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IB-MAS1 Tk Ttnnttuan Papers will voluntarily aiktrs fo tkt provisions of industrial coin as applisd to newspaper publication. VOL. 80 No. 268 FPU, REPORT Or ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHVILLE, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1935. TWELVE PAGES PPirU' CKNT8 IN NASH VILLI TTTT CENT K1.SH.

WMS.HW ULT DUCE FACES POWERS' IMOTTJM i Argue AAA Case FARMERS HEAR ROOSEVELT IN FRANCE AND BRITAIN UNITE ON SETTLEMENT GESTURE; REFUSAL INVITES OIL BAN Norris Proposes U. S. Construct $200,000,000 Ohio River Dam Huge Project Would Furnish Power Protection, Better Navigation on Cumberland; Praise Is Given TVA AAA ON TRIAL FOR ITS LIFE IN HIGH COURT Roosevelt's Farm Aid Program at Stake in Arguments HOOSAC CASE IS SET rnmmnmeSSFh SUM if I Fondling Rose, Duce Indicates Proposals for Exchange Of Italian Territory for Part of Ethiopia Short Of Rome's Aim DICTATOR ON LIMB past. "We have built low dams Imply for navigation purposes without considering flood control and power," ho stated. "It la different now.

At least we are combining; the three In the same program and reducing the cost of each." Sitting In his office puffing a pipe, Senator lieorge W. Norris expressed satisfaction with TVA which he fathered, but he predicted that the Tennessee Valley program is only a beginning of a similar 'IT; Terrified Throngs Flee To Mountains From Bomb-Racked Dessye After Second Air Raid HIT HOSPITAL AGAIN Heads of Mother, Babes Blown Almost From Bodies; Homes Fired By Incendiary Deluge (Copyright, 193S, By Th Associated Press) DESSYE. Ethiopia, Saturday. Dec 7 (Delayed) This bomb-torn headquarters city of Emperor Halle belassle resembled a grea and empty sepuicnre from which all life had vanished tonight. Terrified inhabitants streamed toward the mountains in a night-long exodus.

They carried their pitiful belongings on their backs. Home bore sick and crippled relative. Women walked with babies strapped to their bodies. The emperor ordered the Inhabitants of Dessye to scatter to the hills after the second Italian air attack In which three heavy Italian bombers circled the city at 8:20 a. m.

They dropped Incendiary bombs, burning many houaes and creating new panic among the populace. The American hospital, struck Friday by three enormous bombs, was operating under a shattered roof. Doctors worked all Friday night performing 22 amputations. One mother and two babies, their heads almost torn from their bod Its-were brought to the hospital. Only the braver Inhabitants remained behind to help bury the dead.

Many native were found In the blackened wreckage of their homes. ADDIS ABABA. Dec. Ethiopia seethed with indignation tonight at the double bombing of Kniperor Hailc Pelassle'a headquarters city ef Jlany believed ths two-day bombardment of the city and a Red Cross hospital camp outside the town by Fascist war planes would hasten a long-predicted major bat tle In the north. The government.

In a communique denied Italian claims that Dessye was a fortified town. instead or so anti-aircraft guns, as Asmara claims, there Is on'y one," said the communique. "Thnt was operated by the emperor hlm- seti. also is false that the emperor ilea into a forest. Fifty bombs were dropped on uessye during Saturday' ra more than 1.000 fell the day before.

Auinornies reported were killed and more than 300 wounded on the first day. Casualty figures lor Saturday were lacking, but a report from the wrecked American hospital said the Institution again was pomoea. Miss Delia Dorlch, Hume-Fogg Teacher And Historian, Dies Miss Delia Dortch. one of this city best known educators, died at 11:20 o'clock Sunday morning at the home of her niece. Mrs.

George Blackle. 1640 Richland ave nue, following a long illness. She was 68 years old. Connected with the Nashville public schools for almost half a century. Miss Dortch had been a member of the faculty of Hume- rogg high school more than 30 years until her retirement last WepteWIWr: tory department there, which she organized and brought up to an enviaoie standard.

The depart ment had been recognised by some of th nation's leading educational institutions. Including Tale and Harvard universities. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2:30 o'clock thla after noon at the residence of Mrs Blackle by Dr. Roger T. Nooe.

as sisted by the Rev. J. F. McCloud. Burial will be in Mt Olivet etery.

