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Evening star., 1936-01-08
TOWNSEND THINKS
PLAN LEGALLY SAFE
Says 0ld-Age Pension Would
Stand Test Despite Supreme
Court Ruling.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Despite questions raised as to con-
stitutionality of his old age pension
plan in view Of the Supreme Court
A. A. A. decision, Dr. F. e. Townsend
reiterated today his belief that the
plan would stand legal tests.
Townsend sent this word out to in
terviwers from a conference with sew
eral Of his lieutenants after his return
to Washington from Western trip.
Doubts as to the validity of the plan
to pay a S20O-a-month pension to all
persons over 60 we're voiced by Senator
Carey, Democrat, of Wyoming, who re-
viewed the Supreme Courts utter
ances on taxation of all the people for
the benefit of a single class.
That it is not constitutional to tax
one class of people for the benefit Of
another is clearly set forth by the
court" Carey said.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
Jackson Day Dinner
Here Is Expected
To Gross $lOO,O

A gross gate" of 100000 at
the S50-a-plate Jackson day din
ner at the Mayflower Hotel to-
night was forecast today by
Democratic National Committee
officials as the sales approached
the 1000 mark.
Another 1000 guests are ex-
pected to attend the Little Jack
son day dinner at the Willard
Hotel. The charge at this one
will be $40 a plate.
The Mayf1ower dinner is going
to set Speaker Byrns back S100.
He bought a ticket for his wife,
too. explaining:
I'm not only member OF
Congress and a Democrat, but
represent Andrew Jackson's dis
trict."
Evening star., 1936-01-08
Mrs. Elizabeth Menefee of MARYLAND

Mrs. Elizabeth Menefee of Maryland.
AS Democratic leaders gathered
here question uppermost in their
minds was the effect of the Supreme
Courts A. A. A. decision. Invalida-
ton of New Deal measures by the
highest court, it is believed, will be car
ried into the campaign, particularly
by those who have supported them.
Republicans, on the other hand, are
expected to make the most they can
of the constitutional issue. charging
the President and his followers have
attempted to disregard constitutional
limitations
Any statement that might come
from the President tonight with refer
ence to the courts rulings undoubtedly
will be seized upon as indicating the
direction the New Dealers will take in
the campaign.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
"BUCCANEER" GETS
15-YEAR SENTENCE
Sailor in Pacific Fleet Given
Term for Attempt to
Rob Flagship.

