Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1931, Page 5

OUTRUTOF COPPER T0 B CIRTALE Action Follows Charge of Price Discrimination by America. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 21.—London metal circles sald today an agreement had been reached under which copper production in 1932 will be reduced ap- proximately 26 per cent, with certain modifications in selling arrangements. Copper interests in_Europe, it was said, heretofore have been annoyed by the fact that the United States charge: more for copper in Europe than Amer- can_customers are charged. African interests insisted that these harges be modified, and it is believed © question now has been settled. Copper interests here are still without details of the agreement. U. S. INTERESTS PLEASED. Reports of Curtailment of Output Bring Satisfaction. NEW YORK, December 21 ().—Re- ports from London metal circles of an agreement among copper interests to curtail production approximately 26 per cent were read with satisfaction by New York red metal interests, as bearing out reports in the trade here. It was understood the Beligan repre- sentatives of the Katanga South Afri- can copper propertics had indicated their willingness to accept the curtail- ment figures assigned them at the re- cent international conference in New York. At the same time the American situa- tion became somewhat confusing re- cently because of disagreement among some of the larger producers over the sellingmethods of Copper Exporters, Inc. the organization handling fordign sales of copper produced in the United States. 'The Phelps Dodge Corporation resigned from Copper Exporters, but last week announced it had withdrawn it Tesignation upon a revision of the Ex. porters’ plans being agreed upon The latest quotations on copper were cents per pound for domestic and cents for foreign shibments. Some icers believe that. with the curtail- ment program and selling plans settled, the price will soon reach 9 cents. Even at this figure. however, it claimed that few producers can make money. 0.E.S. ELE(STSVOFFICERS Indian Head Group Names Mrs. Fleta Hottle Worthy Matron. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. ACCOKEEK., Md.. December 21—At | & meeting of Grace Chapter, No. 21, der of Eastern Star, of Indian Head. Md,, the following officers were elected: Mrs, Fleta Hottle, worthy matron; Ber- nard Downs of Bryans Road, Md., worthy patron; Mrs. Margaret U. Bealle. Accokeek. associate matron; Sergt. Jo- seph H, Lucas. Fort Washington, asso- clate patron; Mrs. Paret K. Adams, conductress; 'Mrs. Mildred Rice. prin- cipal of Lackey High School. Indian Head, associate conductress. These of - ficers will be insta'led at & meeting to be held January 8, at which time the appointive officers will be named. . CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Progressive Citizens' Asso- elation of Georgetown, Curtis School, O street near Wisconsin avenue, 8 p.m. Meeting. Monday Evening ‘Willard Hotel, 8. p.m. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, Dy l THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy, prob- ably followed by occasional rain late to- night and tomorrow; slowly rising tem- perature; moderate southeast shifting to south winds. Maryland—Cloudy, probably followed by occasional rain late tonight and to- morrow; slowly rising temperature; fresh east shifting to south winds. Virginia—Occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; slowly rising temperature; moderate to fresh east and southeast winds. West Virginia—Rain tonight and to- | morrow; slightly warmer tonight, Record for Last 48 Hours. Saturday. Temperature. Barometer. Degrees. Inches. 4 pm 29.98 Spm. ... 12 midnight 4am. 8am, Noon . 2 pm. 4 pm. 8 pm 12 midnight 30.04 30.08 30.14 30.29 3038 rometer. Inches. 4 am. 30.41 8 am 30.43 Highest temperature, 63, 11 a.m., De- cember 20, Lowest temperature, 38, 4:30 am 21 same date last 7; lowest, 27. Tide Tables . (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. 5:15a.m. 11:50 a.m. year— ‘Tomorrow. 6:02a.m. 0:40a.m 24p.m High Low . High Low Sets. 49 4:49 4:14am. lamps to be lighted one- ter sunset. Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in Capital (current month Month. 1 Avel January 3 February . 3 March 3 April May June July August September Ocu : November December Sun, tomot 7:23 Moon, today.. 2:07p.m. Automobil half hour inches to date) ge. Ry 7.0 in the ecord. 