers out Of employment.
1T was a horrible sight to see them
drag my sisters mangled body from
the ruins of that house" Mrs. H. M
Raper. industrial employe. who lived
at 406 Gorrell street, said this morn
ing as she watched workers probing
in the debris for the body of colored
man who was reported to have been
trapped in the basement.
Convicts were pressed into service
to help clear debris at Cordele as re-
habilitation work began. There were
more than 1000 persons homeless.
Half the destruction was in a select
residential section, the rest in q
Negro area where flimsy houses were
smashed like SO much cardboard.
National Guardsmen with fixed
bayonets patrolled the area through
the night to prevent looting.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Colson Leaving Adds Ababa Is Con-
sidered Significant.

(Copyt!sht 1886 by the Associated Press)
LONDON, April g. Direct Italo-
Ethiopian peace negotiations may be
presaged informed sources said, by
the departure from Adds Ababa today
of Everett A. Colson, Emperor Halle
Selassie's most trusted and most i'm
portant adviser.
The shrewd Maine Yankee who has
guided Ethiopia's foreign affairs for
six years announced at Adds Ababa
that he was going to Egypt with Mrs.
Colson on sick leave"-but that he
intended to remain in the service Of
the government during that leave.
IT hope to return soon,' Colson as
serted.
Rickett Left Earlier.
He left Adds Ababa only week
after the departure of Francis M.
Rickett, the British oil promoter who
negotiated a concession in Ethiopia,
later abandoned by the American in
terests involved.
The Adds Ababa government, in
note to the League yesterday, called
for more energetic Geneva action by
imposition of stronger sanctions on
Italy and financial assistance to
Ethiopia.
Informed Rome sources, at the same
time. said representatives Of Emperor
Halle Selassie, whose personal troops
withdrew after an encounter Tuesday
with the Northern Italian Army, had
contacted Marshal Pietro Badoglio for
peace negotiations outside the League.
Whether Colson deals with Rickett
or others, informed sources said, his
journey to Egypt may be significant.
To his intimate friends it was un-
believable that Colson would leave
Adds Ababa at this critical juncture
of the East African War unless he
was undertaking an important mission.
The elderly advisers heart has often
given him serious trouble at Adds
Ababa, because of the altitude, but
heretofore he has always found relief
by going to Bishoftou, 1000 feet lower
than Adds Ababa and only a two
hour train journey from the capital.
EGYPT TO DEFEND RIGHTS.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
RYAN SUCCESSOR
AT c. i. APPOINTED
Right Rev. J. M. Corrigan Is
Named Rector-Announce-
ment Expected Soon.

Right Rev. Joseph M. Corrigan,
rector Of st. Charles Major Seminary
and st. Charles Preparatory Seminary
at Overlook. Pa, has been named
rector Of Catholic University to sue
coed Most Rev. James Hugh Ryan,
now Bishop Of Omaha, it was learned
today.
Formal announcement of the appoint
ment by Archbishop Michael j. Cur
ley of Baltimore, chancellor of the
university, is expected within a few
days. The date Of Msgr. Corrigan's as
sumption Of his new duties is not yet
decided.
The new rector, who was ordained
on June 6, 1903. in the Church of st.
John Lateran, at Rome, where Arch
bishop Curley was ordained IA months
later, is widely known for his work in
organizing retreats about Philadelphia,
where he was first head of the Lay
mems Week End Retreat League.
He has been chancellor Of the arch
diocese of Philadelphia and director
of charities Of the archdiocese. He is
now judge in the Philadelphia Arch
diocese Matrimonial Court, moderator
of the Priests Conference, a member
of the Vigilance Committee and pro-
fessor of pastoral theology in the
major seminary.
He enjoys a wide reputation for
his eloquence and humor, and has
spoken frequently at large Catholic
gatherings, at ordinations, consecra-
tions, church dedications and anni-
yerSary celebrations.
Msgr. Corrigan was born in Phila.
delphia and studied for the priest-
hood at st. Charles which he has
headed since 1918. He received his
doctorate OF divinity from the North
American College in Rome.
Following his ordination he was as.
signed to the Church Of Our Lady Of
the Rosary in Philadelphia. After
serving as assistant rector in st,
Agatha's and st. Columbas parishes
and as head of the Madonna House
Italian Settlement. he became Phila.
delphia diocesan director of Catholic
Charities and chief OF the Catholic
Children's Bureau before he went to
Overlook.
In 1910 he was named a domestic
prelate with the title of monsignor,
In June Of the same year he was given
the degree Of doctor of literature by
Duquesne University.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

