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“From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system coversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tonight and tomorrow, temperature; minimum it about 50 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 63, at 1:30 pm. ; lowesi, 51, at 7:00 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Yeslerdl.y's Circulation, 118,487 bening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 — — No. 32,357. post office, ‘Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D, € WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, BRITISH-FRENCH APPEALS MEET QUICK OPPOSITION: LAUSANNE ISSUE RE Garner Predicts Flat Refusal by U. S. HOOVER WEIGHS) PARIS REQUEST: Plea Considered by Cabinet—U. 8. May | Not Reply. ne tish and French d on Page A-4. The text of Bri nctes will b By the Associated Press. A flat prediction that Congress will not act to relieve America’s | war debtors was made today by Speaker Garner. At about the same time, Secre- | tary of State Stimson at the White House told newspaper men “it may not be necessary to reply” to the latest notes from Great Britain and France asking sus- pencion, respectivcly, of payments‘ of £95550,000 and $20,000,000 due | in loss than two wee | g is not going to change tuation,” the Democratic Vice President-elect told reporters. “I said to Mr. Hoover, when 1| was down at the White House a | weel or so ago, that the sooner the European nations realized the United States expects to be paidl the better off the whole world will | be,” Garner added. “I still think that. “They (the debtor nations) may continue to talk about it all they please, but Congress won't do any- thing about it. We have the right over here to do what we think best, just as they have.” Others powerful on Capitol Hill also expressed strong opposition to acceding to Great Britain rnml France. T Becretary of State gave intimation that the United States might not answer the new debt communica- Department after a cabinet mesting at which. the war debi siiuation—and the newly recelved French note in particu- lar—were discussed. “It may not be necessary to reply,” he told newspaper men over his shoul- der, as he left the White House, U. S. Position Clear. While he did not elaborate, the state- ernment feels its position has been clearly staled in its replies to the orig- ina’ requests and that the latest com- mun’cations present no new proposals Teguiring angwer. In enswering the first British and French notes s well es those from of debtors, President Hoover stated that no rcasons had been advanced to | just fy suspending the December 15| Painents. | H> added that he would recommend to Congress the formation of an agency to > over the whole situation with the €cbior nations. M. Hoover 2nd Secretary Stimson got heeds together soon after break- | to pore over the new note from | Frence, a longthy cablegram delivered &t the home of the Secretary last night by Ambassador Paul Claudel. Only| about cne-third as long as the 6,000- word British note, it resembled it in voicing renewed demands for suspension | of this month’s payments and revision | of the whole war debt structure. Irish Press Scores British Attitude in Debt Note to U. S. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free December 2 —Great State, Britain's 1 ain ging suspension of ine mext instaliment of war debts was the subject of a bitter editorial n today’s Irish Press, a government organ, Britain acknowledges the d-bt and agrees, if driven to it, 1o pay in gold, which is the commod it wil mest hurt the States to . you dare’ "After which Br condescendingly agrees to dis- cuss with the American Gove: ment how best the payments may be_postponed.” ‘The principles underlying the British note are diametrically opposite to those Britain is ap- plying in regard to the Free States, the newspaper continues. US. DEFICIT MOUNTS CLOSE TO BILLION Five Months Ending Novem- age of $751,322,422. By the Associated Press. The Government ended five months of its 1933 fiscal year on November 30 with a deficit of $751311,422 and a gross public debt of $20,806,012,836. The gross debt had increased more than $3,000,000,000 since November 30, 1931, when it amounted to $17,310,026,- 954. The debt compared with a pre-war debt on March 31, 1917, of $1,282,044,- 346 and the peak war debt on August 31, 1919 of $26,596,701,648. $580,894,151 Revenue. During the five months of the pres- ent year the Government has collected from all sources, $680,894,151 and has spent $1,432,205,593. The new taxes levied in the billion- dollar tax bill have caused miscellane- ous internal revenue to increase ap- proximately $73,000,000 over last year, g in a total of $314,320,195. The actual gain in these taxes, however, was offset by a drop of $155,000,000 in income taxes collected in five months of this year, as