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ia WEMATHERA L . 8. Weather Bureau Forecast. ing probably followed by snow or rain late tonight and tgmor- Tow; lowest temperature tonight about 30 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 47, at 1 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 33, at 7 am. y. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Entered as seco: vost office, No. 31,716. nd class matte: Washington, D. <, @he WASHINGTON, 7 | L 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITIONg D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 2, MONOPOLYOF FOOD PRODUCTS GAING SENATE IS WARNED Capper Committee Asks Fur- ther Probe by Depart- ment of Justice. BREAD AND MILK HELD CHIEFLY INVOLVED NOW/| | i Legislation to Curb Huge Corpora- | tions Urged if Present Powers Inadequate. Expressing the belief that there is “an alarming tendency toward the monopolistic control of the food of the Nation by & small group of powerful corporations and combinations,” the Senate Subcommittee on Food Prices today recommended to the Senate that the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice give careful scrutiny to the case. The report was filed in the Senate by Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas, as chairman of a special subcommittee of the Agriculture Committee, and sug- gested that these two governmental agencies recommend to Congress any remedial legislation they deem neces- sary. After stating the general conclusion as to monopolistic tendencies in food supplies, the subcommittee continued: “This is particularly true as to bread and milk. The “acts as to the influence of the big packers over the meat in- dustry are well known. Rapid Spread of Chains. “Within the past few years the ab- sorption of independent bakers and milk distributors by gigantic, Nation-wide cor- porations, holding companies, mergers and chain enterprises, has been carried forward with amazing rapidity. “The committee recommends the eareful scrutiny of this development by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice. If existing laws @re not sufficient to control these ergers and combinations in the public terest, the agencles above named should recommend to the Congress #uch remedial legislation as they deem The general conclusions of the com- mittee relate to the Nation as a whole, and may be summed up as follows: wvestigation proves conclusivel retail price of bread has not declined the costs of their Bread Price Criticized. “The committee finds that through- out the country, as a whole, there should be an immediate average re- duction of at least 1 cent per d in the wholesale pflces"m:; u{u:h:nnm and that a cor- Tespond! or greater reduction should be made retail prices. The csi of selling and dist bread is too high and should be reduced. “We recognize that some dealers in most communities have made available breads selling at retail as low as 5 cents a pound. The above reconmendation Yor a further price reduction is not in- tended to apply to these special low- breads.” p“&leld!.h regard to milk, the committee came to the follul'lnsl conclusion for . try as a whole. ",:'I":l‘l’e“no:znmltu finds that the lower to the farmer for milk pur- chased for fluld pw have in gen- eral been reflected in the retail prices; charged to the consumer. What has actually occurred is that in the ma- Jority of cases the reduction to the con- sumer has been taken wholly from the price paid to the farmer without any portion of the reduction bzing borne by the distributor.” Meat Price Varlations. With reference to meats, the cox- | mittee sets forth these national con- clusions: “The committee finds that the retail prices of meat have reflected the lower Price received by the producer and the packer on a cents-per-pound basis. However, the percentage of decrease in the retail price is materially less, due (1) to the fixed charges of distribution, which have remained practically con- stant; (2) to the reduction in the per capita consumption of meat, and (3) to the large increase in the number of dealers %’Alndllng meats. The commit- | tee does not find that such a condition | is the result of a combination in re-: straint of trade, but rather one of t0o | many dealers competing with one an- other for the retail meat business. ““The committee in its investigation ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) prices paid ECNA MAY COOPER IS REPORTED FOUND Dispatch to San Francisco Says| Missing Aviatrix Is Seriously Injured. By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO, March 2—A dis- patch to the Call-Bulletin from a stail correspondent today said Edna May Cooper, movie actress and aviatrix miss- ing from Hollywood for a wee, was located today in a Monterey, Calif, hospital, where she was being treated for “serious injuries.” The dispatch said Miss Cooper, Who holds jointly with Bobby Trout the women'’s world endurance flying record, was identified by Gouverneur Morris, the author, and his wife, who had met her at Hollywood. Miss Cooper was registered for five days at the Hotel San Carlos as Miss Caroline Hope, the re- port said. ‘When told sbe was in Monterey the young woman said: “I thought I was in Santa Monica. ‘That's where I started for when I left Los Angeles.” Dr. Hugh Dormody, summoned by hotel officials, said Miss Cooper was “in a dazed condition with deep lacera- tions on her head and blue marks all over body.” Examination of the actress’ effects disclosed she had no money with her, junta of Lieut. LIEUT. COL. LUIS M. SANCHEZ CERRO. PERU HEAD QUSTED, NEW JUNTA SET UP Supreme Court Chief Suc- ceeds Cerro as Navy Over- throws Government. LIMA, Peru, March 2 (#).