Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast ) Fair and continued warm tonight fol- lowed by showers and thunderstorms to- morrow; cooler tomorrow afternoon and night. Temperatures—Highest, 89, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 66, at 5 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Full report on page 4. No. 32.167. Entered as second class matter post office, Waskington, D. C. SEABURY SEEKING: 10 DESTROY HIM, WALKER CHARGES IN GOTHAM INQUIRY, Mayor Says Probe Is Merely Preliminary to Seeking His Removal From Office by Gov. Roosevelt. TELLS OF “KINDNESSES” BESTOWED UPON HIM Committee Counsel Calls Outburst “Cheap Political Stump Speech.” Bond Deal Linked to Taxi Rate| Bill Vetoed by New York City | Executive. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, May 26.—Angrily charging that his examination before the Hofstadter Leglslative‘ Committee was a preliminary to seeking his removal from office, Mayor James J. Walker today continued his recital of “countless kindnesses” shown him as mayor / of New York. i Today's session began with pleasantries and an exchange of | courtesies between Walker and | Samuel Seabury, chief counsel ofl the committee which for 14 months has been delving into the | city's affairs. { But acrimony soon burst out and the mayvor gave way to the angriest | “Kindnesses” Mayor Has Received Many Concrete Tributes, ° Probe Shows. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 26—"I've had countless kindnesses,” Mayor Walker testified today to the Hofstadter Legis- lative Committee. Among specifications given the coi mittee yesterday and today were: $246,692 from a joint brokerage ac- count with Paul Block, for which the mavor but up no money: $10,000 prefit on an investiment made on the mayor's behslf by Esmond O'Brien: $26.000 from a pool in Cosden Oil. The mayor put up no money. He recelved bonds from J. A. Sisto, banker. DEMOCRATS CALL PARLEY ON RELIE ;Caucus Will Precede Meeting of Bipartisan Insurgents This Afternoon. By the Associated Press. Speaker Garner’s $2,100,000,000 relief program will be thrown open to discus- sion at a Democratic conference called unexpectedly today a few hours before bipartisan insurgents were to hold a meeting on employment measures. The meeting will be behind closed doors. No attempt will be made to bind the party members. Representative Arnold of Illinois, the caucus chairman, will preside. Independents of both Republican and Democratic parties under the ieadership of Representative La Guardia, Repub- lican, of New York, are to meet tonight on relief proposals. La Gnardia plans to offer one of his own. Plan Gaining Ground. Indications that administration cir- cles are looking with more favor on parts of the Garner relief plan reached the House today. The Texas Democrat probably will ch WASHINGTON, outburst yet witnessed in the chamber, | d¢fer for a day the introduction of the which has been the scene of countless verbal implicstions. “Somebody After My Life.” | construction Corporation's capital measure. Garner's proposal to increase from $2.000,000,000 to $3,000.000,000 the Re- for loans to States and political subdivi- “I'm here as a witness.” the mayor sions for productive projects is under- exclaimed after saying that he recog- bury, “but it begins to look as though | somebody were after my life. “It is apparent to me that this is just an examination before trial--that it 1s preliminary to preferring charges | with the Governor asking for my re- mova!.” :bury became just as angry as the T and denounced the latter’s state- “a cheap political stump During the discussion Assemblyman Irving Steingut charged the committee ad spent all but $87.000 of $750.000 | appropriated to the committee. i “All of this monev has been spent by ! coun-el to remove this man from office | and he can't do it!" he shouted. | “That statement is unqualifiedly false. and the assemblyman knew it was when he made it,” Seabury said. Cites Block Account. | The session began with renewed rPf»I‘ erence to a joint brokerage account the | mayor_testified yesterday he had with Paul Block, publisher. The mayor put nothing into the account, but he took | more than $246,000 out of it. “What do you think was the reason for Mr. Block opening the account?” Beabury asked. “I would prefer you ask Mr. Block,"! the mayor replied | Msyor Walker acknowledged that he profited $10,000 by an investment made for him with no expense to the mayor by Esmond O'Brien, a man not pre- wviously mentioned in the investigation. And he told of a dinner in Atlantic City where he was told of a pool in Cosden Oil stock which it would cost | him nothing to enter, “because