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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-09-16

flights Of stairs in great hotel, In
total darkness, bump your nose into
several great columns, find your
room, in total darkness, undress.
bathe, 20 to bed, determined TO
start your sleep In spite or the
threats Of Franco, Of death and OF
the devil? Did YOU ever2 After
and a half hours nobody knew
whether the raiders were going To
break through but for some Of us
it was bedtime, and to bed we went.
Then, just as | was falling asleep
the sirens screamed againi got up,
opened the door and asked the
Catalan maid whether the raiders
had got through. She explained that
the second siren meant: The raid
was off - the invaders were beaten
or turned back.
Inside lights went on. Outside
lights still dark.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-09-16
who was on her way to work.

who was on her way to work.
Police say Rogers told them he
robbed his victim Of SIS and the
money, blood stained was recovered
by the officers. Rogers was placed
under arrest few hours after dis
covery of the body.
Rouma, who is said to have been
born in Canada had been here only
two weeks and was known as q
spiritual adviser. He had a large
number Of clients, both colored and
white. The body is being held at
the Andrews Undertaking company,
but no relatives have as yet been
located. He is said to have two
daughters, one living in New York
City, the other in New Orleans.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-09-16
AIR r AID
Ry WILLIAM PICKENS
Eor AMP

BARCELONA Spain, Aug. IA.
about 10 D.. The siren screamed
and motorcycle officers flew down
the streets with rattling whistles.
"A raidr' all lights went out Al
once-tllat is, all lights inside al
houses, as thes outside lights are
never lighted these days in BARGE
iona. A great city with more than
two million people in Il, and not a
street light.
When the alarm sounded we went
out to see the sights, altho Il Is said
that one il generally safer INSIDE.
But inside, half building may fall
in on you; while outside, the ffag
ments or shrapnell may get you. But
outside you can see the sights the
long streams Of searchlights PLAYING
from hills and harbor, searching
among the clouds for the threatening
bombers. Those searehlights are tho
only lights over vast darkness that
was once luminous city. Then one
hears the droning plane propeilefs
and does not know whether they be
the defense planes, or the hell
machines from Mallorca Islands.
Strange: one is not afraid. No
body expects to be killed, altho IN il
/.
recent raid 500 were killed and 1900
wounded. Even all auto lights 90
out but the machines keep moving
at about 20 miles per hour, some
faster.
During the afternoon | had visited
several government officers and had
been given pelnit and assigned
chauffeur for 4 tfip to Motafo
hospital next day An American
woman from Boston went along, as
she too, was wanting hospital
permit, which abe failed q get
But just before dinner stepped into
a moving picture place "a Paseo dc
Gracias, and saW Alieky Mouse. or
as he il hefaldea il spain Raton
Mickey There ms quite crowd
at the movies ana siieley entertain
ed with one 1T his Westerns,
rescuing Ration Minnie and with
q bee scene ana another reel But
Mickey was not the whole of this
show; there Qare scenes, deeora-
tions, war manufacture, publie con
struction, The building VI planes,
tanks, guns, great guns The war
psychology holds the movie news
There was running commentary on
the scenes, Lowell Thomas fashion
Then we had diuner between s
and 8 ia the Majestic holel, and
most Of the guests had retired to
the various coffee Tables ii the
anteroom q talk of War and soei-
ETY., of home and friends of plans.
Then suddenly the siren and the
whistles and complete darkness. A
raid!
The defense planes and the
searchlights and the semi etoudiness
evidently discouraged The invaders.
for apparently no bombs we're ut
loose on the city The moon s. not
shining the nights and air invaders
q, 4 T. Z y
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Al X X A M S "A N
& O N r z s s e S
BRUTAL MURDER
or SPIRITUAL
A ID v S e X !"
nps syEs's

CAMDEN, Ark, Sept. 14.-(By
James Z. Johnson for AMP Excel
Rogers, 27 years old, last Wednes-
day confessed the brutal Staying of
Prof Z Bordeaux Rouma Of Cor
siear,a, Texas, whose knife hacked
body was found early Monday in a
ditch off the Magnolia Highway, by
Mrs. Ella Montgomery, colored cook
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Philadelphia, moved to New York
On Tuesday, taking quarters in the
office ef calvin's Newspaper Service
ct 143 w. I25th street. Mr.. Todd
will live In New York and operate
from there. The Todd agency was
started in Burlington, N. u, three
years ago.
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Thomas Todd Moves
Advertising Agency
To New ork

