LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1935TWELVE PAGESOfficials German Officials Deny RumorsRules AtAffidavits | Of Military Treaty With Japanm Hopkins I EthiopiaAsksRelief DirectorIntervention InUmujd states Expected German SquadTo Present Protest On1 1NazisBase And Fouller Assassin’ ByRow With ItalyArmyNew ConscriptConducts First* ■tor DaveyO.—(IP)—A grandtigation of Federal tinistrator Harry L. arges that Governor Davey's campaign solicited funds from g goods to the Ohio nission was orderedO., — (IP)— Affidavitsmembers of the state impaign committee had “shakedown” to wipe and pay for Governor ivey’s inaugural, were i Tuesday from Wash-nio Attorney General ricker and Franklin cutor Donald Hoskins. ?d to disclose contents 'its.d he would investigatelodged by Rederal Iterator Harry L. Hopkins : the administration of funds out of the hands elief division, lesses to be subpoenaed he said, is Francis W, ? democratic executiveGeneva, —(IP)— Ethiopia formally appealed to the League of Nations Tuesday for intervention in its extended controversy with Italy which grew out of a series of border conflicts.Ethiopia's appeal was made under article 15 of the League of Nationscovenant which requires that in the event of such action the council shall institute an investigation.The article also provides for the council making recommendations for settlement of international disputes in which its intervention is sought.The action of the Addis AbabaLondon —(/Pi— France Tuesday suggested an emergency conference of representatives of Great Britain, France, and Italy concerning the German rearma-Air ManeuversIVC:*wBerlin(JP)government was construed as indicating the East African situation had not improved. It apparently means Ethiopia is convinced the conflict may not be settled under the conciliation article of the covenant, article 11, which Ethiopia previously invoked.ment situation, and Italy agreed,it was learned authoritatively.The procedure adopted by Emperor Haile Selassie’s government is identical with that pursued by Bolivia in her dispute with Paraguay growing out of the Chaco Boreal hostilities.lairman.League circles considered a special session of the council may be called to deal with the appeal.Berlin—(TP)— (Copyright) —Unofficial reports that the United States would protest against the violation of the German-American peace treaty and rumors of a German-Japanese military alliance circulated simultaneously here Tuesday.The foreign office, busily cataloguing the world’s reaction to the death knell of the Versailles treaty, sounded by Reichsfuehrer Hitler s announcement of a conscript Germany army, vigorously denied theGerman-Japanese alliance rumors, while an influential official said:- (Copyright) — A squadron of German bombers and pursuit planes roared over Berlin Tuesday in the first military air maneuvers since the World war as Germany, exulting in Reichsfuehrer Hitler’s announcement that Ger-•X*.• «VVI4*Nonsense. Solid friendship with America means more to Germany strategically and morally than any alliance with Japan, the success of which would be highly problematical.”many w’as rearmed, feverishly celebrated this mass demonstration of fitness to fight.Germany’s fighting planes appeared suddenly over the capital Tuesday afternoon. They flew low. The roar of their motors filled the streets with thunder. For almost an hour* * 1TMUw.-y * ■ *and criss-they crossed crossed the city.The entire population of Berlin stood in the streets and hung out of window’s, shouting and w'aving.Activities Halted:Protest ExpectedThe unofficial report of a possible American protest said Ambassador William E. Dodd was exDect-oyes Resigntime C. C. Stillman, dministration chief of that several employ-division have resign-/ had heard they were recent charges of iption” made by Hos-Some quarters are convinced Italy may still refuse to accept an open league inquiry, and even go so far as to express the fear Italy may walk out of the league as did Japan and Paraguay.ied to present it within a few daysUi.4 4U.4 U 1___- *________aid he had not accepted ions and would not doBanking Statute44charges have been air-ild not name those whoArouses Protestbe w_____than the representation made Monday by Great Britain.The United States embassy, however, said that no instructions on the subject had been received fromWashington.Even as the Japanese and American reports circulated, German officials said that the demilitarizedt:The city’s normal life was halted as the people watched Air Minister Hermann Wilhelm Goering’s practical proof that Germany is no longer bound by the Versailles treaty.From 100 to 150 planes w’ere estimated to have participated. They glistened in the bright sun. On one side of their tails they carried brilliant swastikas and on the other side were stripes of black, white, and red.The squadron flew in various j formations. One numbered 33 planes. Others went in formation j of threes and sixes.VWli* £ARhineland zones provisions of the Versailles treaty would be the next to be eliminated.ho took over the Ohio itration after Hopkins?d he had “incontro-Small Stale Banks Fightnee” of political cor-Ohio relief setup, said » reduce the relief per-f because “some posl-needed and we willCondition For KeepingDeposit Insurance(ip)An outbreakbetween Davey and i its charges of crim-l political corruption, a show’down in the re.roved By Senate5 took up a resolution, roved by the senate, an investigation of the administration, Davey’s /aste and inefficiency inWashington -of protest in the banking field was disclosed Tuesday in high official quarters, which said that many small state banks are vigorously criticizing the present law compelling them to join the Federal Reserve system by July 1, 1937, in order to retain deposit insurance.The amended banking act of 1933w'hich created the Federal DepositInsurance corporation, says statebanks not members of the reservesystem will lose the privilege of insurance after Jnlv 1. 1937. ThevThey indicated that Germany would proceed to fortify those zones unless France accepted the demilitarization on similar areas on French soil.The Moscow radio station announced Monday that General Sa-dao Araki, former war minister of Japan, was on his way to Berlin to conclude an alliance. A high official admitted that the idea of a military pact with Japan had been floated about a year ago, but this, he said, was spiked by the reichswehr.4*hasNot Possible Ally“Russia,” said the official, made arrangemens with Japan behind the scenes and therefore Japan cannot be looked upon as a possible ally of Germany against Rus-Merely PreliminaryThe afternoon's maneuver, however, was merely a preliminary to Tuesday night’s air defense program and wras staged to remind the citizens of Berlin that they must put out their lights and remain I quiet in a rehearsal of mimic warfare between 10 p. m. and midnight.The principal flight participating in the maneuver w’as called the “Von Richthofen” in memory of the “Red Knight of Germany” who fought with General Goering—himself an ace—above the trenches in France. Goering himself became leader of the old Von Richthofen flight when “The Red Knight” was killed.This probably will become squadron No. 1 of Germany's new air fleet.Here is the Prussian rules over Germany forces, General Werner berg. A veteran of the he is of the intellec strict disciplinarian, foreign observers say.6Job RacketAgainst T wiReceived IJohn O'Malley,Curry FigureCourt Case(Continued on page six. Col. four)*:lDeficiency MeasureApproved By Senate(£The senateWashington —Tuesday passed the $112,772,870 de-Milwaukee — (IP) against John O'Malley Curry, charged with slt; tributions on the prom al jobs, was given to a eral court here TuesdaMilwaukee — (/P) -were presented Tuesda eral court trial of an racket” case in which t prominent O’Malleysfigured on the w’itness