Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1932, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) Rain and colder today, much colder tonight; fair and colder tomorrow. Te:rnmus—!fllhu:, 59, at 4 pm. yests y; lowest, 37, at 5 am. yes- terday. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION No. 1,407—No. 32,086. Entered as second class matter post office. Washington. D. C. he Swy Stat. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1932.—108 FIVE C PAGES' * IN WASHINGTON () Means Associated Press. AND SUBURBS| ELSEWHERE LINDBERGH SEEKS AID FROM UNDERWORLD TWO GO-BETWEENS GET POWER TO NEGOTIATE RETURN OF STOL Colonel Issues Third Kidnap Appeal. POLICE TO QUIZ . JOHNSON AGAIN Btudy of Ladder De- cides Probers to Hold Him. (Copyrizht. 1932. by the Associated Press). BY FRANCIS A. JAMIESON, Associated Press Staff Writer. { HOPEWELL, N. J., March 6| ‘(Sunday).—In a third dramatic appeal to kidnapers of their baby son, Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh early today named two | men labeled underworld charac- | ters by New York newspapers to act as “go-betweens” in negotiat- | _ing the child’s return. A signed plea from the Lind- berghs said they authorized #8alvy” Spitale and Irving Bitz to deal with the abductors if they *“are unwilling to deal direct with us.” | The Lindbergh statement, as sent to State police headquarters | in Trenton from here, said: | “If the kidnapers of our child are unwilling to deal direct we fully authorize ‘Salvy’ Spitale and Irving Bitz to act as our go-be- tween. We also will follow any other method suggested by the kidnapers that we can be sure will bring the return of our child. " “CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. “ANNE LINDBERGH." Records Are Revealed. Available ne files showed that Balvatore Spitale figured in the investigation of the shooting of late Jack “Legs” Diamond in the Hotel Monticello, in New York, October 82, 1930. Spitale's name also wus:p— into the in: on of the slay- of Diamond last December in Al- bany, but he was not arrested in either Base. Police arrested Spitale, known to the underworld as a “‘beer baron,” for homi- cide, in 1928, l!éuN;w ;{ec‘uirk, but he sub- uently was discharged. w}"msymu was convicted in 1926 of wiolating the Harrison narcotic act and sentenced to a year and a day in Fed- gral prison. A radio appeal and a signed state- ment emphasizing their only interest was the immediate and safe return of o Churches of All Faiths Offered as Haven for Baby By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March 5—The church and all its affiliated institu- tions were offered tonight as a haven for the kidnaped Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr. Protestant, Jew and Catholic clergymen appealed to the abductors to leave the child in any of the Nation's thousands of religious in- stitutions should they find them- selves unable, or unwilling, to com- municate with Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh direct. All assured the kidnapers the child would be received without any questions being asked. Promise to Be Kept. Said the Right Rev. William T. Manning, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New York: “I am requested to ask that if the missing child is brought to any church or institution of my church or any other church those who re- ceive the child will make no in- quiry of those who bring it there. * * * The promise made by Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh not to seek the injury of thcse who return their chield will be fully kept.” Said Dr. Nathan Stern, rabbi of the West End Synagogue: “I appeal to the abductors * * * that if they are unwilling or unable to deal directly with Col. Lindbergh, that they will feel secure in return- ing the child to some official or member of their church or syna- gogue, with full confidence that the word of Col. Lindbergh as given out in a statement yesterday will be carried out to the letter.” Appeals Broadcast. And, speaking from Detroit, sald the Rev. Father Charles E. Cough- lin, pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower, Detroit: “There are thousands of Cath- olic churches in your immediate neighborhood, no matter who you are or where you may be. There are hundreds of orphanages and convents. Would it not be possible tonight, then, to look in the tele- and find orphanage, and leave it wif in e L All t spoke over the Colum- bia Broadcasting System's Nation- wide network. NUNGESSER MOTHER HEARTENS LINDBERGH Returns Admonition, “Don’t Give Up Hope,” When She Lost Own Son. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 5—When Charles A. Lindbergh was in Paris in 1927 after his transatiantic flight he called on Mme. Nungesser, mother of the noted French airman 0 had taken off on a flight Colonel’s EN SON \District and 12 - States Pledge Full Aid. | | “IGNORE NO CLUE’ ' PARLEY SLOGAN 3Abduction Is Called Challenge to Nation. BY JAMES E. CHINN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. TRENTON, N. J, March 5.— Master minds of criminal investi- | gation from 12 States and the Dis- | trict of Columbia gathered today around a conference table in the | office of Gov. A. Harry Moore in | the State House, smoked big cigars | as detectives sometimes do, and fiwcrked out a program for tracking |down the kidnapers of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr. It was a conference without precedent in the history of Ameri- can criminology. Department of Justice operatives, secret service agents, private detectives and celebrated police criminal investi- gators who have “cracked” some of the country’s major crimes in the last decade were gathered to- gether for the first time with but one objective—solution of the mys- terious abdrction of the Lindbergh baby. Out of the epoch-making session will come a centralized and sys- tematic Nation-wide search for the famous chili—a man-hunt without a parallel. Two Main Objeetives. The program, adopted at the close of & two-hour review of the known details of the kidnaping, has two main objec- tives. First and foremost is the return of the baby to its parents alive. Secon- dary in importance, the investigators placed the capture of the abductors. Headquarters of the New Jersey State police in Trenton, wil serve as the cen- tral investigating burean. It will be clearing house for clues, informa- tion and publicity on developments in the investigation. Police officials of each of the 12 States and the District pledged their co-operation in adhering to the pro- gram. The Department of Justice will use its entire resources in aiding the |hunt. The famous Burns and Pinker- ton private detective agencies also | promised assistance. “Ignore no clues, no matter how trivial” is to be the slogan for the man- their 20-month-old son had been is- |to America a short time previous and | hunt sued previously by the Lindberghs and (had not been heard from, and apparently failed to obtain any results. | pathetically admonished her not to give Their latest statement was taken to | up hope for her son. Today she re- indicate they had had no communica- | turned the admonition. tion with the kidnapers, who left he-; “I wish I could tell those kidnapers hind a ransom note demanding $50,000 | what heartaches the loss of a son when the child was seized Tuesday |brings,” Mme. Nungesser said. night. | "I cannot understand how any one A Teport that Spitale was in secret | could steal a baby. The brave boy must eonference with police at New York |not lose hope.” headquarters was neither confirmed nor | Mme. Nungesser herself has never denied by officials there. surrendered her conviction that some — day her own son will return. She expressed deep sympathy for Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—26 PAGES. | General News—Local, National Foreign, Schools and Colleges—Page B-4. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editoriels and Editorial Features. Organized Reserves—Page 4. HARTFORD, Con., March 5 (#).— Henry (Red) Johnson, Englewood, N. J., sailor, was held for further ques- tioning in connection with the kidnap- ing of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's baby tonight as a result of information ob- tained by county officers in & pro- Jonged grilling. Questioning of Johnson continued until 11:30 tonight, at which time it was said an expected development had failed to materialize. Two possible links in the case were made public by officials as & partial basis for detaining Johnson, a friend of Betty Gow, the child's nurse American Gold Star Mothers—Page 4. One of these clues was & milk bottle | w ¢ T U Notes—Page 4. cap, dated ;‘)Vedl:yesday :nd a];par%m‘.