Rockville by diverting a portion Of
court fines and forfeitures.
Reduce hucksters' licenses from $100
to $50 year:
Repeal the anti-trapping law in
Montgomery.
Empower the county treasurer to
publish his annual statement Of county
expenditures and receipts in two
papers.
Empower the county treasurer to
publish delinquent tax lists in two
county papers.
Takoma Changes Authorized.
Authorize the Mayor and Council Of
Garrett Park to adopt and enforce
building and coming regulations that
would conform to those of the Mary
land-National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
Five changes would be made in the
laws of Takoma Park If the charter
amendment bill receives the guberna-
torial signature which all legislation
requires before becoming law.
Prospective voters would be COM
pelled to take oath Of residence in the
municipality; town policemen would be
empowered to enforce all county and
Statewide laws within the corporate
limits, semi-annual payment Of town
taxes would be optional, hearings
would be required on all petitions for
public improvements submitted to the
mayor and council and the mayor
and council would be prohibited from
entering into any contracts with the
town.
With the lone exception of the meas
ure repeating the anti-trapping law.
all of the bills enacted at the closing
session were sponsored by Senator
Prescott.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
What's What
Behind News
in Capital
Leaders Fear Caucus
Would Let Revolt
Flare Openly.
BY PAUL MALLON.


~ THE surface, this Congress
4 is the most peaceful ever as
I sembled. The usual bicker-
~ ing with the President has
been almost entirely missing from the
news accounts. Members occasionally
call each other fools or jackasses, then
subSide.
The surface illusion, howeDer, is
being maintained By the House
leadership each day iDith increas-
ing difficulty.
For instance, if you want to see
Speaker Byrns jump three feet. just
slip up behind him and say: Lets
have Democratic caucus" Nothing
terrorizes the master of the House as
much as the suggestion that his peace
full family may some day be assembled
together in closed room. He knows
the roof would be Immediately re-
moved by the conclusion. No party
caucus has been held this session,
and none will be.
The reason Is that a series Of un-
published revolts have been going on
within the happy Democratic family
and more are threatened. There is
widespread dissatisfaction among the
rank and file with the House leader
ship program.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
BLANT0N TURNS FIRE
ON BARRATRY IN D. C.
Washington Lawyers Accused Of
Seeking Business Aiding
Pension Collection.

