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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Pair and slightly colder tonight; mini- mum temperature about 23 degrees; to- morrow increasing cloudiness with ris- ing temperature. Temperatures—High- est, 37, at 2:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 25, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. enin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star. 24, he Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 9, 10 & 11 Yesterday’s Circulation, 111,918 TWO CENTS. Entered D, 1, 1930 —-TWENTY PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. DECEMBER No. 31,648. post office, Wa; as second class matter C. shington, D. WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, NATION WILL HEAR HOOVER'S ANNUAL GREETINGS TONIGHT President Will Light Symbolic Christmas Tree at 6 0’Clock. FIRST LADY TAKES PART IN SPREADING OF CHEER| ‘Washington Federation of Churches Sponsors Services at National City Christian Edifice. ‘Washington took the lead in prepara- | tlons for Christmas today as thcusands waited in eager anticipation of the official ceremonies in Sherman Square before the living community Christmas tree shortly after dusk, when President Hoover is to broadcast the season’s greetings to the Nation. ‘The touch of the President’s hand on the electric button which will set the giant tree in a blaze of colored lights will signalize to the Nation the approach of Christmas. Members of the cabinet, the diplomatic corps and hundreds of other officials will mingle ‘with the citizenry of the National Capi- tal as the Marine Band, at 5:30 o’clock, strikes up the strains that start the picturesque ceremonies. » ‘Mrs. Hoover Helps Generously. Meanwhile, countless gifts were dis- tributed to the less fortunate of the city today by religious, fraternal, chari- table and other organizations at a score of Yulel exercises. Efforts were made everywhere to assure a cheerful Yuletide season for all of Washington’s poor and unemployed, and in these activities today@Mrs. Hoover played a generous part. . The President will arrive in Sherman Square a few minutes before 6 o'clock, when he will light the community Christmas tree. He will be accom- panied by Mrs. Hoover and members of his official family. As soon as he presses the button, the Chief Executive will wish the entire Nation a “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.” His {:eeunas will be broadeast to the populace over a Nation-wide radio hook- up. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, chair- man of the committee in charge of the ceremonies, will speak, numerous appro- priate airs will be played by the Ma- rine Band, and the asesmbled thou- sands, led by organized chorus groups, will chant familiar Christmas carols. Traffic Arrangements Made. Special traffic arrangements in con- nection with the community tree cere- monies were made today by Capt. P. J. Carroll of the park police. The captain explained that traffic will be permitted to travel through | Treasury place and north on East Fx ecutive avenue. Some 50 parking places have -been reserved for the favited guests in the area around East EX- | ecutive avenue and Treasury place to South Executive avenue and E street. The public will be permitted to park around the Ellipse. Traffic will be al- Jowed to travel east and west on East and South Executive avenues, Capt. Carroll pointed out, but no traffic will travel in the area set apart for reserved The stand, near the community Christmas tree, has been enlarged to accommodate additional guests, as al the members of President Hoover’s cab- inet are expected to attend. Fifty more seats than last year will be set up on the platform. Spgclnl programs of carol singing will e held in many churches tonight, while Christmas services will be conducted in practically every church tomorrow morning. The annual Christmas serv- ices sponsored by the Washington Fed- | eration of Churches will start at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in the Na- tional City Christian Church on Thomas ircle. £ Dr. John Weidley, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation and chairman of the Committee on Public Meetings, will preside and offer the invocation. Dr. A. R. Bird, pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims and presi- dent of the federation, will present greetings and make several announce- ments. Dr. W. A. Shelton to Preach. The sermon will be preached by Dr. W. A. Shelton, who came to Washing- ton recently to be pastor