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WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY NORNING EDITION Associated service. Saturday's Circulation, Sunday’s Circulation. .. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news .122,258 .129,301 ing Star, Entered as seco No. 32,143 post office, Washington, D. C. nd class matter WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1932—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. ##% (®) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HERRIOT APPEARS SURE OF VICTORY N FRENCH VTG Second Election Next Sunday| to Decide Fate of Tardieu Government, RADICAL SOCIALIST PARTY GETS 63 SEATS Official Shows 248 Deputies Named, Leaving 367 to Be Chosen Next Week. Tabulation BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. ¢ PARIS, May 2.—Edouard Herriot and the old-school Liberals, called in France Radical Socialists, are apparently the victors in the French elections. It is necessary to say apparently because un- der the French electoral system there are two ballots. On the first only can- didates having an absolute majority win. On the second for those remaining a simple majority is sufficient. The sec- ond ballot will be held next Sunday. Political maneuvers will be rife| throughout this week, but, in view of | yesterday's vote, Herriot will doubtless | tend to seek the support of the Social- | ists rather than of Premier Andre Tar- | dieu and the Center. In this case a Left | victory appears certain. | The Tardieu government Will prob- ably carfy on until the new Chamber | of Deputies convenes June 1, but will then resign and be succeeded, as far as can now be seen, by a Herriot gov- ernment supported either by Tardieu and the Rignt Center or, what is more likely, by the Socialists. Heavy Vote Is Polled. Yesterday's vote was heavy. What it | seems to signify is that the people of France do not feel that any grave crisis | is threatening or requiring a strong . hand, and hence they tend to drift back to their normal Left Liberal current. Foreijgn policy played a negligible role And if Heir.ot comes to power, French foreign policy will remain, it is insisted, much what it is today, with only this difference, that Herriot may be slightly more conciliatory than Tar- dieu and less inclined to reject a rea- sonable compromise. Outstanding Leaders Re-Elected. Nearly all the outstanding French leaders were re-elected and this led early commentators today to insist that not much change is in prospect. More than half of the Deputies re- main to be elected next Sunday. Herriot in interviews openly claims a big success. The Right leader, Louis Marin, accuses the volers of “blind- ness.” Tardiey, still kept to his room by laryngitis, thus far has said nothing. (Copyright. 1932.) 248 DEPUTIES SEATED. Herriot’s Radical Socialists Get 63 Places in French Chamber. PARIS, May 2 (M.—A slight but nevertheless definite trend to the Lib- eral left in yesterday's preliminary elec- tion of the Chamber of Deputies was confirmed by the summary of the min- istry of the interior today. This offic’al tabulation showed that 245 Decuties, or more than one-third of the Chamber, had been seated by the first vote. The remaining 367 seats will be filled in next Sunday’s run-off, with the exception of four colonial seats, ‘which will be decided later in the year. ‘The largest numerical group gaining 8 definite place yesterday were the Rad- ical Socialists of the veteran mayor of Lyons, Edouard Herriot, who got 63 seats. Thus encouraged, the Radicals (Lib- erals) began a new intensive campaign to transform the movement to the left into a pronounced victory. They hoped | to have weaker candidates, including | some Socialists, to withdraw, thus mak- ing their success certain. Similar maneuvering appeared among the Conservatives of the right and the right center, the groups which form the present government of Premier Andre Tardieu. POLICEMAN SLAIN PROTECTING CABMAN Greenville, S. C., Shooting and Es- cape Follow Supposed At- tempted Hold-up. By the Associated Press. GREENVILLE, 8. C, May 2—Officer A. B. Hunt, 27, was killed last night as he sought to question two men who had called John Austin, colored, taxi driver, d asked him to take them to Tucapau. Austin sald he suspected the call, ‘Which came from a lunch room, was a plot to rob him, and before answering it he drove by police headquarters and suggested that an officer follow his taxi. a and C down £ let. fied into the d upon the twe h nd th came from the taxi While the officers were preparing to take the prisoners to the police station, & third man came up and opened fire. As the officers were returning the fire of the newcomber, & brown automobile pulled up alongside them and two men | L€ in it began shooting at the officers, who by that time had exhausted their own sammunition, The new arrivals picked up the other three and fled in their machine. EX-KREUGER AIDE HELD Accountant Is Sixth Man Seized in Probe of Match King. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 2 (#).— e newspaper Dagens Nyheter sald |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 7) 'RICH GROCER POSTS | elder Miller was informed by telephcne w = Takes Off in Rain on Fcurth Trip ) men to sur- | 60 Cents a Dozen Paid for Crow Eggs, But There’s a Reason CONGRESS 15 ASKED 10 PARDON MASSIE; “HUNG JURIES™ HIT [Crisp Offers Legislation to Free Four Convicted in Honolulu, By the Associated Press O'NEILL, Nebr., May 2.—Farm- ers are receiving 60 cents a dozen for crows' eggs in Holt County and only 8 cents a dozen for hens' eggs. The county pays & bounty on crows or their eggs and this is the breedirg season. MOVE FOR DRY LAW VOTE GAINS GROUND Minnesota G. 0. P. Action| Spurs Drive for Plank in National Platform. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Minnesota Republicans in State con- vention Saturday gave another big boost to the drive to have the G. O. P. place in its national platform this year a plank calling for resubmission of the eighteenth amendment. | Minnesota now stands side by side with Missouri in this demand for a re- submission plank. Republicans in both these States in the past have insisted upon favoring the dry side of the pro- hibition controversy. The action of the Republican State Convention in Minne- sota does not necessarily commit the Republicans to the wet cause, it was pointed out here today. It merely pledges them in favor of placing the national prohibition issue before the people again for a vote, The demand for resubmission of the eighteenth amendment Las been strong for a long time among Republicans of the Eastern States, including New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and more lately Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. It appears now that the Republicans in Western States are rallying to the posi- tion taken by their Eastern brethren The Republicans of Illinois and Wiscon- sin have been favorable to the plan of resubmission in the past. But they were regarded as “oases” in an arid West. Minnesota Organization Regular. | In Minnesota the Republican organi- zation is quite regular as a general proposition. It bends its ear toward Washington and the administration. ‘The action of the Minnesota State con- vention might not have been taken, it was said here today, if the administra- tion had turned thumbs down. Further- more, out in Missouri, when the Re- publicans in State convention declared for a reference of prohibition back to the people for a vote, Secretary Ar- thur M. Hyde, a member of President Hoover's cabinet and for many years accounted a strong dry, gave his san tion to the plan. Mr. Hyde, indeed, a tended the convention. The demand for a resubmission plank in the Republican party platform started more than a year ago. Former Senator | James W. Wadsworth of New York wrote a letter to Senator Fess of Ohio, | United States be considered citizens. chairman of the Republican National | Representative , Blanton, Democrat, Committee, urging that the G. O. P.| Texas, remarked that “something else stand for resubmission of the eighteenth | ought to be done for American women amendment. Senator Fess turned his|in the islands.” back on the suggestion. And for months He criticized Circuit Judge A. M. it did not appear likely that the Re- | Christy for having refused to let a publicans in national convention would|mnd jury fail to find a true bill go to the length of placing a referen- | against Lieut. Massie and the others dum or resubmission plank in their plat- | who were convicted for the Kahahawai form this vear. Little by little, how- killing. ever, the sentiment swung toward re- SENATE ACTS TO BAR DEADLOCK ACQUITTALS Approaching New Trial of Ala Attack Case Spurs Speedy Action on Measure. Moana By the Assoclated Press. A bill to prevent “hung juries” from freeing the four men charged with at- | tacking Mrs. Thalla Massie, wife of a | naval officer, in Honolulu was passed today by the Senate. The