Representative Blanton, Democrat,
of Texas showed his fight against re-
peal of the "red rider" into the back
ground temporarily today and concen-
trated his fire on group Of Washing
ton lawyers whom he charged with
practicing barratry.
He told the House these lawyers are
trying to build up a business of aiding
benefciaries Of Government employees
who die in the service to collect pen
sions. Such a service, he declared, is
unnecessary.
This damnable harratry ought to
be stopped" Blanton shouted. "I hope
the prosecuting officers in the District
will stop it."
Blanton mentioned the name of one
firm.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
ITALIAN SOLDIERS
REACH LAKE TANA
Fascist Forces Push On
After Occupying Gondar,
80 Miles North.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, April 3.-The first Italian
troops have reached Lake Tana, head
waters of the Blue Nile and center Of
British interests in Ethiopia, an in
formed source said today.
The Fascist forces pushed on toward
Lake Tana, this source said, after
occupying Gondar, the important
Ethiopian city 80 miles north of the
strategic lake.
Officials emphasized. in connection
with the occupation of the Tana sec
tor, ,sest of the main northern battle
ground, that Premier Mussolini's guar
antee not to harm British interests still
held good.
Marshal Pietro Badoglio. commander
in chief of the East African armies,
reported in an official communique
that Eritrean forces had joined the
motorized column under Achille Star
ace. secretary-general of the Fascist
party, which took Gondar earlier in
the week.
His communique said:
In the Lake Ashangi sector go
miles south Of Amba Alaji, where En-
peror Halle Selassie's personal troops
withdrew after their first encounter
Tuesday with the northern Italian
Army, the enemy are retiring to the
south, pursued by our troops and bonn
barded by aviation.
"The Sd Eritrean Brigade, COM
manded by Gen. Cubeddu, Joined Star.
aces column, which Is systematizine
the Gondar region.
Nothing new in Somaliland."
Evening star., 1936-04-03
R. F. c. TO INCLUDE
STATE BANK LOANS
Broadening of Policy Expected to
Expedite Termination Of
Receiverships.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Reconstruction Finance Corp. Off
cials disclosed today they had broad
ened the r. F. c. policy of lending on
assets of closed banks to expedite
termination of receivership to include
State banks.
A total of 1925 900 Of receivership
termination loans has been advanced
to national banks. Offlcials said that
regulations permitting these advances
to State banks were adopted a month
ago.
Thus far there has been little de-
mand for the loans from State insti-
tutions. Officials said, however, this
probably was because they have been
authorized to receive them for only a
short time.
At Lincoln, Neor., Gov. r. L. Coch-
ran disclosed negotiations to sell all
assets of $50 failed Nebraska State
banks to the r. F. c., but corporation
officials said no word of this had been
received here.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
LAMSON is FREED
OF MURDER CHARGE
District Attorney Says He Is Un-
able to Obtain Jury to
Convict Him.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Calf, April 3-wife
murder charges against David A. Lam
son were dismissed today and he was
ordered liberated Immediately.
District Attorney Fred Moore per-
sonally asked Superior Judge j. j.
Trabucco to dismiss the charge against
Lamson, who had faced three trials.
Moore said it was impossible to OBJ
tain q jury to convict the defendant.
Lamson, former Stanford University
Press executive, was convicted at his
first trial for staying his young wife,
Allene Thorpe Lamson, and sentenced
to hang.
The State Supreme Court granted
him q new trial. Juries In the second
and third trials disagreed
Lamson was accused Of clubbing his
wife to death in the bath room of their
campus home Memorial day, 1888.
The defense contended she fell and
injured herself fatally.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
An Old Custom Revived.

WAUKEGAN, III. P).-City Engi-
neer Henry B. Bleck felt, he said, that
some residents were unreasonable in
their demands for immediate removal
of snow from the streets.
So he dug up a forgotten clause IN
the 1879 cities and villages act au-
thorizing municipalities to require that
every ablebodied inhabitant above the
age Of 81 and under SO must labor on
streets and alleys Of the city not
more than two days Of each year."
That would at least silence the
unreasonable, he said.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Chinese Deported.

Charged with presenting bogus Gre
dentials indicating they had been
graduated from a secondary school In
China, more than a dozen Chinese
studying at institutions in Toxic.
Japan, were recently deported by the
Toxic police. Yeh Tsai-shan. aged 27.
of Canton, Is said to have made the
fake certificates printed in Kanda and
to have passed them on to his friends.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
CHARGES DENIED
BY JUDGE RITTER
Senate Told Facts Do Not
Constitute ImpeachabIe
0ffenSe-TriaI Monday.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter Of
Florida, in lengthy reply to House
impeachment charges filed in the SEN
ate today, denied each and every alle-
cation and asserted the facts set forth
in each article do not constitute an
impeachable high crime and misde-
meanor as defined In the Constitu-
ton"
Charges Are Denied.
Specifically, the 65-year-old jurist,
who was appointed to the southern
district Of Florida bench in February,
1929, by President Coolidge. denied he
allowed excessive receivership fees TO
A. l.. Rankin, his former law partner;
that he personally profited from these
fees; that he practiced law after going
on the bench, and that he evaded in
come taxes.
Ritter, whose trial begins Monday
with more than 80 witnesses sum-
moned by both sides, said he allowed
Rankin a fee of $4,000 as attorney
for plaintiffs in the West Palm Beach
White Hall Hotel receivership after
Judge Alexander Akerman had ap-
proved q $4,000 fee. but said the
two grants had no relation to each
other.
For Different Services.
He said the $4,000 was for services
in conserving the assets" OF the
property before termination Of the
litigation. while the $4,000 he al
lowed was for additional services in
connection with foreclosure of the
deed of trust securing s2,500,o00 of
first mortgage bonds upon the prop
erty sold in said cause at an upset
price of sl,500,00o."
He denied the s75 1000 fee was "ex-
orbitant."
Ritter, an 1ndianan. practiced law
in Denver for many years before NOV
ing to Florida.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Day in Congress
TODAY.
Senate.
Debates alien deportation bill.

