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“From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness, probably fol- lowed by occasional rain late tonight or tomorrow; warmer t. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 62, at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 39, at 6 a.m. to- L 4 da: Closing N. Y. Markets, Full report on page 9. es 14 and 15 ch ¢ Fpen ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNI No. 32,118, post office, Was Entered as second class matter shington, D. NG EDITION ny Star. WASHINGTON, D. (., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1932—FORTY-SIX PAGES. UNABLE T0 AGREE ON BAN ACAINST IMPORT DUTIES Senate Democrats, in Con- ference, Favor Quick Pas- sage of Revenue Bill. SUPPORT OF MILLS PLAN URGED ON COMMITTEE | Representative of New York Board of Trade Asks Elimination of “Punitive Taxes.” By the Associated Press U. S. MAY SUSPEN TO MEET EC |Stimson Proposes Cl BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson | has proposed to the Senate Committee on Appropriations the temporary clos- ing of some 12 American embassies and legations and 15 American consulates abroad as an alternative to the 10 per cent reduction of the total operation costs of the State Department. The total budget of the State Depart- ment is $15,192,148, of which $9,409,000 is spent in salaries in the department and the foreign service, $1,034,000 is| required by treaties and acts of Con-| gress, and over $900,000 is required | for the annual cost of rentals of diplo- matic and consular offices. | The Appropriations Committee re- | Senate Democrats sought unsuccess- | fully today to agree that new taxes on | imports should be barred from the | billion-dollar revenue bill. | In a party conference held while the | Finance Committee was hearing new ob- jections to the stock and bond transfer levies and the high taxes on business, the Democrats expressed themselves in favor of prompt enactment of the measure to balance the budget and said they were willing to work on it on a non-partisan basis. No Sales Tax Discussion. The conference did not discuss the | general sales tax. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the leader, said “apparently the action of the House on the subject is regarded as conclusive.” The bill already carries levies on oil and coal imports. In the hearing, the views of Secretary Mills that high taxes on industry. estates and stock and bond transfers would hamper industry were supported by M. L. Seidman, representing the New York Board of Trade. He proposed that there be no tax on bond transfers and that the tax on stock sales be re- duced from !4 of 1 per cent to 4 cents a share. Opposition also was - expressed to levies on sporting goods. Quick Action Wanted. After the Democratic meeting, Sena- | tor Robinson said “the general opinion seems to be that the revenue bill should be acted upon as promptly as may be consistent with fair deliberation.” “It is not contemplated that partisan action shall be taken, the design being Committee the to give the FPinance benefit of the thought of the members of the Democratic conference and to se- cure for the conference full informa- tion as action in the committee pro- gresses,” he said. Senator Connally, Democrat, Texas, announced to the conference he in- tended to propose a scaling up of the surtax brackets on higher incomes, but no specific figures were mentioned. Further Meetings. Robinson said no attempt was made to bind the Democrats on specific pro- and none would be made He announced further meetings would held next week in an effort to securc as great “concert of action” as possible by the party. “Many of the members, including the chairman,” sajd, ‘“expressed thought that tariffs should be dealt with separately. This phase of the matter 15 to be resumed at the next meeting.” Senator Thomas of Oklahoma told the cohference he would insist that the oil import tax be retained. Senator Hayden of Arizona demanded a copper Jevy. Senator Dill of Wasbington favored the wood pulp duty. | Mention was made of the stock| sales tax carried in the House bill, but | (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) REMEMBERED IN WILL, STORE CLERKS SURPRISED | St. Louis Woman Leaves $200 Each | to 22 and $500 to Another After Promises. be | tually assured them seats at the con- the | gate at large. quired the State Department to cut | down 10 per cent of the total expendi- tures This, Secretary Stimson does not believe practical. D EMBASSIES ONOMY DEMAND osing Offices Abroad to Comply With Request for Smaller Appropriation. In a letter addressed to Senator Wes- ley Jones, Republican, of Washington, chaiiman of the Appropriations Com- mittee, he states: “Rather than to at- tempt to bring about the desired econ- omies by general reductions in the ap- propriations which would impair the efficlency and morale of the entire de- partmental and foreign service organi- zation and make effective work more difficult, the interests of the Govern- ment would, in my opinion, suffer less by temporary closing of scme 12 em- bassies and legations and 15 consulates in countries and places where that can be done without irretrievable damage to American interests, dispensing with the services of Ambassadors, Ministers and consuls there, and placing the care of our interests in such countries, with our represeneatives in nearby coun- tries, Some 100 or more American clerks might be dispensed with and their places filled by foreign clerks at lower salaries.” Of course the Sec _Of course the Secretary of State (Contlnued on Page Column 7.) 