Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S, Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and somewhat cooler today; to- morrow fair with rising temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 78, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 55, at 10 p.m. yes- terday. Full Report on Pdge A-7. he Swuny Stat. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. No. 1,419—No. 32,170. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTO N, D. (., SUNDAY GARNER HITS BACK AT HOOVER CHARGE AND SPEEDS RELIEF Applies “Pork Barrel” Appel- lation to Recenstruction Corporation. CALLS PROPOSED GAS TAX PUBLIC WORKS BALANCE Declares Democrats Did Not Expect | ® Co-cperation From President in “Benefitting Masses.” Speaker Garner slapped back vester- day with a stinging thrust at President, Hoover and steadily moved forward with plans for speeding his relief bill through the House. In a vigorous reply to the President's charge that the public works phase of the Speaker's two-billion-dollar relief bill was “pork barrel” legislation, Garner asserted that the same appellation might be applied to the Reconstruction Cor- poration for which non-partisan sup- port was elicited by Mr. Hoover. ! The Texan said the tax he proposed on gasoline would prevent public works | from interferring with balancing the | budget. | Not Received | “President Hoover's bill to relieve destitution, to broaden the lending powers of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and to create em- | ployment by authorizing and expediting | a public works program was not unex- | pected,” Garner said “The Democrats did not expect to receive real co-operation from the Presi- dent ih a matter benefiling the masses and those who might be termed | the middle class of American people,” he declared. Garner said the Finance Corporation act 1he President. could logiz: “pork barrel companies, financial institutions, if were applied to his pregram. Surpri Reconstruction | sponsored by ly be refe r the banks, | Iroads and ! appellation | public works | Declared Inconsistent. The Speaker added that Mr. Hoover's | campaign speeches in 1928 urging a billion-dollar building program, “illus- r inconsistency of public a summary which increased the total from $2.146.- 874,468 to $2,203,084.337 or by $162-| 209.869. As it goes to the Ways and Means | Committee, the bill provides a total of | $1,209,084,337 for public works con-| struction, including Federal buildings, highway and waterway improvements; a $1,000,000,000 increase in the funds of the Reconstruction Corporation for loans to States. political subdivisions and private industry, and $100,000,000 for direct relief A new section authorizes the Recon- struction Corporation to finance the| sales in foreign markets of surplus | wheat, cotton. tobacco, wool. mohair and other agricultdral products. A tax of one-fourth of a cent a gal- lon on gasoline estimated by the Speaker to yield $42,500.000 would be sufficient, he said, to meet the interest | and sinking fund requirements of bonds | 10 be issued by the Treacury under ex- | isting law to finance the public build- | ing program. ! Hearings Tuesd: Hearings before the Committee will b Garner as the first pr Opponents will be y and Secretary Mills a Dawes, president of the Reconstruction Corporation, will conciude administra- tion testimony Thursday. Indications are the measure will be brought up early in the following we: | Printed copies of the revised measure were made public tuday, showing that but $373,402,000 vas allowed for public buildings, as _cr ed with $410.782,- 000 in the originai bill approved by ihe Democratic conierence Thursday. The Teduction amounts to $37.380.600. Rainey, a memb-r of the Ways and Means Committce, who introauced it, | said there were undoubiedly a number | of errors in the bil reiating to thel public buildings. which were to be cor- | rected before it was reported to the | House. The list of projects was ob- | tained from recommendations of the! Interdepartmental Board, he explained. plained. A total of $421589,869 for rivers and harbors is carried in the bill as 222,002,000 in the original { $199.589.869 being y by including $116.500,000 for d-cpening the Missis- sippi River charnel from the mouth of the Ohio River to Minneapolis, and $69.700,000 for improvement of the Tennessee River. Flood control draws $180.692,468, in- | cluding $176.2 he Mississippl River 1.466.2 Sacramento | River in C:lifornia, A total of 5227.400,000 is alloted for Federal highway aid, of which $150,000.