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Evening star., 1938-10-16
Police Protect Bund Members
From Jeering Cro,od's Threats
Woman Hurt, Tires Cut, Wmdshields
\ Smashed in Syracuse as 1000
Gather Outside Meeting Hall. x

sion and demanded an investigation"
of the bund session by city ofhcials
Deputy Police Chief Russell w.
Humphrey, acting under orders Of VIII
Sam r. Lane. common council presi-
dent, seized copies of bund literature.
Bund Ousted in Oakland.
OAKLAND, Calf. Oct. Is o.
Ousting of the German-American
Bund from its quarters in the German
Pioneer House, long g-established center
of Germanic groups. because Of 'un-
American activities and. propaganda, "
was announced tonight by the house
manager, George Englehart.
They have been making trouble for
some time" Mr.. Englehart said, and
have been especially cocky since Hitler
went into Czechoslovakia."
The manager asserted the local bund
group, with 200 to 800 members, have
been wearing black shirts. Sam Browne
belts, drilling regularly with rifles. and
looking forward to the time when
they will take over control of the
United States Government"
Evening star., 1938-10-16
D. c. J0BLESS TAX
CALLED TOO HIGH
S9.N0,000 Surplus on 3
Pct. Levy Cited-PIea to
Congress Planned.

Convinced that the present per
cent jobless insurance tax on the ELI
gible pay roll of Washington is greatly
in excess of actual need, the District
Unemployment Compensation Board
plans to renew a request to Congress
that it be given discretionary author
ity to vary the local tax rate
This was disclosed Yesterday by John
Marshall. director of the board. who,
at the same time, revealed he may
propose an amendment to the Social
Security Act which would give the
board power to use the interest on
reserve funds to help defray admin
istration costs.
An accumulation of District reserves
far greater than the demand for un-
employment benefits, and the relative
stability of private employment in
Washington will form the basis of
the boards plea that it be given au-
thority to vary the unemployment
compensation tax rate on a six-month
or yearly basis.
100000 in Fund
In support of his contention that
the tax rate is higher than is neces-
sary, Mr.. Marshall pointed to the fact
that although a total of 81 ,281, ,060 has
been dispensed for benefit demands
since claims became payable last Feb
totals more than 100000.
Furthermore, he said, during the
eight-month period in which all ben
eft demands have been paid. more
than $4,100, 900 has been paid into the
(See JOBLESS TAX, Page A-19)
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Macy, Penn, 'Ba,na and Cornell
Among Football Upset Victims

The rapidly thinning ranks of
the Nations undefeated football
teams were whitfield further yes
terday as such powers as Navy,
Pennsylvania, Alabama, Cornell,
Holy Cross and Columbia fell VIC
Tins to increasingly formidable
opposition.
Yale surprised by defeating
Navy, 8 to 7, while Army came
from behind three times to beat
Harvard, 20 to II. Pennsylvania
was surprised by Princeton, l3 to
0, while Colgate throttled the SEN
sational Sid Euckman to trim Co.
lumbia, IL to 0. Tennessee trounced
Alabama, 13 to 0.
Cornell was toppled from the
ranks Of the unbeaten as Syracuse
scored all its points in the final
period to win, 10 to IT, and Car
negie Tech spilled Holy Cross,
to 8. -.
Pittsburgh's lpower smothered
Evening star., 1938-10-16
FIGHT ENDS TALK
BY YCONCRESSMAN
Hoffman Booed by Crowd
in Missouri-BIame Men
With c. |. O. Buttons.
Ry he Associated Press.


