Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1931, Page 5

DECISION ON WHEAT SALES DUE TODAY Farm Board to Rule on “Walla Walla” Plan for Relief. By the Associated Press. ‘The Farm Board planned to announce its decision today on the “Walla Walla" plan of relief for wheat farmers. This plan, sponsored by a group of Pacific Northwest growers, business men | and bankers, provides for the sale fo farmers of surplus wheat held by the board upon signing of contracts not to | plant next year an amount equal to in- | dividual purchases. Representative Summers of Washing- | ton and Representative Prench of Idaho, | Republicans, have headed a - delegation which engaged in a seriss of confer- | ences with the bogrd. A final discus- | sion was scheduled for Jaie today, when & decision will be made. Summers sald his ¢ oup would re- main in Washington until their plan or some modification of it was adopted by the board to relleve wheat farmers suftering from low prices. ‘Under the proposal, which its sponsors | #say can also be applied to cotton, wheat controlled by the board, estimated about 190,000,000 bush would be sold | on notes carrying 4!, per cent interest. The authors Salleve that with retire- ment of an equal amount of acreage from production, prices would rise im- mediately; the surplus would be slashed and there would be no consequent in- | crease in prices to consumers, Farmers, | they contend, can buy wheat now from | the board at prices considerably lower than cost of production. | { | DENTIST SUING IN RENO HELD IN WIDOW’S DEATH Man Gave Up Plan to Marry Her He Says of Woman Who Fell or Leaped From Car. Br the Associated Press. o5 RENO, Nev, September 16—Officers expressed the opinion an inquest yester- day would solve the mystery in the® death of Mrs. Martha Hutchinson, kiiled | Sunday night when she fell or jumped from s motor car driven by Dr. Carl Pierre Andre of Falrmont, W. Va. | Dr. Andre, a dentist, was held at the county jall on & charge of involuntary mansiaughter. He was expected to tes- tify at the Inquest. Three persons who told officers they saw the victim, a| widow, drop from the speeding machine | #lso were summoned. | Dr. Andre said Mrs. Huichinson, for- merly a deputy county clerk at Fair- mont, followed him when he came to Reno to establish a residence for | aivorce. The sheriff said, however, the dentist' admitted he and Mrs. Hutchin- #on had quarreled here and that he had given up intentions of marrying her. Dr. Andre’s suit against Dorothea. Howard Andre was filed last week. It charged cruelty. i | PARLEY URGED BY GORE| Oklahoma Senator Would Amend | Moratorium by Confer- ence Request. An amendment calling for the col- | :eutn‘ of an international tariff con- erence was proposed yesterday by Sen- ator Gore, t, of Oklshoma, to be added to the war debt moratorium when it is submitted to Congress for ratification. Gore sald some proviso looking - toward gdisarmament by the nations also should | be_added before ratification. While tariffs were international mat- ters, he sald, reciprocal agreements e- tween pations which might lead to a scaling down of the “barriers which are stifiing trade” might be effeécted at a conferenc | PO S land, will reduce city employes. ‘Westminister, the pay of nearly 1911— This Week Every Item Has Several Carloads of FLOORING No. 2 Common s260 Yellow Pine. 100 Board Feet. .. DOWNTOWN-—8th first will be opened shortly at Falkiri MAIN OFFICE--15th & H Sts. N.E. BRIGHTWOOD-—5925 Gs. Ave. N.W. Bridge Wreck THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1931. AIMEE'S HUSBAND ed l)y Tornado New Spouse Sued| Saskatchewan, Canada, runs, tornado. At its highest point V ewan. HWALF-MILE SPAN LEVELED BY TWISTER. IEW of the half-mile trestle bridg® through which the Souris River, was 2,800 feet in length and was the only means of crossing the valley | to feed two branch lines of more than 200 miles in Southern Saskatch- FACES LOVE SUIT $200,000 Sought by Divorcee. ! Not Beclouding Happiness, Evangelist Says. By the Associated Pres: | 1LOS ANGELES, September 16.—A | $200,000 breach of promise suit ho: | ered’in the background of Almee Sem.