the | stock had gone up” since the pool was opened. Later he was informed the | pool had $26,000 in bonds. i Resents Counsel's Sneer. ! The whole morning session was fifledi with fireworks, Democratic members or| the committee shouting that if Walker should be removed he would be re- elected by the greatest popular vote ever known, and one minority member shouting that Seabury had been ap- pointed counsel of the committee by the Republican State chairman before | the committee was formied | The mayor himself seemed ever| Teady to start an argument or join one | and at one point halted his testimony | to stare at the counsel table at which | he said some one was sneering at him. “Youre very sensitive today,” re- marked Seabury. Arrives Before Time Set. Today's session was slow getting under way and by the time Seabury and | his staff arrived the court room was al- | ready jammed ! The mayor took the stand three min- i utes before the time he had been noti- ed to appear. n Assem\fi}‘/’mnn Louis Cuvillier made a | motion to strike out all of Walker's testimony yesterday. Walker smiled As' Chairman Hofstadter denied the mo- tion, with the comment: | “I don’t think that would even be fzit to the witness.” £-abury went back to the joint broker- a account with Paul Block, from | v . the mayor testified yesterday. | h_eived more than $246.000 in less | “(Continued cn Page 2, Column 5.) nized the antagonistic attitude of Sea- | maneati, Do (stcod to have met the approval of president of th» Hearings to Be Held. The Texan advocates removal of re- strictions on the corporation in order that it may use its own discretion in making loans. Meanwhile, Garner is understood to be desirous of awaiting further reac- tion to his proposition. Hearings are to be held on the program by the Ways and Means Committee and probably will be concluded next week with House action the week following. Representative Thurston, Republican, of Iowa, in a statement today said when the Garner proposal to extend the pow- ers of the ¢corporation is reached in the House he “will offer an amendment to authorize this governmental agency to loan one-third of the interest which | has matured.” WAVES AND DRIFTW00D DELAY KAYE DON’S TEST Briton Confident He Can Break Gar Wood's Record, But Has Not Tried Boat Yet. By the Associated Press GARDONE, Italy, May 26.— Rough | water and driftwood today caused post- | ponement until this evening of Kaye Don’s attempt on the world speedboat record with his Miss England III Don had the boat out early, but had to stay moored to the dock. Don said he believed his boat was capable of breaking Gar Wood's record of 111.712 miles an hour, but he has he wi iven | not yet timed it on any runs. A motor | e Sonet and e whie | test Monday showed revolutions equiv- alent to about 110 miles an hour. GREEK CABINET CHOSEN TO SUCCEED VENIZELOS Alexander Papanastasiou Holds Premiership and Two Other Posts. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, Greece, May 26.—Alexan- der Papanastasiou succeeded today in | forming a cabinet, the members of which were immediately sworn in. In addition to the premiership, M. Papanastasiou will serve as fense. Kriakos Varyaressos, counselor to the Bank of Greece, who was ap- pointed minister of finance April 22, will retain his ministry. Premier Venizelos resigned last Sat- urday because Congress refused to pass | his financial legislation. ——e Noted Chemist Divorced. RENO, Nev., May 26 (#).—Justus Veth, noted chemist, now employed by the Soviet government in Moscow, was divorced at a private hearing here yes- terday by Mrs, Christine Veth, whom he married October 31, 1925, in Chicago. The decree was granted on grounds of cruelty. £ WITH SUNDAY MORNI CURT NDTHENT I KDNARIG HOAY WEGHEDBY U |Probers Adjourn After Con- | sidering Case More Than Two Hours. | TESTIMONY IS GIVEN BY 3 POLICE OFFICIALS | Prosecutor Also Presents Documen- tary Evidence, Including Con- | | fession of Virginian. By the Assoclated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J, May 26.