- 000 is to be to the Siates to match on a 5 is Federal funds (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) and Me; ccday, ans ith nd Charles G. NAZIS HELD FREED OF TREASON CHARGE! Atterney General Reported Re- turning Socizlist Papers to Government. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 28.—The press agency ot Adolf Hitler's Naticnal Socialist party said tonight it had “inside infor- mation” that the attorney general was returning to the government Nazi mate- rial confiscated in raids throughout Prussia on March 17 with a report that they contained no evidence of treason- able activity. The chief of police of Berlin sub- mitted the seized material to the at- torney general on April 4 after having concluded that it was evidence that Nazi leaders had committed treason- able acts. If tonight's report is true, the attor- ney general's attitude might prove em- barrassing to the government of Chan- cellor Heinrich Bruening, for it was on the strength of the confiscated material, | on | First Street early today. This s the first of a series of pre- | convention surveys, which from now on until after the national comveptions will | cppear weelly ©x The Star. These d's- patches wrs a sumrary of reports irom resnonsible correspondents posted threus - out the country. The reports indicate the trend of public sentiment 01 gresidential candidates and varty policies. N analysis of the reports of the leading political writers in all| parts of the country indlcltts:l‘ 1. A swing from the Repub- . lican to the Democratic stand- | rd. 2 2. A demand in many States, some of which have long been rated “dry.” | for the resubmission of the eighteenth amendment to a vote of the pecple in a national election. Great activity has developed among | | the Democrats, particularly in the West, | where for yvears “the party has been {flat on its back.” This increased | { activity among the Democrats is notice- | {able from Indiana and Michigan to Ore- | | gon and California. Democratic candi- {dates for Congress, State and county | J States where in former years it was necessary to draft men to make the MORNING, MAY 29, 1932—SEVENTY-SIX PAG ES. *=* ISURVEY INDICATES TREND | TO DEMOCRATS AND WETS Political Writers of Nation Expect Roos velt to Be Nominee, Despite Efforts to Defeat Him. races or where the contests were al- lowed to go by default. Michigan Democrats Active. Frcm Michigan, for example, comes a report that the Democrats believe they have a real chance of carrying that rock-ribbed Republican State in tne national election next November. In Detroit alone there are 48 acti Democratic clubs at work today. Four years ago there was not one which could have been called “healthy.” Michigan Democrats were ~greatly heartened last Winter by the victery of Representative Michael J. Hart in the old Republican eighth congressional district. Hard times and a dynamic Democratic mayor. Frank Detroit, have contributed to the belief of the Democrats that this is their year. Republican leaders in the West and in the East, however, have by no means abandoned hope of carrying the coun- try in the presidential election. The political writers indicate that the Re- publicans realize they are up against the stiffest kind of a battle and that (Continued on Page 4, Column 3) S0 SEAFLYER RETURNSTOU.§ AFTERSX HOURS Hausner’s Navigation Instru- ments Stop Functioning on Flight to Europe. s | | offices have sprung up by the score in | | | | | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 28—Stanislaus Felix Hausner, tery flyer” of Newark, N. J., returned to Floyd Ben- nett Field at 9:20 p.m. tonight, slightly more than six hours after he started a projected nonstop flight to Europe. Hausner said he had got about 300 miles out to sea and was flying in a blind fog when the artificial horizon, the “brains” of an aviator's blind fi; ing instruments, stopped functioning. He turned his heavily loaded recon- ditioned monoplane about and *“felt” his way back to Floyd Bepnctt Field as best he could with the aid of a compass only. His return, despite such odds, made those who had murmured “fiying fool” when he hopped off at 3:05 p.m. de- spite warnings against hazardous ccn- ditions, to wonder if Hausner, the silent, non-committal amateur pilot, possibly knew more about aviation than they had given him credit for. Congratulated by Pilots. As the pilots at the field crowded about Hausner and patted him on the back with exclamations of “fine going.” “nice work, kid," the 32-year-old fiyer told of his experiences. He had got about 100 miles beyond Nantucket Light, although the fog was so thick he couldn't see through it ! when the artificial horizon went com- pletely bad. He turned about, dumped about 