CRYSTAL CITY. Mo-. Oct 15.-A
general melee in which several persons
we're cut and bruised halted speech
here tonight by Representative Glare
E. Hoffman. Republican, of Michigan
at a political rally sponsored by the
Republican State Committee.
Authorities blamed more than 300
men they said we're unknown in the
community" for the demonstration
Sheriff A. R. Mckee said the strangers
all wore C. l. o. membership buttons
Kisses. boos and catcalls greeted Mr..
Hoffman as he launched into an It.
tack on the leadership of the Commit
tee for Industrial Organization and
the National Labor Relations Board.
After he had shouted for several
minutes in an attempt to make him
self heard, he requested that one
heckler be elected from the hall. 1t
was then the melee began.
Blows were exchanged between sew
eral of the spectators and authorities,
Order was restored after Is minutes.
William Fuetterer, chairman Of the
meeting. then asked the Michigan Rep
resentative not to continue his speech
and Mr.. Hoffman acquiesced
The Representative said he never
before had been driven from the
platform
In the address he had prepared,
Mr.. Hoffman charged John L. Lewis,
head of the c. I. O., and his lieutenants
with fostering "communistic policies. VI
He also charged President Roosevelt,
Secretary of Labor Perkins and Cows
Frank Murphy of Michigan and George
H. Earle of Pennsylvania had been
helpful to the c. l. o. cause.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
j. s. MAY MAKE
CL0THESF0RPOOR
May Build Own Plants if
Cotton Textile Industry
Declines to Aid.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Government officials for some
time haze been faced NTH problems
in developing program OF dump
ing" surpluses into hands of lou
income families. Chief among these
problems is means OF having 1.600,-
900 bales OF surplus cotton made
into clothing for sale at lo,C prices
to poor.
BY the Associated Press.
Agriculture Department officials said
yesterday it might be necessary for
the Government itself to manufacture
cotton goods if the textile industry
declined request that 1t cut costs to
the bone on products made for sale at
bargain prices to low-income families.
If the industry does not cooperate
in the program for Federal subsidiza-
ton of cotton consumption among the
poor, the Government might lease idle
textile mills or build its own plants,
one high official declared
The authorities generally expressed
confidence. however, that cooperation
would be forthcoming.
Meeting Is Tomorrow.
A departmental committee, headed
by Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Harry L. Brown, is scheduled to meet
tomorrow to 60 over the consumption
subsidy proposal and possibly invite
textile industry executives and labor
leaders to participate in confer
ence soon.
In outlining the proposal recently,
Secretary Wallace said the Govern
ment could have about 100000 bales
OF surplus cotton, acquired through
loans to growers, made into cloth and
clothing for sale at reduced prices
The Government cotton would be
either donated or made available at
a nominal price
Pointing out that the cost of manu-
featuring cotton goods is from four to
five times the cost of the raw cotton
officials said it would be impossible to
enough to bring about the desired ex-
pansion in consumption unless manu-
featuring costs were reduced consid-
erably.
They argued that even though mills
worked up the 100000 bales at a
small loss, the industry would profit III
the long run through business revival
which such operations would encour-
age.
Funds May Be Necessary.
Oficials said there was a possibility
that additional funds would be needed
in developing the dumping" program
In such an event, the program would
have to await congressional action.
They said they hoped the bargain
priced products could be distributed
through wholesalers and retailers
rather than through Government
stores 1t was the Governments in
tention, they added. to interfere with
private business as little as possible.
In addition to the cotton program
the department is studying a proposal
to sell surplus vegetables. dairy and
live stock products and fruits to poor
Americans at reduced prices. 1t has
been suggested that such distribution
could be accomplished with a mini
mum of regulation by making only
poorer grades available at reduced
prices. Some authorities argue that
persons of higher incomes buy only
the better grades and consequently
would be unlikely to take advantage OF
the cl1t priceS
Evening star., 1938-10-16
BY lay CARMODY.

The Knickerbocker fathers, from
one of whom he is directly descended.
proved just as amusing to President
Roosevelt at the National Theater last
night as they did to the record audi
ence which saw "Knickerbocker Holi-
day" with him.
AS Playwright Maxwell Anderson
pictured them, with flashes of satire
that crossed three centuries to strike
current political notions and expert
ments, they evoked as much applause
and hearty laughter from the Presi-
dent as from any other member OF
the audience. Where Mr.. Anderson
was least tender with the PHILOSOPHERS
and practices of his forbears, the
President seemed the most amused.
Making his second appearance at q
local theater since entering the White
House, the President saw his good
friend Walter Huston in a musical
comedy which sings with more satire
than sweetness of the ways. and wiles
Of the early Dutch. Significant Of
their friendship is the fact that the
Evening star., 1938-10-16
MARYLAND MAN HURT
IN DOWNTOWN CRASH