1OOA4s
Senate.
Debates alien deportation bill.
Interstate Commerce Committee
hears views Of w. A. Irwin, United
States Steel head, on basing point
legislation.
Finance Committee studies war
profits Limitation bill.
House.
Resumes consideration Of four de
partment Estate, Justice, Labor and
Commerce) appropriation bill, with
passage by night predicted.
Appropriations Committee meets on
deficiency measure.
Ways and Means Committee re-
sumes hearings on new tax legislation.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Not expected to be in session.
Subcommittee continues executive
hearing on District appropriation bill.
House:
Not expected to be in session.
Ways and Means Committee con-
tinues hearings on revenue bill,
10 am.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
EGYPT TO DEFEND RIGHTS.
Premier Threatens Diplomatic Steps
Against Italy.

CAIRO, Egypt, April 8 P.-Pre-
mier Ali Pasha Maher announced last
night diplomatic measures would be
taken If Egyptian rights were threat
ened by the Italian occupation of the
Lake Tana region in Ethiopia.
utalian troops have entered Con-
dar. just north of Lake Tana, the
headwaters of the Nile River, which
furnishes Egypt with its principal
water supply for irrigating the Ma
tons cotton lands.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

Mr. Byrns Is in somewhat the same
predicament as the old woman in the
shoe, except that so far he has known
what to do. He and his lieutenants
(O'Connor, Boland, ct all have been
constantly hammering, threatening
and trading backstage to keep the
boys, particularly the liberals, from
ganging up.
For example. Mr.. White Of Idaho
circulated q petition some time back
for caucus ON the Frazier-Lemke
bill. For some reason, this petition
myStertously disappeared. 1t has
never been presented.
More recently Mr.. Nichols of Okla
homa got 225 names on petition
for a caucus against C. c. c. curtail-
ments. Every one knows what hap
pened to that one. Congressional
leaders few to the White House and
induced the President to abandon his
curtailment, rather than have party
caucus.
Peace at Any Price.
The motives are obvious. The lead
ership is determined to suffer no
public defeats in a campaign year.
They want to avoid floor fighting
even at heavy costs.
The members hare found out
about that and are pressing to get
all the hush money they can tn the
form of personal bills, patronage
and preferences for their districts.
Whether or not it will lead to an
open break before the end of the ses-
sion is indeterminable now. It prob
ably will not, because all the 319
Democrats in the House are running
on the same ticket with President
Roosevelt in November. They will
naturally seek to prevent existing
friction from becoming matter of
public record.
The Legislative Crystal Ball.
Outlook for pending legislation is:
The current House form of the tax
bill will be radically altered by the
Senate. A moderate corporation tax
scheme vaguely along presidential
44AASo "i4l NC 4iIldIly dOOpIcQ, CdII y11lS
sufficient loopholes for accumulation
of small reserves and debt retirement.
The excise processing taxes, dropped
by the House Committee, will be re-
stored by the Senate. The windfall
taxes will be included.
Legislation that has no chance
wiH be postponed until merit session.
The Black and Smith lobbying bills
haze been jockeyed into conflict
ing technical positions, uhere they
will probably kill each other of.
No lobbying legislation now is in
prospect. The housing act DiH
merely be continued. There DiH be
no slums clearance or general lou
cost housing legislation.
Senator Wheeler is Just having good
publicity fun with the basing point
bill. 1t will go over until next ses-
sion. Also dead or dying are: Frazier
Lemke, all inflationary legislation, 30
hour week, food and drugs.
The final form of the relief bill
will carry the billion and half re-
quested by Mr.. Roosevelt, but no one
yet knows the form or restrictions. A
modified version of the anti-chain
store bill will be slipped through at
the last minute before adjournment.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Parking Case Won
By Physician Who
Paused to Give Aid

