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Evening star., 1936-02-06
STRIKE At PEK|N
IS CALLED OFF BY
UNION LEADERS
Agree That Continuance of
General WaIkout Was
InadvisabIe.
ACTION FOLLOWS Def
BY BUSINESS HOUSES
Drug Stores First to Resume
Operation, Selling Food and
Merchandise.
BY the Associated Press.

BY tno hSSOCidttu FIcoS,
PEKIN. Ill, February 6.-The three
day general strike of 1000 union men
In Pekin was ended today.
The announcement was made by
Jack Kinsella, business agent for the
Peoria and Pekin Building Trades
Union.
Kinsella told newsmen an official
statement explaining the position OF
strikers would be issued in q few
minutes.
He indicated the order calling of
the strike probably would be effective
at once.
Strike Held Inadvisable.
Kinsella confirmed a report by Sher-
i'll Ralph Goar that union leaders
meeting with William Shoenberg of
Chicago, American Federations of
Labor organizer, had agreed that con-
tinuance of the general strike was in
advisable.
There were widely circulated rumors
that Schoenberg informed the union
leaders a general strike to oust Police
Chief Donahue was contrary to prin-
ciples of the federation.
The action by the labor men came
shortly after organized business men
of Pekin had announced they would
defy the unionists and reopen their
business establishments tomorrow.
Merchants Get Notice.
Merchants we're notified by John
Patterson, secretary of the Pekin As
sociation of Commerce, to reopen their
business places at once.
First manifestation of the revival
of commerce, which came to sudden
stop at pm yesterday when virtually
all business houses closed their doors
at the insistence of strikers, was in
the drug stores, They had limited
their service to drugs during the holi-
day, but at the word of its termination
began to sell food, candy. cigars and
merchandise.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Ry CARLISLE BARGERON.

Elmer B. OHara of Detroit can't
make it to the White House for dinner
and the departmental reception to-
night because the jury trying him on
charges of vote stealing was still out
at noon.
In the meantime, the White House
supernumeraries were wondering who
invited Elmer"
O'Hara is the Democratic State
chairman of Michigan. Several
months ago he also was clerk of
Wayne County (DetroiD, but he was
convicted of bribery and is now out
on bond in that case. The case in
which the jury was still out" in
wolves alleged vote stealing in the
1884 congressional and gubernatorial
campaign. Elmer is codefendant with
some 30 others
After his conviction Of bribery he
fcwss removed as county clerk, but is
still the Democratic State chairman,
at least in name.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
HEiRESS GUARDED
AFTER PHONE CALL
Kidnap Threat Seen by Mrs. ]. F
Stokes in Mysterious Inquiry
From Man.
BY the Associated Press.

by tUc hSoOClhtcu FIcSS.
WELLESLEY, Mass, February g.
A mysterious telephone call, which
State detectives said Virginia NJ Pey-
tons mother Interpreted as a threat
to kidnap her heiress daughter. re-
suited today in a police guard for the
21-year-old Wellesley College junior
Capt John F. Stokes, chief of State
detectives, said a maid at the college
received a call from a nearby phone
station on January 18 from a man
claiming to be Miss Peyton's father.
Miss Peyton. daughter of Mrs Ma
thaniel Wagner Of Danbury, Conn.,,
and granddaughter of William NAL
lory, a director of the Mallory Hat
Co.. has not seen her father since
childhood.
But the maid, according to Stokes,
told the caller Miss Peyton was in
classes and could not come to the
phone. The man said he would call
later, but failed to telephone again.
Stokes said Miss Peyton told him
she had written her father. Donald
Chambers Peyton of Glendale, Calf.
a few days before the telephone call,
telling him she was 81 years old.
The girl went home on January 20
for holiday and told her mother
of the incident. Stokes said Mrs.
Wagner became alarmed, telephoned
Peyton and learned he had not been
East for IL years. Stokes said the
Peytons were divorced 19 years ago.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
BY REX COLLIER.