Pinned under his own automobile
when it collided with another at
Thirteenth street and Massachusetts
avenue NV. early today, a motorist,
identified at Emergency Hospital as
William Huffman, 18, of Brentwood,
Md, was removed only after passers-
by lacked up the machine and ex-
tricated him. At the hospital he was
said to have head and arm injuries
the extent of which were not deter
mined Immediately
The accident occurred, police said
when car said to have been operated
by Huffman collided with another
driven by Burder B. Lineburg, 1927
Pennsylvania avenue NV. A pas
senger in the Brentwood youths car
John Jalden, whose age and address
was not learned, also was injured.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
LORD STANLEY DIES
IN LONDON AT a.
Dominions Secretary in British
Cabinet Was Heir to Earl
of Derby.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 16 Sunday Lord
Stanley, A, secretary for dominions
in the British cabinet and heir to the
Earl of Derby, died at $50 am today
10:30 pm, Eastern standard time,
Saturday,. He had been Ill several
weeks and underwent an operation
upon his return from Canada last
month
Stanley last May was promoted from
the post of parliamentary secretary for
India and Burma to head the domin-
ions ministry in a minor reshuff1e of
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain S
cabinet.
Malcolm Macdonald at that time
moved from the dominions post to be-
come colonial secretary so he might
deal with the troublesome Palestine
problem.
Eldest son and heir of the l7th Earl
Of Derby, Lord Stanley was born July
9, 1894. He was educated at Eton and
oxford before serving in the World
War until he was wounded
He was first elected to Parliament
in 1917 as Conservative.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
AUTO LOT OWNERS
HELD RESPONSIBLE E
Appellate Court Refuses to Review
Case Involving Theft
From Car.

Parking lot operators are responsible
for cars left in their care, the United
States Court of Appeals for the Dis
trict of Columbia held, in effect, it
was learned yesterday.
The appellate court has refused to
review case in which Judge Nathan
Cayton in the small claims branch OF
Municipal Court awarded Andrew J.
Snedaker 1860 for equipment stolen
from his automobile while it was in
lot owned by the Auto City Park
ing Co.
Judge Cayton ruled that the COM
pany was responsible for cars it agreed
to protect. Mr.. Snedaker set forth
the loss of spare tire. wheel, heater
and defroster from his car.
On September 9 Of this year David
Hornstein, attorney for the company,
appealed the decision. contending the
extent OF responsibility with which
parking lot operators were charged
never had been clearly determined by
the courts.
Evening star., 1938-10-16

Wisconsin, 26 to 6, and Notre Dame
remained in the select circle with
q 14-to-6 victory over Illinois.
Minnesota edged out Michigan,
to 6, while Stanford buried Oregon,
~ to Is, In the Pacific Coast
feature.
Locally, Georgetown and George
Washington remained undefeated,
each scoring its third victory. The
Hoyas trampled Randolph Macon,
80 to 0, while the Colonials clipped
Colorado, Is to 0. Maryland cap
tured its first triumph of the sea-
son, beating Western Maryland. IA
to 9, and American University
dropped its debut to Swarthmore,
II to 8.
At nearby Laurel, Seabiscuit was
defeated in the Laurel Stakes by
Jacola, which set track recoU.
(For complete details see sports
paSes.)
Evening star., 1938-10-16
library TRUSTEES
URGEP. W.A.P[EA
Report Asks Fund Appeal
for Central Building and
Several Branches.

Urging application for P. w. A.
grants for new central building
to be part of the municipal center group
and several branches, the Board Of
Trustees OF the Washington Free
Public Library, through Theodore W,
Noyes. president, has filed its annual
report with the Commissioners of the
District OF Columbia.
The trustees direct attention to the
increased demand of the people of
Washington for library service and
say that supplemental facilities are
urgently needed and will be most
advantageous"
AS submitted to the Commissioners,
the complete text of the report reads:
"On behalf of the Board Of Trus-
tees. I have the honor to submit the
report of the Free Public Library for
the fiscal year 1888 Included is the
report of the librarian to the Board
Of Library Trustees which gives in
some detail the activities and accom-
plishments Of the past year.
Service Progresses.
1T is gratifying to note the steady
progress of the library in quantity
and quality of service in its physical
growth through branches and in the
increasing esteem in which it is held
in the community.
THE building program developed
on the basis of surveys and studies
by the librarian and adopted by the
board was accelerated during the past
year.
The much needed new central Ii
orary was greatly advanced. For sew
eral years the trustees deliberations
have been chiefly concerned with this
problem of greater facilities for
the central library. The board
was unanimous in recognizing the
acute need for increased space both
Tor the public service and for admin
lstration purposes Recognizing the
serious financial condition confront
ing the District Government and the
local taxpayers, the trustees sought a
solution OF the problem which would
be sound but which would add the
least amount to the tax burden, and
accordingly made exhaustive studies of
various proposals. They came to the
final reluctant conclusion that a new
building, simple in design and stripped
OF any unnecessary ornamentation but
representing essential requirements for
the best modern service, was the only
solution that would be economically
sound and forward-looking.
1T will be of interest TO note the
successive happenings of which the
trend is now in the direction of real
izing the hopes in this connection of
the library trustees. In the last an
nual report Of the library trustees they
approved two amendments to ethe
then pending bill, which with other
provisions, legislated concerning the
greatly needed new central library
building. The first amendment strikes
out the words limiting the location of
the new library to a site west of Six
teenth street and north of Pennsyl-
vania venue and substitutes the
words in northwest Washington
The second amendment inserts the
words and the National Park and
(See LIBRARY. Page A-8)
Evening star., 1938-10-16
lost Girl Is Found.