—The Hunterdon County grand jury consid- | ered the case of John Hughes Curtls, confosscd hoaxer of the Lindbergh case, | for two hours and five minutes today | and when it adjourned there were un- | official reports an indietment had been | voted One indication that a true bill had been voted was teen in a statement of Prosecutor Anthcny Hauck that, if an indictment was voted. he expected to | call ‘about 10 witnesses to support his i cage, including three ?ollce cfficials who testified today and Col. Lindbergh. The prosecutor also indicated that he might iseek to call Admiral Guy Burrage and | Rev. Dean Dobson-Peacock of Norfolk, | Va., associates of Curtis in his negoti- aticns. | While Curtis sat in his solitary cell in | the jail adjoining the court house, the grand jury heard ihree witnesses—police | officials who have been active in the | kidpaping investigation—tell of the | heaxer’s story of his alleged negotiations | with the kidnapers and the effect they | had on the actual search for the kid- naper-murderers of the Lindbergh baby. Prosecutor Hauck precented to the | | grand jury documeniary evidence | against Curtis, including the confes- ! sion of his hoax thet Curtis typed in | the emergency police station at the | Lindbergh home. Officials deciined to discuss anything |that transpired In the secrecy of the grand jury room. Before the session | | | | | | D. C, THURSDAY, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. @ EDITION MAY 26, 1932—FIFTY- Foening Star. TWO PAGES. i TRADER SUSPENDED FOR SHORT SELLING Stock Exchange Takes Its Most Drastic Action for Bear Activities. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 26—The New York Stock Exchange took its most | opened Prosecutor Hauck reiterated a drastic action today against a member previous statement that an indictment. for bear activity thus far in the two- If any was voted, would not be handed | and-one-hal{-year decline up until Saturday morning. | Daniel Manning McKeon, a private The three police officials questioned = floor trader, was suspended for one year, before the grand jury included Capt ! under provisions of the constitution for- J. J. Lamb of the New Jersey State | bidding the offering of stock in a man- police, one of the first police officials to ner designed to demoralize the market. | Trenchard Saturday, he expected that foreign | | minister and minister for national de- reach the Lindbergh home after the! babv was kidnaped the night of March 1. | The others were Incpector Harry | Walsh of the Jersey City Police De- | partment and Lieut. Walter Keaten of | the New Jersey State police. These officers conducted the questioning | which broke down Curtis’ story of his meetings with the kidnapers and brought about his confession of the hoax. Meanwhile police pressed on with their search fcr the kidnaper-murder- ers and acknowledged that they had | uncovered no developments of impor- | tance, and the search of rouges gal- leries by Dr. John F. Condon, Bronx negotiator and the Jafsie of the case awaited his return from a fishing trij to Becket, Mass. | Norfolk Attorney Quoted. The charge on which Curtis has been | | { P | held since a week ago yestcrday in de- | Prevent “selling the market down"—that |and a | fault of $10.000 bail is that of obstruct- | ing justice by giving false information | in the search for the kidpapers. At the conclusion of the grand jury lhurlng today Prosecutor Hauck said that if an indictment is handed up to | Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. i | i a date probably would be set for the ar- | raignment of Curtis, Tuesda; Rcbbi W. C. Pender, Norfolk attorney for | Curtis, who yesterdsy had raid he ex- | pected an indictment, was quoted today from Norfolk as expressing the belief that Curtis was actuated by a desire to help the Lindbergh family. The Nor- folk attorney also indicated a belief that Curtis did not originate and execute | the two months of faked activities with- | out assistance. BRONX FIRE PROBED. probably next y morning before County Judge | Blaze Threatens Home Foymerly Oc- cupied by Dr. Condon. NEW YORK, May 26 (#).—A mys- | terfous fire threatened late last n}h” to destroy a vacant frame dwelling in the Bronx owned by Dr. John F. Con-| don, the “Jafsie” of the Lindbergh kid- ! naping-murder case. | Quickly controlled by firemen, the | blaze did little damage. Detectives be- gan an investigation of its cause and| of nocturnal activities of persons whom neighbors reported having seen recently. | Dr. Condon and his family occupied | the dwelling up to two years ago. JAPANESE ADVANCE | Move From Tsitsihar to Rout Ma's Army From Rail Line. TOKIO, May 26 ().—A dispatch to the Rengo News Agency from Tsitsihar, Manchuria, today said that Gen. Amano's Japanese brigade of veterans | moved northward from there today to | clear the Chinese Loyalist forces off |the Tsitsihar-Koshan Railway line. | " 'Gen. Amano's brigade is co-ordin- ating with other Japanese operations northward from Harbin along the Hulan-Hailun Railway against the fcllowers of Gen. Ma Chan-Shan, the dispatch said. SEEKS ‘NEST EG&' LEFT'BEER.RUNNING PLANE CAUGHT BY FLYING CUSTOMS OFFICIAL| WITH U. S. AGENT IN 1872 Former Seaman May Need Act of Congress to Collect $142 Wage Deposit. By the Associated Press | CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 26.