9 '82 ‘84 '89 89 '00 ‘86 76 85 ‘01 Weather in Various Cities. Temperature. ez Stations. - tAep121508 159U3IH Abilene, Albany, N Atlanta, Ga Atlantic _ City. Baltimore, Md Birmingham Bismarck Garveston, Eex Club, | Helena. Mg Meeting, Delta Chapter, Sigma Tau | i Lambda Fraternity, Ha: 8 pm. State Christmas party, Delaware 1326 | Boclety, Thomas Circle Club, Massachusetts avenue, 8 pm. Christmas dance and card party, North Carolina State Society, Shoreham | P Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Meeting, Lincoln Park Citizens’ Asso- clation, Bryan School, B street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth southeast, 8 pm. = i Meeting, Lincoln Woman's _Relief Corps, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines' Club, 8 p.m. Meeting, Fillmore P.-T. A., Fillmore Bchool, 8 pm. Benefit card party, 530 Seventh street southeast, 8 p.m. FUTURE. Buffet luncheon, Women's National Press Club, Willard Hotel, tomorrow, 1 pme Luncheon, Washington Association of Credit Men, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. PEOELELELETED | SHOP at George & Co. Fine qualit broadcloths flannells, in plain and fancy pat-- terns. Those much wanted Russianstyles with crests em- broideredon ke Many ith epri y d nglastic a i st bande. izes A and D. *'o request the retwrn of anything that can De Dought for less elsewhere. Open Evenings 910 7t StN.W. y-Adams House, | | (L ) 0.14 Clear 030 Rain Pt.cloud . Cloudy T b you are still in dou WHY DIAMOND? Diamond Dinner Fing 3 Diamonds in 14k. White Gold Mounting 512 Diamond Dinner Ring 3 Diamonds in an 18k. White Gold Mounting Stan Pr Wa Ilinois Gruen Benrus and many others Geo. D. South Ena of SALES DEFT. OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M. 36 p.m. | STALIN, 32, SPENDS BIRTHDAY AT WORK {Communist Leader Finds| | Power Supreme, but Shows Wear of Yeays. By the Associated Press. , MOSCOW, December ~ 21.—Joseph Stalin was 52 years old today. Except for thousands “of congratulatory mes- sages and letters which poured into h desk, however, the day was no differ- ent than any other for Russia's virtual dictator. The leader of the Russian Communist | party prepared to spend the day as us- ual, at work, which just at this t.me is heavier than ordinary because of the meeting tomorrow of the Central Ex- ecutive Committee of the U. S. S. R, and the forthcoming ‘all-union confer ence of the party next month, Stalin, his associates say, hs ly during the last fe | Streaks of gray running through shock of heavy black hair and lines | deepening in his face indicate the strain under which he has labored since he succeeded to the mantle of his mentor, Lenin, i Lives Up to Name. | Nevertheless, Russia’s “Man of Steel” continues to live up to his name in his capacity for work and his apparent general physical well-being. He fre- quently employs three 6-hour shifts of secretaries from cal morning " until late at night and takes only the briefest ays once a year. Those who soc 1 his infréquent public appear- iis tall figure is just as he appears quite as cet and active as evel Stalin_enters his 53d year, and the fourth and final year of the so-called “five-year” plan, probably more firmly in control of the party machinery—and thus the Soviet government—than at any time in his career. Foes Completely Stopped. The active “Right Wing” opposition to the party central committee’s poli- |cies, headed by Rykov, Tomsky and | Uglanov, crushed 18 months ago and there as not been the slightest rumble of any schism within the party under Stalin’s leadership since. Noiwithstanding that_he unquestion- ably is the most powerful figure in the Soviet Union today, Stalin’s only direct connection with the government is his inconspicuous membership in th> Coun- cil of Labor and Defense. He is not even chairman of this body. ESCAPED TEXAS SLAYER FOUND SHOT TO DEATH Slain by Deputy Sheriff in Stolen Auto When He Resists Arrest. MONT BELVIEU, Tex., December 21 | () —Isaiah Edwards, 19, colored slayer and ‘ugitive from the Montgomery | County Jail, was found shot to death on | the outskirts of town early toda The coroner reported Edwards | been wounded fatally by shots fired by | Deputy Sherifl Neil Roten, 31, of Cham- | bers County, when he sought to evade | arrest in a stolen motor car here last ! night. With ciscovery of his body, ! a search by a posse for the Negro was called off. | Edwards was under sentence to die in | the electric chair for the slaying of | Constable Thomas Beyette of Magnolia, Tex,, last August. He was taken from | jail Saturday night by a party of three | unidentified men. | U. S. ATTORNEY DIES | James M. Hoyle, 60, A pires at Gastonia, N. C. ‘ | GASTONIA, N. C.. December 21 (#):| | —James Monroe Hoyle, 60, assistant | United States attorney for the western { | district of North Carolina, died at his | beme here early yesterday after being | stricken with appoplexy a few hours be- | istant, Ex- fore | Funeral services will be held at his | | late home at 2 p.m. today. | Mr. Hoyle became assistant district | | attorney on July 21 of this year, after | having served as chairman of the Gas- tonia County Republican Executive | Committes for one term. y ROT A 2 Real Specials! dard iced telies Horning Highway Bridge 52 Years Old JOSEPH STALIN, Leader of Russian Communist party, who spends birthday anniversary at work. SIX RESCUERS DIE TRYING T0 AID BOY Lake Ice Breaks Under Sled. Boat Upsets After Four in | Water Are Picked Up. By the Assoclated Press. MUSKEGON, Mich., December 21.— Orville Oman, 7, rode gayly to his death | on & Christmas sled in the icy waters of | a small lake near his home yesterday | and six other persons drowned in at- tempted rescues. The multiple tragedy, which cost the lives of Orville’s parents and four boys, | occurred near Dalton, in northern Mus- | kegon County. Boy With New Sled Drowns. The victims, besides Orville, were: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Oman, each 33; Oliver Oman, 12, another son: Harry Ergang, an uncle of the boys. and | James and Theodore Morgan. 17 and 14, respectively, also nephews of Ergang. Anxious to try out his new sled. orville consted down a hill and out onto the ice or Ergang Lake yesterday afternoon. A moment later. the ic broke, throwing Orville into the water. Boat Capsizes After Rescue. James Morgan. who had gone down to the lake to skate, attempted to go to the boy's rescue but went through the ice. Orville’s older brother, Oliver, and Theodore Morgan set out to rescue their brothers. They. too, went into the water. Mr. and Mis. Oman and Ergang launched a boat and rowed out to where the boys were floundering in the water the four boys were picked up. A moment later the overloaded boat capsized, sending both rescuers and rescued to their deaths. | (.. MONDAY, DECEMBER , 21, %31 STALIN IMPROVES LIVING STANDARDS 1931 Viewed as Start of New Deal“for Humanity in Five-Yelar Plan. BY STANLEY P. RICHARDSON. (Copyright, 1931, the Associated rress.) MOSCOW, December 21.—The “third and declsive year” of the five-year plan, 1931, probably will be recorded by his- torians as the beginning of a new deal for humanity in the great political ex- periment represented by Sovi:t Russia. Under the impetus of Stalln's midyear speech, far-reaching changes were ef- fected in many phases of life, both eco- | nomic and sociological. Of first im- | portance was his edict that the people | were entitled to better living standards after the huge sacrifices they were called upon to make for the five-year | plan and that an immediate improve- ment should be forthcoming. Scores of new stores have been opened, and it is possible to buy almost any necessity due to the quickning of the production of light industry, which supplies commodities for home con- sumption. Hand in hand have come in- creases in wages in several branchs of industry and adoption of the piecework system of wages, under which workers | are pald according to their productive | ability. Food Prices Lower. 1 A 30 per cent decreate in the price of food in the so-calld “cpen” :tores, where any one may buy without a ra- tion card, contributed to the general | tmprovement Perhaps the most sensational de- parture from the previous order was the change in attitude toward the old technical intelligentsia, specialists of the former regime, who formed an out- cast section of the Soviet body politic and who, next to the kulak, suffered the greatest persecution. Before Stalin's speech they were the object of suspicion and distrust in every field of endeavor in which they sought to participate, discriminatec against in the maiter of food and lodging and generally regurded as potential if not actual counter-revolutionary elements. Stalin's new policy, dictated by the necessity of more technical skill in in- dustry and also by confidence that the more subversive elements of this group, like the kulaks, definitely had been crushed, changed all this. The tech- nical intelligentsia were invited to participate actively in the work of So- clalist construction on an equality with the proletariat. They were given spe- cial privileges heretofore enjoyed only by the workers and some even made eligible for membership in the Communist party. Ruthlessness