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WEAT (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow; colder to- temperature about 28 frost. Fair tonight and ‘with Jowest mm._’ lowest, 35, Pull report on page 16. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 :————_——_——_—-— WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, Entered as secol No. 32,337. post office, Washington, HER. , 62,8t 4:15 pm. at 7 a.m. today. @b ¢ Fpening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION nd class matter D. C. 1932-—-TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. ITALY AND BELGIUM® MAY JOIN REQUEST FOR DEBT REVISION Lausanne Pact Declared Jeopardized if December Payments Are Demanded. FRANCE AND ENGLAND HAVE SENT NOTES TO U. S. Altogether Foreign Debtors Owe $123,000,000, Due to Be Paid Here in Middle of Next Month. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 12.—With debt re- vision back in the forefront of European discussion, there was a prediction from unofficial quarters today that Italy and Belgium would soon present notes in ‘Washington dealing with payments due the United States. Already France and Great Britain have presented their views on the status of war debts to the United States, and, although secrecy about them was strictly adhered to, it was known they dealt with payments due December 15. (Altogether foreign debtors are down for $123,000,000 in war debt payments in Washington December 15. Greece failed to make a payment due this week, and Hungary has announced she is unable to pay. Great Britain owes $95,550,000 and France $19,261,438, the two largest payments due. Italy owes $1,245437 and Belglum $2,125,000, all interest, on December 15.) New Arrangement Seen. The suggestion that France and Bel- gium will follow the lead of Great Brit- ain-came from “Pertinax,” the usually well informed political writer. “If America’s debtors pay up on De- cember 15, they will be obliged to call tions agreements made with Germany,” he said in Echo de Paris. “This means the whole structure built up in July (at the Lausanne confer- ence) will collapse. If the United States does not wish to destroy the entire work they themselves favored, they will have to lend themselves to a new arrange- ment, and it is imperative to open & way to such an arrangement.” (The Lausanne conference scaled German reparations down to one-tenth their former size, bonding them for $714,000,000. . Attached was a gentle- men’s agreement recognizing that re- duction of reparations depended on leni- lul]cend B‘dufl a: um in Washington, following the example &t by Great Britain and Prance, Selution Held Vital. Other newspapers displa; show yed long arti: how the commer- Bank of International Scttlements at Basel, Switzerland, pending a final un- derstan 3 ‘This dmo'ed semi-official revela- tions that France “quite probably” had sounded out Washington on the ques- tion of starting negotiations over the war debt, It was known that Premier Edouard Herriot and Finance Minister Louls Cermain-Mariin have been in onference on the December payment. [CONGRESS TO CONSIDER DEBTS. Foreign Notes, Not Yet Made Public, May Force Action at Capitol A Congress already on record against further reduction or cancellation of war debts will be handed this problem again during the forthcoming session, it ap- ared certain today as President oover sped eastward to discuss the matter with Government leaders. Payments exceeding $123,000,000— the first since expiration of the mora- torium last June—are due December 15, but already England and France have transmitted notes on the subject, Greece has failed to make a payment due last Thursday and Hungary has announced an inability to pay. Secretary of State Stimson has for- warded the British note to the Presi- dent, who is due to arrive here Tues- day. A copy of the note also was sent ' to President-elect Roosevelt after it had | been transmitted to Mr. Hoover, it was learned yesterday. “In the Same Category.” Stimson said the British note would | be made public simultancously in Eng- lend and the United States probably next Tuesday. The French note, which | arrived late yesterday, only 24 hours, after the British document had been | received from Sir Roland Lindsey, was | described as “in the same category.” Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn- | sylvania, meanwhile, said on Capitol Hill that the entire war debt problem “will be thrown into Congress” at the | beginning of the December session. An administration spokesman, Reed, took ' & prominent part in securing approval | of the Hoover one-year moratorium. | Official Washington, however, expects | no definite action until President Hoo- ver has had an opportunity to can- vass the situation with his cabinet and congressional leaders. The problem is considerably complicated by last Win- ter's overwhelming vote in Congress against further reduction and the pres- ent status of the Federal budget. For- eigi debt payments were included in estimates on which last year's billion dollar tax bill was founded. Great Britain and France, on the other hand, bave emphasized that they believe the Lausanne reparations agree- ment, whereby European creditors of the Central Powers accepted 10 per cent of the sum agreed upon, cannot be made effective unless intergovernment- al debts, including those owed the United States, are reduced. Europe also considers debt adjust- ments & necessary prelude to the forth- coming World Economic Conference. BRITAIN SILENT ON DEBTS. Parls, Rome and Brussels Advised of Note Sent Washingion. LONDON, November 12 (#).—Official IN ROUND-TRIP tempts California-New York Flight—Refuels at Kansas City. At Leaves for Columbus, Ohio. Uses Same Plane He Flew In at Cleveland. By the Associated Press KANSAS CITY, November 12.—Col. Roscoe Turner arrived here from Los Angeles at 10:44 a.m., Central standard time, today, 1 hour and 12 minutes be- hind schedule on his attempt to fiy to New York and back to California in | approximately 22 hours. His Jow-wing racing monoplane was quickly refueled and he streaked East- ward for Columbus, Ohio, at 10:50 a.m. Coming down at the Municipal Air- port, Col. Turner's plane hit the ground at high speed and bounced several times. He opened the throttle and cir- cled the field, landing from a different direction without mishap. “I've been bothered by cross-winds all the day,” said Col. Turner. This was the only comment made by the fiyer in his haste to refuel. At Albuquerque, N. Mex., his first stop, he fell 24 minutes behind sched- ule, which refueling attendants at- tributed to headwinds. Turner will stop for refueling at Columbus and the Floyd Bennett Field, New York. He expected to remain New York 30 minutes. He said he to average between 270 and 285 les an hour East and about 240 miles an hour flying West. Much of the flight Westward will be in darkness. Turner’s round-trip flight attempt is OSCOE TURNER RACES EAST l P CONTINENT HO COL. ROSCOE TURNER. the first since Lieut. Comdr. Frank Hawks set the present record, June 28 and 29, 1929, of about 40 hours. Hawks flew non-stop between the two cities, making the Westward flight in 18/ hours 10 minutes and the Eastward ht in 17 hours 38 minutes, spending ours on the ground. ‘Turner's monoplane, with a 375 horsepower motor, carried 152 gallons of gasoline. It has a top speed of about 290 miles hourly. He used the same ship in the Cleveland National Air Races. ‘Weather reports showed clear weather over the route, except at Columbus, where there were overcast skies, rain and snow. National Aeronautic Asso- ;l.;;lon officials will time the entire it. | 4 ROOSEVELT COLD MUCH IMPROVED President-Elect Induced to Stay in Bed at Albany, However. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., November 12.—Pres- ident-elect Rocsevelt, suffering from a cold, was “much improved,” his staff at the executive mansion said today. Although he had thrown off the worst effects of the cold he contracted in the closing, arduocus days of the presidential campaign, Mrs. Rcosevelt prevailed put’ off their engagemenis with Roosevelt to allow him a complete rest over the week end. The slight temperature he had terdsy had today. Mr. Roosevelt was atiended yesterday by the Roosevelt physician in Albany, Dr. L. W. Gorham. The doctor had not called at the mansion during the m%vélt hoped to be able to ccntinue today, with his secretary at his bedside, some of the correspondence | he dictated yesterday when he was not sleeping or resting. He spent part of the day reading more of the congratula- tory mi es that have been pouring in since his election. To some of these he dictated replies. Sentence Is Commuted. ‘Turni to State affairs, he