—Chanles | H Payne of Canon City, Colo., would like the Government to find the little “nest egg” he put in its care a while | a ®hiack in 1872 Payne shipped as a | hand on the packet C. B. Church for a round trip between Cincinnati and New Orleans. En route he was injured and sent to a Government hospital at Memphis, Tenn. ' Officers of the hoat deposited his ‘wages of $142 with the customs office here, as the law provided at that time But Payne wasn't in any particular need of the money 60 years ago and left it for a “nest egg.” Now he nceds it and wrote J. A. Gayman, deputy customs collector here, to look it up. Gayman said he couldn't find it so far. Even if the money is in the Treasury Department at Washington, Gayman said, Congress may have to pass a spe- elal ast before Payne can collect, Fast, N The first capture in full flight of a beer-running airplane by Government | agents was announced here today by | Frank X. A. Eble, Commissioner of Curtoms. The selzure was made yesterday at Corpus Christi, Tex., where a plane laden with beer was forced to land and surrender by Customs Agent Drune S. Connor, who was flying in another ship. Airplanes have been taken into custody on the ground in the past, but the arrest westerday was the first ever made in the air. Customs Agent Connor, according to a message received here today, was patrolling the border when he took up pursuit of the alleged smuggler, who was flying a swift new ship. gerunn‘ the A lFirs! Capture in Full Flight Nets Border Patrol a ew Ship. llug;flve. Connor ordered the pilot to and. He then followed the suspect to the | eicund and a-restzd the other pilot before he could get away. The cargo of beer and the plane were seized. The pilot of the liquor plane said he was | Wil'lam Conder of San Angelo, Tex. His plane will be confiscated and used in the border drive against liquor and narcotic smugglers. “I took a sporting chance, and here 1 am,” the fiyer told newspaper men. “I am not pleading guilty to anything.” He was credited with having shot down 11 enemy planes in the Wcrld War. He enlisted in the Lafayette | Escadrile early in the war and in February, 1918, was transferred to the American Army. He won the Distin- guished Servics Cross. {Basis of Racketeering, {tion in the United States is the basis The announcement said that although McKeon's offers “were not accepted and did not cause a decline in prices.” he was found guilty of the charges by the Governing Committee. First to Be Suspended. The exchange began an exhaustive check up on short sellers a year ago, and from time to time has tightened up its regulations of that practice, but Mc- Keon was the first seller to be sus- ded. | A number of traders have been called upon by the Governing Committee to explain their selling activity, but here- | tofore there has been no announcement | of positive disciplinary action, although ! it has been rumored in brokerage quar- | ters that one or two members have sold their seats as result of these inquiries. Several months ago the Stock Ex- | change took decisive action designed to | is, offering to sell stock short in sub- stantial volume at lower and lower prices. For some time all selling orders sent to the floor have had to be labeled | early morning south winds to aid in | g, ceeq as to whether they were for long or | short account, and specialists have been forbidden to accept short sales at prices {lower than the last preceding sales of long stock. Authority for Action. The section of the Exchange consti- tution under which McKeon was sus- pended reads as follows: “Purchases or sales of securities or equilibrium of the market and bringing | about a condition of demoralization in | { which prices will not fairly reflect mar- | plang are being kept secret, the letter ket values are forbidden; and any mem- ber who makes or assists in making any | such purchase or sales or offers to purchase or sell with knowledge of the purpose thereof, or who with such knowledge shall be a party to or assist in carrying out any plan or scheme for | the making of such purchases or sales or offers to purchase or sell, shall be deemed to be guilty or an act incon- sistent with just and equitable princi- ples of trade.” DRY LAW ATTACKED BY GEN. PERSHING He at Luncheon in Paris. De- clares By the Associated Press. i PARIS, May 26—Gen. John .Y.v Pershing declared today that prohibi- of racketeering and it never would have been adoptedl if the masses of the people had voted on it. The general made these assertions in a pungently phrased speech before the American Club at a luncheon given in his honor, He evoked roars of approval from his