NEW YORK, Sept. "A. Co
Thomas Todd, operator Of the ad-
vertising agency Of Todd & Todd,
formerly Of 1919 Lombard street,
Evening star., 1938-03-02
Los ANGELES HIT
BY NEW DE[UGE
Streets Run With Water,
Homes Threatened,
Walls Collapse.
BY the Associated Press,

. LOS ANGELES, March "A new
rainstorm created flood conditions in
Los Angeles County from the noun
tains to the sea today, marooning
homes, washing out roads and filling
control dams to capacity.
In downtown Los Angeles store
fronts were sandbagged for protection
AS streets ran curb-full with water.
Lifeguard boats were requested for a
southwest district of the city. inun-
dated to depts of four and five feet.
Collapsed retaining walls and land
slides were reported at many points,
one slide burying eight garages in mud.
Fifty houses in Topanga Canyon were
threatened by the storm run-off. Oc-
cupants were trapped in the canyon
by road washout.
Los Angeles was drying out from
three days of continual rain when the
new storm broke last night. Nearly
2 inches Of precipitation fell before
dawn.
In the unceasing downpour, Holly
wood firemen hurried to save a $20,-
900 home from sliding down a hill
behind the Trocadero cafe. A lake
had formed back of the home and the
foundations were being washed away.
Other residences on the same street,
North Belfast, also were imperiled.
The pelting rain continued as work.
aday folk struggled to get to Offices and
shops over streets that we're surging
rivers.
Evening star., 1938-03-02
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
BIG v. P. A. BILL
$3.50, 900, 900 Is Authorized
as Agency Prepares to
Hire 100000.
BY the Associated Press.


President Roosevelt signed the
$250,000,000 emergency relief appro-
priation bill today to provide supple
mental funds for the Works Progress
Administration up to next June 80.
Works Progress Administration Of
fcials authorized their State admin
istrators today to hire 100000 more
relief workers this month, to offset
part OF the unemployment increase at
tributed to the business recession.
Is to Is Per Cent Rise.
Aubrey Williams. acting w. P. A..
administrator during the convalescence
OF Harry Hopkins. estimated that the
March increases would pull up local
enrollments from Is to Is per cent,
depending on State needs.
Without the new money, to be avail
able as soon as Mr.. Roosevelt signed
the measure, w. P. A. rolls would have
been curtailed by 100000 between now
and July /, Mr.. williams said, instead
OF being increased.
100000 in February.
Thus w. P. A. rolls, which reached
100000 in February, will be open to
100000 more persons than had been
contemplated last year when Congress
allotted 1,500,000,000 for the 12
months.
F.. Mr.. Williams said he expected large
industrial centers to furnish heaviest
demands for a slice of the new relief
money, but added:
There is no part Of the country
that is not affected in some real de.
gree"
Evening star., 1938-03-02
CHURCH ASSA|LED
BY AUSTRIAN NAz|S
Modification of Relations
With Vatican Demanded
by Graz Leaders.
B. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press
GRAZ, Austria, March 2.-Nazi
leaders In this center Of Austrian
Nazidom advanced a demand today
that the traditionally Catholic nation
modify its relations with the Vatican.
THE concordat must be changed"
they said, as the Nazi-inclined minister
Of interior, Arthur Seysz-Inquart, con-
tinued efforts to mollify the excited
National Socialists.
Handbills assailing the church were
distributed. They did not, however,
ask specific changes in the concordat
or set forth the Nazi reason for wish
ing to alter church-state relations.
Seysz-Inquart, whose appointment
to the Austrian cabinet last month was
approved by Germany's Fuehrer Hitler,
came here to the welcome of an esti-
mated 10000 Nazis who paraded
noisily through the city last night by
torchlight. Police and soldiers did
not interfere.
Has Delicate Problem.
Seysz-Inquart had before him the
delicate problem Of satisfying, on the
one hand, the Nazis bent on complete
union and Hitlerization OF Austria; :;
on the other, Chancellor Schuschnigg's s
program to coax the Nazis into his
Fatherland Front party, with the con-
dition that they strive wholeheartedly
for independence.
Principal Nazi demands presented to
Seysz-Inquart were for legal rights to
belong to the Nazi party lthe father
land front is Austria's sole legal party,
permission for a Nazi membership
drive to serve as plebiscite on the
nations wishes, and ban on socialist
and communist organization.
The Graz Nazis, claiming 90 per
cent of the Styria provincial govern
ment officials and 50 per cent of city
ofncials, were determined to attain
more power without Berlin, il need
be-" they declared.
There was hope, nevertheless, that
Seysz-Inquart, in his position as
Irlendly 10 Hitler and member of
the Austrian government, might effect
compromise.
Favor for Schuschnigg.
While it was Nazi day in styria.
in other provinces there were signs of
an upsurge in Chancellor Schuschniggs
popularity. RI,
From Innsbruck and Salzburg came
reports the Fatherland Frontiers
enthusiastically were organizing pa
triotic demonstrations for the coming
week. In Vienna there was feminine
rally to Schuschnigg, with the
"Frauenschaft" of the Front deter
mined on a demonstration Friday.
They are to hear, among others, Fanny
Starhemberg. mother of the Fascist
Prince Starhemberg, whose private
army, the Heimwehr, was disbanded
in 1886.
Starhemberg is now out OF the coun-
try on his honeymoon, but a move
ment is under way to reorganize the
Heimwehr members as a political unit
to combat NaA inroads in Austria.
Evening star., 1938-03-02
REALTY MORTGAGE
FIRM REORGAN|zED
Federal-American Company
to Keep Same Officials
in New Set-Up.