—The revolutionary “Southern Junta” at Arequipa today refused to recognize the new Peruvian provisional govern- ment organized here yesterday. The refusal was based on the in- clusion of Col. Ruiz Bravo ‘as the army's representative in the new government, inasmuch as he, in his capacity as chief of the general staff, had approved an expedition which left last Saturday to crush the Arequipa revolt. By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, March 2.—A new gov- ernment, which its adherents hoped would prove acceptable to all insurgent groups, ruled Peru today after a week end change of face by the navy, which sent the six-month-old revolutionary Col. Luis M. Sanchez into the discard. head of the new government is the chief justice of the Peruvian Su- preme Court, Dr. Ricardo Leoncio Ellas. Collaborating with him is Col. Manuel Ruiz Brazo, the chief of general staff. A message was sent to Capt. Alejandro Vinces, commander in chief of the navy, at Pisco Bay, asking him .to join the new junta. Resignation Demand Drafied. Hostilities with the rebel groups at Arequipa, Cuzco, Puna and Piura were discontinued, temporarily at least. The censorship was lifted as one of the first acts of the new provisional government. Today this city seemed normal for the first time in a week. There were no troops in the streets and the citi- zens were going about their business. At midnight Saturday the naval chiefs drew up a demand that Sanchez Cerro resign, and Lima’s Sunday morn- ing papers published the document. Sunday afternoon 45 leaders of all branches of life in the capital were called to meet at the presidential pal- ace. The meeting was in the same gala dining room in which the Prince of Wales and his party were feted a fort- night ago. Retiring President Cheered. Lieut. Col. Sanchez Cerro read a long address. He reaffirmed his pa- triotism and declared he had to the best of his ability lived up to his pro- nouncement of policy. He then an- nounced his resignation, which he hoped would bring peace to the country. The Assembly arose and cheered again and again for the retiring Presi- dent. Many had tears in their eyes as Sanchez with his ministers and some civilians left the room surrendering the chairmanship to Mcnsignor Mariano Holquin, Bishop of Arequipa and apostolic administrator. Monsignor Holquin praised the retir- in President briefly, stating that he de- served national gratituge. A motion was passed appcinting a new govern- ment junta. The American embassy today said that two American aviators, whose Peruvian Army officers, had been re- leazed by their captors. The two pilots were forced to fly 12 rebel army officers from an inland point to Pisco, where the navy gathered be- fcre issuance of its pronunciamento to President Sanchez Cerro. They were said to be members of the “Johnson expedition.” Ambassador Dearing protested to the foreign minister of the retiring junta. Col. Ernesto Montagne, who promised an investigation. 30 BANKS TO REOPEN HIGH POINT, N. C., March 2 (P).— Thirty North Carolina banks which closed in November and December will be reopened again within a week or 10 days, John Mitchell, chief State bank examiner, said here today. planes were commandeered yesterday by | | | | | NORRIS ISSUES CALL FOR PROGRESSIVE CONFERENCE HERE| Senators Invite Five Gover- nors and House Members to Discuss Future Plans. NEW LIBERAL PARTY IDEA NOT INVOLVED Program of Legislation for Next Session of Congress Will Be Mapped Out at Meeting. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Progressive leaders, irrespective "of political party allegiance, have been asked to meet in Washington March 11 and 12 to formulate a program of pro- gressive legislation to be fought for when the new Congress assembles, it was revealed today. The call for the meeting, issued by & committee of Senators headed by Sen- ator Norris of Nebraska, distinctly states that there is no purpose ‘to organize a third or new liberal party. Five Governors Invited. Five Governors of States have been invited to attend the conference and also members of the House and Senate. ‘The five Governors invited are Roose- velt of New York, Pinchot of Pennsyl- vania, Olson of Minnesota, a Farmer- Laborite; La Follette of Wisconsin and Meier of Oregon, all regarded as pro- gressive-minded. ‘The meetings of the progressives are to be held in the La Fayette Hotel, and, it is