compared to the same period & year ago. ‘The total collections from income tax on November 30 amounted to $202,480,- Customs duties also have fallen, bringing in $117,722,232 in the five months, as compared with $170,840,389 last year. The general expenditures showed a decrease, as compared to last year, | amounting to $977,911,895, as compared | with $1,166,115,810, but interest on the | public debt increased, totaling $232- | 023,237, as compared with $195,710,- 57. Expenditures Smaller. Ordinary expenditures of*the Gov- ernment including all of its activities amounted to $1,419,476,312, a decrease, as compared with $1,642,260,046 last year, while the general fund receipts toteled $671,997,429, as compared with $801,798,000 a year ago. On the expenditure side there was $100,000,000 devoted to the adjusted service certificate fund this year that was not included in the expenditures for the same period of last year. showed that in the five months of the fiscal year it had issued $3,854,204,589 Secretary Stimson went to the Execu- tive Mansicn more than half an hour Pefore the start of the President’s semi- | weerly cabinet meeting. He smilingly told newspaper men, in response to in- | quiry, that he bore the French note in the fat brief case he carried | The President immediately began to familiarize himself with the note of the Paris government, which expressed s t-i isfaction that he favored some review of the debt field. Coupled with this statement of satisfaction, however, the French note reiterated the request for & moratorium. State Department aides worked much of the night in its translation. | ritish Plea Analyzed. | Before the French note was made | pul official Washington had beguu a careful analysis of the British thesis | that dire consequepces threatened the | world if war debt payments were re- | sumed. 2 | The temper of war debt sentiment | at the Capitol was quickly shown. Senator Smoot of Utah, Republican chairman, &nd Harrison of Mississippi, g Democrat on the Senate ce Ccmmittee, were warmly crit- { the British statement that in- d teriffs and restri can goods would be necessary vere recumed. included tement * the Anglo-American trade bal- 4 b strengthened in Great s favor.) the present circumstances, this 4 only b done by adopting measures h would further yestrict purchases ican goods,” the note said, add- extent, therefore, that pay- ¢ resumed to the United casury a definite and unfavor- n must follow to the United | States producer.” oth read the British note in- rather general belief that “(Continueq on Page 5, Column 1) RICKARD’S WIDOW WED @arried More Than a Year Ago to Frank Dailey. NEW YORK, December 2 (#)—The ma:riege more than & year ago of the former Maxine Elliot Rickard, widow of Tex Rickard, fight promoter,. to Frank Dailey, business ‘man, was learned today. Officials of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, where the wedding took place, declined to give any details of the ceremony. January 10, 1929, at Bue%‘.edfll.. following an opera- tion for appendicit! in securities and had ret: same period a total of $2,533 The statement showed that na banks were continuing to tal ventage of the Glass-Borah ment to the home loan law and currency backed by Government ties bearing not more than 3% cent interest. Since the law became effective last July the national bank currency outstanding has increased ap- proximately $165,000,000 and now amounts to $875,880,908 WOMAN DEAD IN WELL VICTIM OF CLUBBING Hickory Bar From Door Used in Slaying of Mrs. Lottie Shuman Near Richmond. By the Associated Press RICHMOND, Va., December 2—Mrs. | Lottie Shuman, 52, was found dead last | ber 30 Show Federal Short- | The Treasury's month end statement | VIVED ‘Lnndon Reveals U. S.‘Approval’ of Parley. POLITICAL ANGLE MAY STIR STORM Payments in Future| Held Dependent on Agreement. BY CONSTANTI! | While the Bri the |French notes are largely con- | cerned with economic questions, [the sentence in the British note which follows contains political elements which in the near future are expected to occupy an even greater part of the debate on Cap- itol Hill on the war debts ques- tion: “The initiative in devising a |settlement of reparations was taken by the creditor governments | of Germany at Lausanne with the | cognizance and approval of the United States Government.” Aloofness Held. | s repetition of the statement the American Government s not only aware of the con- ditions under which the Lau- sanne rcparations agreement was | made, but had also the “approval” of the United States occurs in the face of the fact as represented in this country, that at the time of | the conversations between the {former allies and the Germans, |the American Government was so | anxious to keep out of those con- ferences that the State Depart- | ment issued instructions that the | American delegates to the Dis- armament