A Government valuation expert to-
day told the Senate Munitions Com
mittee an initial plant outlay OF SAL
000, 900 would enable the Government
to take-over production of all Its bat
tleships and munitions.
Reporting on a seven-month study
requested by the committee. G. H
Spencer, head valuation engineer OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
declared present navy yards could be
expanded to do all the Navy's warship
building at an initial cost of s23,-
604 800.
Chairman Nye commented that this
estimate was insignificant" as COM
pared to figures which naval officers
had let the committee to believe would
be involved.
In response to a question from Nye,
Spencer said officials at the Navy De-
partment had indicated no disagree
rnent with this estimate.
Shipbiulding Estimate.
The shipbuilding estimate provided
for equipment to carry out a building
program providing for major ships,
10 destroyers and submarines an
nally.
To reproduce Government munitions
and airplane factories comparable to
7cee NTTNTTIONS. Page 81
Evening star., 1936-02-06
His Trial Isn't Oper, So O'Hara
Will Miss White House Dinner
Jury Weighing Vote-Stealing Charges
Still Out-''WhO limited Elmer?"
Is Question NO,C.

Ever since the start OF the present
administration, the Roosevelts have
pursued a practice OF sandwiching
deserving Democratic officials in with
other guests at White House recep-
tions and dinners. The dinner pre-
ceding tonight's reception-to which
about l,500 are invited-is for a few
guests who have been asked to come
early"
Usually no guest list is made pub
lie. O'Hara's name was not given
out. The attitude of the staff was
that it was just one of those things
which are bound to happen in large
households" There also was an ef-
fort to make it appear that OHara
really has been asked only to the
reception. Closer inquiry developed
however. that he was asked also to
dinner.
The matter leaked out. it seems,
when Mrs. O'Hara showed friends her
invitation to the reception.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

do at the moment without restraint
was to weep for joy.
A week ago Grace was virtually un-
known. except to 20 or so other Grip
pied children in her class room at the
Weightman School at Twenty-third
and M streets. Now, however. she Is
about to realize her lifelong ambi-
tion-to become q singer.
Two Washington Star reporters
discovered" Grace's talent when they
went to the Weightman School last
week to stage a broadcast from the
crippled children's class room as o
feature Of o series of radio programs
arranged by The Star in cooperation
with WJsv to promote the Presidents
birthday ball.
The girl sang into the microphone
then-not like q child, but like star.
Later, it was learned that her an
(see GRACE VITALITY. Itge ~
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Crippled Girl Sobs With Joy
When Talent Captures Public

Tears rolled down the cheeks of
little Grace Vitality today-tears of
happiness.
Grace is a 16-year-old Italian born
girl who has gone through life a
cripple as result of an infantile
paralysis attack when she was 13
months old. And now she has a share
of fame. It's just another Cinderella
story, but not fiction.
With one leg in a brace, Grace sat
before microphone in the studios Of
WJSV at 1915 o'clock this afternoon
and made her professional radio
debut. When she finished the tele-
phone operator at the station could
not handle all the calls of congratu-
lation. Advertising agencies immedi-
ately besieged her with fiattering con-
tracts to sing for sponsor.
But Grace was too excited, too
happy. She was Yving In q new
world and the only thing she could
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Mrs. Hartman Borrowed So
From Officer for Speed Fine

by Mrs. Hartman, who gave him her
personal check
Mrs. Hartman also pleaded guilty
to a charge of driving with an expired
permit. She was given suspended
sentence on this charge.
Mrs. Harriman's case originally was
scheduled for January IS. but Off1cer
Conklin was hurt In a collision with
street car on his way to court and
could not testify. The case was de-
layed until today.
Traffic Bureau records show Mrs.
Hartman, who lives at 1900 Foxhall
place, renewed her drivers permit on
January 20, four days after her arrest.
She will not face the suspension Of
her permit, since the Board OF Revoca-
ton and Restoration of Permits acts
only when first-offense speeders have
been convicted of travelling more than
IS miles an hour
Evening star., 1936-02-06
j. s. WINS FIRST
OLYMPIC MATCH
Hockey Team Noses 0ut
Germans, | to o, on Goal
by Gordon Smith.
BY the Associated Press.

