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The Washington times., 1936-05-04
APPEAL IS SENT
TO BRITISH FOR
ASSISTANCE


With Emperor Halle Selassie fleeing to
Jerusalem under the British Union Jack and
pledged to abandon his war on Italy, Premier
Benito Mussolini today promised to announce
the fall of Adds Ababa by tomorrow, ending
the seven months campaign, and rescuing
Americans and other aliens endangered in the
riot torn Ethiopian capital
Italian forces under Marshal Pietro Bado-
Clio were within 4 miles of Adds Ababa, and
it's occupation was only matter of hours,
according to the latest official bulletin
radioed to the British Foreign Office
Raising of the Italian trcolor Halle Seassies
the United States legation twice subjected to eges by
natives bent on pIlage.
Bullets whizzed through the legation, wounding two
native who with other servants vaantly fought
by the side of the legation staff With the second at
tack Cornelius Van H. Engert appealed to the British
egation-on the other side of town. but the message
radioed via Washington and London-for Of the
British indian troops and machine gun to help the II
Americans and three foreigners in the legation until the
Italians arrived.
In the three days of rotng and ncenarsm that followed
departure of the Negus and his family 10 Europeans Mrs
A. R. Stadin of Iona Linda Ca and than 800 Etho-
plans have been slain in the capital
Mussoln announcing plans at Rome for the mobilization Of
Fascss tonight tomorrow pledged that he would
make the announcement you waiting for"
Count Cano president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Joined with the entire official Italian in making it clear
that Italy demands possession of all Ethiopia reward for
her victory.
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
DR.. JOHN SON
D|ESAT q

Ill for only three weeks, Hayden
Johnson, distinguished Washing
ton attorney and dean of the Ma
tional University Law School, died
from a heart attack today. He
was 81 years old.
Practicing law here for 81 years,
DR.. johnson was noted as an
authority on corporation law. In
addition to his legal work, he was
named chancellor of the univer-
sity in 1881 and took the chair as
dean of the law school.
Active in civic affairs, DR.. John
son served a three-year term as
president of the Board Of Educa-
tion, declining a second term be-
cause of other work.
Born in Washington in 1874, he
graduated from high school here
in 1895, then attended George
town University where he took
degrees of bachelor and later
master in law. He was awarded
an honorary LID. from National
University in 1925.
DR.. johnson is survived by his
widow, the former Miss jeanette
Blanchard Gatewood, to whom he
was married in 1910. They had
no children.
The Washington times., 1936-05-04

LONDON, May 4 dN.S0.
Europe today is a sleepwalker
skirting the pit of destruction and
all this summer the nightmare Of
impending war will contend with
the dream Of peace to worry the
400 million inhabitants Of this
troubled continent.
VIII the summer Of 1896 be
another summer Of 1914? Two
years ago your correspondent
visited every key country on this
side Of the Atlantic to try to find
an answer to the question will
Europe go to WARP"
Today the question is just two
years further from a negative an
Swer. Since that investigation the
continent came close enough to
Continued ON Page 4, Col. u
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
SUTTON WAITS;
DUNN TRIED

CUMBERLAND, Md, May 4.
Albert McDermott, alias John
slim" Dunn, went on trial in Cir
cult Court here this afternoon for
the mistake murder" Of Allen B.
Wilson, Times Herald route agent.
After argument, the court
granted the defense plea for a
separation Of his trial from that
Of Albert S. Sutton, but declined
a defense motion for q continu-
ance of the case. Sutton will go
on trial as soon as the McDermott
case is ended.
The motions were made by Sec
rotary of State Thomas L. Dawson,
defense attorney for Sutton. Mr..
Dawson, injured in an automobile
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
TIMES INDEX

Coming Monday May LII Want
You Only" by ElenOre Meherln, an alb.
sOrbing new novel sure to hold interest
every day.
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
En.glan nd
Guards
Negus
BY II. X. REYNOLDS

LONDON, May 4 U.N.S0.
Britain today took the Ethiopian
imperial family under it's protec-
ton in a dramatic act of defiance
against Italy, and dispatched a
warship to Djibouti to take
Emperor Halle selassie. Empress
Menen, and their two sons under
the guns of a dozen Italian fight
ing ships from French Somaliland
to Palestine.
The low-slung cruiser Enterprise
sailed from Djibouti at noon to-
day for Haifa, at the emperor's
own request, Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden informed the
House Of Commons this afternoon.
Still Emperor
Eden made it clear that in flee
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
.ritiShAid
Asked by
Engert
BY KINGSBURY SMITH
1nternatiOnaI News Service