of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South. Other clergymen par- ticipating will include Dr. S. J. Porter, Pirst Baptist Church: Rev. Godfrey Chobot, Sixth Presbytefian, H. H. Ranck. Grace Refor: ~ (Continued MINERé ARE ATTACKED, ONE SLAIN, ONE WOUNDED Truck Carrying Workers to Mine, Operating Under Fired on From Bushes. Injunction, By the Assoclated Press MADISONVILLE, Ky., December 24. —An attack on a truckload of miners ing to the Trio Coal Co.s mine to- y resulted in a colored miner being killed and another wounded. A group of men opened fire on a truck in which miners were being taken to work, firing from bushes near a road intersection. Robert Springfield, 17, was killed and Roger Samuels, 20, was njured. The truck was turned back and the wounded colored man was brought to a hospital here. It was be- lleved he would recover. The mine, one of those operating under Federal injunction against vio- jence to employes and property during the extensive labor trouble in Western Kentucky, has been taking its em- pug-h“ln trucks to work datly. iff Charles E. Barnett and depu- CHILDREN'S JOY Mans and Spruce in Old-Fash- ioned Manner. Mrs. Hoover Has Supervised Plans Primarily to Make Grandchildren Happy. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Christmas at the White House this year will be a good, old-fashioned affair, enlivened by the laughter and noise and play of the little grand- children of President and Mrs. Hoover. Once again, after a lapse of a num- ber of years, voices of children and pattering of feet, and the many other sounds that mark youngsters at* play, are echoing throughout the famous mansion which has been the scene of so many stat:ly and historic gatherings. The White House again is experi- encing a genuine, child’s Christmas. Besides taking on the atmosphere of Yuletide, this home of American Presi- dents has taken on the aspect of a real American home, Joan Has Handicap. ‘The reasons for all this life and happiness and Christmas spirit in the ‘White House this year are the children of Herbert Hoover, jr., who is spending th: Winter at Asheville, N. C., with his wife, while recovering from an illness. THese children are, Peggy Anne, who is 415 years old and who resembles strongly her grandfather; Herl Hoover, 3d, who is not quite 3 years, and Joan, who will experience her first Christmas this year. Of course Joan’s youth will eliminate her from .all the fun and excit:ment, but just the same her little socks will be hung and filled alongside of the larger ones of her big brother and sister, and will get her shar: of suitable presents, A few ldays ago the work of decorat- ing the White House for the Yuletide started. Large wreaths, made mostly of laurel and pine cones, have been hung in the numerous windows. Vari- ous greens, other than holly, which is not permitted by Mrs. Hoover for White House decorations, and flowers such as poinsettia have been used in the gen- eral scheme. Mistletoe and Pine Profuse. Numbers of spruce and pine trees have been placed in the many rooms, hallways and lobbies, but only three or four of these will be trimmed to any extent. Two of those are of the Nor- way spruce variety and are huge in size. One has been set up in the state dining room and will serve as the fam- ily Christmas tree. The other is in a commanding position in the east room, on first floor, and is described as the public tree. Mistletoe and sprays of pine with cones have been hung in profusion. With all these greens and trees and plants in position now, the interior of the White House not only looks like an old-fashioned Christmas, but smells like one. Moreover, there has been an almost constant stream of packages arriy during the past few days. Mail bags bulging with boxes and greeting cards aic_being left at the White House sev- eral times a day. Last year the Hoo- vers received more than 3,000 cards bearing some form of Christmas cheer and greeting, and it is indicated that they will receive a greater number this year, Children Greatly Interested. Peggy Anne and Herbert have been greatly interested in all these goings on. their play to stand by and watch and ask questions. As might be expected, they have now reached that point of 1 | excitement where they just can’t wait for the arrival of old Santa. They are in their nursery and in the state room, where they have been told he will make his appearance when they have retired tonight. From their nursery rooms on the top the tall live community Christmas tree at the rear of the Treasury Building with_its _thousands of _varied-colored (Continued on B