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Evening star., 1936-09-23

in front of Halle selassie's hotel and
cheered loudly.
The effect of these developments
upon Italys attitude may be serious.
League sources openly expressed fear
that italy not only will refuse to re-
turn to the Assembly, but may even
resign from the League.
Halle Selassie, the Associated Press
learned, rejected plan under which
he would have agreed to withdraw his
DELEGATION If some basis Of compro-
mise with Italy was reached on the
entire Ethiopian problem.
Important items on the ofhcial
asenda waited their turn while the
delegates pondered the mixed problem,
with such matters as League reform,
membership elections. the Locarno
treaty situation and ofiicial reports OF
League officials held in obeyance.
Danxix Committee Called.
Only the committee charged with
handling details of the Free City Of
Dansie, q League protectorate, was
summoned to meet to discuss pre-
liminary recommendation in the re-
port of High Commissioner Sean
Lester.
The most characterization clause In
commercial treaties, an important fac
tor in United States trade policy. was
indorsed by the Permanent Economic
Committee. The clause, said the re-
port, constitutes an essential guar
antee for the maintenance and devel-
opment Of world trade"
In the long run, the report stated,
arrangements such as quotas and for
eign exchange control and clearing
agreements are incompatible with
pgoGparous txada.
Evening star., 1936-09-23
A.|SACCUSED
|. OF POLITICS, GRAF
Pay Roll Padding and In.
timidation Also Charged
by G. 0.P.
Nv the Associated Press,

6f thG iooSSiateo EAeoSs
The Republican National Commit
tee. citing afiidavits. accused the w.
P. A. last night of "inefnciency. graft.
pay roll padding, intimidation and po-
litical discrimination" In New York,
New Jersey. Indiana. Illinois and
Michigan.
The statement said "the conditions
complained of in the organization fos-
tered by President Roosevelt are not
confined to any single locality, but are
typical Of the w. p. A. wherever it has
squandered the taxpayers millions"
Three aides Of Victor Ridder, for
mer district w. p. A. director in New
York City. remained on the admins
tration's pay roll" 1t said, despite
their figuring prominently In the
Stryker relief investigation there last
year and evidence that they had
boosted their own salaries"
After listing men identified as
friends Of 'higher-ups' in New Jersey
politics" as being carried on both ad-
ministrative and project pay rolls and
alleging prejudiced action against sew
eral w. p. A. employees in Detroit, the
statement said:
The tempo Of political intimidation
and discrimination which runs through
the complete w. P. A. organization Is
set from Washington. D. c.. where
in violation Of Federal statutes, po-
litical posters frequently appear on
bulletin boards of w. p. A. Offices in
the Washington Auditorium and con-
stitute a veiled threat to those who
may be wavering In their enthusiasm
for the New Deal.
Recently picture Of President
Roosevelt was posted. Mounted on Q
large cardboard, 1t bore the questions: !:
Are you for him?' and DO you want
TO keep your job?' A smaller picture
Of President Roosevelt was posted even
more recently. bearing the captions:
Are You For Him; You Bet You
Are"
Evening star., 1936-09-23
WOMEN GET ALMOST
Even JOBS BREAK
Civil Service Figures Show 6,S95
Men and 5,605 Women in New
Deal Agencies.