measure was approved without a dissenting voice a short while after Representative Crisp, Democrat, of Georgia, had introduced a measure in the House to pardon the four Ameri- cans convicted of manslaughter in the slaying of a Hawaiian. Senate passage came only a few min- utes after the Territories Committee had favorably reported the bill by its chairman, Senator Bingham of Con-| necticut. He explained to the Senate that im- mediate enactment was necessary to avoid the possibility that the men ac- cused of attacking Mrs. Massie might be freed by a “hung jury” in their sec- ond trial, which is about to be held Recommended by Richardson. A jury disagreed in the first trial. Hawalian law provides that two suc- cessive disagreements shall operate as an acquittal. Referring to the Hawalian statute, Bingham said “it is a law we were not familiar with and never consciously approved of { The bill carries out the recommenda- tions of Seth W. Richardson, Assistant Attorncy General, sent to investigate | conditions in the island after Joseph Kahahawai, one of the defendants, had | | been killed. In connection with the killing, four Americans, including Lieut. Thomas Massie and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Granville Fortescue, have just been convicted of manslaughter in a spectac- ular trial. What will happen to the Crisp move for a congressional pardon remains to be seen. Blanton Criticizes Judge. A short flare-up over the outcome of the recent trial in-Hawali today inter- rupted House proceedings while it was approving the Houston bill to let women born in the Hawailan Islands before annexation and who now live in the “No judge ought to be allowed to coerce a grand jury,” Blanton sald. | Text of Crisp Bill. The Cricp bill read as follows “Whereas, the United States of Amer- ica exercises complete sovereignty over | its Territory of Hawail, and whereas, | under an act of Congress the Governor of the territory is delegated the au- thority to grant pardons to convicted persons in criminal cases, but such delegated authority in no wise prevents Congress from exercising its complete sovereignty and will over the said Ter- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) KIDNAPERS’ VICTIM FOUND NUDE ON ROAD. Texan Abducted, Driven to Buffalo and Robbed of $6,000, He Tells Police. $50,000 RANSOM “Secret Six” Is Asked to Aid in Hunt for Kidnaped Joliet Youth. By the Associated Press. JOLIET, Ill, May 2—The kidnaped yeer-old Gustev Miller has not re- turned home as yet, although $50,000 ransom was reported ready for his abductors and an intensive private search was being carried on today by his wealthy father. An uncompleted telephone call traced to the haunts of the notorious “42” gang of Chicago turned the search in that direction yesterday, but nothing ‘was known of the identity of the caller, as he hung up before a connection was made with the home of the father, Max Miller, a wholesale grocer, The family's attorney, W. D. Helse, lanned to leave for New York today, ut ce:lined to divulge the mission’s purpose. Nor would he report on any succass he might have had in a hurried I, Friday after the > By the Assoclated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y, May 2—A man who said he was Pedro Salinas, 25, of San Antonio, Tex, was found nude, | walking along the Lake Shore Highway | today. He told police he had been kid- | naped in San Antonio and robbed of nearly $6,000 A search was begun for three men | in a sedan with New York, Oklahoma or | Texas license plates, as Salinas caid | they carried three sets of plates The three were armed, Salinas said, and kept a close guard over him as the |car traveled north from San Antonio. He said the kidnapers demanded he wire his wife for more money, and when he refused, they stripped him and threw him out of the car. _——————— STATE WINS TAX SUIT | 865,000 Due Kentucky on Dade Park Race, Court Decides. FRANKFORT, Ky, May 2 (&) — Circuit Judge H. Church Ford today hald the Commonwealth was entitled to $65,000 for back taxes of the money | :zhsunched at the Dade Park race track <3 t August. The court overruled the 2 (A).