200 gallons of gasoline near Martha’s Vineyard, and picked his way carefully through the darkness. Heavy clouds hung just above the fog and he had never been able to climb | more than 3,000 feet because of the heavy load. His plane appeared above the field about 9:05, and those on the ground thought it was the ship of Harold Bromley, the Dallas, Tex., flyer, who | planned to take-off tonight on a non- stop flight to Los Angeles. | Fresh Start Planned. ‘The floodlights were switched on and Hausner set his machine down in Lhe | newly seeded north portion, which had | been flagged off because of the softness | of the dirt The tail skid snapped as he bogged down and part of the fab- ric on the 1udder was torn off. | A bit shaky from his experience, Hausner said he would make prepara- | tions for a fresh start immediately. “I| want to get the plane ready quickly | and get away as soon as I can,” he said. | The Monday holiday, however, made | it doubtful that he could be ready be- | fore Tuesday. . Mrs. Martha Hausner, his attractive | bride of a year, who stayed with him during the four days of waiting for favorable winds, left the field shortly after the take-off at 3:07 p.m. and went to the home of a sister in Jersey City, J. N J. Hausner’s flight is being backed by the Polish newspaper, Varchofsky, of Warsaw, Poland. | - WOMAN DIES OF GAS Mrs. Bessie L. Haviland was found dead in her gas-filled apartment at 130 | The fire res- cue squad worked futilely for about a half hour in an effort to revive her.! She was pronounced dead by the Emer- gency Hospital physician who accom- | panied the firemen. Her husband, Jo- seph B. Haviland, said she had been in ill health. REVENUE MEASURE CONFRONTS THREAT OF %-DAY DELAY Sales Tax Foes Circulate, ‘Round Robin, Harrison Predicting Defeat. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Threats by opponents of the general manufacturers excise tax to hold up the revenue bill for another 30 days last night were giving the less cou ous supporters of that tax cold chi In addition to these threats, the op- ponents of the Walsh amendment for| a general under the manufacturers’ excise tax, leadership of Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, ranking Demo- | cratic member of the Finance Com- mittee, dersigned not to vote for the manu- facturers' tax during consideration of the pending bill. The Mississippi Sen- ator claimed to have 34 Democratic Senators signed up or willing to sign He insisted that the round robin would be signed by more than a majority of the Senate, Democrats and Republic- ans, combined. As an aftermath of published reports that President Hoover was in favor of the manyfacturers’ excise tax as a substitute for a lot of the special excise taxes now carried in the bill, demands were made in the Senate that the President make his position clear on the subject Message Indicated. In some quarters it was indicated the President might issue a statement or send to the Senate a special mes- sage dealing with the revenue bill when that body convenes at 10 a.m. tomor- row. Both the supporters and the oppo- | nents of the manufacturers’ excise tax are claiming victory. So strong had be- come the drive for the adoption of the manufacturers’ tax by the time the Senate met yesterday that the oppo- nents, lead by Senator Harrison on the | Democratic side, and Senators Couzens of Michigan and La Follette of Wiscon- sin on the Republican side, determined it was time to unlimber their heavy guns. The threats of delay followed. The Senate quit work yesterday aft- ernoon about 3 o’'clock, with the Walsh amendment still to be taken up. It is | expected to come before the Senate for consideration tomorrow, and when it does Senator Walsh will make a full explanation of its contents. One of the inducements held out to the less earnest supporters of the manu- facturers’ tax by Ns opponents is thit it they refrain from putting the tax into | the revenue bill it may still be possible to have Congress wind up its business (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. PHYSICIAN E.NDS LIFE IN DANVILLE HOTEL Newark Man, Missing From Home, Found Dead Room. in By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Va, May 28—Dr. Wil- liam Robinson of Newark, N. J., who had been missing from the home of relatives here since Friday night, was found shot to death in a hotel room ay. Coroner J. E. Taylor returned a ver- dict of suicide. The Newark physician had come to Danville to_receive Inedical treatment from Dr. Luther Robinson, Danville specialist, who is not related to the dead man. Police said the visiting physician probably had been dead