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C. B. . CHAIN'SEEKS CAPITAL “BOOSTER" Radio Commission Approval Asked for Synchroniza- tion Experiment. Application to the Federal Radio Commission for permission to operAte an experimental 250-watt “booster” sta- tion in Washingtcn, to carry in syn- chronization for 17 hours dally the rograms of WABC, the Columbia grmdcl.stlnl System's key station in New York City, was announced today by William S. Paley. president of the coast-to-coast network. Attention was directed to the fact that if approved by the comm ssion, this wiil be the first time in the history of American radio that a key station has been linked cn its own wave-length with a “booster” to repeat all its pro- grams. _Thus the citizens of the Na- tion's Capital would receive the same gervice that WABC renders New York on a wave-length which, in so far as ‘Washingtonians are concerned, is now virtually gcing to waste. The project Tepresents an attempt at conservation of a vital national resource—the Na- tion's broadcasting channeis. Marks Broadcast Advance. “We are hopeful,” Mr. Paley said, “that the Federal Radio Commission will agree with us that a real service to | ‘Washington and the Nation can be given under the arrangement we pro- | pose. At the same time we believe this drastic _experiment will mark an ad- vance for the radio broadcasting in- dustry as a whole, demonstrating the possibilities of synchronization to a de- gree never before attempted. In sel ing Washington as the scene of our e periment we have been guided by our belief that the Naotions Capital is en- titled to full and complete access to Columbia programs in their entirety. 7f the Columbia application is grant- ed. it was explained, Station WMAL in Washington will continue its affiliation with the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem probably for several months after the expiration of its present contract, November 11, 1931. that the construction would require at Jeast 90 days after commission approval is obtatned. M. A. Leese, owner of radio station ‘WMAL, said that the relationship be- tween his station and Columbia re- mains extremely cordial. The new arrangement, if consum- mated, he pointed out, would give ‘WMAL more time on the air in which to ive additional Jocal service to Wi listeners. Because of de- mand for time on WMAL by the net- work it was becoming extremely diffi- cult to take care of local broadcasts of primary interest to the citizens of the Capital. “Relations Good.” “In the three vears that WMAL has been carrving Columbia programs,” Mr. Leese said, “the relationship between my station and Columbia at all times , has been one of frank dealing and mu- tual co-operation. We anticipate con- tinuing on this basis. I have the kind- est feeling toward the Columbia Broad- cas System. Its executives, from Mr. Paley down, have always dealt with this station on an extremely equitable basis. We hope to continue and im- prove our broadcasting service in the interest of Washington listeners.” “Station WMAL has given the Co- lumbia Broadcasting System conscien- tious service,” Mr. Paley said. there is a mutual feelin heavy responsibility of serving the net- | work adequately in the Capital 2 full-time. Columbia-controlled station Washington when service both to the Capital and to the Nation is con- are Radio Forum, arranged Star, originates in Washington. On the Co- lumbia network from Washington ap- pear most of the nationally and inter- nationally p:ominent men and women who live and work in Washington or visit there, and Who make our govern- mental and economic stiuctures. It is Columbia’s wish to place at the dis- posal of these individuals the finest and most complete radio broadcasting serv- ice available.” “Important Experiment.” The technical aspect of the proposed , change in Columbia’s Washington facil- ities was explained in detail in the ap- plication filed with the commission. It ‘was revealed that the proposed change 4s, in a large measure, an important ex- periment and a forward step in broad- casting. For the first time, the applica- tion said, an attempt to employ an an- tenna designed to suppress “the high- angle sky-wave” will be made. In pas synchronization attempts, the applica- tion said, “it is generally understood that the high-angle sky-wave has caused unsatisfactory reception in ceitain areas and has been a chief source of diffi- culty.” Synchronization offers possibilities for conservation and m efficient use of the Nation's natural r sources represented by the frequencies set aside for broadcasting,” the applica- tion said. “No synchronization tests are in progiess in which the originating station utilizes an antenna designed to suppress the high-angle sky wave. An- ticipating the possibilities of rendering more widespread service to_a larger audience by making more efficient use of its cleared channel. the applicant has | expended more than $100.000 to develop and erect for WABC V-wave-sup- pressing antenna. consisting of & single adiator. 665 feet in hefght, the Since 1 N of the diffic ynchronization tests h the 665-foot sk: entenna soon be under ope WABC. and 250-watt “booster be synchronized by be able tion on ‘Washington would wire line. we would to develop important informa- synchronization and to render unusual program service to Washington and vicinity witho terfering with the normal. rural service of WABC. In mddition, the operation of the ‘bocster would not cause interference with any The experimental proposed will produce tata. all of which would he commis reiterated Mr. Paley's flicial Washington ¢ use of the ‘booster to enjoy the very best national and internationsl features afforded by the Columbia Brondeasting System The epplication a's> said that “the po- litical Capital of the Nation has unique importance from the standpoint of net- work broad g Although the application stated the Jocation would be in the Washingion Bullding, this may be changed if a more favcrable one can be found. Con- sideration is being given the National Press Club Building and its manage- ment is endeavoring to work out