Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1931, Page 16

OUTDOOR J0BS AD LS, ENPLOYNENT MAY TOTALS SHOW Better Working ‘Conditions| ~Reflected for. Entire Country.» PUBLIC PROJECTS LEAD WAY FOR INDUSTRIES Recovery Is Tending to Take Up| Slack in Shoe and Textile Fac- tories of Eastern States. Better working' conditions were re- flected today in the May report of the United States Employment Seivice, In the country as a Whole increased em- ployment was MM in all outdoor ac- tivities. ““There was & mrum- -xunmn ln construction in road section of the country, 'hu:h l.n:luded county, State and Federal m}em." Teport revealed. ‘‘Numbers semi-skilled and unskilled aonah'\lev.lan laborers, who were unen:mom during imost.of the Winter mon have been absorbed and are practically assured of My ‘employment until late Fall. e it Hoht moeleu dams, tunnels and a large natural gas pipe line installations, pro- vided employment for many additional inen, including highly trained artisans. Spring urlcu'l 1 work was at its Peak, necessarily requiring the services of thousands of Xlrm workers, Building on Upgrade. “Building showed some improvement. but remained on a basis below normal for this period of the year and consid- erable idleness was apparent in some localities among the buflding trades- men.” ‘The report disclosed that, while in- @ustrial operations and indoor_factory | 304, employment remained on a subnormal basis in several of the major industries, there was r‘xlul) “ml d‘:ldlne from fi: Average mal April, exce] that which was due almost entirely to influences. “Better schedules,” the report added, “prevailed in the boot and shoe indus- try, especially in the New England dis- trict, where quite a number of these factories worked with increased forces and several of these plants located, in the West North Central district report- ed some increase in forces engaged. Textile Trade Recovering. “An encouraging feature of the in- dustrial activity of the month was the upward trend in employment in certain branches of the textile indus However, many work- ers were still employed on curtailed schedules in certain localities and large nurphuu of textile mill labor prevailed e sections. “The "ehipbuilding industry Xept large forces of men engaged and addi- tional skilled shipfitters were employed n a m r of the yards along the Atlantic coast. Plants manufacturing airplanes and airplane motors worked on fairly satisfactory schedules. Some increase in operations occurred in the automobile industry, but 2 number of these workers were still employed on part-time schedules. “The trend of activity in the iron and steel industry was unsteady, as in some of these mills there was a slight decrease in operations and forces and considerable unemployment was appar- ent among these workers. Curtailed schedules and forces obtained in sev- eral of the radio manufacturing estab- Jishments. There was a further sea- sonal decrease in coal mining, affect- ing large numbers of miners.” lus Continues. Operations and employment in the various industrial establishments of the District, the report sald, were maintained at a fairly satisfactory level throughout May. “While a surplus of workers, em- ‘bracing nearly all.trades, was apparent, the volume of unemployment istered some decrease, compared previous month. stimulated activity on various outdoor projects, thus providing employment for additional workers. “There was an increase in the de- mand for domestic help, clerical work- ers and skilled building trades men. Activities in the public utility estab- lishments were described as normal for this period of the year. Municipal pm]ecu. including sewer connections and extensions, street paving and water-line installations; . provided em- ployment for a large number of mzn Additional contracts for alley and ment work, approximating ‘$150, value, will be awarded early in July. A large volume of private and Federal cently issued penditure of u 933,579.” Little change was shown in condi- tions in Maryland and Virginia. F0OD PRICES DROP production and e Aznxo through a badly swoolen 1§-year-old how chased for nnrly five miles in a futile attempt o capture the gunman last night. ‘The robber, who had held up the night manager of the Capital Coffee Shop, at 1905. Pennsylvania avenue, and stolen $20, twice drew his revolver as if to shoot his youthful pursuer, but relented on each im-cullnn and shoved ‘back into’ "‘v’z“.