GARMISCH PARTENKIRCHEN,
Germany, February 6.-The United
States opened it's drive for the Olympic
ice hockey championship today by
nosing out Germany's stubborn forces,
10.
A goal by Gordon Smith of Boston
late in the opening period represented
the Americans winning margin. Smith
scored on a pass from Jack Garrison,
another Boston ace. after q frenzied
mix-up in front of the German cage.
The game. played in swirling snow
storm before 5000 spectators, a ca
pacity crowd, was slow most of the
way. The snow, was so thick the con-
test had to be halted at intervals so
the ice could be cleared.
Canadians Trounce Poles.
While the Americans were success
fully negotiating their first hurdle,
Canada, Olympic champion, trounced
Poland, 81.
Before the final period had reached
the halfway mark the American-Ger-
man game began to resemble an old
fashioned shinny match. Two and a
half minutes before the end. Francis
Spain, center, was put of for rough
ing, and Germany held a one-man
edge. The Americans, however, put
up an air-tight defense. When Spain
returned, he suffered a knee injury.
Later in the day Hungarys team is
scheduled to play Belgium's, and the
Swedish team meets the japanese to-
night.
Three Hurt on Bobsleds.
A Rumanian and two Dutch pilots
were injured today in another series
of spills on the Olympic bob-run as
four-man teams began practice
descents.
Hendrix Bulten Of Holland suffered
a broken bone of the ankle and Piet
Mcclellan of Holland and Alexandra
Papana of Rumania received lesser
leg injuries before Olympic authorities
again were forced to close the run.
AS was the case yesterday, today's
mishaps occurred at the Bavarian
curve.
Samuel Dunlop Of the Dutch team
told the Associated Press the Bavarian
curve was wrongly built because sleds
(See OLYMPICS. Page A-3O
Evening star., 1936-02-06
FASC|STS PREPARE
FOR GREATER WAR
Party Would Take Care OF
Civilians if European
Conflict Flares.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Militarism and glory haze been
the ,Uatch,DordS of the Fascist gop-
ernment OF Mussolini, Which as
sumed control of Italy in 1922,
,Dhen communism threatened the
Kingdom While the army proper
fights on the Ethiopian front, at
home remain Black Shirts and
thousands OF youths reared in
military atmosphere, all prepared
to fight for II Duce and the pdtrid.
BY the Associated Press.
Further development of the Fascist
party as military organization was
predicted today by high Fascist sources
in Rome
The prediction was important, fol-
it was predicated on the theory that
would be necessary to take care of the
internal situation in Italy should a
European war develop.
Fascist sources said high army
officers. members of the party, woulo
be given important posts in the organ
ization to aid in the transformation.
In the event of war, the party woulc
take over such functions as trans
ferring the populace from coastal cite.
to hill towns, distributing gas masks
against gas attacks, and other similar
services.
Recall Rumors Recur.
While the advance persisted on the
southern front in Ethiopia, rumors
circulated in informed quarters thai
Marshal Pietro Badoglio, commander
in chief of the East African armies
with headquarters on the northern
front, would be recalled soon to resume
his post as chief of staff.
Although these reports lacked official
confirmation. informed sources re-
called that the press ministry repeated
ly denied-and later earlier
rumorS that Marshal Badoglio would
succeed Gen. Emilio de Bono. They
believed Badoglio's recall likely in view
of the Supreme Defense Councils con-
centration of precautions against any
possibility of European war.
Pope Plus, who dedicated his life
to the furtherance of peace, today
observed the fourteenth anniversary
of his elevation to ST. Peters chair
in the midst of war alarm.
Possible Reproaches Answered.
The Vatican newspaper, Osserva-
tore Romano, said the Pope had done
his utmost to prevent war, laboring
increasingly for peace. The editorial
was interpreted as answering any pos
sible reproach that his holiness has
not stopped the Italo- Ethiopian War
In Geneva, officials of the League
Evening star., 1936-02-06
YOUTH C0NFESSES
WRITER'S MURDER
Shot and Robbed Carl Tay-
lor in Cabin Near New
Mexico Cult Colony.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE N. Mex. Febru-
ary 6.-Modesto Trujillo. l6-year- -old
Spanish-American youth, confessed
today. Sheriff Ross Salazar said, that
he killed Carl Taylor, vagabond maga-
zine writer, in his lonely mountain
cabin near here last night.
The boy, who led officers to the
body last night with the declaration
Taylor had been shot by two masked
assailants. admitted. Salazar said,
that he fired the fatal shots him
self and robbed the dying writer
Of an undetermined amount of money
Previously, officials had considered
the possibility that Taylor, one of the
few uninitiates ever to witness the
wierd rites of the "Penitentes, fanatic
Southwestern Indian religious cult
might have been slain for pryng into
the secrets of the cult.
Manuscript Just Finished.
The 30-year-old writer had just
finished a manuscript of his latest
article. purporting to disclose the self
torture practices of the Penitentes.
Trujillo broke down after long hours
of questioning when officers con-
fronted him with small rifle, found
in a trash pile near Taylor's cabin
Trujillo first admitted ownership oi
the gun and then made a full confes-
sion, the sheriff said.
Officers Immediately accompanied
the youth to the site of the cabin
near the colony of Penitentes. to finc
the place where Trujillo said he hac
hidden the money.
The body of the writer. whose writ
ings have appeared in several British
and American travel magazines, wa,
found on the floor of his lonely Sandis
Mountains cabin 20 miles east of here
last night.
On a desk lay the newly finished
manuscript of his latest article. q
story of the secret practices of the
''Penitentes," q Self-torture cult ol
New Mexico.
Tells of Two Men.
Trujillo, neighbor of the slain au-
thor, raced to Justice of the Peace
Faustin Chavez last night and blurtec
out the story of Taylor's death.
Two men with rags over theil
faces" he said, entered the cabir
where Taylor and Trujillo were visit.
ing and opened fire on the writer
The terrified Trujillo ran at the frs
shot.
Conrad Richter, writer of Western
stories and close friend of the slair
man, said two nights ago Taylor dareS
the wrath of the "Penitentes" by en-
tering their "Morada," or temple. t,
take flashlight pictures. Richter saic
the young writer later boasted jokingl!
of the pictures he had made.
Taylor's friends said he had a pen
chant for penetrating primitive places
for the subjects of his writings.
DR.. George st. Clair, head of the
University of New Mexico English de-
partment, said Taylor had discussed
with him an article on the tribes OF
the interior of the philippine Islands
after that is published ! can never
go back to the Philippines" he said
Taylor told him.
Three Wounds in Head.
Sheriff Slalzar said the writer had
been shot three times in the head
The bullets apparently we're fired from
a small-caliber rife. There was some
evidence, he said. that Taylor had
been beaten before he was shot.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
A. T. &T. is LEADER
AS STOCKS ADVANCE
Jumps Around S. Per Share.
Rails and Industrials Also
Join Active Climb.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February Ga mum.
ber of issues popped up sharply today
in generally improved stock market.
Communication shares, rails and a
variety of manufacturing stocks found
the most active following, with ad-
vances ranging from 81 to $5 share.
The majority of the list, however,
added rs cents share or less. Trad
ing was brisk
American Telephone was the bell
wether of the advance, up around SIS
a share. Worthington Pump gained
81, while such issues as Western
Union, Atlantic Coast Line, Delaware
& Hudson, Chrysler and Mack Truck
rose around 81 to 81 each.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