6. 0. REGULARS LEAD IN'WISCONSIN 16-11 Evdge Over La Follette | Forces as Count Progresses. Connecticut for Hoover. By the Associated Press. | MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 7.—A tabu- | lation of returns from 2,076 of the State's 2,845 precincts today gave Con- servatives a 16-to-11 advantage over | the La Follette Progressive faction in the contest for control of the Wiscon- sin Republican delegation to the na- tional convention. The Conservatives were out i with 4 candidates for delegate-at-large and 12 district candidates, although the | margin between Progressives and Con- | servatives in several districts was small. | The Progressives controlled eight dis- | trict seats and three delegates-at-large. Democratic Slate Victorious. ‘The entire slate of six Democratic delegates at large and 19 district Demo- cratic delegates pledged to support Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for President apparently were a: of election on the basis of the same re- turns. An independent Democrat, who ran on the platform of “Al Smith and prosperity,” held the lead in the fourth district, Senators Robert M. La Follette, jr., and John Blaine, and Theodore Dam- mann, secretary of State, were the big vote-getters on the Progressive Repub- lican tickst. All held leads which vir- vention. Harry Dahl of La Crosse and George Mead of Wisconsin Rapids headed the individual totals b the conservative candidates for dele- Conservative Republicans, in the 2,076 precincts, polled 682,695 votes for delegate at large against 714,512 for the Progressives. The Roosevelt- ledged Democrats, in the same num- r of precinets, polled 577,427 votes for delegate at large against 402,637 for the uninstructed delegates. The un- pledged Democratic slate, headed by John M. Callahan, national committee- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) e HITLER WINS SUIT Leader of Nazi Party Given Ver- dict in Libel Action. i KIEL, Germany, April 7 (#)—Adolf | Hitler won another libel suit today against a newspaper which charged him with plotting revolution. The court held that while there was By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, April 7—For 20 years| Mrs. Gussie Grenner had told favorite sales clerks in downtown department stores, “I'll remember you in my will.” The clerks smiled at her pleasantry. Her will filed in Probate Court yes- terday bequeathed $200 each to 22 clerks and $500 to another. The clerks were amazed and unbelieving when told of the bequests today. WILL DEFY Indian Nationalists to Meet De- BRITISH | spite Government Ban. | BOMBAY, April 7 () —Despite the| government’s ban on a meeting of the Nationalist Congress called for April 24, Mrs. Saropini Naidu announced today that she was making all preparations to | hold the ccnvention as scheduled. | “This may result in my arrest and | that of other Nationalist leaders,” the| woman rebel-poet said, “but the con- gress must go on. The government can- not suppress us by laws or threats.” JOB TOTAL NOW 443,947 Work Found for 11,487 Yesterday in United Action Drive. | NEW YORK, April 7 ().—Officials| of the united action campaign to find a | million jobs for the unemployed report that their total has grown to 443.947. Yesterday, they said, 11,487 were added | #a returns from 34 States. | were aghast today when, coming to the | much evidence against the National So- clalist party, Hitler himself could not be held responsible, inasmuch as his | assertions laying claim to knowledge of everything that happens in his party appeared to be little more than bragga- docio. Hitler won a similar suit earlier | in the week. SETS JOB BUREAU VOTE I Senate Commerce Committee Will Decide on Wagner Bill in Week. By the Assoctated Press. The Senate Commerce Committee to- day agreed to vote a week hence on the bill of Senator Wagner, Democrat, New York, establishing a Federal em- ployment system. This measure was vetoed last session by President Hoover. COINS MADE IN JAIL Warden Found to Circulate Coun- terfeit Money. GENOA, April 7 (#)—The police | end of the trail in a search for counter- feiters, they discovered that excellently made spurious coins of 5 and 10 lire were being turned out by convicts at Marassi Prison and circulated by the warden. The discovery caused such amaze- ment that the chief government prose- cutor has taken charge of the case and all the counterfeiters have been placed in solitary confinement. “JAIL FOR GANGSTERS” TICKET VOTED IN POWER AT CICERO, ILL.