since Friday night, shortly after he left the home at which he was staying. . President Promises Careful By the Associated Press. A plea from three children for their father's freedom was so appealing yes- terday that President Hoover promised to consider carefully the case of an obscure prisoner in a Detroit jail. Busy with many things, President Hoover laid them aside to listen as blue-eyed Bernice Feagan, 13, told him with convincing fervor that her father, among other things, that the National Socialist storm troops were ordered dis- solved shortly before the recent Diet gisctions. . Charles R. Feagan, is innocent and should be released. From Detroit, meanwhilg, came word HOOVER’S SYMPATHY IS WON BY CHILDREN’S PLEA FOR FATHER Consideration of Case of Obscure Prisoner. that upon instructions from the De- partment of Justice, Gregory H. Fred- erick, district attorney, had obtained the release of Feagan on his personal bond. Frederick explained that Attorney General Mitchell's office would make a further investigation of the charges which placed the man in jail. Feagan is charged with unlawfully transporting an automobile from St. Joseph, Mo., to Detroit. _Bernice's (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.); Murphy of | | 2ge- circulated a round robin for! senatorial signatures, pledging the un- | GLASSFORD ASKS FEDERAL FUNDS FOR BONUS ARMY | Places Brunt of Supporting Marchers Due Here Today Up to Congress. WORKS LATE ARRANGING FOOD AND LODGINGS Police Chief Obtains Quarters for Approximately 2,000 in Va- cant Buildings. Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford. su- | Perintendent of police, last night put ’lhe brunt of supporting the invading army of “bonus marchers” due here to- day squarely up to Congress in declaring that caring for the jobless veterans “amounts to a matter of getting a Fed- eral appropriation or putting these men out.” ‘The statement of his position with respect to handling the hundreds of ex-service men now converging on the Capital to demand full payment of the | bonus was made during an_interview with newspaper men after he had called upon the Governors of Maryland and Virginia to refuse to transport the | “bonus army” across their States unless they would take them back within 48 hours. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland replied that a delegation of veterans | would arrive here this afternoon by | truck and that, “I know of nothing I can do to discourage their visit to Washington.” Up until a late hour no reply had been receieved by Gen. Glass- ford from Gov. John Garland Pollard | of Virginia. One shot was fired last night at New Orleans as a heavily-armed squad of 35 policemen and railroad officers went to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad | vards and broke up an assemblage of several hundred World War veterans seeking box-car rides here to urge pay- ment of the soldiers’ bonus. The shot | was attributed by police to a colored | veteran. ‘Two men were arrested and charged with unlawful 'mbly. One of them was Paul E. Bonta, a leader of the | “Box Car Brigade.” Oregon Brigade at Cumberland. Meanwhile, a delegation of 300 vet- | erans, headed by Walter W. Waters, “commander” of the “bonus army” ar: rived at Cumberland, Md., last nigh end were fed and housed. State truck: have been provided by Maryland au- thorities, according to an Associated Press dispatch, to haul the veterans to the District line on Wisconsin avenue, where they are expected to arrive at | about 2 o'clock this afternoon. At Uniontown. Pa., where the “march- ers” from the West Coast stopped for food, “Comdr.” Waters refused to ac- |cede to Gen. Glassford's threat to | evacuate them within 48 hours. “We'll stay in Washington until we're | assured relief is forthcoming.” he said Gen. Glassford disclosed that he had been in conference with congressional leaders over the possibility of obtaining Federal funds. Plans to Ask Rations. But only in a case of dire emergenc: does he believe he could obtain an ap- propriation from Congress, Glassford said. “I feel it is the duty of the Federal Government to pay for this. and not the District of Columbia,” he asserted. “The nature of my visit to the Capitol was to ascertain what could be done. “If moncy cannot be made available, then, I think, it is at least up to the Federal Government to feed these mu —to ration them on the Army basis, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) DELEGATE GOES TO PARIS U. S. Arms Representative to Have Part in Relief Meeting. GENEVA, Switzerland, May 28 (#).