said, will be in the nature of a round-table discussion rather than a convention. It has been reported that Prof. John Dewey of Columbia University, who re- cently urged Senator Norris to head a third liberal party, had been invited to attend the conference. leves have the greatest respect for Prof. Dewey, it was said today that his name had been omitted from the list so as to emphasize the fact that the proposed conference has nothing to do with the organization of a new political party. Costigan on Committee. ‘The mfl‘" Senators who form the c ttee which has issued the call for the conference are Senator Norris of Nebraska, Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, Senator Cutting of New Mexico, Republicans; Senator Wheeler of Montana, Democrat, and Senator- elect Edward P. Costigan, Democrat, from Colorado, and a former member of the Tariff Commission. All of the members-of the progres- sive group in the Senate, including Democrats as well as Republicans, have been asked to attend and also th progressives in the House. Representa- tive La Guardia of New York, Repub- lican, is understood to have been active in the matter at the House end of the Capitol. Senator Borah of Idaho, one of the prol wol attend the conference. % The conference will consider legisl: tion dealing with the water power prob- lem and a number of other economic subjects. ‘Wants Economic Program. The call for the conference sent out | by the Senate Committee asserts that no program of constructive legislation in the present economic crisis has ben formulated and declares that the pur- pose of the conference is to draft such a program. Every effort is being made by members of the committee sending out the call to make it clear that they have no purpose at all of establishing a new political party. Democrats, Re- publicans and members of the Farmer- Labor party have been invited to attend the conference. There will be no effort to wean away from their party allegiance any mem- ber of Congress or cther person who attends the conference. In addition to Governors of States and members of Congress, invitations have been ex- tended to several leading economists. Senator Norris said today that about 100 invitations had been sent out for the Progressive conference. Among the subjects which will be discussed are public utilities, including the water- power problem; old age pensions, taxa- tion and unemployment. Included in (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) VETO OF NORRIS SHOALS BILL AWAITED IN HOUSE By the Associated Press. President Hoover was not expected to act today on the Norris Muscle Shoals bill. With only two and a half more days of Congress remaining, it was indicated at the White House he would send a veto message to the House before ad- Jjournment. Unless the War Department and the Justice Department get their reports on the bill in by Wednesday noon, how- ever, the bill will be given a pocket veto. NEW STORM IN FIJI AREA SUVA, Fiji Islands, March 2 (#).— With reports another hurricane was sweeping the Penang sugar district north of Suva today, authorities an- nounced 164 persons were known to have been killed in a storm last week. ‘The death toll included five Europeans. Many were still missing. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 2.—Some folks do their weather forecasting by cutting onions up to see how its layers le. Others believe in ground hogs. The Weather Bureau won't trust anything | but scientific data. But not John F. Barrett, who is the head of & brokerags firm when he isn’t doubling for the weather man. Just give him some wind during the ember days of mber and he’ll tell you what you may expect in the way of weather for three months to come. He offered in December to wager there would be no official temperature BET ON CHICAGO WEATHER WON BY “EMBER DAYS” FORECASTER Amateur Watches Wind In December to Decide What'! Temperature City May Expect. reading in Chicago as low as zero from Docem%ef 20 to March 1. Persons who doubted him took him up to the amount of $1,250. Barrett won. “Por years,” he sald, “I have been using the wind direction on ember days, which, you know, were named as mova- ble dates for prayers and fasting by the Council of Placentia in 1095. There are three in each season. When the D:cember ember days came the wind was, over the period, predominantly from the east. As the Eastern part of the country was then having unsea- sonably warm weather I knew that we were in for & comparatively warm ‘Wintes" While the | Star. 1931—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #¥%# WARDNMAN REALTY GROUP DEFAULTS Annual Interest, Officials Announce. of $357,500 due today, officials of the Wardman Real Estate Properties, Inc., issued a statement that “the beard of directors of the company at this date had not taken any action in the mat- ter.” This statement was, in effect, an an- nouncement that the interest on $11,- | 000,000 of first and refunding mortgage local properties, could not be paid. The bonds were issued by Wardman Real Estate