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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) ture about 24 degrees lowest tempera- tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer, much warmer Thursday. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 35, at 2 p.m. ; lowest, 19, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 I No. 32,095. post office, Entered_as second class matt er ington, D. C. LINDBERGH SEARC TURNS TO SUSPECT HELD IN NEW YORK FOR INVESTIGATION Frank Berg, Now Detained, Was Leading Figure in Alleged Kidnap Attempt Seven Years Ago. POLICE ORDERS REVEAL FEAR BABY MAY BE DEAD Denver Gang Cleared of All Im- plication in Crime—Advisers Look to Rosner, Spitale or Bitz as Chief Hope of Reaching Ab- ductors of Child. JERSEY CITY, N. J., March 15 (#).—The Jersey Journal said today that William Gleason and a woman named Danusek were held incommunicado by police here in connection with inves- tigation of the Lindbergh kid- naping. « They were picked up, it said, as a result of information given by a prisoner in Tombs Prison, New York City, who told of an alleged kidnap plot hatched five months ago, but later aban- doned. By the Assoclated Press. HOPEWELL, N. J., March 15— Investigators went to New York City todav to question Frank Berg, prominent figure in a fan- tastic alleged kidnap attempt years ago, to determine whether any new clues might be obtained from him in the Lindbergh kid- naping mystery. Berg was arrested in 1925 in connection with a reported at- tempt to lure Max Phillips, wealthy collar manufacturer, aboard Berg's yacht. Berg and a woman Phillips said represented herself as a countess, but was really Berg's wife, were never indicted and i ~eafort | 5z, b th: v would be made to find out if there was any possible connection be- tween the alleged attempt to kid- nap Phillips and the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby. Investigators in New York. “Investigators from this office are in New York to question Frank Berg and investigate his activities,” Col. Scht f said in his midmorning bulletin, “Max Phillips came to this office voluntarily,” the bulletin continued, “and related his experience with Berg and his associates in 1925 when an at- tempted kidnaping of himself was frus- trated by advance information. No | interview was had concerning the Lindbergh case. “The information surrendered by Max Phillips will be given the necessary at- tention for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the kidnapers responsible for the attempt upcn him can be con- Rected with this case.” The bulletin concluded with a general statement that the State police in charge of the investigation could not be responsible for statements concern- ing the case given from any other souroces. It said there was nothing new con- cerning a report that a coat had been found near the window from which the baby was taken. No other police de- partments, it added, had reported any definite progress. Baby's Death Feared. | Meanwhile, fears by the police that| the 20-month-old son of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh might be dead were re- | vealed. It became known that police had asked all keepers of incinerators, hotels, apartment houses and city (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) e MANCHURIAN CABLE ASKS RECOGNITION U. S. Unable to Acknowledge Its Receipt, as This Would Imply Existence of New State. By the Associated Press. A 700-word cablegram entered the portals of the State Department yester- day, but officials found themselves un- #ble to admit it had been received The cable was signed Hsieh Chieh- { Shih, minister of foreign affairs at the new Manchurian state, which is headed by the former boy-Emperor of China, Pu-¥i. It asked American recognition To the State Department there is no such state, and even to admit it had received a message from a minister of that state might prove, diplomatically speaking, a left-handed admission of his state’s existence. Likewise it can- ot answer the cable, nor can it give the text for publication. So Hsieh Chieh-Shih's cablegram will wind up in a file where its presence will not constitute recognition of its existence. COMMUNIST .MML BARRED TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, March 15 Ordnance Buildings In CantonBlownUp; Communists Blamed By the Associated Press. CANTON, China, March 15. —This city was shaken as though by an earthquake today when four ordnance buildings were blown up, presumably by Chinese Communists. No loss of life was reported. TOKIO SEES SOVIET APPROVAL OF PUI Russia Reported as Indicat- ing Acceptance of His Choices for Rail Directors. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, March 15.