Women have received almost an
even break with men in employment
in the New Deal agencies here-ex-
elusive of works program activities-
the semi-annual report Of the Civil
Service Commission shows.
In this group, as Of June 30. there
were $685. men and 5,605 women. In
the oId-line establishments, the fig
ures were 52,438 and 33,457, and
under works program, 10,772 and
1886.
Outside Of the District. the New
Deal employment was divided: Men,
25,s63. and women. 1891; old line.
49,. 1862 and 62,l49. and works, s5,423
and 4O,36s.
This made the aggregate: Men,
65.353; women, l58906
The old-line employment shows
more than $1,000 women in Treasury,
Navy and Veterans Administration
here, and in excess of $4,000 in the
field in Treasury. Post ONCE and
Veterans Administration.
In the New Deal units. local en-
ployment Of women is heaviest in
the Agricultural Adjustment Admin.
istration, and in the field Home Own
ers' Loan.
Evening star., 1936-09-23
CROP INSURANCE
PLAN PROMISED
Program to Be Ready for
New Congress, Confer.
ence Indicates.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Plans to have definite data for q
Federal crop insurance program on
hand by the time Congress convenes
in January, developed yesterday from
an organization meeting Of admins
tration leaders named by President
Roosevelt to explore that subject.
A. @. Black, acting chairman Of the
special committee in absence of Sec
retary Wallace. said representative
farm leaders would be called to
Washington to discuss crop insurance
a. soon as the committee had OBJ
tained background material"
Actuarial Data Asked.
Black said the commission had
asked for actuarial data on crop risks
from . section In the Bureau of Ag-
ricultural Economics which has been
assembling such information from
millions of Agricultural Adjustment
Administration benefit payment con-
tracts.
Although Mr.. Roosevelt suggested
the insurance be limited to one or two
major commodities at the start, Black
said data had been asked for wheat.
cotton, corn. tobacco, rice, sugar and
peanuts.
Black said the committee also had
asked all data available on public and
private ventures in the field OF farm
crop insurance both in this country
and elsewhere.
Public ventures in this country
probably generally have been limited
to hail insurance plans attempted by
some Western States, committee
spokesmen said. Data on govern
mental insurance plans in foreign
countries was believed limited to
Cxechoslovakia. 1t is known crop
risk material assembled by the special
staff in recent months has been con-
fined to wheat, cotton and corn, with
completion Of data reported In that
order.
Discussions Promising.
Black said discussion of crop in
sllrance at farmer meetings during
the next few weeks In connection with
the 1887 A. A. A. program was ex-
pected to provide much material.
I'VE will consult with farm leaders
very closely" Black said. The meet
ing here will include representatives
Of national farm organizations and
A. A. A. leaders. he added.
Secretary wallace called the or.
ganization session. but he was sum-
moned to Hyde Park yesterday for q
conference with the President. Three
OF the Ave men named by the Presi-
dent attended, including Black. H. r
Tolley, A. A. A. chief. and Wayne
Taylor. Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury.
Spokesmen at the Agriculture De.
partment said the Hyde Park confer.
ence between Wallace and Roosevelt
involved q Nation wide radio address
which wallace viii make Friday eve.
ming,
Evening star., 1936-09-23
TW0ST0RM DEAD
WASHED ASHORE
Bodies of Engineer and Mem.
Der of Foundered Ships
Crew Recovered.
b. the Associated Press.

By the ASsoclated freSs.
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. September
23.-The sea yesterday gave up the
bodies of two more Of the Eve men
drowned when the fishing steamer
Long Island foundered of Oberfalls
Light, in Delaware Bay, during the
tropical hurricane last Friday.
One was L. j. Conklin, elderly sea-
man Of Kilmarnock, Va, who was
easily identified by Coast Guardsmen
Of the North Beach station on Chin
colleague Island by the initials IL. ].
c." tattooed on his right arm. He was
second engineer Of the Long Island.
The body of the second man was
that Of colored man. three Of whom
died in the wreck. The 200-pound,
6-foot colored man had on a life
preserver from the ill-fated boat.
The two bodies, first discovered by
fisherman, were turned over to the
John Burbage funeral home at Ber-
lin. Md.
Ewing Easter, resident of New
Jersey. saw the body of Conklin while
he was fishing for drum In the surf two
and a quarter miles south Of the North
Beach Coast Guard station. Coast
Guardsmen recovered the body.
Easter had hardly resumed his fish
ing at point quarter Of mile south
OF the station when the waves piled
the other body up on the beach ir
front of him. Coast Guardsmen re-
covered it and notified the district
commander.
All 80 members of the Long Islands
crew were at first believed to have
perished in the storm. but a barge
picked up "a of them and took their
to safety.
OF the five others. Capt. Romney
George Of Foxville, Va. master of the
vessel, was known to have drowned.
Evening star., 1936-09-23
CATHOLIC BISHOP HITS
SUNDAY LIQUOR SALE

FALL RIVER, Mass, September
% (R.-Right Rev. James E. Cassidy,
Roman Catholic Bishop of the Fail
River Diocese. last night declared him.
self sadly disguised with the Catholic
ofiicials Of the city" for permitting
Sunday sale of liquor. In an address at
the confirmation ceremonies Of 16o
children here.
He said the Fall River Board Of Po-
lice, . commission of three men ap-
pointed by the Governor controlling
the sale of liquor here, granted liquor
establishments the right TO sell liquor
on Sundays about four weeks ago. AL
three meambeTS b sai6, ~ Catholics.
Evening star., 1936-09-23
WATCHMAN SLAYING
SUSPECT IS HELD
Prisoner at Jessups, Nd, to Be
Questioned in Death Of
Virginian.