American Minister Cornelius
Van Engert notified the State De
partment today that the attack on
the American Legation in Adds
Ababa was being renewed, and that
the situation is getting worse.
Two native women in the
servants quarters Of the legation
were seriously wounded by bullets
which are being fired directly at
the legation building by savage and
loot-mad black African warriors,
concealed behind shrubbery out
side the American compound.
Filed at 5 p. m, Ethiopian time,
Engert'S message said:
Situation getting worse. Sew
eral direct shots fired legation
building and radio station since
this morning, and two native
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. II
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
Cameramen Used
As Poll Watchers
In Md. Election

BALTIMORE. May 4 GN.S0.
Voters in the Third districts hot
ly-conteSted congressional fight
today were photographed when
they lined before the polling
places in the Democratic prefer
entail primary.
The cameramen said they were
engaged by followers of Magis-
trate John M. PohlhauS, a candi-
date. Ito see," they said, that
certain persons don't vote at
other precincts"
The photographs were being
developed quickly and copies of
them distributed to PohlhauS
watchers 80 the doubtful voters
can be identified"
The Washington times., 1936-05-04

MRS CORNELIUS VAN a. ENGERT (above) wife of
the American Minister to Ethiopia, who fired in
back yard Of American Legation in Adds Ababa today.
Minister Enger op rightly reported that attack had been
Halle seassie in the yard at the time Mrs stadn,
wife of American medical missionary, killed by
stray shot while asleep in hospital Photos of Mr. and Mrs.
Engert copyright by Harris Ewing.
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
COAL ACT RULE
OFF AGAIN

International News service
The Supreme Court today again
failed to hand down decision on
constitutionality of the Guffey
coal act.
The next decision day OF the
court, on which a ruling may be
given, is May Is.
Failure of the court to rule i'm
mediateIy resulted in flood OF
rumors of a serious division within
the court, but there was no tangk
BILE evidence to support the
rumorS.
The court has, however, con-
sidered the Guffey cases longer
than any others. Fifty-three days
have elapsed since the court heard
arguments in four cases, in which
validity of the Little MIRA" for
the soft.coal industry is involved.
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
B j : n T : )
ATTACKS
TAX BILL
u. S. Chamber Heads
Lead Assault Before
Senate Committee
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service

BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
international News Service
Business, organized and unor.
ganized, went on record as op-
posed to the 803 million dollar tax
bill today at hearings before the
Senate Finance Committee. Ks
Fred H.. Clausen. chairman OF
the United States Chamber Of
Commerce committee on Federal
finance and president Of the Van
Brunt Manufacturing Company,
Horizon, Wis, said the bill is out
of step with business as whole
and called for a balanced budget.
He outlined the following obJec-
tons to the measure:
81. Business men generally rec
OgniZe the necessity for an early
return to q balanced budget and
it is not possible to accept this
bill as q means to that end.
''2. The added revenue to be
derived is highly uncertain and
insufficient.
ASKS ECONOMY
"3. It replaces q method Of
corporate taxation which is un-
derstOOd and which on the basis
of a gradual Improvement in
business will continually produce
substantially larger revenues.
~. We believe that any plan
to balance the Federal budget is
unavoidable that does not pro-
vide for o collateral reduction
In governmental expenditures.
IS. This plan would raise the
peak Of Federal revenue in years
of prosperity and deepen the val
leys in years of depression"
Clausen said he believed Con
gress and the public in general was
not aware of the tax burden levied
on business under this bill. He
added:
81 am convinced that the pub
Lie does not have any adequate
conception of the volume Of
taxes now being levied and their
effects on business activity and
employment.
Frankly, at times I wonder
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
Pound Sterling Rises
On French Elections

LONDON, May 4 U.N.S0-The
popular front victory in the French
parliamentary elections today
caused sharp appreciation of the
pound sterling on the foreign ex-
change market.
The American dollar was quoted
at $4.96A to the pound and the
franc at 1874. The price Of gold
slumped 6 pence to 140 shilling 4
pence per ounce.
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
WAR PERIL
FR|GHTENS
EUROPE
Continent on Brink Of
Disaster 5 Times
In J Years

I'm q nightmare OF fear that
tDGr cannot be GUerted, Europe
hos four principal bad dreams"
tDrites H. r. Knickerb booker,
noted foreign correspondent for
International Ne1DS Service, IN
the following article, presenting
four possible incidents tDhich II
Is feared tUOuld plunge the con-
tinent into q long-threGtened
SlGughter.J
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair and cooler with lowest Temperature
about AZ tonight; tomorrow fair and slightly
warmer; gentle winds, north and northwest.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
Attempt TO Stay
Se|assie Reported