| Chicago Suburb, Scene of Redeem Reputation. By the Associated Press. CICERO, I1Il, April 7—This village of 66,000 on the western fringe of Chi: cago, once & headquarters for Capone hoodlums and scene of many bloody gang episodes, is out to redeem its rep- utation. Its residents, speaking through bal- lots in the municipal elections, have swept aside Republican rule of 16 years and placed in the president’s chair Jo- seph G. Cerny, a Democrat, who cam- paigned on a platform of “jail for the gangsters and pay rolls for public em-| loyes.’ . "’l;;dutrlbks must go!" was Presi- dent-elect Cerny's first post-election cement night as he busied imself with preparations for what he sald would be an intensive clean-up. Gang Terrorism, Is Out to It was in Cicero Rosetta Duncan, the musical comedy star, had her nose broken and charged burly policeman t. There William McSwiggin, young assistant State’s attorney, fell under gangland bullets. There “Scarface Al” Capone, as an unknown young hoodlum, fought for underworld supremacy beside Johnny Torrio, his “master.” And there Ca- pone’s older brother Frank was slain by | | police. For years a center of the beer trade and vice to the police and Federal men, Cicero is going to reform. “Most of the citizens are of foreign extraction,” said President-elect Cerny. "T}'ley' are hame-‘mml people and u: only for perce good government. They'll get & y b § ECONOMY PARLEY ASKED BY HOOVER House Committee Invited to White House After Re- quested Suggestions. BY J. RUSSEL YOUNG. In respcnse to a demand from the Special Economy Committee of the House that he submit specific recom- mendations for reduction of Federal expenditures, President Hoover today invited the committee to meet with him at his cffice Saturday morning to take stock of the work of the committee and | afford the President an opportunity to make suggestions. Chairman McDuffie said the committee would accept the invitation. Mr. Hoover, in his quick reply, ex- pressed the cpinion he believed such a meeting wonld produce an interchange of ideas that would probably lay the foundation for the development of a practical national economy program. The President suggested in his let- ter that he would continue to urge that a similar committee be appointed by the Senate in order that there would be no need to traverse the whole sub- ject again. This was in lne with the President’s recent suggestion in a mes- tha tee of representatives of the Executive to work out a definite economy program, rather than have the subject threshed out by several committees working in- dependently as is now the case. Saturday Hour Set. Mr. Hoover's letter to Mr. McDuffie follows: “My dear Mr. Chairman: “I am in receipt of your letter of April 6. 1 greatly welcome the response of your committee to my suggestion that the fiscal situation necessitates honest, courageous and non-partisan action in the development of a national economy program and the preparation of a defi- nite comprehensive bill that will assure its accomplishment. With this purpose in mind, I would be glad if your com-; mittee would meet with me at office at 11 o'clock on Saturday morn- ing, April 9, with a view to taking stock of the progress made by your committee in the development of a program of economy and affording the Executive an opportunity to make suggestions. Through the interchange of ideas we can best lay the foundation of such na- tional program. “It, s my understanding that your suggestion carries with it the thought that in such development the represent- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) WILKERSON EXPLAINS CAPONE SENTENCE Senate Committee Holds Secret Judge's Letter on Overturn- ing Agreement. By the Associated Press. Judge James H. Wiikerson of Chicago, in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Sub- committee considering his nomination to the Circuit Court, explained today his reasons for overturning the agree- ment for sentencing Al Capone to 2%; years on a plea of guilty. The letter was in reply to-a request from the committee for his views on the case, but Chairman Borah did not make it public. Recelpt of the letter marks the final phase of the committee’s inquiry into the fitness of Wilkerson. A meeting is expected to be held within. the next day or two to vote on his nomination, ‘Wilkerson rejected a recommendation of District Attorney Johnson that Capone be sentenced to two and one- half years after pleading guilty. The case went to trial and Wilkerson sen- tenced him to 11 years. Johnson in testimony before the committee said he felt the judge had done right. GREECE SEEKS FUNDS Premier Communicates Needs to France and England. ATHENS, April 7 (#).