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WALL STREET Stocks and Curb Closing Prices THE WEATHER Daily EAGLE FAIR AND CONTINUED TOMORROW FAIR AND 95th YEAR No. 358 NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1935 32 PAGES THREE CENTS tagress Finds Asked IXALY, HIT BY SANCTIONS, SNOW RELAXES COLD GRIP FATAL TO 207 IN NATION EArEUTED TU ASK. FEAUJli; LAVAL OPPOSES NEW BAN 15 Predicted London Oil Ban Move Fliers Bomb Volcano As Lava Imperils Hilo Chief Worries Supreme Court Rulings Provide Third Big Fac-, tor at New Session Cade Bure.ni. By CLINTON L. ivlOSHER Washington, Dec.

27 Members of Congress, pouring back here after Christmas with faces that are not iling, realize that wtiat they will be asked to do or forced to do after the session opens Jan. 3 largely dependent on three things 1. War clouds over Europe. 2. What the Supreme Court does with New Deal laws now pending before it, notably the Agricultural Adjustment Act.

3. Next year's elections. These lawmakers, returning for the second session of the 74th Con gress, are not unlike men standing against a wall with innumerable snipers about to take pot shots of President Koosevelt. Roosevelt, all the members of the It iu am! ii Hum tne lip m-i ship of the Senate must face the test oi tne uauot dox next year. Will Try to Rush Session Both the President and the Con gress Will make every effort to rush through their business, pack up and return home, allowing nlentv of to don overalls and mend political a iences.

However, tilings do not ai-way work out that way before national elections and it. la hotter that SMMStttrSEe hope is that Congress will not ad- April. The Republican National Convention, already agreed upon as Continued on Page 3 Smoke in Theater 1 I Army planes today were to drop bombs on Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii in an attempt to divert the fuming, roaring stream of molten lava which is now headed for the water supply of Hilo. The picture shows a similar eruption of the volcano in 1926. Drives 300 jW MAUN MA QJfpM Oiled Dead as Duce Is Hit by Gold Drain and Lack of Major Victories -Paris Premier Expresses Fears Indemnity Asked By Haile Selassie Addis Ababa, Dec.

27 (iP) Reliable sources disclosed today the Ethiopian delegation to the League of Nations has been authorized to discuss peace terms. These terms were said to include the withdrawal of Italian troops from Ethiopia, the recognition of Ethiopia as a sovereign State and the payment of an indemnity by Italy. The Emperor also was reported to ask that the boundaries between Ethiopia and the Italian colonies be delimited by a commission appointed by the League of Nations. It was stated the Emperor was ready to pledge that Ethiopia would seek foreign advice and economic, administrative and financial assistance with Italian Influence barred. London, Dec.

27 (P) Re- sponsible sources expressed the belief today that the move to impose embargoes on oil and certain other raw materials to Italy was dead and will not be revived. Present sanctions against Italy, said these sources, are proving more effective than was anticipated. In government and diplomatic quarters the view as express that Premier Mussolini soon will be forced to sue for peace because ot the rapid gold drain from the Bank of Italy, absence of any outstanding military success in Ethiopia and the approach of the rainy season there Authoritative souces also hinted that the nations around the Med-iterranian may hold a conference to decide on joint defensive action In said that the British Gov-sponsor of the idea, has Continued on Pace 1 President Silent On Lindberghs Washington. Dec. 27 (Presi dent Roosevelt refused to comment today at his press conference on the departure from this country' of Col.

and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh and their son Jon. The Lindberghs are reported by friends to be planning a residence Cardiff. Wales.

Dec. 27 Mem bers of the family of Aubrey Morgan, brother-in-law of Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, asserted today they were as much In the dark concerning the Lindberghs' plans in England as any one else. a i onT Dec.

27 (TV-Prompted by the Lindberghs' departure from the country, Senator Pope Idaho.i announced today he would ask a Congressional investigation of crime in the hope of making America a safer place in which to live. Sullivan Law Holds Owner of Blackjack John Martell. 34. of 369 's Oakland was arraigned today in Bridge Plaza Court, on a charge of violating the Sullivan Law. He pleaded not guilty and was held in $2,500 bail for the grand Jury.