Reorganization of the Federal.
American Co, real estate and mort
gage firm, to operate under a new
Delaware charter as the American Co..
was announced today.
John Poole. president Of the COM
pany, said reorganization of the capi-
tai structure was made necessary by
the existence of technical capital
deficit, which situation prevented the
old company from distributing any of
its earnings -
Federal-American stockholders ap-
proved the reorganization plan yes
terday and took final action to trans
fer all assets and liabilities of the
old company to the new firm. The
plan provides for the exchange Of one
share Of new preferred stock, with
par value Of Sl00. for each share of
the old preferred stock, and one
share Of new common stock for eight
shares of the old common stock.
Mr.. Poole said capital and surplus
Of the new company will amount to
$697,7Sl.
The same board of directors is re-
tanned by the new company. which
will have Offices at BOT Fifteenth
street NV. for carrying on a general
real estate and mortgage business.
Preparation of certificates will delay
the actual exchange of stock until
the latter part of March, Mr.. Poole
said. The new preferred stock will
be S per cent cumulative. The di-
rectors are authorized to declare
IS per share annual dividend on the
new common stock if earnings are
sufficient.
Mr.. Poole was president of the Fed
eral-American National ank g. Trust
Co., which closed in 1888. It's assets
were taken over by the Hamilton Ma
tional Bank.
Evening star., 1938-03-02
TOXIC IS ALARMED
OVER AIR RAIDS.
Bombings Figure in Debate
Over Drastic Mobilization
Legislation.
By the Associated Press.

TOXIC. March 2-Japan's ever
present fear of air raids on her
closely-packed cities in "the next war"
figured heavily today in excited
parliamentary debate over the govern
ment's drastic national mobilization
bill.
Defending the measure, which
Parliament members have attacked as
dictatorial and Fascistic, Maj. Gen.
Isamu Yokoyama declared:
In the next war Japan will suffer
air raids. 1t is quite possible that the
Diet (Parliament) could not b con-
vened because of destruction, of rail-
roads and highways following an
enemy raid"
The general said that because Of
this danger. the law was necessary
as an emergency instrument through
which the nation instantly could be
placed on war footing.
Wide Control Provided.
In general, the bill would give the
government wide control powers over
Japan's business life, even to the
extent that it could "expropriate SUBJ
jects of the empire and cause them to
be engaged in a general mobilization
of business"
Only a week ago Chinese planes
bombarded the Japanese Island OF
Formosa and on the next day air
alarms were sounded in Japan proper.
warning of the approach of raiders
who did not appear
Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye
made his first appearance in Parlia-
ment since his cabinet and lawmakers
moved into a bitter deadlock over the
war control measure, and met a
whitening fire of questions from men,
bers.
One Diet member told the Premier
that the people, fearful Of losing their
constitutional rights, were struck
with terror" when they saw the bill.
Unrest is now prevailing through
out Japan" he said.
Does Not Aim at Dictatorship.
The Premier acknowledged that
similar foreign legislation had been
studied, but said the proposed law
docs not aim at a dictatorship" in
Japan.
1T was formulated after careful in
vestigation, taking the merits and
abandoning the dement's of foreign
laws in order to suit Japan's particular
situation" he explained.
TT would be premature to regard it
as Fascism because the Japanese ma
tional policy Is so remote from those Of
Italy and Germany"
Diet observers found q possible me-
dium of compromise In the Premier's
remarks about proposed national
mobilization council.
The power to declare state Of
emergency necessitating the national
mobilization provided in the bill would
rest with the council. The Premier
explained that the majority Of council
seats would be occupied by Diet mem
bers.
Evening star., 1938-03-02
NienOeller
Continued From First Page.)