CLEVELAND, Oct. Is R.-Eght-
year-old Betty Ann Rowland, object
of a 16-hour search by police after
she failed to return home from school
yesterday, was found today at the
home of a playmate where she spent
the night.
Fearing the child had been slain or
kidnapped, Detective Inspector Newell
had ordered so officers to scour Cleve-
lands East Side.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Woman Mistakes $25
For Cow as u. S. Pay
For Son Lost in War
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. Is
Miss Margaret Davis. in the office
of the State veterinarian here,
said today Henrico County
woman had confused the World
War with the departments war
against cattle afflicted by Bangs
disease.
Miss Davis said the woman
complained she had not been paid
for a cow killed by the Govern
ment because of Bangs disease.
Investigating, Miss Davis said the
woman told her she thought the
S25 check she received was pay
ment for her son killed in the
World War.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
HELD UP IN PARK

Man Takes Car After Robbing
Motorist of Keys.
Richard F. Prentis, %, Of 1927
Sixteenth street, N W., told police he
was held up at the point Of knife by
a young white man in Lafayette Park
early today and forced to turn over
the keys of his automobile. He told
police his assaliant then drove of in
the car without asking him for money
or other valuables. Police broadcast
a look out for the car, which bears
Maryland tags.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
1900 B0MBERS
REPORTED GOAL
OF ARMY A|RMEN
War Department Said to Be
. Considering Proposal
to Congress.
SPEED AND NOT SIZE
TO BE AIM IN FUTURE
Roosevelt Rearmament Plan to
Boom Recovery by Five
Billion, Leaders Say.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Military circles heard last night
that the War Department was con-
sidering asking Congress to authorize
a future strength of 1000 or more
planes for the Army Air Corps-nearly
double the present goal of 1920 first
line Warcraft
This development came shortly
after President Roosevelt had an
nounced that the country's defense
needs were being resurveyed in the
light of world conditions. Mr. Roose-
welt said the restudy, under way
for a year, had been forced to q
head by events of recent weeks.
A tentative figure mentioned as the
objective under consideration by the
War Department was APO aircraft
This would combine the Armys for
mer goal of 300 planes and the pres
, ent one of 1920, set in 1885 by the
board headed by former Secretary OF
War Newton D. Baker. With about
1900 first-line planes in service now
and upward of 1000 on order, the
Army expects to realize the Baker
objective by mid-l940.
No Funds to Attain Goals.
Oficials stressed that congressional
authorizations represent future goals
and provide no funds to attain them.
Actual appropriations are acted on
. separately.
Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief
of the Air Corps, disclosed that it
intended to concentrate more on speed,
and factors other than size. in flu
ture construction.
No more 32-ton super flying
fortress" bombers, of which the Army
has single experimental model. are
scheduled to be built for the time
being The l7-ton flying fortress"
such as made round-trip flights this
year to South America, will remain
the Army's largest. Thirty-nine of
these are already in service or being
built.
Though officials declined comment
on this point, plane designs are be-
lieved to have been drafted to put
into early effect Mr.. Rosevelt's sug-
sestion regarding mass production of
at least some types of planes
AS to the size of bombers, Gen.
Arnold said the Air Corps intended to
concentrate on craft of from 9 to 20
tons.
He said the Air Corps needed light,
fast craft to serve with troops, and
heavy four-engined planes for distant
strategic objectives and for reinforc-
ing garrisons in Hawaii, Panama and
also Alaska, IF and when we estab-
lish bases there"
The "super-f1ying fortress in addi-
ton to being extremely costly, has
shown limitations, Gen. Arnold said.
Lawmakers Back Idea.
Encouragement for proposals to
augment aerial defenses came during
the day from several members of
Congress.
Representative Rayburn, Democrat.
of Texas, House majority leader. ex-
pressed belief that "the American
people are for an adequate national
defense, whatever that may be- espe-
cially as applied to the air force and
the Navy"
FIVE-BILLION RISE SEEN
Evening star., 1938-10-16
SYNAG0GUES DAMAGED
Vienna Rioters Reported to Have
Mishandled Rabbi.

