Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1930, Page 34

e THE EVENING WHEELER TO PROBE 2 RADIO NOMINEES Early’ Confirmation of Three on-Commission Is Ex= pected. BY MARTIN CODEL. Much of the doubt and uncertainty that has clouded the Federal control of radio was removed yesterday by the re- | appointment of all of the present mem- bers of the Federal Radio Commission. President Hoover's decision was not unexpected, for the prevailing opinion | here was that changes in the commis. sion’s pertonnel would have precipi- tated a spirited battle in the Senate. Changing horses.in midstream was gen- erally deemed inadvisable, for after three vears of existence the -commis- slon finds itself but embarking on its vast task of ruling radio. Confirmation by the Senate of at least a majority of the commission is expected soon, although the mere rou- tine of tonfirming the commissioners is bound to precipitate all manner of dis-| cussion about radio. Confirmation of Three Seen. | Senate leaders in radio- legislation express the conviction 'that there is little doubt about the immediate con- ofirmation of three of the five commis- “siogers. This would constityte a quo- rum and enable the radio board to con- tinue functioning after midnight Satur- day, when the terms otherwise expire. Some delay may be experienced with the others, for Senator Wheeler an- nounces that ke will ask for inquiry into the qualifications of Commissioners Saltzman and Starbuck. ‘Within the commission the way will be opened for more orderly procedure and closer attention to the details of administering broadcasting, transoceanic and domestic radio, aviation radio, tele- | vision and the numerous other matters that. fall within its ken. One of its firsp tasks will be the appointment of chief engineer and two assistants, as authorized in the bill recently passed by Congress, which also continued the life of the commission indefinitely. Confirmation will also insure a cer- tain amount of freedom from the re- straint of congressional influence, usu- ally exercised on behalf of local and sectional as against the national inter- | ests of radio. There is no secret about the fact that Senators and Representa- tives have literally besieged the com- mission’s offices seeking privileges “for radio stations within their constitu- exercise more | independence of political control. New Chairman to Be Named. ‘The chairmanship, held for the last two years by Judge Ira E. Robinson, ‘Will probably fall to efther Gen. Charles MCcK. Saltzman or Harold A. Lafount, the other Republican’ commissioners, as & natural consequence of the reappoint~ ments. - Judge Robinson wants Tes the post in favor of one of his colleagues. Since other Federal commissions under Republican admin- dstrations have had Democrats as chair- men by rotation, there is a possibility that Judge E. O. Sykes may be elected chairman. Gen.:Saltzman, an Jowan, was named for the six-year term, representing the fourth zone of Middle Western States, ioner Lafount of Utah was nominated for the five-year term, repre- senting the Rocky Mountain and the Pacific Coast States. W. D. L. Star- buck of New York, the other Democrat | on the commission, was named for the four-year term, represen the first =n£'ezs of New zng&ml lu:\f Northern nJu‘m l!S:«'n-‘ flu'r‘ h:u from Missis- ppi_an third oo Tepresen e zone of named forthe two-year- term. - (Copyright, 1930, By North Ameris Daer Alaneey ) CHURCH FILMS-SDUGHT. International Counéil Plins Estab- lishing Supply Organization. CHICAGO, February 21 (#).—The 5 ition has e adopted a resolution for establishment of an jnter- mediary motion picture , through which the 42 participating de- nominations in the council, r t- ing 70,000 churches, could- obtain films for ise in religious educational work. The proposed organization would be financed privately, but controlled by the council. It would act as an agent be- tween the council and the film-building organizations, projection manufacturers and official church distributing organi- zations. A committee was named to work out definite plans for the new organisations. B. A, tmore of Nashville was made hairman. RECOMMENDING | MILLER’S HERB EXTRACT| This | Statement | Given By | Mrs. Nina Clifford, 405 G St. N.W. Everywhere I go my friends say “My, how well you look, don't look | |like you had ever been sick a day | in your life.” I tell them “Yes, and | I feel better than I have for years, | since I used a few bottles of Miller's | | Herb Extract” (formerly called Herb | | Juice). Before I used this medicine | I was sick about half of my time and nothing I tried gave me any |relief tc speak of, I had terrible bearing-down pains in the back, | kidneys were out of order, stomach | was upset and I simply had to force | | myself to eat. I was underweight, | |seemed to have one cold on top of | another and felt so tired that it was | many times when I tried to do my | housework I would break out in a |cold sweat and get such headaches that I could hardly stand the pain. This medicine was recommended to me by a friend and on her advice |T bought my first bottle several| weeks ago today, I would not be| without it and others I have recom- mended it to say the same thing, | | every bit of my old trouble has passed away and I simply feel like a new | woman, have