Conference stay away from Lausanne. Regarded European Problem. At the same time the State Depart- | ment stated emphatically that this was | a Eurcpean problem which had nothing | to do with America, and the only in- ! formation that department ever had! was through the reading of the daily newspapers. ‘The ropean common front regard- ing the postponement of' due on December 15 snd the revision of ali war debts is unshattered. “This is not the result of any gen- tlemen’s agreement,” it was stated this morning in responsible foref diplo- matic quarters, “but is the inevitable consequence of the Lausanne agreeme which, in turn, was nothing else but | ent, the sequel to the intergovernmental debt holiday proposed by Mr. Hoover in July, 1931.” This moratorium was accepted by the interested European powers, it was said, only on the understanding that the whole matter of reparations and debts would be reopened soon ofter the debt holiday proposed by the President was ended. In the two notes which were handed | in yesterday by the British and the French Ambassadors to the State De- | partment, neither the British nor the French actually pleaded incapacity to pay when they requested the postpone- ment of the December installment due |to the United States and a thorough downward_revision of the war debts. | (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) POUND STERLING REACTS | ON NOTE PUBLICATION Drops to Around $3.19 for Cables, | With Little Support Evident. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 2.—The Brit- | ish pound sterling reacted sharply today following publication of England’s latest regarding the postponement and | revision of war debts. | The pound dropped nearly 4 cents at | | one time to around $3.19 fcr cables and little support was evident. Dealers were of the opinion that the majority of speculators had covered their short commitments and that the Bank of | England control was permitting sterling | to seek its own level. Other foreign currencies also exhibit- ed a recessionary trend. The French | | franc and Spanish lira were under pres- | | sure, although they held their losses to | fractions. The Canadian dollar was off | nearly 1 cent at 85 cents, apparently in sympathy with the pound. WARNING HITS U. . in the note the | t if the cbligations must | | | | night in a well in the rear of her home | fiae s SRR . at stop 8, Petersburg turnpike, by Po- | Imperialism Charged by Syndicalist s ;i | lice Chief C. W. Smith of Chesterfield | Organ in Spain. County. Circumstances indicated she died MADRID, December 2 (#).—The | from a blow with a hickory bar used |syndicalist organ La Tierra urged all as a bar to her bs door. | Spaniards in an editorial last night to against American imperialism. She had been dragged through one | unite room, then along a 25-foct walk. and | The paper called for a demonstration | dropped into the well | bar was found baside her body. head had been crushed The hickory | of Spanish strength against the United Her | States as an example for South Ameri- | can nations. ' CULBERTSON SPONSORS NEW BID TO GAIN GRAND SLAM PREMIUMS Convention of Four No Trumps After Suit Bids Offered to Show Added Ace Strength. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 2.—A new out an intervening bid, offers two spades and the original bidder goes to four | i spades, a bid of four no trump by the method of slam bidding was announced responding hand is & slam invitation, | today by Ely Culbertson. He described | 1t shows possessicn of three aces, or of it as a more scientific way to seek the | two aces and a king, of either hearts | or spades. | Should the response to the four no | trump bid be five no trump it shows possession of two aces. “In this manner,” i | | | | Tmcrewd premiums for grand slams | under the new scoring rules. He has instituted the conventions of bids of four no trump or five no trum to show possession g{ aces and kinj 2 “all the aces are automatically located after four of a suit has been bid in | Without cue biddm%to show individual the course of an auction involving a |aces, a method wXich is disadvantageous Jjump shift bid. because it shuts off valuable informa- If, for instance, the original bidder | tion on distribution and trump support. offers one heart and his pertner, with- |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) A DECEMBER 2, 1932—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. *okk (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. R e Moo ’ CK YOU'VE GoTTA TAKE CARE OF MY BOY- THAT GuY CANT DO ALL THE WORK \\ RECH CHANCELLOR “Mystery Man” Picked by Von Hindenburg to Form Presidial Cabinet. By the Associated Press BERLIN, December 2 —President von Hindenburg tdday asked Gen. Kurt von Schleicher, “mystery man” in German politics and at present the defense min- ister, to form a presidial cabinet for the republic. Gen. von Schleicher has been re- garded as the almost certain choice for the chancellorship ever since Chancellor Franz von Papen's junker government stepped out after last month’s elettion. The general was summoned to the President’s study this morning, and after a conference there walked out with a mandate to form a government. 