Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1931, Page 2

TRADEBODY LS VRGN SN WAR ‘Intends to Press Vigorous Fight to Free Roags” - From Billboards. | Civic foro's in Virginia have the| . powerful backing of the State Ciiamber ! fof Commerce i ‘their Tight' to protect {the scenic and historieal-highways from ifurther defacement, by billboard *advertising. /. IR i { “The situation -on- the Virginia side | of the Washington entrances is partic- iularly bad, although there are other sections of the State where the billy| iboard nuisance has become equally | iobjectionable,” LeRoy Hodges of Rich- | {mond. managing director of the State {Chamber of Commerce, has written to ithe American Civic Association. “Legis- flation to restrict billboard advertising | ‘has becn defeated during the last two isessions of the General Ass:mbly, but ,it is apparent that public. sentiment i Ibeing awakened) mote. aud. more. to_ the. need of some equitable regulation.” Representative of the jeading bpsiness | men of the State; they Chamber of Commerce intends to press the vigorous ' ifight it has made in recent years to _drive outdoor advertising signs, legal iand illegal, from the rural highways of Virginia. Aside from its desire to pro- *tect the beauty of its scenery, the State .Chamber of Commerce has repeatedly declared that billboard advertising is ibad business for the tourist trade, which }is bicoming more valuable to Virginia jevery year, Tourist Trade Stressed. “Virginia can hold and _increase itremendously our already important ‘and tourist trade. if we are farsighted ‘enough to preserve our natural scenery | jand present to our visitors a ' tidy fand well-cared-for-State,”’ the chamber | id in its annual report in dealing| h billboard restriction. ‘A billboard-scarred and advertised- | .plastered Virginia, however, is hardly in | eeping with the ideals, traditions and,| ‘culture of the Old Dominion. More- ‘over, Virginiap through her splendid system of schools, is attracting larger ‘and larger numbers of students through- ‘out the Nation and abroad. which is an- jother compelling reason why we should endeavor to send thes> out-of-State ‘students back to their homes with an ‘beautiful as well as of Virginia cultural ;and inspirational.” : The development of the Virginia Valley caverns. and publicity incidental “o the establishment of the Schenandoah National Park and the border use of recreational facilities in the national “forcst reserves of the State have served to draw thousands of tourists to Virginia, whose trade is a profitable ‘asset which business interests are anxious to retain. Beauty Called Big Asset. With _the completion and connecting up of Virginia’s links in the national highways along the Atlantic seaboard, the chamber pointed out, the outdoor ! advertising-industry promptly took ad- vantage of-the great increase in motor traffic on the roads. “Out-of-Virginia advertising has become a serious eye- #ore along our highways,” the report stated. “The natural beauty of the State is too important an asset of the Old Dominion in the building of the new Virginia to be sacrificed for local:and mational advertising pu for the so-called ‘right’ of selfish advertising agenciés and the financial needs of our rural property owners do not outweigh the best interest of all Virginia. Virginia's scenic beauty along our rural ‘highways, therefore, must be protected Hrom defacement by billboards and ‘other forms of advertising; and bill- boards, wherzver they endanger life on the highways by obstructing view at xcurves, etc., should be removed imme- “diately. “The legitimate business of the out- +door advertising interests cannot be seriously injured by a reasonable re- striction of billboards to commercial districts and the removal of advertising matter away from our country road- sides. In fact, the more responsible and forward-looking concerns in the ‘outdoor advertising group say they will support such a program and help protect and preserve the scenic beauty of the /Old Dominion. 'SENATORS DIFFER IN DISCUSSION OF STIMSON’S SPEECH (Continued From First Page.) ter of stating history, but in a manner free from criticism,” Mr. Borah con- “tended. Mr. Robinson asked how Secretary Stimson squared the Hoover- policy as followed in the recognition of recent Tevolutionary governments in South America, with the treaty Hughes and Kellogg sponsored among. pan Ameris “can nations not to recognize govern= ~ments established by revolution ‘The Democratic leader said if Stim- son’s policy were to govern he should have taken steps to recognize Russia. “I do not criticize his failure to rec- ognize Russia,” Mr. Robinson continued. ““Nor do I criticize Wilson for mnot recognizing Huerta. I have mnot criti- cized this administration for sendin the Marines to Nicaragua, Nor have criticized the Wilson administration for sending Marines to Mexico." 