BRAZIL TAKES PLANE TO HELP AMERICANS Requisitions Machine for Rescué Trip to Ford Concession—In- dian Invasion Reported. By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, December 24 —The State government at Para to- day was reported to have requisitioned |8 Pan-American Airways plane to “res- cue Americans at the Ford concession.” No details were available here. Dispatches received ¢t Rio de Janeiro last night said a band of Cayapos In- dians had invaded the village of Car- doso, in Northern Para. killing 21 per- sons and carrying three children into the jungles. ‘The state government sent 30 soldiers from Para, but because of transporta- tion difficulties it was not believed they :"ou!d reach Cardoso in less than eight ays. CHRISTMAS AT WHITE HOUSE ion Redolent With PineL Frequently they have abandoned | class keeping their eyes on the big fireplaces | floor of the White House, they can see | TO ENLIVEN JOAN liOOVEE. HERBERT HOOVER, 3D. PEGGY ANN HOOVER. ' —Clinedinst Photos. MOVE ON 70 0UST POWER BODY TRID Senators Resent Dismissal of Employes of Commission by New Members. Scarcely settled in their new posts on the Federal Power Commission, three | newly confirmed appointees to the com- mission have become the object of con- gressional criticism because of their first act in office, the dismissal of three em- ployes. “ 5 A movement for reconsideration by the Senate of the confirmation given the new members, Chairman George Otis Smith, Marcel Garsaud and Claude L. Draper, was underway at the Capitol. The movement was precipitated yester- day by the summary discharge of F. E. Bonner, executive secretary of the com- mission; Charles A. Russell, solicitor, and William V. King, chief accountant. Bonner announced he had resigned from the Government service shortly be- fore Dr. Smith announced that the three had been removed from office. Dr. Smith said he had accepted no resig- nation from Bonner, and that so far as he was concerned, each was in the same | Protests Are Made. An immediate protest arose on Capitol Hill against the discharge of Russell and King. Hurried conferences among Senators resulted in half a dozen demands for reconsideration of the nominations of the three members of the commission who participated in the action. Senators and members of the House, both Republican and Democratic, con- demned the commission for dismissing the two employes they considered “able public servants, friendly to the public's interests.” Under the Senate rules the votes by which the commissioners were confirm- ed last week can be reconsidered, if the motions to reconsider are entered the first day Congress meets after the Christmas recess by.Senators who voted for the ccnfirmation. Brookhart to Act. Senator Brookhart, Republican, Iowa, announced he would move to reconsider the vcte by which Draper was confirm- ed. He voted against Smith and Gar- saud, and therefore cannot move to reconsider their confirmation, but he expressed confidence there were a num- ber of Senators who would. Brookhart’s move was soon sponsored " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) SRR | ARREST 17 OFFICERS | |Plot Against Jugoslavian XKing | Charged to Men Held. | BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, December 24| | () —Seventeen high Jugoslav officers | were arrested today on suspicion of | membership in an alleged secret league directed against King Alexander and the dictatorship. The league calls itself the League for Justice and Freedom. Belgrade newspapers say that the lleugue spread a proclamation directed against the King and the regime. WELCOMES HOM By the Associated Press. CLAY CITY, Ill, Decéfiber 24.—The extra yuletide candle Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wattles have been burning tles t bloodhounds in an effort to trail the assailants. Men's tracks were found in a clump of bushes near the The Trio mine has been working about 200 men. HOLIDAY PAPERS ‘The Star will be issued at 1 o'clock tomorrow (Christmas) afternoon, and there will be no 5:30 or sports final editions. every Christmas for the last 10 years is going to mean something tomo: besides hope that their son. come home. e e i S years, Bt B0t K1 ve grown years, hope, have put the lighted candle tha center of their front YULE TAPER BURNING 10 YEARS E MISSING YOUTH Hope of Mother and Father Continued Despite False " Report of Railroad Accident. He worked lLere f moved to Chicago. ‘Wattles' aged parents in tified, but were too HAGHDDDOONED F ARMYPAYENDS, REPORTS INDICATE Lbyalty of Police as Well Con- sidered Dubious—People -Suffer