1f successful, he was commissioned tg | occupy ‘theh ct{:x’n:ellorsmn himself, in- stead of the defense ministry during Von Papen's tenure”of ment by degree, % In the Von Papen cabinet, howevef, Gen. von Schleicher was looked upon the power behind the government in his “key” ministry. May End Deadlock. ‘The choice of the army leader for the difficult task of the domestic crisis with Winter approaching came after several weeks of effort on the part of the veteran President to solve a well nigh impassible deadlock. The November 6 election demonstrat- ed clearly that Chancellor Von Papen did not have pvfulsr backing after he had twice dissolved the Reichstag to avoid being unseated. The President then took the party leaders in turn, finally giving Adolf Hit- ler, militant Fascist leader, commission to form a parliamentary government. The Reichstag was hopelessly deadlock- ed, no party there having a majority, although Hitler's National Socialists were the most powerful single party with nearly 35 per cent of the seats at_their command. 2 ‘Hitler requested the privilege of forming a government responsible pri- marily to the President—a presidial or authoritarian cabinet—but Von Hin- denburg said he did not trust the Nazi enough for that. So the choice returned again to_the Rightist junker group mostly from East Prussia, many of them army men in the days when Von Hindenburg was i the Kaiser's fleld marshal. Suggested by Von Papen. Then the two most prominent in the | conferences became Von Schieicher and Von Papen. Finally the choice fell to the mysterious Von Schleicher, the man whose thoughts few have been able to fathom. Von Schleicher, it was known, how- ever, has had ambitions to become chancellor. He confided them more than a year ago to Gen. Wilhelm Groener, former Prussian war minister. Nevertheless, in all the recent diffi- culties, Gen. von Schleicher had de- clined all suggestions that he head a cabinet. The nomination of Von Schleicher came at the request of Chancellor von (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) e el CHICAGO FUNDS PARLEY REACHES NO DECISION Bankers to Renew Efforts to Supply City $24,000,000—Agree- ment Expected. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 2—Repre- | sentatives of New York and Chicago banks who had been conferring here on means of financing the City of Chi- cago’s obligations of $24,000,000 com- ing due on January 1 have concluded their discussions without reaching any agreement. The bankers, however, were said to- day to be hopeful that 2 plan might be worked out in the near future which would provide the city with funds. CLUBS USED ON STUDENTS IN WARSAW DISORDERS Police Break Up Demonstration of Poles Seeking Punishment of Jewish Rioters. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, Poland, December 2.—Po- lice used their clubs and fire hose on Polish student demonstrators today who demanded punishment of Jewish rioters and dissolution of Jewish fraternities. Two Polish students were killed in riots earlier this week. At Poznan students attacked the Jew- ish professor, Kasmimierz Nowakowski, and many Communists were arrested in connection with student brawls at Vilno. t Tovsret Commons Members Have Narrow Escape As Big Lamp Falls By the Associated Press. LONDON. December 2.—Mem- bers of the House of Commons to- | | day narrowly escaped an accident | | when a big lamp being lowered from the roof fell on the seats shortly after the members had left the hall. The electric wires burst into flames, which were extinguished by workmen. The incident was seen by members who returned to the chamber. WAYPAVEDTO CUT AT OB |Lehman Calls Extra Session of Legislature to Act in City Crisis. ALBANY, N. Y, December 2—The State moved quickly today to help the | government of New York City avert what was called a threatened financial crisis. Acting Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, after a conference that lasted into the small hours of the morning, called an extraor- dinary session of the Legislature. The cbject is to consider a proposal to restore control over salaries now fixed by State law to the city government, so that pay cuts may be put into effect. How many of the 148,000 employes of the Nation’s largest city would be af- { fected by proposed cuts was not known, but one estimate was that $20,000,000 might be slashed from the 1933 budget | by this means. Bankers Demand Economy. The city’s bankers had called for re- | trenchment, declaring rigid economy Was necessary to sustain the municipal- | ity's borrowing