Properties, Inc., and sold to the public through four nationally known security houses. The usual consequence of a failure to meet such an interest payment, in the absence of any reorganization, is for ° | one or more of the bondholders to start foreclosure proceedings against the prop- erty securing their investment. Statement Issued by Lioyd. The statement, issued by Humphrey | Lloyd, controller of the Wardman Real | Estate Properties, Inc., follows: “With reference to the interest due {March 1 on Wardman Real Estate Prop- erties, Inc., first and refunding mort- gage gold bond, Humphrey Lloyd, con- troller of the company, advises that the | board of directors has not taken action at this date regarding the interest pay- nl'ggct;mmltues have been formed to prp- tect the interests of the bondholdei™ and the co-operation of all interestea parties, including the management and the bondholders’ committee, is being given toward conserving the interests ot the bondholders and other parties.” Bondholders Believed Protected. The bonds sold were part of a $16,- 000,000 authorized. issue, put through when the properties concerned were taken out of the hands of Harry Ward- man, local builder, in 1928. They are secured by the first and refunding mort- gage on the Wardman Park Hotel, the Carlton Hotel, Chastieton Hotel, Stone- leigh Court, Cathedral Mansions (north and center), the Higblands, the Boule- vard, Davenport Terrace, 2700 Connecti- cut avenue and the Department of Jus- tice Building. Despite recent criticism in the Senate of alleged excessive appraisals made of the property when the sectirities were sold, it was believed the properties would prove sufficiently valuable to protect the interests of the bondhold- ers, The $11,000.000 bond issue is sub- ject only to a prior lien of approxi- mately $5,000,000 in underlying mort- gages, or mortgages that were already on the properties when the first and re- funding issue was sold. Back of the first and refunding mort- gage bonds, however, come $2,500,000 in senior gold debentures and $2,225,000 in junior gold debentures, issued by the Wardman Realty and Construction Co., and secured by a general mortgage for $2,500,000, placed on the properties by the owning corporation. The interest on the debentures, however, is not yet due. With the exception of the junior de- bentures, the securities were offered for sale by four members of the Investment Bankers' _ Association of ~America namely, Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc.; Hambieton_& Co., A. B. Leach & Co., Inc., and Rogers, Caldwell & Co., Inc. The junior series were issued to Emory L. Coblentz, Frederick. Md., banker, and his associates in return for the sur- render of his equities in the properties. Two protective committees have been formed in New York, one for the bene- fit of the bondholders and the other for the benefit of the individuals who bought debentures. Organizers of the Iatter committee allege that a sinking fund payment due February 1 never been made. ' Quit Wasting American Resources Is Pershing’'s Remark to Foch. Tomorrow in ’jThe Evening Star || Gen. Pershing’s story today may be found on page A-4. ‘With a semi-annual interest payment | bonds, secured by deeds of trust on 10’ | Army Publications Face Curtailment Under Amendment {Act Halts Officers’ Pay if No Action Taken on Semi- | Firms Selling to U. S. Buy Advertising. ‘The Army has about been put out of the journalistic field, and every service publication from the humblest post paper dealing with the varied activities of “Pvt. (First Class) John Smith” and his companions, up through the range of important technical journals, and in- cluding those famed West Point publi- cations, the Howitzer and the Pointer, faces sharp curtailment—even extinc- tion. ‘The reason is an amendment in the Army appropriation act, just signed by lPrrsldem Hoover, and reading as fol- ov:;',o appropriation for the pay of the Army shall be available for the pay of any officer or enlisted man in the Army ‘who is engaged in any manner with any publication which is or may be issued by or for any branch or organization of W NAVAL TREATY PARLEY FORECAST |Accord Between Paris and Rome to Result in 5-Power London Pact. BY CAMILLE LEMERCIER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, France, March 2.