— Norman H. Davis, a member of the { American delegation to the Disarma- ment Conference, is going to Paris to participate Monday in a meeting of the League of Nations Council's mixed com- mission on relief for Austria, Greece, Hungary and Bulgaria. Subsequently he will return here. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—I12 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Political Survey—Pages A-4, A-5, A-8. Schools and Colleges—Page B-2. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial and Financial Section. PART THREE—I12 PAGES. Society and Classified Advertising. The Home Gardener—Page 12. PART FOUR—8 PAGES. Amusement Section. i Stage, Screen, Music, Aviation and Radio. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 2. Y. M. C. A. News—Page 2. American Legion—Page 2. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 3. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 3. In the Motor World—Page 4. D. A. R. Activities—Page 4. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— | and | balance the budget, | gether a group of newspaper publishers Page 4. Disabled American Veterans—Page 4. Spanish War Veterans—Page 4. Aviation Activities—Page 4. American Legion Auxiliary—Page 5. Serial Story, “Tangled Lives"—Page Public Library News—Page 5. Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 5. Radio News—Page 6. District National Guard—Page 6. Army and Navy News—Page 6. Organized Reserves—Page 6. Fraternities—Page 7. Great Roads in American History— Page 7. Marine Corps News—Page 8. Community Centers—Page 8. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports. PART SEVEN—16 PAGES. Magazine Section. Notes of Art and Art! ‘s—Page 10. Review of New Boo' Page 11. Cross-word Puzzle— 12 Boys' and Girls' Pa; -Page 14. High Lights of Hist~ —Page 15. Those Were the Happy Days—Page 16. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—S PAGES. Holly of Hollywood; Keeping Up With the Jonses; Mutt and Jeff; Reglar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Tarzan; Little Orphan Annie; Moon Mullins; Kitty Higgins, Brutug - CONGRESS SCORED FORBUDGET DELAY Frank Knox Asks Sales Tax in Program and Early Ad- | journment. i | | | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 28.—Congress was called upon in a statement today by Frank Knox, chairman of the Presi- dent’s anti-Hoarding Committee and publisher f the Chicago Daily News, to cut Government costs by $250.000.000, enact a sales ax, provide $300.000,600 for early re- et of distress. and go home. [ Knox was instrumental in calling to- | recently for a conference with President Hoover Flailing the Democratic members of Congress under Speaker Garner’s leader- ship for acdvocating a $2,100,000,000 Te- lief bill. Knox accused them of “re- sorting to the discreditable device of sugaring all sections with profers of post offices and other substantial gifts from the Federal Treasury.” by way of “preparing for the November harvest of votes.” Praises Hoover Program. “In the past anxious months of con- { gressional frivolity. the only leadership vorthy of the name that has shown | itself anywhere is that coming from the White House,” said Knox. “The White House progiam is simplicity itself. It may be stated in three words: Balance the budget.” Tax discussions, he said, had shown that no combinaticn could be adequate and acceptable without a general sales tax “But it would be highly irrational.” Knox added, “and unjust to the Na- tion's taxpayers should Congress under- take to balance the budget by new taxes without cuts of at least $250.- 000,000 in present governmental costs. | So moderate a reduction should present no serious difficulties to Congressmen | intent on proving their patriotism in- | stead of demonstrating disloyalty to the | public interest. Stresses Relief Needs. “What else remains to be done at the present session? There should be mage | available $300,000.000 for early relief of | distress, any requisite portion of that | sum to be lent by the Reconstruction | Finance Corporation to States which | find themselves in no financial condi- | tion to feed hungry families during the months that may elapse before indus- | try revives after being relieved by Con- | gress thrcugh adjournment of the imminent menace of destructive legis- lation. If there is need for construc- tion loans they should be limited strict- ly to such projects as would produce | ample revenue for the liquidation with- | in a reasonable period of the sums ad- vanced. Having attending to these mat- ters and passed the essential depart- mental appropriation bills, Congress should quit and go home.” PRESIDENT MOTORS TO RAPIDAN CAMP Arrives After Thre=-Hour Trip, Finding Log Fires and Dinner Awaiting Him. | By the Assoclated Press. LURAY, Va., May 28.