\- | D. A, R. Activities—Page 6. d by a New Jersey dairy, found in | . onnioL's areen: oupe 0 whicn hc;mr:;u’;,’;;i Jeterans of American Wars he arrived at a brother’s home in West | Hartford at 1:30 a.m. that day. i‘:‘;‘,fi}“fie‘:’efig";fg:mhze 6. The other was the disclosure that the = Jadder used by the kidnapers was of PART THREE—12 PAGES. the same type and kind of wood as | Society Section. those used in a Bronx Ship Yard, in| Women of Diplomacy—Page 8. ~Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) | Kathleen Norris' Article—Page 9. PART FOUR—10 PAGES. e S | | Amusement Section—Stage, Screen, YOUTH GIVEN CREDENTIALS | amusement sect BY YOUNGEST GOVERNOR | Music News —Page 3. | Public Library—Page 3. | In the Motor World—Page 4. Georgia 34, Commission to Mobley, 25, and Delivers | Radio—Page 5. Aviation—Page 6. Baby | Army and Navy News—Page 6 Fraternities—Page 7. At Community Centers—Page 7. | News of the Clubs—Page 8. " s | American Legion—Page 8. March Soiane| Y. W. C. A. News—Page 8. District National Guard—Page 9. American War Mothers—Page 9. | Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 9. | Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 9. PART FIVE— PAGES. Sports Section. | PART SIX—12 PAGES. | Financial News and Classified Adver- tis Executive, Member of Congress.” By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga. youngest governor in the United States officiated here today in delivering the commission of office to the Nation's youngest Congress member. The ceremony took place in the office ©f Gov. Richard B. Russell, jr., 34, and thereby W. Carlton Mobley, 25, was given credentials to represent the sixth congressional district of Georgia. | Mr. Mobley, secretary to the late Representative Samuel Rutherford, was elected Rutherford’s successor in a spe- cial election last Wednesday. He re- ceived 8,957 votes in a district com- prised of 13 counties, as compared with a total of 6,212 ballots cast for all five | nfflms ]:ppontm.s. i 4 Mag e plans to take his seat in Washing- | Magasine Sectlon. = . | ists—Page 14. ton Tufaday, His term expires March Crossword Puzzle—Page 16. A8, The Bridge Forum—Page 17. FORMMV.ERN&R' DIES he Boys and Girls' Page—Page 18. | | Highlights of History—Page 19. SOUTHINGTON, Conn., | THose Were the Happy Days—Page 20. March 5| GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. w) —Mflré;\s }:\e\myf Hol;:gir;h. G’f.w»‘World Events in Pictures. ernor of Connecticut from to 1921, S ==t and known as the World War Gov-| COLORED SECTION—$ PAGES. ernor of the State, died at his home Keeping Up With the Joneses; Tarzan; today, in his eighty-seventh year. He had in feeble health for several| Mullins; Reg'lar Pellers; phan Annie, and Mutt and | Serial Story, “Spite Wife"—Page 12. | Disabled American Veterans—Page 12. Marine Corps News—Page 12. PART SEVEN—20 PAGES. azine Section. Jefl, Mr. and Mrs.; The Timid Soul; Moon 3 Little Or- | The investigators, however, candidly expressed the opinion that the return of the child, unharmed, now is depend- ent upon the avenue of approach which will insure the kidnapers safety from arrest or detection at the time the child | is relinquished. Would Name Agent. Hope was expressed that Gov. Moore would pave the way for carrying out such a plan by naming a person, in whom the kidnapers most likely would have confidence, to act as an agent for Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh in the negotiations, No promise of immunity from arrest can legally be made, it was pointed out, Wwith the tidnapers must necessarily be h an agent in no way con- " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) REMOVAL OF TAMMANYITE FROM OFFICE DEMANDED Deputy Commissioner ~Charged With Failure to Explain Bank Deposits of $86,401. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March 5—The City Aflairs Committee today demanded the removal of Wiliam L. Kavanagh, deputy commissioner of water supply, gas and electricity, charging failure to explain to the Hofstadter Legislative Committee the source of $86,401 deposits in_his bank accounts. The charges were forwarded by the committee to John J. Dietz, commis- sioner of water supply, gas and elec- tricity. At the same time an open let- ter was sent to Mayor James J. Walker, appraising him of the filing of the charges the basis for them. Kavanagh is a Tammy leader in thé third assembly district. Dietz, who was asked to remove him, is a Tammany leader In the' eightee jo irpon elghteenth assembly dis- 166 GO BACK TO STAGE AS STRIKE IS SETTLED —_— Queenie Smith Cast Temporarily Out by Philadelphia