auditors. Vigorously attacking what he de- scribed as conditions of lawlessness in the United States, the general blamed them on the um“l:l:: nndl apathy of the American peopl emselves. “He declared that the voters itted such evils as brigandage, racketeering, bootlegging and gangsters by failing to vole the proper men into office. “It is a crime they are committing against themselves and their Govern- ment,” he said. “How can popular gov- ernment hope to endure unless some- thing is done?” Gen. Pershing declared he understood the feeling with which posses in the old days strung up outlaws—although he did not advocate such methods. He closed on a note of optimism, ex- pressing the belief the budget would be balanced and predicting improved con- ditions so far as public order is con- cerned and a return of prosperity. The general will be received Satur- day by President Albert Lebrun. Cincinnati Author Wed. NEW YORK, May 26 (A.—Roi E. Varner, 31, a native of Cincinnati, and M. Helen’ Phillips, 37, formerly of Scranton, Pa., daughter of D. Harry Phillips. were rried in the Municipal Chapel yesterday. Varner gave his oc- cupation uthor. Rdio'l:n‘nuuhp“ Costly Anchovies Are Offered Free To Feed Jobless By the Associated Press. BILBAO. Spain, May 26.—An- chovies and sardines were offered today to feed the unemployed in these parts The offer came from fishermen operating out of Bermeo, near here, on the Bay of Biscay. Else- where in the world anchovies may be delicacies, but they are so plentiful in Bermeo that the market is flooded. BROWNE POISED FOR HOP 70 TOKID Ready at Seattle to Lift Heavily-Laden Lone Star | with the program.” Across Pacific. * | During the parley, it was added, | there was a full discussion also of the | general legislative situation, including | the possibilities of a revival of the By the Associated Press p— » - discussed from PUBLISHERS T0 AID PRESIDENT' PLANS Pledge Support in Setting Up | Network of Reconstruction Committees. By the Associated Press | last night’s conference with President | Hoover were said at the White House today to have unanimously expressed approval of the setting up of commit- tees in large cities similar to that under the chairmanship of Owen D. Young in New York. with the aim of helping business activity. | The President outlined a program for | “reconstruction committees” of leading | men. He stressed the necessity for co- |0 remedy for ailing business, it was said, and received from the publishers “unanimous expression of sympathy . sales. tax. SEATTLE. May 26—On the wings' The sales levy of a south wind, Nathan C. Browne, g‘m‘;; ;:e!l;m"l”:u atuatui s y > ility of using it as a New York fiyer, hoped to lift his big | pogsinle lever for breaking the legis- monoplane from Boeing Field today | lative jam of budget-balancing meas- and swing to the north and west on a | tres on Capitol Hill. flight across the Pacific to Tokio for & Yesterday’s Circulation, 122,058 (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. ——— 1 GLASSFORD PLEADS FOR BONUS VOTE T0 END MARCHES Goes to White House With Appeal for Definite Ac- tion at Once. |BEGGARS WHO PRETEND TO BE VETERANS HIT War Organizations’ Aid Asked in Drive to Free City of Profes- sional Panhandlers. | Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, su- | perintendent of police, today proposed | to the White House that Congress take | definite action immediately on soldiers’ | bonus legislation in order to prevent | invasion of the Capital by thousands of veterans demanding payment Carrying his problem direct to the White House, Gen. Glassford expressed the opinion that if Congress would set- tle the bonus question. such action would put a halt to further marches upon Washington After a conference with Walter New- ton, one of Mr. Hoover's secretaries, Glassford told newspaper men “I personally do not believe there is | any intention on the part of these men | |coming to Washington to cause any: disorder.” said Glassford. “I cannot | help but anticipate some trouble. how- | ever, if they are here any length of | time without funds and if they become | hungry. Many things result from an empty stomach. SENATE REWRITES EXCISE TAX RATES TOENDLONG FigaT 'New Levies Put Back m Revenue Measure in Rapid-Fire Order. ACTION TAKEN ON ADVICE OF FINANCE COMMITTEE | Changes Recommended by Group Estimated to Produce Total of $59.000.000. i | | | | By the Associated Press | 1In a burst of speed that signalled the jend of the tax controversy, the Senate | today rewrote the entire excise tax schedule of the billion dollar revenue bill It placed new excise levies back into the measure so fast that at stages no one knew just what