VIENNA, Oct. Is tPl.-The Schiff-
schul Synagogue. attended by Ortho-
dox Jews, was damaged tonight by a
mob of rioters who smashed its win
dows and marched on to other syna-
gogues for further demonstrations.
Jews reported rabbi had been mis-
handled by the mob.
Gangs Of youths have paraded
through the extensive Jewish quarter
for several nights smashing synagogue
windows and the fronts of JEWISH
owned stores
Evening star., 1938-10-16
BY the Associated Press.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct. l5.-Police,
brandishing night sticks, escorted gray
uniformed members of the German
American Bund from a meeting hall
tonight as crowd which had gathered
outside shouted threats and jeers.
Despite police vigilance. tires on
automobiles belonging to several bund
members were slashed, windshields
we're smashed and one woman was
slightly injured when she was pulled
from her car several blocks from the
scene of the meeting
For three hours, crowd estimated
by police at more than 1000 milled
outside the meeting hall, blocking
traffic.
Cries of dirty Nazis" and why
don't you 60 back to Hitler" were
raised as police escorted bund men,
bers to the street.
Immediately after the meeting, men,
bers of the Syracuse Post of the Amer
ican Legion held IAN emergency" ses-
Evening star., 1938-10-16
In Today's Star.

A full page of fashions,
style hints and a column on
Washington's own style parade
appears today on page D-12, a
new feature of The Sunday
Star.
The part P. w. A. will play
in the development of Wash
ington is presented in a spe-
cial story by Nelson M. Shep-
ard on page CA.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Athlete Injured in Crash.

DURHAM, N. c., Oct Is (R-
Herbert Hudgins, %, of Norfolk, Va,
star end on Duke University's 1897
football team, and Miss Ray Francis,
81. of Richmond, Va, were seriously
injured in an automobile accident
near here tonight. John Long, OF Nor
folk, third occupant Of the car. was
slightly hurt.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
FIVE-BILLION RISE SEEN
Hugh Industrial Spending Awaited as
Adjunct to Army Plan.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct 15.-The same
business leaders who accurately FORE
cast President Roosevelts billion dol
lar rearmament plan week in ad-
vance estimated today the program
would stimulate industrial spending
OF at least s5,OOO,O0O,O 900 additional
during the next Is months.
The broad plans now being worked
out in conferences between business
executives and Government officials
they said. were designed to become the
dominating factor in the recovery
picture.
The huge scope of the program, they
added, was not yet fully realized by
the country at large.
The executives spoke candidly-as
they did eight days ago in predicting
the Presidents program-under a
pledge that they would not be iden-
titled.
The rearmament program viewed
economically, they explained. marks
. basic change in the Governments
IeSOscly plObl all, o. S"ioSi Va ChipAlo-
sis-which many business leaders have
long sought-from consumer goods to
heavy industry.
A fundamental goal will be the re-
moval from w. P. A. pay rolls to
sainful private employment of a ma
jor portion Of the unemployed by the
end Of the period-in 1910.
The figure Of $1,000, 100000 quoted
in Washington dispatches relates only
to the total contemplated addition tc
the budget, they said. whereas the pro-
gram as a whole, including non
budgeted Federal loans and private
participation, involves mot less than
S. 600, 900 900" additional.
According to their calculations, the
broad effects of the rearmament pro.
gram should begin to be felt by mid
snrine and should reach a peak be.
tween is months and two years from
+he nresent. or in the summer ane
fall of 1910.
Chief elements in the defense pro.
gram, aside from the obvious ones OF
ARMY, Navy and merchant marine ex-
mansion, we're described as these:
1. A public utility expansion pro-
gram involving expenditure of not less
than $4,000, ,000,0 in the first phase
u5 months to two years., for new
6see DEFENSE, Page A-4) 4
Evening star., 1938-10-16
Two Killed in Crash.

NEWTON. Miss. Oct. Is (P.-Two
persons were killed and 10 injured in
a school bus truck collision near For
est, Miss, tonight. The dead are D.
B. Cullum, 78. and Mrs. Ida Lshee, 66,
of near Little Rock, Miss.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
TYPHOON KILLS As
116 Other japanese Missing or
Kyushu Island.

Kyushu Island.
TOXIC, Oct l6 Sunday R-
Forty-six persons were reported dead
and 116 missing today by dispatches
from Kagoshima, which said typhoon
had swept in on Kyushu Island. the
southernmost Of the japanese chain.
High winds and rain had continued
since Friday. Numerous small boats
were missing from Kagoshima harbor.
Evening star., 1938-10-16

(See LIBRARY, Page A-8.)