Hardships. ECONOMIC PLIGHT HELD FORCING UPSET IN TIME Cabinet Members Said to Be Un- easy About Positions—Treas- ury Is Key Factor. BY CONSTANTINE EROWN. The economic and political discontent in Cuba is reported to have reached such a point that the days of Presi- dent Gerardo Machado are numbered. According to the latest reports received in Washington from Havana, President Machado can count on support from the army and the police as long as he can pay these forces. But the day when the depleted Cuban’' treasury can no longer meet those payments his’ po- litical career will be ended. Some of the senior officers of the Cuban army are already opposing the administration, as the trial of the colonel commandiftg the Fort of Cabago has shown. That officer is being court-martialed because, it is claimed, he had connived with the opposition to get rid of the Chief Executive by bom- barding the presidential residence. The plct was discovered in time and foiled by President Machado's secret police. Havana Situation Tense. ‘The situation is very tense in Havana and in the interior. In the capital.the students continue the strike they had begun two months ago. They demand the President’s resignation. This strike is worrying the authorities considerably because in most Latin American repub- lics the big revolutionary movement” generally start either at military acad emies or universities. The great majority of Cuban intelli- gentsia is opposed to the President, whom they accuse of having brought ruin upon the country by the extrava- gance of his administration. Most Cu- ban patriots are still puzzied and want to find out why the Machado adminis- tration has spent over $20,000,000 on the Cuban Capitol. They would also like to know exactly how much been spent on the magnificent but al- most useless 1,000-mile road which con- nects Pinar Del Rio with Santiago. Nobody scems to know exactly how much that road costs the Cuban tax- s}n ‘l%n.m time of intense economic = Imterior Conditions Worse. ‘There naturally are still a number of adherents of the Machado adminis- tration in Havana, but they are se- verely boycotted by the majority of the population of the capital. So are the foreign diplomats suspected of suppoft- ing President Machado more than their role as observers permits. The situation in the interior is re- ported to be much worse. Only the lack of arms and the presence of well {armed police forces is said to -prevent the population from -rebelling against the Machado administration. ‘The population is virtually starving. On account of the slump in the sugar industry, sugar factories are working only about 65 days a year. Men em- ployed in the most important industry in Cuba are paid $1 a day. This sum enables the workmen barely to keep from starving. Await Chance to Strike. ‘The men are leading now a most precarious existence and are awaiting for the first chance to rise against President Machado, whom they accuse of causing their misfortune. Some of President Machado's cabinet ministers feel that their position may soon become very difficult. Minister of Publuic- Works C. M. de Cespedes has already taken an unlimited leave and has departed from Cuba on a yacht for a long cruise. Other less fortunate members of the Machado cabinet are still in Havana, keeping an anxious eye on ship movements in the harbor. (Copyright, 1930.) /C. E. TYSON FATALLY HURT IN AUTO CRASH Salesman for Washington Elec- trical Firm Figures in Accident Near Princeton, W. Va. By the Associated Press. PRINCETON, W. Va., December 24. —C. E. Tyson, 35, Washington, D. C., was fatally hurt yesterday when his automobile was wrecked near here. ‘The cause of the accident had not been determined last night. He was a sales- man for an electrical company, and is survived by his widow and two children. Tyson lived at 6325 ‘Meadowbrook lane Chevy Mrs. Tyson Chase, Md. left the Capital late yesterday to go to her husband. BOY BANDIT SLAIN ~ Patrolman Kills Youth After He ‘Wounds Police Chief. ATTALLA, Ala., December 24 (#).