ROME, May 4 (IN.S0.-The
newspaper Giornale dItalia said
today that Emperor Halle Selassie
fled Adds Ababa Gin tears after
an attempt had been made to as
SasSinate him. The implication
given by the newspaper was that
he fled as his followers rose
against him.
The Washington times., 1936-05-04
Holland Netmen Win

Holland Netmen Win
MONTE CARLO, May 4.-Vic-
tories by Thinner over Landau, Of
the Monaco team, 90, 6-S, 81,
in the second round of the Euro
pean Davis Cup tennis competi-
ton clinched Holland a berth in
the competitions. Holland meets
France in the second round.
Evening star., 1936-11-19
Chocolate Covered
Thynmints

Dainty disks of pure
vored with the finest |
heavily coated with
delicious biuersweet
chocolate. I-H.
Evening star., 1936-11-19
FAY WEBB |SDEAD;
IN COMA Al HOURS.
Peritonitis After Operation
Fatal-Father at
Bedside.

~ the Associated Press.
SANTA MONICA, Calf. November
ie.-Dark-eyed Fay Webb whom Rudy
Vallee called my dream girl" in the
days before their divorce, died last
night at the age of 30. The orchestra
leader laid down his baton when the
news reached him at a New York
night club and retired to his home.
The pretty former actress. who
court battles with Vallee prior to the
divorce last May, died Of peritonitis,
which developed after an abdominal
operation.
Beside the hospital bed when the
end came at $40 pm, after Al
hour-long state Of coma, stood her
father, Police Capt Clarence E. Webb,
who acted as mediator in patching
up some of the quarrels between his
daughter and Vallee. He said Vallee
telephoned frequently during his ex-
wife's fatal illness to learn Of her
condition.
Father Appears Broken.
The father appeared broken as he
left the iower-filled hospital room.
We were always close pals" he said
"It seems to me the death of her
mother last Spring contributed to Fays
condition"
In the glitter and make-believe Of
movie studio, Fay Webb first met
Vallee seven years ago. He came to
Hollywood to make a picture.
Skilled as dancer, swimmer and
equestrienne, the Santa Monica girl
had stepped out Of high school grad
uation class into film bits
Vallee made her his bride in a secret
ceremony in West Orange. NJ j.. July
6. 1881. They took 24-hour honey
moon trip to Atlantic City for what he
said was the first vacation I've had in
two years"
A year later Fay went to Reno, but
when their differences were patched
up she returned to Vallee.
The oflcial separation was an
nounced April 4, 1898. After her
father hurried to New York in vain
attempt to reconcile the pair.
Needs Put at S7,450 Monthly.
Seeking to have her 500 weekly
support raised in New York. Mrs.
Va1lee set forth her needs as $7.450
month. She also petitioned to enjo;n
Vallee from seeking a Mexican divorce.
The crooner countered by introduce
ing records of tapped" telephone
conversations between Mrs. Vallee and
a man he identified as Garfield Leon,
an adagio dancer.
In an amended separate mainte-
nance suit filed in California. Vallee
was accused of misconduct with Alice
Fave, film actress, who had sung with
his orchestra.
The divorce was granted to Fay last
May by a Los Angeles judge. A cash
settlement and 500 week went
with it.
Capt. Webb, who said the court
fights left him without bitterness,
planned to bury his daughter beside
his wife.
Evening star., 1936-11-19

J. Greenleaf. educational specialist
for the Interior Department, which
compiled the report, the deficit was
incurred during the Summer school
period from June 30 to September,
1885. There was no deficit until the
period ending June 80. 1888, 1t was
said. This Is the first time the ac-
counting period has included from
June to September of the same year.
Heretofore the months after June
we're included In the report Of the
next year, it was stated.
The total receipts for the period
stated were $4,473,l82 and the ex-
penditures $4,482,ll0.
Total valuation Of the university's
buildings. grounds and equipment was
set at $8,433,76l. The States con-
tribution to the school, report figures
showed, was $2,249,22l.
The report showed a total of 1891
male students and 803 female STU
dents, paying tuition of $704, 900.
The Summer school showed a total of
1902 students.
University instructors and admin
Evening star., 1936-11-19

istration officials were paid $s05, 5,4ls
for the period, 1t was reported. An
additional $7s0,000 was paid out to
"other employees" These expenditures
do not include the salary of President
Harry c. Byrd. 1t was said. The re-
pert showed ATT male instructors and
administration ofiicials and "a women.
There are 79 land grant colleges in
the country, the report stated, the
largest being the University of Cali
fornia, with $4,000 male and 5000
female students.
The Princess Anne Academy, a
branch of the University of Maryland
for colored persons. was listed as the
smallest land grant college, with a
total OF 43 students and combined
instruction and administration staff Of
II persons.
Evening star., 1936-11-19
BAZAAR ARRANGED