—News from Man- churia today led Japanese officials to express the belief that Soviet Russia will soon recognize officially the new Manchurian state under the dictator- ship of Henry Pu-Yi, former Chinese boy Emperor. A dispatch to the Rengo News Agency from Changchun, capital of the new state, said Russia “informally indicated” it would accept Dictator Pu-Yi's nomi- nees for directors of the Chinese East- ern Raflway instead of the directors appointed by the Chinese National gov- ernment at Nanking. This, Mr. Pu-Yi’s followers were re- ported as saying, would be equivalent to a de facto recognition of the new regime. Changchun authorities already have approached Moscow with the pro- posal, the dispatch sald. The Chinese Eastern Railway is jointly operated by Russia and China. ‘Would Remove Menace. Officials here recalled that Russia negotiated separate agreements with Peiping and Mukden in 1924 regarding the railway, “thereby accepting the | principle of Manchuria’s autonomy,” and that the Sino-Russian Khabarovsk protocol of 1929 also treated Manchuria as a separate political entity. The indication here was that Tokio would be considerably relieved if Russia would meat. the new regime and ad- just her railway interests to it, thereby supporting, in effect, Japan's efforts for a separation of the territory from China proper. Such a Soviet attitude would. officials indicated, lessen the danger of a Russo-Japanese conflict. ‘The Sino-Russian agreement of 1924 provides for the selection of five Chinese and five Russian directors, a Chinese president and a Russian vice president, of the railway. Recent expansion of fluencing Moscow’s decision. The Rus- sian oil trust has captured most of the business in North Manchuria and is ex- panding in South Manchuria at the expense of American and British firms. Insurgent Chief Submits. Another dispatch to the Rengo rom Changchun said Gen. Chinese erilla warfare during the past month against the Japanese and troops of Gov. Hsi Hsia of Kirin Province, met the governor’s envoy yesterday and agreed | to_submit to the new rule. | Resumption of direct wireless service | between Mukden and the United States, which has been suspended since the Japanese occupied Mukden on last Sep- | tember 19 and seized the radio station, | has been promised soon as a result of a decision of the communications de- partment of the Pu-Yi regime to nego- tiate assumption of the old contracts. Since the station was closed the Japanese government system has pro- vided the only telegraphic outlet from Southern Manchuria. A dispatch from Manchuli said 70 Japanese women and children were evacuated from there and sent to Harbin because of fear of a renewal of attacks by Chinese insurgents, and that the 90 Japanese men in the town were preparing to defend it stoutly if necessary. ‘The Chinese insurgents, who are op- posed to the new Pu-Yi regime and to Gen. Mah Chan-Shan's rule as gov- ernor of Hellungkiang Province, were reported concentrating in the vicinity of Dalainor, east of Manchull. A force of Chinese troops which was sent against them ended by joining the in- surgent ranks themselves. FOUR BURNED TO DEATH Father, Mother, Two Children Die in Flames. JEFFERSON, Iowa, March 15 (#)— John W. Dorman, 31; his wife and their two young sons were burned to death early today in a fire which destroyed their home near the Greene County Coal Co. mine. Dorman was a coal dumper at the mine. The other dead were Mrs. Dor- man, 23; Robert, 5, and Wilber Dor- man, 4. he Fp ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1932—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. #¥% REPUBLICAN WETS RENEW FIGHT FOR PLANK ASKING VOTE Resubmission of 18th Amend- ment Seen as “a Way Out” for Party. SENTIMENT HAS GROWN FOR PLATFORM PROPOSAL Drys, However, Confident They Can Defeat Such a Plan in Con- vention Showdown. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The large vote cast yesterday by Re- publican members of the House in fa- vor of resubmission of the eighteenth | amendment has added zest to the drive | made by many of the most prominent | leaders of the G. O. P. for a resub- | mission plank in the party's national | platform this year. Of the 214 Republican members of the House, 97 voted for resubmission and 112 voted against it, with 3 paired and 2 unaccounted for. The vote in the House showed 21 more Republicans voting for resubmission than signed the petition which brought the vote in the House yesterday. Some of these Republicans have been dry and con- tinue to be dry, personally and po- litically. How the dry organizations of the country will consider them, how- ever, in the light of the vote taken yes- terday remains to be seen. If the dry organizations line up against them as backsliders, on the other hand the wet organizations may give them support in the coming (an-nu and elections. The wet and dry question cuts so squarely across the G. O. P. party lines today that the wisest political fore- caster would have difficulty determin- ing whether the Republican party would lose or gain