was going on. The headlong action was taken upon the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee Obviously tired of the tax contest and willing to accept the new compromise offered by the Finance Committee which met early today, the Senate shouted in the new levies in rapid-fire order. House Taxes Restored. The taxes on jewelry, czmeras, fire- | Would Relieve Situation. | “If Congress would either pass this | bonus legislation right away. or else ! make ¢ known that it will not be passed at this jon. the situation | would be greatly ved. There would | be no need then for these veterans to ! come to the Capital to urge action. | “I went to the White House on my | own responsibility because I thought | that word from the White House would | be influential at the Capitol. Iam now arms, matches. soft crinks, candy, boats, cosmetics and toilet preparations proe vided by the House measure were re- stored to the Senate bill along with the other excise rates on automobiles and chewing gum previously agreed upon in the Senate. All this was done to lighten the bur- den from automobiles resulting from re- fusal of the Senate 10 increase the rates Newspaper publishers who spoke at | going to take the matter up with Sena- |On passenger cars and trucks from 3 tor Watson. Republican floor leader, !to 2 per cent to 4 and 3 per cent, re- perative action in this direction as a | $30,000 prize. With reports late last night showing clelrlnf weather south of the Aleutians jong his route toward Japan, Browne set a starting time of between 6:30 and 8:30 am. (Pacific standard time). He hoped to take advantage of | lifting his heavily laden Lone Star after | its long run down the field. The start will be made from an elevated ramp. Browne said he was confident his load Greater Support Seen. It was known that the President ex- pressed the view that if the sales tax came up for another vote in the House it would gain far more supporters than when it was rejected Between 25 and 30 publishers out- lined their individual views and dis- conditions in their communities. One of the President’s secretaries, deseribing these talks, said “the domi- rant note was one of urging speedy and I hope that something can be done | quickly.” Glassford said Newton listened “very | attentively to what I had to say and | assured me he would think the matter | over.” Upon leaving the White House he went immediately to the office of Sena- tor Watson. Hits Fake Veterans. Professional panhandlers who pose as| unemployed veterans. but who actually | never saw service. have been made the object of a citywide clean-up, Gen. Glassford disclosed today. Fearing that a police campaign | against the pseudo veterans would be interpreted as “persecution,” Gen. | Glassford has requested veterans' o | ganizations to conduct a quiet investiga- tion of the situation. he revealed. As a result three men were arrested in front of the Veterans' Administra- | tion Building _yesterday for selling | “buddy poppies” without authority. | Face Vagrancy Charges. spectively. The committee. in rewriting the schedules, proposed to make the ex- emption from the admissions tax apply on tickets of 30 and less. The compro- mise bill previously provided a tax on all tickets over 10 cents Speculation on Conference. Meanwhile, there was considerable speculation at the Capitol on what at- tention, if any, was given to the tax contest at last night's White House meeting between President Hoover and the publishers It was authoritatively stated by re- sponsible leaders what Mr. Hoover had no intention of trahsmitting any mes- sage to the Senate, at least at this time. i The sales tax contest is impending, but the advocates of this disputed levy do not see a majority for their cause. Meanwhile Representative Martin, | Republican. Massachusetts. told news- Other “phony” veterans without vis- | paper men he had made a partial poll ible means of support will be rounded |of the House Republicans and found up and charged with vagrancy, accord- | that 20 who voted against the sales tax ing to Gen. Glassford. | would approve it. Meanwhile. the police chief confer- | : red today with Representative Wright Voices Optimism. Patman, Democrat, of Texas, author of | The sales tax was defeated in the a bill for immediate payment of the | House, 223 to 153, or by a majority balance due on adjusted service certifi- g; 70‘ Itt vo;ld“uquue a change of | cates, on plans for handling the thou- |36 votes to pass it. sands of veterans now reported to be! I believe that if the Senate adopts of 950 gallons of gasoline would carry | action’” for completing the legislative him along the long trek, upward of 4,700 