directed the co‘::muuon of four months of the sentence of Abraham Isenberg of New York City, convicted of grand lar- ceny. Isenberg's sentence would have expired next April. The Governor thought until yester- day that he had shaken off the cold, contracted during the last day of his campaign when he rode bareheaded in an open car during a rain. He had planned to spend this week end at his Hyde Park residence, but canceled the trip. To get to Hyde Park he would | have had to drive through a cold rain. | The week end will permit the Gov- | ernor to “catch up,” as he said, on his sleep. He said the day after his elec- tion that he was tired, but “never felt better.” Never Expressed Weariness. From the day he flew to Chicago in | July to accept the Democratic nomi-i nation, his relentless program tired his staff and the newspaper men who trav- | eled with him, but the Governor never yes- Mr. | Alto. Only cne address was ‘on his PRESIENTS TRAN FAESFEW STOPS Hoover Rushes Eastward to Resume Consideration of National Problems. By the Associated Press. ON BOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPE- CIAL, en route to Washington, Novem.- ber . 12.—President Hoover today was speeding back to Washington to face an accumulation of naticnal and inter- national affairs which developed dur- ing his absence. ‘The President appeared somewhat rested after his three days at home, on the Stanford University campus at Palo transcontinental itiperary — that st Glendale, Calif, this morning, and he requested that a minimum number of stops be made cn the journey back to the rfilme A:.:l'fhu said, however, sevel Tear-| lorm appearances might be made. Debt Problem Awaits, Among the problems awaiting the Chief Executive’s consideration was the international -debt question. In reply to questicns abouc dispatches saying the Bm&hfigo\'c'rnnn;‘,mmhld sent a com- munication asl on relat! to debts, one of the Preslng:m‘s méncfnu stated he had reo;lved nofcopy of such a message up to shortly before T left Palo Alpto, z feetey Upon leaving California, the presi- dential special was routed toward El| Paso, Tex., after which it was to head for Kansas City and then go to the Capital by the way of St. Louis. The schedule called for arrival in Wash- ington Tuesday before noon, about 90 hours after ](nvin% Palo Alto. Accompanying the President and Mrs. Hoover as they started the trip were Secretary and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur. Last Day Quiet. Mr. Hoover's last day at home was marked by a let-down of the activity | which filled the period during and after | election day. After preparing a message | for the dedication ceremony at the | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and writing the Glendale address, the Presi- dent received a group of war veterans, was presented with a Red Cross button by Mrs. Willis Bailey, wife of a Stanford professor emeritus, and was given & blue forget-me-not such as were being sold for the benefit of the disabled veterans of the World War. ‘The train left Palo Alto at 8:55 o'clock | expressed weariness, At the end of his swing through some | of the Southern States shortly before election, he lost his voice for a few | hours after making speeches from an | observation platform on a rainy day in North Carolina and Virginia, but he | quickly recovered. When the Governor returns to his desk he planned to proceed with prep- aration of the State budget, and after about a week to leave for Warm Springs to remain there until early in December. U. §. Officer Reaches Brazil. RIO DE JANEIRO, November 12 (#). —Comdr. S. B. McKinney, head of the United States Naval Mission to Brazil, arrived here today. First Visit Since War. NEW YORK, November 12 The cruiser Karlsruhe, first German war vessel to visit this port since the World War, arrived today. | 000 for us: in 14 counties from Septem- (#.— |ber 1 to October last night while a farewzll ecrowd cheer- | ed the President and Mrs. Hoover, who | waved responses from the rear platform | “I deeply appreciate this expresson of good will from my neighbors,” the Presi- dent toid the gathering. Both the President and Mrs. Hoover were smiling as they sald farewell for the time being to their California friends. 