Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1930, Page 2

TOBE ORI - Campaign Opened by Hoover . Committee af Meeting of West Virginia Teachers. By the Associsted Press. A JURG. W. Va., November 15.—War on illiteracy was declared here Jast night with the launching of a Nation-wide crusade -of enlightment & National Advisory Committee Y ap- organize an Advisory Committee to work in collaboration with the national " Committee’s Alms Oullined. Outlining the origin of the National b Committee and its aims, Herbert S. Houston, New York, a member of the p, sald that work started by Cora Filsoh “Stewart, ' Kentuoky mountin _ teacher, to “make human beings alive ! with the light of k‘ngzlzdls," was_to be continued and expanded. Mrs. Wilson is a committee member. ‘Too, said. that “over on the Rapidan” President Hoover found chil- dren with inads te - schools and -ups. among neighbors who couldn't read and write, and as a result “lent his powerful support to this | movement to eradicate illiteracy’ through organization of the Advisory Committee, ~ Houston sald school teachers all over the country had responded “in a wa; that is overwhel and beyond all " in their assistance to the com- mittee’s plan. States Fall Into Line. Nearly lflfil:‘“hlv have 10'1:‘0?24 the example of committees, New Yorke: . mmofgrwnfl into a really glo- Names and addresses of fliterates have been secured through the medium of the 1930 census by action of Con- uufl movement, to be completed in five years, 85 50 vast l‘;\ its potential results , that, when it is won the world -over, it will be found that it 'was a war to help ' GERMANY CLEARED 9F TWO WAR-TIME SABOTAGE CHARGES : (Continued Prom Fits! 'M I‘M,dncmdbothuulmnvoro! “The commission leaves no doubt that " 4t belleves that even before the United States entered the war German agents e faciare o belet that in . It declares its belle i i denials the political eral staff o sUFH & Policy, 8o Tar a8 knew or suspected that it mmamm Auburn * Prion Map, "FROM CHILEAN MILITARY Travels Through Sleet and Snow, Livir& Principally on Nuts, to Buenos Aires. o g H Companion Il in Prison. By the Assoclated Press. by | Larm, San Buenos night after his 500-mile trip, he faced sleet, snow and hunger and wore out four horses. Files Hinges With Hacksaw. He escaped from. the military prison a' Oo n on ' November 1, after lade racks. Avolding the highways as word of his escape and his pho iph _had been broadcast he ed‘m‘nlthc and by the next day had gained the compara- tive Wfi{ of open country, where he P faec”aniy by 8 tourist map and the lane in wm he flew compass of the a party of revolutionists from Argentina to Concepcion—the Ehfle. Friendship, ,in arhart flew the Atlantic to Burope— he set his course for the Argentine. Swims Yey Rivers. Snow and sleet fell daily during his crossing of the Andes, making the foot- ing so precarious that his horse fell 23 same which Amelia | 8€ times. At the outset he had himself with dried beef and bread, lost his when the horse into a snowdrift. ‘Thereafter pr nhn:! to ) States SMOOT SAYS DUTY MAY NEEDLIFTING No Question About Tariff Be- ing Too High, Author of Bill Asserts. By the Assoclated Press. Senator Reed Smoot, whose name is attached to_the new tariff act so wide- ly condemned and defended in the re- cent political campaigns, said today ‘the question now is whether the tariff is high enough, not whether it is too high.” In a statement after conferring with President Hoover, the veteran Finance Committee chairman held the tariff to be alding business recovery. He sald wage levels were being maintained in all major industries as a result of “agree- ments brought about by the President.” d | belleved a much larger added. ‘The prices of corn, butter, wool and gricultural products are higher er today than they would have been, as is proved gi I il é i GUARD’S BODY FOUND - Missing Week, Located in River. AUBURN, N. Y., November 15 (#).