— An unidentified youth was shot to death here early today by a police patrolman after he seriously wounded Chief of Police D. C. Keith in attempt- ing to hold up_a road house. Keith and Patrolman L. L. Swan “Yes, that's Orris Wattles, all right. | tered, time By Peter B. Kyne Begins on Page A-5 of Today's Star A CHRISTMAS EVE LETTER. CHRISTMAS MAIL SETS RECORD HERE AND IN NATION AS WHOLE Talk of Depression Belied by Avalanche of Letters, Cards and Parcels—Extra Men Employed. ADl talk of the depression has been snowed under this Yuletide by the greatest Christmas mail business in the Nation’s history — with Washington among the large cities hanging up all- time postal records. Joining in the far-flung chorus of officials attesting to the extraordinary rush of holiday mail, City Postmaster Willlam M. Mooney today declared the local post office has smashed even the post-war records of half a dozen years ago, with the tidal wave of cards, let- ters and packages still undiminished. So staggering has been the rush with- I in the past 24 hours that 100 additional temporary employes were employed last night and 40 more were sent to the “front” today, swelling the total of ex- tra employes to 2,440. An encouraging feature from the standpoint of merchants is the fact that the increased business is not confined to greeting cards and letters. Mr. Mooney pointed out that more packages, presumably containing Yuletide mer- chandise, have passed through local mail channels this season than ever be- fore. Approximately 61,298 parcels were (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) WETS START FIGHT FOR REDISTRICTING Want States to Act So Cities Will Elect More House Members. By the Associated Press. Wets in Congress are seeking con- gressional redistricting of every State affected by the new apportionment in the belief that elections of additional members from at large would cheat them of reinforcements. Representative Cochran, Democrat, of Missouri, said today he would use the Hous¢ as a forum to amplify a plea he is preparing to make shortly after Con- gress reassembles. The redistricting must be done by each State. “I mean to put the country on notice,” Cochran said, “that the .new representation will be unfair to the populous centers if the delegations are elected at large.” Must Act in Time. In each of 22 States which lose repre- sentation under the new census, effec- tive with the Seventy-third Congress, the entire delegation will have to be elected at large unless redistricting is completed in time; likewise in 11 States gaining representation. The wets hold that their expected gains in rapidly growing cities would be reduced by dry tendencies of rural sections which have not gained popula- tion. Cochran said 59 per cent of the popu- lation of the country is urban, but 268 of the 435 Representatives now come from rural sections—districts in which a majority of the votes are in communi- ties of less than 3,000. Congress May Not Act. It is unlikely Congress will act &t this session on any aspect of the re- apportionment question. _ A resolution by Representative Hoch, Republican, of”| Kansas, pending before a committee, would alter the Census Bureau's plan of reapportionment, but is not expected to succeed. Unless action is taken by March 4, the census reapportionment becomes effective. Representative Sproul, militant dry leader of Kansas, said he had no doubt that redistricting will be carried out by ltxhi States immedhm! after March 4. 3 “The drys were asleep,” Sproul added, “when they passed the reapportionment bill. They voted for it when they should have opposed it. An amend- ment could have been effected to pro- vide enumeration on the basis of citi~ zenship.” Missouri Is Cited. Cochran said his own Missouti would | * lose 3 of its 15 Representatives under the new apportionment:; but that if the remainder were fairly redistricted, “the wet, urban population would g six, and “the dry, rural inhabitants seven ‘et, if our present delegation voted on prohibition tomorrow,” he ;tha division would be 4 against, 12 or.” m‘mm States have failed to lor - ) speak for 1.000Wm|. while others fs short of the calulated 288, LAY DEATH OF MAN T0 “EMPTY PISTOL™ Women at Fatal Pafty Tel Coroner’s Jury George Hale Was Shot Accidentally. Two young women told a coroner’s jury this afternoon how they “just took it for granted the gun was empty” when 22-year-old Charles Edward Mullen, jr., pointed it at their heads during a card game last night, shortly before the weapon explodéd and killed George Hale, 25 years old, of 456 R street. Mullen, son of Headquarters Sergt. Charles Mullen, on three separate occa- sions leveled a gun at hecr and laugh- ingly pulled the trigger, 22-year-old Margaretta Scotson, of 1753 Church street, assured the jurors. “Thought He Was Fooling.” “We just thought he was fooling,” Miss Scotson said, “and went on play- ing rummy. The four of us were play- ing rummy in the kitchenette of an apartment at 2127 California street. Mullen had two pistols lying on the open door of the stove within easy reach. As the cards were being dealt h: would rais the gun and