—The Gral Zeppelin took off In| contention of James C. Ellis, Owens- a pouring rain at 5:03 am. today on| boro, president of the club, the money its fourth trip of this year to Pernam- | had been set aside exclusively for buco, Brazil, in command of Capt. Ernst | purses, and sustained the Common- hmann. wealth's attachment. trip to Auro.a, where his son's car would be found The young man disappeared Thursday night. ~His father has refused co-oper- ation of the police, but it was reported he had sought assistance of Chicago's famous “secret six.” The police said they would not take part in a search until requested, but declared they have learned four men in an automobile bearing Ohio license plates were the abductors. GRAF FLYING TO BRAZIL of Year. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, May LAUGHS AT HOLD-UP DANGER, BUT GIRLS SAVE HIS $500 Young Blade Flees Later When Two Dancers Use Heelsl On Bandit. By the Associated Press | A little later when Jimmy and the oday another accountant formerly em- ployed by the late Ivar Kreuger, Swedish match king who committed suicide in 3 in March, was arrested today in ection with the investigation into 's affairs. his makes the sixth man held in pnnection with the inquiries. Programs on Page A-13 NEW YORK, May 2—It was 4 am. | ¢y girls alighted from a cab a man in s night club. A young blade named | yitp, g gun did try to take it. He went Jm d‘D‘:u::" ’55:: as he paid his| goun peneath a barrage of fancy toe d rothy Bachman and Sally | yces and he was & sorTy sight when a Harrier, dancers, who were his guests, | policeman picked him up. He gave his told him such things weren't done. name %s H;nry Kaiser, 25, and sald he “T'd just like to see anybody try to|Was & butcher. | take it" he boasted; “I'm primed £or | soorm o BF frouhs. Bot ta scene long before his girl com trouble.” had finished their task with the butcher, woa CAPONE IS DENIED REVIEW OF CASE Gang Chief Must Start 11-| Year Prison Term as Tax Evader. Al Capone was denied a review by the Supreme Court of his conviction for evading income taxes. | The ruling meant that America's most notorious gangster had lost his last legal chance of escaping his 1l-year sen- tence. “Scarface Al” is now in jail in Chi- cago. Confined there since his sen- tence by Judge James H. Wilkerson, he | probably will be sent to a Federal | prison in a few days. | Reasons Not Given. As is customary, the court did not give its reasons for refusing to open the case. It previously had refused to in- terfere with sentences imposed on Ralph Capone, Al's brother, and other mem- | bers of the Capone gang convicted for | faflure to pay income taxes. | Capone was indicted on June 5, 1931, | on charges of evading his 1925, 1926 and 1927 Federal income taxes. In addition to his 1l-year sentence, he was fined $50,000. The penalties were confirmed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on February 27, 1932, and on March 23, 1932, he was denied a rehearing. Limitations Statute Cited. In his plea for a review Capone ar- gued the Indictment agairfst him was defective because it was worded in gen- | eral terms, which did not give him | sufficient information to prepare his de- fense. His lawyers also raised 8 number of | other technical points. The Govern- | ment in reply argued that the indict- | ment was good and that the conviction | should stand. SENATE CONTINUES WILKERSON INQUIRY| Judgeship Is Referred Back to Subcommittee for Further Hearings. By the Associated Press. The Senate Judiciary Committee to- day referred back to the subcommittee the nomination of Judge James H. Wil- kerson of Chicago for promotion to the circuit bench. Chairman Norris announced the ac- tion was taken to permit further hear- ing of Donald R. Richberg, attorngy for the Railway Labor Executives' As-| sociation, which is one of the leading | groups fighting the nomination of the Chicago jurist, who sentenced Al Capone to prison. Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho | is chairman of the subcommittee which by a one-vote margin recently recom- mended that Wilkerson be confirmed. Chairman Norris said Richberg, in a message, had asserted he had been “subjected to maliclous attacks and wrongfully charged” with many things in various statements before the sub- committee and wanted an opportunity to be heard further. The action was taken without a record vote. STIMSON AND PARTY EMBARK WEDNESDAY Secretary Goes to Cannes on Way to U. S. After Motor Trip From Geneva to Grenoble. By the Associated Press. GRENOBLE, France, May 2.—Secre- tary of State Henry L. Stimson and his party left here this morning for Cannes on their way back to the United States. Mr. Stimson came here last night from Geneva by automobile. He will embark for the United States Wednes- day. He decided last week to return home after he was twice unsuccessful in an effort to break deadlocks affect- ing two important problems in Geneva, Franco-German relations and the Franco-American disarmament impasse. ECONOMY URGED IN ITALY | Year's Income Not to Exceed Es- timated $0825,000,000. ROME, May 2 (#).