factory space. ASKS $10,000 DAMAGES Cab Vietlm Sues Tuxi Association and Driver for Injuries. Willism Conrad, 614 .Eye street, has filed suit to recover $10.000 damases from the Independent Taxi Owners' As- sociation and Thomas E. Breslin, It was estimated | interesting 1 on would | is- | MISS BURROUGHS STILL REFUSES. - TO ANSWER CANNON PR __(Continued From First Page.) Senate committee sttempted to dis- prove contentions by Bishop Cannon that the Anti-Smith Committee in Vir- ginia was only a State-wide organiza- tion and, therefore, not under juris- diction of the Senate. Representative Tinkham, Republican, Massachusetts, has charged the South- ern Methodist leader violated the cor- rupt practices act by failing to report to. Congress a majority of the funds he received and expended as chairman of the Anti-Smith Committee. Bishop Cannon holds that if he has run afoul of the law it is for a Federal grand jury and not the Senate to decide. Chairman Nye placed in the record {today a letter written by Bishop Can- non to E. C. Jameson, New York capi- talist. in January, 1929, thanking him for the support given the anti-Smith | Democrats in the campeign. Jameson | gave the bishop $65,200 for use in that campaign. Nye said there was no referenve in the letter to any separate Anti-Smith Committee in Virginia, but that the lettor throughout seemed to refer to & | general, South-wide campaign. H Contributions of $1,200 in three checks to Bishop Cannon's anti-Smith organization by Willlam C. Gregg of | | Hackensack, N. J., then were noted by | the committee. i Of these, $750 was given by Gregg | {just after the 1928 election. The two | checks were Indorsed by Bishop Can- | non, who signed himself as “treasurer anti-Smith Democrats, James Cannon, jr.” on one check made out to “treas- | urer.” Use Outside Virginia. Chairman Nye read correspondence om Gregg to Bishop Cannon, stating he wanted the first $500 given in | September to be used in Tennessee and {in North Carolina. | Additional letters from the Gregg- | Cannon files which Nye read into the |record included the circular letter | Bishop Cannon had been described as having sent prospective contributors to the anti-Srith fund in January, 1929, after Jameson was supposed to have paid off the deficit. In response to that letter Nye said Gregg wrote the Bishop pledging $500 | to help take care of the “indebtedness’ !the Bishop had described. In reply to Gregg's pledge letter, Nye | read one pu to be from the | Bishop thanking the New Jersey man | for his pledge and saying he would use it as & “spring board” in soliciting other | contributions. | _Nye read another letter sent by the 1 Bishop later in January to Gregg. telling | him he had made such use of the letter and asking that he send a check for his | pledge. i Nye leaned slightly forward with both |arms on the table as he read letter after letter in a slow, even tone. | Charles W. Warden, Washington | banker and first vice president of the | former Continental Trust Co., was questioned about his relations with Bishop Cannon when the churchman | maintained a bank account in that bank in_the 1928 campaign. Warden identified a letter written to him by Bishop Cannon on August 4 11928, opening an account in the bank | and stating the Bishop “thought it wiss | to keep three separate accounts of the | expenditures to defeat Al Smith.” North Carolina Check. Ward H. Wood, president of the | American Trust Co. of Charlotte, N. C., followed Miss Burroughs on the stand. | He said, as a member of the Anti-Smith | Committee of North Carolina in 1928, | he received $5.000 frcm the Headquar- | ters Committee of the anti-Smith Demo- { Y| crats. He did not recall, however, who mittee. s | A fight was made against confirma- Ition cf McNinch in the Senate last | year as a member of the Pederal Power | Commission on the ground he was 2p- | pointed as & Democrat, but was not a Democrat. McNinch was confirmed. | Wood said in 1928 McNinch had | stated he didn't want any Republican money. “But 1 didn't commit myself,” added Wood, “and I don't think any eof th: ! rest of the crowd did.” | | The crowded committee room rang with laughter. “You weren't particular where you got the money from?" asked Senator ‘Wagner. “No. not as between Democrats and | Republicans,” said Wood. Talk on Telephone Recalled. Wood said he had never met Bishop Cannon, but had talked to him on th telephone. He said he thought b | would have rerembered it if Bishop 'g:mnon had signed the $5,000 check to im. “Has there ever been any accounting of the disposition of the $5,0007" asked Senator Wagner “1 gave an accounting to Mr. Mc- Ninch when he wis before some com- the Senzte,” Wood replied of no accounting that the rclina organization made.” “Either to the State authorities or to the PFederal Government?” No 2 Nye read excerpts from McNinch's testimony before tne Senate Interstat: Commerce Committee pricr to his con- firmation as a member of the Power | Commission. This testimony said Wood had advised McNinch not to mske & repori of the campaign funds and added that Wood had refused to toll him the source of some of the contributions to the North Carolina campaign because, McNinch said, Wood had not wished him to have knowlecg: of any Republican money used in the cempaign. Lewis S. Willls of Orange. Va. a farmer and one of the benenciaries of the Mary C. Moore estate, was called next. Bishop Cannon was exezutor of the estate. Mrs. Moore died in 1924 and Willis said he wrote (o the bishop once or twice’” about a settlement He sald he was paid 3450 on or about January 6, 1929 The check drawn on the bank of Crewe, Va. and signed by Bishop Cannon, was “post daced” to Janusry 14 Manly Tells of Account. Basil Manly, committee expert, was quesiioned sbout the Moore estate ac- count, He said Bishop Cannon opened this account on January 14, 1929, with & deposit of $5,342, representing the pro- ceeds of a_certificate of deposit issued to Bishop Cannon on the previous No- vember 2, In exchange for a check | dravn by the bishop on the account | known as James Cannon, jr.. chalrman | n the Continental Trust Co. of