—Although the naval negotiations led by British Foreign Minister Arthur Henderson and A. V, Alexander, first lord of the ad- miralty, in Paris and Rome, which were | concluded last night by a Franco-Italian agreement on construction programs until 1936, have been apparently and officially confined to the technical naval problems which have been divid- ing France and Italy since the Wash- ington Naval Conference in 1921, strong belief is expressed in well informed cir- cles here that the Paris agreement in- volves even more and larger interests. The first result of the Paris agree- ment will be that the London Naval Conference, interrupted April 15 last year, will be resumed in the near future and finally ended by the signing of & five-power naval treaty. As the United States, Japan and the British Domin- ions have to indorse the slight altera- tions made in the London Treaty of 1930 by the Paris agreement, the terms of settlement will not be disclosed until ‘Wednesday. Next Year’'s Conference. It is understood that behind the ac- cord on tonnage figures lies an even more important, although unwritten, agreement between Great Britain, France and Italy concerning the whole field of next year’s general disarmament conference. Foreign Minister Aristide Briand of France strongly holds to the traditional French viewpoint that armaments of all kinds are interdependent and that they cannot be dealt with separately, It is consequently likely that M. Briand made the important concessions made by France to Italy’s naval viewpoint conditional on the adoption of a com- "«cBEEm:deE 2, Column 8.) PAPER RACK THIEF GETS FINE OR JAIL Put 1 Cent in Slot, but Vet's Tes- timony Results in $25 or 15 Days. A newspaper which Leonard R. Dean, colored, elected to pay only 1 cent for Saturday cost him exactly $25.01 or 15 days in jail in Police Court today. Dean was charged with removing a copy of a newspaper from an “honor- system” rack at Massachusetts avenue and G street, which was in charge of Charles K. Ruby, a World War veteran. Ruby said that he saw the defendan! remove a paper from the rack and drop a coin in the box. As soon as the man left, Ruby said, he opened the box and found only 1 cent in it. Dean insisted that he placed the re- quired amount in the slot, but offered ?: explanation as f_filwhlt bec:’me g} e other money. e prosecution the case was handled by Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Wilbert McInerney. RS ASRISRER TRy Radio Programs on Page C-3 BONUS BILL SAVED BY ‘LAME DUCKS Theory Ups.et That Departing Congressmen Always Sup- port President. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Just how much power and influence does the lame duck wield? The latest vote on the soldier bonus legislation shows that out of the total of 79 votes cast in the House of Repre- sentatives to sustain the President's veto 24 were lame ducks—namely, members whose terms expire this week. It has been assumed that members of Congress voted for the bonus for polit- lcal reasons and that those who were sustaining the President really voted their convictions. 47 Oppose Hoover. This, however, is not borne out by an examination of the total vote to override the President's veto. Out of 328 affirmative votes cast, 47 were lame ducks. Thus, just about twice as many of those who are retiring from office voted against the President than those who stood with him. In the Senate three lame ducks voted to sustain the veto, while there were nine lame ducks who voted to override the veto. The general impression has been that members who were defeated in a con- gressional election voted with the ad- ministration either in order to make sure of some future appointment or because they wanted to preserve party regularity. Republicans in Lead. But, analyzing the vote by parties, it will be found that of the 47 lame ducks who voted to override the veto 39 were | Republicans and 8 were Democrats, | while in the Senate, of the 9 lame | ducks who did not stand with the Pres- |ident 3 were Republicans and 6 were | Democrats. The proposal sponsored by Senator Norris of Nebraska to bring a new Con- gress into session in the month of January immediately following a No- vember election has had as its chiet argument that members defeated at an election or retiring from office should not have a voice in future legislation, the assumption being that they were not given a vote of confidence by their constituents. This proposed amendment had the necessary two-thirds vote in the Senate, but it was modified in the House 50 as to provide a definite termi- nation date, May 4. This raised objec- tion from the Senate conferees, who felt that continuous sessions of Con- gress without a definite limitation date would prevent filibusters. Nothing more will be done with the proposal at this session of Congress, which means that 1:' :vt:lll have to go through both Houses Argument Is Old One. The lame duck argument has been used again and again to advance this constitutional amendment, but its prin- cipal strength has been the effort to cut down filibusters. The present short session of Congress is winding up with- out a filibuster, because of the pressure of public opinion. And lame ducks have not affected the course of legislation, either. This doesn't mean, however, that both defects in the legislative machin- ery will not reoccur. Certainly, senti- ment in favor of shortening the gap between the November election and the ;::nvemng of a new Congress is grow- ¥ (Copyrigbt. 