- | | ple” McPherson-Hutton's' combination | noneymcon trip and revival c-mpaign | | today, but she vowed she. would not per- | mit it to becloud her happiness. | Tne honeymcon trip, with David L. { Hutton, her” jovial choir singer, as her | | third husband, got under way last | | night a few hours after Hutton had been served with papers of a sult by Mrs. Myrtle H. St. Pierre, 24-year-old ivorcee and nurse, charging breach cf romise to marry. . The papers were served -as Hutton was receiving & manicure at Angelus | Temple here. He came down stais, | arm-in-arm with his bride, to meet the | precess server. “Can't Dodge Papers.* | | “Take it, dear,” thesevangelist said, | | when Hutton appeared ‘hesitant about \lece.vlng the notice, “one can'y dotige | those things.” The evangelist tcok the news of the it_philosophically. “Our pasts are our own” she said, vand we don't intend to disturb them. We'll face the future Instead. It seems | to be the fashion now that when a man gets married his silent admirers must bring suit against him. for breach sul leveled by & rrcerln. t | after it had been it was 70 feet above the ground. ATMEE S. M'PHERSON-HUTTON. DAVID L. HUTTON. —Wide World Phnw.\ VALUE UNIT SOUGHT ASAITOFARMERS Means to Avoid - Hardships Caused by Fluctuations Suggested. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 16.—Stabiliza- | tion of the “unit of volue of currency"” to avold hardships which its fluctuation creates was urged last night to agricul- tural leaders attending the two-day conference designed to unify American agricultural interests. President Edward A. O'Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation, sponsor of the conference, in announé- ing that possible changes in monetary unit would be considered at today's ses- sion of the conference, sald: “The importance of stabilizing our unit of value, as we have our measure of weight and dimensien, so that flue- tuations creating in every instance hardship may be avoided, is considered paramount organized agriculture.” “We_ are short 25 per cent in the amount of circulating medium per cap- 1 ta on paper, and much more.so in | actuality at the time,” Ralph Snyder, president of the Kensas Farm Bureau and chairman of committes calling the meeling. s “Until our interna- tional medium_ is increased farm products and world depression cannot materially improve.” Charles E. Hearst, Des Moines, Tows, fatm leader, said an' fnerease in com modity price levels depends largely on the amount of money in circulation. Among (he speakers today are to b: Dr. G. 8, Warren, Cornell University economist; omist of the University of Wisconsin, ix;d Representative C. W. Ramseyer of wa. Several of the farm leaders said they | believed the economic deptession partiy | was caused by the lack of gold in Asia, | preventing its peoples from buying American products. Scotland’ municipal airdrome ~[931 20th Anniversary SALE 0f NEW BUILDING MATERIALS Only at -’ Our 3 Great Stores o e, Been Reduced— These Specials Are Featured in LUMBER Anticipating event, many carloads of - lumber were advantageously - pur- chased. Here are many bargains, as all prices are lowest since the war 8 to 12 Foot A dx6or1x8 ;. 52.40 Sheathing 100 Board Feet 15 x 6 Pine Weather- boarding 100 Board Feet 10 to 16 Foot 2x10’s 100 Board Feet 1412 Dressed BOARDS 100 Board Feet ' $2.10 & C Sts. S.W, Dr. John Commons, econ- | of promise.” | Mrs. St. Pierre charged in her suit that last Janugry Hutton made love | 1 to her, promised to marry her soon | and betrayed her. Her attorney last| i e S night announced he would accept a set- tlement out of court. It brought no Ahglo-Saxon Federation Told Peoples Will Unite to Quit Science World's Largest Grapevine Found National .Park. Tesponse from. Hutton. Oceupy Bridal ‘-nc. En route to Portland, Oreg., the Hut- | tons stopped last night at Ventura, Calif,, where Mrs. Hutton addressed 1,600 'persons at the high school sudi- [ lorium, During their brief stay there | he couple occupied the bridal suite | at_a local hotel. A in | The world's largest grapevine ‘has | been found in the Great Smoky Moun- tainé Natlonal Park, according to an L f g he Department of | While Hutton was becoming engagéd Rivalry. :::o]u]::«emflmnt from t P | in a legal tangle Guy Edward Hudson, | ¥ s wiani. found by Dr. Herman S, | ¥ho Tecently married Mrs. Minnie (Ma) | Lamooi s, | Kennedy. mother of the - evangelist, | filed sall_yesterday for divorce from BY the Associated Press. Mrs. L. Margaref Newton-Hudson in| CHICAGO, September 16-—At the Las Vegas, Nev., to whom he wag al- | opening of the Anglo-Saxon Pedeiation Pepoon, formerly of the University of Chicago, is described as 60 inches in | circumference at a point 12 feet from | the ground, It is supported by Ve[ eqqy married when he 1 | of America’s tecond annual. conventicn large trees and is estimated to be at mdyym g led Mrs. Ken f e The TRt OV, Peumoe Gosrd least 150 years old. Mrs. Kennedy had her marriage to|LL.D.. o London, England, and Van- Other giants found in the park by | gydson annulled, but she ha: | couver, British Columbia, said within | Dr. Pepoon age a chestnut tree moré|she will rematry h'm as ,;;,.'