Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1931, Page 5

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. NOVEMBER 29, 1931—PART ONE. FARMBOARDPROBE |STENAS QU EADS WNorris and Others Predict ¢ Further Senate Inquiry. £ *Errors” Are Found. By the Associated Press. Public hearings to determine the 1\1-l fure status of the Farm Board were completed by the Senate Agriculture Committee yesterday, but it left the way open for further investigation. A new inquiry into the board's oper- | ations, which have resulted in & paper %ss of $185,000,000, was predicted by| members of the committee at the close | of the hearings, on which legislation | will be based to strengthen or modify ! the agricultural marketing act. | Chairman McNary, who called the! hearings, said they had “determined the ' usefulness of the marketing act,” but had also “disclosed some errors in ad- ministration.” | He added that while these were not “delinquencies,” the question of further | hearings into the board's activities | would be placed before the committee. | Norris Predicts Senate Probe. ! Senator Norris of Nebraska, Repub- | dican independent member of the com- mittee, predicted a further investigation | of the board by a subcommittee em-: powered to subpoena witnesses and rec- | ords, Other members made dictions privately. McNary said the committee generally seemed to “disapprove of some of the exceedingly high salaries paid to em- ployes of the varlous subsidiaries of the | board.” The chairman said he would call a meeting of the committee soon to “‘con- sider any modification of the market- ing act.” Hearings Bare Huge Losses. ‘The hearings, which lasted four days. developed a united recommendation from farm organizations for legislation to strengthen the board and insistent demands from wholesalers and cotton dealers for modification of its powers. Pighting for the life of the board, its members and operating agents bared the secrets of its operations. Admitting mistakes, and testifying to paper losses of $185,000,000 in its stabilization oper- “ations, they contended it had benefited the farmers. At the close of the hearing today, Carl Williams, cotton member, took the stand again and said the estimates of the board’s stabilization losses had been given exaggerated importance. He said 13-cent cotton would wipe out the paper losses of the board and the co-operatives and said they were making their plans on that basis. Board’s Value Disputed. ‘The hearing today developed conflict- ing testimony regarding the board’s value. U. B. Blalock, president of the American Cotton Co-operative Associa- tion, defended the board, and charged the American Cotton Shippers’ Associa- tion had soligited a fund of $100,000 to scek repeal of the act. The board also ‘was upheld by Charles C. Hulet, master of the Oregon Grange, who asked for the debenture to strengthen it. Three witnesses, J. Earle Roberts, vepresenting the National League of Commission Merchants; F. M. McIntyre of the Eastern Federation of Feed Mer- chants, and C. L. Poole, president of the New York Mercantile Exchange, de- manded abolition of the board or modi- fication of its powers. Selbel C. Harris, representing the grain exchanges, defended the value of sherf selling and contended the ex- changes had benefited the farmer. Sces Profit on 17-Cent Cotton. He said existing law gave the Agri- culture Department 2uthority to “pro- vide agaipst any abuses which might conceivably creep into the present sys- tem” and added that the exchanges themselves had committees to co-oper- ate with the Government. To depart from the practice of short selling, he said, would be *prejudicial - ot only to the trade itself, but to the “Anterests of the farmers.” “The interests of the grain exchanges those of the farmer,” added. testified that & cotton price 1785 would clear the Farm Board its stabilization operations: that eo-operative would break even & price of a little less than 11 and that losses of both would be by & price of a “trifle over 13 oents.” i similar pre- ,553. its rresent i | ' *That is about twice Walue,” McNary remarked. “That's true,” Willlams replicd. “but operatives intend to go ahead until it ecan be worked on some such basis.” ‘Williams testified that the Cotton ibilization Corporation and the Co- opertive Association owed an aggre- gate of $193,872,533 to the board and banks on November 24, against which ‘could be balanced their holdings of 3,300,000 bales of cotton. Of this total, he said, $157.600,000 was owed the Farm Board; $14,685.000 to intermediate credit banks, and $21,- 000,000 to primary banks. Defends $75,000 Paid Head. Blalock defended the contract under which E. F. Creekmore, general mana- ger of the Cotton Co-operative Associ- ation, is allowed $75,000 a year in sal- ary and commission. He said Creekmore was making trat much before he was employed by the association and a man of his caliber was needed to direct the organization’s ‘operations. Blalock also refused to concede the board had lost money on its cotton stabilization operations, pending final conclusion of those efforts. “It is our opinion,” he said, “that the agricultural marketing act has not had a fair tryout. Regardless of what- ever mistakes the Farm Board may have in the administration of this act, we believe they have accomplished far more good than they have done harm. Says Act Buys Political Support. Roterts contended that tre act fo- 2 “economic wal between and distributo loan of Goverrment money to haole commodities was nn2cessal 2 40 to 60 per cent of their credit been supplied by dealers and handlers and this could have been increased by encouragement. Roberts sald no scheme to “buy with Government funds the political support of a substantial bloc of citizens” could be better than the finance provisions of e ebie who recelve from the hands of the Farm Board bountiful ‘sums of Government money naturally will be grateful,” he added. Basic Rights Held Violated. Toole expresesd “unalterable opposi- tion” to the act, saying it had over- Jooked the constitutional fundamentals of liberty and justice. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, Demo- cratic member of the committee, issued a statement today advocating an amendment to the law to prevent stabi- lization operations and proposing that Josses occasioned by the hoard’s policies should be assumed by the Government. He said: “The evidence shows that not only has the Farm Board suffered great Josses, but in addition the several co- er associations and even the in- vidual members of such organizations have ‘great debts charged up against “The vidual cotton and wheat owers Should be absolved from any ’ gnher demands to meet losses already incurred.” n Fryiucers - ALABAMA SENDS BANKHEAI ‘Brothers in Congress == DS TO HOUSE AND SENATE. ILLIAM B. BANKHEAD (left and at last year's elections tl Bankhead was needed in the Heflin. ) was sent to the House from Alabama he voters of that State decided John H. Senate in place of Senator J. Thomas —A. P. Photo. STATE NEARS END INTRIAL OF JONES Witnesses Tell of Events at Time of Mine Clash Fatal to Four Men. By the Associated Press. MOUNT STERLING, Ky., Noverber | 28.—Presenting its witnesses in rlpidi' succession, the State today neared the | end of its task of amassing evidence against W. B. Jones, Harlan County mine union officer, on trial in Circuit | Court here on a charge of murder and | conspiracy in connection with a battle last May 5 near Evarts in which four men met death. Jones, on trial specifically for the | murder of Deputy Sheriff Jim Daniels, is one of 10 men whose cases have been transferred here from Harlan County on change of venue. , | Most of today's testimony concerned | roceedings during meetings of miners gciore the Evarts clash on accounts of gatherings of armed miners in the vicinity of the fight on the morning of May 5. Several of the witnesses said they attended some of the meetings. ‘Witnesses Testify on Incidents. The State, during the four days it has paraded witnesses to the stand one | after the other, has attempted to prove that Jones was the leader of a deliber- ate plot to assassinate Danlels and other officers and took an active part in the fight. It has endeavored to show that Jones told the striking miners they would not get anywhere unless they were rid of Daniels. One of today’s witnesses, Mrs. Viney Hatfleld of Evarts, testified that after SOUTHEASTERN FORG HALTS ALL TRAFFI {Movement by Land, Sea and Air Is Impeded by Blanket. By the Associated Press ATLANTA, November 28 —Complete suspension of air traffic, serious inter- ference with navigation at some points. and slow motor travel resulted today from a dense smcke and fog blanket cevering the Southeast. So heavy was the pall that ships en- tering or leaving the harbor of Savan- nah, Ga., were fdrced to cast anchor and wait for it to lift. All air lines suspended operations on visibility reports that in most cases showed from zero to a maximum of only 2 miles. Lindbergh Forced Down. Col. Charles A. Lincbergh, en route northward frcm Miami, Fla., was forced down at Flagicr Beach, a village 20 miles north of Daytona Beach, Fla. Motorists needed headlights on their automobiles in many sections well after sunrise. Eastern Air Transport cancelled every flight in the Southeast. Ameri- can” Airways' regular eastward run from For, Worth, Tex., was started on time, but the plane proceeded only as far as Dallas, 30 miles away, and land- ed to wait for better visibility. which were better off than other parts of the Southeas. yesterday, did not fare so well today.” Richmond had a visibility range of three-fourths of a mile, with a misting rain, and south- ward the weather grew thicker and | flights over the Richmond-Atlanta Line were cancelled C. F. von Herrmann, in charge of the the fight Roscoe Damron and Doyle Assad_came to her house and Assad remarked, “We shot Jim Daniels’ brains out when he put his head over the bank.” Another witness, Mrs. Helen Kelly, who said she resides near Jones' home, | testified she saw Bill Hudson, one of the men awaiting trial here, run into | Jones' yard during the fight and run back to the scene of action a short time later. She said Hudson, in an- swer to a question from her, remarked, “They've Tun out of ammunition down there and they sent me up to Jones' for more.” Tells of Plea to Kill Daniels. Cory Jones, a Black Mountain miner, | said he attended several miners’ meet- | ings and onee heard Jones ask the men to kill Daniels and the superintendent of th: Black Mountain Coal ‘Corpora- tion. His -testimony coincided with that previously given by other States’ wintesses. Oscar Chamblee, under indictment in Harlan County in’ connection with the fight, testified he heard Jones rcmark while in jail that he (Jones) was guilty. He said ‘Jones made the statement to W. H. Hightower, another mine union officer under indictment. e NOTED ARCHITECT DIES Charles W. Bates, Wheeling, W. Va., Succumbs on Way to Hospital. ‘WHEELING, W. Va, November 28 (#)—Charles W. Bates, 51, nationally known architect, with offices here, Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio, died today just before reaching the Cleve- | land Ciinic Hospital in an ambulance in which his wife accompanied him on a night trip. He was architect and construction engineer for scores of high schgl build- ings in Ohio, West Virginia and Penn- sylvania. He was a graduate of Armour | i Christmas Jewelry Shop at the friendly store— you're always greeted with a smile—with no obligation to buy. o e s . Specializing in Perfect Diamonds and all Standard Watches Elgin Gruen ] of Gifts o ; ; i i i A r M. Wurtzburger Co. 901 G St. N.W. Open Evenings Weather Bureau here, said the fog probably would not continue long, He added, however, that smoke from forest fires was causing a large part of the blanket with nothing in sight to clear it away. He said the: tered showers o | or tomorrow, | saw Tem re might be light scat- over the cotton belt today but no heavy rains. He no prospect of winds of any force. peratures continued mild. Three Ships Anchor. The only vessel to continue opera- tions at Savannah was a railroad ferry plying between that city and Hutchin- | son Island. Outside the harbor three freighters cast anchor. They are the Saccarappa from Jacksonville to load for Liverpool and Manchester; | bara Cates from Norfolk to load for | Jacksonville and ghe West Coast. and | the Tuscaloosa City from Baltimore to load for the Far East. The Savannzh Line reported the pas- | senger ship, Citv of St. Louls, delayed | outside the harbor at Tybee. She is | overdue here. The Merchants and | Miners' freighter York, due here this morning, was expected to cast anchor | outside. | Several ships were tied up in the har- bor waiting to get out. MARRIED Marjorie Moss, Dancer, Becomes Bride of Goulding, Director. |, BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., November 28 (#).—Edmund Goulding, motion pic- ture director, and Marjorie Moss, vaude- ville dancer, were married today at the | home of Laura Hope Crewes, actress. | Miss Mos: attended by Miss Crewes and Gouldirg by Paul Bern, producer. No_ honeymoon is planned as Gould- g is about to begin direction of a new m. iny } il W.C.T.UL TOMEET Virginia and the Western Carolinas, | - HERENEXT FRIDAY Convention of Unions in East' Will Present Dry Petition to President Hoover. National and State officers of the | Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet with delegates from unions | in the middle Eastern States at the! | Mayflower Hotel from next Friday to ! Monday to map out a program dedi- | cated o “the promotion of law ebserv- | ance. the study of problems of enforce- | ment and to rre expression of prohiki- tion sentiment everywhere.” _ Every phase c the waot and dry ques- tion wiil be discussed at the meeting, | which will be the first of a series of 25 | regional gatherings _throughout the | United States ending with a conference | in Chicago the end of March. Drys Plan to Show Strength. A practical means will be sought to demonstrate the strength of prohibition | | sentiment to legislators. platform mak- | ers and political party leaders and can- didates. | _A high light of the conference here will be the presentation to President Hoover at the White House of a peti- | tion favoring prohibition and signed by a million Americans between the ages | of 14'and 30. The petition was circu- |lated by the W. C. T."U. in fulfillment | of a pledge by its president, Mrs. Ella | A. Boole, to show the President the sentiment of young people on the pro- hibition issue. A hundred young peo- ple will carry the petition to the Presi- | dent at noon on Frida 3 | The key note address will be deliv- | ered by Mrs. Boole, followed by a dec- | laration by Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith of Des Moines, Towa, vice