3 Mr. Borah said the American people would have liked to follow the Wilson policy if it had been workable. “I understand Mr. Stimson to state that the traditional policy of this Government seems more workable and that he is not criticizing the Wilson policy,” Borah added. INCOME TAX FACTS. NO. 7. Certain items of income are cifically exempt from tax by the provisions of the revenue act. These items, therefore, need not be included in gross income. Among such items are the pro- ceeds from life insurance policies; amounts received as gifts, bequests, devises, or inheritances; interest on municipal bonds, State bonds, certain _bonds issued by the United States Government, bonds issued by the possessions of the United States and Federal farm loan bonds; amounts received through accident or health in- surance or under workmen’s com- pensation acts for personal in- juries or sickness and damages received on account of such in- juries or sickness. Amounts received as compensa- tion, family allotments and allow- ances under the provisions of the war risk insurance act, the voca- tional rehabilitation or the World War veterans’ act, 1924, or as pensions from the United States for services of the bene- ficiary or another in the military or naval forces of the United States in time of war, or as & State pension for services ren- dered by the beneficiary or anoth- er for which the State is paying a pensation, also are exempt from tax. Interest or dividends not ex- ceeding $300 from domestic build- ing and loan associations, sub- stantially all the business of which 15 comfined to making loans to x : THE SUNDAY 'S p g AMELIA EARHART AND GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM. Romance That Began By the Associated Press. NOANK, Conn. February T.— Three months ago George Palmer Put- nam, publisher, explorer and aviation enthusiast, -beamed on questioning re- porters and admitted: “To marry Miss would be swell.” Then a sadder tone came into his voice as he lamented, “but nothing in this vale of tears is certain.” Today the world didn't look at all like a vale of tears to him, for at noon he married the famous transatlantic aviatrix at the home of Mrs. Frances Putnam, his mother. Will Keep Maiden Name. The ceremony was simple. Judge Arthur Anderson of Groton performed it and the witnesses were Mrs. Put- nam and Robert Anderson, the judge's son. The bride, first woman to conquer the Atlantic in a plane, will retain her maiden name and plans to be at work Monday as usual at her executive post for an aviation concern. Her husband won't take any longer time off from his work with Brewer and Warren, New York publishing firm. Amelia Earhart AMELIA EARHART IS MARRIED TO GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM Before Trangatlantic Flight Ends in Brief Ceremony at Explorer's Mother’s Home. The romance was born of mutual ad- miration and a mutual love for danger and adventure. Back in 1928 Putnam, making a search on behalf of Mrs. Frederick Guest for an aviatrix to fly the ocean, selected Miss Earhart, then ; Boston social worker and amateur yer. Explored Baffin Island. On June 17-18, 1928, she wrote her name indelibly in the annals of heroic afr exploits by flying from Trepassy, Newfoundland, to Burryport, Wales, with the late Wilmer D. Stultz and Lou Gordon as members of the crew of her plane, the Friendship. Putnam’s delight in strange, faraway places sent him in the schooner Effie M. Morrisey to within 700 miles of the North Pole in 1926. The next year, ac- companied by his young son, David Bin- ney Putnam, he explored Baffin Island. Bolth trips -were rich in scientific re- sults. Miss Earhart, in applying for the license, said she was 32, 10 years younger than Putnam. The publisher and his first wife, Mrs. Dorothy Binney Putnam, were divorced in Reno in 1929. RIGHTS SUSPENDED INCUBA ONGE MORE Machado Decree Charges “Silent” Campaign Against Rule Continues. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, February 7.—Cuba will get along without constitutional guarantees “while the perturbed state of national order endures,” it was set forth in the newest suspension of certain constitu- tionally certified rights of citizenship, made known today. As ‘is his week end wont, President Gerardo Machado went fishing yester- day. Behind him, however, he left signed the decree further extending the period of no guarantees. Congress last week gave him power to do so, having placed no limit on the time during which the guarantees have been held invalid. “Silent” Campaign Continues. The interfor department made the decree public today. Its text explained that attempted destruction of property and resistance to police had well nigh ceased, but that the government’s en- emies continued -their “silent” "cam~ paign of subversion. Guatdntees already had been - sus- pended twice, the first period of 20- days ending December 1. Eleven days later the suspension was renewed, this time for 60 days. Now it is indefinite. The new dictum renders without force the same constitutional articles now suspended—15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24 and 28. They provided: That none may