Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1931, Page 4

A4 = BUILDING J0BS DROP 15 2T, N ALELS Labor Bureau Report From 4,199 Firms Shows De- crease Over July. e trade employment was re- gt&flu %I by the Labor Department jureatl of Statistics to have dropped 1.6 per cent during August, as com- pared with activities during July. “The bureau's statement was based on reporis from 4,199 identical firms in 27 cities during July and August, showing 56,187 employes on the pay roll during the week nearest July 15 and 55306 for the similar period during August. ‘The District of Columbia's exten- sive Government building program gave this city top position, with 440 firms having 10,540 employes in July and 10,- + 713 in August The only other citles showing in- crease in employment of building trades men were Birmingham, Hartford, Salt Lake Oity, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Memphis, Portland, Me.; Wheeling, W. Va, and Wilmington, Del. U. S. Spending Billion. Simultaneously with the announce- ment of the bullding trades activities by the Labor Department's bureau, the ‘White House. in a statement, said Fed- eral expenditures in aid to unemploy- ment since the depression began are expected to total more than $1,500,000,- 000 by the end of June, 1932, Using tabulations of the Commerce Department's public construction di- vision, the White House placed drought and unemployment relief outlays at $452,301,000 in 1930, and $787,587,000 in 1931, Estimating expenditures at $373,503,- 000 for the first half of 1032, the state- ment said this rate, “if continued over the whole year, would mean a contin- ued rate of expenditure of $746,186,000 for the calendar year.” N Expenditures Classified. Prospective expenditures for the first half of 1932 were divided as follows: Public buildings and lands, $126,980,- 000; construction other than buildings and construction work by the En- gineer Corps, $95,737,000; work under the direction of the Engineer Corps, $40,000,000; repairs and maintenance, 7. 0; foads, $73,593,000. Meantime, the Labor Department re- Jeased & report on the survey made by John J. Leary, jr, of the employment exchange systems in Europe, which he made for Secretary Doak in England, Ireland, Prance, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium. Leary, a veteran newspaper corre- spondent on labor affairs and for many years on the staff of the old New York ‘World, declared that any employment system to be successful must be based on recognition of the fact that unem- ployment is not a local matter and can best be limited by making labor as mo- bile as possible. Problem Is National. “This being 50,” he asserted, “it nat- urally follows, as experience abroad has shown, that any employment system must be operated on a national or Fed- eral basis.” Included among Leary’s recommenda- tions were the placement of at least 80 per cent of persons employed on public works designed to relieve unemployment through the national public employment exchange system and strict neutrality in all labor disputes. He further recommended that in placing the unemployed the test, in so far as possible, be. ability to work and not age, thereby wiping out in & meas- ure at least “the deadline at 40.” ‘The report elso stressed the need of protecting the unemployed against ex- ploitation by various agencles. 'The strictest observance of minimum wage laws and of co-operation at all times ‘with employer and employe groups. At the same time, the erce De- partment, in the current issue of Com- merce’ Reports, said it was generally anticipal that European unemploy- ment this Winter would surpass that of last Winter. FOR VICTIM OF LOCKJAW Wife of Bladensburg Farmer Dies Two Weeks After Running Splinter in Foot. Special Dispatch to The Star, BLADENSBURG, Md., September 21.—Services for Mrs. Martha Porter, 72 years old, wife .of Elizah ) prominent truck farmer on the River Toad, near this place, who died Satur- day evening at her home as the result of lockjaw, will be held in the home tomorrow afternoon. Rev. H. W. Gold- smith of Washington will officiate and interment will be in Glenwood Ceme- tery, Washington. Pallbearers will be John and Joseph Frohlich, Norman and John B. Alsop, Edward Harman and Albert Plerstein. Besides her husband, Mrs. Porter is survived by two daughters, Mrs. May Frohlich and Mrs, Alba Porter, and a #on, Curtis Porter all living on the River road. Eight grandchildren also survive, Two Wweeks ago Mrs. Porter ran a | eplinter in her foot. When her condi- tion_became serious she was removed to Garfleld Hospite], Washington. Last Thursday she returned home. For 35 years the_ Porter family ‘has been living on the Biver road, coming from Carroll County, Md. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES RETURNS TO HIS OFFICE Prepares for Court Reconvening October 5 and Conference of Circuit Judges. By the Associated Press. Chief Justice Hughes returned to his office today to begin preparations for the reconvening of the Supreme Court on_October 5 after the Summer recess. The Chief Justice spent some time abroad this Summer, returning to New: York about 10 days ago. In addition to the Supreme Court work, the Chief Justice has called a meeting for October 1 of senior circuit judges to consider the conditioh of business in the’ Federal courts and recommend measures to expedite the business of the courts and to remove congestion. SCOFFS AT BORDER PERIL Mexican Secretary of War Hits Ru- mor of Bandit Raids in U. 8. MEXICO CITY, September 21 (#).