Miss Dortch was an ardent sup porter of the public school sys- (Continued on Pap 8 Column 3.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (Spl) A study is being made which may result In the building of a giant dam on the Ohio river near the mouth of the Tennessee river. Senator George W. Norris stated. This great river barrier, If built would make the proposed Aurora dam unnecessary, according to Senator Norris.

who said the daf would cost $200,000,000. While it would be a storage dam primarily it would also be the greatest power da si in the world. The power valla hie. such -large centers as Cincinnati, Louisville and Indiaaapolls- Navlgation would be provided on the Cumberland from Nashville to the Ohio and flood protection would result along the Cumberland. Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

Home low water dams already built on the Ohio would be covered by the back waters of the proposed dam. With satisfactory navigation con ditions, rivr-r shipping would come back, Senator Nori'ts believes. "The ra iron ds would probably fight it. but In reality it would help the railroads." he said. Senator Norris deplored the lack of vision In river programs of tlie HUNDREDS DRIYEN FROM THEIR HOMES BY HOUSTON FLOOD Texas City Is Damaged Over Million; Water Supply Periled HOt'STON, Dec.

8 Hundreds of homes In the northwest section of Houston were Invaded by flood waters of Buffalo bayou today as the stream, flooded by torrential rains, did damage es tlmated at more than a million dol- Irs and seriously threatened llous n's water supply. Th bayou continued to rise here at a rate of i.boiit 10 Inches an hour, with the crest cjipeitrd lute In the night. At 2 p. m. the witer was two feet hlcher than In the flood of May.

1929. The threat of the citr water sup ply arose when the bayou flooded and stopped ths rentral pumping plant late last night. Other plants were still pouring water inn t'-n mains, hut pressure was low. virtually every bridge over the bayou will need repairs, and numerous streets were damaged. Ioss at the pumping plant was figured around $30,000.

Losses really began mounting this n.ornlng when water began pouring Into basements of stores nnd warehouses along ths barou Nearly all the business houses were crowded to th. doors with Christmas merchandise. The large number of amall losses made an accurate computation of damge Impossible. The bayou began to drop slowly in tne headwaters near Alief at noon, but the winding course of the stream delayed benefits here BIG BROTHER HEADS GET ORDERS TODAY Syndicate Chairmen to Receive Instructions on Raising Monry. for Auction Instructions regarding the raising of money to buy comers and sections of th city for the sale of the annual i'-ig Brothers edition of Thi -Jfashrttfe- given by James M.

Vaughn, Big Brothers vice-president, to all syndicate chairmen at a meeting st 4 o'clock this afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce building. The annual auction sale of corners and city sections will be held Monday. December 1, Mr. Vaughn has announced. He will also direct syndicate chairmen where, when and how, get their papers for the sale.

BODY RECOVERED PADUCAIf. Dec. 7P The body of George Marshall, S9. who drowned in the Tennessee riv er here three weeks ago, ws recovered In the harbor here today. CHICAGO TODAY President Expected to Map Future Aims Of New Deal 'BIG NEWS' WAITED Tone of Talk May Fix 'Bread Basket's' Politics CHICAGO.

Dec. (IP) The farm folk who people the nation's bread basket waited expectantly trr.lght for the new" they were confident President Roosevelt would bring them tomorrow. They looked for clear chart of the New Deal's future course In agriculture In the chief executive' address to the American Form Bureau Federation. If his message to be delivered at 10 a. central standard time brought the good news they expected, form bureau leaders hinted they.

In turn, would have pood news for him. With the 19S elections onlv a matter of months away, the 300.000 families that are members of the federation were ready to decide their stand on political Issues. Heretofore they etaunchlv supported the Now Ioal. Crltclsm of the AAA and the Canadian trade treaty has been voiced since then. and the President answer to It was bound to affect the report of the federation's resolutions com tiilttM on Wednesday.

