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Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 Entered as second class matter post officé, Washington, No. 32,362. D. C. The / Foenit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 0 WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1932—FORTY-TWO PAGES. ' $580,000,000 REDUCTION SOUGHT IN 1934 BUDGET; FUNDS FOR DISTRICT CUT Sales Tax and New Pay Cut Asked. BEER REVENUE NOT MENTIONED Building Program to Be Curbed to Make Saving. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Government budget for $he fiscal year 1934, drastically re- duced as compared with appro- priations for the present fiscal ear, was sent to Congress today gy President Hoover. The budget message of the President, following out the prom- ises of his annual message which was presented to Congress yes- terday, called for a general 2% per cent manufacturers’ excise tax and an 11 per cent reduction n salaries paid civilian employes, with an exemption of the first $1,000, and a continuation of the present “furlough system.” ’/ The total net reduction in the budget as compared to the appro- priations for the present fiscal year was estimated by the Presi- dent at $580,000,000. He proposed appropriations of $4,218,808,344, with net expenditures from the Treasury of $3,256,354,900. The estimate of receipts under existing tax laws for the fiscal year 1934 was $2,940,162,713. The deficit at the close of the year, June 30, m would therefore amount to 192,187, unless additional revenue be found. Asls for Sales Tax. . 5] it Congrees that there Luthe Federal tax on gasoline, which is effective til June 30, hich would w about na'xbmh- gested by the President would bring in @&n additional $492,000,000 revenue, meaking it possiblé to balance the bud- and to avoid a further increase in V; public debt during the fiscal year 4. 1934, In the President’s plans for a bal- be followed, notwithstanding the clamor raised in many quarters for beer and the announced intention of the Demo- crais to seek its legalization and taxa- | tion at the present short session of Congress. While the annual report of the Sec- yetary of the Treasury, Ogden Mills, reveals the fact that in’estimating ex- mflh\uu and receipts the adminis- tion has counted on the regular pay- ments of the foreign debtor nations to the United States, President Hoover in Nln\‘flfifl message did not discuss the debts. . An important part of the President’s ‘economy recommendations is that deal- ing with expenditures for veterans. He not only makes no suggestion that the bonus be paid now to the veterans, but he proposes that some of the benefits extended to the veterans under exist- ing law b: eliminated. The total sav- ings to the Government made in this (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) Finnish Cabinet Resigns. HELSINGFORS, Finland, December % (7 —The Pinnish cabinet, formed in March, 1931, by J. E. Sunila, resigned today after President Swinhufvud re- fused to sign a bill dealing with regu- - b cept those floated by commercial and savings banks. The measure was sup- by the Agrarian party, which ad & majority in the cabinet. lation of interest rates on all loans ex- |5 Drastic Measures To Balance Budget Urged by Hoover By the Assoclated Press. President Hoover in his budget message today recommended that Congress— Enact a sales tax of 2% per cent. Retain for another year the 1-cent gasoline tax. | Cut Government salaries 11 per cent with an exemption of the first $°,000, and in addition con- | | tinue the present 814 per cent cut | | | | under the furlough plan. | | Restrict benefits to veterans by | | $127,000.000. Make appropriations of $4,218,- 808,344, Mr. Hoover also predicted a deficit of $1,146,478,307 for the present fiscal year, and estimated a deficit of $307,000,000 next year unless the additional tax program and economy program is adopted. He did not mention war debts. 21 PER GENT SALES TAX RECOMMENDED Secretary Tosses Back Troublesome Issue Into Lap of Congress. By the Associated Press. The turbulent cales tax issue was tossed squarely back into the lap of Congress today by Secretary Mills with & recommendation that a 2% per cent general manufacturers’ levy be adopted. In his annual report the Secretary of the Treasury said the present specific excise taxes adopted at the last session of Congress had failed to produce '.hei expected revenue and he proposed their repeal. Mills directly asked the House to re- verse itself. Only six months ago that body bolted its leadership to vote down 8 134 per cent sales tax, and the issue ;gnnntcvmmmwnvoumm !pau-c'umid 2 uj retary, who t the present fiscal year would end next June with a and the follow- the 1934 fiscal year if recommendations made by the President in his budget which was to be effective only until next June, saying if it was continued for another year it would provide an additional $137,000,000 of revenue, re- ducing the estimated deficit by that amount. It is not feasible. he said, to provide for resumption of the normal reduction of the public debt in 1934, but urged that otherwise the budget be_balanced. His recommendation was: “That those excise taxes which ex- perience has demonstrated are rela- tively unproductive and give rise to serious administrative difficulties be re- pealed, and that there be imposed a| general manufacturers’ excise tax sub- | stantially in the form appearing in the | bill originally reported by the Ways | |and Means Committee of the House of | | Representatives during the last seszion |of Congress. | | “It is estimated that such a measure | with the 2V, per cent rate will yield | (Continued on Page \ CONTE DE SAVOIA SPEEDS TO NEW YORK Completes Repairs to Valve—Due at Quarantine at 2 P.M. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 7.—The Ital- | ian Line announced today that the | Conte de Savoia, which had. trouble | yesterday with a’ water inlet valve, is | now proceeding at a fast rate of speed | and is expected to reach quarantine at 2 pm. | ‘The breaking of the valve yesterday | made it necessary to heave the vessel to for repairs. Due to the delay it was at first said at th line office that the ship would not reach quarantine before “Column 1.) pan. “The ship is now traveling at a faster speed than we anicipated and will | reach quarantine at 2 o'clock,” a line | official said. | + MILLS TELLS CONGRESS HOW | SHRINK IN RICHES HIT TREASURY Class That Produced 97 Per Cent of Income Tax|,, Sharply Drops in 1930 and 1931, Report Discloses. y the Associated Press. How the income of the Nation's tax- Players faded away in 1930 and 1931, swiftly wiping out the Government's chief source of revenue and making , was explained u‘::ouwwm lm.iux;r{m lnnlulpreport Secretary Mills. D"mc Secretary gave statistics show- ing that the class of taxpayers Who m"m 97 per cent of the income tax | sha; diminished. The class is that witi? tacomes. of $10.000 or sbove. as compared with $237,716,000 the year previous. ‘The Secretary said the net income of persons reporting $5,000 or more had dropped - from $16,299,000,000 in 1928 to $10,199,000,000 in 1930, and to $6,489,000,000 in 1931. Income from the sales of real estate stock, etc., | dropped from $1,843,000,000 in 1928 to | $550.000,000 in 1930, and to $166,000,000 | | in 1931, ‘while losses deducted increased from $170,000,090 in 1928 to $978.- | €00.000 in 1930, and to $989,900,000 | in 1931 | Income from salarles and commis- from $4,700,000,000 in 1930, and $3,154,- and part- N MILLS' REPORT = | under the amounts asked for by Lump Sum of $7,775,000 Gets O. K. CONSTRUCTION TO BE REDUCED Only Increase to Go for Retirement Purposes. The Bureau of the Budget to- day submitted to Congress the District of Columbia’s budget for the 1934 fiscal year, carrying rec- ommendations for appropriations totaling $39,743,270, a reduction of $4,407,622 under the amount car- ried in the appropriation act for the current (1933) fiscal year. The budget as submitted by the District Commissioners was based a Federal contribution of $9,500,000, and called for total ex- penditures of $44,915,230. As approved by the Budget Bu- reau, the estimates provide for continuation of a Federal contri- bution of $7,775,000, and their total is $5,171,960 less than the total sought by the Commis- sioners. Part of this total is an actual deduction and part of it is a “paper” deduction which is the result of reducing the approrn- ation by the amounts of salary cuts dictated by the economy act. The amount of the “paper” cuts is $2,312,695, leaving a reduction the Commissioners, which wiil come out of actual operations, of $2,859,265. All Sums Lower. It mey be said that the estimates for | 328! every single department of the gov- ernment are lower than the 1933 ap- propeiations In somme cases. thiers, are trifling increases within departmental totals, but in all cases these are more than offset by decreases. The sole ex- ion is an increase of $100,000 to be id out of the general fund into the Policemen’s and Firemen's Retirement Fund, to meet an payments under the retirement Jaw during the Bridge are the only really large struction items myuu budget. The budget allows nothing for automatic longevity pay increases for firemen, po- Mcement or school teachers, nor are there any pay increases for anybody | b else. Throughout the departments there are small cuts in the miscellaneous ap- propriaticns, and the items showing increases are rare. One of the latter, for instance, is an increased appropria- tion recommended for postage, due solely to the increase in postal rates. Hit by Reductions. The school system, the Board of | Public Welfare, the Highway, Water and Sewer Departments bear the brunt of the reductions. No appropriation what- soever for any work on the Municipal Center is recommended. The estimates do not carry any figure for unemployment relief. This will be undertaken in emergency legislation | which will be rushed through, if pos- | sible, this month, and charged to the 1933 appropriations. It is expected to get $1,500,000 for this purpose, which will be taken out of savings made un- der the economy act