‘.’.‘m scared, though," John told youni audience. “When he pulled out his pistol I just told him to ‘go on and shoot, you big bum—you're too yel- low’ And he didn't even try to shoot!” ‘The chase started when a bespec- young man of -buut 22 years the coffee d walked to sh:epnlnmy Smh-hzrmnn 1a-yw-old night manager, was seated. Scoops Up Cash. “Gimme change for a $20,” he de- led. Smitherman was about to comply with the request when the bandit's xe- volver was pushed into his face. gunman then grabed about $20 in buu rmm the open cash register and raced through the doorway before any of the cunomln Tealized a hold-up had taken ’rhe restaurant manager and several diners chased the bandit on foot to Eighteenth and I streets, where John, homeward bound on his bicycle, took up the pursuit as Smitherman and his fol- ve up, exhausted. ad '°'°"¢u's?x " Know what ;‘r;e bandit had h‘dr@bed' somebody, and I saw & gun sticking ou! of his pocket,” John said. THRDOF SUSPECTS | BROUGHT HERE FOR QUIZZING IN DEATH Jack Ross, 22, Questioned in CGonnection With Jaynes Slaying. INVOLVED BY TWO.0THERS ‘|AS ONE OF *HATLESS TRIO’ ‘Gee, 't you scared, Johnny,"” oneolhhumm Hoped to Find Pelice. - “Naw! I wasn't scared. I I could keep him.in sight until I came across & pol and then have the man until, after the man got away. ‘The sear trailed the bandit to newsboy Seventeenth and K streets, where the latter .hopped into a taxicab. John fol- lowed the cab several miles to Eighth and H streets northeast hlfm losing o ":(?Ic sighted the ioe The boy sunman_twi more, however, before he finally reach- , he sald. “I was riding back home when I saw the man a second time walking -xon the street lbout two_blotk from (kneer Market. I chased him again, but he cut through.some alleys near the Public Library and disappeared again. Hit by Bandit's Shiry “I searched around the neighbor- hood and finally came upon him near bmldld.n‘tn-nml-l Pair Taken' Alter Auto Accident Have Already Contessed Five Hold-ups Here. h&l\l_m flynunld'mhnu hhlwmmlmbltd the “hatless trio” of bandits, was brought to’ Washington from Richmond today for questioning in conhection with the slaying of Mrs. Elizabeth Jaynes. 'Dmmomwmmu RHEEM BANK SLIPS |SHIZED BY U. 5. IN X for-a brief period, Boy Scouts from the District, Mary- grounds yest, land, Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware and Pcnnmnnh numbering 1,700, uld their respects to President Hoo- ver. The above shows Mr. Hdover posing with the Scouts for photographers. ¢ ENCANPED SEOUTS SEE CAPITAL SIGHTS :|Busses Take 1,700 Bays on pair Franklin Schocl and set out after him | AUSTRALIAN M. P. FINDS DOLE, .n Life of the People. Herbert H. Smith Will Ob- serve Prohibition in Country. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. After a 14-month survey of world markets, carrying him to industrial centers of four continents, Herbert H. Smith, member of the Legislative Coun- cil of the Victorian State Parliament of Australia, has formed the opinion that the United States tariff laws have been a factor in creating ill-feeling toward this country, a sentiment existing prac- tically throughout the world; that the British dole system has brought about a deplorable situation in England, and that world rest will never be attained until the nations change their nt materialistic policies and bring l'plrmnl element into the life of the Hotel this week, has come to W fore %fi.