A modern buccaneer. unsuccessful
in a single-handed attempt to rob the
Pacific Fleet flagship California of the
was to be sent today to Portsmouth,
N. H., Naval Prnson for 15-year stay.
The Navy Department had no official
details of the affair, but officers linked
it with q court-martial case from the
California after Baltimore newspaper
carried details yesterday.
The daring and romantic plot was
Matched by George A. Boyag Of Nc
Keesport, Pa, young second-class
seaman, who armed himself with a
revolver, knife, bayonet and yards
of twine before attempting to carry
out his scheme.
Frustrated by the quick action Of
Lieut.. Walter F. Prien, assistant dis
bursting officer. according to the official
advices, the sailor was sentenced by
coUrt-martial to 20 years on four
charges. Secretary Swanson reduced
the term, however.
Only 100 Of Crew Awake.
While Admiral Lanning's flagship
ploughed through a rough sea at
3 am. on November IA, Boyag crept
toward the room where Prien slept.
OF the 1,100 members of the crew,
only about 100 were awake, and they
were busy at their duties.
Prien awoke with a start. A search
light shone in his face. He could see
a revolver in the right hand of the
intruder, who ordered:
do just as you are told and be
quiet, or you'll be bumped off,"
The officer dressed hurriedly. The
sailor held his gun in the small of
Prien's back as the two made their
way over the plunging deck to the
sbursing Office and the safe, which
contained several thousand dollars.
The door was locked
'The chief storekeeper has the key"
Prien said.
Seaman Forgot Guard.
The pair started for the store
keepers bunk. For a moment the
seaman forgot his guard. Prien grap-
pied with him and the two rolled to
the deck.
Again and again Boyag Dashed the
officer on the head With his revolver.
Prien was nearly unconscious when a
Marine guard rushed to the scene.
The court-martial, held near the
same Pacific water lanes where the
British sailors on the Bounty mutt
MED in the 1790s, disclosed Boyag had
laid his plans for four months, ac-
cording to the unofficial story.
He plotted to throw suspicion on
Prien by heaving him overheard after
stealing the money. At one point on
the deck the seaman had hidden S.
inch shell with a line attached to
sink the body. Boyag hoped officers
would think Prien had committed sui
eide in remorse over the theft.
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CCOntlnued From First Page.)
to revolt against the central govern
ment."
Incitement to Revolt Charged.
The situation, authoritative sources
said, has not improved since it was
declared dangerous" January 3. Then
the Ethiopian government asserted
the Italians were inciting the natives
to revolt against payment of imperial
taxes.
Diplomatic sources in Paris proph-
esied halt to any movement to i'm
pose further sanctions on Italy, de-
claring the current deterrents we're
sufficient to crush Italy's power to
continue the war
League Council members were rep
resented as believing additional sane
tions, including an oil embargo, would,
If imposed, furnish MusSolini an
opportunity to blame the certain
wreck Of his Ethiopian campaign on
the League
Emperor Selassie announced the
decoration with the Croix de Guerre
of Gunnar Lundstrom, Swedish Red
Cross worker, who died after the
Fascist bombardment on the south
front at Dolo.
Grudging satisfaction with the
American neutrality bill was expressed
in authoritative quarters in Rome,
where it was said that what hurt"
Italy was President Roosevelt's con-
gressional speech.
These sources expressed confidence
the neutrality bill itself would not put
the United States in the sanctions
category.
Evening star., 1936-01-08

At one time the administration
anxious to work on parallel lines with
Geneva. intended to propose a COM
plete embargo on oil. But when il
obtained flrst-hand information that
Mussolini would consider such an
embargo as an equivalent to a decla-
ration of war, the drafters of the
neutrality bill changed their mind
and proposed an embargo on any
excess of peace-time consumption
of raw materials.
Not that the United States con-
Sidered it a possibility that II Duce
would send Air Marshal Balbo,
1Cith his dirplanes to lombard Neu
York or Chicago But it Uould
haze led to rupture OF diplomatic
and commercial relations Which
Would haze been equally harmful
to the United States and Italy.
Paul Claudel, the absent-minded
poet who used to. be Frances Am
bassador to the United States, was
man of vision.
In 1880, when the French govern
ment began to restrict its trade with
this country and intended to further
curtail its purchases here, Claudel sent
one of his philosophical-p political re-
ports to Paris warning his government
against such a policy.
1T may be-" wrote the poet-ambas-
sador, that some day this country will
be forced to take a neutral attitude
in another world conflict. But they
will always try and keep on trading
with everybody. The nation which
has bought less in peace time will be
entitled to a smaller quota of pur-
chase in wartime. The French gov
ernment ought to bear such a posi-
bility in mind" Claudel had too much
vision for an Ambassador and he was
literally fired from Washington.
X
Austria is being reTdrded in
more than one ,oay for its friendly
attitude toUard Italy. Mussolini
has decided to restore the statue
OF Admiral Uon Tegethof, the
Austrian hero pho defeated the
italian fleet at Lissa in 1866 and
has re-erected it at Grdz-Tpol-
the natiue city of the Austrian Gd-
n1irGl.
This statue was originally at Pola.
When the Italian government. after
The World War, took over that Austrian
naval base they dismantled the
statue and stored it away out of sight.
\ X X
The hopes Of Mussolini to win a
war against the League Of Nations
are founded more on Signor Mar
Evening star., 1936-01-08
ATHLETE RALLIES,
NAMES ASSA|LANT
Police Report Confessions
Obtained From Three
Held in Hold-up.