A man under arrest at Jessups
Nd, is to be questioned today in con-
nection with the murder September
5 of Marion J. Riley. 55-year-old
watchman at the James E. Colliflower
coal yard in nearby Virginia.
Arlington County Detective Harry
woodward and a member of the Wash
ington Detective Bureau left this
morning to interview the prisoner
who is understood to have lived near
the coal yard.
1t was not revealed whether the
man Is white or colored or what he
is suspected OF knowing about the
case.
Riley, father Of eight children. was
beaten to death some time before
dawn by robbers who broke open the
coal company's safe.
A number Of suspects have been
questioned, but Investigators 80 fal
have been without definite clues.
Evening star., 1936-09-23

The lady had bought her shoes and
received her stockings. but she puz-
zled the salesman by asking. Where
Is that music you are giving away?'
We're not giving away any music,
madam" the salesman said. Where
did you get that idea?"
From the sign in your window.
h says Free music"
4 X
BONUS.
The ineratitude OF republics up-
pdrertly Is in the air its youthful
citizens breathe. Not otherUtse, a
Cheuy Chase father has concluded.
could his daughter haze asked wtth
reference to the G. A. r. reunion:
What are they here TOR, daddy,
their bonus?"
X
HAVEN.
YESTERDAY was moving day for
some tenants in house at Thir-
teenth and H streets. The moving men
as they always have and always will
piled all the furniture on the street
and then proceededto tuck it into the
van. The owner OF the furniture wal
about to breathe sigh of relief when
he saw next to the last piece put into
the van-there was only one chail
left.
Suddenly his attention was diverted
by the shrek of taxicab's brakes
which pulled up alongside the moving
van. A dignfiied looking man who
obviously had had one drink too many
alighted from the cab, walked not *
straight across the sidewalk and set.
tied himself comfortably in the chair
1t took the combined efforts of ths
moving men, the taxi driver and thu
owner of the chair to persuade tht
man to get out of it.
Evening star., 1936-09-23

his budget. and under the law there
could be no item in his budget even
remotely affecting the Kansas common
schools. The Democrats have unfairly
taken the facts about consolidated
schools and statistics about closed
school houses and have twisted their
meaning.
"You can't have the high rate Of
literacy, the highest rate Of farm chill
dren attendance in high schools, far
higher per cent of literacy than the
American average and also the highest
number Of college graduates In pro-
portion to population in Kansas far
beyond that of New York or the sea-
board states, and with Ill these things
have anything seriously wrong with
the KAnsaS schools"
Evening star., 1936-09-23
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
DISTINCTION.

DISTINCTION.
~ ELAWARE is the only State
in the Union without direct
airmail service, according to
- Mai Charles p. Graddick,
superintendent Of the division of abr
mail service for the Post once De-
partment.
The Post Once has offered to au-
thorize a stop at Wilmington If proper
facilities are provided, but Delaware
doesn't seem to be much interested
The State is so close to 80 many i'm
portant cities 1t can afford to ignore
things like bringing Chicago and San
Francisco closer to wilmington. Put
an airmail stamp on letter IN San
Francisco for some one in Delaware
and it speeds across the continent by
air to Philadelphia Tor perhaps New
York;, and gets into Wilmington on a
train in a hurry anyway.
And besides, persons from Delaware
are in no special hurry about their
correspondence. it appears.
EGG STORY.
The sign Egg Auction" on q
rural highpay near Washington Is
keeping a Wayside operative
dwake these Tiohts. He can't fg-
ure out just ho,o the thing ,oould
pork. and is fairly tretttn0 him
SELF to death that he did not drop
in and indulge in bit of spirited
bddinU. 4 y
LOST CHORD.
A WASHINGTON newspaper maj
"a recently was chosen to act a!
a Judge in a bathing beauty contes
| at Ocean City. Md.
After Miss Maryland was selected
to represent her State at the annua
| event at Atlantic City, the judg'
thought it would be appropriate II
have the orchestra play Maryland
NY Maryland" as the successful can
didate appeared on the stage.
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Imagine his surprise when he was
told that the leader OF the musicians
did not know the piece.
And what was further amazing 70
learn was that the membership OF
the orchestra had been recruited from
around Salisbury. Md.
GUM.
GUM, the chewing variety, which
~ has been giving theater people a
lot of trouble for long time, bothered
a mother in an uptown movie the
other afternoon.
She was breaking in her young son
in the greatest of American pastimes,
movie-going, when all of sudden she
discovered he was learning too fast.
Looking at him, she say him Chewing
away on q piece of gum.
Where did you get that?" she de-
manded.
Under the seat" the boy an
swered.
The horrined mother made the
child get up, march out Of the theater
and deposit the gum in the drinking
fountain.
The usher told us about it-and
how the mother lectured him on keep
ing the theater more sanitary!
FREE MUSIC.
EVERYTHING isn't as free in this
- land of the free as a Washing
ton woman shopper thought, not
even during commercial celebrations.
The woman was one of the many
customers who thronged downtown
shoe store that was celebrating its
enlargement with fanfare and music
by an orchestra.
One of the attractions Of the en-
largement sale was pair OF stock
ings given free with every purchase
Of a new pair OF shoes.
Evening star., 1936-09-23