In Gty Tonight; Cold Kills Two 10 Injured in Mishaps Caused by Weather-Mercury Skids to 17 Winter was scheduled to retain its Icy grip on New York City today, with no relief in sight until tomor- Irom the cold wave which has caused two deaths and injuries to at least 10 persons. The official forecast at noon was fair tonight and fair and somewhat warmer tomorrow. The lowest temperature anticipated for tonight was 15 degrees. Weather officials said no snow was in prospect to hamper further the task of removing the Christmas night snowfall which froze to icy hardness, resisting the attacks of a large force of workers and delaying traffic in all parts of the city. Minimum is 17 The minimum temperature this morning was 17 degrees at 7 and 8 a.m.

The mercury rose to 19 a.m. and was expected to reach 25 By mia-atternoon. The official temperatures morning were as follows: Midnight 18 8 a.m 1 a.m 19 9 a.m 19,10 a.m 20 11 a.m 3 a.m. 20 Noon 22 5 a.m 19 1 p.m 23 6 a.m 18 2 p.m 24 7 a.m 17 The average temperature yesterday was 22 degrees, which Is 11 degrees below the normal for the day. Two dead and ten injured was yesterday's toll of Icy streets in New York City.

One of the dead, an un identified man, was found in front of 484 Broadway, In the Williamsburg section, and six of the Injured were nurt in Brooklyn. Victim of Exposure The other local death was that of Thomas McCaffrey, 55 and home-Continued on Page 2 Borah Expected To Speak in Boro Supporters of Senator Borah Presidential aspirations have tenta tively arranged to have him speak in Brooklyn Jan. 28, it was reported today. This speed would open his campaign in the metropolitan district. Washington, Dec.

27 (P) Edgar Cook. Chicago attorney, an nounced after a conference with Senator Borah today that the Liberal Republican Voters League of Illinois would put a slate of Borah delegates in the Illinois Presiden tial primary regardless oi whether the Idahoan formally enters that contest. Foe of U. S. Utility Relents and Agrees To Equipment Sale Boston, Dec.

27 OP) A Boston manufacturer of boiler parts capitu lated ioaay ana agreea to sen nis products to the Government for the uuoddy tidal power project Maine, alter rerusing since October because Quoddy, he said, was "8 ludicrous and asinine Idea." 1 sn in, who believed the project would i oir.oe! i ity companies, yielded to the plea of a contractor whose contract for Quoddy work specified Stetson's products. profit on the sale, however. G-Men Take Milne On Mystery Errand Woodstock, N. Dec. 27 OP) In an unexpected move todny, Federal agents were reported to have taken young Caleb Milne 4th away from his mother's house, where he has been recovering Horn the effects of four days In the hands of supposed kidnapers.

Their destuiation was not disclosed. This development recalled un verified reports in PhiladelDhia that a suspect was being held In con- nection with the Milne case. New Storm Blankets North Plains States in Eastward Swirl-Dixie Skates-Traffic Toll 86-Exposure, 55 Chicago, Dec. 27 (P) A new snow carpet rolled out of the Northwest today carrying warmer weather for a frostbitten nation. It was due to whiten the same path in which zero chill dealt death directly or indirectly to at least 207 persons in the last two days.

All but four States Washington, Oregon, California and Nevada-shivered under freezing temperatures when the snow wave began winging eastward. Snow fell in North Dakota, Minnesota, western Kansas and Iowa. Temperatures moderated in the northern great plains. By nightfall snow was expected to cover the mid-West and East. Deaths Continue to Rise The number of deaths continued to mount.

Eight more were added to the list of exposure victims, four in Illinois, three in Pennsylvania ana one in North Carolina, boosting the total to 63. A fourth per son died from burns in a CCC camp fire at Waterbury. Vt. Traffic deaths rose to 87 with a new accident in Michigan. Snowdrifts and ice still isolated some communities.

No bread had been brought into Centerville, since Christmas Eve, but heavy Yule stocks tinued to hold out. Buses blocked off from the South, and the mail could not come through. Mails were also delayed at Easton, Md, All the Southland was due for i other freezing tonight, even northern counties of Florida. Of the 207 deaths attributed to the cold wave in 28 states traffic accidents accounted for the greatest number, 86, but the lives of 55 were Snuffed out by exposure. Seventeen uiea in nres, inaieciiy attrmutea the weather, seven succumbed carbon monoxide fumes, five Continued on Fare 3 Bury 'Model Boy' Slain in Burglary A broken-hearted mother wept for her "model boy," killed Tuesday In an attempted burglary as he went to his grave in St.