be detained except by prescribed legal procedure. | "That-arrested persons must ‘be'freed or given court hearings within 24 hours. Homes Not Inviolate. ‘That such persons must be liberated or imprisoned within 72 hours after the hearing. That all trials and sentences must be by courts of competent jurisdiction. ‘That private correspondence and documents are inviolate. That the home is likewise. ‘That none shall be obliged to change residence except by mandate of com- petent authority as provided by law. That citizens may assemble peacefully. CLAIM STATEMENT IN ERROR. i John T. Wilford Did Not File Againsf Cuba for Deportation. State Department officlals said late today they had been in error in stating that John T. Wilford, publisher of the newspaper the Havana Ameri- can, had filed a claim against the Cuban government in connection with his recent deportation from Republic. The erroneous information was given out, department officials said, through confusion over a claim against the Cuban government filed by Wilford last year as a result of a raid om his news- paper plant. Wilford filed a complaint against his deportation with Ambas- sador Guggenheim, but has filed no claim for damages, officials added. Wilford’s claim in connection with members; the rental value of a dwelling house and appurtenances thereof furnished to a minister of the gospel,.as part of his com- pensation, also are excluded from income. Other items ex* cluded are alimony, notary fees if the notary was commissioned b State and city jury fees. the raid will be given due considera- tion, it was said, with a view to de- termining if international law is ap- plicable to make a claim against Cuba HAVANA AMERIGAN T0 PUBLISH AGAIN John A. Stevérding to Take Place of John T. Wilford as Editor. By the Asspciated Press. HAVANA, February 7.—The Havana American, English-language newspaper, whose 13 month’s existence has been exceedingly -stormy, will come rolling from the presses early next week. * Guiding its editorial policy—in place of John T. Wilford, who was expelled from Cuba by the government January 16 after many years in newspaper work here—will be John A. Steverding, like- wise well known in Havana journalistic circles. - Robert E. Hicks, president of the American Publishing Co., returned to Havana today. Almost simultaneously arrived the government's official order lifting suspension imposed upon the newspaper _.January - 9, when nine Havana publications were closed. Mr. Steyerding said' the paper would reappear Monday or ‘Tuesday. + - Founded 'December 1, 1929, the American - first incurred offictal wrath by lending its presses to La litical organ. In' March, plates of La Voz were destroyed and, Wilford alleged, the American’s ma- chinery was . He instituted action, the government did like- wise, but later dropped its action. ‘Through trouble water the American rll:. until finally Wilford was ordered out, e {79 TONS OF NARCOTICS | ENTER ILLICIT TRADE iLelgue Secretariat Reports Figure in Five-Year Period From 1925 to 1929. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, February 7.—Seventy-nine tons of narcotic drugs escaped into il- licit traffic during the five years, 1925- 29, inclusive, according to an analysis of drug statistics made by the secre- tariat of the League of Nations and made public today. ‘The analysis was made for use of the narcotic limitation conference, which is to be held in Geneva next May. ‘The committee's report expressed dm concern that at a moment when - ' grave situation” had apparently been remedied, a ‘“new danger of the first magnitude had appeared as the result of the manufacture, on a very scale, of morphine and heroin in a country, Turkey, which is not a mem- ber of the League of Nations or a party to the opium conventions.” In connection with the reference to Turkey the report mentioned a letter shown to th committee by the repre- sentative from the United States, J. Kenneth Caldwell. It was said to be from a Turkish manufacturing concern to an American firm and, offered to supply whatever narcotic drugs were required at prices Justified. e i el ‘The world’s greatest telescope, located on Mount Wilson, C: is equipped with a 100-inch AMay vqrylns according to whether the de- livery was effected under the conditions laid down in the Geneva convention or independently of any convention. Turkey hz signified its intention to and co-operate with the issued. : v TAR, WASHINGTO. BOTTLE CAP PLANT DESTROYED BY FIRE Loss to Dairy Supply Com- pany, Near Capitol, May Reach $150,000. Flames yesterday reduced to a shell the large plant of the American Dairy Supply Co., on Delaware avenue be- tween E and Canal streets southwest. Joseph A. Burkart, president, esti- mated the damage at $150,000, with in- surance of $110,000. Fire Chief George S. Watson tentatively fixed the loss at but $80,000. Difficulty in reaching a definite figure was occasioned by the fact that only a cursory inspection had been made of what remained of in- tricate machinery used in the