power. Two of them, Charles E. Mitchell, chairman of the National City Bank, and Winthrop W. Aldrich, president of the Chase Nation- al, came to Albany with Acting Mayor | Joseph V. McKee and Controller | Charles W. Berry. They conferred with Mr. Lehman for | hours, outlining the city’s plight. Salary Pleas Pour In. The proposed legislation would re- | store to the city the right to fix sal- | aries of school teachers, firemen, po- | licemen and others. New York fire~ | men have sent Lehman a petition ask- |ing that their salaries be left intact because they were determined by ref- erendum. By letter and telegram, pe- titions were pouring in from police and teachers asking that the salary scale | be maintained. | 'The bankers have refused to lend | more money to the city unless re- trenchment is ordered. Acting Mayor " (Continued on Page 2, Column ¢.) | AUTHORITIES SILENT ON ABDUCTOR’S NOTE Report Says Letter Declares Miss- ing Child, 4, Is Well and Happy. By the Associated Press. RENSSELAER, Ind, December 2.— | Jasper County officials investigating the | disappearance of 4-year-old Patricia | Pearl Tripp refused today either to af- firm or deny reports that a note had been received containing assurance the child is well and is being given good care. Gary police, who have been aiding in the search for the child since she dis- appeared last Monday from the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin H. Smith, said they were in- formed the Smiths had received a note mailed from Hammond which read: “Patty is well taken care of and happy. You will hear from us later. There’s too much newspaper talk right now.” Mr. and Mrs. Smith also refused to comment upon the report. 10,000 Pupils Face Hunger. LOS ANGELES, December 2 (#).— Saying that 10,000 school children o were terdsy for sought. SENATORS TO HEAR * FEDERAL WORKERS Special Session of Economy Committee to Be Held Tomorrow Morning. With more than a dozen bureaus and commissions of the Government on record for repeal of the legislative fur- lough and for a wide range of other changes in the economy act, the or- ganized groups of Federal employes will be given a chance tomorrow to lay their views on the subject before the special Senate Economy Committee. A public hearing will be held by the committee at 10 am. when each Gov- ernment workers' organization will be permitted to have representatives ap- pear ana make suggestions. The following orjanizations have asked to have representatives at the hearing: National Federation of Federal Employes, Luther Steward and Miss Gertrude McNally; Rallway Postal Clerks, Mr. Callan; General Workers Couneil, 7 Central Labor Union, Mr. Roche; United Association of Post Office Clerks, s F. Dolan; National Association of Letter Carriers, H and W. J. discuss Union, Riemer, O’Brien, who is scheduled to the sections of the economy law affect- ing married persons in the Government The changes in the economy law favored by bureau chiefs came to. light when the committee late yesterda: made public reports submitted by the dent establishments of the Government in to a_question- naire sent them several months ago. Civil Service for Repeal The Civil Service Commission urged dropping of the legislative furlough and a return to classification act salaries, but thought the principle of the administrative furlough might be retained as & means of staying within reduced appropriations without out- right dismissals, when that becomes necessary. This commission made numerous other suggestions relating to retirement, sick leave, promotions and the filling of vacancies. Some of the other agencies joined in urging changes in the furlough plan. At the same time, Herbert D. Brown, chief of the Bureau of Efficiency, pointed out that Controller McCarl has made several hundred rulings inter- preting the law as it stands, and urged that amendments be not made except to take care of instances of great hardship. : The suggesticns of the big executive departments were not included in the data made public by the committee yesterday. These departments made their recommendations to the Budget Bureau for the purpose of co-ordination. J. Clawson Roop, director of the budget, was closeted with the committee in executive session for two hours yes- terday afternoon, at which, it is be- lieved, he went over the information (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) FORMER ATTACHE BURIED Gen. Emilio 86, Served at Washington Embassy. ROME, December 2 (#).—Gen. Emilio ‘Guglielmotti, former military attache at Washington, who died Tuesday at the | age of 66, was buried yesterday. | The general was an ex-president of | the Bersaglieri Veterans’' Association | and hundreds of his former companions | in arms participated in the funeral | service. Gen. Guglielmotti was an hon- orary aide-de-camp to the King and a general of the Fascist Militia. Guglielmotti, Fire Wrecks Theater. GASTONIA, N. C., December 2 (#).