John's Cemetery, Middle Village, today. The body of 16-year-old William Peach was taken from his home at 171-17 105th South Jamaica, at 2 p.m. as his mother, Mrs. Christine Peach, cried out: "My boy was a good boy. He could not have done such a thing unless he was influenced by others.

He never did anything like that before. He was a member of the Boy Scouts and went to St. Monica's Church every Sun-Young Peach was shot dead by a policeman after he had unknowingly disturbed an "electric eye" burglar alarm in a store at 165th St. and Jamaica Jamaica. His mother, a widow, earns $13 per week as a kitchen helper.

Paris Sees Hope In Navy Parley Paris, Dec. 27 OP) France may propose a fleet limitation plan ceptable to all five Powers when the London Naval Conference recon- venes next month, Navy Minister Francois Pietrl said today in statement to Le Petit Journal. The French delegates and experts during the conference recess, pietri said. France feels as strongly as does Japan against any attempt of the American and British navies to cause their pre-eminence to become permanent, he asserted. While working on a new plan for an agreement to replace the expiring Washington and London naval limitations treaties, he said, "it is well understood that there is not now, and there will not be, any question of our abandoning current bunding.

In Today's Eagle Dftth NoticM In Truck Fight 2 Hour Hauling Con- cerns Seek Injunction, $250,000 Damages Two flour trucking companies today applied to Supreme Court Justice Conway for an injunction restraining officers and members oi the trucking unions connected with the American Federation of Labor from interfering vith the drivers of C. and L. Trucking Company, and the S. and H. Trucking Company, also sought $250,000 damages from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers of America.

Locals 138 and 807. and the Transportation Trades Council, on the ground that their business had been ruined interference from the Charge Arbitrary Action The companies charged "higli- handed and arbitrary action" by the unions. They contended further that they employed union men on their trucks members of the Chauffeurs and Helpers Union, Local 100, Fed- 1,1 V. ill Mm. I- a The defendant unions replied with the charge that the Chauffuers and Helpers Union was not a bona fide labor union and was not recognized Justice Conway reserved decision, pending the filing of further affi- Union Delegate Held Qj TrUCK Driver's Conspiracy Charge Mayor LaGuardia's drive on rack eteers resulted in the arrest today of Albert Manganaro, 37, of 9718 Avenue a delegate of the teamsters union, on a charge of conspiracy.

was arresiea oy ae-the First Squad on a short affidavit by Joseph Pitman, a truckman, of 29 Front Manhat- The truckman complained that Manganaro and three other men had threatened to prevent him from trucking on the West Side unless he joined the union. The Brooklyn man pleaded not guilty in Tombs Court today and neltl tor Hearing on Jan. 3. At the request of Assistant District Attorney Maurice Wahl. bail for his release was increased to $2,500.

Wahl told reporters that Buck Thompson was boss of the truck- 80 Still Stranded On Ice-Bound Ships In the Caspian Sea Baku, Russia, Dec. 27 (Ti Efforts to reach 80 persons, stranded for more than a week in three small steamships caught in the ice of the aspian have thus far been unavailing, authorities announced today. Airplanes have been forced to turn back by snowstorms and ships have been unable to cut a path through the ice. The steamship Edison, one of those trapped, has played streams of not waier on tne ice lor 10 hours but succeeded in moving only sii Vladivostok, Russia, Dec. 27 hundred passengers have abandoned the stranded Soviet steamslui Loovski and are trekking acrns eight miles of ice to the shore of the ukiidi.sk it was learned today.

Regional Capitals Urged as Centers Of U. S. Authority Va.lii!Htton, Dec. 27 tr Estab lishment of 10 or 12 regional capitals as centers of Federal ad- is favored by the na tional resources committee. report to President Hon a the agency suggested today that regional plans for development of nat ural n-MMirce.

hniiiii be formulated. The board is headed by Secretary Ickes, and includes Secretaries Wallace, Roper and Perkins, besides Harry L. Hopkins. Works Progress Administrator. Frederic Delano, Charles E.