manu- facture of milk bottle caps. As the blaze was near the Capitol; several members of Congress were among’ the thousands of spectators at- tracted to the scene. They rubbed el- bows with day laborers as firemen played countless streams of water on the blaze. It was the first four-alarm fire in the vicinity of the Capitol in some time. Fire Kept From Spreading. Flames shot high into the air, and huge billows of smoke hovered over Capitol Hill as firemen battered their way through windows and doors and succeeded ,in preventing the fire from spreading to adoining structures. In the process, Waldpn Guinan, a private of No. 13 Engine Company, was slightly cut on the back of the head, and Her- bert Stokes of 310 C street, a spectator, was overcome by smoke while aiding the firemen. Both men were treated at Providence Hospital and permitted to go to their homes. Chief Watson reported the ‘dense black smoke was unusually offensive, use it came from half a carload raffin. Many of the fire- masks. The chief de- for about ters of an hour until the current could be_cut off. Belief that the fire originated with transformer or one of the four big- oil burners in the basement was ex- pressed by E. J. Grayson, general man- He explained the factory's 50- odd employes had been dismissed -for the day about an hour before the blaze was discovered. The few still in ghe building at the time escaped injury. Explosion Not Traced. Although a minor explosion was re- ported to have rocked the building in the early stages of the fire, investiga- tors were unable to locate any one who heard such a blast. It was believed the noise might have come from the tranaformer. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, chief of police, directed reserves as they chased nu- merous spectators from an embank- ment of the Scuthern Railway nearby when one of the walls bulged and threatened to collapse. The wall re- mained upright, however. Practically the entire roof caved in just before the fire was extinguished, after about an hour and a half of work. No one was in the building at the time. ‘The single-story brick structure occu- pied about a third of a block. It con- tained about 5,000 square feet of floor space, including a big warchouse, where the damage was most severe. A fire broke out in an incinerator of the factory last June, but was put out in short order. AMENDED BILLBOAIiD MEASURE FOR DISTRICT IS PASSED BY HOUSE (Continued From First Page.) to put its own house in order before at- tempfing to eMninate billboards from the Virginia and Maryland highway ap- proaches to the National Capital. With anti-billboard legislation pending in.the Maryland Legislature, it was expected that the final enactment of the District bill would spur thatebody to action. Public Hearing Provided. Public hearings ‘before adoptien of regulations to control the outdoor ad- vertising situation are provided in the bill, as it passed the House, such an amendment having been recommended by the District Commissioners, the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission and the American Civic Asso- clation. It is understood that hearings are to be held as soon as possible after the final enactment of the measure, s0 that the regulations might be promul- gated within a few weeks. Approval of the bill was delayed in | the House by a filibuster by Representa- tive La Guardia of New York, who was opposed to the so-called small-loan bill until Chairman Zihlman of the District Committee agreed to withdraw that measure from the District program up for consideration in the House yester- day. Chairman Zihiman notified thé House that the District Commissioners had advised the House District Committee that they are in urgent need of the billboard legislation under which new and proper regulations can be made in time to permit a general clean-up of the illegal and unauthorized signs in the city prior to the Bicentennial cele- bration. . The bill, it was pointed out, was in-. dorsed at two public hearings at which commercial and esthetic interests .were. given an opportunity to discuss the outdoor. sl situation in Washington and at which the large and small ad- vertising interests in this city, as well as union sign painters, joined in rec- ommending legislation of this kind. The most important améndment in- serted in the bill as reported from the House Committee by Representative Hall of Indiana gives the Commission- ers power to control, restrict and govern the erection, hanging, placing, painting, display and maintenance of all outdoor signs and other forms of exterior ad- vertising “on public ways and public space under their control-and on -pri- vate porperty within public view"” with- in the District of Columbia. Amendment Essential. Without an amendment including the control of outdoor advertising on private property “within public view,” the Commissioners said the regulation of -the sign evil would be absolutely in- effective. The Commissioners now lack the power to remove unsightl signs and advertising