3 TWG STATES GET AID The Reconstruction Corporation to- day loaned Arizona - $256,230 and Georgia $5,000 for relief The Arizona loan is for use in 14 unnamed counties from November 1 to Dzcember 31. Arizona previously had received $250,- E 31. The original/ application was for $1,000,000 to cover the period from August 1, 1932, to April 1, 1933, SOVIET BUREAUS Economy Drive Will Send By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, November 12.— Soviet Russia began a campaign to purge the government of excessive employes today with orders to discharge between 25,000 and 30,000 “white collar workers” in | government departments and trusts. silence today cloaked the British note to Washington dealing with Great Britains $95,550,000 war debt payment due December 15, but Great Britain has advised Paris, Rome and Brussels ©of her action. Meanwhile the discussion of debts thzt came immediately after the Ameri- can election continued in the press. Teday's edition of the autharitative | weekly, the Economist, s scaling down of war del them “out of politics.” » bts, and ‘The order was issued by the Moscow Labor Department for the purpcse of eliminating the “great clutter of minor employes in virtually every government bureau,” which has been held chiefly re- sponsible for enormous inefficiency and bureaucracy in most of the central gov- ernment and organizations. The discharged workers will be given 13 days’ notice, after which they will be red by the Labor Bureau for new mu It is expected they will be dssign, 30,000 “WHITE COLLAR” WORKERS Farms and Factories So They Can Be “Producers.” TO DISCHARGE Bookkeepers and Clerks to ! ed to farms and factories needing work- | ers. } ‘The action is not only expected to in- | crease the efficiency of government, but to lower the administrative costs, at the same time inaugurating a process of selection by which only those well qualified for government and economic service will be given jobs. Every state organization in Moscow of any sizz has been ordered to reduce | its staff by December 15 under the usual | Labor Department regulations. |~ Five thousand bcokkeepers and clerks ATLANTIC SHIPPING IN PERIL AS STORM DEATHS NEAR 2000 West Indian Hurricane Now Reported 500 Miles Off Wilmington, N. C. RELIEF WORK UNDER WAY FOR CUBAN SUFFERERS Jamaica, Bahamas, Little Cayman and Cayman Brack Suffer. Two Vessels Wrecked. By the Associated Press. Caribbean storm deaths approached the 2,000 mark today, most cf them in Cuba, as the hurricane that harassed the West Indies for 10 days moved northeastward, 500 miles off the At- lantic seaboard. ‘Today the disturbance was nearly 200 miles southwest of Bermuda opposite Wilmington, N.' C, apperently with nothing in its path except open sea. Its force was still considered dangerous to shipping. Cuba, with more than 1,700 dead; Jamaica, the Bahamas, to a lesser ex- tent; Grand Cayman, Cayman Brack and Caribbean shipping were damaged by the winds and tidal waves. The wind reached a velocity of 130 miles an hour in Cuba. ‘Two vessels were wrecked by the storm. The American schooner Abundance was lost off Jamaica last Sunday, but its crew was saved. The steamship Balboa was wrecked on the reefs of Jamaica. Presumably its crew also was saved. ‘The storm appeared off the Virgin Islands, November 2, damaged the coast of Colombia, Scuth America, on its southern excursion, then doubled northward. NEARLY 2,000 CUBANS DIE. Authorities Press Work of Hurricane Relief. HAVANA, Cuba, November 12 (#).— Centra! Cuba's hurricane dead was near the 2,000 mark today as military and governmental authorities took hold of the problem of relief and rehabilitation for thousands of homeless and destitute. But it was not necessary to figure the Caribbean coast town of Santa Cruz Del Sur in these plans, for the tidal wave that followed the storm left it unfit for habitation. It may never be rebuilt on the sandy shore. ‘The town presented a picture of piti- ful today. It was nothing but a shambles, snd 3,500 per- sons ‘had lived i sol sani- tary workers a few eity d Here and there rose the smoke of a funeral pyre, since it became neces- 10 burn bodies. The grave ers e not bury trh: de;du:u} en for sanitary safety of the few who re- mained on guard. 