more by taking a wet stand. Seen as “A Way Out.” A resubmission plank, promising the G. O. P. to stand for the resubmission of the eighteenth form either posed. Discussion of the plan for a resub- mission plank for the Republican plat- form engaged the attention of members of the Committee on Arrangements for the Republian National Committee, go met here o although it g:d meeting of the Tities of the mations: tion, h o nat convent ‘which will be picked when the convention meets in Chicago June 14, that will have before it the prohibition issue as it affects the party platform. The demand for a resubmission or referendum plank in the party plat- form has grown apace since former Sen- ator Wadsworth of New York wrote some months ago to Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, chairman of the Repub- lican National Committee, urging that he join with the wets in the Republican (Continued on Page 4, Column §.) CONFERENCE TO WEIGH “MORAL DISARMAMENT” Litvinoff Unsuccessfully Opposes Polish Proposal on Ground It Will Sidetrack Issue. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, March 15. — Proposals for “moral disarmament” were pre- sented to the political commission of the world's arms conference today by the Polish delegation with & request that they be considered by a subcom- mittee. Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet commissar for foreign affairs, replied that “moral disarmament” was not a function of the conference and would tend to side- track the task of physical disarma- ment. The commission nevertheless formed a subcommittee of 20 members to take up the matter, including dele- gates from the United States and Canada, OPEN SUGAR PARLEY Representatives of Producing Na- tions Attend. PARIS, March 15 (&) —Representa- tives of the principal sugar-producing nations, including Cuba and Peru, were present today at the opening of a ses- sion of the International Sugar Council. Among other matters discussed was the refusal of Java to accept a cut in the production quota fixed last year. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March 15.—The wux- tree—you know: “Wuxtree! Wuxtree!” —found itself today in a bit of a jam. At Annapolis, Md., the City Council announced itself last night as sick and tired of having irresponsible newsies shattering the calm of the night with their uncultured baritones bawling “wuxtree!” when there really was no wuxtree at all. At Dover and Dennison, both in Ohio, a similar public repugnance for such street hawking has been manifested. The indignation at Annapolis crys- tallized to the point where the council decided that from now on no ‘“extra” ued;,i&lont ho!f a fl::s::eer can be h“k:t.d I the palice feel, after scanning nead- lines and text, that the news is of (®).—Two hundred pounds of mail from New York containing Communist prop- aganda and addressed to woman teach- ers on the north coast of Honduras have been seized at San Pedro Sula, poliee officials said today. A Communist headquarters has been |though ited in the town of Pimienta, on the Atlantic coast, it was said, many arrests have been ordered. and “‘extra” merit, the paper may be shouted in the muz:u ‘Ot lerwise, no. Annapolis citizens complained newsies have made the nights hideous by “yelling in foreign " They further pointed out that the yells, telligible, were vibrant with excitement, indicating that the hawker was offering for sale news pf the very first magnitude. IRKED BY FAKE CRIES OF ‘WUXTREE,’ ANNAPOLIS PUTS CURB ON NEWSIES | 2 Police to Decide if Headlines Justify Shouts of ‘Extra.’ Yelling ‘in Foreign Languages’ Protested. Some residents said the call “Wuxtree” had lured them omno(flal: their warm firesides into the cold streets; that, at the risk of pneumonia, they had purchased the “Wuxtree” only to find it contained no news of trans- cendental import. This, they said, had & tendency to make them wrathy. Others complained that the newsies should be_ compelled to “shout their ware in English"—a complaint that will col?e :-s a severe shock to newsies, many of whom are very vain l"'-‘“‘t_‘!’l""h‘z abum,r, Ty about their Both the complaining citizenry an the City Council made it clear '.hxt '.hg legitimate “extra” editions, such as are published by the home town newspa- pers, are welcome. The Annapolis com- plaint was made against sellers of un- named “out-of-town” papers, whose cries aroused the public to & high state of enthusiasm which, after the pa had been l’tl';-nducllly perused, fell "'Ke‘r ud. The Dover (Ohio) City Council re- cently. the mayor and chief that | of t-of-town “extras” to | leave Dennison without further ado. He |said iney wore guilty of * disorder] “From Press The Star’s () Means Associated Press. to Home Within an Hour” carrier every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 125,275 system covers TWO CENTS. THE GREAT OPEN SPACES OF DAKOTA! JNSIN LADNGHES