Mu- _ sicians’ Dispute. By the Associated Press, PHILADELPHIA, March 5—Queenie Smith, stage star. ang rome P thrown out of work by a strike of musiclans at the Forrest Theater just before time for the curtain to rise Fri- day night, will go back to work Mon- day. The strike was settled today. The audience was waiting for the opening scene of “A Little Racketeer,” in which Miss Smith is playing, when the musicians struck, Theater officials with Musicians' Union representatives, and agreed that the musicians should return to the theater Monday, while both sides co-operated in & suit in equity to decide whether the union's original contract with the theater management is valid, conferred today Shnson N APANESEATTACK AMERICAN WOMAN; FORMAL COMPLAINT FILED BY CONSUL Teacher in Mission Schooi Struck With Cane and Fists by Two Men in Civilian Clothes.. SMALLER NATIONS TELL LEAGUE TO FORCE PEACE Demand Use of All Resources. Chinese Casualties Estimated at 20,000, including 7,000 Killed. Losses Said to Exceed Invaders’, 10 to 1. By the Associated Press. Chinese losses during the fighting at Chapei, Kiangwan STOLEN BOY FOUND INHIDDEN OHIO DEN; CAPTORS ARRESTED 12-Year-0ld James De Jute Unharmed in Resort Near Youngstown. So some medium of making a contact | By the Associated Press. NILES, Ohlo, March 5—Twelve- year-old James De Jute, jr, was safe at home tonight and his two alleged abductors were in jail. Trembling and afraid, but still keep- ing up his boyish courage, Jimmie was found unharmed today hidden in a secret tunnel in an abandoned gam- bling resort and liquor storehouse near Youngstown. He was rescued just 76 hours after two men spirited him away from a Niles street while on his way to school Wednesday. Authorities said the two men ar- rested with him, John De Marco, 30, and Dowell Hargraves, 27, both of Youngstown, admitted they were the kidnapers. De Marco was taken to the city jail at Warren and Hargraves to the county jail there. They were ordered held for investigation while of- ficers questioned them. ‘The happy ending to the kidnaping, which occurred only a few hours after the theft of the Lindbergh baby, over- whelmed James De Jute, sr., contractor, reputed to be one of the wealthiest men in Niles, and his wife. #Oh, Jimmy,” Cries Father. De Jute, as he clasped his son in his arms, could only say, “Oh, Jimmy.” Mrs. De Jute, who had become ill from the strain and anxiety, told authorities again and again, “How can I ever re- | pay you!" The ending also came without ran- som having been paid. Dejute had offered $1,000 for his son's return and the boy today said his captors talked “only abeut money." Sheriff J. C. Risher of Trumbull County, however, said the kidnapers had been in communication with the De Jute family, the t time an hour (Continued on Paj Column 8.) FINNISH REBELLION ENDS Fascist Leader Suicide. Followers Begin Surrendering. HELSINGFORS, Finland, March 5 () —Finland's Fascist rebellion, which had lasted just one week, collapsed to- day with the suicide of Kustaa Latvala, one of the leaders of the Lapua, as the Fascists call themselves. The President issued a proclamation promising amnesty to all but the lead- ers of the uprising, and the main body of the band which started a march on the capital early in the week began surrendering at Mantsala, where a de- tachment of the regular army halted thelr progress several days ago. Commits $150,000,000 Freed On Eve of Drive Against Hoarding Campaign Opens Today With Pleas Over Whole U. S. By the Associated Press. . CHICAGO, March 5.—Its major cam- paign not yet begun, the Citizens’ Reconstruction Organization estimated 150,000,000 idle dollars had been put to work. On the eve of the great drive to end hoarding, Chairman Frank Knox of the President’s committee predicted that millions more would be drawn into circulation by the offering of United States Treasury certificates. Their sales campaign, with a force of a million or more citizens pledged to aid, starts to- | morrow. The certificates, paying 2 per cent interest, redeemable on 60 days’' notice (Continued on Page 3, Column 2) JOHN PHLIP SOUSA DIES SUDDENLY |“March King” Has Heart At- tack Following Banquet in His Honor. By the Associated Press. READING, Pa., March 6 (Sunday).