To the President the occasion was significant because he was to speak of his farm lwogram on the dav the Supreme court was to open deliberations In Washington on the constitutionality of the keystone of the program, the agriculture ad (ustment act. To the farmers the important thing was that President Roosevelt was to talk over their prob lems with them face to face In this midwest capital, for the first time s'nre his nomlnaton In Chicago three years ago. The last President to address the federation was the late Calvin CoolIOge. and President Hoosevelt's only Chicago speech since the convention was before the American Ieplon In 1933. Except for the 25.000 to 40.000 persons expected to Jam the amphitheater and adjacent buildings at the stockyards to hear him.

Chl-ragn will gee little of the Presl-i nt. From the I.lttle White House at Warm Borings, the Roosevelt party will be whisked here on a special train which rviil be switched to the stockyards tracks Just behind the amphitheater. The President will ascend a ramp to the rostrum, descend Immediately after 1 bla and cross to a short area way to the Saddle and Sirloin club for luncheon. Then he will sro back to the train and depart for Month Bend. Ind to receive an honorary degree from Notre Dame.

Wherever the chief executive goes his path will be lined with policemen and secret service men. Hundreds of extra patrolmen hay been added to the stockyards de tall to Insure his safety. Their of fleers went through a "dress re hearsal" of their duties today. At farm bureau headquarters, meantime, there wu a filfferent soft of preparation for the Presi dent's coming, credentials or. aeie-(Continued on Page 8.

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m. It p. as II p. m. Ths Weather Burtatt report for th hours ending at 7 'clock last stsbt ta follows: Hlshist tsmprtur, ST dwrees.

low-et H. Ths rntos Urpperaturs for th d.y wa IX lftrM sbovs formal. Ko (at this month there has bn of rs. Bines Jsnusry I ths sscess Is I0 degrees. Amount of prselpltstloii fnr this month to date In Inrh.

Intel, ta le thss th. nor-m The tot.1 prsrlrl.stton lhJr rm then ths normal. unrl ToU' hle, hunt II minutes. B.rem.tr Is'el a Ji 7 p. m.

WAaHIWOTOJI IlKPOItT WABHINtlTON. Dc record of t.mper.tor. and IT, it hours ending I V- rlnclll oottos growing arM 'nl slsewheret I't n. iit i i Possible Truce jeatsArj BENITO MUSSOLINI ROME. Dec.

8. (JP) Peace by Christmas seemed possible. If im probable, tonight to diplomats who dovetailed Premier Benito MUsso llnl's newet attitude with, maneu vers behind the scene. Although 11 Duce refused to bow to the will of the League of Na tions in a speech to his chamber of deoutles yesterday, there was more definite talk oi negouauom than any yet heard. Those who hope for a settlement were encouraged, too.

by ths dic tator manner and the tone of his voles. They said bis gentle toying with a rose, as he spoke, was out of tune with thought of war. Hli voice, always strong and forceful, (Continued en Page Ss Column 5.) DERN URGES FUNDS FOR QUADRUPLING ARMY'S AIR FORCE War Secretary Declares U. S. Ignores World War Lesson WASHINGTON'.

Dec five-year aircraft buying program Intended to nearly quadruple the army's fighting plane strength by 1941 was "urgently" recommended today by Secretary Dora. The war department head pro posed the annual purchase of 300 planes of all types In the next five years, his annual report holding the present air force 'far abort of Its reasonable requirement." This progrrsm, he extlmated, would equip the nrmy with S.000 combat planes by the end of the flve-yes period. It now has t.196 planes, of which only 838 are combat. Ths re malnder are observation, training and transport ships. There are III more under construction- "It Is a pity," said the report of the nation's defense generally, "that we should have become so oblivious to the bitter lessons of the World war as to a'low our defense tn dwindle until.

If another wa should be forced upon us. we should, as usual, be unprepared for ffectlv action. 'In that event, we should find that our so-called economies' havs in reality been a hideously extrava Hailing what he said had been "growing; consciousness" on th part of the nation in the last yev of the need for a "more adequate and a more modern defensive estab lishment" Dern added: "With an army that la, and al ways has scrupulously loyal nd subservient to th duly con stituted civil authoritiea. the danger of so-called 'militarism would ap pear to be remote indeed." The report mad these additional recommenda Ions Maintenance of the national guad a minimum strength of 14.000 officers and 165.000 enlisted men, (Continued an Psgs Si Column avenue, north. Saturday night wa Invaded by an uninvited "guest." who slipped 'n the back door, went to an upstairs bedroom, and made away with two valuable fur coats and a purse containing 325, while the sorority members and their escorts danced merrily downstairs.