miles, to Tokio. The prize offer for the first Seattle-Tokio flight ex- pires June 1. Another inquiry about the flight was | program. [P Mere was a_general expression of | early adjournment of Congress. Col. Knox Dinner Host. | hcpe, he said, that there could be an | en route here from all sections of the | | country to plead for passage of the| | legislation. | | _An investigation into the veterans| | already here, many of whom have been | | bin, according to a report made to- | majority of the board today with a | received by officials last night, in a {offers to purchase or sell securities jetter from Mrs. Lily W. Reed of New | made for the purpose of upsetting the | York, saying she was considering flying west with an unnamed partner. to at- tempt the long hop. Her preliminary said. | BRITISH SUBJECT SHOT | IN FIGHTING AT SUNGPU | No Americans Reported Wounded in Battle Between Japanese and Chinese. By the Associated Press. | James Smith, a British subject, was shot and seriously wounded in the fighting between Japanese and Chinese at Sungpu, about 10 miles north of Har- | day by George Hanson, American con- sul general at Harbin. Hanson’s report stated that no Amer- icans had been wounded or molested | 50 far by soldiers or brigands. Smith | was shot and beaten by a spy, who was attempting to reach a place of safety. | Jobs of 7,000 Saved. | VIENNA, May 26 (#).—The “Alpme,"‘ a combination coal and iron mining and forging plant at Loeben, yesterday re- | voked an order dismissing its 7.000 workers on June 3. The revocation came after intervention by the govern- ment. | Summer Is Here This delightful Summer weather will impel many people to do their belated shopping for things that they will want over this week end. They are thinking of the new styles and new things for their pleasure and comfort. The ad- vertising in The Star is full of aew thoughts and new sugges- ons. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. The Evening Star . . . 28,723 ... 14,306 2d Newspaper . 3d Newspaper 4th Newspaper . 5th Newspaper Total (Four other newspapers) ... ‘The Star’s circulation has stead- ily increased through the past sev- eral years and The Star is, now ead in 15,000 more homes in Bolding imprompty daily meetings in R | the city parks, disclosed the ‘bonus Earlier, the publishers gathered at 3| iy o1y, PArks. disclosed the omes | meeting of their own. At a dinner ers’ Ex-Service Men's League, a Com- given by Col. Frank Knox, publisher of | munist organization the Chicago Deily News. definite sug- | gestlons were made for rallying the | Financed by Reds. press of the entire Nation hehind a| The league, financially supported by drive for a speedy clean-up of pending | the Communist party, has sent thou- | the sales tax the House will approve it now,” Martin safd. “Although I have not discussed it with Democratic op- ponents, 1 am informed that sentiment tor the sales tax is growing on that side.” However, Representative La Guardia, Republican, of New York, who led the bipartisan ~insurgents in their fight against the sales tax, said “We are just &s Strong now as before and we'll resist any attempt to foist | the sales tax on the people.” The Senate restored the 10 per cent legislation. MAYOR CERMAK FIGHTS PROFITS ON SCHOOLS cessive Price for Construction of Buildings. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO., May 26.—Mayor Anton sands of letters and pamphlets through- |tax on cosmetics and toilet articles | out the country. according to the job- | less veterans here. urging all unem- | ployed ex-service men to band together and “march on Washington™ to demand their bonus Communist leaders already are un- | derstood to be here to take control of planned for either June 8 or June 12. | " Leaders of the “bonus marchers” an- nounced a meeting of all unemploved | veterans now in the city for 7 o'clock | tonight at Judiciary Square. At a conference yesterday between without even a record vote. This added 1 $20,000,000 in revenue to the bill. Exemptions Shouted Down. Quickly the 10 per cent jewelry tax { was restored to the revenue bill. Exemptions of tooth paste and den- | | Charges Hostile Board Paid Ex- a “huge demonstration” which has been | trifice voted by the committee from the | toilet article tax were shouted down by the Senate. | It also voted down a recommendation | to exempt sterling silver from the jew- elry tax by a 43 to 30 vote. = | Senator Connally, Democrat, Cermak, still lacking control of the Oen. Glassford and representatives of | Texas, had voiced a demand for & tax Board of Education after a year in office, renewed his war upon the hostile charge of an excess profit of $1.015.391 in the buflding of two junior high schools. Six trustees. appointed during the Republican regime of Mayor William Hale Thompson, still hold office. Yes- terday they re-elected Lewis E. Myers president of the Schcol Bosrd. Mayor Cermak charged one of the six had “double-crossed” him after promising to postpone the election. The mayor charged the Wright Junior High School cost $1,645341, while a comparable suburban school cost $1,033,744; the Kelvyn Park School cost $809,778, while a similar school outside the city cost $405,984. —_— Three Die in Bombay Riots. BOMBAY, India, May 26 (4).