ATTCK ON LOANS Hits “Greed”-of Financiers and Cites Big Loss to U. S. Public. By the Associated Press, Summarizing the Senate Finance Committee’s investigation of foreign loans, Senator Hiram Johnson told the Senate today that American losses were due to the “greed” of international banks and “smug complacency and supine indifference” on the part of the Government. The California Republican, who spon- sored the investigation of American losses in foreign bond issues, startled the Senate with the fezocity of his at- tack on international.bankers. In a scathing denunciation of their activities, he said they had given “no thought to the impoverishment of American citizens who trusted them and acted apparently only for the profits.” Cites Colombian Loan. Johnson made his more vigorous at- tack on loans to South American coun- tries, which, he said, were made to “maintain dictators in er,” “made to go hand In hand with concessions” and “‘sometimes made simply to obtain securities of unproven value, to foist upon the American people.” He directed particular attention to the $4,000,000 advance by the National City Bank to Colombia in 1930, shortly after the government of that country restored the valuable Barco oil conces- sion to the Mellon-owned Gulf Oil Co. and other American interests. “Whatever excuses may be made,” he said, “however, tightly the lips of American Representatives abroad may be sealed, despite the pretense of pro- tecting confidential communications that only International Banks may know, we find the controversy about the Barco concession running side by | side with the controversy about with- held money of the National City Bank, and the concluding episode of the con- troversy, the passage of the Barco con- cession, and the payment of the amount of the loan withheld. “Thus the Mellon interests received their ‘due,” the Colombian government got its money, and the State Depart- ment kept its secrets.” Scores Stimson's Secrets. In mentioning the State Department secrets, Johnson referred to Secretary Stimson’s refusal to turn over to the committee except confidentially the messages exchanged by the department in reference to Barco concession. A $4,000,000 loan, which had been contracted for by the National City Bank the year before, was finally for- warded to Colombia 10 days after the Barco concession was restored. Johnson said that “neither by word nor deed,” was the Government “able to do aught for those who hold” '$100.- 000,000 of Colombia bonds facing pos- sible default. “It can, however,” he said, “when the occasion, in its opinion demands it, act for the Barco concession owned by the Mellon or the Morgan interests in Co- lombia and be the go-between in a short-term loan of the National City Bank to that country.” ‘Turning to the $415,000 commission id to Juan Leguia, son of the former President of Peru, for aiding in the negotiation of $100,000,000 of loans to that country, which are now in de- fault, Johnson said: “If this sum had been paid by the international bankers and they them- selves had furnished the money, and it was now their loss, we might pass it by with a mere reference, but the bribe, for bribe it was, paid for the privilege of selling unsound Peruvian “"(Continued on Page 5, Column 17.) S Bt et Autoist Dies of Injuries. MOUNT AIRY, N. C, March 15 (#). —Rudolph Worrell, 17, of Hillsville, Va., injured when his automobile overturned near here yesterday, died last night in a hospital here. e “MARTIN’S SUMMER” By Vicki Baum Begins on Page C-8 of TODAY’S STAR i uamne 7 = L i ' of Midnight Is Limit To File or Mail Returns on Income Today is the last day for filing income tax returns on last year's earnings. Here are important facts: Every single person with $1,500 or more net income, every mar- ried couple or family head with $3,500 or more net income, and every person or couple with $5,000 or more gross income must,file a return. These returns must be made even though exemptions and deductions may save the makers from paying tax. At least one-quarter of the tax due must be paid today. A penalty of 25 per cent or more awaits those who fail to make their returns or get them in the mail by midnight tonight. The Government expects not more than 2,000,000 persons to pay tax this year. First-quarter payments are not expected to be more than $200,000,000. BIG LOSS FEARED IN INCOME TOTALS Quarterly U. S. Tax Returns, Due Today, Expected to Hit New Low. By the Associated Press. From a much-reduced arm’ of in- come taxpayers the Treasury today re- ceives returns on the earnings of last year, learning for the first time just how great an income shrinkage has oc- curred since the years of booming pros- perity. The Government will be lucky, offi- cials believe, if the first-quarter pay- ments, which must be made with the returns by the dead line of midnight tonight, ‘amount to as much as $200,- 000,000. This means