smeared over stores and buildings on many of the principal cor- ners in the downtown and residential sections. For some years the rehabilitation of existing billboards in the District has been prohibited, the idea being to let them eventually rot away. Many of the boards already are in this unsightly condition. Rather than have them re- aired and therefore given increased ife, some of the civic forces were x')g- being inserted in the authorize the main- nance of these established boards, ‘They withdrew their objections, how- ever, when assured by the District Com- missioners that the bill provided suffi- clent safeguards to prevent any abuse. By the refusal of licenses and the reallocation of many billboards already undesirably situated, the Commission- ers believe that the regulation can be inforced effectively in protecting the asthetic interests of the public. Under authority given in the bill, no license for an outdoor sign shall be issued without the prepayment of $5 to the District collector of taxes and an annual fee of $5 thereafter for each succeeding year. good cause the Commissioners also are empowered to reject any ;f»pllc-tlun for a license or to revoke W t.\:l’nm m;:v ll‘u:' been 5 con!f was organised biilboards can ke 36 .man of Baltimore, Dr. I. P. Martin of “| Conference in Dallas last year, when FEBRUARY 8 FIREMEN An action shot, taken through a heavy smoke screen, of firemen with two streams attempting to get into the burning | said, “for ccommif yesterday afternoon. A < & ¥ et of American Dairy Supply Co. TRIAL BOARD HOLDS CANNON NOT GUILTY Verdict Clears Methodist Bishop of Charges Still Kept Secret. (Continued From First Page.) the fight he had put up had been the | best of which he wag able, but that it | had scverely sapped his strength. Son Takes Him News. Prof. Cannon, who has been his | father's constant companion, returned | to the church to bring him news of | the verdict. Prom his hospital bed Bishop Cannon announced he had no statement to make. Absent also were Dr. Forest J. Pretty- Abington, Va.; Dr. Costen J. Harrell and Dr. J. T. Masten, both of Rich- mond, the traveling elders who pre- ferred the charges. Dr. Prettyman had remained for all but the night session when the elders hearing the charges started their deliberation, but the others had left earlier. There was no word, either, from any of the 12 “jurymen.” with their work at an end, they left the church hastily to catch trains to return to their homes. So great was the secrecy surrounding the hearings that not even she identity of the 12 was revealed 'until their names were given out by Bishop Ains- worth. Bishop’s Second Victory. Bishop Cannon scored his second vic- tory within a few months over oppo- nents within the church who have fought for his ouster. At the General his activities as an anti-Smith leader in the campaign of 1928 and his con- nection with stock market activities were fresh in public mind, charges bear- ing on thesq two issues were raised against him, but without success. A few weeks later the new charges were filed. It was known that they went far beyond the scope of the origi- nal accusations. As a matter of fact, it was said on the best authority that the question of his political labors did not enter into the present case at all. When the hearing started Tuesday & mass of documentary evidence was produced and a number of witnesses called, and there were indications that in the case matters arising during the past several years were brought up. Some of Witnesses. Among the witnesses was Frank Mor- gan of Richmond, former Department of Justice investigator, and now a pri- vate detective, who was said to have worked for months building up the case for the prosecution. Accompany- ing him to_the hearing was Robert Thomas, a Richmond lawyer. George P, Adams, secretary-treasurer of Blackstone Institute, a denominational Virginia school for girls which Bishop Cannon formerly headed, was-another witness. On the list also was Austin O'Malley of the New York Journal, a publication owned by Willlam Randoiph Hearst, against whom Bishop Cannon now has a $5,000,000 suit pending in the District, in which he charges slander, based on the reputed publica- tion of matter which among other things Bishop Cannon said reflected on his family life. Bert Farrar, a handwriting expert, was another sum- moned to the hearing. At the inception of the hearing, it had been thought that Bishop Can- non's only part, under the presumed procedure, would be the presentation of a statement, if he cared to make any. However, as it developed, he was extended the privilege of interposing objections where he deemed proper as the case was presented and of cross- examining witnesses. This policy was developed, it was understood, because there were no precedents to guide tho. in charge of the case, and use prosecution felt that the gravity of the charges which could entail three years suspension, even though Bishop Can- non ultimately might be cleared, en- titled him to the fullest defense