— The body of Herbert Bhort, sérgeant the guard ai Auburn Prison, who wes lost more than a week ago while hunt- ing in the Adirondacks, was found in the Boress River today. Foundry | MRS. BETTIE B. HILL DIES te. ‘The American thesis as argued before the commission by Robert W. Boi bearers—one of liar” in the case—and the nature of the stories. . Blame Disaster on Friction. ‘The commission, however, went deeply into the question of whether a man named Kristoff, variety of strange stories, including a ~du::tnynemd tale of a peculiar trip with 5 man who the commission said might have been Capt. Fred Hinsch, German agent, He was followed, however, for , arrested at various times, but in ¢ Native of Virginia Had Been Capi- tal Resident 35 Years. Mrs. Bettle Byron Hill, & resident of Washington for 35 years, died yester- day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. o | Pearce Horne, 2330 Nineteenth street. Mrs. Hill, a native of Culpeper, Va,, will be buried there tomorrow after- noon. She is survived only by her daughter. of | Castel 0 . WL BACK GAVE FOR OBLES Marine Corps to Play Coast Guard Here as Benefit Performance. The Washington Chamber of Com- merce, through its president, Rudolph Jose, today announced that stood -ready to sponsor the annual Marine Corps-Coast Guard foot ball classic in ‘Was! for the benefit of the work of the trict Unemployment Commit- tee. The game probably will be played December 6 at Griffith Stadium, if that field can be secured. The announcement of the chamber thus clinches an offer made jointly by Mzj. Gen, Ben H. Fuller, commandant of the Marine Corps, and Rear Admiral Prederick C. Billard, commandant of the Coast Guard, to have the annual classic staged for the benefit of the un- employed. years ve estimated approximately $10,000 or. more under mormal condi- tions, but for a charitable purpose it is amount could be_collected. The matter of phdnfig:hg sponsorship of such .a game in hands of an or| tion presented itself, and after more than a week of negotiating by Htmnz Corps officers, the local Chamber to get under way. A Ang:'unument of Mr. ‘.;me that chamber would sponsor the game fi.m.mbmw'.havronlof the Executive Committee of the cham- Of any enterprise launched o aid tn the any un al unemployment situation. The annual game between the Marines and the Coast Guard s ‘rhyed for the President's Cup, originally do- | nat:d by former President Cool 3 The Arm: Na | THIEF SMASHES WINDOW AND STEALS DIAMONDS A_thief who must have had an arm like Walter Johnson's at its best chose an le moment shortly before daylight today and hurled a stone h two plate glass windows of the rg Jewelry Co. at 1004 F street, breaking the front pane and a second one placed eight inches back as a 3 He reached into the show window and made off with five or six d rings valued at from $50 to $150 each. | _The glass in breaking set off a burglar alarm at police headquarters and de- tectives went to the scene. No one was in sight when the officers arrived. They were able, however, to obtain fingerprint impressions from the glass. Several valuable wrist touched. larger diamonds are stored in a safe at night. It was said at the store that burglar insurance companies considered the second or guard pane of glass an ef- fective means of stopping simllar rob- beries. ysed for had The gate réceipts in past | ATOY. drive | Navy. watches within | reach from r'i-.h: street were left un- | o /JOBLESS WLL GET CRID GANE NONES Army and Navy Officials Con- fer on Benefit Fund Con- test Plans. West Point and Annapolis officials announvced after a. conference here to- day at the Army and Navy Olub that the proceeds of the Army-Navy foot e in New York on December 13 conference was participated in . P. L. graduate man- mmmm&:fllhu. to be for sedts had not decided. of seating and price arrangements will be handled by 4 Sal- vation Army Committee. ‘The proceeds are expected to exceed & milifon dollars. They will be the benefits of the unemployed Lieut. Comdr. Reinicke said the game probably would be played at the Yankee Stadium. Officials of the stadium and the Polo Grounds have offered their flelds rent free. No Free Tickets. ‘There will be no free tickets, and save those which go to the Army and Navy, all will be handled by the Salva- tion Arm; y. ‘The expense of fransporting 1,200 cadets from West Point and 2,000 undergraduates of the Naval Academy will be deducted - from the receipts. Members of the Naval Academy and West Point athletic associations will be limited to two tickets each. The broad- e e .. pareat matter of & permanent resump- tion of foot ball between West Point and Annapolis was not touched upon. Arrangements for the charity game and possibly future les between the Army and ‘Navy later conference either the foot ball clash between the Navy and Southern Methodists. WHALEN DISPUTE REVEALED. Former New York Officlal Wanted to Handle Game Funds. ‘WEST POINT, N. Y., November 15 (#).