—Premier Eleu- therios Venizelos has written Premier Andre Tardieu of France and Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon of Great Britain urging the necessity of immedi- ate financial assistance for Greece and the acceptance.of the Greek proposals to the League of Nations Council in their entirety. ‘The premier probably will leave to- morrow for Geneva. PLATINUM 6ISCOVERED SEWARD, Alaska, April 7 (®.— Rumors prevailed here today that Jack McCord, a promoter, has discovered Ehfln\lm. pearing sands on Chirikoff d and was planning to start im- mediate development of & mine. Chirikof Island is southwest of Kod- kiak Island in the North Pacific Ocean. 1t is often called Ukamok, and is spelied diversely. | REPORT ON PAY CUT MEASURE PLANNED WITHIN FEW DAYS Bill Understood to Provide Slash of 10 to 11 Per Cent in Salaries Over $1,000. McDUFFIE ANNOUNCES UNEXPECTED PROPOSAL |Byrns, Former Economy Group Head, Says Issue Has Not Come Up in Last Two Weeks. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. The special Economy Committee of the House is planning to report out its bill to reduce Government salaries about the middle of next week, Chair- man McDuffie admitted today, although Chairman Byrns of the Appropriations Committee, who was formerly chairman of the Economy Committee, and other members declared the question of reduc- ing salaries had not been discussed for two weeks. There were reports today that the bill would provide for cuts of 10 to 11 per cent on all salaries in excess of $1,000. Representative Williamson of South Dakota, a member of the committee, said the question of reducing salaries had been definitely laid aside until other fields of saving in Government expendi- tures had been explored. Chairman Connery of the House Com- mittee on Labor, who has been sponsor- ing the efforts of labor leaders from the 48 States to secure sufficient pledges from members of Congress to defeat any salary reduction bill, said today that he 1ad not been advised regarding plans for bringing in the salary reduction measure next week. Promised Ample Notice. More than a week ago, when Repre- sentative Connery was organizing his gorres for a conference of House mem- ers in opposition to the salary-reduc- tion measure, he was promised he would be given ample notice before the pay- cut bill was brought in. Chairman Byrns of the Appropria- tions Committee .said he expects to re- port the legislative appropriation bill to the House early next week, to follow the independent offices appropriation bill, now being considered in the House. It was explained by the Appropriations Committee that Monaay Is the earliest day on which the legislative bill can be reported out of committee. “The salary reduction bill will very likely be reported to the House within @ day or two after the legislative -m— priation bill has been reported,” Chair- man McDuffie said. He said the plan to have the salary reduction measure placed ‘as an smendment on the legis- tive appropriation bill would offer an opportunity for members of Congress to register their will regarding cutting their own salaries. More Items in Program. “The salary reduction bill which we expect to report,” said Chairman Mc- Duffie, “is but one item in our economy program. We are preparing to report an economy program which we believe will make a very considerable saving in the costs of government.” Later, Representative McDuffie re- peated the statement on the floor of the House when he became engaged in a short debate with Representative | Stafford, Republican, of Wisconsin, fol- lowing a somewhat similar sharp alter- this | cation between Representative Sim- mons, Republican, of Nebraska, and Chairman Byrns of the committee. The Republican members were hec- kling the Democratic leaders because the Economy Committee has been in session for six weeks and brought out no substantial economy legislation. The Republicans charged the Demo- | crats had refused to act on the request of President Hoover that he be allowed to consolidate the departments, and had also refused to appoint a joint committee to act with him in effecting economy. The Democratic leaders said in re- ply that nothing like the number of economy proposals that® Representative Simmons charged had been presented. “We are willing to accept any sugges- tion made not only by the President, but by any member of this House,” said Representative McDuffie. “We are going to present a program. We will save some money for the Government.” Connally Proposal Argued. Meanwhile, in the Senate a propos | by Senator Connally, Democrat, Jf Texas for a salary reduction in the Government service above $2,000 drew a reply from Senator Brookhart, Re- publican, of Iowa, leading opponent of pay cuts, who argued that the amount caved by pending reduction bills would be insignificant. Senator Connally is the author of one bill which would make a tempo- rary reduction in all salaries above $2,000, including members of Congress. ‘The bill was referred to the Civil Serv- ice Committee, of which Brookhart is a member, and during the debate today (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) 'STRIKE AT HOSPITAL AS 27 LOSE JOBS 53 Employes, Including 18 Women, Walk Out—Policemen Protect Non-Union Attendants. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 7—Thirty-three em- ployes of the County Psychopathic Has- aital, including 18 women, went on strike today in protest at the dismissal of 27 other employes yesterday. It was called by the Building Service Employes' In- ternational Union. Half a dozen police- men were on guard at the hospital to iprotect five non-union attendants brought from the Cook County Hospital to care for patients. Jerry Horan, union head, said the strike would be extended t. teamsters, mechanics and other union hospital workers unless the 27 were returned to work. A $166,000 reduction in the hos- pital budget made the staff reduction n ecessary, officers said. Attendants were transferred from the gunty hospital to take the places of sty ose striking. Dr, Francis Gerty, superintendent of the hospital, said the institution was functioning smoothly despite the strike. He said, however, he regretted method of economy was to discharge smployes and while he could operate the hospital without the strikers he la- mented their Noted Fiyer Unable to Gain Altitude Because of Soft Field. Taken From Wreckage Un-: conscious at Worcester, Mass., Airport. By the Associated Press. WORCESTER, Mass., April 7.—Capt. | Prank M. Hawks, famous speed king of the air and holder of several trans- continental records, was seriously but not critically injured shortly after 10 o'clock this morning when he crashed into a stone wall while attempting to take off from the Worcester Airport. He was planning to go to Boston to gas his plane and then to New York. A soft field forced Hawks to attempt @ take-off from a dirt road cutting across the airport, but this proved un- satisfactory to the famous fiyer and he then took off across the field. Unable to gain the 70-mile an hour speed | necessary fo lift his ton-snd-a-half | ship from the fleld, his plane plowed through underbrush and then struck rocky ground, overturning completely | FH¥ (#) Means Associated as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 124,824 TWO CENTS. Press. CAPT. HAWKS IS SERIOUSLY HURT AS PLANE CRASHES IN TAKE-OFF d'| White men on the jury when the (Continved on Page 2, Column 6.) COMPLETE ACCORD | ON DANUBE FAILS Hopes Dashed, Afternoon Session of Full Confer- ence Is Called Off. LONDON, April 7 (#).—The Four- Power Conference called to consider the economic problems of the Danubian states will adjourn to- morrow without having come to an agreement, it was announced tonight. By the Associated Press LONDON, April 7.—Representatives of the four-power conference consider- ing relief for the Danubian countries failed to reach a complete agreement this morning as they had hoped to do, and a meeting of the full conference scheduled for this afternoon was can- celed. Instead, the heads of the delegations —Prime Minister MacDonald, Pierre | Flandin of Prance, Dino Grandi of | Italy and B. W. von Buelow of Ger- | many—continued their conversations, | trying to reach a basis of agreement. Delegation heads let it be known that reports of a split at yesterday’s meet- ing had been exaggerated in some sec- tions of the press. Reparations Talk Denied. It was admitted there are differences of opinion on such questions as to whether Bulgaria will be considered a Danubian country for the purpose of these discussions, but it was empha- sized that this conference does not plan to set up anything more than the foundations of an arrangement to as- sist the Middle European countries. No ultimate solution is expected from this meeting and no remedies sug- (Continued on Page 2, ALANC ING THE BUDGET" A TIMELY SERIES ON GOVERNMENT EX- PENSES AND REVENUE By David Lawrence IS NOW APPEARING DAILY IN The Star READ TOMORROW ABOUT *Need for Clarification™ PARAGUAY, BOLIVIA END LONG DISPUTE Agreement of Reported Ratified by Two Countries. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, April 7.