Mrs. j. Borden Hartman, Wash
ington social leader, was fined S. on
speeding charge in Traffic Court
this morning, but had to borrow 81
from the arresting policeman In order
to meet the courts demand.
Mrs. Hartman, who heads the
womens Safety Committee Of the
American Automobile Association, was
arrested January "A by Policeman r.
T. Conklin of No. IL precinct, who
said she was driving 81 miles an
hour on Constitution avenue, o 22-
mile-an-hour zone.
Mrs. Hartman pleaded guilty this
morning and Judge Walter J. Casey
sentenced her to pay IS. She had
only So in her pocketbook. according
to the financial clerks ofhce, and
borrowed the necessary 81 from Corik-
lin.
The policeman later was reimbursed
Evening star., 1936-02-06
HAVANA MAYOR QUITS
WHEN BILLS PILE UP
City Government Unable to Re-
pay 100000 Borrowed for
Police Salaries.

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, February 6.-Mayor Gull
lermo Belt said today he was resign
ing because the city government was
unable to repay the national govern
ment 100000 it had borrowed to pay
police salaries.
The mayors statement came a few
hours after the power company had
agreed to restore the street lighting II
had cut off in the last few nights be-
cause the city was quarter of -a-mil-
lion dollars behind in its bill.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Italians Withdraw
Marker in Kenya
Its British Idea
His Majesty's Officer
Suggests Line Vas
Off 6 Feet.
BY the Associated Press.

-
ROME, February GA British CO.
lonial officers smiling defense" of
Kenya's northern boundary, along
which Gen. Rudolfo Grazianis south
ern army is advancing into Ethiopia,
was described today by Italian press
dispatches from East Africa.
An Italian detachment, proceeding
along the valley of the Dawa Parma
from Italian Somaliland, was reported
to have erected marker to designate
the southern limit of Ethiopia terri
tory occupied north of the British
Kenya Colony.
A British officer suggested cordially
that the marker was 6 feet inside his
majesty's colony, the dispatches said
and the marker was withdrawn.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
$41,0DO,OOO COST
Of us. WAR WORKS
Valuation Expert Tells Muni.
tions Committee Initial
Outlay.
BACKGROUND


J. p. Morgan and the leading
members OF his banking house Dere
hailed before the 18-rronth-old
munitions investigation in January
to explain the part World War
financing had In this country's
entering the Wdr. Morgan firmly
denied big bankers or big business
sought wdr or caused par.
During his testimony many dip
lonlatic secrets were brought to
light. Lack of funds caused hear
ings to be suspended temporarily
seDeral tDeeks ago, but Morgan ,ods
brought back to the stand tDhen
the Senate uoted $1,000 to permit
the committee to complete its in
Destigation.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Former Ambassador Dies.