Steve Shelton, IS, former George
Washington University athlete' ap-
peared slightly improved today as
% ,lice cleared up the hold-up IN which
he was seriously wounded Monday
night.
Confessions are said to have been
obtained from three colored men VINO
reputedly plotted the robbery of the
filling station at 246 Fourth street
southwest.
From his bed in Providence Hos
pital. where he is confined with a
bullet wound in his abdomen, Shelton
identified Richard Mitchell, 81. of the
first block of I street southwest as
the man who shot him and escaped
with $50.
Police Reconstruct Crime.
Two others under arrest, Stonewall
jackson, %, of the 500 block OF
Twentieth street, and Stephen Car
rington, %, of the 900 block of H
street southwest, allegedly admitted
their part in the hold-up when ques-
toned at the fourth precinct.
According to police, the holdup was
carried ous in this manner:
Darlington owed $50 to the pro-
prietor Of the filling station. He bor-
rowed s12 from Mitchell to make
I'D the amount and paid the money
to Shelton on Monday afternoon.
That evening. Darlington, jackson
AM. Mitchell went to the station.
onI HQnoQndnn
the money. Shelton was shot in
scuffle and Mitchell rified the cash
register and then took the rest OF
the money from a pocket OF the
former foot ball player.
The three colored men were ar
rested less than "a hours after the
shooting.
Seven Officers Commended.
Police officials commended the
following officers for the quick solu-
tion of the crime: j. F. Phelps, P. c.
Wheeler. w. D. Perry, B. F. Day,
r. S, Best, ]. M. Bell and I. ]. Moore.
Mitchell, police said will be charged
with assault with dangerous weapon
and robbery pending the outcome of
Shelton's injuries. Darlington and
jackson also will be charged with rob-
berry.
Shelton, who lives at 623 Maryland
avenue southwest. starred with the
freshman foot ball team at George
Washington and for a while last sea-
son played tackle on the varsity. He
left school in October
Scores of George Washington ath-
letes are ready to submit to blood
transfusions to aid the ex-collegian if
it becomes necessary. Another vol
unteer is Mrs. Richard McCann, wife
of a Washington sports writer Shell
ton was a blood donor for Mrs. Nc
Cam when she was seriously i'll
year ago.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
HONOR FOR SECKINGER
Assistant D. C. Health Head to Be
Banquet Guest Tonight.

DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger. assistant
District health officer, will be honor
guest at a banquet Of the District
Society of Clinical Laboratory Tech
nicians at Golfers Inn, at o'clock
tonight.
Miss Dorothy Hardin, secretary of
the society, will act as toastmistress.
Willis R. Adams is president Of the
organization.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
Many Leaders to Be Absent.

perhaps an attempt will be made.
the league statement adds, Ito induce
the country to believe that James A.
Farley is two persons and that as
Postmaster General he has no knowl-
edge of what he does as chairman
of the Democratic National Com
mittee"
A number of Democratic leaders
who in the past have been prominent
at Jackson day dinners will be con-
spicuous by their absence tonight
Two former Democratic nominees for
President, for example, Alfred E.
Smith and John w. Davis, are not
expected to attend. They are both
members of the Liberty League. The
league is to give dinner here jan
uary 25 at which Smith is to be a
principal speaker. What Smith will
say on that occasion is one of the
principal topics when politicians meet.
The cost of the Jackson day din
ners range from $50 plate at the
dinner attended by the President to
So in other places. Sixteen hundred
tickets to the main dinner have been
sold, it is said, and it Is estimated
that $50 900 guests would attend the
dinners throughout the country and
in Puerto Rico and Hawaii.
Second Dinner at willard.
A second jackson day dinner is to
be given in Washington tonight at
the Willard Hotel. The cost per plate
of this dinner, which has been ar
ranged by the Young Democratic
Clubs, will be $40. Mrs. Roosevelt,
Mrs. Florence Jackson Stoddard, a
descendant of Andrew Jackson, and
j. F. T. O'Connor, controller of the
currency, will speak.
Democratic national committee
women and the wives of national COM
mitteemen here for the dinners met
at the Womens National Democratic
Club at 10:30 am. today to hear Miss
Mary w. Dewson, chairman of the
General Advisory Board of the wom-
ems division of the committee, and
Mrs. James H. Wolfe, director, ex-
plain their program.
A. A. A. Ruling Looms as Issue.
Among the national committeewomen
present were Mrs. j. Borden Harri-
man of the District of Columbia and
Evening star., 1936-01-08