The Washington League for the
Hard Of Hearing will conduct a bazaar
tomorrow and Saturday at its head
quarters, Ills Vermont avenue, from
10 am. to 10 pm.
In addition to gifts and food offered
for sale, the bazaar includes luncheons,
teas and evening events.
The league is continuing it's course in
lip reading through November every
Monday and Tuesday at 8 pm. at the
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos
pital. with classes for children Sat.
urdays at IL am,
Evening star., 1936-11-19
MRS. LENA B0LLMAN
is DEAD AT TAk0MA
Wife of Clergyman Survived by
Husband, Three Sons and
Three Daughters.

Mrs. Lena Bollman, II, wife Of Rev.
Calvin p. Bollman. died at their home,
81 Westmoreland avenue, Takoma
Park yesterday after Q lingering III
ness.
Mrs. Bollman and her husband
came to Takoma Park about 20 years
ago from Nashville, Tenn.
The funeral will be held in the
Takoraa Park Seventh-Day Adventist
Chu rch tomorrow at pm. and burial
will be In Washington Memorial Park.
Evening star., 1936-11-19
DEFICIT REPORTED
AT i. OF M. IN 1885
Land Grant College Report
Shows Shortage Occurred
During Summer School.
BY q stan Correspondent OF The Star.

BY Stan CORRESPONDENT OF Tine Star.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, November
l9-The University Of Maryland cost
of-operation figures show deficit Of
$8.948 for the period beginning July
l, 1894, and ending September 80.
1885.
The information was contained In
preliminary report on land grant
colleges made public here today while
the fiftieth annual convention of the
Association Of Land Grant Colleges
Is being held in Houston, Tex.
According to the office OF DR.. Walter
Evening star., 1936-11-19

Surviving are her husband, three
sons, Calvin p. Bollnan and Milton
Bollman OF Takoma Park, and George
Bollman of Washington, and three
daughters. Mrs, Ethel B. Cox OF
springville, Tenn; Mrs. Edna T.
Howard OF Washington and Mrs. Ruby
B. Echofield of Takoma Park.
Evening star., 1936-11-19
$3.50 Wholesale Price.

Ninety-five per cent of all cars sell
for less than $3.50 wholesale. accord
ing to the statisticians of the Auto
mobile Manufacturers Association.
Evening star., 1936-11-19
Russian Woman Drivers Safe.

Forty-five woman drivers of Moscow
and Leningrad, Russia. completed a
6.250-mile trip in IA passenger auto
mobiles without accident or break
down.
Evening star., 1936-11-19

Irish Free State railways are pros
pering.
Evening star., 1936-11-19

Brazil has launched q campaign to
improve cattle hides.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-18
Why Our food Pr'ejudices
Are Considered important

habits from mine. She taught me
to eat spinach, tongue. caulfiower.
cucumbers. kidneys, broccoli. fennel.
slaw. fish Of several kinds. and car
rots. I still can't go doughnuts at
breakfast. liver except in very small
quantities. or beets. ditto. But
recognize that this is simply a preju-
dice of mine, not based on any logic
or reason. People are constantly
writing in to me saying that this or
that food that I recommend is poi
prejudice acquired at the family table
in youth.
Teaches Wife
On my part, l taught my wife to
turtle soup, Philadelphia pepper pot
snails, eel and rutabaga
The prize story i know was told
me by man on a steamer going 20
Italy, when we were watching the
natives of Gibraltar selling octopus
(Which I have tried to eat and which
is just like piece Of garden hose),
who told me that in the Maine woods
ne once ate skunk with great relish.
African travellers find it difficult to
eat monkey flesh, although / under
stand a nice, young, tender. baby
monkey IS perfectly delicious. once
tried to persuade a farmer and his
wife in a rather isolated community
in California to eat artichokes. But
he answered. "Ohl no. we never eat
strange foods"
Besides family tradition, food pre-
JUDGES are caused by religious taboo.
In my experience, most Catholics
hate fish. and most Jewish people
love pork. which shows how con-
trary the human mind is.
A certain amount Of prejudice Of
this kind strengthens your moral
fiber. but carried 10 extremes it may
do enough harm that it actually re-
suits In deficiency diet.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-18