BERLIN, February 6 tP.-Wilhelm
Solf, 70, Governor of Samoa before
the World War and Ambassador to
Japan after the war. died today from
pneumonia.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
SWANSON BREAKS RIB
IN BATH ROOM FALL
Secretary Of Navy Resting Com.
fortably" Under Treatment
at Naval Hospital.

After breaking q rib in a fall in his
bath room last night, Secretary Swan
son was reported resting comfortably"
In Naval Hospital today.
The cabinet oficer, who is IA, slipped
on the floor and fell against chair
in his home at 2l36. r street, the Navy
Department announced.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
PRESIDENT TO GET
CROP BILL REPEAL
ENDING CONTROL
Congress Completes Action
on Measure Killing Three
A. A. A. AuxiIiaries.
AMENDMENT OF HOUSE
ACCEPTED BY SENATE
Final Hope Seen in ch-Altered
Substitute Proposal Now
BeVg Pressed
R1CkGROLND-

BACKGROUND
The Supreme Court tnUdliddted
A. A. A. January g. To recon-
struct tarm-atd plan, the NetD Deal
hit on theory OF acting through CO.
operation of the States and making
payments to farmers on basis of
soil conservation rather than crop
curtailment But neD legislation
offers no substitute for the process
ing tar, Which financed the old
A. A. A.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
WEATHER.

70 g. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Cloudy tonight and tomorrow, probably
followed by snow tomorrow; lowest tenn
perature tonight about 20; not so cold
tomorrow. observation-disclosures, 34
at 3;45 pm. yesterday; lowest, 20, at
am today Full report on Page A-l3.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

(See WAR, Page ~
Evening star., 1936-02-06

lSee GRACE VITALITY. Itse ~
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-20
IVA Importance

REATEST IMPORTANCE of the SUI
preme courts favorable decision on
~ the IVA matter in this section far re-
moved from the Tennessee valley was the
fact that the ruling removed any question
as to the courts impartiality in matters of
politics.
The outlawing of the AAA very natur-
ally led to attacks on the court. The wisdom
of it's decision that taxes collected under the
AAA must be returned to the professors
was very widely questioned. Bitter losers
were quick to charge that politics guided the
decision.
In supporting the administration in the
power matter, the court clearly indicated it
looks upon acts of congress not in political
light but with the constitution as its only
guide.
Congress is frequently criticised and ri
diculed and the executive branch of the gov
ernment is the victim of an open season be-
fore each election. 1t is vital that the third
branch of the government maintain dignity
and respect.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-20
Sign Up

- DING THE ROUNDS in Redwood Falls
I , right now are several copies of peti-
~ tion-yes another petition aimed at
securing a suitable federal building for Red
wood Falls.
Based on postal receipts, Redwood Falls
has long deserved such building and be-
comes more deserving each year. With fed
eral agencies on the increase and local
branches housed anywhere and everywhere
the need is more pronounced now than ever
before.
Your name is wanted on that petition
whether you live in the city or near it. If
you are not asked to sign don't be bashful
about asking where the petitions can be
found and sign up. Some day all the effort
spent on this thing will be rewarded.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-02-20
Believe In Yourself

I'VE ME THE MAN who believes in
= persistent effort. He has an objective
~ in all that he does, and he keeps the
light of it constantly before him.
No trumpets announce his successive
steps from one vantage point to another. He
cares not for praise nor does he need contin-
uous urging. His urge comes from within,
and directs his course from day to day. The
seeming flare of spasmodic achievement dis
turbs him not. But when the months have
rolled by he has gained ground steadily, and
as the years succeed each other, he becomes
what the world is pleased to call an "out-
standing success
Some gain success quickly, apparently
without effort, and we are prone to call them
lucky" Too often the results of such sue
cess are lost just as easily. Persistent effort
goes on to the end. 1t does not rest on laurels
gained, for the persistent worker finds joy
only in continued achievement, no matter
how much may already have been gained
Daily Tribune, Royal Oak, Michigan.