—While authorities representing the two academies in Washington an- nounced agreement for the Army-Navy post season foot bell game receipts to 80 to the Salvation Army, West Point today revealed early differences over former New York police commissioner and representative of . the Salvation officlals, seeking to exercise full control of the e and disposition of its receipts, ‘Whalen in a tele- hone conversation today had declined yield to West Point his option on the use of the Polo Grounds. Text of a telegram, sent by Secretary of War Hurley to Whalen, also was re- . Hurley, in this message, advised ent n&d beel;"mlds rece] Aand confer wfi ‘West Point on bject. The Army men have taken the stand that, with play in New York, the benefit contest is a “home ‘game” for West Point, and that, therefore, its repre: sentatives should' take charge of de- tails, subject to sgreement with the ——— e G. U. PLANS RECEPTION | Professors of Dental and Foreign Service Schools to Be Guests. ‘The second faculty dinner and recep- tion at Georgetown University this year will be held tonight for the professors of the d':nu.l and forelgn service de- partments. Dr. William N. dental school and ni llon! arrangements with Grover Whalen, | had affected of | streets, in the heart of the Loop, No LANONT SEESU. S WNNING N SLUNP Enactment of High Tariff in Period of Stress Held Trade Loss Factor. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 15.—Thomas ‘W. Lamont, partner in J. P. Morgan & Co., told the Academy of Political Sci- ence last night that America is “win- ning through” the current business de- pression. “Let us have no misgivings,” he sald, “as to the ability of our country to win through its difficulties. Our economic, our financial, our banking world are saving, the Mr. Lamont said the enactment of a tariff during this of eign trade through the creation of ill- feeling abroad. He attributed the international busi- ness crisis to six chief factors: in basic power of ization of the gold reserve in Prance and the United States; political unrest in India, China and South America, and “rampant tion” here and in LONE BANDIT FAILS IN CHICAGO LOOP BANK, Attempt at Single-Handed Hold. Up Ends in Capture After Guards Fire Shots. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 15.—A robber nwmd & single-handed hold-up of the National Bank today. Guards him from the bank and fired ' several shots hefore the fugitive sur- rendered at Monroe and Dearborn one was wounded. BANHATEAS BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, this evening, at Stan- ley Hall, at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. bandmaster; Anton “The 'Star Spangled Banner.” EMPLOYED REGISTERING FOR' JOB Sesiie |D. C. JOBLESS ARMY REGISTERS TODAY, HOPING FOR RELIEF (Continued From Pirst Page.) teachers to help them il out thelr EE;‘E H i £ i | ’5 H e § hich was evacuated. .- —P. & A —Wide World Photo. JOBLESS INCREASE. (EMPLOYMENT L0SS TILTS BRITISH FUND £10,500,000 Additional for Unemployed Included in Government Estimate. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 15—The big Jump in unemployment is responsible for an additional £10,500,000 for the unemployment fund and £760,000 for extra salaries and wages in a supple- mentary estimate of nearly £11,000,000 issued today. A memorandum published with the estimate sald, that the administration | week. of una:ylwment insurance involved additional work. Owing to sion in industry there is more unem- ployment than when the budget esti- mates were originally framed. The estimate also calls for money to assist the it crisis in the sugar ly respon- sible for grants totalling £14,500 and the sugar crisis in St. Lucia for £2,500. 5| YOUNG BANDIT ROBS FOUR TAXI DRIVERS IN EARLY-MORNING FORAY (Continued Prom First Page.) machine and away. Plackos was unable to the second and third men. Victor C. Knott, 807 P street north- east, was selected as the last vi assigned ‘to. duty in patrol-cars, but trace of the man was found and doned at daybreak. MR gfiéiéfi i the depres- | ed AGAN 1 OTED October Figures of Labor Bureau. By fhe Assoclated Press. 8 A decrease per ecent from of 14 in the same period. The 41,399 con- cerns to the t listed lm}my- for October, with combined earnings of $122,678,265 a| Excluding manufacturing, the survey- Nt i the Ruvaber of smployee, bt num! em) :Inm of 0.4 per cent in rolls totals, Manufacturing *indust Te- a decrease of 1.4 per cent in :ul:.phlommt and 2 per cent in pay rolls SHIPSTEAD TO SPEAK Key Senator to Broadcast Views i to Plan Would Dhuvfil:\’aio In- fluence Through = Nation; Dry Repeal Move Hit. saedil 55;5‘ f H i HEaA e and 35,56 year. / - CHILDREN ARE COMING TO WHITE HOUSE FOR VISIT TO GRANDFATHER (Continued Slight Decrease Shown in: little ON RADIO TONIGHT |3 HOOVER EXPECTS TREASURY DEFICIT FOR: FISCAL YEAR (Continued From First