possible. With the way thus paved, Bishop Cannon ‘surprised even those closest to him by the vigor with_which he con- moved from areas when necessary for the good of .the community. The General Outdoor Advertising Co., largest of the billboard operatives in the metropolitan area of Washington, has agreed to co-operate in reducing as far as practicable the number of its advertising display units inside Wash- ington as well as removing its boards within a two-mile limit of the District line. The company also has agreed to reallocate e of its existing bill- boards within the city in an endeavor to preserve the orderly appearances of certain sections, Now that the final enactment of restrictive legislation is near, it is probable that other adver- tising agencies will come into the agree- ment ~ to cooperate voluntarily in remedying local conditions. Penalties for violation of the anti- sign regulations were doubled at the request of the Commissioners. The bill now carries a minimum fine of $10 and a maximum fine of $200, which would be imposed for each day the violation continues. NoO changes were made in BATTLING WAY 1931—PART ONW. BISHOP JAMES CANNON, JR. ducted his defense. In spite of his physical condition, he battled for every point, assisted by his son ahd by Rev. J. Sidney Peters of Newport News, V: an old friend. His concluding stand started Friday morning. For the best part of the morning, throughout a lengthy after- noon session, and then until late Friday night he carried on. Resuming yester- day morning, he continued this counter- attack, wound through the aftermoon and then completed early last night. As soon as Bishop Cannon had fin- ished, the “jury” adjourned to nearby restaurants for a hasty dinner, then started their final session at 8 o'clock. Shortly after 10 o'clock they gave their verdict. Bishop Cannon is now in his sixty- seventh year. He entered the ministry in 188§ and 30 years later was elected bishop with supervision of missions in Mexico, - Cuba, Africa and Brazil. At the time of his election to the bishopry, he held the presidency of Blackstone Institute, where he was appointed in 1894. From 1904 to 1918 he was editor of the Christian Advocate: Long Prominent Figure. A prominent figure in the church for so many years, he is equally as well known for his political activities. As superintendent .of the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia from 1910 to 1919, he took a leading part in the prohibi- tion movement which put that State in the dry column in 1916. He also has long been identified with the prohibition movement nationally and even interna- tionally. At present he is chairman of the Board of Temperance and Social Service of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The highlight in his political labors came in 1928, when he was chairman of the committee of Southern Anti-Smith Democrats. When the Caraway Com- mittee of the Senate, going into his anti-Smith work, had him up as a witness, he walked out upon objecting to the line of questioning being pur- sued. He later explained, however, that this was due to a misunderstand- ing. Bishop Cannon has twice been mar- ried. His first wife died more than two years ago. Last July he was wed- ded to Mrs. Helen McCallum. ‘When Bishop Cannon was haled be- fore the board of pastors it marked the first time that a case of this nature had ever arisen in the Southern Meth- odist Church. So great were the pre- cautions taken to keep the deliberations from becoming public that a daily police detail was assigned to the church from the second precinct, in which it is located, while Charles H. Bradley, & retired detective sergeant of the Metro- politan Police Force, was stationed at the door of the edifice to guard against the entrance of any except those au- thorized. PLAN GRAF FLIGHT TO ARCTIC IN 1931 Director of Leipsic Institute Says Question of Finances Is Only Snag. By the Assoclated Press. LEIPSIC, Germany, February T.— Plans for a flight to the North Pole by the giant German dirigible Graf Zep- pelin next Summer have been virtually completed, Ludwig Weickmann, direc- tor of the Leipsic Geophysical Institute, announced today. The question of finances is the only snag in the way of a 1931 trip, he said. The principal work of the expedition, Herr Weickmann said, would be the exploration of newly discovered islands between Franz Josef Land and Emperor Nicholas Land. A Soviet expedition has already erected a wireless station on one of the islands, which will be used as a base. The Graf will head into the Arctic from Leningrad. If possible German and Swedi: to_explore the new islands on foot. airship now is in its Winter the final draft of the bill as reported from committee, the amendments sug- gested by the rs having quarters at Friedrichshafen after & prontable sear, during which it made 04 flight carried 4,063 ights, rlllwl!l INTO BURNING PLANT —=Star Staff Phota BANDITS GET §237 INSIX ROBBERIES Chain Store, Laundry Office, Pedestrians and Occupants of Autos