—Three persons were killed and nine severely injured in a mill workers' riot in the northern section of Bombay today. (British troops, using armored cars, as- sisted the police in patroling the area after the disturbance. the veterans’ administration, ex-service men’s organizations and social welfare societies, it was decided to wage a | vigorous campaign to discourage the veterans from coming here. No Funds Available. Although the consensus of the meet- ing was that the veterans should be fed and housed as were the jobless marchers who came here last Winter, it was | pointed out there are no funds available | with which to buy food and the quar- ters used for the jobless marchers are | now filled with local needy. Also it was | (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | FACTORY SPEEDS WORK | 200 Employes Put Back on Jobs by Roller Bearing Company. CANTON. Ohio. May 26 (#).—More | than 200 employes of the Timken Roller Bearing Co. today were recalled to work. Production in the plant was speeded up by orders from automobile | manufacturers. CURTIS BANGS GAVEL TO OPEN SESSION; EMPTY SEATS ‘RESPOND’ Vice President Calls Order in Silent Chamber When Members Forget Early Opening Hour. By the Assoclated Press. * A Senate consisting entirely of empty seats was called to order today by Vice President Curtis. The daily session began at the un- usually early hour of 10 am, in an effort to expedite the passage of tax legislation. Not a Senator was visible as the hands of the clock touched the hour of 10 and the vice presidential gavel fell. Washln% and the suburbs than in the m period three ymsl ago. the Republican whip. A of Ohio, Arrs 4 few seconds after 10, he uld,“"l suggest the absence of a quo- Tum.’ The Vice President and Fess smiled at each other. A pag: boy yawned sleepily. The clerk began to call the roll and the bells rang frantically throughout the Capitol and office build- ing to summori the tardy Scnators. They agreed last night to sacrifice morning slumber to the cause of put- ;lunlg through a budget-balancing tax Members came flocking in answer to dent Curtis announced triumphantly, “s quorum is present.” on sterling silverware. Senators from ‘the Western silver-producing States | argued the tax would complete the de- struction of the silver industry. Another $6.000.000 was added as the | Senate restored the House tax of 5 per [cent on mechanical refrigerators. | The committee recommendation to exempt jewelry selling for less than $3 | from the 10 per cent tax was accepted. | The 10 per cent levy on sporting | goods, estimated to produce $6,500,000, | was restored to the bill | The Senate, without any debate, also | reinstated the 10 per cent tax on fire- jarms, shells and cartridges, involving 1$2,500.000. Match Tax Reimposed. Aerial cameras were exempted from the 10 per cent levy on cameras, &s tax was revived. Reimposing the match tax, the Sen- ate cut the rate from 4 to 2 cents & thousand on wooden and fixed the rate at one-half cent a thousand on paper matches. Reviving the candy tax, the Senate cut the rate from 5 per cent, as pro- vided by the House, to 2 per cent. The lower rate was estimated to yleld $5,000,000. The tax on chewing gum was fixed at 2 per cent instead of the 5 per cent rate provided by the House. The Senate substituted a license tax on boats and yachts for the House 10 per cent levy. The new schedule is on a graduated scale, beginning at $10 on boats of more than 28 feet ana going up to $200 on boats over 200 feet. Restoring the soft-drink tax sched- ule, the Senate quickly approved a levy of 1.25 cents a gallon on cereal bev- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) SNOW FALLS IN WEST ICrn}n Aided and Grasshoppers Re- tarded in North Dakota. MINTO, N. Dak. May 26 (®)—A heavy wet snow fell in Minot today, melting almost as soon as it hit the giound. The moisture was beneficial to crops and was at least a temporary check to went running for Senator Fess | the call and at 10:10 a.m., Vice Presi- threats of grasshoppers. At 8 am., 2.03 inches had fallen. The temperature was 29 above.