For the last three years the Italian
inventor has been devoting most Of
his time to new discoveries to check
mate the long-range guns and the
airplanes of Italy's potential enemies.
If the reports we get from Rome
are true, the war surprises of the
Germans between 1914 and l9l7-the
Big Bertha, the poison gas, etc.-will
look like cheap and 10 cent store
toys compared with the new Italian
electrical and chemical warfare ap.
pliances.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
GET COLLEGE POSTS
T. w. Douglas and DR.. Hunter
Named to Arkansas u. Faculty. =

Thomas w. Douglas and DR.. Ken
meth II. Hunter, economists and in
vestigators for the Federal Trade
Commission, have been appointed as
assistant economists with the Univer.
sity of Arkansas College Of Agricul-
ture at Fayetteville, Ark, according
to an announcement from that in
stitution.
Douglas is on leave from the COM
mission, while DR.. Hunter Just re-
Gently terminated his connection
there. The latter previously had
been with the Federal Reserve Board
and Census Bureau, and in 1884
was fellow at American University.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
.HF neutrality bill will be
rammed down the throat of
our legislators at top speed.


Il 1t will, in all probability, be-
come a permanent law on the statute
books of the United States before the
end o. this month.
The leaders in both houses are
anxious to see this bill through as
soon as possible because they do not
want to give the cultures
lobbyists chance to pick all the
meet of its bones.
The administration leaders prefer
to compromise with the Nye group
rather than be subject to the ter
rife bombardment of the interested
groups" outside the Congress. These
groups demand neutrality acts rang
ing from embargo on everything
from silk stockings to scrap iron" to
sell everything on the cash and carry
principle" =. If allowed to organize
their telephone or wire your Con-
gresham" lobby. the chances are
that there will be no neutrality bill
at all.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
Master Plumbers to Elect.

The Master Plumbers Association
will elect 1886 officers at o'clock
tonight in a meeting in the Pythian
Temple. Final arrangements will be
made for the annual dinner dance
February 20 at the Mayfiower Hotel
Evening star., 1936-01-08
CLASSES TO REOPEN
Gaelic Course to Be Resumed al
Thomson School Tomorrow.

After a midyear holiday, classes in
Gaelic will be resumed at 8 pm. to-
morrow at Thomson School, Twelfth
ard L streets, it was announced to-
day.
The classes, which are free and for
which beginners may enroll at any
time. are under the direction of Rev.
DR.. James A. Geary of Catholic Uni
versity.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
Unusual Hospital.

Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan,
claims to have the only hospital fully
equipped to supply treatment by hello
therapy.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
Hit Machines.

Coal miners in Australia recently
called the first strike attempting to
enforce the characterization policy
of the Northern Miners Federation.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
YOUNG G. o. P. ELECTS
Thomas P. Littlepage, Jr., Chosen
President of Group.

President of Group.
Thomas P. Littlepage, jr., will lead
the Young Republicans Of Washing
ton in active participation in the ap-
preaching national campaign. it was
voted last night at a meeting in the
Republican Club, Sixteenth street and
Scott circle.
Littlepage was elected president,
and other officers will be Mrs. z. e.
Colladay. first vice president; Brad
ford Swope. second vice president. and
Mrs. Edmund Perry, jr, secretary.
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to the Democratic party, the price Of
your dinners should be worked out on
a basis which will permit forwarding
a part of what every diner pays to
the Democratic National Committee.
The league lists at least five of the
State presidents of Young Democratic
Clubs as being Federal Office holders.
Referring to statement Of the
Democratic National Committee to the
effect Farley had nothing to do with
the solicitation Of campaign funds
from other office holders as bedtime
story" the league asks what explana-
ton will be made now.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
This Changing World
Neutrality Bill Rammed Down Throat of Legislators
Before Lobby Can Act.