their maximum expectation for 1931 income taxes is not far from $800,000,000. Big Shrinkage Expected. Not more than 2,000,000 persons are expected to pay tax this year, while a year ago approximately 2,500,000 con- tributed. Taken by fiscal years, receipts during the term from last July to next June are not expected to total more than $1,000,000,000, which is the lowest amount received for such a period since the jncome tax law went into effect in 1917, In 1923 they hit the previous low at $1,600,000,000. Ever since then they had climbed until a peak of $2,410,- 000,000 was received in 1930. If the first-quarter collections total in the vicinity o;agz'o%o‘;)ondooo ;g:ry :gl;] compare with ,000,! a 3 8559'.)000,000 lns 1930 and $601,000,000 in 1929. Several Days Required. It will be several days before the total of collections can be learned, as they are gathered and tabulated at widely scattered internal revenue offices and not reported officially until paid in to the Treasury. Last figures on the Treasury condi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) KANSAS CITY GRANTED CONTROL OVER POLICE State Supreme Court “Home Rule” on Democratic Administration. Confers By the Assoclated Press. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, March 15. —The Missouri Supreme Court in a decision today gave Kansas City “home rule” over its Police Department. The department has been operated under the direction of commissioners appoint- overnor. ed'l'bge%l: - nt, under the control of Republicans for more than 11 years, will pass to the Democratic City ad- ministration under today’s decision, which held the Kansas City metropoli- tan police law to be unconstitutional. ‘The law was knocked out chiefly be- cause the statute conferred upon the police board “an unrestrained discre- tion” to appropriate from the Kansas City revenue whatever sum it necessary and “in doing so, it del to the police board the power to tax, in violation of organic la S by P B Italian Jobless Increase. RO! March 15 (#)—Italy’s unem- g ot e B 1 96,000 ?nn:'mnn One-1¢ of that number receive government aid. | D. C. J0BS GROUP TOASKU. 3. FUNDS Committee on Employment Votes, 23 to 8, for Public Works as Relief. The District Committee on Employ- ment today adopted by a vote of 23 to 8 a resolution requesting the District Commissioners “to ask Congress for an appropriation for public work for the purpose of relieving unemployment in the District of Columbia.” The vote followed an acrimonious debate of sev- eral hours. ‘The fight for the resolution was led by Father John O'Grady, director of the Catholic Charities. The against it was led by District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan. When it came to a vote, however,,Donovan did not vote. Face Fund Shortage. . The mesting was called to discuss prormv! of the committee’s funds, which have been supplied by the Community Chest. The committee faces the necessit; April 1, duced scale ting mrm:;:a m:ge wdco&ung ch- erating April and the - tive Committee was authorized to seek additional funds, although no source was specified from which the funds were to come. The original motion suggested that the Community Chest be asked for additional funds. hen El- wood Street director of the Community Chest, who was present, was asked if the Chest would furnish the money, he declined to answer, saying that it must be passed on by the Executive Com- mittee. ‘The question of asking for an appro- priation was first raised by Leifur Mag- nusson, director of the International Labor Office. He pointed out that the question of furnishing relief for the unemployed was a question-of finding capital, and that what immediately confronted the committee was where to find the capital. Wants Direct Relief. ‘The committee had before it a re- port by a subcommittee, suggesting an appeal to the Community Chest for a small additional sum. Father O'Grady opposed any second appeal to the Chest, | and favored direct public relief, which, he said, was available in every city of the country except in Washington. Chairman E. C. Graham of the com- mittee pointed out that if an appeal were made to Congress for relief funds, the appeal properly should come from some organization dealing with family relief, and not from the Employment (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) UNDERWOOD STRICKEN Ohio Representative Taken to Naval Hospital. Regreunhnve Mell G. Underwood of Ohio was taken suddenly ill at the Farm Board today and was removed to the Naval Hospital in an ambulance. Capt. P. S. Rossiter of the Naval Hospital said Mr. Underwood's condi- tion “apparently is not very serious at present. “He had a slight fainting spell at the Farm Board, and was brought down here right away,” he said. “So far as we have been able to tell, he is practically all right now.” France to Admit More Wheat. PARIS, March 15 (#).