The Foxall-Moon drug; store st 1000 Sixteenth avenue, south, waa entered overnight by a burglar picking the' front door lock. Stolen was a 12-gauge shotgun, two cartons of clgarets, 35 In nickel from a marble gam which wa smashed open, and II In pennies from th cash register. A sky-light burglar waa chased off of th roof of th Robert Orr company, 16 Second avenue, north, by a watchman before th thief could get la th skylight of the tor. Insld tha Mansfield Druf company, )203 Jo Johnston avnu. a (Continues an Pag (f Column Hearings This Week on Other Attacks Are Scheduled WASHINGTON.

Dec. 8 The Roosevelt administration's farm-aid program goes on trial for its life tomorrow In the Supreme court with the outcome projecting vast political and economic conae-quenc es. Lawyers for the government and the lloosac mills corporation of Massachusetts finished preparations tonight for oral arguments on the constitutionality of the agricultural adjustment act. Their briefs, already filed with the nine Justices who unanimously struck down NRA, have raised not only the question of the validity of processing taxes life-blood of the AAA but also of Congress latitude in legislating for the nation's "general welfare." The "welfare" power, never defined by the high tribunal, has recently become the constitutional peg on uhlrh many new deal laws are being defended. Its scope has been debated since th days Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, whose widely-conflicting vlewa have been cited.

Before listening to the lawyers and questioning them the black robed Justices, convening at noon after a two weeks' recess. wIH de liver opinions, and may announc whether they will pass on Bruno Richard Hauptmann's appeal from conviction In the murder of the Lindbergh baby. Two of the 44 cases in which fl nal opinions may be forthcomln Involve the extension of federe power over state affairs and the "welfare" clause. One dispute affects the right Conarexs declare removal nei li ii sil luisjTreuV from a fed evally-Iioensed warehouse to he an offense agnliint the United Plates, It ot-liritjutt'd in the arrest of Fred Hasunrrs on a I'liurge or steaiinc a bale of cotton from a Cl.irksdale, warehouse. The other Involves the validity of a section of the 1933 home own ers loan art authorizing frdern Incorporation of building and loan associations over objection of the state which Issued their orlglnn charter.

Three Mllwnttkee assorla Hons are directly affected. Appearing In formal morning dress. (Stanley Reed, the solicltoi general, will then begin his at tempt to convince the Justices tha the circuit court of appeals st Bos ton was wrong in holding the en tire farm act Invalid In the Hoosac mills case. Geortre Wharton I'epper. former Republican senator from Pennsvl vanla.

will lead the assault on the legislation, contending among other things that It Is an Invalid dele gatlon of power and does not dl (Continued on Pag Column 4.) FRAUD TRIAL GOES INTO SECOND WEEK Testimony of ilnccs in Support of Five Defend' a tils I Scheduled The trial of five persons charged with conspiracy to violate registra tion laws last August will go Into 1U. second wbea. Second criminal court convenes at 9 o'clock this morning. The testimony of numerous defense witnesses) is scheduled. Attorneys for two former city employes.

Ham Hartman and Sam Stanley; a motorcycle officer. Oary M. Cooper; and two negro political leaders. Dr R. B.

Jackson and Jim Ralne. have predicted it will take probably through Tuesday or Wed nesday to finish testimony of wit nesses, brought to support testi mony of the five defendants. Last week the state used 64 wit nesses who testified regarding the political activities of the five In the Eighth. Tenth and Sixteenth wards during the August registra tion period. The defense likewise will Introduce many witnesses In Its efforts to clear the five men.

In Flnst Criminal court this morning Judge Chester Hart will rule on a demurrer attacking Indictments of 'Squire John hundro, Seth P. Gibson. and James Ballard, a negro, who were arrested In connection with the vote fraud In the Third district. The demurrer will be presented without argument from counsel. Did Yon Know-That 253 persons died in Nashville and Davidson county from tuberculosis In the la at 12 month-? That the 258 death toll from this disease Is (1 above normal an increase of 21.5 pv cent In this area In only on year? That tuberculosis Christmas seals are the only source of funds for work of -the Davidson county Anti-tuberculosis Association? And that one-fifth of the 115.000 budget for 1931 ha been raised.