1931.) “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s cairier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion i3 delivered to Washington homes UP) Means Associated Press. HALF-HOLIDAY BILL PASSED BY HOUSE; GOES T0 HOOVER Federal and District Civil Employes Affected, With Some Exceptions. MEASURE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE WHEN SIGNED Lehlbach Anticipates No Iarge Extra Funds Needed Because of Saturday Time Cnt.. By acclaim under suspension of the rules, with no dissenting voice, the House today adopted the bill pro- viding by law for a Saturday half-holi- day throughout the year for all em- ployes of the Federal and District Gov- ernments with a few specific exceptions. Within an hour after the House had passed the bill, the Senate, without de- bate, concurred in the action of the House. This completes congressional action and sends the measure to the President. ‘This marks the culmination of a long effort to obtain the Saturday half-holi- day applicabie the year around. Here- tofore the departments have closed on | Saturday afternoons only during | Summer months. Broadened in House. The bill passed the Senate originall last April, but at that time it applied only to laborers and mechanics in the Government service. The House broad- ened it to include civil employes of | the Pederal Government and the Dis- ftrict of Columbia, exclusive of the postal service, employes of the Panama Canal on the Isthmus and employes of the Interior Department in the fleld. A separate law was passed recently plac- week basis. Civil Service Committee said that the bill would become operative immediate- ly urm being signed by the President. He does not expect that any particular appropriation must be made as he does not lnuclr'.e that there will be any considerable increase in force necessa on account of the Saturday half holi- day. He emphasized that in private employment and the Summer-time ex- perience in the National Capital has demonstrated that just as efficient work will be done by the same number of employes without any increase in force. Wood Only Opponent. Only one discordant voice was heard this bill, that of Chairman Wood of the House Appro- priations Committee, who said that he thought Government employes here and thmughmn the country had very lib- eral hours, “and it seems to me,” he sald, “about nine-tenths of them have more regard for their hours of leisure than they have for the work that they are doing.” Both Representative John W. Me- Cormack, Democrat, of Massachusetts, who ori lly introduced the Saturday half-holiday ~bill, Prederick W. Dallinger, Republi Massachusetts, who wrote the commit- tee report, made stirring speeches on behalf of the Government workers. The former said that this legislation affords rest time for some 400,000 workers. Recommended Repeatedly. Representative Dallinger said that this legislation has been recommended repelmtedly by the Civil Service Com- n. ‘The practice of Saturday half holi- days throughout the country has not been uniform, he pointed out, and de- pends upon the whim of the officials in charge. For instance, some customs and revenue collectors give their em- ployes Saturday half-holiday in ac- cordance with local practice. In other places Federal employes are the only ones working on Saturday afternoons. For Civil Employes. ‘This legislation will establish a four- hour workday on Saturday throughout the year without loss of pay for all civil employes except those mentioned above. Practically all of those thus excepted are now worklnf‘under the provisions of the eight-hour law. Employes of the postal service have been excluded because separate legisla- tion in their interest was recently en- acted. The field service of the Depart- ment of Interior was excluded on ac- count of objections made by the chiefs of Bureaus of Reclamation, Forestry and National Parks and the Indian Bu- reau. These field services are largely composed of temporary employes p o4 ing the Summer vacation period. The Panama Canal employes on the Isthmus are excepted because this service has other compensating advantages and the conditions of employment there can be regu:-m without congressional enact- ment. Employes of the Government Print- ing Office in Washington are included in the provisions of the bill, although legislation affecting this branch of the Government service does not ordinarily wl‘?t:e before the Civil ce m- mittee. D. C. Employes’ Views. Representative Burtness, Republican, of North Dakota called the attention of his colleagues to the fact that, although District of Columbia emglayes are sup- posed /o have regular hours of work, they sre entirely in accordance with the orders of heads of departments. (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) The first of Washington’s Japanese cherry trees will be in bloom in about three weeks, if favorable weather condi- tions continue. it was indicated today. Officials of the horticultural division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks yesterday said the buds are be?nnin: to swell a little, giving the first signs of life. While the Winter has been mild, it is debatable at this time just what effect the drought will have on the trees. Soon the officials will begin to take cuttings and keep these in an even