president of the National W. C. T. U. Wilbur Will Be Speaker. | Federal and State officials to address | the conference hefe include E. P. San- | ford. chief of the Prohibition Bureau's | research division, who will discuss “The Necessity for State Co-operation in En- forcement” on Friday afternoon; John A. McSparran, secretary of agriculture of Pennsylvania, Friday _afternoon; Senators Morris Sheppard of Texas and | Henry D. Hatfleld of West Virginia, who will speak at.a banquet in the Mayflower Hotel Saturday night, and | Secretary Wilbur of the Department of the Interior, who is to address a spe- cial meeting in Foundry Methodist | Episcopal Church between 3 and 6 | o'clock next Sunday afternoon. | In addition to national officers of |the W. C. T. U.. the conference will | be addressed by Mrs. Jennie B. Wad- leigh, president of the District of Columbia Chapter, and the presidents of the State organizations in New York, Missour, Oklahoma, Delaware, | virginia, New Jersey. West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Indiana. Women to Address Drys. Among leaders of various large or- ganizations of women to address a special meeting Saturday afternoon are Mrs. Arthur C. Watkins of Washington, representing the National Congress of Parent Teachers, and Mrs. H. M. Ken- drick of Washington, representing the Federated Missionary Socleties. Dr | William L. Darby of Washington, rep- | resenting the District Council of | Churches, is also scheduled to speak |at_this meeting. | The evening of the first day will be devoted almost_entirely to organization matters. A plan for the celebration | of the sixtieth anniversary of the W. C. T. U, which falls in the Winter of 1933 and 1934, will be discussed by Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley, president |of the Indiana State organization. It is_thought that this observance will take the form of a memorial tribute to the “crusading mothers” who took the first practical step against the sa- | loon with the organization éf the | On Monday, December 7, a memorial | service will be held at the statue of | Frances E. Willard in Statuary Hall, | with Mrs. Boole presiding. Mrs. Smith | will deliver the principal ‘address, and those participating in the ceremony wil! include Mrs. Vesta Pollock and Miss Alice Olsen; both of Washington, and Mrs. Alice G. Ropes of Boston, | president of the Massachusetts W. C. . e | WILL TALK ON MEXICO | ——— | Federation Delegate to Address Columbia Heights Citizens. Mrs. Frank Hiram*Snell, delegate to | the Federation of Citizens' Associations from the D. C. League of Women Voters, will address the monthly meeting of the | Columbia Heights Citizens' Association Tuesday night in the New Amsterd- .1 Hotel. ~ Mrs. Snell will speak on her travels in Mexico. Reports will be presented on streets, | public safety, taxation, public utilities and other matters of interest to Colum- bia Heights residents. evERFRE | MAGNE The Ideal Laxative RESH Citrate of M, s the it | EVERF ple o Most children tart, lemonad is gentle -forming. Re- the name EVER- Look for the blue and yellow label. Ne Collection FREE LECTURE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE by William D. Kilpatrick, C. S. B. of Detroit, Mich. Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. In Constitution Hall, 18th, C and D Sts. Monday, November 30, at 8 P.M. Under the Auspices of First, Second, Third and Fourth Churches of Christ Scientist k All Welcome Heads W.C.T. U. MRS. ELLA O. BOOLE. NINE HELD IN JAL FLEEAFTER ATTACK Jailer Is Overpowered and Cells Unlocked—30 Others Remain. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Okla. November 28.—Nine men_overpowered the Ottawa County jailer here today and escaped. All were being held for trial on fel- ony charges. Thirty other jail inmates refused to follow the nine, although the way was open for them. G. A. Guffey, jaller, said a prisoner pinioned his arms as he stood with his back to the block of cells in the central part of the building, and held him while other prisoners took his keys. The keys were passed from one pris- oner to another until they reached John York, 19, whose arms were slim enough to reach through the bars and unlock a door. The other doors quickly were unlocked and the men fled. ‘The escaped men are: York, held for auto gheft; Dave Lynn, 24, robbery; Ed Corey, 28, burglary; Lee Long, 18, bur- glary and grand larceny, for whom this was a second break from the same jail; Harry Stepp, auto theft; Henty Caj rico, 16, thelt; Dick Lee, 36, auto theft; Alva Beets, 26, burglary, and Bob Han- na. 31, burglary. A posse of officers set out immedi- ately after Guffey’s shouts attracted attention of a policeman. Guffey said the escaped prisoners had about 20 minutes start on tge officers. They did not take Guffey's pistol, or other arms from the jail. Prince’s Leg Amputated. CAIRO. Egypt, November 28 (#).