—The ministry of agriculture today increased the amount of foreign wheat permitted to enter the country from 25 per cent to 30 per cent of the total amount in breadmaking. the | certain exemptions and limil would EFFICIENCY BUREAU URGES 12 CHANGES IN ESTATE TAX BILL |Report to Senate Committee Recommends Revisions in Mapes Draft. ‘EQUITABLE APPLICATION’ OF STATUTE IS SOUGHT Amendments Affect Exemptions, Method of Valuation and Raules of Computation. Although favoring an estate tax as | 2 source of revenue in Washington, the Burcau of Efficiency, in its report to the Senate District Committee, recom- mends 12 changes in the bill drafted by the Mapes Committee of the House on this subject. Five of the amendments affect the important factors of exemptions, method of valuing the estate and the rules for computing the tax. These revisions are urged by the bureau to bring about “a more equitable appli- cation of the law.” Five other modifi- cations are intended to facilitate ad- ministration of the law. The bureau also suggested two minor new sections. $750,000 D. C. Increase, Using $750,000 as the amount that would be raised by the Mapes estate tax bill, the bureau found the effect of the measure “would be to increase the Dis- trict revenues by that amount and to reduce the revenues to the Federal Government approximately $600,000.” This reduction in Federal revenues would come from Federal estate taxes, to which Washingtonians are already subject, and from which the United States ‘allows an estate to deduct all similar taxes paid locally up to a limit of 80 per cent of the amount due the Federal Government. “Because of the 80 per cent credit allowed by the FPederal Government | the net additional cost to decedents’ estates under the proposed bill would be surprisingly low,” the bureau report- ed. “Even in the case of a large es- tate the additional cost would not ex- ceed 2 per cent of the net estate. This, of course, would be in addition to any estate tax paid to the Federal Government. Credited to District. “Under the proposed law the estate 1| tax receipts would be credited to the O80t | revenues of the District of Columbia. | Although not large they would consti- tute ;v;?-l‘fifldmh'hwh the District is 5 » S o £, sub) to tations, a tax be imposed on estates of deceased persons at graduated rates from 1 per cent on a net estate not in excess of $50,000, to 15 per cent of an estate over $5,000,000. The bureau pointed out that the bill contains a provision to the effect that if the local assess- ment did not equal 80 per cent of the tax levied by the Federal Government, an additional tax would be imposed by the municipality, the purpose being to give the District the full benefit of the 80 per cent credit allowed by Uncle Sam. Most of the States have ar- ranged their laws so as to get this full 80 per cent that wculd otherwise go to the Federal Government if there were no State levies. Two Interpretations. ‘The bureau told the Senate commit- tee, however, that the section of the Mapes bill containing the graduated scale of rates is liable to two interpre- tations as to the method intended to be followed in computing the tax. To illustrate, the bureau shows further on (Continued on Page 11, Column 1.) $100,000 LOOT RECOVERED SHORTLY AFTER ROBBERY Bandits Believed Cornered Woods Near Clinton, Iowa, After Hot Pursuit. By the Associated Press. CLINTON, Iowa, March 15—One hundred thousand dollars stolen from the City National Bank today by five robbers was recovered on a farm three hours after the hold-up, by John and Arvid Flood, farmers. The bandits are believed to have stopped at the farm, changed their clothes, thrown away their guns and left the money because of hot pursuit. Sheriff E. R. Cooke later sald he be- lieved that four of the robbers had been ::;ne;ed in a woods near Shafton, a urb, 229,320 JOBS FOUND Drive to Create Million Places Nears Quarter Post. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 15.—The race to find a million jobs for the workless neared the quarter post today. The United Action Campaign for Employment reported yesterday the total of people returned to activity as wage earners was 229,320. Minnesota stands at the top of the list of States. She has reported 23,- 345 positions found. in 150 SQUATTERS LE FT HOMELESS AS WORKERS BURN THEIR SHACKS Employes of Brick Company Start Fire Under Police Protection to By a Staff Carrespondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, March 15.