Wash- inglon, which was a political fund Dr. Arthur J. Barton of Wilmington | N. C., chalrman of the Executive Com- mistee of Anti-Saloon League. said bLe had joined Bishop Capnon in calling the Asheville Conicrence of Southerners interested in defeating Alfred E. Smith | He satd he had po records taining |to the meeting: that it was a “free cilizens mass meeting |"““The frst call for the meeting.” be cald, “was A staiement Bishop Cannon and I prepared announcing that ther would be such a conference.” Bishop As Manager. Barton sald he was chairman of the | Asheville Conference, but he did not | recall the other officers. “Bishop Cannon was actual manager {of the campaign.” he said. It was a free and easy mass meeting, and & SPontanecus movement of he peopie who were indignant at what bad hup- pened Barion said the conference decided upon an active, Bouthwide com) with the hesdquarlers (¢ be at Rich- mond. He could not recall whether any money was contribuied to the cam- palgn at the Asheville neeting, or whether pledges were s gned there. Dr Barton left with the committee .{a lengthy statement explaining the | The plaintiff_says \pril 2: ub:&m/-t.w manner i which the Asheville Confer- when knocked down by ence was called. g0 ! ougl OBERS by Bishop James Cannon. jr. and me. each of us acting in his individual capacity and vithin his individual rights as a private citizen. It was called with- oul any conference on our part with any_other human being We conferred not with flesh and blood, but each of us feeling the re- sponsibility that was upon him for in- augurating & movement to defeat the wet nominee of the Democratic party, who immediately after his nomination had ditched the platform of the party and announced one of his own, and pro- posed to make the race for President on his own platform, and on his own | 0 standing rather than on the platform of the party and as the representative of party principles. “I have no doubt at all that in the event of & recurrence of like conditions there will be similar meetings and & similar uprising.” Varied Banking Account. 8 protracted session yesterday the committee heard testimony that Cannon opened six new banking ac- counts during the campaign in addition to the two he already had. It was brought out also that he withdrew cne of his “political” accounts $28.278, which, witnesses said, went into other personal accounts and for the payment of personal notes. Basil Manly shortly _before toe .committee how he Bishop Cannon through C. Bascom Slemp end had later given the fund to further the campalgn of At gave this testimony Jameson related to had met the snti-Smith Democrats in the South. | A telegram sent to Jameson by the late James W. Good, Western campaign | manager for the Republican National Committee in 1928, was put in the rec- ord by Chairman Nye. that “Bascom Slemp is working on a plan for an independent organization™ | and asked Jameson to co-operate. Jameson's letter in reply told Good that he had had a talk with Slemp “and he is fixed up =o that he can go ahead and work out the independent organi- | zation es planned.” Jameson told the committee he could not recall whether the independent or- ganization mentioned was the anti- Smith Democrats he financed The New York man said he prom- ised Bishop Cannon $50.000, but when the bishop came for the last $10.000 check, he dcnated an edditional one for $3.000. ¥nd after the campaign gave two otber checks for an additional total of §7.300 uron the request of the churchman for more mon-y to clear up expenses that still were to be met. $8,000 Check Traced. Chairman Nye point:d cut records of the committee which indicated the $8,000 check had been used by Bishop Cannon to buy #n interest-bearing cer- tificate of depcsit in e Blackstone, Va bank, and later was placed in the pe:- sonal account of the churchman Nye read into the record ¢t tac same time a letter purported to have be written by Bishop Cznnon atter c-iving the contributions from James urging prospective contributors to giv more money to pay the indebtedne the letter said still rested upon th anti-Smith ¢ ganizatio Manly, ir his testimony, traced nu merous other transfers from th son:l to the political accounts of t bishop and from the political funds int personsl accounts. One transfer, he #aid, showed the use of $528 of political money by the churchman for the pay- ment of a perscnal nc That Bishop Cannon turned to hi “f llow workers” for funds after the ¢ mpaign, in which he collected more then $75000 personally, also W brought cut at vesterday's hearing. A leiter addressed to “Dear rriend ana Pellow Worker’ by the bisiop on January 26, 1929, sohciling iunds to meet a “d=ficit” of the anti-Smitn D. ocrats wis put befor: Jameson after Ie testified that he gave the church- man $7,300 to pay off the “deficit.” Tne New Yorker jump:d irom hi t lcok at the l.tter aiter Chairman Nye read it ‘That is news to me,” he commented. The Cannon le.ter of Janu 5, on stat.onery of the “Headquariers Com- mit'es. anti-Smith Democrats,” with & note #t the top. read Nole—If you ha‘e a copy of this letter ignor received a Ad Mentions Defic Dear Friend and Pellow Worker Waen we balanced mediately following th tion we found th b~ amount of $7,000 necs for unpaid adverti-ement w of papers as fo lows “Wanted, $6,500 to pay balance cam- paizn expenses anti-Smith Democratic Committee. Make checks payable Treasurer, anti-Smith Democrats, Box 674, Richmond, Va—Ad “Since ths insertion of this advertis ment our treasurer has reccived a proximately $3.0 0 bve come in amounting to Approx- imately $500, so tiat at the present tim> we need mbout $4.000 to, pay in fu'l the incebt of the campaien “We prefer not to advertise again L iy slutely necessary ding this letter to our who have helped in the our necessary expenses, k if all of them will help o can meet all our obligations and be spared the annoysnc barrassment of a debt ha our heads for many ment “It is doubtless, needless to say, that the action taken by the Southern anti- Smith Democrats in flatly refusing to commit moral suicide for the sake of A purely partisan victory