Merrlam, and Wesley C. Mitchell. The committee said several government departments now have separate administrative units, with field headquarters at different points, and contended much good could be accomplished by concen trating Offices in relation to regional For information concerning snow conditions and skiing grounds Phone MAin 4-6200 Resort Travel Information Bureoii DAILY-3T EAGLE Lehman to Aid Dewey to Bare iznacKetLzars Go vernor Expected to i Extend Probe 2 Years One Chief on Coast Extension of Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey's sweeping investigation into organized racketeering for another two years appeared probable today as officials interested in the inquiry insisted that it must continue until New York is a racket-free city. The extraordinary grand Jury working with Mr.

Dewey reported to Supreme Court Justice Philip J. McCook yesterday that the lucrative rackets preying on legitimate business here are controlled by 12 or 15 major criminals, all carefully shielded by the underworld and most of them entirely unknown to the public. The grand jurors expressed the opinion that these racket leaders ire i)i uu -eeure uy tne luctance of intimidated business men to testify against them that will require the services of grand juries, sitting at the same time, two years or more to bare their extortion schemes. Governor to Continue Probe After working four months on inquiry and hearing more than 500 witnesses, the grand jury asked be relieved and have its duties delegated to a new grand Jury. Mr.

Dewev announced that Gov ernor Lehman had informed him that he is prepared to Issue the necessary order continuing tne extraordinary term ol court to prosecute racketeers. The prosecutor declared that the Governor told mm to say he was ae-termined to have the inquiry pro ceed uninterruptedly "until Its ob- cmves nave Deen acconvousnea. It Is expected that the present grand jury will continue its work well into January and be supplanted new jury when the required 20 nave passed auer tne uov has filed his order. The Board of Estimate, meanwhile, must make available additional funds for the uewey was to corner witn May-Continued on Page 3 Roosevelt Studies Produce Markets Washington. Dec.

27 (P) President Roosevelt is giving lus attention to what he terms certain bad practices on the commodity exchanges. He made this known In reply to a press conference question today, but declined to commit himself on the possibility of legislation affecting the commodity markets. He said he conferred last, week with Robert Boylan of the Chicago Board of Trade, describing the conference as "sitting around the table and trying to iron out problems." Tlie question was If he favored regulation of commodity exchanges similar to the regulation of stock exchanges. The President said the nucMnn was too broad. He added that he had merely been talking over with the exchange officials certain bad practices in an effort to work out solutions with the exchanges.

Poison Yule Liquor Kills Six in Party Al.q uppa. Dec. 27 Six persons were dead today, troiii druming liquor 1mm a 1 ion container which polio- chemists tiuiying lor traces or poison. (Mutators said the liauor was drunk in Christmas toasts. The vic tims were two women and four men euili person is in critical con- dition.

14 DIE IN STORM Madrid, Dec. 27 --Fourteen per- MIS were dead today In northern nd central Spain as the result of vm.Mi! wiml and ram term Prop-rty damages were high. -SEE-. Going Places New Year's Eve in The Eagle Today for suggested places and celebrations to suit every fancy and fit every purse. U.

S. Army Planes Drop Explosives on Hawaii's Erupting Mauna Loa Reservoir Menaced Hilo, Hawaii, Dec. 27 (IP) The United States Army pitted Its explosives against the volcano today. Twelve bombing planes took off at 8:30 a.m. (2 p.m., Eastern Standard Time) to blast molten lava from Mauna Loa out of the course which threatens Hilo's water supply, which it was feared might reach the city itself.

If the aerial barrage does not divert the lava flow a detachment of 50 men from the third engineers will try to break the molten rock's thread with dynamite. a :omo.t in dividually and then in salvos, if necessary, to blast a new channel through which the lava could flow harmlessly toward the ocean. Might Withstand Bombing Army officers indicated the old va cru.st. which tonus a channel for the new flow may be able to withstand the explosive power of the 600-pound bombs. it it does, tne engineers win De nt to the source.

There they would drill beneath the lava, placing dun nt T. These would be detonated simultaneously. Officers characterized the daring an as feasible, providing the sol diers are able to approach close enough to the fiery river which throws out a devastating DianKet of heat. The first objective of the bomb- sight operators was the rocky sides of the channel through which the lava is flowing toward the Walluku River and Hilo By this method it is hoped to divert the seething lthm live miles ot tne le stream of molten 15 miles from the city, at a rate of a mile and a quarter a da Guardsmen Rushed To Strike-Torn Plant St. Dec 27 i The National Guard was ordered to the Strut- wear Ki, (mp.my plant in Minneapolis today by Gov Floyd B.