the parade. It's bottom strands swinging
against his belt buckle.
Go away" he insisted. I'm not
going to tell you how old am. Think
I want these girls to know the truth?"
The girls along the sidelines by the
washington Hotel had a big moment
when Bryon johnson of Sidney, Ohio.
arrived.
johnson suddenly stepped out Of line
and walked over to the curb. Hello"
he said to a beauty. and kissed her
squarely. At this. his colleagues all
broke ranks and hurried to the curb,
where dozens of women were waiting
to be kissed.
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Z
corner after he had been ordered
away.
During the following year. Steve, in
a newspaper interview. said pros
perity had returned because of the
Roosevelt policies
His closest contact with the White
House was during the Coolidge
administration. President Coolidge
habitually took early walks and almost
every morning stopped to MUNICH a
few peanuts and chat with Steve. In
time, according to the Presidents 8
friends. the peanut vender came to
take the place Of the famed village
shoemaker in Massachusetts, - the
Presidents informal contact man
with the masses.
When Steve's case was called in
Police Court today Judge Robert E
Msttingly ordered q continuance to
September 30.
Evening star., 1936-09-23
DRIVER SERIOUSLY HURT
IN MILK TRUCK CRASH
Frederick Man Injured as Vehicle
overturns in Effort to Avoid
Collision.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SILVER SPRING. Nd. September
23-Marshall Flock, "A, Frederick Md,
milk truck driver, was seriously in
jured yesterday when the truck over
turned as Flock was attempting to
avoid colliding with another car on
the Colesville pike near Sligo parkway.
Extricated from the wreckage by pass
ing motorists. he was taken to the
washington Sanitarium by the Silver
Spring rescue squad.
Police said the other car was oper-
ated by Miss Marie N. Cornell of the
500 block Of Fifth street, Washington.
She and two companions were unhurt.
Miss Cornell was charged with reckless
driving. Flock was driving $50 gallons
Of milk from Frederick to q Hyattsville
dairy. His injuries include a broken
leg.
Evening star., 1936-09-23

SARATOGA, N. Y. September 23
lP}.-Miss Janet Olcott. daughter of
Mrs. Chauncey Olcott and the late
noted actor and singer, will marry
Count Philippe de Montaigu Of Paris.
The date has not been set.
Mrs. Olcott, who Is At her Summer
home near here, announced the en-
sagement after the arrival of the
count, on the Zeppelin Hindenburg.
Prominent in New York City So
ciety, Miss Olcott is . member Of the
Junior League, . linguist and pianist
The count. an automobile racer and
airplane pilot, Is . member of one Of
the oldest French families. Hi,
father Is Marquis Hubert de Mon.
taigu. munitions manufacturer who
resides in Messillac, Brittany.
Evening star., 1936-09-23
Niqht FinoI Delivered by Carrier
Anywhere in the City
Full Sports

Base Ball Scores Results Complete Market News Of the
Day, News Flashes from Around the World What
ever it Is you'll find 1t in The Night Final Sports Edition
THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY sTAR-delvered
by carrier-70c month. Call National 5000 and service
will start at once
Evening star., 1936-09-23

welt Is going 20 Nf1U hlnSeN 70 y HeIe HAHuIuI Oh
partisan speeches, The object seems to be to
present the picture Of q statesman going about his
business and letting his record speak for itself.
Mr.. Roosevelt's jaunt Of thousands Of miles
throughout the Nation. his hundreds Of personal
appearances and scores of addresses are labeled
political. This Is probably one Of the
fimsiest bits of minor political deception that
has ever been attempted. It is particularly
silly, because 1t doesn't fool any one.
Ever since his denomination, IS . matter Of
fact since his nomination four years ago and
for some time before that, neither he nor his
followers have made single move without first
Evening star., 1936-09-23
The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGwORTH.