“Lm{,':; 10 years English-speaking peoples would than 30 feet in circumference and & pecame disentangled from his present | unite to quit destructive competition. | tulip tree. which measures 18 feet | marital bonds with Mrs, Ne“on.flud.} He based his prediction cn biblical | around. He also found a giant mush- | gon, | prophecies which he said foresaw the room weighing more than 12 pounds.| Mrs. Hutton indicated last night that | fall of empires and union of the “chosen | It was not poisonous, but was t00 tough her husband would fight the breach-of- | pcople.” | for the table. T. R. H. | promise suit vigorously. ‘ Believed “Chosen Pcople.” el “Barking Up Wrong Tree.” | 'The ‘Anglo-Saxon Federation, he said, “To consider settlement with this|Was secking unification of all Anglo- woman,” the evangelist sald, “would be | Ceito-Saxon pcoples because it believed to encourage every little girl with whom | th:m the chosen people. |SALESMANSHIP COURSE | | Mr. Huiton has eaten jee cream or| He said a return to biblical standards | treated to soda pop to file similar suits. | was already in evidence with world co- el < | She's barking up the wrong tree SPUSHUG EENInG. ‘and that . tracutor. | 7 As for Hutton, he simply sa mation of the economic system is now Actusl Expetfence in Co-operative| ig,”cant et anything from me— | taking place. Stores Offered Pupils in | because I haven't got anything. Herbert Garrison of London, England, | - . general secretary of the federation and |life fellow of the Royal Géographical PREPARE FOR MUSSOLINI |society, explained that the federation By the Asscciated Press. b | founded a century ago, was revived and CHICAGO, . September 16 —Chicago | = | reorganized in 1919, and had as an ob- | schools are offering a ccurse in sales- | Il Duce Expected to Make Visit to | jective cementing of friendly relations manship to high school pupils in which Bopea Come | between America and England. |they get actual experience in stores. | Eaglol Untea: Uioll They work dn s FTOUb Of co-Operiing | YATICAN CITY, Beptember 18 UP.— | Chasies Davis of New York, founder e e DT o o | Plans for Premier' Mustolini’s exp:cied | ang president of the National Highway e B e Stedy, | Visit to Pope Pius XI were thought 10 | Ascotiation, urged. the union of® Eng. be_under way at the Vatican foday. : son of the city's Bureau of Child Study, lish-speakin; eople In world affairs e 1o give ihie young JAlesinan dn- I-um.-rh Tucchi. Ventutl, Who Nego- | gnq for comunan defente. tite | p P formation. that will aid in_meeting the Gatholle " action settlement | * i oooD delense, o can en requirements of & steadily rising busi- | . . , | meks: staBaa, 1o soquiy the bt n the Fope and Il Duce, talked | force world peace.” Dr. John Stevens Chicago System. & | | PARIS, Scptember 16.—Marshal Petain | IPETAIN T0 CORRECT U. 3. FRENCH VIEWS Imperialism Charger Will Be| Denied by Marshal on ! Visit Here. ! By the Associated Press. ctold & -group of American and British | newspaper men today that when he | goes to the United States for the ses- quicentennial celebration at Yorktown, Va,, he will do his best to convince the American people there is no truth in charges that France is imperialistic and militaristie. | The marshal, called the “savior of | Verdun’ "and still robust despite his 76 | years, sald he was chagrined to learn | of the views held by some Americans | concerning France. \' “If France were bent on aggression,” | he said, “she would not concentrate on building fortifications, but on casting powerful guns and mighty squadrons of aliplanes. She is doing neither of | {these. Our cannon are all old war-time | guns, and our aviation is weak—infi- | | nitely weaker than that of Italy and Great Britain.” Won't