Th answer to these questions has only three words, "Buy Christmas sesls." Solidarity Declaration If Taken to Indicate ance If Sanctions Brew Nevy Trouble (Copyright. 1935, by th Asoclt4j Press) PARIS, Dec. Franco anl Great Britain cam to full arr ment tonight on a new baala tot settlement of Italy' war wtla Ethiopia a plan which French ob servers said represent Benito Mussolini's last chance' to escape an ell embargo. -Th proposals, providing for IB exchange of territory between Italy and Ethiopia, fell far short of 0 Duce's demands, but It waa felt In high French quarters ho would find them difficult to reject, That Is because they represent complete agreement of Franco and Ureat Britain on a joint plan, for the first time. Up to now, Italy was regarded aa havi'ig counted on differences between the French and British viewpoints to save the Fae-Mst kingdom from further application of the Lesgu of Nation' "penal code." Tonight's Joint declaration ef Franco-British solidarity, issued by Premier Pierre Laval and 81r Samuel Hoare, the British foreign aecretary, was interpreted In soms quarters as meaning th two aa- ttons win stick together further sanctions lead to trouble.

Franco-British circles believed II Due would reply to the Lst alii oar accord his speech In th Italian Senste tomorrow. The basis for peace, formulated in exhaustive conferences between the two statesmen yesterday and todar, was characterised bv veil. informed persons as a virtual ultl. aium. uuce either must me.

cept It or take the consequence ef new sanctions, they aaid. A communique Issued following the lait of two meetings todav ha. tween the French premier and Sir aamuei stated: "Animated bv the same snlrli nt conciliation and with the aentl. ment of close Franco-British friendship, we searched during; our talks yesterday and todav for a formula which could be a a basis for friendly settlement of th Italo-Kthloplan conflict. It Is not a question at oreeent of publishing the formula.

Th British government has not yet been fully informed of It. and when It receive It adherence, II will be agreed to reserve the for. mula for consideration of tho In- (Continued en Pago 6 Column V) GUFFEY ACT VOID, LAWYERS DECLARE Liberty League'a Talent Vol. un leers It Inter pretalion WASHINGTON. Dec.

I.JP) lit lta second Informal opinion on a New Deal law, the natlonal' law. yers committee of th American Liberty League today volunteered the belief that the Ouffey coal act unconstitutional. Atthftlioh hl. amw tw.t A A ft at billza the soft coal Industry, ha been upheld completely by on federal Judge and partly by an. other, th com mitts said It violated the constitution In that It: (1) "Capriciously and arbitrarily Infringes upon the individual liber ties of producer and employer," nd (2) "Undertakes to regulate ae- tlvltles which are essentially and Inherently local In character." Xelther the "pretended exercls of the taxing power through th assessment of that which is not in fact a tax but a coerclv penalty" nor congressional declaration that the industry was "affected with the public Interest" made the act valid, ths committee contended.

Judge F.I wood Hamilton at Louisville, recently upheld th entire set, while Justlc Jess Cr Adklns of the District of Columbia Supreme court found that only the wage and hour provision were beyond constitutional bound. Both cases are expected to be apv pealed to the Vnlted State 8u preme court. Napoleon and Uncle Elby oin Comict Th Nashville Tennessean'a comic strip family welcome two new character today. They are Napoleon and Unci Elby. Napoleon Is a dog.

Just a plain dog with no Ulustrlouo ancestry or pedlgr. but with, all a very lovable dog. At time ho la quite annoying to Unci Klby. hi owner and constant companion. For an extra dally chuckle follow Napoleon and Undo Klby.

They greet yon today along with Popeys, Sunflower Street, Moon Mtiltlna, Jan Ar-den. Bringing Up Father and tho other popular 'Tom ocmlc. development-which wilt -be nation wide. Already the Nebraska liberal Is planning to Introduce a bill at the coming session of Congress to extend the Tennessee Valley plan to the Mississippi valley. "We only need to extend the Tennessee Valley program one step further," he said.

