Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1932, Page 1

The only evening paper in ‘Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,126 TWO CENTS. DENOGRATS ADOP THREE-WAY PLAN FOR NEW CONGRES Beer, Economy and Farm Aid to Receive First Action by “Lame Ducks.” Foening SStaf. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1932—FORTY PAGES. New York Markets Closed Today. 4 No. 32,349, * (P) Means Associated Press. " Entered_as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ‘BRITISH AND FRENCH DEBT PAYMENT NOW EXPECTED:; U. S. WILL WAIT AND SEE Leaders Put Ban on Wholesale _ Review. NEXT STEP UP TO EUROPEANS Proposed Creation of Commission Seems Doomed. 31.845601 RAISED AS CHEST WORKERS CONTINUE EFFORTS Campaign Formally C|osesf With Gifts Half Million | Short of Goal. SAYS 1 HAVE NO CAUSE FOR THANKSGIVING? ’ Roosevelt Favors % Bigger Salutes For State Heads By the Assoclated Press. More Facts to Be Offered by London. JISSUE TACKLED BY OFFICIALS Consider Hoover’s| Siatement Reopens | Question. P 7 / 1 / SPECIAL SESSION CALL AVOIDED BY ROOSEVEL1 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES TR “«a\,’l\\ il CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS il All Units Report More Contri- butions Coming in to Aid Suffzring. | - | Undaunted by the fact the formal campaign of the Ccmmunity Chest has | ended more than half a million dollars | short of the goal, a dogged army of | Foreign Debt Problem Is Consid ered Closed for Present as Re- sult of Conferences. elected by the people.” Gov. Rolph said that during Gov _Roosevelt’s campaign tour the latter thankei him for the gui toriel 17-gun salute re- 4 in E: Cov. Roo: he were clected President one of the first things he wanted to do was to change the order of sa- lutes,” Gov. Rolph said. “He said he saw no reason Why cabinet By the Associated Precs A clearly defined legislative program, calling for beer and economy to help balance the budget, and for relief te farmers, has been adopted by Demo- Bv the Associated Press. LONDON, November 24—Un- pficial Whitehall and Parliamen- f$ary opinion today appeared to be ghat the question of war debts had been reopened by President Hoo- wer’s statement about them, and that the British case for suspen- sion of payment and revision may now be presented in full. Meanwhile, the discussion of the situation overshadowed all other things as the members gathered in the lobbies of the House of Commons. The discussion pene- trated to the government offices * in Whitehall as well, although the American reply to the British note suggesting extension of the Hoover moratorium had not yet been received. Forelgn office officials were under- stood to be dealing with the debt ques- tion and a statement from Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the ex- chequer, on the general situation was awaited in the House of Commons. mosphere of “undue pessimism.” Financial London seemed to be taking 1o $3.24%, & new low, This was in response Hoover's assertion that “no facts have been presented to the debtor govern- ments which would justify” suspension ©of the $95,550,000 due December 15. The morning papers commented at length on the Hoover pronouncement. 'rhz'gst was Great Britain will pay, but ltinmcnlcuetherewu]be dislocation of international trade and economic machinery in United States sufferer. The Times said the most serious effect of payment would be “the conse- nces to the Lausanne settlement and 3‘:’: proposed World Economic Con- ference, whose prospect for definite and substancial success is largsly dependent on satisfactory settlement of the whole | nvolved question of these intergovern- mental debts.” The Telegraph said the question of payment next month cannot be closed, and saw & virtuel invitation in part of Mr. Hoover’s statement to renew the (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) CAPT. M. C. GORGAS DIES Retired Navy Officer Was Classmate of Sims and Rodman. MARE ISLAND, Calif, November 24 (P)—Capt. Miles Carpenter Gorges, 71, U.'S. N., retired, an Annapolis class- mate of Admiral William S. Sims and Hugh Rodman, died at the Navy Hos- pital here last night. Capt. Gorgas saw service with Dewey at Manila and later served in Arctic patrol duty untll thet work was taken over by the Coast Guard. He retired from the Navy in 1901, but returned to service for duty during the World War, Harry Gorgas and Miss Mabel Gorgas, M;\r,ol Philadelphia. which will not be the least| members, appointees of the Pres- ident, should rate more guns than Governors, wWho are elected by the people.” ROOSEVELTIS 60 TONE DEBTSTLDY Consiefers Existing Diplo- matic Channels Best Plan for Contacts With Europe. By the Associated Press. ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN EN ROUTE TO WARM SPRINGS, Ga, Noveinber 24.—President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt says he belleves “the most convenient and effective” contacts be- tween the United States and Europe on the war debts can be made through the existing channels c¢f diplomacy.’ This statement, which marked the culmination of his active two-day con- sideration of the war obligations, was regarded by persons close to him as a declaration against the creation of a debt commissicn to deal with debtor nations. The statement, issued last night shortly before he arrived in Lynchburg, reparations “Once these principles of relationships are established and-recog- nized,” he added, “the methods by which contacts between our Govern- ment and the debtor nations may be (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) SENORA CALLES DYING FROM BRAIN TUMOR of Wife of Former President Mexico Has Been in Coma for Four Days. | By the Assoctated Press. | MEXICO CITY, November 24— | Senora Leonora Llorente Calles, the young wife of former President Plu- tarco Elias Calles, was reported in a dying condition today with a brain tumor. w i ora Calles w pronclzwnudm l?nm"?' hopeless condition early this fall and for four days she | has been in a coma at the general’s home here. A presidential statement about mid- 1n15m said Senora Calles was still liv- | ing, but that her condition wes des- | perate. This superseded unofficial | statements from the Calles home | Senora Calles had died at 10:40 o'clock lest night. Senoxgn Calles last appeared in public in January of this year, during a va- cation with her hi d at Cuyutlan, Colima. The first circulated in- formation that she was seriously ill came when the general made a hurried trip from Mexico City with his wife last June. They went to Boston, where .| an operation was performed. Senora Calles 15 the second wife of the general, having married him in 1930. PLEA TO BORROW “DECENT” SUIT FOR BABY’S FUNERAL BRINGS JOB Man Applying at Baltimore Welfare Office Obtains Clothes—Evades Reason for Appeal in 30-Minute Quiz, B7 the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, this story is about & who wanted to borrow to attend his baby’s funeral. November 24— Stripped of all but the barest facts, ragged young man “decent” clothes | wife had left him because he , became evasive. He ‘wouldn't tell. He told her his had been | unable to.get work and that he bad a child, but he wouldn't say why he Drenched from the heavy rain, he|gonied to borrow clcthes. walked into the Family Welfare Office. | “about bor- it cam? out. “I want to see,” he said, of ww\ncnsultolelm.hu-nd-pllr shoes. After almost 39 minutes, however, “Is the baby with your wife?” ‘Tears L cheeks. 2 and Il gck in the afternoon.” ‘do you want to borrow a suit?” Va., on his way to & vacation in Warm | Pon By the Associated Press. Despite President Hoover's ad- vocacy of creating an agency to re-examine the war debts, indi- cations today were that this Gov- ernment would do nothing, leav- ing the next step in the troubled situation to its foreign debtors. Not only did Mr. Hoover's pro- posal meet with strong and appar- ently conclusive opposition by Congressional leaders, but this opposition was backed by a state- ment from President-elect Roose- velt that he believed existing dip- lomatic channels were adequate to hear new pleas from Europe. Such an expression from the head of the incoming national administra- tion, even though not intended as dic- tation to Congress, was interpreted here as effectively closing the door for the present to an American-initiated whole- sale review of the $11,000,000,000 in obligations due this country. Formal Replies Submitted. While this situation was developing, Secretary of State Stimson handed to British, French and Belgian Ambassa- dors the formal replies of this Govern- ment den) their requests for an ex- tension of the moratorium. The Stim- son notes were not made public. Re- plies have not been sent to Czechoslo- vakia and Poland, the other countries requesting suspension. The Secretary’s action followed Pres- ident Hoover’s lengthy statement yes- afternoon, which said, “No facts have been presented by the debtor gov- which wi Jnfifly" post- of nearly $125,000,000. s mm h:nvle'dce of this vudm,ac‘- departing for Warm Springs, Ga. ur-a:m to creating . d’:; exchange views lltl;n 1Wa-n- S A s w the most and eflag.lve contacts mc‘b-;v : Thus, while not closing the door to the future reconsideration of the debts, he placed his influence against Mr. Hoover’s suggestion of a commission. With it, he reiterated that responsi- | bility for dealing with the war debt situation rests until March 4 with the present Republican administration. That the commission project was foredoomed seemed certain in the light of the congressional opposition which was expressed immediately upon Mr. Hoover’s statement, and in the words of Speaker Garner: “We convinced him (the President) that the Congress at the present time would decline to create any agency to discuss debts with foreign debtors.” Attention was given here to indica- tions from London, however, that Mr. Hoover's views were interpreted there as leaving the way open. for new argu- ments for a review of the debt problem, and that therefore the British govern- ment would present facts of this nature’ to the United States immediately. In official PFrench quarters, it was in- dicated France would follow the British course. Secretary Stimson first gave this Government's reply . to Aml lor Claudel of France. Then Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British envoy, was called to the suburban home of the Secretary last night to receive the note for his government. Leaders at White House. President Hoover's statement was is- sued only a few minutes before his suc- cessor-elect, left the Capital and shortly (Continued on Page 4, Column 8.) meb v S “HOODLUM TERRORISM” IN SCHOOLS TO BE PROBED mand Inquiry and Audit of High School. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 24.—Suburban Cicero, cne-tim> stamping grounds of Al Capone, today resounded with the made of assertions thit “hoodlum ter- rorism” had crept into the school sys- promise that an investigation wou'd be HINDENBURG ENDS HITLER'S PROJECT Will Turn Down Proposal for “Presidial” Cabinet to Save Country. BERLIN, November 24 (#).—Presi- dent von Hindenburg today withdrew his offer to the German chancellor- ship to Adolf Hitler, who could not organize a supporting majority in the Reichstag, and turned to considera- tion of another candidate. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 24.—President Von Hindenburg has decided to termi- nate his negotiations with Adolf Hitler, it was sald today in an authoritative quarter, with a refusal to offer him the 1t | chancellorship in a government respon- sible only to the Chief Executive. Some time today, it was expected, he will close the Hitler chapter with a mes- sage to the National Socialist Jeader re- Hitler’s offer to head a “pre- jal” cabinet. He offered Hitler the chancellorship 1ast week, but stipulated that the Nazi chief must first assure himself of sup- port for at least two years from a ma- jority in the Reichstag. Could Not Get Backing. Hitler could not do that and be con- sistent, for his political career has been one of continual opposition to parlia- mentary government. He could not do it anyway, for the Nationalists under Alfred Hugenberg, and the Bavarians in the Reichstag would not support him. Without their support he could not com- mand a majority. ‘After deliberating on the questioh for more than a day, the Nazi leader had written the President and an authori- tarlan presidial cabinet, responsible to President Von Hindenburg, be appoint- ed. In order not io.complicate the sit- uation, the Nazi leader mentioned no name for the chancellorship, according to an informed source. The leader of the strongest party in Germany closed his counter-proposal with this solemn promise: “In the event of its acceptance I pledge both my per- son and my entire movement to the solving of the governmental crisis and thereby to the saving of the father- land.” Hoped for Conference. The letter attempted to meet the reservations set nmfi by the President when he mede his conditional offer, ‘At Nazi headquarters the opinion had been expressed that the communication aved the way for another personal talk tween the President and the party leader in the course of which the Presi- dent’s misgivings about asking Hitler to form a presideal cabinet might finally be allayed. «Hitler can wait,” said Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, former president of the Reichs- bank, who was closeted with the Nazi chieftain most of the afternoon, “If he does not become chancellor now he will in four ménths.” Gen. Franz von Epp, one of the Nazi members of the new Reichstag, was even more optimistic. “They will have to come to Hitler before another week is over if they do not ask him to form a cabinet now,” Cicero Citizen’s Committee to De- | hel cipal lieutenants. MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WHILE BEING ARRESTED By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., November 24—El- mer Rutledge, 21, Lancaster, S. C., was in King's Daughters’ Hospital, Ports- Chester Bragg, former president of the Berwyn Real Estate Board, said a committee of citizens would demand the investigation and would ask an audit of the books of the J. Sterling Morton in “were hoodl d former saloon- keepers” and that the discharged cafe- teria manager was replaced by a former jroad house kezper. | Frank Svoboda, .presidcnt of the | Echeel Board, s2id the whole thing was: mouth, today suffering from wounds in the foot ;nl.dmwgngnlfinut o{rha; shot last y Special Agent . Flowers of the Seaboard Air Line Rail- School, where most of the 8,000 | Way. Because of the Thanksgiving Holiday The Star will issue no 5:30 Editions today HIT-RUN VICTIM, STILL CRIPPLED, CARRIED INTO COURT FOR TRIAL Judge Given Orders Inquiry Into Treat- ment of Dazed Man. Ordered Arraigned. An investigation was ordered by |physician, and a charge of drunkenness Police Court Judge Ralph Given today as to why a man who appeared to be unable to walk and whose clothing was spattered with blood, as the result of being struck by a hit-and-run driver while allegedly drunk, was brought in for trial. Rocco Socco, 51, unemployed New York barber, was run down on October 23 and taken to Emergency Hospital while still unconscious. An investiga- tion showed he had a broken leg, frac- tured collarbone and a severe cut on He was treated by a staff subsequently was placed against him. Socco was confined to Entergency for several