—After a three- hour trip from the White House, Presi- dent Hoover arrived at his Rapidan camp at 8 o'clock tonight, and found dinner awalting him and members of his party. Mrs, Hoover, Mrs. Edgar Rickard of New York and Mrs. Stark McMullen of California preceded the main presiden- tial party to camp. The President, busy with an accumu- lation of work, did not leave his desk until 5 oclock. He drove at a rapid clip, and found log fires awaiting him to banish the chill of a cool day. He was accompanied in his car by Edgsr Rickard of New York and Henry M. Robinson, California banker. Other members of the party included Mark Sullivan, Washington newspaper man, and Mrs, Sullivan; Alan Fox, New York lawyer; Capt. Russell Train, White House naval aide, and Mrs. Train; Lawrence Richey, one of the President's secretaries, and Capt. Joel T. Boone, White House physician. The President planned to return to ‘Washington after lunch tomorrow. Royal Betrothal Predicted. BERLIN, May 29 (Sunday) (#).—The newspaper Lokal sald today it was reliably informed of the forthcom- ing betrothal of Prince Gustav Adolf, eldest son of the Crown Prince of Sweden, and Sibylle, Princess of Sax- ony-Coburg-Gotha. It said ment would be amnounced ‘the engage- Juns 16 ¢ Theaters to Close BecauseRacketeers Threaten Business By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, May 28 —The Indiana and Circle Theaters here, largest show houses in the State. posted notices today to the effect they will close their doors June 9 because of threats of racketeer terrorism. Stench bombs were thrown in both theaters last night. Patrons of the theaters were compelled to leave. The theaters will remain closed indefinitely. MOOSEVLT POLEY ONMAYOR VEGHED Chances in Race If He Ousts Walker Leading Political Topic in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 28.—Intense curi- osity was manifested today in political circles over what Gov. Roosevelt's an- swer will be if he is asked to remove Mayor Walker, and how his stand on the question might affect his drive for the presidential nomination. From Tammany Hall, where the in- terest is particularly acute, to the Gov- ernor's own campaign headquarters, the discussion transcended all other politi- cal talk. Samuel Seabury, counsel for the Hof- stadter Legislative Committee, which has spent nearly $750,000 in the last 14 months investigating Walker's adminis- | Denied membership, the co-operative | 4 whether he then filed its complaint on the latter | tration, has not indicate will make a demand for the mayor's removal. But Walker himself and Democratic members of the committee have said publicly that such is his aim, The general opinion is that when Seabury rounds out the part of the in- quiry centering on the mayor personally he will send his findings to Roosevelt— with a strong recommendation. Ten witnesses already have testified about the affairs of Walker and his missing friend, Russell T. Sherwood, $3,500-a-year accountant who trans- acted financial deals running close to | $1,000,000 in six years. Others will be called next week by Seabury in a continued attempt to show that the mayor and Sherwood shared bank accounts and that their personal finances were intertwined. A hunt is still going on for the mayor’s brother, Dr. William H. Walker. One of Seabury’s assistants said he had been unable to locate the doctor since | May 19, the day after an agent for a | street cleaning equipment company testified he paid Dr. Walker for medi- cal services $2,800, a sum equal to about half of a commission the wit- ness received on a sale of equipment to_the city. ‘While on the stand the mayor said he had not seen his brother in five or on Page 2, Column 7.) P e — ACCUSED IN SLAYING D. C. Man, Held at Jonesboro, Ga., Gives Name as William Barksdale, JONESBCRO, Ga., May 28.—A man identifying himself as William Barks- dale of Washington was held today without bond on a charge of murder following the shooting of Russell Rags- dale, 28, of Atlanta. Testimony before the ‘coroner’s jury showed the prisoner and Ragsdale, with two other men and three women, were on a midnight party The piconer suit he thougs: Soares e prisoner sal e it sdale committed suicide. (Cont TRADEBODY T0LD | TOBKPLANDENIL Chicago Board Must Tell Why Grain Corporation Was Ruled Out. By the Associated Press. The Chicago Board of Trade yester- day was ordered to explain why it de- nied clearing corporation privileges to the Farmers' National Grain Corpora- tion. Failing to convince a commission set up by the grain futures act of the full | legality