during the current 1 year. The park system, due to mandatory | repayments to the United States under] the Capper-Cramton act, continues ap- proximately as costly as before. A few of the departments actually show fn- creases, but these are relatively insig- nificant. Among them are the Refuse, Police and PFire Departments. There is a $100,000 increase in the appropria- tion requested for the Policemen's and Firemen's Relief Pund. This is the largest increase in the list. ” The details of the various estimates are here set out, except for the school cstimates, which are dealt with in an- other column. The estimates for the many institu- ticns under control of the Board of Public Welfare undergo a cut of | $470,683, plus economy act reductions | of $247,725, the largest cut of all ex- cept for the cut in the school system. (Continued on Page 7, Column 1.) SLASH OF 11 PER CENT IN U. S. PAY ATTACKED Representative Boylan Pledges Self to Fight Against Further Cuts. ! | By the Associated Press. President Hoover's recommendation r an 11 per cent Federal salary cut was attacked in the House today by Representative Boylan, Democrat, of New York, who described the Govern- ment employe as “the forgotten man.” “As & member of the Appropriations Committce, and as a niember of this House I will do everything in my power to prevent any further cut,” Boylan said. “I call on.you to do the same. “I say to the President we will not further cut salaries of faithful Govern- ment employes. We will not reduce these starvation wages.” Boylan said the Covernment employe had been “kicked arcund from pillar to ost.” “How many men sitting on the floor | & here have been able to discover the illusive 20 per cent reduction in the cosé | well informed g \ W\ A\ \i*C\\\ AN \\\ \'\\g,-:;g\\t:\.\‘\\\\~ AV N THATS TAKING THE JOY ouT OF My WORK! fo Tt 1] STIMSON PREPARES NEW REPLY ON DEBT Communications Expected to Paraphrase Earlier Notes to Debtor Nations. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. A reply to European nations that have requested the United States to postpone the instaliment on war debts due on December 15 and have asked for a thorough revision of the debts will be sent by the State Department before the end of the week. It is believed that the note will be | sent simultaneously with a special mes- e to Congress from the President dealing with the requests received last week from the debtor nations. Will Paraphrase Notes. The State Department note is said to be a paraphrase of the previous com- munications, and informs the debtor nations that the American Govemmenir cannot see any valid reason why the | December installment should not be paid when due. As far as the revision of the debts is concerned, it is said in ‘flucmrs that the Secre- tary of State will reiterate his previous point of view, that they are a matter upon which the Congress alone can make a decision. Secretary Henry L. Stimson, assisted by Assistant Secretary Harvey Bundy, by Special Assistant Secretary Allen Clotz and the economic adviser of the State Department, Herbert Feiss, was usy last night and the whole of this morning drafting the note to Prance and Great Britain. The note, supposedly a lengthy docu- ment, and an cxXpos: of the American | views on world economics, is inspired by the irreducible views of Congress on the question of the postponement of the December installment. MacDonald in Paris. While the State Department was pre- paring the American answer to the debtor nations, Premier Ramsay Mac- Donald, accompanied by the foreign secretary, Sir John Simon, was in Paris to discuss with Premier Herriot and his advisers ‘the question of a solid common front in regard to these payments as well as to the entire debt question. No decision has bzen reached in Paris and the conversations are reported to dwell with the desire of the British premier, who wants to make a last effort to pay the December installment, noti- fying the United States that this will be the last payment the debtors will make on the basis of the old debt agree- ments, and the difficulties which the French premier is bound to encounter in his own Parliament, which is opposed to any further payments. CONVERSATIONS PUT OFF. Herriot and MacDonald Await Arrival of Chamberlain in Paris. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 7.