Build Planes. | France has only one of the glant bombing planes for experimental pur- | poses, he saild, and probably will not | have any more, as one cost $120,000, | and the ministry of finance has said | that in these days budgets cannot be increased. | “Our whole military activities are dominated by thoughts: of defense,” Marshal Pefain said. “This was shown | in the recent air maneuvers, where the game played was one of defense | against air attack.” | The cause of the World War, he | said, was a struggle for power ‘and | hegemony between Germany and Eng- land, not between Germany and France. f Merely Seeks Safety. | “Prance wants merely to be left | alone and to be able to defend herself against attack,” he said. “I fe'l indignant that any reasonable person could think that France has | an ambition to follow the hegemony | dream of William IL” | | He sald he was “struck with the energy, tenacity and absolute scorn of | danger shown by American soldiers in | | the World War.” He would honor him- | | selt, he s>id, by speaking to the Amer- |lcan Legion' in Washington and New York and expressing gratitude to the American Red Cross. The marshal will leave tonight for his country estate in Southern France to look after his vineyard before sail- |.ing October 2 for the United States. $1,000,000 TAX REFUNDS | " ON BATTERIES ORDERED 'WILLIAM J. FROELICH ARTSTESCAPES BANDIT SLAVERY |Chicagoan Captured by Cor- sican Qutlaws Gets*Away After Eleven Rays. 1931 Radio Queen WILL REIGN AT FAIR IN NEW YORK. | By the Associated Precs. | ASHEVILLE. N. C., September 16.— A harrowing story of being captured in Corsica by bandits, who kept him chained to a rock in a cave at night and foreed him to do menial laber during the day, is told in a letter re- o:aletd here from .Henry Merz, Chicago artist, The painter is in Paris recovering . a wound suffered as he dashed to freedom in a hail of bullets on the eleventh day. In the letter, sent to Bruce Webb of Asheville, a friend, Merz told of going 1o the top of Mount Reggl-Pozzo to live in & hut with a guide and finish some sketches. Captured While Painting. On the second day, while painting, h+ | was captured and taken to one 'o! [ cerles of caves inhabited by some |the 2,000 bandits he later learned ine | tested the island. i | He said he was compelled to cool i |farm, care for cattle and go to nearb villages to buy provisions f-r his captors, i | who hid behind rocks, with rifles leveled at him. while he did their shopping. - On the tenth night the artist tried unsuccessfully to get the bandits so drunk he might escape while they en- | tertained their sweethearts at a party. Befriended by Priest. The next day, however, the bandit left to guard him dozed and Merz dashed to freedom. For 10 minutes a volley of bullets rained around Merz as he hugged to his side his paint box and a number of sketches he had made of the bandits and their sweet- hne;mi: m‘umd u:vhm: e ded him richoche! rom the paint box. HARRIET LEE, | He walked for “Wours, hiding period- Blonde beauty of the New York studios, | ically in the brusi. before he found a has been selected as this year's queen | Village. where a priest befriended him, to reign for one week at the New York | dressed his wound and gave him money Razio World's Fair, —A. P: Photo, | for a ticket to Bastia. There he took | & boat for the mainland. 1 The sympathy of the people of | Corsica, Napoleon's birthplace, is with the bandits, the artist wrote. Fre« quently, he sald, members of the small rural police force are ambushed and | killed when they attempt to drive ouf | the outlaws. - - Assistant Attorney General Cut When Craft Is Forced Down | b TODAY. at Laporte Field. | _Meeting. Three Score and Ten Club William J. Proelich, Special Assistant, Y. W. C. A., Seventeenth and K streets Attorneéy General, was severely injured .8 p.m. last night when a Continental Mrvm"; Meeting, Knights of Columbus, May plane carrying six passengers from flower Hotel, 8 p.m. Washington to Chicago crashed In| yfeeting, Kenneth Nash Post, Ladies' landing at Laporte Field, according to Auxiliary, Hamiltcs Hotel, 8 pm. Associated Press dispatches. | The plane was unable to complete _Meeting, Kenmore Council, No. 23, the trip to Chicago because of lack of Daughters of America, Odd Fellows' visibility. 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