“&“u’fimmn?ffi; fore ref hopes to arrive in time for the antici- p-ted elections in August. Hn‘sthAhmeL “I left Melbourne a in March,” the Australian nld "I vlmed THREE PER CENT Figures for Month tp May 15 Show Decline—Year’s Cut 18 Per Cent. —_— Tood prices here showed a 3 per cent: declln; from Ap'lzl 15 to May 15 vfi: d, Oreg., of less than one-h.lt ol 1 per eent. ‘Thirty-five staple food products were covered. Butter was off most—11 per cent, and' eggs next, 9. Meats 1y showed a small drop, with the eéxception of pork chops, which were up 1 .per cent. Onions were up 28 per cent for the mlm increase. ‘Bread, potatoes, | pogs cabbage R The decline here for the month was over the mufue eral ‘was less than 215 per cent m, ¥ For the year ending May 15 the 51 CONSIDER_;’ARK LAND Capital Commission Takes Up Pur- chases at Meeting. The National Capital Park and Planning was back in its conference room Mly for its third day's meetin, nd‘evotnd this ‘morn< ing to tion of land wn:hau programs for park and playground de ‘velopment. Capt. E. N. Cwmn. JF., the commis- sion’s engineer, that the com- mission _was dmb mwful to ofir.hh ?)Iep'{ur}.mmt l‘lm‘gfl for lmu 0 ing the trip over m Mount Vernon | ‘Memorial which was yesterday ;mrnwn ‘The chief of the bureau, which has charge of construc- tion of the hkhm ‘Thomas H. Mac- nmud accompanied the commission. increase | ¢ire nation eating g ractically every country in e rever 1 went I found the me ‘alarmed and upset over the new e enotundersand. why the w N nmmu e ps export ess in the world; who B cach I T A s Aan e had few if any competitors, -hould have closed their own country as s market to their best buyers in other emlntflu “The American * high tarift brought about an unfortunate ill-f leellnc toward the United States, and the re: action has been a steadily inemulng determination on the part of ether countries to buy less and less'from'this "x:’ Germany, wdhm ‘T vhfiudm ks ‘ago, I foun weeks ag hl:‘:nd-‘“ ence to eating white bread made American wheat. mrunee and mthnd States, which, its ‘prohibitive has cut ;nu oflbyu & market for foreign Mr. Smith ldmim that his own condi the pmnc mnmm. with - currency, a decreased’ e: and an -n-nvnted unemplnyment situa- tion. Betterment Seen. “I think if the combination of Aus- tralia’s thinking men, which is-now be- ing formed in. opposition to the present Lal government, meets with success in the next elections it will do a great deal to restore confidence and bring a return of prosperity to ,” des clared Mr. ‘Whereas Australia’s resources are among the richest in' the world, Mr. smmmhmmmmmupm- duction was 5o high that many of richest mineral deposits remained \m- qu ralia’s greatest trouble,” he said, “is h lack of rural development. In & country of more than 3,000,000 mfl“:: f-hen -2 t 0( h‘ch P I has not been e own m"{cu “The pr fallen,” he exphlna& "Dllt m l'hmhnl lmm Mr ‘Smith, who arrived at ufe Dodxe tice U. S. TARIFF GREATEST EVILS P 4 Advocates Spiritual Element HERBERT H. SMITH. of living has not fallen. demand luxtng! and are not uued the dole system, as prac- in England, had done much to aggravate the economic depression and the unemplnyment situation in * that ple it should find ltcumunou keep away nother po: . ted hmeo(mnemnw-mm- mers.” Mr. &nlthwhflclnflnmlud States to the question of ition at his LARGE SNAKE BITES SON to lnk b'l-yen—olu e-nuer ‘The gunman killed Mrs. Jaynes, Barrett and Murphy recalled, used s .25-caliber gun. One Partially Identified. Police also are endeavoring to con- nectm-nndtheouler-nq.flm bers of “hatless trio” with the re- eenl $6, 500 Peoples Drug Stores pay Toll robber One !.be tflo—)fltholll v-.mon 23, of Newnk N. identified last night ll one o( ‘ban- dits who held up two employes of the drug company last April 1, according to_police. l\o- will be scrutinized by sev- eral persons who saw the robbers loit- Named as Accomplice. In umtwmg the series of hold-ups, Vasilion and Sala nameti Ross as their accomplice, according to police. Car Found to Be Stolen. ‘The revolver sion will be turned Tour After Visit to Sol- dier Tomb. The 1,700 Boy Scouts and leaders, as- sembled at Camp Goodwill, in Rock Creek Park, Region jamboree, launched a program of intensive sightseeing this morning, on the second day of the'week end visid to Washington. At 9:30 