—Approximately 150 squatters, who have been living in|ipne shacks on the property of the West Brothers Brick Co., in South Washing- ton, were forced to seek other shelter today when employes of the brick com- pany set fire to the shacks in which they were living. For some time the brick company and citizens of the community h"e:fi Rout Colony. of the Highway Bridge. Today mem- bers of the Arlington County police force were called upon to guard the employes of the brick company while conflagration took place. At the time the fires were started, oc- cupants of the shacks were on a nearby dump. Within a few minutes, how- ever, they had all arrived at the scene RAICHLE INDICTED ' ONPERIURY COUNT INPITTS DEFENSE Attorney Also Charged With Obstruction of Justice in F. H. Smith Co. Case. FORMER BANKER WEARS HANDCUFFS TO COURT New Yorker Alleged to Have Urged Miss Schneider to Tes- tify Falsely. Frank G. Raichle, New York attorney and law partner of former Assistant Attorney General William J. Donovan, was indicted here today on charges of subornation of perjury and obstruc- ton of justice in connection with the F. H. Smith Co. case. One of the prin¢ipal witnesses against the attorney was the man he defended on criminal charges in Dis- trict Supreme Court 14 months ago— G. Bryan Pitts, former head of the Smith Co. Pitts was escorted from the District jail to the court house by Deputy Marshal Gus Cerimele. The former mortgage banker was brought in hand- cuffed despite his vigorous protests at this precaution. The indictments were returned before Justice James M. Proctor, after the grand jury had declined to hear Raich- le's testimony. This decision of the Jury was a surprise, as he had been in- mede to appear by the Justice Depart- nt. “That's pretty raw,” Raichle com- mented when informed the indictment had been returned him. Aroused by the refusal of the grand jury to hear him, Raichle appealed to Justice Proctor after the indictment had been returned. He said he informed the court he had received a letter from the Attorney General assuring him he would be ¥1ven an opportunity to state his side of the case to the grand jury and he could not understand the in- dictment be! returned without come pliance with assurance. .1\1.!&1"1;‘2‘“i Pmt:ty u:ar ukldvued him he had no auf e any action matter, Raichle said. = ol Contains Four Counts, The indictment against Raichle was in four counts, the first charging him with subornation of perjury in pro- curing Miss Helen L. Schneider, Pitts' confidential secretary, to testify falsely Bty the‘ plea l‘:u;htemem filed consp -embezzlement indictment on which Pifts and two as- sociates were tried. removed some private papers from files Pitts had stored there. It was said she left these papers lying on a table in the loft, where they were sul ent was claimed the indictment was in- valid by reason of this allegedly illegal sel izure. The _indictment returned today (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) STOCK PRICES GAIN AFTER EARLY LOSSES Market Turns fipmrd as Recent Heavy Liquidation Shows Signs of Completion. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 15.—The stock market turned quietly upward today, as recent liquidation dried up, and sentiment improved. The market appeared to have re- covered from the shock of the deaths 01;“ two internationally famous capital- A little irregularity cropped out soon after the opening, but the list generally firmed in the second hour. Eastman, after sagging a point, recovered its loss and sold nearly 2 points above yester- day's close. Kreuger and Toll, seo heavily sold yesterday, rallied fraction- ally, and International Match preferred gained more shan a point. Among shares gaining a point or so were Allied Chemical, Drug, Southern Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Noranda, Royal Dutch, North American, Ameri- can Telephone and Consolidated Gas. Santa Fe rose 2. United States Steel advanced fractionally, Call money re- newed unchanged at 2'; per cent. HOME_MINISTER QuITS JAPANESE CABINET Nakahashi’s Resignation Believed Move to Strengthen Defense Against Opposition Attack. By the Associated Press. ‘TOKIO, March 15.—Tokugoro Naka- hashi, home minister in the cabinet of Premier Inukal, resigned late today. Nakahashi's resignation followed & conference with Premier Inukai. Ob- servers saw in the move an attempt to strengthen the cabinet’s defenses ia preparation for expected attacks of the opposition in the special session of the Parliament which opens March 18. The home minister, as head of the police, was severely criticized because he continued in office after the explosion of a bomb near the carriage of Em- peror Hirohito January 8. According to the orthodox Japanese procedure in such cases he would have taken respon- sibility for the incident and handed in huurullaxnuhn 5 e expected to be succeeded Kisaburo Suzuki, minister of justice. Financier's Daughter to Wed. and were making desperate efforts to retrieve their few belongings left in the shacks. ‘W. Harry Johnson, game warden, ac- companied the police and seized what appeared to a valuable police dog the shacks. The dog NEW YORK, March 15 (#).—Dor- othy, the 22-year-old daughter of Charles V. Bob, financier, be mar- ried Thursday to Andrew Cook McGill, Hawallan hotel owner. They plan to live in Hawaii.