~NcINNATI, September 2a.-An entertaining departure
political humbuggery the mon POLITICAL campaign speec
Administration supporters soenly that
Evening star., 1936-09-23

CLEVELAND, Ohio, September
% P).-New York was unaninicdS.
ly named the 1887 American Legion
convention city today.
Evening star., 1936-09-23
Reform Club to Celebrate.

Stately Reform Club Of London will
shortly celebrate It's centenary. max.
ing II clubs in the West End century
or more old.
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Peanuts

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-09-23

10I0Wef8 nave mtue NneN fnOVe WItn
taking into consideration It's political effectiveness The
Why all the pretensei
tcopyrisht 1850
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Drummer

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-02
1O2 Pin Teams to Compete
in Fountain Square Event
A. B. c. Lneups to Be Used by Most Aggregations in
Weekend Contest for $500 Ton Prize

seasons list is bright, for at pres
ent, the number of 700s turned in
is far in advance of that of last
season. Several new names adorn
the list of this seasons heavy hit
tiers, Leo Ahearn. Clarence Schott,
Willis Brunot, Louis Koehler, Bert
Bruder Carl Hardin, Milt Wimberly
and Art Rowley being the new
members"
After an absence Of several seasons, the
Big Four League once more Is humming
with activity. The loop, which had been
in operation for almost 25 years. disband-
ed in 1891, after many Of its members had
been transferred to other cities.
But when the so teams that represent
ed indianapolis at the 1885 A. B. C. in
Syracuse were being recruited, interest in
the game broke out anew among the pin
spillers that survived the 1881 shakeup.
Four teams were organized and were
among the first local entrants in the 1885
affair.
was re-organized with Ralph P. Pierce as
President and Francis Raftery, secretary.
With the opening of the current season
eight teams had been enrolled and have
been battling weekly at the Central Alleys
Although the General Superintendants have
been perched at the top of the team
Ing aggregations have been steadily i'm
provlng and the "Supes" lead is being
The race for leadership among the in
oivlouals has been nip and tuck affair.
with Sextet of shippers in the midst of
the battle. At the present time Walter
his supremacy is being challenged by
Harry Helm, Raftery, Joe White. Bob
Hughes and Ed Steinecker
to G1D Sn as" for in 3 n ffams of IA d B
coming A. B. c.
PICKED UP AT RANDOM-Dick Powell
and Joan Blondell of movie fame are regu-
lar patrons of Hollywood bowling alleys.
George M Troutman, newly-elected presi-
cent of the American Association Base
Dali League is great tenpin booster
having been active in the movement that
gained Columbus TO- the 1888 A. B. c.
tournament. Waldorf Layers of
Cleveland tossed a 1868 game recently.
Harry Pisula, 1877 average kegeler
OF Detroit. recently turned in 2s3 game
The late Will Rogers was an en-
thusiastic bowler. Steve o'Neil, man
ager of the Cleveland Indians diamond ag-
gregation, along with Roy Hughes, Earl
Averill and Joe Vosmick are members of
the st. Clair Eddy Recreation League of
Cleveland.
Mary Ann Breads captured the annual
Chicago Bowling Association tournament
team title with a total of a106. The
Woman's International Bowling Congress
tournament in Omaha expects record
s4-year-oid bowler of Binghampton. n y T.
dropped dead in the ninth frame of
game, after remarking to a friend, I'll
beat you. if it's the last thing 1 ever do"
Mr.. Puffer was great booster Of the
game in his home city recent
and Six Big Bears in Chicago drew a
crowd of $50 spectators. The Nc
Kenna team of Albany IN. " crashed
out 1929 total in team league play a
few weeks ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-02

Coach Tony Hinkle's cage fives
are well known all over the Middle
West and many a powerful team has
fallen before the fighting Bulldogs.
Despite the early setback handed
them by Indiana Central and Pitts
burgh, they have found their place
in the win column once more with
victories over Purdue, Franklin and
Cincinnati-and are determined to
add the Wolverines to the list of
victims.
Both defensive and offensive drills
were feature of Buffers final
practice before the game tonight.
Scotty Armstrong, Bulldog pivot
man, is reported recovering from a
cold that slowed him down in the
earlier part of the week. Roscoe
Bats, star forward, has improved
his bucket-making ability by re-
porting early to practice sessions
and he has recovered from a slight
knee injury.
Willard Fawcett, Norval Corbett
and Big Bill Merrill form the main
group of Hinkle's sophomore shock
troops" and all probably will be
called on for action this evening.
Merrill is a hometown boy and
played three years on the Short
ridge varsity. He makes a good
pivot man and may get the call
instead of Armstrong, # The regular
center feels too weak to start. Arm
strong took a light workout yester-
day.