days and then transferred to Gallinger Hospital. Today police said they were informed by a hospital at- tache that the man was ready to face the judge The little barber, appearing dazed, was carried into a court cell on the back of a policeman. He was dressed in the same clothes he wore the day of the accident and his shirt and coat were stained with blood. ‘When Socco’s case was called, a bafliff tola Judge Given the defendant was (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Y 1N NATION N THANRSENG Church Services Held by All Creeds—Provision Made for Unfortunates. ‘The Capital paused today to join with the Nation in a spirit of gratitude for the blessings of peace on Thanksgiving day. . ‘With slightly overcast skies the pop- ulace, under the leadership of President Hooyer, abandoned the cares of office to celebrate in church and home the anniversary of the simple feast three centuries ago. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, passing their last Thanksgiving day in the White House, returned to the Executive Man- sion after attending services at the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church on Sixteenth street, and prepared to partake of a modest American dinner, topped by turkey. Service at St. Patrick’s. An outpouring of Latin-American diplomats in gold braid and silk hats, attending the colorful Pan-American mass, in St. Patrick's Church, provided the outstanding religious ceremony of the day, as it has been for years past, while the Washington Cathedral held ‘Thanksgiving day services in the great choir at St. Alban’s The diplomats and others the St. Patrick’s mass heard Rev. Law- rence J. Shehan, D. D., extoll the ideals of democracy and point to the unique history of expansion and development that has been America’s during the riod since the Revolution. Most Rev. letro Pumasoni-Biondi, apostolic dele- gate to the United States, presided at the mass, which was attended by high dignitaries of the Catholic Church. Par- ticipants in the service were Rev. Jerome Sebastian of St. Elizabeth's Church, Baltimore; Rev. Elmer Fisher and Rev. George E. Shank of St. Ed- we;g’x Church, lzulgmore. P e sermon at the Washington Ca- thedral service was delivered by Right resent at Bishop of N rticipating were Very . Dr. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean of the Cathedral; Rev, Dr. William L. De Vries, canon precentor; Rev. Dr. G. Freeland Peter, canon chancellor, and Canon Raymond L. Wolven, chaplain to the bishop. - The services were broad- cast by Station WMAL. Other Services Held. A joint Thanksgiving service was con- ducted in the Mount Pleasant Congre- gational Church, the congrega- (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) TWO DOZEN GRID STARS ILL WITH INFLUENZA Zimmerman and Hitchcock Among Those Stricken at Tulane and Auburn. By the Assoclated Press. of them stand-out per- formers. Don Zimmerman, Tulane’s great half- ¢ | five of the officers were POLIE RE READY T0 BLOGK DS’ Squads Stationed Near White House to Prevent Demon- stration of Children. ‘The big iron gates to the White House grounds were ready to be closed today on the 80-odd Communists, who came to Washington to file a Thanksgiving day protest with President Hoover against what they termed “child misery” in the United States. The vanguard of the marchers, three private automobiles, ' crossed the Dis- trict line on the Bladensburg road at 11 o'clock. They were followed by other ps of three or four cars at intervals of five minutes. In each case District motor cycle policemen chased gowhl:“themun and forced 0 3 e policemen inquired of the drivers whether the children passengers were to take part in any demonstration. The answers invariably were negative and the machines were allowed to pro- ceed under escort of a police motor cycle when the drivers gave a definite ad to which the children were to be taken. Many of the children were colored. Although leaders of the children's hunger march said & minimum of 100 children and 325 adults would take part in the ‘“child misery” protest, police reports declared that not more than 80 were in the delegations which came from Baltimore. This protest is de- signed, according to the Communists, as a “mighty prelude” to the hunger march. The President, it was learned, has no intention of rccelvln‘? any of the Com- munists or the petition of protest and, in accordance with his wishes, the Po- lice Department made elaborate plans to pmvencxlny“fom of demonstration. Scores of policemen were secreted in buildings in the vicinity of the White House, pr to turn back the m they make any at- tempt to enter the grounds. Seventy- ' tain quartered in the Belasco Theater and twenty-five others are in the buildings near Seven- teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue which house the United States Court of Claims. Police Watch Whole City. In the meantime, many other officers, some in uniform and others in plain clothes, mancuverd about the city, keeping a close check on the move- ments of the Communists, believing (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) LYTTON GROUP STUDIES POLICY BEFORE LEAGUE Commission Discusses Possibility of Replying to Arguments of Japan and China. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 24—The Lytton Commii, which i Manchurian situation for the League Nations, met this m to decm“ whether it will submit a to the mlrtument: of le:.n m;ln Cl during Count cflm. three ys the League Several members would be no modification of the original report which was arrived at unani- mously. le-nhunm,emdm?unflu among them - gestion for neutral control of msu‘ gh“guhcmum& Radio Programs on Page A-14 5,000 workers last night decided to con- tinue informal solicitation in an effort to fill to the brim the now gaping Chest. ‘With lttle more than half its quota raised, the 2,200 workers of the Govern- ment Unit, through their chairman, Gov. Thomas E. Campbell, asked for and received the chance to continue so- liciting in the Government departments, bureaus and inds lent offices until a more representative showing has been made by that unit. “The Government Unit can and will make a better showing, and I ask that we be allowed to continue the drive,” Gov. Campbell said. surface in our unit, and that, when we complete our work, there will be a far more respectable figure listed beside the name of the Government Unit when the final contributions are tabulated.” $1,845,651 Contributed, The Chest, according to last night's partial reports, had received a total of $1,845,651.19 toward a goal of $2,419,787. r cent of its quota, over the top when the contributions already reported ready indicated _there|, A, Aspinwall, whose final formal showed a total of $731,617.89 Dul;c!m (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ——e URGES U. S.-CANADA “I am convinced we have done little more than turn the cratic leaders for the brief December session of Congress. Plans for quick action on beer and farm relief were announced following conferences with President-elect Roose- velt, in which it became known that ht desires to avold an extra session aftel he takes office March 4. As represented by those who con- ferred with him, Mr. Roosevelt holds | as most important the balancing of the budget. He hopes, they said, tha revenue from legalized heer and a re duction in Government expendif will make additional taxes unnec But should the Treasury deficit con- tinue to mount, Mr. Roosevelt was to be ready to meet whatever new situation arises. He was represented also as especially anxious for farm legislation. The Democratic’ plan is to put through as much legislation in line with the President-elect’s ideas and the Quorum Not Present. Collier explained that while a quorum of the committee’s 25 members were TRADE RECIPROCITY |52 Liberal Member of Commons Would Remove Customs Barriers. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ontario, November 24.—A resolution asking the Canadian govern- ment to open negotiations with the United States for reciprocal trade re- lations has been placed on the order paper in the House of Commons by William Duff, the Liberal. It reads: “Resolved, That it is expedient that the government of Canada reopen ne- gotiations with the Government of the United States of America with a view of bringing about a satisfactory re- ciprocal trade arrangement between Canada and the United States, whereby the natural products of Canada, that is, the products of the sea, the farm, the mines and the forest, and including fish, lumber, wheat, cattle, etc., should have free entry into the United States in exchange for the admission of cer- goods from the United States of Americs, which in the interests of both countries may be admitted into Can- ada, free from customs tariffs.” ject for consideration, “I don’t_think (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) —— FLYING CIRCUS “KING” LEAPS TO HIS DEATH Jumps From Apartment Window After Quarrel With Wife, Police Disclose. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 24—Ivan Gates, flying circus “king,” who has promoted sensational air meets in al- most every State in the Union, leaped to his death today from a window of his sixth-floor apartment. Police said that Gates leaped from the window early this morning after an argument with his wife. He concluded the argument, they said, with a threat to jump, and though Mrs. Gates graj gled with him and sought to rest im, he fought his way to the window and leaped, landing on his head. Gates was credited with having par- ticipated in some 2,000 air meets in 43 States and he exploited many of rthe fiying circus exhibitions of the Army Air Service. THANKSGIVING AT WHITE HOUSE OBSERVED IN QUIET, SIMPLE WAY President Arises Early, Exercises and Attends Church Services With Wife. ‘Thanksgiying day is being observed today in a quiet, simple fashion at the ‘White House. With the of attending spe- clal services at the Methodist ington at Foundry M. E. durmyflu forenoon, “there has been virt: no departure from tomary routine of the President’s home. oover arose at his usual early . | of Wa | liam P. McDowell, retired; Rev. James Metro- to join them at dinner evening with them. The Thanksgiving services at Church was conducted m Edwn H. Hughes, resident M t n, by Bishop