—Italy's estimated income for the next that amount by $75,000,000. The Par- liament was urged to slash and trim ‘wherever poss Racing Auto Used By Mussolini Kills Peasant on Road By the Associated Press ROME, May 2—Leandro Ar- pinati. Italian undersecretary of the interfor, who drives the same racing car that Premier Musso- lini uses, struck and killed a peasant on the Rome-to-Ostia auto strada late last night, it be- came known today. The peasant was walking on the thoroughfare, where pedes- trian traffic is prohibited. Signor Arpinati and his com- panion, Giuseppe Zanetti, presi- dent of the Italian Foot Ball Federation, were tossed cut of their car. The undersecretary suffered a broken arm and Signor Zanetti's nose was broken. LNOBERGH ABSENT FOR SEERAL DAY Destination Secret as Curtis, Returns to Norfolk and Prepares to Leave Again. By the Associated Press. HOPEWELL, N. J, May 2.—Reports were current here today that Col Charles A. Lindbergh was not at his home in Sourland Mountain and that he has been absent for several days. The reports could not be confirmed. The fiyer is reported to have left his estate several days ago on a secret mis- sion in connection with the search for his son, Charles Augustus, jr., who was kidnaped on the night of March 1. State police stationed at the Lind- | bergh house have steadfastly declined to comment on the colonel’s whereabouts. CURTIS PLANS NEW CRUISE. Movements Carefully Guarded, With Navy Base Closed to Visitors. NORFOLK, Va., May 2 (#).—A weary | negotiator for the return of the Lind- bergh baby alloted himself today a brief rest from one trip before arranging for another attempt to recover the child. John Hughes Curtis, one of three Norfolk intermediaries returning last night from a cruise aboard the yacht Marcon, announced he planned to leave again immediately, He declined to discuss details of his latest trip—the ninth since the nego- tiations were started in March. Just before the return of Curtis orders were issued at the naval oper- ating base barring all civilians from the entire base. Previously, since naval men have been playing a prominent | part in the negotiations of Curtis, civil- fans were denied entry to the air sta- tion and the submarine base, the latter the base of operations for the Marcon. T. P. Tolbert, deputy prohibition ad- ministrator for the Norfolk district, said he was convinced that three men held here as alleged rum runners had no connection with the kidnaping. The | Federal official also discounted the theory that the men might be connected | with the Purple gang of Detroit. Police said the three were among the 21 men arrested by Federal authorities in South Carolina on March 15 on charges of liquor law violation. A note- book, which police said belonged to one of the men, contained the nota- tion, “Linay, pm.” and a cross mark opposite the date March 1, the night the Lindbergh baby was stolen. In- spector T. D. Petty of the Norfolk Police Department, said he attached no particular importance to the item, be- lieving it to have been entered along with other events interesting the owner. GIRL ON ILE DE FRANCE IS SECOND STOWAWAY By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2—The liner Te de Prance, which arrived recently with a bogus Russian grand duke as a stow- away, was on its return voyage to France today, this time with a girl stowaway. The French Line offices received a wireless from the ship saying that 17- year-old Ada de Smitt had been dis. covered on board. The message cam as the girl's father, an unemployed dia- mond cutter, was in the line’s offices inquiring if any word had been received of his daughter, whom he had not seen since she went to see a friend off on the liner Saturday. On its last westward journey the Ile de Prance had as stowaway Harry Ger- guson, alias Michael Romanoff, who slept in & dog kennel and mingled with first-class passengers several days be- fore his dece] was discovered. He has_been returned to Prance, not having been able to prove his Amer- ican citizenship. 