Ended. This significant flected more than anything else the de- sire of leaders here to dispense as quickly as possible with the ruthless- ness which in their view necessarily characterized the policy of “blood and iron” with which all class enemies of the state were dealt. The year also was marked by fiu-‘ thorization to individual industries to replace the five-day uninterrupted week with the six-day week when it was con- sidered practical. Stalin hinted that this might be necessary in some cases to reduce the lack of personal responsi- bility among employes, who often left to their inexperienced reliefs the task of repairs, and the consequent enor- | mous breakage of machines, Crime Clinic to Open. | NEW YORK, December 21 (#)—A new psychiatric clinic for the study and treatment of crime will be opencd in Criminal Courts Building heie on Wednesday, with Mayor James J. Walker cfficiating at the first session, it was announced yesterday. The clinic will study the case of every prisoner convicted of felony before sentence is pasced, and will reveal its findings to the judge. More than 4.000 cases a year are anticipated A, KAHN INC Suggest Under the new system everybody ! would work five days instead of four, with one day off, but the working day would be reduced from six and one-half to six hours and all would have the same day of rest. Welcomed by Many. This_probably will be welcomed by many. if for no other reason than that all members of one family now would be free on the same days, where hereto- fore virtually every individual had dif- ferent days of rest. 935 F STREET jons . .. picked at random from The Gift Store for All the People Almost unbelievable...yet yo that this desk set features a fine fountain pens...onyx | opener...onyx paper holder cially priced at— Beautiful Sterling Silver Gob- lets which make a uscful as well as very beautiful gift. Generous weight and graceful design. Very moderately priced at— 30 Jewelers Half Dozen Stationers u will note in the illustration pen center of onyx with two blotter holder...onyx letter ...the complete set is espe- This Matchless Lucifer Elec- tric Table L ideal gift When you pick it up it lights...put it down and it goes out. A choice of assorted colors. Marked down frdm $3.50 to— SI 95 Platinumsmiths A . KXahn Jnc Arthur J. Sundlun, President 39 Years at 935 F Street were | step. perhaps, Te- | [ | | LG E L 439 €< A-S * 0STS OF RELIEF Figures of United States and Canada Published by Rus- sell Sage Foundation. By the Assoclated Press. NEW' YORK, December 21.—Figures indicating that present relief expendi- tures in the United States and Canada are more than double those of a year ago were published yesterday by the Russell Sage Foundation. More than 400 private relief agencies and public departments in 81 of the larger cities supplied figures showing their October expenditures, not includ - ing administration, reached $10,717,000, an increase of 113 per cent over Octo- ber, 1930, and 400 per cent over that time in 1929. who collected the data for the founda- tion's department of statistics, said were due to newly instituted old-age relief, but most of them were due to increased unemployment succor. Detroit, Tulsa and San Antonio, he reported, recorded an actual decreasc under last year, but New Orleans cost: went up more than 100 per cent, Port- land, Oreg., 877 per cent, and Philadel- phia, 488 per cent. In Wilmington, Del., expenditures rose 275 per cent. and New York's figures ascended 268 per cent. CAPITAL AND BERMUDA PHONE SERVICE OPENS lSecx'en\ry Castle Talks With Gen. Cubitt in First Message to Island. Telephonic communication between Washington and Bermuda was opened at 10 o'clock today, when Undersecretary of State Castle talked with Lieut. Gen Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt, governor of the island. A special set of extension phones was installed in Mr. Castle's Office to permit others to listen to the conversation. Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambas- sador, also talked with Gen. Chairman Saltzman= of the Federal Hadio Commission spoke with John P. Hand, member of the Executive Council of the government of Bermuda. Others also spoke, including telephone officials in _both countries. The first telebhone service between the United States and Hawali will be inaugurated Wednesdav afternoon at 4 o'clock. DOUBLED IN YEAR Some of the items, Ralph G. Hurlin" Cubitt. | Club Leader Dies MRS. MARJTA V. VAUGHAN. Sae ! |RADIO BOARD PROBE | TO BE ASKED BY HORR ‘Besalution t-nBe 6;“0 Today Also Calls for Quiz of All Broadcasting Companies. I | In a resolution prepared for submis- | sion today, Represoutative Horr, Repub- lican, of Washinglon calls for an in- stigation of the Radio Commission | and all broadcasting companies. | Horr said in a statement the inquiry would pay “cpecial attention to monop- oly on the part of the National Broad- casting Co. in the Pacific Northwest. He said the situation in that region “may be but the beginning of that company’s domination throughout the country. Horr asserted the N. B. C. now con- trols about two-thirds of the radio facil- ities allotted in the State of Washing- ton, | RECALLS PILGRIM DAYS Newcombe, Head of Mayflower So- | ciety, Speaks Over WMAL. F. W. Newcombe. governor of the Disirict Society of Mayflower Descend- ants, will be heard over Radio Station WMAL this afternoon at 3:45 o'clock. speaking in commemoration of the 311th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrim: Miss Helen Harman, the D. A. R. o State regent of which is sponsoring the am, will intrbduce the speaker. W 43 <. A < ’g & A3l & 3l &I Christmas Memorial Wreaths $2.50 up Moy be, shipped anywhere & 808 14th St. N.W. Metro. 7433 Half Yearly Sales are not un- usual . . . most stores can stage them ... and do. But, because this is Washing- ton’s only Clear- ance Sale of KUPPEN- HEIMER and Grosner Suits and Overcoats ...THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE SALE OF EX- CLUSIVE MER- CHANDISE . . . lots of folks wait foriti. . oS0 HERE IT IS! kot ot Rt R GROSNER’S L Z f ST 2 A5 &= C. & C. Flower Stores Poinsetta Plants $2.25 up Table Ferns With Red Berries $1.50 each 804 17th St. Metro. N.W. 45 1325 'MRS. MARIE VAUGHAN DIES AT HOME HERE | Wife of Doctor Was Prominent for 40 Years in Club and Char- ity Work of Capital. | | Mrs. Maria Venable Vaughan, wife of Dr. George Tuliy Vaughan and prominent for more than 40 years in Washington club activities and char-~ itable work, died yesterday morning at her residence, 1718 I street, after an extended illnesd. She was 68 years old. Mrs. Vaughan was formerly Miss Maria Townsend Venable of Farmville, Va., a member of one of the oldest families in Virginia. She was mar- ried to Dr. Vaughan on his Ldth birth- day anniversary, June 27, 1883, During a long residence in Wash- | ington, Mrs. Vaugha.. was best known in her club activities as a charter | member of the Society of Colonial Dames and as directress, at the time of her death. of the District of Co- lumbia branche of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiqui- ties. In the work of this organization she was active for years and also was a former vice president of the Colonial | Dames Club. | For many actively years Mrs. identified with the Epiphany Episcopal | Ladies Auxiliary of the District of Columbia Medical Society and _the | Ladies’ Auxiliary of Georgetown Uni- versity Hospital, with which her hus- band " has been associated as chief surgeon since its founding. She also | was @ member of the Daughters of the Confederacy and an organization known as the First Families of Vir- ginia. Mrs. Vaughan is survived by husband, a daughter, Mrs. W ¢f Canton, N. C.; a son, Maj. W. Vaughan of the Army Corps, and six grandch is rvived by two sis Anderson of Farmville, Va Venable of ~Lynchburg 5 brother, James M. Venable of Sterling, Ky. Arrangements for Mrs. Vaughan's funeral will be made after the arrival tonight of her son. Maj. Vaughan, who is coming from his station at Denver, Colo. | RELIEF GOAL PASSED CHICAGO, December 21 (#)—Over th top by nearly half a million dollars in its $10.000.000 campaign to aid the needy, the Cook County joint gency relief fund called off its wo ¢ with a total of $10,422.957 d and more belated subscriptions expected. The campaign officially opened Octo- ber 15, although the special gifts di sion, under the leader: p of President Robert M. Hutchins of the Uni ity | of Chicago, began its work two weeks earlier. Vaughan was the work of Church, the her te Wiiliam Medical Mrs. W. Miss R A 952 Z 4 :'Qfip 254 2 2Rl 2 Y ¥ o DD, 7 Flowers for Christmas Cut Flowers and Growing Plants at “Gift” Prices— Japanese Gardens Attractively Unique $1.25 up 609 12th St. N.W. Metro. 9369 E STREET An Exclusive SALE! —Because This Is the Only Store In Washington That Can Say: SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE of our Entire Stock of Kuppenheimer & Grosner uits & O’coats Reduced! Group One: $9 4.75 Were $35 & $40 Group Two: $2Q75 Were $45 Other Groups In Proportion GROSNERY 1325 F STREET CHARGE ACCOUNTS INVITED