of its action, the board's desig- | nation as a contract market would be | subject to discontinuation. The commission, composed of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary | | of Commerce, and the Attorney Gen- | | eral lnfi ts clearing corporation to appear be! i ore it June 8. To Air Old Fight. Opposing them will be attorneys of the Farmers' National, a co-operative set-up with the aid of the Farm Board. | The hearing brings to the fore a controversy, long smouldering in the i | | | ral, summoned officlals of the board | background, between commission mer- chants and Farm Board co-operatives. | The Farmers' National sought clear- | ing corporation privileges chiefly to avoid payment of commission fees, in their aggregate a formidable amount. Ordered Suspended. It attempted this first through a con. nection with the Updike Co. a clearing | corporation member. Hardly had this| been effected, however, than charges| | were filed against the company, | the Board of Trade ordered its suspen- sion. eflective June 11. Blocked in that effort, the Farmers' National applied to the board for cor- poration membership in its own right | and | | score. The Updike case is only indi- | rectly involved. | The commission, set up by the grain | futures act, met yesterday morning, and | | after considering the comr iaint decided | to investigate the charges. REVIEW NOT OPPOSED. | Chicago Board Officials Willing for Probe. CHICAGO, May 28 (#).—Officials of the Chicago Board of Trade tonight evidence in the case of the Farmers National Grain Corporation reviewed by the commission as provided in the grain futures act. Under the rules of the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation, the Farm- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) | UPTURN IN BUSINESS SHOWN THROUGH SOUTH | Healthy April Reports from At- lanta Seen as Heralds of Better Times. By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., May 28—The rat- tat-tat of the steel triphammer—re- garded by many as a signal of the approach of better times—beat in ever- increasing crescendo in the South during April. The monthly review of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta building permits during April, but indications of increased pig iron pro- | duction, in consumption of fertilizer |and in daily average department store sales, as compared with March. Although the April total of building permits in 20 reporting cities was sharply under that of the same month last year, it was 64.1 per cent greater than in March. Contract awards in the sixth Federal whole likewise showed a gain over March. RESCUED FROM BURNING SHIP, TWO DIE IN PLANE CRASH Survivors Were Returning Home After Being Saved in Disaster—Pilots Also Killed. By the Associated Press. ROME, May 28.—Two French sur- vivors of the motorship Georges Philip- par, which burned two weeks ago in the Gulf of Aden, and two French pilots were killed in an airplane crash near Veroli, in the province of Frosinone, sald reports received here today. The names of the dead were given as Mme. Susanne Piccard, Lang Willar Goulette and had arrived or the steamshi) after having been rescued from the French liner when it burned off the coast of Italian Somaliland. They were returning to France, the plane having come from ris especially to meet the survivors. Nothing had been heard of the plane after it left Brindisi last Wednesday until the government made known to- day that the wreckage and four bodies had been found in a mountainous and at Brindisl, where they ip Esperia, indicated full willingness to have the | today reported an increase not only in | Reserve district as a Mechanic Is Killed as Ship Strikes | | | (#) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS EN CENTS | iy ELSEWHERE MASSING OF COLORS 10 OPEN MEMORIL EXERCISES TODAY 25,000 Are Expected to View Fifth Annual Service at Sylvan Theater. OBSERVANCE WILL CLOSE TOMORROW AT ARLINGTON 250 Organizations to Join in Rites at Monument—DMarine Band Will Give Concert. With the graves of war dead over the city strewn with flowers the Capital this afternoon will unite in a formal observance of Memorial day at Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument, There, with clear skies promised, a throng of 25,000 is expected to witness the fifth annual massing of the colors service, arranged by the Military Order of the World War and the District of Columbia Bicentennial Commission, Two hundred and fifty organizations are to join in this spectacle. Arlington Rites Tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon another throng is expected at Arlington, where the Memorial day