Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1931, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. DECEMBER 14, ‘1931. $o75,08,713 HELD " AID FOR JOBLESS Money for U. S. Construction | Listed in Regrouped Budget Figures. New Indian Dances Of Mexican Tribes ‘Discovered at Fete By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 14. —A dozen new Indian dances have been discovered among the tribes that have come here for the anniversary celebration of the Virgin de Guadalupe. Execution of tribal dances on this occasion is a time-honored Indian custom. The celebration this year, greatest in history, brought Indians that never be- fore had visited Mexico City, and RETURN OF $600,000 STOLEN BONDS LIKELY Charges Against Capope Liquten- ant Dyopped After Probe of ‘Bank Robbery Alibi. By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr., December 14.—The offer of Gus Winkler, admitted lieu- tenant in the Capone crime organiza- tion, to turn over $600,000 in bonds stolen in_the $2,500,000 Tobbery of the j Lincoln National Bank & Trust Co., :may be realized. County Attorney Max Towle refused to negotiate with Winkler because the | latter insisted that in exchange for the return of the bonds he would not be prosecuted. Towle investigated an alibi of Winkler and discovered he was in , N. Y., on the day of the rob- bery. jes_were then dismissed. But W. Barkley, director of the bank, has been nesotl-lfinl with Wink- ler's attorneys and believes the bonds will be returned “as soon as possible.” Winkler is buying the bonds with $75,- 000 of his own money. ) Sam, the famous war horse, which Pwllhell, Wales, officlals refused re- cently to sell for exportation to France because of appeals from all parts of the country, has died. some of them revealed dances unknown to the Department of Education, which keeps a record of them. ‘The department sent several experts to the basilica to study and record the strange steps. Some of these dances were so exhausting that the dancers col- lapsed and required first aid treatment. An estimated expenditure of $575,- 648,713, labeled by White House statis- ticians as “an aid to unemployment,” is provided for Federal construction dur- ing the 1933 fiscal year, according to budget features. Although this figure represented a decrease of about $205,000,000 from the estimated total for the present fiscal | year. it was an increase of more than | $520.000.000 over 1928. The moneys | were for buildings, public works, ship | : Bank to Elect Directors. construction and aircraft. . UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December Explanation Lacking. 14 (Special).——The annual Mmeeting of The White House added no explana- | the shareholders of the First National Hons to the long lists of figures it is- | Bank of Southern Maryland for the Sued ~Among them was a regrouping | election of a board of directors will be of the budget figures on a “functional | held in the bank January 12 from 11 basis.” It showed expenditures on the | a.m. to noon. public debt and payments for the Army, Navy and veterans would total more | T—————————— than $2,814,000,000 for 1933, or consid- erably more than half the total budget. In its grand total this functional di- vision had the budget at more than $4,112,000,000. a hundred million or so above the figure sent to Congress last | week. Financial experts explained, however, that this arose from inclusion of moneys for trust funds and other | items, by custom left out of the regular budget. | The smallest figure included was for | the executive branch—s$429.300—much | of which is spent directly by the Presi- | dent himself. either as salary or for travel or upkeep of the White House. Bulk for Construction. The construction works analysis | showed estimated expenditures of $71,- | 000,000 for the building of vessels for the national defense. The bulk of the total, however. was for public buildings | and works, including maintenance of | river and harbor work. This totaled $461.463,613. i More than $24.000,000 was estimated | for the building of Federal aircraft, either for national defense. 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