Olson following a conference with Mayor Thomas E. Latimer about labor depute which has closed the plant, tor several months. Disorder has flared sporadically The latest outbreak occurred yes terday when police and workers were sloin In inker Saw Son Go to Find Fire in Wall About 300 patrons of the Crystal I motion picture theater, 327 Washington left in an orderly manner by a side emergency exit about 12:40 today when a smoky fire broke electric wiring enclosed in a side wall. Smoke from the smouldering in sulation billowed into the theater after it was emptied and spread to Nathan's liquor store, adjoining. Fifteen customers were routed by firemen before they could pay for their purchases, but Nathan Zalin-sky, proprietor, said he thought those who had not paid would return and do so.

Diners In the Town Tavern, far ther down Washington also smelled the smoke, but most of them continued eating. Damage was confined to the wall between the theater and the build ing next door, at 329 Washington Bl occupied oy a hardware store. When the smoke was discovered. Arthur Felber, the theater manager, announced that a fire had been re ported in the building, but that Patrolman Salvatore Rizzo helped conciuci me pa irons to tne exit Some remained in the lobby watch ing the firemen tear out the walls until ordered out Dy police. Edgar Price Estate Set at $2,985,136 Edgar F.

Price, former vice-president of the Union Carbide and Car bon Co. and credited with the dis covery of acetylene gas, left estate of $3,394,857 gross and $2, 975,136 net, according to a transfer tax appraisal filed today at the New York State Building at 80 Center Manhattan. Mr. Price died on April 15 last at his home in Portchcsler, N. Y.

He was 62 years old. The bulk of the estate consisted of stocks and bonds valued at Other items were real-estate, cash and insurance, general and administrative expenses, $7,157, and debts, $412,563. The residuary estate is shared by the widow, Mrs. Ida Owen Price ol Portchester and two sons and a daughter. Ida Ashner, a former resident of Brooklyn, who died Oct.

29. 1931, In Manhattan, left an estate ut 154 grass and $346,983 net. Bequests of $1,000 each were left to the Brook lyn Federation oi Jewish Charities the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asy mm, the Jewish Hospital and the Long Island College residuary estate is divided among 12 nieces and nephews. A on map above indicates point at which molten sea of lava threatened Hllo's water supply. Farmer-Laborite Succeeds Schall St.

Paul. Dec. 27 (TV-Governor Floyd B. Olson today announced the appointment of Elmer A. Ben- State Banking Commissioner, United States Senator to succeed Thomas D.

Schall who died Sunday as a result of injuries suffered when was truck by an automobile. Benson, 40, advocate of public vncrslup nl "monopoli'-iic" indus try and backer of collective bargain ing for labor, is the son of immigrant Norwegian parents, and has been a Farmer-Laborite since party's birth about 12 years Before that he was active in Non-Partisan League movemei Minnesota. In Hospital 45 Days, Forgives Assailant Charges of felonious assault brought in Coney Island Court aagmst Albert Martin, 37, ol 2851 'V. 25th weer withdrawn today ythe complainant. Salvadore Bo- nano of 2858 W.

25th St. Bonano told Magistrate George H. Folwell that he lelt Martin had been sut-ficiently punished by the time hi has spent in Jail since the two met engaged In a fight at W. 25th St and Mei maid Ave. on Nov.

6. Hi said also that he felt that Martin he given the benefit ot Christmas spirit. In the fight nnno allegedly received a broken when he was knocked to the si walk and was in the hospital for 45 days. Death in Fire "Jump overboard. It's i to hold Dr.

until help ed on taking On Morro Castle, Says Doctor 8, Joseph Bregstein of 7825 4th today told of the tragic death of his son on the Morro Castle, when lie appeared as a wit- in the trial in Manhattan Fed eral Court Tropical Park Results FIRST RACE Five and one-half furlongs Off, 2:10. Time. 1:07 4-5. 1- Brother Newt. 108 (Maschek) 17 60 8 70 4 20 2- Mlss Aline, 105 G.

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