800 Bodies Buried. Capt. Frederico Tomeu on his arrival here said 800 bodies were buried yes- urdayd_nnd T{:umny. butkcmmum was ordered when eve) of debris disclosed further dud.ry = ‘The official estimates of the dead in the storm rose to 1,700 during the night, but the exact number may never be known, as many in Santa Cruz were probably carried to sea by the Tetreat- ing tidal waters. Cheered by reports from Havana that governmental agencies were perfecting relief plans rapidly, local authorities | co-operated with physicians to avert epidemic, the dangerous aftermath of discster. A few cases of measles were discovered and quickly isolated. The last relief train from Santa Cruz arrived around midnight, bringing in 150 refugees, most of whom bore wounds. This arrival lifted the storm casualties in Camaguey alone to 1,000. Every available shelter was used for hospital work. Doctors to Be Relieved. Relief for the physicians who had been working unceasingly since Thurs- day was expected from Havana mo- mentarily. A train with 15 surgeons, 20 medical students and 40 nurses had left the capital. Secretary of the In- terior Zubizarreta was aboard. Medical supplies and clothing were brought in by train, airplane, steamer and truck. Four trucks arrived from Havana last night. The Consolidated Railway Co. an- nounced it had ordered relief trains in from Tunas and Jucaro, Caribbean Coast cities in Santa Clara Province west of Santa Cruz. Camaguey Province bore the brunt of the winds and waves. Everywhere sugar and banana plantations were leveled and mills damaged or destroyed. The death list outside of Santa Cruz, however, appeared surprisingly small, ‘well under the 100 mark. Injured, how- €Ver, Were numerous. TANKER BLOWN AGROUND. German Craft Dumps Oil Cargo at Tampico, TAMPICO, Mexico, November 12 (/). —A strong northerly wind blew the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 'COLD WAVE STRIKES SOUTHERN STATES First Freezing Weather, From Vir- ginia to Florida, Sends Mercury Down to Low Thirties. By the Associated Press, ATLANTA, Ga., November 12— Winter shook a chilly fist in Dixie's face today, brushed it with frost and sent temperatures ranging down into the low 30s. It was cold all over the South. Arkansas faced freezing weather and in Atlanta ths mercury hovered around 32 degrees in the early morning hours while sections of Northwest Florida felt blustery winds and watched for possible frost damage. ‘The mercury dropped to 38 in Atlanta yesterday but skated on down the scale today. The same Jow wzs 1ecordsd yes- terday for Birmingham, Ala., and Mem- phis, Tenn., had a minimum of 40. A fair but chilly week end was fcre- cast for most of the Southern States. | will be sent to work on state farms in | Moscow provinze. Others will be given nb:h-‘x;::mewhun;omwhm‘: labor sho:tage exists, idea being ls\ve these workers a chance to bscome | producers by engaging in actual manual \tasks. . : G Nacon, 36; 20; 32 Little Rock, 32; Jacksonville, 40; Mont- gomery, 34; Nashville, 28; Asheville, 28; Atiants, 31, and Augusta, 4 { | Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,521 P Means Associated WETS FACE BIG 10B IN SHORT SESSION Grave Problems Confront Anti-Prohibitionists’ Plan to Speed Modification. By the Assoclated Press. While enthusiasts in and out of Con- gress are interpreting the immense Democratic vote as forecasting beer by Christmas, some sponsors of Volstead act modification join their opponents in conceding that grave difficulties lie in the way. The primary one, recognized by drys, wets and everybody in between, is that the session of Congress which opens next month is g0 short as to make it possible for even a handful of members to block anything they oppose. This has not kept beer possibilities from forming & prime topic of political conversations. In rapid succession have come expressions from such as Senators Borah, Republican, of Idaho; Reed, Re- publican, of Pennsylvania; Byrnes, Dem- ocrat, of South Carolina; Robinson, Democrat, of Arkansas, and Republican, of Connecticut, and Rep: resentative McDuffie of Alabama, Demo. cratic whip of the House. Short Term Doubtfal. The thoroughness of the Democratic swrep has meant: A record Democratic margin of over 200 in the next House, | a Senate majority that probably will | last until 1939, a still doubtful short- term Senate, with the decision resting | on the close Colorado contest between Karl C. Schuyler, Republican, and Walter Walker, Democrat, and the vote of Senator Shipstead, Minnesota Farm- er-Laborite. With the exception of Borah, the con- gressional