—Foreign Minister Lamas said today Ministers flll Paraguay and Bolivia, between whom differences have existed for many months, have notified him, under in- structions from their governments, that a set of principles of peace between the two government has been ratified. Boundaries Disputed. Paraguay and Bolivia have long been at odds over their international boun- dary lines in the jungles of the Gran Chaco, a dispute which frequently led to armed conflicts. In recent months delegations of the two countries have been in Washington to conduct peace negotiations with the 8id of the good offices of the American Government, and among the most im- portant recent proposals has been a plan for & one-year truce offered by Bolivia. Discussion of this plan was interrupt- ed early in the year by minor clashes along the hazy border line that mean- ders through the wilderness of Gran Chaco. Latest reports of unrest came from Salta, Argentina, last Sunday, where it was reported that Bolivia was gather- ing troops in the Gran Chaco territory. This report followed-Bolivia’s rumored rejection of Paraguayan counter-pro- posals to their trupe suggestions. In this triangular area of 100,000 square miles there is a settled portion extending about 40 miles westward along the course of the navigable Paraguay River. Foreigners Own Ranches. Interests of nationals of the United States, Great Britain, Germany and |, . Canada operate chains of stock and ag- ricultural farms. Among the chains are those of the Gibson Bros., one of whom, Sir Herbert, heads the British Chamber of Commerce of Buenos Alres. Another large ranch chain is held by the Paraguayan Land & Cattle Co., an American concern in which the late Tex Rickard, famous fight promoter, held an interest for some time. Under a charter from the Paraguayan government a Mennonite agricultural colony of some 3,000 persons, most of them Canadians and Germans, engages agricultural pursuits farther up the river near Puerto it ‘The opposing lines of ivian outposts in the Chaco that the Mennonites may now actually be behind the Bo- livian lines, and one of the ranches in terested has of the activity Graf Passes Brazilian Island. FERN. April 7 (). The Graf Zeppelin flew over this island this mx on her second trip of the year from ich- shafen to Pernambuco. Boundaries | ANDO DO NORONHA, Brazil, AV 1R / /%; PRI O OB 'RACES INFLUENCE - JURY SELECTIONS Prosecution Favors Orientals and Defense Anglo-Saxons for Fortescue Trial. (Copyright, 1932, by the Associated Press.) HONOLULU, April 7—A jury as cosmopolitan as Honolulu, “melting pot of races,” is in prospect for the mur- der trial of Mrs. Granville Fortescue and three naval men charged with the lynching of Joseph Kahahawai, Ha- waiian. : Seven races were represented by the 12 men tentatively seated at the open- ing of the fourth day of the trial today. They have Clarence Darrow, veteran criminal attorney, admittedly as nearly “stumped” as he ever was in his life. Commenting upon the prosecution's elimination of white veniremen in rapid-fire order with peremptory ch’llw- gray-| dicted there will be \ goes to trial, probably tomorrow. Darrow Is Puszled. With a wry smile the 'grizzled vet- eran said that, for the first time in his 54 years of law practice, he was a little puzzled when tal to prospec- tive jurymen. And one of the reasons is that a lot of the jurymen in Hono- lulu have slant eyes. “I can't quite make it out,” Darrow said slowly as he rested from his labors of fencing with the prosecution over the completion of the jury. “I've had pretty fair luck with juries, but some | | of these I can't quite tell about. | “I never tried a case before Chinese | jurymen. Probably, though, they are no_different than anybody else.” The tentative jurors at the opening of today's session were three Ameri- cans, two Chinese, two Hawaiians, a Swede, a Scotchman, a German, a Portuguese and a Chinese-American. All, however, are United States citizens. The number of Anglo-Saxons, whom Darrow has seated whenever possible, was depleted rapidly by the prosecution when it began exercising its 24 per-| emptory challenges, 8 of which were used before adjournment yesterday. Preponderantly Oriental. Darrow countered by removing Ha- | wailans and Orientals with as many peremptory challenges. But the new| panels drawn are pi derantly Oriental and Hawaiian, fivin( a distinct advantage to the Terr) 3 Darrow predicted that of the 48 permissible peremptory challenges would (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) | CHIEF COUNSEL MARR ‘ QUITS FINANCE UNIT | Reconstruction Corporation Direc- tors Have Not Chosen Succes- sor to Utah Man. By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, April 7.—G. A. Marr of Salt Lake City has resigned as chief counsel of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. A Washington dispatch to the Tribune last night said the directors accepted Marr’s resignation with regret. His successor has not been chosen. Marr, who returned to Salt Lake City yesterday, told the Tribune he went to Washington with “the express under- standing that I would be able to serve only a short time during the period of the development of the corporation’s organization.” “That work is now well under way,” Marr said he e; ed to resume work with his law firm here. LINDBERCH ASKS NORFOLK TR T CONTINUE SEARCH Negotiators Hold Themselves in Readiness to Make “Contact Trip.” HOPEWELL OPTIMISTIC DESPITE LACK OF FACTS Police Deny Child Has Been Re- turned to Home of Parents or Grandmother. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., April 7—Rear Ad- miral Guy H. Burrage, retired, said today that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has renewed his request that efforts be continued by the three Norfolk ne- gotiators to recover his kidnaped baby. The spokesman said the intermedi- aries are holding themselves in readi- ness to leave, if necessary, at any time on such another mission as made by John Hughes Curtis, who yesterday brought back assurance that the baby was well and that he had made con- tact with the kidnapers. Ask Search of Home. NEW HAVEN, Conn, April 7 (#)— Police of Hopewell, N. J., asked local officials in a letter yesterday to search a Norwalk street building for an un- disclosed clue in the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby. e There is no' Norwalk street in New Haven, but there is a Norwalk avenue in Norwalk. The request was turned over to police of that city. HOPEWELL OPTIMISTIC Police, However, Deny Child Has Been Returned to Home. HOPEWELL, N. J,, April 7 (#).—The village of Hopewell, tingling for days with a vague feeling that Charles §. Lind] h, jr, would be home long before this, had to salve its disappoint- ment today with a message out of the void: “The baby is well.” John H. Curtis, gone since Satur- day. from his Norfolk, Va, home to keep a rendezvous with a person he looks upon as an agent for the kid- napers, relayed the words of cheer. He made his announcement on his return yesterday, adding that during his four-day absence he had met Col. Charles A. time gave definite indications of a connection between the Norfolk boat builder's jous move- ments and two flights colonel .r:‘; 's aries, payme had been arranged. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the State police, declared there was no sig- nificance in the fact lights have been burning in the nursery from which the baby was stolen March 1. Police finally abandoned any hope that Henry (Red) Johnson, suitor of Betty Gow, the baby's nurse, could give them any clue in the kidnaping. They announced they would turn him over to immigration officials Monday to face an lcfi:unnon of entering the country y. From the Massachusetts shore came reports of a vain hunt for a man and a (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) PENNSY MAY HALT ELECTRIFYING WORK Informs Meyer Loan Is Needed Soon to Carry Out New York- Washington Project. By the Associated Press The Pennsylvania Railroad has in- formed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation that unless a loan is forth- coming within a short time it will be necessary to halt work on the New York to Washington electrification project. The railroad has an application be- fore the corporation and the Inter- state Commerce Commission for & $55.000,000 loan to be used in electri- fication work this year. A. J. County, vice president, in charge »f finance for the railroad, wrote Eugene Meyer, chairman of the board of the corporation, that his project contem- plated an expenditure of $124,000,000 during 1932 but that owing to business conditions this had been cut to $68,000,- 000. The meney would be suppli County sald, by the $55.000,00) loan and from funds already in the carrier's treasury. The letter said the expenditure would bave a general beneficial result on busi- ness and unemployment. GUNBOAT CREWS MUTINY GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, April 7 (P).— The crews of the gunboats Tarqui and Cotopaxi mutinied today apparently hinder the disembarkation 'of Ge Leonidas Plaza Gutierrez, former Presi- dent of the republic. Unwise Old Bequests Cited By the Asscclated Press. CHICAGO, April 7.—Here's a $350,« 000 premium for the horses if they ever stage a comeback. ‘The premium is a trust fund estab- lished by & man in the “horse and buggy” era solely for building troughs for horses all over the world, with no thought of the filling stations to come. It was cited by Attorney Rush C. Butler yesterday at the confererve of wise old scheme of hife. Henry E. Sargent of New York, rep- $350,000 IS WILLED TO BUILD TROUGHS FOR HORSES OF WORLD at Conference of Federal Council of Churches of Christ. resentative of the American Bakers' As- sociation, declared that even the wise Benjamin Pranklin could not foresee the going of the apprentice system 'when he created a fund for young ap- prentices in Boston and New York. Other speakers told of an old fund establishing a Philadelphia home for retired ministers with a that tobacco and wives be ded, and of the fortune wealthy Mayor Byron Mul- landphy of St. Louls left in 1852 for “distressed immigrants passing through St. Louis to seek homes in the West." Greater foresight in donations and legal steps to remove unwise restric- tions from such bequests were wrged