— Gen. Joaguin Amaro, secretary of war, scoffed _yesterday at reports from Marfa, Tex., that Mexican bandits were planning raids on American territory from Chihuahua, snd said he placed no importance in the reported Ameri- can military preparations in Brewster and Presidio Counties to withstand such raids He said Mexican’ troops maintain an efficient guard along the border and| he would know if bandits were active in that region. No reports of such activities have reached him, and, he said, that even if ralds on American ranches were contemplated the bandits would be unable to get through the Mexican lines. He asserted armed forces from the United States would not be permitted to enter Mexican territory on the trail of bandits. \ Kills Intruder VICTIM A MEMBER OF COAST GUARD. MRS. BERTHA FISCHER, 28, of New London, Conn. shot and fatally wounded Franklin L. Swieg, 25, chief yeoman of the Coast Guard de- stroyer ‘Tucker, Saturday. She was re- leased in $2,500 bonds when arraigned on a charge of manslaughter. Mrs. Fischer, whose husband is Wayne J. Pischer, first-class motor machinist in the Coast Guard service, told police she | shot the man as he stood alongeide her bed after breaking into her cottage through a window. —A. P. Photo. LINDBERGHS MAKE FLOOD SURVEY HOP Flyer and Wife Cancel Plan for Fetes and Fly Over Inundated China Area. By the Associated Press. NANKING, China, September 21.— Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, volunteering their services to the Chi- hese government for relief work, made an aerial survey of the flood-stricken mflom of Northern Kiangsu Province 23 They left here at 7:45 am. (6:45 pm. Sunday, Eastern standard time) for the Grand Canal area of Kiangsu, some 500 miles distant, and returned at 4 pm. (3 a.m. Monday, Eastern standard time). The survey flight was the result of an offer by Col. and Mrs, Lindbergh to place themselves and their plane at the disposal of the government to help in any pessible manner in the flood emer- gency. It was accepted with thanks by C]l;l‘l:ng Kai-Shek, head o_{. th‘; N;om.flou- a government, and T. V. 3 finance minister. Dead Estimated at 100,000. ‘The region for which the fiyers head- ed was fnundated late in August. The loss was estimated at 100,000 in five counties along the Grand Canal. De- struction in that area was so thorough, however, that no means of making a re- liable survey have been available. Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh took a cam- era, hoping to obtain useful pictures. At dbergh’s suggestion, social functions planned here in honor of Mrs. Lindbergh and himself were canceled to enable them to devote their full time to flood relief work. Confers With Flo:2 Experts. After accepting Lindbergh's offer to help, Soong sent two experts of the Flood Relief Commission from Shanghai to Nanking to confer with the fiyers on nlx:nmosz effective way of using their plane. » !nhHs;W efhthe fact that the Lind- ergh plane has a long cruising e, they decided it would be more m in surveying flood-stricken Northern Kiangsu. ‘When the decision was reached, the Lindberghs proceeded immediately to Lotus Lake here, where they had landed last week, after thelr flight from !n‘;unn, Japan, and took off in 10 min- u OLNEY MAN IS STABBED, ALLEGES FOE SOUGHT Victim Dies of Penknife Wounds Shortly After Reaching Coun- ty Hospital. By 8 Staff Correspondent of The Star, OLNEY, Md., September 21.—Stabbed in the throat with a penknife during a fight in a house here last night, Leroy Gaines, 21, colored, of Olney, died before he reached the Montgomery County General Hospital. Police are looking for Tom Bell, 25, colored, of Howard County, who es- caped following the affalr. Witnesses told them, police say, that Bell did the stabbing. The fracas took place in_ the house | of Mrs. Messiah Addison. colored, here Gaines rushed from the bouse after he | was cut, witnesses told police, and sat down on a culvert along the highway | nearby. His cries,attracted the atten- | tion of Tom Gant, colored. who lives | across the road, and Gant took the in- | jured man to the hospital. He was dead When the hospital was reached. County Policemen Jerry Hobbs, Rob- ert Howes and Laurence Dixon and Corp. Harry Merson went to Olney in answer to & call and investigated the matter. TRAIN KILLS SIX IN AUTO Family Is Wiped Out by Accident at Crossing in California. 1 DELANO, Calif, September 21 (f) —Six members of 'a famlly were killed when a Southern Pacific train struck the automobile jn which they were re. turning from a dance, 12 miles east ' of Delano yesterday. | The dead were: William E. Young- blood, 39, formerly of Henryetta, Okla.: | | Mrs. Laura Ellen Youngblood, 38, wife and their children, Raymond Young- }blood, 17; William Youngblocd, 15; | Harold ~ Youngblood, 15, and Ellen | Youngblood, 8. Engineer R. O. Quackenbush said he blew the train whistie & considerable | distance Zrom ihe crussiug. Coroner |J. M. Hadley said the only explanation {for the tragedy he could give was that {the driver must have fallen asleep. CANADIAN NOT WORRIED Money Depreciation Only Tempor- | ary, Says Financier. MONTREAL, September 21 (#). — | The president of the Canadian Bankers' | Association, Beaudry Leman, said today the depreciation of the Canadian dollar on New York exchanges is only of a temporary character and nesd nof cause concern to investors or the gen- eral public, | “Such depreclation of our dollars| comes in occasional cycles,” Leman (sald. “The Canadian dollar has been very low before in New York, but it | has cdme back to normal, and it will this time. 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