Is LIlS
habits or table habits In which any
Individual spent his childhood and
youth. My father, remember, did
not like calves brains, buttermilk
and cottage cheese. and I am sure
that is the only reason that I do not
eat them. I know about their ingre-
dents and am sure they have many
virtues. which I can recommend to
others. I also know from expert
ence with other people that they
must be quite delicious but I, at least,
am outside the charmed circle and
will never be able to indulge.
I have learned to conquer most of
my early table prejudices, which were
many. because back in the eighties
we had pretty restricted diet. linn
tied mostly to bread and butter. meat
and potatoes, milk and cereals, APP
pies and eggs. was fortunate
enough, to- marry a woman whose
family had entirely different table
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-18

Swami Harding
in the Medical
] o u r n al and
Record, that he
has the same
prejudices.
These foo d
prejudices are
very important.
Especially is it
important that
we should d.
v e 8 t ourselves
Of them. I be-
lieve the most
important fac
tor In creating
a food prejudice
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-18

Bidding went: South. 2-Diamonds /;
West. S-Clubs: North. 3-Hearts;
East. 3-Spades: South. Diamonds;
West. 5-Clubs; North. 5-Hearts /:
East, 5-Spades; South. 6-Diamon1s;
West. doubled; North. 6-Hcarts:
East. 6-Spades: South. doublc6
North. diamonds; East. doubled
One rarely sees such general bidding
run so high. From all over the caro-
room kibitzers hocked towards the
table.
The opening lead was the K of
clubs. Dummy ruffed. The K Of
hearts was led. North's Ace covered
but that made no difference to de-
clarer. lie had intended ruffing,
whether or not the Ace appeared
He ruffed low. South's last club was
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-18

Suppose that East had been al
lowed to play G-Spades vulnerable.
What would that have cost him?
Let US suppose that North and
South had defended the hand to best
advantage. South would take
single diamond trick North "onld
ruff a club. East y.ould be ruffed by
South. when he played his Ace #
hearts. North would ruff a second
club. South would be given
trump trick. to taxi dummys last
trump. East would lave to lose TWO
heart tricks. loss Of seven tricks
would leave East only six winning
tricks. He would lose 100 points.
or less than South made by playing
the hand.
South played 6-Spades doubled
The opening lead was the Q OF dia-
monds. Before tomorrow see how
the hand must be played to fulfil
the contract
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-18
Contract Bridge

led. and ruffed with dummy's last
trump. The 3 Of spades was led.
The Q won on a finesse. taking
Vests last spade. Declarer spread
his hand, stating That he would lead
trumps until ali opposing diamonds
appeared. OF course he made his
contract, doubled. and both sides
vulnerable. and South scored 2,43Q
points.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-18
sv LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.

by LOOAN VLENOENIIN0S Wa u
I HAVE NEVER been able to eat
calves brains, buttermilk or cottage
cheese. ] find in a recent announce
ment on food preiudices by Mr.. T.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-18
UNUSUAL HANDS

UNUSUAL hands. like the two
shown. possess greater interest than
the more prosaic holdings. even if
each freak has to be considered indi-
vidually. and If no specific rules for
bidding and playing them are avail
able. The first hand shown is very
freaky. 1t was dealt in a rubber
game yesterday. The second hand
was dealt last evening in a 10-table
duplicate game at the New York
Athletic club
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-18
by r. ]. SCOTT

ARMIES STATUE. VENTS OF MILO.
NE GODDESS KNOWN 10 1AE ROMANS
A5 VENnS. AND 10 1AE GREEKS As
APARcD1E IS SUPPOSED 10 HAVE
BEEN HOLDING A SHIELD AAD LOOKING
HER REFLECTION IN HE Poll sHED SuREAce
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-13
MASSES.

MASSES. anniversary mass' of reGuIem will be celebrated Sat. urday morning, at S;30 ociook. the immacuinte Conception Church for fine repose of the soul of the late Mrs. Mary Moran Carroll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-13
75 Claims for Tax Exemption Filed Here
Attendance Decline
 Locally Stands Out
State Report Shows Schools Here Figure Prominently
 in Decrease-FIigh School Pupils Excluded

only those pupils who are under 70, lt is estimated that about one-eighth of the total decrease in tho state has occurred here. The reason Tor this, according to . recent statement from pr, Thomas Condon, superip. tendent of schools, is the fact that many families havo left the city during the past year and declining birth rate here.
 For the first time in the state rec ordg q loss has been felt and u1M loss is, for the most part, the result of a decrease in attendance in the lower grades. The report also shows the gain in the high school regs- tration has not reached it highest point. There Is not now. and there never will be, employment for 6 large number of young people ua- der IS years. By advanced laws and with social needs, attendance m required for all children to i8 ana at that age most children are about half way through high school, 4 heavy loss is noted in the lower grades and the decline Of the pirtn rate can Dc detected ID until the sixth grade.