A physicians statement that he
parked his car in a restricted
zone in order to treat a man ly-
ing in the street won him q sus-
pended sentence before Judge
John p. Mcmahon in Traffic
Court today.
The defendant, DR.. Hinz E.
Claus of Virginia, told the court
he stopped when he saw a man
lying on NJ street yesterday and
believed him seriously injured.
The man was treated for . cut
over the right eye received in Q
fall and the physician got
ticket.
DR.. Claus refused to tell the
court the name of the place In
Virginia where he practices.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

~
what the time earnings may
have been.
The Finance Committee instructions
appeared to have been more in line
with suggestion that individuals and
corporations should be permitted to
retain profits based on time ex-
perience, with taxes taking a large
measure Of profits generated by war
business.
Connally earlier had predicted no
action would be taken this session on
the bill. although Senators Nye, Re-
publican, of North Dakota, chairman
of the Munitions Committee, and
Clark. Democrat, of Missouri, men,
Der, have indicated their intention Of
bringing it to vote even If necessary
to offer the plan as an amendment to
the administration revenue bill.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Roads to Be Baked.

Instead Of paving her highways Aus
tralia will bake the clay soil base with
q travelling down-draught furnace
which leaves behind it q solid road
baked to the consistency and smooth
ness of iron.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
BRITISH RIGHTS CONFIRMED.
Article in Duce's Newspaper Says
They Are Respected.

They Are Respected.
MILAN, April 3 LP.-Premier Mus
solini's newspaper Popolo DItalia, in
a front-page article written in II
Duce's own style, formally confirmed
today British rights to the waters of
Lake Tana and the Blue Nile and said
Italy would respect them.
The treaty of 1906, confirmed and
developed by the later protocol, has
recognized to Great Britain the right
of regulation Of waters Of Lake Tana,
the Blue Nile and its affluents," the
article said
The Italian government, in official
declarations at Bolzano and Rome.
gave ample assurances OF regard and
respect for these undertakings. Those
which are the British right remains
and will remain in the whole integrity
of British right"
PEACE TALKS HINTED.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Neck Broken as He Ducks.

DALLAS, Tex. R.-A colored man
shot at Leonard Bowser, g., saw him
dodge to one side, then fall dead.
Examination failed to disclose q bull
let wound. Physicians said ,Bowser's
neck broke when he ducked.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Most Southerly Air Route.

Chilis proposed air service between
Puerto Montt and Magallanes, on the
Magellan Straits, 1000 miles further
south, will be over the most southerly
air route, and airplanes will cover the
distance In IL hours, compared with q
ship,s voyage Of q week,
Evening star., 1936-04-03

daughter" Nevertheless, he Just won't hand over
the information that Senator Vandenberg has
asked for.
1t appears that the data about the corn-hog,
cotton wheat and other cheques Is "in the cards."
But there are 100000 of these, dealt but not
sorted, which must be tabulated before the De-
partment of Agriculture can disclose details Of
the sums which have been disbursed.
All this, according to Mr.. Wallace, is eventu-
ally due to be compiled for publication. Yet he
admits that he is not sure that the names Of the
benehciaries will be included
Such authority to keep the taxpayers In the
la 10 ,ha ft,oir is
Evening star., 1936-04-03
Gold Tooth Pawned.

A farmer recently pawned his gold
tooth with q jeweler, in Hebron,
South Africa. and redeemed it after he
sold his wool.
Evening star., 1936-04-03
1900 Accidents Fatal.

Road accidents in South Africa in
the last two years totaled over $4,000.
of which 1,5o0 we're fatal.