October 16, 1935

Rept denied that Gov Hoffman will int Hauptmann in effort to get him to confess

total figures; record for off-yr

halt of Ital advance in Ogaden

League com on economic sanctions agrees to French proposal to cut off shipments to Italy of raw materials used for war; action on 2d category of materials hinges largely on U S attitude; arms list revised; com on compensations changed to com on mutual assistance; legal com supports idea that League members ratified all sanctions in advance by ratifying pledge of Article XVI; USSR and Rumania reptd threatening Austria if she refuses to ban transit of embargoed goods from Germany to Italy

intelligence dept investigation reveals "cells" designed to hamper WPA operation; agitators will be dismissed; Bur of Criminal Investigation gets list of 179

8 mfrs get suspended sentences on charges of failure to collect tax on retail sales; statement by C P Pinto, tax counsel

aldermen vote cut; B S Deutsch opposes action; Mayor says new sources of revenue will have to be found

Made chief of general staff at 125th anniversary of the founding of the German War Acad

Naval Gazette reveals launching of 21 submarines; new war vessels being built

Ital northern army from Adowa, Entiscio and Adigrat reptd halfway to Makale; activities of Ital aircraft; armies of Ras Seyoum and Ras Kassa make contact at 2 pts; Ethiopian Govt disturbed by repts of Haile Selassie Gugsa's defection; Ras Mulugeta awaits his army to move north; 40,000 troops arrive in Addis Ababa from Jimma; Italy's plans for southern offensive completed after conf between Gens de Bono and Graziani; Gorahai reptd taken by Itals; Ethiopian troops cut off Ital troops from base in Eritrea; Rome communique; Aksum formally occupied by Itals; revolt in Gojjam reptd; denied by Ethiopian Govt; rifle shipment arrives at Jijiga

Love, J, home

Pope's peace plan in Italo-Ethiopian conflict