leaders named have voiced | the opinion that beer legislation should | be considered and enacted at the De- cember session. Borah's comment that he does not expect beer to prove an ex- | ception to the general rule that con- troversial questions are not disposed of | in short sessions was concurred in not only by dry organization leaders, but| even by a few anti-prohibition chiefs. | Bingham said “the only way drys can | defeat beer legislation at the short ses- | sion is by filibuster” and added that he | was informed Borah would not use| these tactics. But even without them,| it was recognized on both sides that| the time left to the dying Congress will be crowded with annual appropriation | bills, economy efforts and other essen- tial legislation. Tax Bill Is Urged. Reed and others are urging the neces- | sity of a tax bill this Winter. Here the | modificationists pitch in with their| talking point of a beer tax to produce millions. While drys dispute all high| estimates many modificationists claim | as much as $400,000,000 can be had| from this source. | PFurthermore, while White House in- fluence usually is an important factor | in framing tax bills, President Hoover's attitude toward beer legalization has not been disclosed. Leaders of dry organizations have taken the position that while the antis made gains and big ones, these were in part at least incidental to the general desire of the voter to oust the “ins.” Consequently they intend to bring every pressure on “lame duck” drys to keen their record clear for a comeback at- tempt in 1934. They are likewise analyz- ing the various State referenda on liquor—all of which went against them —in the hope of discovering that some districts within them remained dry, or | were lost by small margins only. Drys Plan Convention. The Anti-Saloon League will hold & | four-day convention here—an extra one midway of the scheduled biennial meet- ings—a week after Congress reconvenes. It will be followed b~ a gathering of the leaders who compuse the conference of organizations supporting the eighteenth | amendment. Here strategy for the im- mediate future will be discussed. The anti-prohibition organizations have no comparable central clearing house. One of them, at least, the As- sociation Against the Prohibition Amendment, has taken no stand on the modification question. \ ‘While the drys are out to stop every- thing, there are many shades of op- posing opinion and no project has shaped itself yet for all organizations to get; together on a single plan. Spain to Admit Exiles. Girl, 16, Loses Two Ribs, but Normal Number Still Left By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., November 12— Carol Nelson is one up on Adam. She lost two ribs. After surgeons had removed the pair, Carol still had one more than Adam. Hers were extra ribs. Several months &go physicians at St. Edward, Nebr, Carol's home, were puzzled when the 16-year-old girl's left arm and hand began to shrivel and shrink. X-ray pictures re- vealed the two extra ribs press- ing on nerves just below the shoulders. Surgeons who removed them at a local hospital said the opera- tion was but one of four on record. SEX EQUALITY MAY BEU.S. REGULATION Civil _Service Commission Would Put Men and Women on Same Status. Over the objection of Commissioner George R. Wales, > Civil Service Commission has asked the approval of President Hoover on a proposed regula- tion that would prevent department heads from specifiying sex of persons to be certified for Federal employment. The new rule, long advocated by Miss Jessle Dell, woman member of the commission, would eliminate from eivil service regulatiors the provision under which sex may govern certification of applicants in cases where prospective Government employers express a pref- erence for men or women. Commissionér Wales, when questioned as to the reason for his opposition to the “equality plan,” explained in a statement that he believes the policy will not achieve the result desired, viz., equal opportunity for women in Peder: service. “T am somewhat hesitant,” he said, “to make a statement concerning the change in the practice of the commis- sion with respect to use of a single register for men and women, because the matter has not been acted on by the President. “But since ‘T have been quoted incor- rectly, I would like to state that my