"Then the other sections of the country will tumble over themselves to get on the bandwagon." Senator Norris stated that while power companies are using all re sources at their command to defea the TVA power program, he be (Continued on Pag Column 3. FRESH OBSTACLES FACE NAVY PARLEY ON OPENING EYE France Opposes Baring Program Except From Year-to-Year IXJNDO.V, Dec. (P Fresh obstacles confronted the London naval conference tonight on the eve of Its opening tomorrow, as French. Italian and American delegations engaged In a last minute exchange of viewpoints with the British. The French Informed Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, first lord of the ad mlialty.

that their government favored announcing building programs In advance, but were only prepared to do so on a year-to. year basis. Great Britain h.id been hopeful that all powers would agree to an nounce their programs, for six years or more, to prevent unlimit ed building and to avoid an an nual naval conference. Already, the Japanese have an nounced demands for fleet equal ity to the United States and Great Britain were paramount and In alterable. The French and British agreed concerning the smaller types of ship.

It was understood. However, the questions of submarines and of the German navy were not dls- cued. The Italians followed the French calling on Kyres-Monsell. Robert Leslie Cralgle, assistant under secretary for foreign affairs, and others. There was no announce ment of the position taken or the views exchsnged.

Ambassador Dino urandl. head of the Italian delegation, did not attend the conference. He was presented by the embassy coun sellor. Leonard Vltettl, but the reason was not disclosed at Italian headquarters. The Americans and British spent two hours reviewing their posi tions and discussing the chances of conference success.

There was no announcement of any decisions that may have been reached. ureat Hrltain. steering cautious ly through the dsngeroua reefs of sectional and national quarrels and. Jealousies, attempt tff keep the conference clear of such disputes. Immediately after It opens, the conference will organize Itself Into general committee, and dele gates will begin efforts to dovetail averse and Seemfngir Irreconcilable positions.

SHARP INSTALLED Btcomss Canon to ths Ordinary of Episcopal Diocese. MKMI'HIS. Dec. The Rev. James Robert Sharp, of Nashville, was Installed as canon to the ordinary by Bishop James M.

Maxon. of the Protestant Epis copal diocese of Tennessee. In serv ices at St. Mary's cathedral here today. Dean Israel II.

Noe, of the Ca thedral, aaid that the honorary title Is held by only one other per son In the United States. tlon. There followed a few anxious days. The question was whether the holes in the face were deeper than th amount of glass which it wai intended to grind off In transforming the great disc into a para- balold or saucer shaped mirror. It was decided that the holns were not too deep.

The astronomer In charge -accepted the disc and ordered It shipped to 1'asudena. Cal as soon as possible. There It will be ground and polished to a perfection of one-millionth of an Inch. The "figuring" is expected to takt possibly five years. Then It will be used a th sys for a 200-Inch telescope, an Instrument twice as big as any now In exist ence, or even planned.

Ths emergence 'of thla blggesj piece of class from its coal black Iron oven was photographed and watched by an audience packed around a equar nllsry. STANLEY REED GEORGE WHARTON PEPPER U. BOARD HOLDS BUS LINE VIOLATES WAGNER LABOR ACT Asks Enforcement Order For Facilitating Court Test WASHINGTON. Ic. H.UPf The Ijtlior Relations Board, in Its first decision, ruled today that (ireyhounds Lines, mutorbus interest of" the I'ennsylvanla railroad, had violated the Wagner labor disputes act.

To facilitate a court test of the act's constitutionality, ths board nld it would ask a circuit court of appeals to enforce orders accom panylng the decision. The com pany challenged the act's constl tutlonallty at the board's hearing of the rase in Pittsburgh. The Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Mo tor Coach Employees of America. an American Federation of Labor union, brought the complaint against the bus line. After an Investigation and hear Ing, the board ordered the company to: (1) "Cease and desist" from In terferlng with, ths rights of Ha employes to bargain collectively from discouraging membership in the A.

K. of union, and from "dominating" the employes organl zatlon of the Pennsylvania Grey hound Lines. Inc. (2) To reinstate, with back pay five employes allegedly discharged for union activity. tST" "Tor dissolve "thr employes organization.