stands out as the most remarkable and encourag- ing fact in the political life of our country during the past generation “It is certainly to be hoped that it has been positively and unmistakably indicated that if the Democratic party is to remain as the dominant factor in the political life of the Southern States it will be necessary to change & nation- a1 leadership which has been so thor- (hly discredited and overwhelming- t ubsc! iptions iriend 10 meet t n nd em- over ly repudiated. “Hoping that you can see your way clear to send an additionzl cbeck to Box 674, Richmond, Va. payable to James Cannon, jr., chairman, we are your fellow workers.” It was signed James Cannon, jr. chairman, and J. t “immedi- Mr. Jameson testifisd ately following the N election” It told Jameson | ried in a number | tull | MISSING WALKER AIDE 1S LOCATED New York Ameridan Says Sherwood to Return With Mayor. By the Associated Press. York American says today it has lo- cated Russell T. Sherwood, “missing” personal bookkeeper to Mayor Walker. in a hotel in Atlantic City. Sherwcod Samuel Seabury and the Legislative In- vestigating Committee, admits he left New York soon after sald he would return when Walker returns from Europe. He re- fused to make any statements about | his work for Mayor Walker. WALKER AT MONTE CARLO. CANNES, France, August 28 (#).— Last night was the occasion of Mayor “Jimmie” Walker's “coming out” party on the Riviera casino at Monte Carlo to be its official guest at dinner, he declined, explaining he was eager 'to get away from the formalities, which, as he'put it, have been “leading me by a leash ever since 1 struck Europe.” { Instead, he accepted an invitation to | g0 to Monte Carlo with His New York | friends, James Cromwell and George { Marshall, for & private dinner at the casino. Im raculately dressed, the mayor, ac- companied by George Collins, his secre- tary. and his hosts, entersd offered by Raymond Pa | deputy in the Prench chamber, roared away to Monte Carlo. | As the boat drew up at the marble | stepe, which lead all the way from the water to the illuminated terrace above, | the orchestra struck up the United States national anthem and followed with New York song hits and American folk songs. The myriad lights on the terrace were arranged to interweave a Stars and Stripes. The dinner party included Lady Furness of England, Baron and Baroness Wick of Denmark, Alfredo Brestos of {Buenos Aires and Mrs. Valentine | Macey, Mrs. Ira Richards, Miss Ruth { Kresge, Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, Mrs. Jules Glasenzer. Mr. and Mrs. Dorland | Doyle, Roger Davis, Townsend Martin n | #0d Gordon Saare, all of New York. 'GIANT FLYING BOAT DO-X Anchored in Flushing Bay, | Where Public Inspection Is Held. ! Sister Ship Takes Off. By the Associated Press. | Germaxn fiying boat DO-X was anchored {in Flushing Bay, off North Beach, | Queens, today, available for public in- | spection at $1 per head. | Proceeds. a committee of citizens has | decided, will be divided as follows: Fifty ‘rrms for the motor boat service, 25 jcents to the German Red Cross and | 25 cents to the American Red Cross. | Do-X II Lands in Italy. SPEZIA, Italy, August 28 (#).—The | buge seaplane Do-X II arrived here | this afterncon, flying from Lake Cun- {stance in 2 hours and 2 minutes, with a crew of 12 and 6 passengers, It had been hoped plane, a sisier ship of the craft now in New York, in the present air maneuvers, but it remains to be tested before Italy | accepts it. = SECRETARY STIMSON SAILS FROM ENGLAND Thinks Negotiations in Euroye Help Him Immensely in Of- ficial Work in U. S. By the Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, England, August Henry L. Stimson, the American ctary of State, said today as he boarded the Leviathan for home that the experience he had gained in h's negotiations in Europe would be in {able to him in his official capa | “I'm goine home in a spirit of great hopefuln he said, “convinced that I am bett>r equipped for the part that I must take. It has been my privilege 0 meet become personally acquainted. This is a great thing in the politics. It is my belief these personal meet- ings must‘do an enormous amount good and I believe in them thorougl 1 feel ¥ am better equipped for my ¢ duties at home because I am more ¢ versant with the problems of Europ» | hie was informed of this $7,000 deficit and vald it Then 1 assume you didn’t get one of these letters,” said Senator Nye. “No," replied the campaign contribu- tor. Senator Nye sald that of the $7.300 contribution made by Jameson, the rec- ords show that $3,100 went in pay nt of & printing bill bearing certificate of deposit was pur- chased by Bishop Cannon out of the remainder. NON DENIES GLA CHARGE LONDON, August 28 (#).—Bishop | James Cannon, jr.. {here yesterday denying that Representa- | tive Tinkham, Republican, of Massachu- setts. ever was ith him. The bishop's statement was sponse to a reply by Senator Glase. | wi in re- | statement’ by Bishop Cannon. The bishop had charged that the Sen- late’s inguiry into his anti-Smith cam- | paign activities in 1928 was a “putely { personal attack by & vindietive Virginin | Democrat and & Boston Congressmar | under Roman Catholic domination” and not &n sttempt to frame remedial | legislation. Senator Glass replied that the charge \gainst Bishop Cannon was made by | “a Massachusetts Republican Congress- |man who was affiliated with B.shop | Cannon in the last presidential election {and, along with Bithop Cannon, op- posed the election of the Democratic candidate.” | “Senator Glass | bishop's statement {gressman Tinkham. enemy of the South from a wet, Roman Catholic district of Boston. although he supported Hoover as a Republican, | was never in any way affiliated or as- soctated with me, who supported Hoover | as an anti-Smith Democrat.” Senator Glass also knows that Con- | man Tinkham brought lobbying charges sgainst the Federal Council, the | Anti-Saloon League and the Northeru and Southern Methodist Temperance Boards, all protestant organizations, but not against similar Roman Catholic or- ganizations Also that Congressman Tinkham ssked the Attorney General to prosecute the Northern Methodist Board once, and myself twice for violation of the Federal eorrupt practices act, which request the Attorney General did not grant.” knows,” said _the today, “that Con- for years a political | NEW YORK, Auguts 28—The New | has been sought for three weeks by | the subpoena was issued for him and | Mayor | co-operation were urged by the trio to- Although the New York mayor was | Ployment, invited by the management of ihe mew | Possible to stabilize life and increasc a speedboat | lenotre, youngest | and | pattern of the French tricoler with the | HOLDS “OPEN HOUSE” | NEW YORK. August 28.