prineipal objeetion to a change in policy is that I.believe the change will op- | erate to reduce the number of ap-| pointments received by wemen, and will | thus defeat the very purpose intended | to be advanced. Our register will nat- urally be clogged at the top with mili- | tary preference eligibles, most of whom | e proposed chan bmitted e pro change was sul | to ?reardmt Hoover by the cumrnudcml‘ a month ago, it was revealed today. It provides specifically for the elimination of the following language from ecivil service rules: “Certification shall be made without | regard to sex unless Sex is specified in the request.” It is understood that the commis- sion’s action followed a lengthy investi- | gation in which it was determined lhn‘ many women on eligible registers were being passed over and men taken in| their stead, even though the former stood higher. In the new scheme the departmental heads will be forced to take those persons who are at the top of the register. Thomas E. Camphbell, president of the commission, joined witn Miss Dell* in SUIT AGAINST RADIO WOULD AVERT U. 3. | Electric Companies Plan to Liberalize Patent Licens- ing Scheme. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 12—Uncon- firmed reports were current today that the General Electric and Westinghouse Radio Corporation of American, were preparing & plan for submission to the United States Department of Justice, designed to avert the Government's anti-trust' suit against Radio Corpora- tidn, 3 . . Officials of the companies withheld commenf. But it was stated in Wall Street that -officers of all companies concerned, and their lawyers, were working on detalls of the plan which, it was reported, would seek to meet tion with gge two largest manufacturing companies. ‘The Government’s suit is scheduled to open on Tuesday in Wilmington, Del. Important features of the reported plan, it would take the form of of General Electric and Westinghouse to modify their pres- ent scheme for patent licensing, elim- inating entirely the present exclusive right now given to Radio Corporation, to utilize patents of the two electrical manufacturers. In effect, it was stated, this would place Radio tion on the same footing as all other radio manufacturers insofar as the patent question is concerned. In addition, it was reported, the plan would provide for the eventual distribu- tion of Radio Corporation stock now held by General Electric and Westing- house, probably over a period of two to three years. 1,700 ON MILK STRIKE; REJECT 20 PER CENT CUT Wagon Drivers and Plant Employes in Ohio and Kentucky Walk Out. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, November 12.—Ap- proximately 1,700 milk wagon drivers and plant employes of milk distributors in Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Hamilton, Ohio, went on strike today, rejecting a wage cut of approximately 20 per cent. . French Bauer, Inc., largest distribu- tor in this district, announced that 1,000 dairy farmers, members of the Co-operative Pure Milk Association, had been mustered to man their delivery wagons, and the Milk Exchange en- gaged 200 men to work in its plants, The strikers remained on the job to make milk deliveries to chain stores, hospitals and charitable institutions. H. D. Hooge, president of the Milk Exchange, said the allied dealers could not . afford to pay what the drivers asked. Pay, he sald, averaged $46.67 a man. Storm Sufferer a Suicide. CAMAGUEY, Cuba, November 12 (#). —FPrancisco Gallo, 60, a prominent business man, who lost heavily through hurricane hanged himself voting for the change. this morning, MINER LEAVES GOLD IN GROUND TO AVOID BOTHER WITH MONEY People Would Be Trying to It Up, He Reasons. By the Assaclated Press. ‘WENATCHEE, Wash,, November 12— Clarence Jordan banks his gold in Flag Mountain, and that is where he is going to keep it. Now and then hell draw out a few hundred dollars with pick and shovel for family expenses. Gold is an old story with Jordan. His father taught him how to pan it|with in the rich Swauk Creek area of Cen- tral Washington, where the elder Jor- dan was one of the seven original dis- coverers and one of the leaders in the gold-mad race of the meauve decade when miners took $4,000,000 out of the area before stampeding for the Klon- Clarence was 10 then. Ever since he has been playing with gold in the