snap it at_me.” ' The other girl to testify was Mrs. John Rosseau, fourth member of the rummy game, in whose apartment it took place. Mrs. Rosseau’s husband was away from home at the time play- ing in the Shoreham Hotel Orchestra. “Mullen had been playing with the gun,” Mrs. Rosseau said. “He snapped it at Miss Scotson, but I thought, of course, it was empty, and didn’'t pay any attention. I didn’t see him raise the gun or hear him say anything when the explosion came. Through the smoke I saw Hale fall forward. Mullen was on his knees trying to raise him and sobbing ‘My God! Have I shot you, Buddy?” Fired to Kill Himself. “Mullen grabbed the other gun then and said he was going to kill himself, but when he snapped it that gun was empty. I grabbed it out of his hand and told him not to mind, that every- thing would be all right. I ran into the corridor to ask the elevator boy to help with Hale and then on to a telephone to_get an ambulance.” Both girls were cross-questioned at length. The shooting occurred at 11:45 p.m., (Continued on Page 2, Column 73 £5,000,000,000 GOAL IN CONSTRUCTION Nation’s Challenge to Unem- ployment Includes Many Other Projects. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 24 —A $5,000,000,000 construction symphony of chisels on stone, air hammers on steel and pick and skovel on hard Winter earth is the Nation’s challenge to un- employment. Roads that ordinarily would wait for Spring are pushing forward in a pay- envclope drive over the face of the country, and steel and brick are mount- ing skyward in municipalities, according to year end reports compiled from all areas. | HOOVER'S LOVALTY 106. 0. P. DOUBTED BY SENATOR NORRIS Nebraskan Declares Presi- dent Is “Liable to Be a Democrat Any Day.” STATEMENT MADE AFTER WO00D SUPPORTS LUCAS Directpr Says He Spent $850 to Combat Raskob and Wet Or- ganization Campaign. By the Associated Press. ‘The Norris-Lucas conflict swung to- ward the White House today, with spec~ ulation turning on how soon President Hoover would take a hand. Senator Norris, the Republican in- dependent, from Nebraska, whose ouster from party ranks is sought by Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Re- publican National Committee, turned his latest attack directly on the Chief Executive, questioning his Repub- licanism. This statement came after Repre- sentative Wood of Indiana, chairman of the Republican Congressional Com= mittee, announced yesterday from the White House steps he Was supporting Lucas, and denounced Norris as & “con- summate demagogue.” “The Republican party belongs to the rank and file,” said Norris in talk- ing to newspaper men, who gave him the news of Wood's attack. “Mr. Wood and Mr. Lucas, even though backed up by Mr. Hoover, do not constitute the Republican party. I was fighting for the Republican party when Mr. Hoover himself was a resident and voter of Great Britain, o Liable to Turn Democrat. “Mr. Hoover is fnost liable to be a Democrat any day. When he came to this country from Great Britain he was, a Democrat, accepting office as a Demo- crat. He remained a Democrat until the Republicans came in power, and when he accepted office under the Re- publicans he automatically became a Republican. “I have never found fault with that. I concede his right to change his po- litical affiliation every time he changes office if he wants to, but I haven't found it necessary myself.” Lucas issued another statement last night through the Repul Na- tional Committee, making clear that he Southwest, new rails are glinting under the Texas sun and public worR are dot- ting the States. At the same time, de- mands for immediate relief are being met with National, State, municipal and private aid. Whole Country Aids Task. The country is a network of commis- sions and committees pushing forward every bit of public work possible and preventing suffering among those who cannot be put to work. The network begins with the President’s Emergency Committee, headed by Col. Arthur ‘Woods, and branches through the States and into the smallest of communities with relief organization. Many States have official commissions at work on the problem. Cities and counties have raised or are raising offi- cial funds and public funds. Many workers from one coast of the Nation to the other are contributing part of their pay. Debutantes and Boy Scouts are giving benefits. Even blue law States are permitting Sunday movies that the proceeds may aid in preventing Winter_destitution. The Federal Government plans $724,- 000,000 worth of building in the next 12 months and for immediate expenditure Congress has just appropriated $116,- 000,000, not inciuding the $45,000,000 voted for drought relief. Huge Building Total. L. Seth Schitman, chief statisticlan for the F. W. e Corporation, esti- mated that in addition there is now under way in the country construction totaling more than $4,700,000,000. This includes work in all stages. New England is pouring $330,674,000 (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) STRIKE HITS CLEVELAND R Conventions Transferred Because of Hotel Walkout. CLEVELAND, December 24 (#).