Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1931, Page 6

7 VETERANS DEMAND COMPENSATION PAY V. 0. F. W., in Heated Ses- sion, Vote Request to U. S. for Speedy Action. By the Assoctated Press. KANSAS CITY, September 3.—The annual encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Ware was on record today as favoring immediate payment of the Federal adjusted compensation certifi- cates and the refunding of interest on payments already advanced. Disregarding the advice of Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of vet- erans’ affairs, and Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant_Sccretary of the Navy, that former soldi refrain from demanding | additional Federal aid during the pres- ent depression, the veterans voted yes- | terday that a resolution embodying the | two measures be drafted. Climaxes Spirited Dcbate. | o climaxed a heated session. delegates, contrary to the| < of the chairman, voted down | al that committee-indorsed | itions be considered without read- | y overrode the committee | T oring a reduction of interest rates arged by the Government on down the floor to restore order. After a parley, an Illinois veteran submitted a stion that the commander in chief ittee to draw up & res- for immediate payment cs and refunding of in- out the remainder of the ses- tion after another went convention passed | that President erman anti-trust a ther urging that all Fed- | married woman employes who have no dependents and whose hus- bands_are alive and able to support them be dismissed. The committce had refused to ap- | prove the former. resolution _approved condemned izations, “religious and otherwise,” | ating abolition of the pledge to| rms in defense of the United | Joans and the sergeant at arms movcd] required of those seeking tion papers. | Medical Group Scored. ‘ Sales Agency Here Meets Depression In Peculiar Way These statements today, as vouched for by a reporter for The Star, seem a fair indication of how at least one downtown ‘Washington sales agency is meet- ing the business depression: “I'm sorry, sir,” sald a sales- man in the agency, seeking to mollify & customer who had telephoned a complaint, “very sorry * * * “Yes—yes, I_know we're 'way behind with ‘that installation 'Yes, you're right, but you know how it is with this depres- sion on * * * “Yes, wé've had to cut our nd shop force to the bone * * * “I'm sorry, sir, but we're be- hind with all our orders.” wishing to visit scenes of foreign battles and issuance of Springfield rifies to firing squads. One proposal urged that the memory of Haym Solemon, Jewish financier and patriot of the Revolutionary War, be honored by placing his portrait upon an issue of postage stam A military ball last night was at- tended by more than 3,000 persons. Paul C. Wolman of Baltimore, com- mander in chief, and other national officers were in the receiving line, GOTHAM PHYSICIANS FACE RUM CHARGES Forty Doctors Indicted by U. S. Jury With Two Druggists After Probe of Illegal Prescriptions.. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 3.—A Fed- eral investigation into the illegal sale of liquor and the sale of doctor’s prescrip- tions for liquor resulted Tuesday in the indictment of 40 physicians, 2 druggists and 2 drug clerks. The indictments were handed up to Pederal Judge William B. Shephard by the August term of the Federal grand jury in Brooklyn, after an inquiry by Department of _Justice agents and | United States Attorney Howard W. Ameli. Judge Shephard commended the jury cn its action, saying that if other juries followed suit there would be no need for “meetings at Madison Square Gar- r means of getting rid so approved. triticized the Medical Association for its at the Government's policy | s for disabilities not | T unjust competition with civilian i itals and the medical profession.” PRI stand of the American Federation Rubber-Tired Coach on Rails. st Communism also met | of the delegates. | ‘Tests of the motor-driven coach approved included: | equipped With pneumatic tires, being 3 iPhal cemeteries at | made by a railway in France, are said % and Fort Lewis, Wash,; | to be successful. The coach, which has ion of St. Ann's Church, New |24 seats,’is capable of a normal speed national shrine; a congres- | of 60 miles an hour. The tires have & rer to the Gold Star Mothers | device which prevents them from flat- provision for a cent-a- | tening when punctured. 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