and 80 ordinary spectators who were
lucky enough to find available seats.
Mr.. Niemoeller entered the court
room exactly at noon. Smiling broad
ly, evidently sure of himself, he
slapped one Of his attorneys on the
shoulder.
The court entered at 1905 pm,
with the presiding judge saying Il
once more give the floor to the Defend
ant Niemoeller'
The pastor rose, asying:
Il have nothing to add to my obser-
vations last Saturday, and ask the
court to deliver q verdict Of not guilty.
II have finished"
The verdict was pronounced as Mr..
Niemoeller listened serenely, smiling at
his wife and children.
Trial Was Secret.
The pastor was tried before q secret
tribunal, after his bitter protest in q
45-r1inute speech to the three presid-
ing judges on the opening day.
why am I here under the ACCUSE
ton Of traitor?" he cried. I've done
nothing to justify such a charge"
The 46-year -old minister for years
was an outspoken campaigner against
Fuehrer Hitler's efforts to Nazify re-
ligion in Germany. This campaign
ended with his arrest July /.
His trial could have been avoided
had he been willing to agree to cease
his attacks, but he refused stanchly
to do this.
In the turbulent past five years he
has been under arrest repeatedly, has
submitted to frequent searches Of his
parish house and his private apart
ment. His wires were tapped, his mail
opened, secret service agents took
notes when he preached, q bomb was
thrown into his parsonage in 1884,
and he even was trailed on errands.
Evening star., 1938-03-02
BURCH RITES TOMORROW
Veteran Engineer to Be Given
Funeral at 8 AM.

Funeral services for James B. Burch,
40, of 12l Twelfth street Sc, veteran
locomotive engineer of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, who died Sunday in
Miami, Fla, will be held here at 9
am. tomorrow in Holy Comforter
Catholic Church, following brief serv-
ices at Chambers Southeast Funeral
Home, SIT Eleventh street Sc. Burial
will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Burch, native of Charles
County, Md, had worked for the rail-
road for 80 years and had been an
engineer since 1917 between Wash
ington and New York. He had been
i'll for sometime and went to Florida
few days ago.
Evening star., 1938-03-02
Reorganizing
Continued From First Page.)


ing Undivided responsibility and ef-
ficient management in the hands of
the Chief Executive?" Mr.. Walsh in
quired.
If independence from executive con-
troll is the goal, he said, this could be
accomplished by giving the commits
sion 15-year terms. He denied, how
ever, the claim of advocates that the
bill would prevent presidential removal
of the administrator The omission of
specific power to remove does not put
the administrator beyond presidential
removal or make his 15-year team Sc
cure, Mr.. Walsh contended, citing
court decisions. Loss Of the commits
sion does away with i-partisanship,
he pointed out.
The arguments used to justify one
man civil service rule would apply
with equal force to the Social Security
Act or to a number of other agencies
for which Congress has boards or
commissions, the Massachusetts Sena-
tor declared.
In opposing the Advisory Board,
Senator Walsh explained the COM
mission already has a council of
personnel administration, through
which the 10 executive departments
and independent agencies cooperate
with it on personnel problems.
For several hours yesterday after
noon Senator Byrd, Of Virginia, Demo-
crat and leading opponent of the bill
In its present form, exchanged argu-
ments with several supporters Of the
measure over the relative merits of
the present and proposed Federal &C.
counting systems.
McCarIs Supervision Defended.
The Virginian battled for reten-
ton of the General Accounting Office,
and defended the supervision of that
Office by former Controller General
J. r. McCarl. Senator Byrd admitted
the contention of the proponents that
the G. A. O. makes q pre-audit only
when a department requests a ruling
in advance, and that only a small
percentage OF disbursements are pre-
audited.
The Virginian, however, added:
"The real power, as I have said, is
IN the pre-examination which Is per-
mitted by the Controller General and
which is denied in the pending BILL
because there cannot be any audit OF
any funds under the. pending bill by
the auditor general except as q post
audit, after the money has been spent.
Virtues Claimed for Plan.
Senators Byrnes of South Carolina
and Schwellenbach of Washington
Democrats, interrupted Senator Byrd's
speech to take issue with his conten-
tions and to stress their belief in the
superiority of the new plan, under
which current accounting would be
vested in the Burget Bureau, with q
post-audit and report to Congress by
the independent auditor generals
office.
Senator Schwellenbach insisted the
new plan is in accord with the &C.
cepted system of accounting in the
private business world. He argued
1t il a mistake to have the same
agency give preliminary opinions or
current expenditures and also MAKE
the post audit of those expenditures.
Evening star., 1938-03-02
NJ 'CL0SKEY ASKED
TO RETAIN POST
Philadelphia Democratic
Committee Urges Him to
"Revoke" Decision.
BY the Associated Press,