— Damage estimated at between $85,000 and $100,000 was done by fire which wrecked the Ideal Theater here today. | PLANS FOR HOUSING | | HUNGER MARCHERS IN CITY COLLAPS Warehouse Expected to Be Used Is Leased to Post Office Department. BENJAMIN IN QUANDARY WHERE TO FIND SHELTER | Leader Also Reveals Demonstration Has Been Postponed Until Tuesday. The coming invasion of Washington | by the v of national hunger march- | ers took a new turn today when Her- | bert Benjamin, generalissimo of the ex- pedition, revealed that his last-minute plans for housing the unemployed men and women had collapsed. Benjamin, 24 hours previously, had informed police officials that arrange- ments were being made to quarter the marchers in a vacant warehouse near First street and Florida avenue north- east. Since then, he said, he had been advised that the building would not be available, because the Post Office De- pertment had leased it for the month of December. Attémpts to rent several other vacant buildings to_house the marchers also have failed, Benjamin declared, leaving him in a dilemma as more than 2,000 men and women move closer to Wash- ington without any assurance of shel- ter during the three-day encampment. Demonstrations Tuesday. “I'm in a quandry,” Benjamin said. “Frankly, I don't know what can be done now. Benjamin also disclosed that plans for staging a mass demonstration for unemployment relief Monday at the Capitol and White House had been al- tered, and that these events are now scheduled to take place Tuesday. In- stead of demonstrations Monday, the program calls for a mass meeting of the marchers at which the petitions will be drawn up for presentation to Congress and President Hoover., Benjamin blamed the failure of hun- ger march leaders to rent the ware- house or other buildings under consid- eration on police interference. He further that police had invaded meetings in private homes where ar- rangements were being made for feeding and housing the marchers. | hardships that must be anticipated and will therefore accept a situation that ‘would require them to be without shelter Three-night stay.” Benjaontn sics. e, -ni stay,” said. “We, the proper authorities to assist in solv- ing this problem and especially will di- rect ourselves to securing more housing in private homes.” llowing collapse of the housing ar- rangements, Benjamin issued an appeal to the churches of Was] to ct operate with the march leaders in solv- ing the housing problem. Several church organizations, he said, had been approached, but they refused to co-operate. Cites Marchers’ Needs. “Our ability to carry out our for a conference of all delegates and to leave Washington as scheduled on Wednesday,” Benjamin added, “de- pends on our ability to solve the prob- lem of securing a conference hall, housing and adequate provisions for feeding the marchers expeditiously. The responsibility rests with the authorities here and doubly so now that they have | placed difficulties in our way which make a solution by our own efforts al- | most impossible.” Specifically, Benjamin said, the hun- ger marchers still need adequate hous- ing facilities, additional food. the use of the Washington Auditorium for a con- ference, the right to march unmolested, | freedom from interference as threatened by immigration agents and the use of the tourist camp or a similar place for parking the trucks and other vehicles | bringing the marchers to Washington. Housing and feeding of the marchers had been regarded as the most puzzling "~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) CHINESE BANDITS KILL AMERICAN SHIP’S CREW By the Associated Press. HANKOW, December 2 —Wireless dispatches from the American Yangtse Rapids Steamship Co.’s steamer Iping today reported the killing of several members of her crew, all Chinese, by bandits’ shellfire. The dispatches said the bandits were deployed along the Yangtze's shores 35 miles below Ichang, a city of 55,000, due west of here in Hupeh Province. The steamer was headed downstream when the bandits opened heavy fire | upon her. BOAT REPORTED SUNK PARA, Brazil, December 2 (#)—Per- sistent but unconfirmed rumors from the vicinity of Leticia says that the Brazilian cruiser Floriano recently sank a Peruvian launch in frontier waters there. The ministry of marine at Rio| de Janeiro has received no confirma- | tion. ‘The Floriano was sent recently to the waters separating Brazil, Peru and Co- lombia to protect Brazilian neutrality in the dispute between Colombia and Peru over the Leticia area. ELECTRIFYING FR DISCLOSES ATHLETIC VITAMIN Two English Scientists Say Experiments Produced Larger Growth and Showed Exercise Influence. OG MUSCLES | they fed “rested” frog muscles. The larvae which at the “exercised” muscles grew larger than their brothers in 16 LEGLATORS FAL TOAGREE N FORM