—The giant | to utilize thel the forelgn ministers of four | great Eutopean countries and w2 have | present state of and that an interest- | issusd a statement, | “affliated or associated | [ Additional bills | Democrat, of Virginia, to a previous $17,620,000 Récord for 1929 and | | lwo Careful Budgeting and Wiser Leadership and Co-opera- tion Urged. Spending by Housewives to Furnish Employment. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 28—The wom- 1¢mnloyment Committee have definite Sherwood, according to the American, | ideas about the form relief should take. Careful budgeting, a wiser economic | and _industrial leadership and active day s helps to the unemployment sit- uation, gineer in management, said women spe- cifically can help by continuing to “par- ticipate in local activities and to co- operate wherever called upon. They to furnish relief where needed, and by wise spending in order to furnish em- ‘They must do everything the feeling of security through keeping their homes serene and happy.” Development of Resources. Utging the greatest possible develop- ment of local public and private re- sources, Mrs. John M. Glenn, president of the Family Welfate Association of America, stressed the necessity of con- tinuing ‘cmphasis on constructive and preventive work, adding, “we can only hope for the development of &n eco- nomic and industrial leadership which may ultimately justify the patience and faith of the American people.” Mrs. John F. Sippel, president of the Fede:ation of Women's Clubs, pleading for the utmost co-operation, said her federation, realizing that women do a large share of purchasing. has “initi- ated a Nation-wide study that will give BRITISH LABORITES OUST MACDONALD; HENDERSON NAMED | { (Continued From First Page.) {Iarge new credit for the Bank of Eng- | land. The bank made no statement on the subject and there was no confirmation of the report from any official scurce here. City circles in general, however, saw no reason to doubt that negotiations are progressing. Moftagu Norman, gover- nor of the Bank of England, is now in Canada and was being credited here with having & hand 4n the progress. Financial experts of London news- papers accepted the report from Amer- jca as substantially correct. LOAN DEAL PROGRESSES. Amount Britain Will Get Ranges Up to Nearly $500,000,000. | NEW YORK, August 28 (#)—Nego- tiations for s Franco-American credit to Great Britain were descriced today s having made substantial progress stimates of the amount by financial | writers ranged from more than $200,- ! 000,000 up to a possible maximum of nearly $500.000,000. Information eame from J. P. Morgan & Co. that discussions had been held both here and in Paris, and that French and American banking interests would participate equally in a credit to the new national emergency govern- ment. Presumptions of experts were that ‘he credit would be used by the Bank of England to protect sterling exchange if necessary, but the possibility was recog- nized that in view of recent improve- ment in sterling the British government might decide it needed no credit. | ““The credit would be for one year. British treasury bills in proportion to amounts borrowed would be issued to bankers participating m the credit These bills, having 60 of 90 days to run, | could be sold at a discount, similar to the Treasury bills used in the United States financing. As the bills mature new bills could be issued, keeping the credit revolving. Prench bankers are expected to of- fer some of the British treasury bills to the public, while American banks will retain them for their own oper- ations. Plans of the new British govern- ment for economy were stressed in published comment on the readiness with which American bankers answered inquiries of the British government as to whether a credit would be available AGREEMENT DUE SOON. French Delegates Reported in Accord on Aiding Pound Sterling. PARIS, August 28 (#).—Agreement in principle regarding extension of credits to England was expected by tonight from a conference among representa tives of the French and British treas- uries and banks of both countries, The French delegates are reported in complete accord regarding extension of assistance with the primary object of ensuing definite stabilization of the pound sterling. This assistance. it is thought, prob- ably will take the form of a loan in which Frence and the United States ! would particivate, but the confe:ees also have discussed (he opening of joint credits by the Bank of Prance and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Le Temps says Great Britain a8 new credit for |50 per cent, will be about $400,000,000, ropresented by one-year British tiva:- ury bonds to be consolidated later. The |12t~ of intcrest stil is under discus- sion, the newspaper says. CAPITAL TAKES LEAD IN HOTEL RECEIPTS $4,852,000 Wages Paid Excels South Atlantic States. of Coluvbia led sall suth Atlantic States in hot:l receipls and wages paid employes during 1929 sccording to figures announced today by the Census Bureau. ‘The report showed that year-round operations of hotels of Z5 or more guests rooms in the United States dur- ing that year approached a billion-dollar industry. Of the 77 hotels in the District, 44 were owned by corporations and 33 by individuals. Total receipts amounted to $17.620.000. They employed 5,176 men and women and salaries totaled $4.852.000 Florida was runner-up to the District The District with a total of 333 hotels having re- | ceipts amounting to $12.267,000. Vir ceipts amounting to $11,470,000. Re- teipts reported for the 86 hotels in operation in Maryland were $7,973,000. California led the entire country in the number of hotels with 1509, fol- lowed by New York with 1,332, . Editor Arrested in Ireland. DUBLIN, Irish Pree State, August 28 (P).