— | John Philip Sousa, whose fame thun- |ders in brass from military bands | everywhere, died suddenly today in his 78th year, after attending a banquet | given in his honor. He had arrived in Reading on an early evening train, and appeared in | his usual health. Before the banquet | he conducted a rehearsal of the Ring- gold band. |~ He made a short talk at the banquet, | and was in good humor, though it was | noticed his voice seemed weak. He re- tired to his room in a hotel and died | shortly afterward. His secretary, Miss | Lillian Finegan, found him ill at 12:10 |am. The house physician pronounced him dead 20 minutes later. It was a heart attack, the doctor said. The theme of patriotism on which his_entire active life was built seemed and Woo-Sung were placed at 20,000 in an estimate published yesterday at Shanghai. Spokesmen of the smaller nations condemned before the League of Nations Assembly Japan’s invasion of China and urged that every resource be used to end the struggle. In Tokio the League of Na- tions Manchurian Investigating Commission was informed by the war minister that Japan had no intention of invading Russian territory. Headquarters of the Chinese 19th Route Army reported to the National Government at Nanking that large forces of Japanese had launched a vig- orous attack from Nanziang, America’s concerted effort to bring fi:?,“t 15 miles west of Shang- hoarded dollars out of hiding and to put them to work for the restoration | By the Associated Press. of prosperity will be signaled to a start | SHANGHAI, March 6 (Sunday).— tonight at 10:15 o'clock when Presi- | Edwin 8. Cunningham, United States dent Hoover speaks over a nation-wide | consul general, said today that Miss radio hook-up from a microphone in | Rose Marlowe, American mission teach- the White House. Both major chains | er, had been beaten by two Japanese in will carry the broadcast. Mr. Hoover | civilian clothes and that he had filed & will be introduced from Chicago by the | formal protest with the Japanese con- chairman of his Citizens' Reconstruc- | sulate. tion Organization, Col. Frank Knox, Miss Marlowe of Williamsburg, Ky., and will be followed on the air by |is attached to a mission school here of Secretary of the Treasury Ogden L. |the Southern Baptist Church. She was Mills and Senator Joseph Robinson, | attacked by the Japanese Friday in Democratic leader of the Senate. Gen. |the school’s compound, where she had Charles Gates Dawes, president of the |gone to inspect damage caused by the recently created Reconstruction Fi- | hostilities in that section. nance Corporation, will read & message | She and Rev. W. H. Tipton of Jeffer- from former President Calvin Coolidge. | son City, Tenn., who was on the mis- ‘The opening of the national cam- | sion grounds at the time of the incident, paign tonight will be followed tomor- | submitted affidavits concerning the at- HOOVER WILL OPEN DRIVE ON HOARDING INAPPEAL TONIGHT Nation to Hear Radio Plea; Capital Leaders Join in Campaign. row by an intensive drive in Washing. ton, organized and directed by & com- | (%cK: Mr. Cunningham said. mittee of prominent Washington men and women, that will last for one week. By radio, theater screen and through the columns of Washington newspapers the city's thought will be directed to the problem of stimulating the normal flow of credit through restoring to cir- culation the millions of dollars that temporarily have been withdrawn out ?\.{\t fear or uncertainty over America’s ure. Xdle Money Held Menace. Citigens will be advised that the cam- aign is not directed toward encourag- fiu extravagant spending, but is in- tended to emphasize the thought that unless money now lying idle in safe deposit boxes, or hidden under the mat- tress or otherwise taken out of circu- lation, is put back into the normal channels provided for the interchange of curfency, the restoration of credit so necessary to the business life of the Na- tion will be indefinitely retarded. By, “normal channels,” it is explained, is| meant the spending of money in barter and trade, its deposit in sound banks— + Japanese Investigate. Japanese consular authorities said they were unaware of the attack, but were investigating. So-called Japanese plain clothes men since the beginning of the hostilities here between China and Japan have been seeking to assist Japanese armed forces in taking over control of Hong- kew and neighboring areas of the In- ternational Settlement. It was two of shese “plain clothes men,” associates of Miss Marlowe said, Who beat her in the compound of the mission school at the edge of Chapei, where she taught until the hostilities forced the school to close and the staff to leave it. Suffers Severe Shock. Miss Marlowe, although not seriousl: hurt, suffered a severe un‘ervotu sbock.