OF REPEAL MOV |House Committee to Continue Unofficial Discussion of Garner Proposal. POLICY OF HANDS OFF FORECAST BY BACHMANN Democratic Leader Promises Quick Action on Amendment and Beer Measure in Senate. By the Associated Press 'The House Judiciary Committee, con- sidering the Democratic prohibition repeal resclution, was unable to reach an agreement at this morning’s session and will meet later in the day to con- tinue its discussions. Chairman Sumners told newspaper men the meeting “is not official,” but that efforts were being made by the ;g:zcxixbers composing the committee to an agreement on what the) e going to do. s He referred to the fact that the committee is meeting between sessions of Congress and that accordingly mem- bers feel they have no official authority, The Texas Democrat said, however, that if a majority of the committee asked him to pilot the repeal resolu- tion in the House Monday he would do vl; but otherwise he would not. “We are not meeting in any organ- ized session,” Sumners said. "ywe 5::1- not r&’eet as a committee until Congress convenes.” Hands Off Policy Seen. Sumners said a point of order had been raised against the meeting by Representative Tarver, Democrat, of Georgia, that it was without suthority to meet and that it had been sustained. Meanwhile esentative Bach- mann, Republican, of West Virginia, left the committee room and told news- Tmen “it doesn't look like there fs ng to be & vote at all.” “As far as I can 'gum." Bachmann with- said, “it appears be opinion that the committee, being out authority to act, will take a hands off policy and let Speaker Garner han- dle the repeal resolution as he sees fit, Monday.” Some Sentiment for Substitute, The resolution proposed Speaker Garner calls for nfifluflmgm tions, but there was some sentiment in the committee, have been advised in advance of the W€ latures divided on wet and dry advisability of submitting a amendment to the House at all Mon- still to. be able-to induce | 44Y. confe d._y‘is vote, if taken. the Rept going to have a conference he nl:i 110 Republican votes for the repeal resoluticn. Eighteen members answered the roll- call when Chairman Sumners called the committee to order. Representative Michener of Michigan, assistant Republican leader in the House, announced as he entered the meeting that he would propose as a substitute for Speaker Garner's repeal proposal an amendment, spohsored by Senator Carter Glass, Democrat, of Vvirginia, providing for outlawing of saloons and for Pederal protection for dry States. McKeown to Offer Plan. Another proposal was to be submit- ted by Representative McKeown, Demo- crat, of Oklahoma, calling for an amendment to the Constitution author- izing Congress to enact legislation au- thorizing manufacture, sale and trans- portation of intoxicating liquors within the limits of any State or territory which permits it. _ The committee as it m ded Page (Continued PRESIDENT WON'T GO TO ARMY-NAVY GAME Mr. and Mrs. Hoover Send Regrets for Inability to Attend Foot Ball Classic. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 2.— President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover to- day sent regrets that they could not be present tomorrow to congratulate the winner of the Army-Navy foot ball classic—and cheer the loser. In a letter to Edward R. Bushnell, editor of a University of Pennsylvanis publication, the President wrote: “The Army-Navy foot ball game is one of the great classics of amateur sport, and its revival as a regular an- nual event is gratifying to the entire country. which has long delighted in this particular national institution. “It is gratifying to have had a part in this resumption of a yearly game dear to the hearts of Americans, my own inciuded. I am indeed sorry that I cannot be present to congratulate the winning and to cheer the losing team.” —_— TWO SCALDED TO DEATH IN OIL COMPANY TANK Another Workman Not Expected to Live in Accident at Baltimore Plant. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 2—Two men were scalded to death and a third prob- ably fatally burned today when they were trapped in a tank for cracking gascline at the plant of the Conti- nental Oil Co. here. of 18 experiments. The average excess weight was § per cent. “Muscular exercise,” says the report .e’xvlllnfu'lg.?m tl-’l'g %r:mh sde_g:e sults in ml: ¢ ‘ot the muscles concerned, influences other parts of the lm:l.!d mA’ :;zuhnnc product of ble for the hflnndpm size, and it is that such a hormone may in the blood and stimulate The dead are Arthur L. Warnick, 37, and Joseph Auberger, 33, both boiler- makers, Joseph Sampson, 40, is not expected to live. A fourth workman, Joseph Scandora, climbed to safety when he heard the gushing and roaring in a pipe line connecting the cracking tank with a similar structuré a short distance away. B R SRR e Radio Programs on Page C-0* -4 ¢