Held Up. (Continued From First Page.) tall, light hair but dark complexion, dark suit and gray overcoat. In both holdups the new police radio was called into use but radio scout cars, hurried to the scenes, failed to find the bandits. Miss Boatwright told the police that the bandit entered the branch laundry of which she was in charge and de- manded: “Give me all your money.” He | kept one hand in his overcoat pocket, | as if holding a gun. ‘Too frightened to scream, Miss Boat- wright stood aside while the man walked drawer and walked out. John C. Chevalier, general manager of the Palace Laundry Co., said that the bandit missed the greater portion of the day's receipts which had been’ col= lected a short time before the hold-up, while another amount, secreted in the rear of the store also was saved. Posed as Officer. In the third robbery of the evening a young white man posing as a policeman walked up to James H. Skinner, col- ored, 6%’ years old, of Naylor's court on L street near his home, ed a badge and pistol and told the colored man he was under arrest. Skinner was forced to walk Fifth and L streets, where his captor Was met by another man waiting in a light sedan. The colored man was forced into the car and was driven to.an alley near Sixth and O streets, where he was rol of $11. Skinner said he did not think the badge shown by his captor was a police badge. Charles L. Richardson of Roanoke, Va., the victim of the fourth robbery, was sitting in an automobile parked on De Sales street beside the Mayflower Hotel with his nephew, Clifford 8. San- ford, 1953 Biltmore street, when a young man stepped on the running board of the car, pointed a revolver at them, and ordered them to drive to Jackson place and Pennsylvania avenue. Here he ordered them to hand over their ‘money. Richardson gave the man 56 cents and he pocketed his gun and left. Richardson had $156 in his pockets and he and Sanford had watches and jewelry which the bandit apparently ignored. Contractor Robbed. ‘Two colored men held up Thomas E. Miller, a contractor, residing at 3213 Wisconsin avenue, last night near Ne- vada and Nebraska avenues, while he was examining some concrete porches he had put in in that locality, and ob- tained $54 from him. Mr. Miller said that one of the colored men, about 35 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches tall, wear- ing a cap, asked him for a match and pulled a gun on him while his com- panion watched. ‘The robber obtained nine $5 bills and nine $1 bills from Mr. Miller, he said, and then directed him to drive him and his companion in the contractor’s car to®Florida avenue and T streets, near ‘Sixth street, Where they got out of the machine and ran away. Mr. Miller returned to his home then and reported the robbery to fourteenth precinct police about 10:30 o'clock. He told the officers that the robber's com- panion was about 25 years of age and about 6 feet in height and was lighter than the other. > Three men were the victims of the sixth hold-up reported last night, but ?.'5 lone bandit who staged it obtained y $5. The robbery occurred near the Army and Navy Club, at Seventeenth and I streets, the victims being Norman Gold- man, 1930 New Hampshire avenue; Koy Neddles, 2514 Q street, and Milton Straus, 1900 F street. Stepping from the shadow® as the men were about to enter an automo- bile, the robber ordered them to drive him to the 1600 block M street, where he forced them to give him their money. ;hh’d precinct police are investigat- 8. One minute after the police radio sta- tion had broadcast a lookout for a ban- out of a scout car at 1:29 o'clock this morning and arrested Emil Bryan Cundriff, 25 years, of 155 L street, at Connecticut avenue and L streets. Police said that as Cundriff was ap- proached by Detective Cox he reached in his right coat pocket as if to shoot, but the officer was too quick for him. When _searched at the police station, the officers said, a new revolver was found on the prisoner, who denies all knowledge of the hold-ups. —_— Two Appointed to West Poi;t. scientists will be landed | W: Edward B, Gibson, jr., Navy Yard, D: and Charles B. Miles, 1454 Rhode avenue, have behind the counter, rifled the cash| dit, Detective Sergt. R. J. Cox jumped |} CVICBODYVOTES - FO0D PRIGE PROBE Federation Committee to Go " Exhaustively Into Reasons ableness of Costs Here. The Federation of Citizens™ Associa~ tions last night directed its Committee on Public Welfare to make an exhaus- tive investigation into the reasonable- ness of food prices fn Washington, Action was taken on motion of Wil- liam A. Roberts, who declared that while there has been a general re- cession in many commodity prices, others appeared to be excessive in view of existing market conditions. Beef and bread prices were the chief tar- gets of his attack. “Despite the decline in the prices of many commodities,” Roberts said, “the cost to the consumer of meat and bread has not dropped. This condition ex- ists, although live stock prices in Chi- cago are lower than