—Prani Ryan, editor of the news- paper An Phoblacht, organ of the Re- publican Extremists, was arrested today on a charge of publishing seditis uclea » ous are Dr. Gilbreth Advocates Wise an members of President Hoover's Un- | Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, a consuiting en- | can help by careful budgeting, in order | MAN MEMBERS OF JOBLESS COMMITTEE HAVE OWN IDEAS Giants and Yankees Ready to Play Series For Unemployment By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 28— Owners of the New York Glants and New York Yankees base ball clubs have notified Welfare Com- missioner Taylor they are willing to s a game or series of games for the benefit of unem- ployment relief. The games would be played either immedi- ately after the close of the league seasons or soon after the world series. | | a picture of conditiors as they effect the relationship of woman purchaser to retailing and production.” Dr. Gilbreth believes relief should be handled by local agencles, “these be-| ing made as efficient as possible and helped where this is imperative. | National Government can aid by fur- nishing leadership, every community which asks for it in- formation as to the successful methods in use by others and by setting an ex- ample of wise spending.” Family Welfare Urged. Mrs. Glenn warned that “too much emphasis should not be placed upon the role of private family welfare agen- cies. No family welfare agency can pretend to meet the wage loss due to unemployment.” "ll,phyvzry clear,” Mrs. Glenn said, “that relief needs will be much greater this Winter than last. Hundreds of families are only just reaching the end of resources after many months of un- employment. “‘Although every available resource will be needed this Winter, we are anxious that too much emphasis should | not be placed on relief alone. More | fundamental economic and Industrial measures are required.” i Dr. Gilbreth urged the need of “long- time thinking” as well as immediate action, adding that “a permanent cure for the situation can only come about through calm thinking and m_tem;em acting on the basis of the facts.” \GREEN SEES NEED | FOR U. . AND STATE FUNDS FOR JOBLESS ‘ (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) | “Even now,” he asserted, “it will re- quire heroic efforts on Mr. Gifford’s part to prepare for the heavy demands that will come with the first frost. Mr. Gifford, however, is on the right track and the appointment of the director and the National Committee came at| the right ti If further delay had occurred suffering would probably have been much greater.” Mr. unemployed, who were able to help themselves last Winter, would find their savings and resources exhausted | during the ccming cold months. | Reiterates Conference Demand. He relterated his demand for Presi- dent Hoover to call a conference of | employers and employes to work out & | program for creating employment. The labor leader also said he did not be- lieve the President would call & special session of Congress to deal with unem- | | ployment. but explained that he had not learned Mr. Hoover’s decision to- ward the proposed conference. Mr. Gifford declined to comment on Mr. Green's views or his estimate on unemployment. 1In fact, the national relief director said he would not have | anything to say on any phase of his relief work until he has thoroughly | familiarized himself with the situation. ! his associates in the less | than a week old organization said they | were concentrating their efforts on.the | Meantime, campaign for relief of distress this Winter. The federation leader said prepara- | tion for the Fall busy seeson in in- dustry had checked the Summer in creass in unemployment. He added thi this was a normal development for A gust. However, despite this upturn, he estimated that there were 5,100,000 un- employed as of August 1 “In our four years' record of unem- ployment in trade unions,” explained,” only has the Fall season failed to bring at least a slight im- provement in August—this one excep- tion was last year when business and industry were iapidly plunging into deeper depression. “August this year is no exception to the rule,” he continued, adding that “employment in industry has improved very slightly. Our weighted figure shows 18-4 per cent of the member- ship out of work in the first part of August, compared with 18.8 per cent unemployed in July.” Mr. Green made available to The Star a table showing the total per- centage of members of the federation unemployed curing the last four years, as follows: 25 1931 1y January - Iy 9. 3 8 6 0 5 5 H S ptember Cc.ober November December 10 age for vear 9 Preliminary. The following is a percentage table compiled by the fedeation for unicn unemployment by trades during 1931: 1531 Mgtal. Prinjing it o 10 be granted by Amer- | ican and French banks, each supplying | Gain Only Seasonal. It was on the basis of these fi the federation chieftain said he was able to estimate that 5.100,000 ware out of work in August. Industrial em- ployment gained, he declared, and about 120,000 found work. However, he estimated that about 40,000 were laid off on farms with the end of the July harvesting season, making a total gain since July of about 80,000 jobs. “This very slight gain ‘in employ- ment,” he asserted, “cannot be inter- preted as a change for the better, for it is only seasonal. We may be grate- ful that a few hundred thousand of the 5,000,000 out of work will ‘find tempo- rary jobs in industry in the next two months, but this will not lescen our Winter problem. “By November we will have some 500,000 farm 'aborers out of work, and this number will double before the Winter is over. If industry lays men Off &t the usual rate, we may expect some 1,200.000 to lose their jobs be- tween October