o'clock directors loaded into busses the boys from the 165 u&oll which arrived here yesterday hqm Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and national ly | Virginia and New Jersey, small of which are included in that tery, where the Scouts on the Tomb of the Unknown three main s&t‘a Doyle Dawson, were Richmond, Va.; Edward Goldsmith, Baltimore, and W. Carlton Backus, ‘Wilming Del. Make Tour of City. Immediately after the Arlington cere- mony the youths began a round of visits to interesting points in the city, Illcl\ldlnl Lincoln Memorial, the Na- tional Museum and the cqmm On returning to Camp, Good Will, the Scouts prepared Chets ‘ow_ Tunches over the open fires and grills whleh have been used to demonstrate skill in the culinary arts av every mul view at 5 pm d | passed before a revlzwlnz eomlnluee of military and Government officials, and 2 | officials of the renm&l and national ;::dq-betmtmncbevym Xecord: police, the '.h:em tho llghl fi".‘m. mon.hec nhnnum n ast & e after stealing the machine, FARM BOARD FIGHT AT PARLEY 1S SEEN by L e o Race for Right to Amend Act Expected Between Friends and Foes. The race between friends and enemies of the Federal Farm. Board for power un‘um the m(\l evening camp L with & of mpeuumm:mma to divert the campers until “taps” at 10 pm. Offi- clals stated that more than 50 local Scouts were overnight visitors at the camp last night. with the visitors. from Troop 13 of the District of Colum - '"i enu‘:‘ mmu m:hwwtllll be'l:‘: ors in e Tal wi :?endmm ‘The boys wiil be graded to rewrite the agricultural marketing |to each act is expected to begin June 29 when the first meeting of the new National mmmmo! “an accomplish !wmmlnlg‘emmtlrm fi ip of the confe - Hgmhmhpm nmeem Farm Federation, ‘the National Onnn tnd ‘the’ several national co-operative mar. associations set Both Presiden leflmumuldl..l Tbbal' the onnn.‘hnnnldmumnrl- cultural marketing' act 1s amended “it will be dane OF FAMOUS CARTOONIST it By & Staff Corzespindent of The Star. ] iy gzé;ig ELECTION RACE HDT AS VETERANS MEET Spirited Contest Develops . Among Three Candidates for D. C. Commandership. HAY-ADAMS FURNITURE SAVED BY. AGREEMENT Trustees of Chattel Mortgage Ac- cept $52,250 Pa; le July 6, Guy Announces. mmtwmt-nmd forestall the removal of all furniture for the annual Third|Jul . | come to —A. P. Photo. WASHINGTON GETS THO CONVERTIONS National Retail Credit Asso ciation and Business Clubs to Convene. ‘Two more national conventions for Washington in 1932 were announced today by the Greater National Capital Committee. ‘The convention of the National Re- tail Credit Association, now meetin; St. Lous, voted unanimously to hol next convention in this city, and nmun action has been reported from_the national wnvenum of ness Clubs, in session Okla. More than a thousand de! ites will ‘ashington with credit men’s convention and about 500 are for the thmu.hm:mterwtotnnel > mm Greater National Capital Com- ttee directed 5 p.m. yesterday. Powelt temperature, 73, oécurred at | country. b;mwdnw dltahn ‘empera n-no i Highest, &7; lowest, 66. e (Furnished by United States Coast and ozodntlc Bumy) ‘Today—Lo 30 a.m. and 6:14 p.m high tlfl, 11 l‘ am. and 13:53 ‘romomw —Low tide, 6:28 am. and 7:02 p.m.; high tide, 12:09 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 4:42 a.m.; sun sets 7:37 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 4:42 am.; sun sets 7:37 pam. mflmmm mll‘:'!:n.n. Automobile to be lighted one- half hour after sunsef = - Condition of tle Water. Potomac and Shenandoah = Rivers very muddy this morning. MAJ. BEVAN'S RITES TO BE HELD MONDAY Burial of Mearine Officer, Whovl)ied After Long Illness, to Be ~ at Arlington.. Funeral ents for Maj. Wil- , neWs. M. C., who died Thursday at midnight at his home, 4400 Hawthorne street, following & long illness, were it six last l’!l. at Arlington National Ceme- inches; April, 1889, 9.13 inches; May 1889, 10.69 inches; June, 1900, 10.94 Weaiher in Vaitons Cities. %i’ '!