observance will be brought to fitting conclusion The Sylvan Theater service will be cpened at 2:30 p.m. with a concert by the United States Marine Band. under leadership of Capt. Taylor Branson, and at 3 o'clock the sound of the bugle will start the procession of colors to the improvised altar. Next, a guard of honor will escort to their places there Secretary of the Interior Wilbur, who will deliver the oration. and those who will conduct the services: Col. Julian E. Yates, chief of chaplains of the Army; Capt. Sydney K. ‘Evans, chief of chaplains of the Navy: Capt. Arlington A. McCallum, chaplain general, Military Order of the World War, and Lieut. Col. George E. Iiams, commander of the District of Columbia Chapter, Military Order of the World War. Hoover to Be Represented. President Hoover is away from the city, but will have at the ceremonies his ‘personal representative, Lieut. Col. Campbell B. Hodges, military aide, while others from official life who will be present include the Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy and Mrs. Jahncke, the Venezuelan Minister and Senora de Arcaya, Chief Justice Wheat of the District Supreme Court and Mrs, Wheat, and Justice Van Orsdel of the District Court of Appeals and Mrs. Van Orsdel. There will be presert also members of the United States and Dis- trict Bicentennial Commissions, while the national organization of the Mili- tary Order of the World War will be represented by Capt. John Parker Hill of Philadelphia, the senior vice com- mander-in-chief, and Maj. Edwin S. Bettelheim, jr, of Washington, adju- tant general The service will be broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System. Taking part in the demonstration will i be soldiers, sailors and Marines of the regular forces: National Guard, Coast Guard. High School Cadets, R. O. T. C. | from St. Johns, and scores of military, civic, patriotic and fraternal groups. Masonic Services at 4 P.M. Washington Cathecral also will be the scene of a Memorial day observance this afternoon at 4 o'clock, when the National Masonic service will be held under the auspices of the George Wash- ington Bicentennial Commission. Bishop Freeman will extend greetings, and Rev. Joseph Fort Newton, co-rector of St. James' Church, Philadelphia, will give the sermon. There, tco, in quiet Bethlehem Chapel, at 2 o'clock, a pilgrimage of Veterans of Foreign Wars will end at the tomb of Wocdrow Wilson. A wreath, bearing the cross of the Crusaders, emblematic of the World War President’s interest in world peace, will be placed. At 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Col. representing President Hoover, also ] bring a wreath to the Wilson tomb. and fere tomorrow also will go the Woodre'v Wilson Memorial Com- mittee, headed by Mr. and Mrs. Charles f Admiral Dewey and Mrs, Dewey by the Admiral Dewey Camp of the Span- ish War Veterans and the Dewey Medal Men's Association from Philadelphia. Veterans of Civil, Indian, Spanish and World Wars tomorrow morning will join in a parade before the Arling- ton exercises. Will Parade Tomorrow. Starting at 9 o'clock from Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue, where a few survivors of the Grand Army of the Republic will lead the way, the marchers, including the auxiliaries, will proceed down the Avenue to Seven= teenth, thence to E. where they will dis- band before assembling in Arlington Amphitheater. The pontifical high military field mass at Catholic University will be held at 10 o'clock. At Arlington a | number of idividual services have been arranged. At noon members of the G. A. R. Woman's Relief Corps, Daughters of Veterans, Ladies of the G. A. R. and a!l auxiliaries will meet at Arlington Mansion at 11:30 o'clock to go to the (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) GOEBEL IS INJURED IN CRASH OF PLANE Tree at Texas Air- port. By the Associated Press. McKINNEY, Tex, May 28.—Art Goebel, widely known aviator, was ine Jured, and his mechanic, R. L. Riss, was killed when their plane struck a tree as they took off from an airport here today. Riss was crushed by wreckage of the plane, which was demolished. Goebel, winner of the Dole Derby from San Francisco to Honolulu, suffered a broken leg above the knee and facial lacerations. Goebel, visiting friends in McKinney, about 3 p.m., as a heavy rain was fall- ing, prepared to return to Dallas. The fleld was soggy, but he seemed to have no_difficulty getting into tne air. ‘When about midfield and at an alti- tude of 35 feet, the ship struck the top of a tree and crashed. It did not burn, Riss was dead when spectators lifted him rroul'n ml.:e debris. Goebel was ' ¢