—Be- cause of the strike of union employes in four leading downtown hotels, the Triennial Convention of the Brother- hood of ginemen has been transferred from Cleveland to Toronto. The meeting will last through the month of June, and it was estimated delegates will spend $700,000. Union hotel employes quit work sev- eral months ago when the hotels in- sisted that they sign individual con- Sli‘cu, irrespective of union member- p. Three weeks ago the Brotherhood of | €, Was wrong. Railroad Trainmen transferred its 1931 Houston, Tex., as part of organized la- | Nebraskan. bor's efforts to keep conventions out of | fug Cleveland so long as the hotel strike continues. LAST U. S. WORLD WAR VETERAN TO LIVE UNTIL 1985, SAYS HINES | descended Expectancy of Former Soldiers, Based on Records of Previous Wars, Shows Huge Relief Fund Necessary. By the Assoclated Press. The last American veteran of the ‘World War will live until 1985, and the last widow of a veteran will not die ' Bureau calcu- erans’ Bureau, already has expended $5,000,000,000 for relief, he added. lxr necessity for p! relief work far in advance, the records why I would personally m much money for the Republican 5 continued Lucas. “Of course, mr Norris would not understand why any- body would spend that much for the Republican party. “Mr. John J. Raskob and the Asso- ; ciation Against the Prohibition amend- thousands ment were throw of dol- lars into the camp against our Re- publican senatorial and congressional candidates in a nugm of States. There was no money spent by any counter organization to combat it. Prohibition Not Issue. “Prohibition was not an issue through- out the country, but was confined to certain States and districts, and the Republican National Committee was not at liberty to take a hand in the wet and dry fight. I undertook to make an effort to offset the hurtful effect of the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by Mr. Raskob and the Associa- tion Against the Prohibition Amend- ment by using a cartoon which called attention to the evils of the barroom and giving publicity to Mr. Raskob’s slogan adopted by him when he said: “I am accepting the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee to help Al Smith rid the country of this damnable prohibition. “The cartoons were used in States where Mr. Raskob and the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment were spending thousands of dollars against our Republican candidates.” Lucas formally offered the records of the Republican National Committee to the Senate Campaign Funds Commit- tee for examination and also demanded that the committee inspect the books of the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Committee, John J. Raskob and the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. Curran Makes Statement. Henry H. Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, last night issued a state- ment asserting that his organization “did not spend a single dollar in the Nebraska senatorial campaign, either for or against Senator Norris or any- otive Firemen and En-| P04y else.” “I am beginning to wonder how much Lucas and Fess are helping the Repub- lican party,” he said. “I have done a good deal of campaigning in my time, but the secret circulation of bar room cartoons is a new one on me.” Senator Norris asserted the opposi- tion to himself “comes mostly, if not entirely, because I have refused to follow President Hoover when I thought ~ “His opposition is not because I am convention from Cleveland to|DOt & good Republican,” continued the “That is only a subter- His opposition is because on fundamental issues like farm relief and conservation of national resources I have not agreed with him.” Norris reiterated he had no complaint -z%st any one who opposed him, “but I conderan the cowardly, under- handed, dishonest means they hav> to in fighting me.” e S LONGEST AIR PROJECT OVER WATER TO OPEN Route Connecting Cuba and Pana- ma in Dawn-to-Dusk Serviee Approved by Lindbergh. e. hm By the Assoclated Press. sho YORK NEW \