— Prince Kemal Eddine Hussein. widely known as an explorer and biz game hunter, underwent an amputatin of one leg at the American Hospital {day. Prince Kemal refused the ter: i of Egypt on the death of his father, Sultan Hussein, in 191 The World Is Yours | ARKANSAS CLOSES BITTER CAMPAIGN |Gov. Parnell Is Directing Fight for Mrs. Hattie Caraway Against Frank Pace. | By the Associated Press. | LITTLE ROCK, Ark., November 28. i —The strangest political campaign Ar- kansas has ever seen—one for the United States Seratorship—is drawing to a close The two principals are Mrs Hattie W. Caraway, the temporary appointee as the successor to her husband, the late T. H. Caraway, and Prank Pace, Little Rock lawyer, who has been & strong but silent figure in State poli- tics for years. Parnell Directs Campaign. Neither has made a public statement or formally announced as a candidate, |yet a fight of intense bitterness has | developed, old political friendships I~ .2 | been broken and the foundation has | been laid, in the opinion of political | observers, for a complete realignment in State politics. Mrs, Caraway has remained in Wash- ington, leaving the direction cf her | campaign to Gov. Harvey Parnell. | and Pace formerly were the closest po- | litical friends. | Pace Heads Own Fight. Pace has silently directed his own fight—one for & majority of the votes of the State Democratic Control Com- mittee, which meets here Tuesday to select a nominee for Senator Caraway's unexpired term of a year and two months. The nomination is equivalent to formal election in a special election on January 12. Eighteen committee votes are neces- | sary to nominate. Each side has claimed more than thi> number. There are 34 ‘members of the committee. i Blackwood BacksPace. Pace was a law partner of the late | United States Senator Jeff Davis, one of the State’s most_ colorful political figures. Davis' scn Wallace is Pace's |law partner. The two have held to- gether the old Davis political organ- ization for nearly 20 years since Jeff Davis’ death, yet neither has sought | public office. Should Pace be nomjnated, his friends believe he would be a candidate next Summer for the ensuing full terms. Mrs, Caraway has indicated she would | not seek the full term. Gov. Parnell has been mentioned as a probable can- cidate. Dwight H. Blackwood, chairman of | the State Highway Commission, has aligned himself with Pace. Blackwood is considered a probable candidate for Governor next year. | DISABLED TO SELL WORK Articles Made at Walter Reed Hos- pital to Be Displayed Dec. 2. Articles made by patients of the occupational therapy department, Wal- ‘tcr Reed General Hospital, will be ex- | hibited and soli Wednesday, December | 2, at the main building of the depart- ment. Included among the articles to | be offered are art work, basketry, batik, iblock printing, jewelry and metal work, ‘le;;:;er pottery, toys, weaving and vood W Hz | EB ing rates outlined by the commission would affect the entire plan, he said,, Answering claims of railroad attorneys that stockholders had a tight to ail CHANGES OPPOSED Sz smizess | Defends Gift Plan. | T. D. Geohegan, representing ship- estern_ and Shippers Attack Proposals of | B Chesapeake & ‘onio R the Chesapeake & Ohio Rairoads in ; N Virginia, told the commission his clients Railway Executives to Commission. invmd the but would oppose ns. “If there is = said, “it should be from the shippers to the railroads, and when this crisis 1':, Damed the carriers should return 1 e shippers.” He also opj g;opnsed change in mte-lowem The commission some weeks denied a railroad petition for a 15 cent blanket freight rate increase. the same time it proposed ‘tw veu;-os ooling plan as & we:-is of giving ;r roads the relief they requested for maintaining interest on bonds in asking for the rate raise. PRS- Heads Language Group. COLUMBIA, S. C., November 28 (#). —Dr. N. A. Goodyear of Emory Univer- sity was elected president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association at its closing meeting here today and Atlanta was chosen as next year's meet- ing place. | By the Assoclated Press. Shippers yesterday objected to any change in the Interstate Commerce Commission’s plan for assisting needy railroads by pooling revenue from new surcharges. ‘This ition developed as the roads told the commission why they wanted the scheme altered. h Alfred T. Thom, general counsel for the Association of Railway Executives, and J. M. Souby, represent- ing the Union Pacific, the carriers claimed parts of the commission plan | were illegal. Rallroads Favor Loans. ‘They asserted any assistance to needy lines from the proposed pool should be in the form of loans, not gifts. They urged, too, that when rate reductions | became ~ necessary the surcharges be | | slashed, rather than basic rates. | ‘The first opportion to the changes| came from the Southern Traffic.League, | | C. E. Cotterill, speaking for it, urged | | the commission to act with caution. 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