'GEORGE 0TS SMITH WIN SENATEFEHT Supreme Court Holds He Is Entitled to Power Com- mission Post. The Senate lost its fight with the | President today when the Supreme | Court declared Chairman George Otls | Smith of the Federal Power Commission was entitled to hold that office. | The court, in an option by Justice | | Brandeis, held the Senate was without | authority to recall the nomination of Smith after it had advised the Presi- dent of his confirmation and Smith had | taken the cath of office. |SENATE AGENTS OPEN STOCK INVESTIGATION { cosiels !Scene of Inquiry Shifts From Capital to New York as Probers Begin Study. By the Associated Press. | 'The scene of activity in the Senate stock market investigation shifted to- | day from Washington to New York. | Investigators for the Senate Banking Committee were understood to have | started work on records of the stock | cxchange and brokerage offices in| search of abuses which might call for | legislation. | | Meanwhile, everything was at a| standstill at commiitee headquarters in | | the Capitol. Chairman Norbeck was in | South Dakota for his primary contest and Wiliam A. Gray, the committee counsel, was at his home in Philadel- hia, Pl b Gray said before leaving here Satur- day he would go to New York about | Wednesday of this week to supervise | the work there. | | " Other members of the committee | were not informed of the detailed op- erations of the investigators. The investigators were instructed to | study most carefully the operations of | a score of pools, on both the “bull” and “bear” sides of the market. 'TEXAS ELECTION LAW SET ASIDE IN APPEAL Colored Voter’s Claim for Suffrage Right in Democratic Primary Wins Decision Here. | By the Associated Press, | The Texas election law which a col- ored voter claimed denied him the right | to vote in a Democratic primary was set aside today by the Supreme Court. The court, in an opinion by Justice | Cardozo. declined to pass on whether political parties in the various States had the right to prescribe the qualifi- cations of their members and deter- mine who should be permitted to vote at_party primaries. ‘The opinion pointed out, however, that the action by the Texas Democratic Executive Committee was based on au- ;h!orlty given in an act of the Legis- ature, Canadian Town Burns. QUEBEC, Quebec, May 2 (#).—Re- | | ports today from St. Felicien, in the | Lake St. John district, said that a fire | there late yesterday destroyed 17 houses, comprising a large part of the village, The reports said the fire had burned | itself out just before reaching the | church. TAX BOOST VOTED |0DDIE PROPOSES BY SENATE GROUP ONWIRE MESSAGES Telephone and Telegraph JOINT CONFERENCE ON ECONOMY PLAN White House Hopeful Fur- Rates Increased Over House Figures. COMMITTEE PROVIDES GREATER EXEMPTIONS Reed to Move for Rubber Import| Duty, With Prospect of Demo- cratic Support. Increased telephone and telegraph tax rates were voted today by the Sen- ate Finance Cormittee in_modifying the House revenue measure, but greater exemptions were alloved. The committee accepted a motion by Senator Bingham, Republican, of Con- necticut, exempting all telephone and telegraph messages of less than 50 cents. House Rates Changed. The rate was made 10 cents on mes- sages between 50 cents and $1: 15 cents on messages between $1 and $2, and 20 cents on messages of more than $2 ‘The House provided rates of 5 cenls on messages between 30 and 50 cents and 10 cents on all messages over 50 cents. An’ import tax on rubber was seri- ously considered today by the com- mittee. Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn- | sylvania, indicated he would move for | the rubber import duty. Prospect of | Democratic support was in sight on the ground the propssal was purely a revenue raising one rather than a tariff, since no rubber is grown in this country. $50,000,000 Yield Estimated. A duty of 5 cents a pound will net $50,000.000 apnuelly, it was estimated by Senator Watson, Republican, In- diana. The Senate Committee cut the rate on leased wires from 10 per cent to 5 per cent and all exemptions for | newspapers and radio broadcasting were | removed. The tax runs from 15 days after enactment of the bill until July 1, 1934. ‘The committee was almost unani- mous in removing the exemptions voted by the House for newspapers. Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut alone voted against removal of the exemption. All Leased Wires Affected. The exact language of the new tele- phone and telegraph provision was not available immediately, as the commit- tee continued in work in executive ses- sion. It was understood, however, that the leased wire rate of 5 per cent would apply to all telephone and telegraph leased wires. ‘The general 10 per cent admissions tax in the House bill was approved and the exemption dropped down to include all tickets of 45 cents and over. The House had the exemption at 45 cents and it was contended in the com- mittee that movie theaters would be able to avoid the levy by dropping the rate to 45 cents. So, the exemption was dropped a penny. Exempts College Events. ‘The committee did vote to exempt admissions to all collegiate and scholas- uc events. An attempt by Senator Reed to exempt base ball admissions was dafeated. Another boost in the tax on brewers' wort from 10 cents a gallon to 15 cents was ordered. The House fixed a rate of 5 cents. The levy on malit sirup was cut from 4 cents to 3 cants a pound. The House increase in the stamp tax on bond issues from 5 cents per $100 to 10 cents was approved by the com- mittee. The controversial stock transfer levy was reached, but discussion was put over ulll'.ll later in the day, with no proposal nding. Admiufuem to the forthcoming Olym- pic Games to be held in Los Angeles were exempted from the 10 per cent tax on motion of Senator Shortridge, Re- publican, of California. FAMILY OF 6.IN AUTO KILLED BY CRACK TRAIN Machine Is Demolished at Grade Crossing Near Marshfield, ‘Wisconsin, By the Associated Press. MARSHFIELD, Wis, May 2—A crack Soo Line passenger train on its first run from Chicago to Minneapolis killed six persons, wiping out an entire family, when it struck and demolished an automobile at a grade crossing near here yesterday. All the members of the Irvin Riemer family, the father, 32; his wife, 30, and their two children, Donald, 12, and Lois, 3, were killed. Irvin's brother, Joseph, | 47, and his wife, 37, were the other victims. Joseph’s daughter, Gwendolyn, 8, suffered a broken back and doctors sald she may die. STULL VOTE CERTIFIED New Pennsylvania Representative Gets Election Papers. HARRISBURG, Pa., May 2 () —The State Elections Bureau today issued a certificate of election for Howard W. Stull, Republican. who was elected to Congress from Cambria County last | Tuesday for the unexpired term of | former Representative J. Russell Leech, | resigned. Stull's term expires next March 4. Stull was elected with a_plurality of 400 votes over George E. Wali, Democrat lough Will Go Through In- stead of Pay Cut, BLANKET APPROVALS DENIED BY GARNER Speaker Says Slashes by Senate Must Be Examined Carefully by Homse Group. The suggestion that leaders of the Senate and House hold informal con- ferences to co-ordinate their efforts to- ward Government economy was ad- vanced today by Senator Oddie, Repub- lican, of Nevada, as hope for favorable action on President Hoover’s furlough plan for Government employes was re- vived at the White House. Optimism that the furlough plan would emerge from Congress in leu of a flat salary reduction was expressed this morning by two House Republican leaders after separate calls at the White House. Representative Snell of New York, Republican leader, and his pred- ecessor in that position, Representative Tilson of Connecticut, both told news- baper men partisan polities had played 8 part in defeating the furlough plan. Final Vote Nears. Oddie’s suggestion came at a time when the Senate was proceding with efforts to effect sizable economies through reductions in appropriations while the House had a one-day truce in the fight over the already eymucu- lated omnibus economy bill. The House, however, was prepared for a vigorous contest tomorrow over the veterans' gfi;ztvlslofns lgnl{}e bill, with the possi- y of a final vote la v W(e)dnesday. te tomorrow or ddie, who is chairman of the sub- committee in charge of the $1,059,000,- 000 Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill, expressed the belief that if the Senate goes ahead with a 10 per cent cut in the total of this measure, neces- sitating dropping of a large number of employes, and Congress should later adopt the pay cut in the House omni- bus economy bill, the Government serv- ice would be seriously affected. o Denies Blanket Approval. new element was in; the appropriation sltunt!on]'?:igymg Speaker Garner, who told newspaper men it is not his policy to have the House give blanket appreval to a gen- ‘ejl"‘:l“gghcy of a ?l: 10 per cent re- on_approj n o cut Is ‘made, by the Berais: 1 *uCH Garner recently had the House give speedy approval to the Interior partment appropriation reduction and had been understood to say that if the Senate made such cuts the House would v"u along and give concurrent approt The Speaker explained toda; reference to the te, Jum.lee.’ C:‘l:‘: merce and Labor appropriation bill, which passed the Senate Saturday with a 10 per cent cut, that the House Ap- propriations Committee must make a study to see how that cut was applied. If it is made “scientifically,” as in the Interfor appropriation bill, he said, and could be made without doing injury to Government administration, the House should approve it. But each bill as it comes from the Senate must be studied, Garner said, to see how these cuts are made and to determine whether there has been any radical curtailment that might cripple the administration of public affairs coming under that department. Parley Would Be General. While Oddie’s direct concern is over 'the effect of the 10 per cent cut in the funds of the Treasury and Post Of- fice Departments, his proposal for an informal conference of congressional leaders would apply to the Government service generally. The Nevada Senator has not yet taken any definite steps to bring about such a conference, but merely put forward the proposal today while discussing the Treasury-Post Of- fice bill, as one worthy of consideration. ‘The Nevadan reiterated his intention of asking the Senate to reconsider its action in crdering the 10 per cent cut on the Treasury-Post Office bill, which would mean eliminating $105,000,000 from the total for the two departments. The Senate exempted the $108,000,000 public building fund in ordering the cut, so that the large reduction would have to come from the remaining activ- ities of the Treasury Department and fiom the postal service. Affer their White House calls, both Snell and Tilson said they had discussed economy moves with the President. Cites Individual Fears. Snell said he told the Chief Execu- tive he believed many individual mem- bers of the House would not dare go on reeord against reducing the $2,500 exemption on the pay-cut plan or con- sidering further the furlough pro E Tilson said that “what is hitt! us amidships” is that unless something is done with Federal salary expenditures in the lower brackets, thousands of low- paid workers will be discharged be- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) 30,000 BUILDING MEN STRIKE IN NEW YORK By the Assoclated Press. HOMESTEAD, Iowa, May 2—A 904! ear-old venture in Communism gave way today to the capitalistic system, as the Amana Society became a stock cor- operating under Iowa laws. Imost & century in the United States and long before that in Ger- many, members of the society have shared alike from the gains of their co-operative work. All worke ‘wheth- er farming, tending looms in wool- en mills, or directing the , Te- ceived the same share of food, clothing, other necessitles and such luxuries as zale of surplus provided. COMMUNIST VENTURE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIC AFTER 90 YEARS Society Becomes Stock Corporation, Giving Up System of Sharing Alike From Profits. Familles lived in individual homes, but cooking was done in community kitchens and the meals were served at common centers in the four villages, which form the community. Being a deeply religious organization moving pictures were not shown in the towns, young ladies did not use cosmetics, and until a few years ago motor vehicles were a !lln‘my. o d Beginning today, however, and dur- ing a one-year tional period all members of the soclety will receive 10 cents an hour for work done, each fam- {ly wiil have a home and garden rent free, and goods will be sold at the col= ony stores at cost plus handling charges. i Future of 85000 Unemployed Members of Trades Unions Also Affected. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2.—Approximately 30,000 members of the Bullding Trades Council went on strike today pending agreement on a new wage scale with the Building Trades Employers' Asso- ciation The old agreement expired Saturday. The strike affects not only the 30,000 men who went out today but also the future of 85,000 other members of the council at present unemployed. Among major buflding operations affected by the strike were Rockefeller Center, the Port of New York Authority Bullding, and a score of large construc~ tion jobs. Members of three large bullding trades unions were still at work despite the strike. They are the electricians, structural ironworkers and elevator construction workers, who have separate sgreements with the employera - 4 »