HARRISBURG, Pa, March "A
recommendation that Matthew H.
McCloskey of Philadelphia revoke"
his decision to quit a State Demo-
cratic committee post highlighted DO
litical developments today in Penn
sylvania.
The Philadelphia City Democratic
Committee. meeting last night. adopt
ed a resolution calling upon State
Chairman David L. Lawrence to re-
fuse to accept McCloskey's resigna-
tion as chairman Of the Finance
Committee Of the State organization
Mr.. McCloskey's announcement last
Saturday that he was quitting poll
tics forever and day" followed
newspaper attacks on him as CON
tractor boss"
The Philadelphia Committee last
night also expressed absolute con-
f1dence" in John B. Kelly, Philadel-
phia city chairman. 1t had been re-
ported that Mr.. Kelly might step
out along with Mr.. McCloskey.
The resolution asked Mr.. McCloskey
to recall his resignation so that the
party may again present a united
fighting front in the pending cam
paign."
The attacks upon Mr.. McCloskey
came from sources that were repre-
sented as opposed to the State Com
mittees recent Endorsement Of Charles
Alvin Jones. Pittsburgh attorney, as
the party's choice for Governor.
Meantime last night. Attorney Cen
eral Charles j. Margiotti, Lieut.. Gov.
Thomas Kennedy and Luther A. Harr.
Philadelphia city treasurer, conferred
In Philadelphia. Mr.. Margiotti al
ready Is a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor. Mr..
Kennedy and Mr.. Harr both have
been reported as other likely candi-
dates.
Evening star., 1938-03-02

S. Of the 207 companies used indus
trial detective service, and paid g..
250,O00 to industrial detective agen-
cies in the years 1888 to 1897.
The income charts showed that the
international program Of the asso-
c1atton was undertaken first in 1884,
and brought approximately $4,000 IN
contributions in that year. For 1897
contributions for this purpose reached
about 100000.
The largest contribution to the as
sociation in any one month was last
June, when the little STEEL strike was
under way.
Directing his questioning first at
Mr.. Weisenburger, Senator La Toilette
was told that the association has a
membership Of about 5000 "respon-
sible" manufacturers. The association
has a board of 80 directors, it was ex-
planned, who in turn name associate
officers and q governing Executive
Committee.
Questioned Closely.
Establishing the existence of COM
mittees on employment relations,
public relations and national indus
trial information, Chairman La Fol-
lette questioned both witnesses closely
about the functions of these groups.
Mr.. Sargent said that an open shop
committee had met twice with the
employment relations body in 1888, but
had not met since.
Mr.. Weisenburger estimated that
members and affiliates OF the associa-
ton employ nearly 100000 workers,
almost one-half OF the total manufac-
turing workers.
Is it the function OF the associa-
tion to voice the united opinion of its
members?" Senator La Toilette asked
That is more an ambition or ideal
than 4 fact" Mr.. Weisenburger said.
Evening star., 1938-03-02
PAPERS ARE FILED
FOR HALE ESTATE
Court Is Asked to Appoint
Administrator for Surviving
Sister, 80.

The District Court was asked today
10 appoint an administrator for the
estate OF Miss Olivia Hale, 30, who
lived FOR years on charity, but in whose
apartment was found $4,000 in cash
when she and her sister, Miss Roberta
Hale, 80, were taken to Gallinger
Hospital last December 30.
The petition for letters of admins
tration was filed by John A. Hale, a
nephew, of 2027 Benning road N. E.
who was represented by Attorney John
]. Carmody.
The appointment of an admins
traitor for her estate and a guardian
Tor the surviving sister was asked.