temperature, in an effort to foretell when the blooms are likely to come forth. ‘The earliest that the trees have made a showing of bloom was in 1927, when there was a mild Winter, and then the le variety came forth in splendor on 20. In 1925 the le species lfie‘nhldmnmblwnon 27. ter Sunday will come compara- FIRST JAPANESE CHERRY BLOOMS IN 3 WEEKS IF WEATHER IS RIGHT | |Buds Just Beginning to Swell and Cuttings Are to Be Kept in Even Temperature to Forecast Date. tively early this year, for it falls on A 5. d that season Washing- as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 115,924 Sunday’s _Circulation, 124,286 TWO CENTS. VETERANS' BUREAU 10 PUT ON NIGHT SHIFT OF CLERKS Two Long Lines of Ex-Serv- ice Men Seeking Loans Form | Before Opening Today. $1,400,000,000 ISSUE PLANNED BY TREASURY Senator Barkley Moves to Extend Benefits to All Holders of Certificates. As the second big rush for the vet- erans’ bonus loans brought long lines again this morning to the Veterans' Bureau, plans were made for putting & force of clerk-typists on duty tonight to push the work of turning out checks. Col. George E. Ijams, director of thé bureau, completed arrangements for the first night shift to start work at 3:30 this afternoon and continue until 11 o'clock. Six hundred new employes, obtained from Civil Service rolls, will be added temporarily, it was explained, half of whom will be assigned to the day shift and half to the night shift, with experi- enced workers. The day shift of 500 will work from 8:30 to 3:30 o'clock, y | when the night shift of 500 will begin. ‘Would Widen Benefits. Meanwhile a move was initiated in Congress today to make recently issued certificates elegible for loans. Senator Barkley, Democrat, Ken- tucky, introduced in the Senate a reso- lution to amend the present law, which prevents loans from being ing the postal service on a 44-hour | The Chairman Lehlbach of the House o el , Smoot of the Finance Committee asked to have the resolution referred to his committee. together foday 1 consider the peopeeet Barkley, however, ks procedure and up as soon as possible. Long Lines Form. Veterans from many corners of the country poured into the eity to form early this morning a crowd that was estimated to be the largest yet assembling outside the Veterans' Bureau since ever, were han with speed and had melted away by 11 o'clock. avenue entrance of the 1 street entrance office at from the westward around Lafayette Hotel teenth street financing, including about to start veterans’ only a beginner, more funds would have to be obtained later by new securities. The March offering of the Treasury $1,400,000,000 in three different issues. Banks Do Not Respond. Implication that the banks of munit‘ryy are ‘xezgtbragundm' to the au- ority grant y Congress in making loans to veterans under the new law Gen. Prank T. Hines, admini vious informal suggestions that banks would not lend to vewnmmfi their certificates. Gen. Hines in his statement said that under the amended law, as under the original bonus law, “all banks through- out the country can lcan money to vet- erans on the basis of their oonus cer- tificates. “The more banks througneat the country extend loan privileges to vet- erans,” said Gen. Hines, “the sooner will the present problem of weterans’ loans be met, since such act.ve co= operation cn the part of the banks would expedite the making of loans to veterans who find it necessary to take advantage of the loan privileges, in that it would afford to the veterans a means in their home community to sécure loans where otherwise they would have to apply to the regional ¢ffice in the State in which they reside.” Average Loan $422. Careful check today on the guru from Saturday’s business disc] the information that the average loan to a veteran on Saturday stood at $422. ‘While most ol’the v:;gnm' line thl; morning came from ashington an immediate vicinity, there were many who had come long distnces to get their bonus nere. From Seattle, Wi a group of tired men, who had left February 9, arrived last night in a hex ca; r. They were very jubilant of the whele crowd as they approached the bureau this mornin (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) COURT WILL REVIEW ~— HOOVER’S OIL POLICY Supreme Body to Rule on Decision Closing Public Domain to Gas Prospectors. pril 5. Aroun ton is visited by countless tourists who come to view the bl S as one of the seasonal features of the National Capital. Charles Henlock, chief of the horti- cultural division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, has kept a record of the dates of the blooming of the Jv&mm cherry trees since 1924, when they first began to display blos- soms in profusion. The records show that these dates witnessed an advantageous display of blossoms: President Hoover's oil conservation policy will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. m’t:uw it court in an appeal Lennan, con {luurunnx trict of Columbia which held valid an ‘Wilbur closing the and gas prospectors. ‘The order was issued