coni's genius than in the actual fight
ing power of the Italian airplanes,
tanks and men Of war.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
LOCAL 261 CELEBRATES

The thirteenth anniversary of the
founding of War Department Local,
No. 261, National Federation of Fed
eral Employees. was celebrated last
night with an entertainment program
at headquarters. officers of the fed
Grafton were honor guests. Miss Ger
trude Coyle. local president, was in
charge of arrangements.
The War Department union was
created out of Local 2, which includes
departmental workers generally.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
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to revolt against the central govern
ment."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-22
Emborgoes
 Are Lifted
 byF. D. R.
P TO cl a m ation Declares Italo-Ethiopia War
 Ceases to Exist

WASHINTON, June 22.-Declar- ing the Italio-E Ethiopian was has ceasd to exist, President Roosevelt has lifted embargoes and restric- tions clamped on those nations as means of safeguarding American neutrality.
 The proclamation issued by the President revokes arms and finan- cial embargoes and the warming against trading with the belliger- ents or travelling on their ships.
 The embargoes were this na- tions first test of planned neutral ity since the WorldWar.
 The Presidents action preceded the League of Nations considera- tion of the British proposals to abandon collective sanctions against Italy as an aggressor nation.
 The State Department officials emphasized the Presidents action does not imply recognition of the Italian annexation of Ethiopia. That is diplomatic question in- volving important complications which must be left to future deter imitation, it was explained.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-22
s MYTH STARTS NEW MOVEMENT
 AGAINST F. D. R.
Disgruntled Liberty Leaguer Makes Bid to Demo
 cratic Convention

NEW YORK. June 22.-Five prom inent Democrats headed by Alfred k. Smith of New York suggested today putting aside Franklin D. Roosevelt" and the substitution of seme genuine Democrat"
 In a signed statement addressed to the delegates to the National Democratic Convention, it was sug- gcsted the delegates be American rather than anything else" It was urged to take the heavy hand of government off of business and put an end to the campaign now under full swing to buy the Presidency by misuse of funds, generously given b. the people of the United States to alleviate want and distress. and preserve the Constitution and un- der it the three separate and dis tinct independent branches of gov ernment."
 In addition to Smith. the state ment was signed by Bainbridge Col Jy, former U S. Senator from Mis- sori; Joseph B. Ely, former Cover nor of Massachusetts and Daniel F Cohalan of New York, former Justice of the New York State Su- preme Court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-22
74TH CONGRESS HAS ADJOURNED
 LONG SESSION
Bundle of New Measures Left on Doorsteps of
 White House

WASHINGTON, June 22.-Leav- ing on the White House steps a bundle of bills that included the new revenue and relief measures, the Seventy-Fourth Congress has adjourned after a six months ses- sion. Adjournment took place early Sunday morning.
 The Senate was gripped in a filibuster which killed the Guffey- Vinson coal bill as the last gavel fell.
 The House idled through a final few bills then marked time until the Senate adjourned.
 The long embattled tax bill pass ed Saturday but the coal ship sub sidy and housing bills held up pro- ceedings. The ship subsidy bill squeezed through but the housing bill the last m easure designed to replace the bill the Supreme Court invalidated.
 An eleventh hour effort to push the three-year-old Pure Food and Drug Bill through the House also failed
 Congressional business done, the Democratic members trekked to Philadelphia for the Democratic Ma tional Convention.
 President Roosevelt deferred his usual weekend yachting trip to work over the basketball of bills sent him. The President has already signed large number of bills in- cluding the anti-price discrimina- tion bill designed to prevent large retailers obtaining fictitious re- bates from wholesalers.