Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1931, Page 7

THE EVENING § THE HECHT CO. F Street at Seventh Meeting the 1931 Condition—More for your dollar Opena'Charge Account at THE HECHT CO. Sports-tex Suit (Four Pieces . Coat, Vest, Knickers and Trousers) YOU don’t need to pay a lot of money for a smart combination outdoor and business suit. The new Spm‘h-h*x has reached a new level in quality . . . still only $40. It looks hlu- the “country gentlemen” suits of England and Scotland. And has the easy smartness that you notice in the clothes of well-dressed business men. The New Knit-tex Topcoat, $30 2 Seconds by Direct Elevators to the Men's Clothing Department—Second Floor FINANCING NEEDS FACED BY TREASURY i Two Billion Dollars Must Be | Raised to Meet Deficit and Pay Expenses. By the Associated Press A week from today the Treasury will have obtained nearly $2,000,000,000 in |a month to offset declining receipts, pay | Government expenses and meet requests for loans from World War veterans. Before May und June elapse it must additional funds to provide for 3,218,000 worth of maturing securi- An announcement last night said $275,000,000 in eight-month indebted- niss certificates, bearing 17y per cent interest, will be sold. Last March 16 bonds and certificates, aggregating $1,- 517,000,000, were disposed of, making the total for the 30 days $1,892,000,000. | Must Meet Indebtedness. Next month the Treasury must pro- vide for the maturing of $214,218.000 in Treasury bills. In June it will need 589,000,000 to pay maturing certifi- cates of indebtedness. Of the $1,517,000.000 raised March 18, maturing Treasury notes were retired | with $1,109,000,000. To the Veterans' Bureau for loans on adjusted compen- | sation certificates went $300,000.000. It was not said what portion of the April | 15 issue, which will supply funds until the May financing, will be allotted to the bureau, Hines Asks for $100,000,000. Veteran _Administrator Hines hag asked for $100,000,000 more than has been provided and estimated $1,000,- 000,000 would be required to pay all loans. The veterans' loans now being made do not affect the prospective $700.- 000,000 deficit and will not add to it until $750,000,000 in Government se- curities in the veterans' compensation fund are exhausted. To use this $750,- 000,000, however, it is necessary to re- tire them and sell negotiable paper to raise the money. Nothing has happened to make offi- cials believe the approaching deficit will b> much less than $700,000,000 at the end of the fiscal year, June 30. Last Saturday the deficit’ was $604,- 940,213, HOLDS NEWSPAPERS LACKING IN VISION Julian Harris Asserts ‘‘Courage That Sharpened Pens of Earlier Editors” Is Lacking. By the Associated Press. SAVANNAH, Ga., April 8—Newspa- pers of today with “rare exceptions,” in the opinion of Julian Harris, news di- Tector of the Atlanta Constitution and winner of the Pulitzer prize in journal- ism a few years ago, “lack the breadth of vision and the courage of conviction that invigorated the minds and sharp- ened the pens of earller editors.” Harris, whose fight on the Ku Klux Klan while edftor of the Columbus, Ga Enquirer-Sun, not only won him th Pulitzer award but also Nation-wide emincnce, spoke here yesterday at the dedication of a memorial to the Georgia Gazette, founded on April 7. 1763, and the first newspaper in this State. Harris took as his text a passage from the writ- ings of his father, Joel Chandler Har- ris, who was famous alike as the originator of Uncle Remus and as an editor associated with Henry Grady. Mr. Harris said that a genuine edi- tor “must be unmoved by the pressure of bigotry, prejudice or intolerance; must be aggressive against every phase of injustice, whether racial, political or economic,” ‘and “must be forever op- | Posing vicious tendencies in public life.” COUSIN OF KI'NG GEORGE BECOMES WORKINGMAN Marquis of Carisbrooke Does Daily Stunt as Apartments’ Social Center Aide. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 8—The Marquis of Carisbrooks, a cousin of King George and a brother of the Queen of Spain, has been working eight hours a day in the office pf the Metropolitan Housing Corporation since New Year day. The corporation owns large blocks of artisans’ flats in various parts of London and the marquis is especially concerned | with a new social center which will be opened shortly in connection with them “There is nothing philanthropic about the work,” said the managing director, | referring 'to the marquis. “It is a social scrvice on a business basis.” | The Daily Express quoted the marquis as saying that the work has a strong philanthropic vein and that he found t very interesting. ASSOCIATION PROTESTS PICKETT BURIAL RULING| Memonal Junior Organization Questions Action of Senior Unit on General's Wife. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., April 8—Mayor J. Fulmer Bright of Richmond, was re- quested by the Junior Hollywood Me- morial Association yesterday to ascer- tain “why permission was ever refused by the Hollywood Memorial Association to bury Mrs. Pickett by the side of her hu d,” Gen. George E. Pickett, Gettysburg hero, A resolution stated it was the opinion of the junior association that Lieut.; George E. Pickett, 111, a grandson, was justified in_ his decision to remove the eneral's body from Richmond to on, because permission for burial of Mrs. Pickett in Hollywood was first denied The mayor was asked to use his office to keep the body of the Confederate general here. ‘Th {ollywood Memorial Association, after declining to permit burial of Mrs P, the soldicrs section of the ceme beside her husband on the ground that the plot was reserved for soldiers, voted at a special meeting to allow Lieut. Pickett’s reguest. The licutenant reiterated, however, an in- tention announced aiter the earlier de- cision of the association that he would remove Gen. Pickett’s body to Arlington, Reichstag Remains Adjourned. BERLIN, April 8 (#).—A joint effort of National Soclalists. Nationalists and Communists to bring about an im- | mediate reconvocation of the Parlia- | ment in order to force a debate on | President Von Hindenburg's emergency | decree falled in the Reichstag Council {cf “Elders today. The Relchstag. will remain adjourned un October 13. DANDRUFF LUCKY TIGER, 'orfl‘l Ilrl-.l seller at Drugyists, Barbers Bowuty Pariocm: A Proven o i icide. Corrects dandroft and scalp irritations. Safe for adults, children. Guaranteed. LUCKY TICER TAR, WASHINGTON Pickle Juice Gets Friend of Prisoner In Pretty Pickle By the Assoclated Press. DUBUQUE, Iowa, April 8—A pint jar of pickles and his sup- posedly good intentions hrought Walter Bergmann to the Dubuque County Jail. Bergmann came to jail to give the pickles to his friend, Earl Buckley; but when Sheriff ¥. J. Kennedy decided to investigate he found they were afloat in moonshine whisky instead of vinegar. Bergmann, therefore, was asked to stay while Federal and county officers decide what charges, if any, they will bring against him. JATAKENINRAID ON COUNTERFEITERS Equipment for Turning out/ Bogus Money and Bills Seized in Michigan. By the Associated Press. | DETROIT, April 8.—United States Secret Service agents revealed early to- day they had arrested 14 alleged mem- | bers of ‘& counterfeiting ring and had selzed & plant in Pontiae, Mich., near Lieve, equipped to turn out bogus bills by th: thousands. In & room in & downtown hotel occu 1 pled by two of the suspects, the agents said, they confiscated spurious money with a fictitious value of several thou- sands of dollars and dope worth $25,000. The agents said th» arrests and seizures culminated a search begun in Pebruary which previously had led them to New York and Pittsburgh on the trail of counterfeit currency. The said the spurious bills were in $5, $10. $20 and $50 denominations produced by the photographic proce: in the Pontiac plant. The agents est mated that $10,000 in bad bills had bven produced during the last three montbs Challis Shirley, 45, is held as actual producer of the counterfeits. Al Baker and Jack Priedman, reputed members of the Purple gang. were said by the agents to be directing distribution of the bogus money. The agents said the ring apparently was handling dope as a ide line. | ——————————— e WEDNESDAY APRIL -8, 1931. EDITOR SHOT SELF AFTER ASKING AID Man Who Changed Name, However, Failed to Wait for Reply to Letter. | By the Associated Press. YUMA, Ariz, April 8—An assurance that aid would have been granted Hut- ton Bellah, newspaper publisher, who | ended a 15-month masquerade with a THE NATION'S CAPITAL You is Should Read It. On Sale at All News Stands 20c Per Copy This magazine should be in every home and. office of every Patri- otic American Citizen. 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