‘s Weathee, ""“3 fi 3RRE28LES! o c A . mmg%mn-m Sttt ot IIEBEIRBILBRIINI ANt 0B IIRaTR R 13 §: tery at 11 o'clock. Capt. Sydney K. Evans, chief o(mel(r 4 assisted by !n admitted able flier in oil stock. American Busi- at Ponca City, |, PROBE OF FAILURE Employe of Institution Tells Creditors Records in Hands of Government. ACCOUNTS OF A. J. HOWAR EXCLUDED FROM HEARING Attorney, Presses for Introduction and Referee Delays Ruling Until Tuesday. Deposit slips covering Edmund D. Rheem's personal account in the Fed- eral-American Bank during the years 1928, 1929 and 1930 have been seized by the Department of Justice, it was This' information was gleaned from an employe of the bank, who had been subpoensed to produce the records at the creditors’ inquiry. ‘The employe, George M. Ralzee, ‘ex- plained the bank was unable to, pro- duce the deposit slips becauge they had been “turned over to it Attor- ney General Nugent Dodds.” Howar Records Excluded. Employes of three other banks—the Riggs, Security Savings and Commer- cial and the Nationil Metropolitan— also produced records covering accounts of Rheem and A. Joseph Howar, & busi- ness assoclate. Rheem's records were introduced as !Mm(:;lpobr‘:?fllmm:l affecting Howar were excluded uj of his erney’AlfinL N mm nflo:d e H]onwlr“' :‘hlmblm.p‘: nor an employe and that his affairs were not properly Subject to such examination. his ruling at the meeting Tues- day morning at lo!(lneloak_m Never Owned 'a Bond. ‘ Rheem testified he owned 100 shares of Riggs Bank-stock, 30 shares of Fed- 3] ted taking one unprofit- ‘When Borchardt attempted to learn ‘whether Rheem owned any other stocks or bonds, the latter said: Ilmnmlbuyerolmmdl have never owned a bond. \THREE D. C. YOUTHS OBJECT OF SEARCH. Left Capital Yesterday in 0ld E Flivver Bound for California. Anxious to see California, ' three .| Washington boys piled into an_old fiivver and left town Thursday. They were the object of a police search today. youths are Ivan Peres, 18, & son o( Luis Marino Perez, commercial attache at the Cuban emb‘lly Kenneth Smith, 17, a son of Mrs. Grace W. Smith, a Census Bureau clerk, and Charles Hughes, 17, a son of Mrs. Eva E. Hughes, of 2001 Sixteenth street. Mrs. Hughes said the boys left home with the knowled.ge of their plrenh. She said she had not objected to Charles leaving home after he e: the boys expected to obtain empioy- ment earrying cameras in Hollywood for photographers through an uncle of young Perez, said to be a movie director. Mrs. Smith requested police to search ior the trio. She hung up a telephone receiver on a mponer who sought to question her. of the Cuban embassy ned the elder Perez had gone to Iondon on a diplomatic mission. Although still in lhg city, Mrs. Perez Young. Peres was_ reported was re) 1o have left home becmuse he feared his father ‘would send him to school in Spain. He preferred to continue his .studies at Central High School. The boys were said to have pooled ;l;etr Tesources in order to purchase the vver. POLICEMAN Ig RESTORED Kolb Exonerated in Alleged Re- FIREMAN DISMISSED Commissioners Confirm Sentence of Pvt. Hudgins—Sergeant Fined. | vestigation into a tirement Fund Shortage. Policeman William Kolb, station clerk at detective headquarters, who ‘was suspended June 10 pending an in- in. funds in the Policemen'’s Retirement Association, for which organization he was collect was restored to duty todsy by Ma, Henry G. Pratt and sent to the four- teenth precinct, where he will serve as a foot patrolman. Kolb was exonerated by Maj. Pratt Yoday |4, the alleged shortage of $18, Pratt ex- ho|the place of Fourteenth Harris, ‘TODAY.. Lawn fete, Joseph H. Milans Lodge, Chapter, No. 41, mmmnm mwhnm.mm plaining that nine deucnvu having falled to pay their monthly dues ac- counted for the deflclt. Kolb will take Precinet Po- liceman J. R. who has been transferred to the_Detective Bureau to fill Kolb's former place. nemfisn Marine Victim of Crash to Be Buried at Arlington Monday. Funeral services for Chief Gunner TRICK COST $124.75 Two, Seeking Bill Change, Take' Sum From Woman. ; ttie, Wiliams, colored, who resides Thout the “en o the course of