-i a result of which she left yesterday with her sister Dorothy for Hongkong to Tecuperate. She went to the school premises to " (Continued on Page 10, Column 1.) either in checking or savings accounts- the purchase of sound securities. For those who wish investments providing (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) (Continuea on Page 2, Column 1.) Catholic Leader Dies. LONDON, Ontario, March 5 (#).— Rev. J. T. Foley, D. D., 69, editor of the Catholic Record for the last 20 years and chaplain of Mount St. Joseph's Orphanage, died today. ‘&?Fm It's a nels and who will write the best why hoarding was stopped. best letter. CREDIT. Names will be kept confidential patr;atr'c WRITE AND TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO FUR- THER THE WAR AGAINST IDLE DOLLARS AND FROZEN Have Y ou Stopped Hoarding? YOU SHOULD DO SO! Duty.’ $100.00 in gold wit be paid by The Evening Star to the D. C. citizen who has returned his or her money to normal chan- 100-word account of the reasons $50.00 in gold will be paid to the writer of the second $25.00 in gold will be paid to the resident of the District of Columbia who writes the third best letter. until the victors are announced. Address all communications to the Anti-Hoarding Editor of Th Evening Star. HELP THE CAUSE ALONG—TELL OF YOUR EXPERIENCES—ACT NOW! (Details on Page A-3.) ‘| the three localities and make such rules PORT AUTHORITY BILL IS APPROVED Virginia House Also 0. K.’s D. C. Boundary Dispute Measure. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va. March Two bills affecting Northern Virginia's re- lations with the Federal Government were passed this afternoon by the House of Delegates. One was the boundary line bill and the other the port of authority bill. ‘The port of authority bill provides for the appointment of & port authority for Alexandria, Arlington County and the District of Columbia and is a com- in the Federal Congress. It provides that the Governor shall officially appoint the Arlington County | and Alexandria members of the port authority, who would serve with the District of Columbia members. The authority would be permitted to ad- vertise the advantages of the ports of and regulations as are essential to their proper operation. ‘The boundary line bill was introduced in an effort to effect an agreement be- tween the Federal Government and Arlington County with respect to the ownership of and political jurisdiction of a portion of Arlington County lying near the Virginia end of the Highway . ‘The bill authorizes the Gov- ernor to appoint one membef, who with & second member to by President of the an to be ap- DEATH CLAIMS SISTER OF GROVER CLEVELAND Mrs. Margaret Cleveland Bacon, 93, Dies in Toledo Home—Took Active Part in Y. W. C. A. By the Associated Press. TOLEDO, Ohio, March 5.—Mrs. Mar- garet Louise Cleveland Bacon, 93, widow of Norval B. Bacon, Toledo architect, and a sister of Grover Cleveland, twice President of the United States, died today in her home here. She had been in ill health several months. Always active in religious and philan- thropic work, Mrs. Bacon was one of the founders and organizers of the Young Women's Christian Association here, and served as its president six years, Qne of her ancestors was Gen. Moses Cleveland, who founded the city of Cleveland. She also was related to Wil- liam E. Dodge, New York Philanthropist and founder of the Y. M. C. A. Mrs. Bacon is survived by a son, Cleveland F. Bacon, and a grandson, Grover Cleveland T. Bacon, both of New York City; a daughter, Jeannette T. , at home, and a sister, Mrs. 8. C. Youmans, Brooklyn, N. Y, WHEAT CROP REDUCED New Argentine Estimates Drop Be- TAX BILL 1S READY FOR HOUSE ACTION; DEBATE PROBABLE LATE NEXT WEEK Designed to End Deficit by Close of Fiscal Year 1933 and Raise Additional $1,- 100,000,000 Revenue. MEASURE HAS APPROVAL OF TREASURY SECRETARY Sales Levy to Yield $595,000,000 Is Hub of Measure—Crisp Out- lines Provisions—Predicts Big ., 1934 Surplus, Making Cut in Rates on Some Taxes Possible. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A “non-partisan” tax bill, de- signed to raise $1,100,000,000 ad- ditional revenue and to wipe out the Treasury deficit by the close of the fiscal year 1933, was com- pleted by the Ways and Means Committee of the House late yes- terday. By unanimous vote of the committee Acting Chairman Crisp was ordered to introduce it in the House tomorrow. The hub of the bill is a manu- facturers’ sales tax, from which food and certain other commodi- ties regarded as necessities have been exempted. This manufac- turers’ tax has been fixed at 2.25 ger cent and it is estimated that he tax will bring in $595,000,000 in Al'elvae;x"ue. minute effort to amend the bill by the adoption of a tax of $5 a barrel on beer was de in u.ze mke littee b; tive - , & veteran Re- publican member of the committee, Mills Approves Program. Secretary Mills sad: “The proj for raising_additional revenue adopted by the Ways and Means itee should assure the at- tainment of the Treasury’s main ob- ie'%lélve. The - can now in the sense that there will be no further increase ngx: public de%t‘ lmfwr June 30 next.” Secretary e Treasury poini out that the committee was eounfiu':: reducing expenditures of the Govern- ment by $125,000,000, which, with the new revenue derived from the bill, would make it possible to wipe out the deficit. He strongly urged that thers should be no increase in governmental expenditures. Secretary Mills added: “Although differing in many respects from the recommendations submitted by us, the committee's program has the approval of the Treasury Department and will receive its hearty support. “T cannot let this occasion pass with- out expressing my appreciation of the fine spirit and of the devoted patriotic manner in which my former colleagues on the Ways and Means Committee have completed the enormously diffi- cult task assigned to them.” Bill May Come Up Thursday. Representative Crisp of Georgia, the acting chairman of the committee in the absence of Representative Collier of Mississippi, who is ill, gave the de- tails of the bill and said that he hoped to get it up for consideration in the House not later than Thursday or Fri- day of this week. No attempt, he said, would be made to bring in a special rule for the consideration of the bill. It would be considered under the ordi- nary rules of the House and will be subject to amendment from the floor. Mr. Crisp said the committee had reduced the personal exemptiors for the income tax so that the exemption for married men would be $2,500 in- stead of $3,500, as in the present law, and for single persons the exemption would be $1,000 instead of $1,500. The new income taxes apply to incomes in 1932 and are not retroactive. This will increase considerably the (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) COUNCIL WILL SAFEGUARD U. S. HOLDINGS ABROAD New Agency Will Study Entire Field—Backers Include Dr. Healy of Georgetown U. { By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 5—A new or- ganization designed to safeguard as far as possible the $18,000,000,000 in- vestment which the United States has abroad has been formed under name of the American Council of Foreign Bondholders, Incorporated, it was an- nounced today. The corporation is described as the only one of its kind which seeks to study the whole field of American in- vestment abroad, individuals as well as institutions. It is patterned in many essentials after the British Council which has been operative for “:trl 20 y:nn{mlduhu negotiated in the settlement of claims aggregating over $5,000,000,000. i Activities of the American Council low Figures for 1931. BUENOS AIRES, March 5 (#).—Ar- gentina's wheat production for the 1931- 32 season was forecast today in crop estimates of the ministry of agriculture at 6,148,000 tons, a decrease of 173,000 tons from the preceding crop. The statement said the wheat acre- age was 19 per cent less than during the previous season, but the quality of the crop was much higher. Other 1931-32 crop forecasts were: Flax, 2,170,000 tons; oats, 1,005,000 tons, and barley, 481,000 tons, all larger,than last year's crops. will be directed by Dr. Max Winkler, an authority on international finance. Associated with him will be, among others, Dr. Thomas H. Healy of the Georgetown (Washington) School of Foreign Service, Chester Lloyd Jones, dean of the School of Business, Uni- versity of Wisconsin; Edmond H. Jones, former acting president of the Perma- nent Fiscal Commission of Bolivia; Denys P. Myers, director of of the World Peace Foundation; J. R. Mc- Intosh, president of Analyst B Brot. Jonn M. Chapon, a 3 3 mists, a