a fine appetite, have | gained in strength, not a pain or | ache troubles me and I find pleasure in doing . “Yes,” joined in Mr. ord, “we are thankful indeed that we learned about this great medicine; it has Police Court Poet Faces Third Jail Term in New Year STAR OF RUSSIAN TURF 1S AMERICAN Samuel M. Caton Asknowl- edged Greatest Jockey in Soviet. Powers Pleads Not Guilty to Charge; Claims He Was “Framed.” | ‘Thomas H. Powers, 70, much-sen- tenced poet of the Police Court lock-up, who got out of jail the other day after finishing a 30-day term given him by Judge Isaac R. Hitt, suffered his third 1930 arraignment for being drunk yes- terday and as a consequence is slated to spend another month in Occoquan. Having lost faith in the power of his verse, which, after gaining freedom | for its creator on several occasions, | failed to impress Judge Hitt, Powers leaded not guilty. He told the court By the Assoclated Press. out the Soviet Union, which is three times the size of the United States, the only permanent American resident is Samuel W. Caton of Cleveland, Ohio. But Caton has even greater distinc- | tion than this, for he is also the great- est jockey in Russia. On the famous | Moscow race track, reminder of the days when racing was the sport of czars and kings, American tourists to Rus- sia_recently saw Caton win his sixth derby and his one-hundredth victory of the season. Even the greatest Russian harness Capitol street and robbed me, honor,” pleaded Powers. ‘“They took every cent I had and poured Whisky down my throat. I tried to fight them off, your honor, but I'm an old man. They got me drunk.” | “Yes, yes; sure,” answered Judge Gus | A. Schuldt sarcastically. “By the way, | where's your poetry?” | “Right here,” replied the man, reach- | hurriedly into his pocket. ‘Oh, no,” said the magistrate. “That's all right. I expect you had better go to jail again. Powers was arrested by Sergt Mescal of the park police. Among his most fa- mous freedom gaining verses are such works as “Whisky Did It All” and “There Are No Bar Rooms in Heaven.” PLANTATI(iN SEIZED. Raiding Party From Guatemala Kills Three in Mexico. MEXICO CITY, February 21 (#).— Newspaper dispatches from Champoton, in the State of Campeche, report that an armed band, headed by a Mexican, had crossed the border from Guatemala and captured a chicle plantation at La Fami Three of the plantation em- ployes were killed and two others, Jose R. Duran and Jose I. Ponce, were cap- tured and sent across the Guatemala border. other talk. A new device is to be tested At last reports the marauders were |in the subways to reduce the deafening still in control of the plantation, but !clatter of the turnstiles to a gentle pit~ state police had been sent to oust them. ter-patter. the greatest jockey of his day in the Soviet Union. . Caton's winnings in Russian trotting races are considerably less than they would be on American tracks. But the popular American driver was born in Russia and has a deep attachment to the Russian people and the country. He therefore prefers to race in Russia where for 40 years his father, Frank W. Caton, who died only 3 years ago, was the czar's trainer of horses. The son, with his brother William, who is well known on American trotting race circuits, was raised in the atmos- phere of horses and court sporting ac- tivities.. Moreover, Caton is married to a Russian girl, the daughter of Count Alexander Zatoff, former president of the St. Petersburg Racing Club. It was Caton's father who brought the first American race horses to Rus- sia. That was half a century ago. To- day, most of the horses of the Russian turf are half-American and half-Rus- sian. e Subway Device to Reduce Noise. 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TOPEKA, Kans, February 21.—Suit asking $24,680 for damages which she claims to have sustained, due to sale here of intoxicating liquor to her de- ceased husband and one of her sons, was | filed it the city of Topeka by Mrs. S i o ot Tope It was instigated under provisions of | a Kansas act giving a rl‘gz of action against cities in the State to persons injured, in person, or property and means of support, in consequences of | intoxication caused by liquor sold in the | municipality. Good faith. on the part | of city officials in endeavoring to en- | force the prohibitory liquor laws shall b~ under the statute, a full defense. ' wR S HOOVER RECEIVES GROUP. 40 TIllinois Manufacturers Call on Trade Mission. ! Forty members of the Illinois Manu- facturers’ Association, in Washington | |in the interest of extension of foreign and domestic (rade to the Middle West, | were received yesterday by President Hoover. The visitors were _entertained at | luncheon at the United States Cham- | | ber of Commerce.” Secretary of Com- |merce Robert P. Lamont welcomed them in a speech in which he predicted & bright business future for the entire country. D O WOMAN DEMOCRATS FORM D. C. COUNCIL Organization Will Mark Study of Principals Propounded by Jefferson. By-laws for a permanent organiza- tion, to be known as the District of Columbia Democratic Women's Educa- tional Council, were adopted Wednesday | night at a meeting in the Mayflower | Hotel. The by-laws committee is com- posed of Mrs. Lester F. 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