Cas- cade Mountains—first in the Swauk and Sell Him Things if He Dug claims and tried to.buy an adjoining one on which he found a rich pocket. But Jack McMillan knew Clarence too lay and refused to sell. older brother, 47-year-old Ollie, came from the city with $1,000. McMillan sold unhesitatingly to the 3 Clarence pointed out the spot. Ollie dug for half an hour. Then he left three water buckets filled e it all out at once for? have to pay a lot of it out in , have a bunch of fellers in here worrying later on Flag Mountain. He almost an entire side press. TWO CENTS. COMMUNITY CHEST CAMPAIGN UNITS GETIN FULL SWING 2,200 Workers of Govern- ment Group Start Drive for Their Quota of $1,000,000. $2,419,787 IS SOUGHT BY WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23 First Report of Subscriptions on New “Cents-a-Day” Plan Will Be Made Monday. The Community Chest campaign for $2,419,787 was on in full swing today as the last big unit of the campaign organization, the Government Unit, with 2,200 workers, went into sction following a final-instruction meeting at the Willard Hotel last night. Inspired by words of Chest leaders and Mrs. Hoover, the Government Unit got into action in an effort w raise approximately $1,000,000, the same amount raised last year, among the Federal employes of the District. Other units of the Chest, the Met- ropolitan, Group Solicitation, National Corporations and Special Gifts groups, had begun their work of filling pledge cards on the new "cents---dlym" plan of solicitation Thursday and it is expected the various campaign organi. zations will have an unprecedentedly I;&n;;w?gpoflnmemn- of the cam at 12:15, at the Willard %‘o’gg e Closes November 23. ‘The campaign will continue until th evening of Wednesday, November 2;. when, it is expected, the quota, will have been reached or exceeded, and =2 Ry G bitio: hall of Wardman Park Hotel. . All the campaign machinery, except the Government unit, had been swung into action by Thursdsy, with the mes- sage of the Chest this year, “Give us Electrict Cos, which Jjointly control | Wi MILK STRIKE PLANNED BY WISCONSIN POOL Big Dairy Group Backs Farmers’ Holiday Movement to Raise Price of Butterfat. By the Assoclated Press. . N, Wis, Novcmaber 12— The great daity State of Wisconsin to= day was threatened with a milk strike, The Wisconsin Co-Operative Milk Pool, which claims & membershin of 4,000, voted to call the strike last night as a protest against prevailing low prices. The plans, as adopted at the closing session of a two-day corference, provide for callivg the strike on December i uniess the price for butte:fat has ricen at least 5 cents a pound by that time. The members of tue pool also en- dorsed the farm holiday movement which is being directed by the National Holiday Association. Walter E. Sing- ler, the milk pool's president, was di- rected to attend the joint meeting of farm organizations at Omaha, at which Holiday activities are to be discussed. Gov.-elect A. G. Schmedeman was asked, in a resolution, to initiate “such legislative measures as will improve the prevailing hopeless conditions in the marketing of dairy products.” Another resolution urged President- elect Roasevelt to initiate legislation de- signed to place an embargo on foreign oils and fats used in the manufacture of oleomargarine. 24 MINERS KILLED IN ENGLISH BLAST Tragic Explosion Shakes Colliery West of Manchester as 100 Men Work on Night Shift. By the Assoclated Press. ‘WIGAN, Lancashire, England, No- vember 12.—Twenty-four miners were killed early today in an explosion at the Edgegreen colliery at Ashton-in-Maker« fleld. The accident occurred while 100 men were working in the ecelliery on the night shift. Wigan is the center of the rich coal area extending some 20 miles west of Manchester. Ashton-in-Makerfield is 5 miles due south of Wigan and one of the many coal mining villages in the section. Hitler Aides Jailed. SCHWEIDNITZ, Germany, November 12 (A).—Edmund Heines, Nazi member of the Reichstag and chief of the Hitler storm troops in Silesia, was sentenced to six months in yesterday in connection with a last Sum- months in fall, onc =iavea trooper was condemned to five years in the peni. tentiary and another received & ome- mnnmlwnmuuuwm- Heines was one of three sentenced to three months fn jail last for as- saulting a newspaper man in Reich- stag lob!