and January. Even al- lowing for the temporary Fall gain in employment, we will have some 2,000,- 000 more to provide for in addition to the 5,000,000 now out of work. gures “There is only one way to lessen this | number: For industry to keep men at | work by shortening work hours and dividing available jobs among all. This, with a guarantee of work to the mini- mum force in each plant. would be an immense bulwark against business de- | pression_this Winter.” | Mr. Green said the biggest gain in employment during August came in the | textile industries, where nearly 30 per |cent of the unemployed went back to work. Gains were noted also in th manufacturing and shipping industries, he said, He said that in some trades, on the | other hand. unemployment was still on the increase, including printing, where | the number out of work was three times ‘what it was a verr before. and in build- Jjoblessness reached lnl'henw IIM:I‘ the unprecedented proporation for Summer months of 51 per cent The | by passing on to Green sald that many of the; Mr. Green | 2 CHLOREN HURT Chicago Labor Controversy! Attended by Three Blasts. St. Louis Has Explosion. CHICAGO, August 28 (#).—Three theaters, whose owners recently substi- | tuted Eastern motion picture operators for those of the local union, bombed shortly after midnight today. One of the bombs exploded at the _rear of the Ridge Theater and caused slight injuries to two small children who were thrown from their beds in & 15-apartment building across the alley. ‘The manager of the theater, Harold L. | Lasker, estimated the damage at $2,000, saying that a delicate sound machine near the stage had been damaged., At the second theater, the Olympia, on the South Side, more than a dozen windows were broken in the adjacent University of Chicago settlement house, showering sleeping occupants with giass. ‘This theater was owned by Aaron E. Saperstein, president of the Independent Theater Owners’ Association, who was directing negotiations with the local motion picture operators’ union. Third Damage $3,000. ‘The third house was the Ray Theater, where damage to the sound equipment on the stage and to the interior of by the proprietor. Immediately after the explosions as- sistants of State’s Attorney John Swan- son opened an investigation, ordering the arrests of three former operators. Assistant State's Attorney Charles A. Bellows blamed the local Motion Pic- ture rator's Union for the affair. He said he would appear before Chief Justice John P. McGoorty with a pe- tition asking that the bonds of Thomas E. Maloy, business agent of the union, and other of the cers, now under indictment on charges of conspiracy to obtain money under false pretenses and conspiracy to do illegal acts injurious to public trade, be forfeited. He said the men had left the jurisdiction of the court and therefore were in contempt. Union Firm in Demands. In & controversy between union oper- |ators and independent theater owners the latter have failed to convince the union that it should abandon its de- mands that two operators, instead of one, be employed at each of the small houses. The owners, contending that the wage paid the second man repre- sented the difference between their being ble to operate at a profit or to suffer A loss, have employed men brought from Eastern cities or non-union local operators. While the Eastern men be- long to a union, it is not associated with the local organization. ‘The operators from Easterny cities, used by the independent owners, were gathered in a Loop hotel at the time |of the bombings. Detectives were sent to the hotel to accompany them to their lodgings. ST. LOUIS SECTION SHAKEN, Bomb Thrown in Front of Cigar Store Injures Pedestrian. ST. LOUIS, August 28 (#).—Explo-~ sion of a bomb, apparently thrown from a mctor car, rocked the downtown dis- trict of St. Louis early today, shatterei about 100 windows in th= 100 blox on North Seventh street and severel injured a pedestrian, Willlam Bom- marito. ‘The bomb was thrown in front cf a cigar store and handbook, tearing @ hole in the sidewalk a foot in diameter. Police said a licens> in the shop iden- tified the owner as Henry Klegman. Bommarito, 30, a clerk, was walking nearby when the explosion occurred. He was badly injured by flying glass. The handbook is located in the Title Guaranty Building. Windows wers shattered es high as the sixth floor. The blast was heard several miles and attracted hundreds of spectators. Severz] panes in the American Hctel, a plock awey, were shatt:red. Guests in several downtown hotels were awakened. ‘Paolsl‘c,; said the damage was about ROOSEVELT URGES 50 PER CENT TAX BOOST FOR RELIEF (Continued From PFirst Page) | before the New York Bureau of Stand- | ards, refused to reveal alleged fee split- jting. He was sent to jail for contempt ,and his appeal brought the high court decision and made it necessary for the Governor to call the present special session of the Legislature. Gov. Roosevelt and Tammany Hall appeared today to be further from a break in relations which newspapers had been inciined to believe was in- lev;nble because of -the Governor's in- | sistenca in calling a special session of | the Legislature. ! Immediately after passing the im- " i munity the Republican-controlled Legis- | lature was given a surprise yesterday by a message from the Governor urging | investigation of charges of corruption | in up-State communities, which are Re- | publican controlled. Reprisals Discussed. Resentment in Democratic circles at the special session had gone so far that newspapers were discuss.ng possible re- | prisal: | cratic national convention, and even at | ! the polls should ke be nominated for the presidericy. Tammany leaders openly expressed pleasure at the Governor acceding to! their demands for an up-State in gation. A bill introduced by Demo- cratic leaders for an investigating committee is to be voted on by the | Legislature, but there was much doudt | about its passage. | In a special message to the extraor- ' | dinary sess'on of the Legislature the | Governor said it had become his duty | to transmit the demand from the ! Democrats. | After the immunity bills had been| passed. with one Democrat in the, Assembly and one in the Senate voting | with the Republicans in favor of its pas- | sage, Gov. Roosevelt's message was read The message was_accompanied by | letter from the Democratic leaders, | Senator John J. Dunnigan and Assem- blyman Irwin Steingut, listing what they claim are reasons for investigating conditions in Binghamton, Steuben County, Brighton, Monroe County, Sara- | toga, “Buffalo and _Tonowando, Erie County and other Republican centers. They also mentioned an $80.000 de- falcation charged to the former treas- urer of Columbia County. The possible effect of the investiga- tion controversy on the 1932 presi- dential situation was brought into the open for the first time, after weeks of speculation and prognosticating, by Senator John J. McNaboe, a Democrat. Senator McNaboe and Senator Dunni- gan both denied there was sny ill feeling between Tammany and the Gov- ernor and they predicted he would call for an up-Siate investigation before ihe special message was read. Killed in Mexico. 'MOVIES BOMBED: | | were | the auditorium was estimated at $3,000 | KIDNAPED BROKER FREED BY CAPTORS Police Suspect Girl Acted as Decoy in Seizing New Yorker for Ransom. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, A 28.—Unkempt and unshaved. les Rosenthal, youthful broker and heir to a large es- tate, appeared at a police station in the ‘Bronx today and said he was kid- naped, blindfolded and held prisoner in |a New York apartment for more than two weeks He said he was released today by his captors, who tossed him uncersmonious- ly out of an automobile in the Bronx, then sped away. During his absence his friend and at- torney, Edward Nathan, announced he had received Jetters demanding $100,000 ransom. Traps were set for the kid- napers, but they falled. Efforts by relatives to communicate with the miss- ing 24-year-old broker's captors through “agony” columns of newspapers also were without. result. Believe Girl Decoy. Rosenthal, who lives in Lawrence, L. I, said that on August 11 he took a young woman to a midtown restaurant for dinner, then entered a taxicab with her, driving toward the Bronx. They were stopped by three dark men in an- other cab, who overpowered the broker, blindfolded him and took him to a flat he believes is in. Manhattan. He was not injured. Later detectives, who continued to question Rosenthal, said his story indi- cated the young woman was used as & decoy. During the period of his ecaptivity, Rosenthal said, he was forced to wear glasses with Prm of paper pasted on the lenses. He was bound securely, Says He Paid Ransom. A sum of money was paid his kid- apers for his release, Rosenthal told police at Mineola, Long Island; where he was taken after telling his story in New York. The authorities, however, refused to divuige how large the payment had been. Before releasing him, he said, the kidnapers, who to be foreign- ers, handed him a $10 bill. He hailed a cab and drove to the police station. The young man planned to hasten as soon as possible to see his mother, Mrs. Nellie Rosenthal, who was said to be suffering a nervous breakdown. RECEIVERS i in 1 SOUGHT w: FOR 101 RANCH CIRCUS Action Starts in Oklahoma When Show Returns After Being Stranded Here. By the Associated Press. PONCA CITY, Okla., August 28.—A receivership was asked yesterday for the 101 Ranch here, whose broad acres spawned the 101 Ranch ecircus, re- turned to home quarters this week after ‘lo financially unsatisfactory Eastern ur. | . The petition for the action, filed in District Court, was brought by the Ex- | change Trust ‘Co. of Tulsa and Georie { W. Miller, executors of the estat= of t'1> late George L. Miller. An operatng r-- ceiver and an injunction berring ini~: ference with his action by the 101 Ranch trust is requested. Col. Zack Miller, a son of Goorge L. Miller, operates the ranch and- the eir. cus. The show was refiirned heie g gecflmc stranded in Washing. SRy INO SPEEDING LAW ON THE BOOKS NOW; FINES HELD ILLEGAL ___(Continued From Pirst Page.) cial “notice of the omission. It was known to a few, but never attained a leg_la;.lx status. cessive speed. however, that if their rigl than $1,000. Whether those unfairly convicted will now be able to get any rebate, officials of the assistant cor- poration counsel’s office would not state. Another unfairness toward that at present many of them have first, second and even third count conviee ngna -nlgst mfl;e_l;fl records. Second- offense and thire ense speed charge convictions are sericus and call for he‘:vy fines and loss of operating per- mits. An individuak cannot be charged with a violation of what used to be the law. If so, witches would still be burned at the stake in some States. The regulation against reckless driv- ing, reinserted from the old traffic regu- lations, still exists. It is the only way at present that the police will be to curb too speedy drivers. Obtained Decree From Naval Of- ficer at Reno Last June. In connection with dispatches from San Francisco relative to the inquiry into the death of Mrs. Daisy Price, wife iof Lieut. Comdr. George D. Price, who was killed in a fall from a hotel win- dow, The Star stated Confdr. Price had divorced his first wife, Mrs. Betty Walmsley Price. It was Mrs. Price who divorced the naval officer, at Reno last June. The Star regrets the error. HOOVER ANSWERS PLEA Reply to Pinchot Over Job Aid Session Not Made Public. President Hoover has answered the letter of Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania urging him to call & special s:ssion of Congress to deal with unemployment. It was said at the White House today that the letter had been acknowledged, but _the reply was not made public. The President has been represented repeatedly as opposed to an extra session. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Army Band this evening at the United States Cap- itol, at 7:30 o'clock. William Stannard, leader; Thomas Da: "Derry. Gral Solo for cornet, “The Commander,” Chaml “Irish Tune From County o Pasa Overture, “The Year 1812 “The Star Spangled Banper,”