they have been in many years, and the farmers can hardly get anything for their wheat.” Clayton Is Criticized. Considerable time was spent by a small group of the federation delegates criticizing Willlam McK. Clayton, vet- eran chairman of the Public Utilitles Committee, who was absent. Shafts of criticism were directed at him for failure to call frequent meetings of his committee, and also for his alleged neglect to represent the federation at the recent negotiations over the electric rate consent_decree. Harry N. Stull declared that impor- tant developments were taking place in public utility affairs, and n had not called a meeting of the committee for some time. “It's high time,” he to show some activity.” In response to this attack, M. M. Mc- Lean, vice chairman of the committee, announced that if Clayton did not eall 5 meeting in the near future, he would o so. Stull's criticism inspired George E. Sullivan to remark that he had not seen any record of the federation hav- ing been represented in the recent elec- tric rate consent decree proceedings, which he regarded as of utmost im- portance. Subsequently he moved that the federation appoint a special com- mittee of five to consider electric rates, taking the matter entirely out of the jurisdiction of the Utilities Committee. Sullivan later withdrew his motion after George R. Wales admonished those who criticized Clayton to remember what they had said and repeat their remarks at a meeting when Clayton is present. Bicentennial Fund Indorsed. The Senate bill authorizing an lm— priation of $100,000 of the Disf 'S surplus revenues for the use of the District commission for the Washington Bicentennial celebration was indorsed by the federation. The federation approved a series of reports, submitted jointly by the Committees on City Planning and Highways, Parks and ‘Waterways. ‘These reports favored the renaming of B street from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial Constitution avenue, and the naming of the new diagonal street to be cut through from the Union Station to Pennsylvania avenue, Na- tional avenue; approved the widening of Thirteenth street from Monroe street to Spring road on condition that abut- ting property is not assessed; indorsed the bill prohibiting the erection of\ wharves, docks or bulkheads along the Potomac within the District without the approval of the Commissioners and the director of public buildings and public parks, and approved in principle the anti-billboard bill. ‘The federation also adopted a minor amendment to its constitution provid- ing that committee reports shall be sul mitted in writing. amendment will affect particularly Chairman Clay- ton of the Utilitles’ Committee, who usually makes his reports- verbally. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the federation, ‘and James G. Yaden, chairman of the Committee on Edu- cation, pointed out the variogs public improvements provided in the District appropriation bill for the 1932 fiscal year as it passed the House. Yaden described the bill as the ‘“best” lg propriation measure passed by ti House in his long activity in civic work. BANK PLAN APPROVED Bondholders 0. K. Reorganization of Kansas City Institution. KANSAS CITY, February 7 (#)—The Bondholders Committee today declared effective the plan for the reorganiza- tion of the Kansas City Joint Stock Land Bank, proposed by A. O. Stewart, a Pacific Coast financiér. Acceptance of the plan depended upon action by holders of 95 per cent of the $44,400,000 in outstanding bonds. ‘The bank has been in receivership since 1927. In 1928 its former presi- dent, Walter Cravens, was sentenced to six years in the Federal penitentiary and fined $25,000 for misappropriating its funds. He was released on bond penging appeal. Life Insurance Companies Merge. ATLANTA, Ga., February 7 (P).— Consolidation of the Southern States Life Insurance Company, with home of- fices in Atlanta, and the Volunteer State Life Insurance Company, with home offices in Chattanooga, Tenn., was announced Yoday by Wilmer L. Moore, president of the Southern States con- cern. Policyholders will be secured in the future by the Volunteer Company. January Circulation Daily...114,464 Sunday, 119,830 Digtrict of Columbia. ss.: WBOLD. Business Manager of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY STAR, does solemnly swear that the actual number of copies of the paper named sold and distr:b- uted during the month of January, AD. 1931, was as follows: Less adjustments. Total daily net circulation. Average daily net paid circis Daily ‘verage Tumber of copies. for Service, et Dally average net circulation. SUNDAY. Coples D feben 180 =i 25 o Less adjustments........ Total Sunday net circulatio .. T, 321 Average net paid Sunday circulation 119,200 e number of coples for serv etc. 630 at large at the W Aeademy, subject the - entrance POxRb 6th da A 3 O day ol February Average Sunday net circulation...... 119,850 FLEMING NEWBOLI D, Business Manager. Subscribed and_sworn (o before me this PRGN