The board said testimony showed one oi the discharged employe had been told by an official to keep out of the union if he and his -wife and kids did- wsn go hungry." while another wu warned that "If you fellows mesa around with th union you sue go Ing to be fired." The company controlled the meetings of the association, the board xfound, "in such a fashion to make such meetings no more than the presentation of grievances to an official of the management and so as to prevent them from being a forum for collective bar gaining and genuine employe-em ployer discussions." At the same time, the board or dered elections to determine th' representative union for employes at the Wayne Knitting Mills, ort Wayne, and Gate City Cotton Mills. East Point. Ga. The Wagner act set up machinery Intended to guarantee the right of workers to bargain collectively with employers through representatives of their own choice. FALL IS WORSE Family Called to Bedside of For mer Interior Secretary.

KL PASO. Tex Dec. 8 JP) Relatives were summoned hastily tonight to th bedside of Albert B. Fall, secretary of the Interior In President Harding's cabinet Physicians reported a definite turn for the worst In the condition of Mr. Fall whose resignation from -his, cabinet DQtit after, outbreak of the oil scandals was followed by his conviction of accepting- a bribe He served a prison terra.

The 74-year-old former ssnator from New Mexico suffered a sinking; spell Friday at a hospital here. A daughter. Mrs. C. C.

Chase, was called from th Fan ranch at Three Rivera, N. the horn from which Fall recently waa threaten ed with eviction over mortgage difference which sprang up after the death of hi friend, Edwin Do-heny. oil man. Mrs. FalL who Is visiting in East Texas, waa notified.

PPA'W SJ 1 'Ww 'Shop Early9 Spirit Hits Thieves In Week-End of Robberies Here World9 Largest Telescope Eye Okayed A4ter Year's Cooling CORNING, N. Dec. 8. (fl crawl Inolde the oven for inspec- The "Christmas shopping; fever' pervaded the rank of thieves over night Saturday, and police yesttr day counted the toll of loot at well ever 11.000. On the other side of the ledger they countad, too, one burglar dead, shot while tn the act of breaking into a drug store, and another caught Sunday morning.

Home, automobiles and business houses came In for their share of the breakr-'tna, as bttrglarwi-stick' up and second-story men started their annual campaign to "shop early" for ChrUtma through win-cow, unlocked doors and skylights, while place wer closed. Probably the greatest loaer was Mrs. Jaraea J. Cowan of Buffalo, N. who left her car parked on Capitol boulevard near leaderlek street while she took her baby and a maid In a nearby hotel to regis ter.

and upon returning to ret her luggage found approximately 1700 worth of clothing Com. A dance at the Burma, Kappa orotity bouse. 111 Twenty-third, Blstlos A.liovllU Allsllls Al'unllr rllr in-mlnham Ponton Buffslo I -hies Cincinnati rlvlnod pnvr pplrolt Kl Po Oalvewton Jat-'e onvllle Knra Cly K- Vi'r-l Little A teles Memphis Merlillsn Mlamt Misnnpolls Moh'le tiri' Ortesns fir I York Nr.thfl! t-5- pr'I'm'! (rS'O v4 Ft. Iioiila Antonio ftavcnnsh Wsahlngtoa 40 4S 41 44 43 Si 4S 4 5 71 64 7 4 1,4 74 S4 4 IS f.o S4 44 74 41 7 1 14 14 4: 44 4 44 44 44 44 It 4 14 41 14 14 44 14 71 14 I II 14 It 41 41 14 44 II II 14 If .14 14 0.IS 4(1 3' 1H 1.8(1 0.1 4.0f. .01 I The 200-lnch-wlde "eye for the world's largest telescope, a blue and pale tan piece of glaas the size and shape of a circus ring, was removed todsy from ths oven where has been cooling for a year and a day at the Corning; Glass works and was unofficially pronounced a success.

The face was unexpecteaiy rough, with hollows and holes some as much as tnree incnea deep. The roughness was due to tho roof of the oven coming in con-tast with the cooling glass. The great New York state floods of lat July, which forced shutting; off the electric heat In th big dine oven for about 41 hours, were said to have been a probable contribut ing factor. Th pits, it was revealed today. were discovered mor than a month ago.

when the great dlse wsis cool enough to permit glass makers and telascop maJcsrs to A.

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