—Premier Her- | riot said today that he will make no decision regarding the French policy on the money owed the United States until after he has talked tomorrow with Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain. Mr. MacDonald was in town today, but the two premiers will await the arrival of Neville Chamberlain, British chancellor of the exchequer, who is due tonight, before undertaking discussion of the situation. M. Herriot quoted Mr. MacDonald as having sald that the purpose of this (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) B VTS Brazil Buys Planes. TROY, Ohio, December 7 (#)—Ten more airplanes valued at approximately $75,000, were ordered from the Waco Aircraft Co. here yesterday by the Brazillan government. The order, offi- cials said, brought to 59 the number of ships purchased by Brazil from Waco this year. A . i “Night Final” A 3 A m‘% time, to be followed at a “Night Final.” of living the President talks about?” “I have tried to find it year and it has eluded me. “In my mind it is & myth.” WHEAT DEAL RENEWED China Won't Get 15,000,000 Bushels, However, Says Dill. Senator Dill, Democrat, of Washing- ton said today that renewed negotia- tions for the sale of Farm Board wheat to China involve a “much smaller amount” than the 15,000,000 bushels previously discussed. Resumption of the negotiations was revealed by Dill yesterday in a telegram to friends in his home State in which he predicted consummation of the deal EYPLOSIN TRAPS MINERS N SHAFT Dead Estimated From 8 to 90—Flames Prevent Rescue Work. By the Associated Press. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., December in the Morgan Coal | Mine at Madrid, N. Mex., 40 miles north of here, caused death today to a num- ber of miners, early estimates ranging from 8 to 90. All available ambulance equipment and physicians were rushed from Albu- it querque. The company’s office at Albuquerque reported “eight or nine” miners were killed, but unofficial reports placed the number as high as 90. Passengers on a train at Domingo, who were in Madrid this morniug, said they understood about 70 men were killed. Estimated at 60, One of the passengers said he saw flames leap high into the air from the mouth of the mine after the blast. Company officials said they were not | iy. certain how many miners were at work when the explosion occurred and de- clined to make an estimate. Those familiar with mine operations at Mad- rid reported about 100 men are em- ployed ordinarily. A telephone call from Domingo, about 15 miles from the mine, from one of the train passengers indicated eight or nine bodies had been recovered and that at least 60 men, many of them believed to be dead, were trapped in- side. The fire prevented rescue.work- e'l'!‘frnm penetrating the mine immedi- ately. Warren Bracewell, State mine in- spector, left Albuquerque to aid in the | rxesaue work and to make an investiga- tion. Mine Had Been Closed. Reports here said the explosion ap- parently was caused by the ignition of gas. 'I'Khe explosion occurred in a soft coal mine of the Albuquerque & Cerrillos Coal Co,, located 1 mile from Madrid. There are no telephone facilities in the town and this prevented reports from being confirmed immediately. Company officials said the mine had been closed and that it reopened only this morning. They said the normal number of miners was not on duty and they believed that not more than 10 were killed and that none was trapped. The mine is in hilly country studded with pinions. Access to the town from Albuquerque is over a roundabout road that at present is in poor condition. VETERANS’ PROBE WAITS Absence of Senators on Committee Delays Its Organization. Absence of four of the five senatorial members today prevented the Joint Congressional Committee set up to study veterans' legislation and economies in expenditures for former soldiers from organizing for its work. Representative McDuffie, Democrat, of | I Alabama, said a chairman would be se- lected' tomorrow and plans laid imme- diately for opening hearings, probably Friday. . AT R to Be Issued Herufte‘r the pink edition of The Evening Star each day will be known as the “NIGHT FINAL.” The first *5:30 EDITION” will appear at the usual later hour by the pink or The “Night Final” edition will contain all the late afternoon news brought up to the minute and will feature latest sports and financial news. DRY LAW DECISION SPEED HELD VITAL Attorney General Urges Quick Action if Policy Is to Be Changed. If the prohibition policy of this country is to be changed, it should be done speedily in the interest of general law observance, Attorney General Mitchell emphasized todsy in his an- nual report addressed to Congress. The statement was the first of its kind by the Justice Department head since the Prohibition Bureau was taken' from the Treasury and trans- ferred to the Justice Department two years ago. There was no indication in the recommendation of the Attorney Gen- eral’s persongl attitude toward proposed changes in dry laws, as each part of it E rmore, one of the principa arguments against our prohibition sys- tem has been that it has created dis- respect for the law, and nothing can be imagined which would tend more to effort to enforee them.” Breaking Point Reached. Again in his report, outlining the in- crease In the department’s work in crim- inal law, in the face of curtailed ap- prepriations, the Attorney General said, “It is quite evident that we have reached the breaking point in the reduction of Department of Justice expenditures,” and added that “if any saving is to be effected in the field of criminal opera- tions it should not be brought about Y'y lax enforcement of existing criminal e The Attorney General said that at the end of the fiscal year there were pending on crimial dockets only 15,360 prohibition cases, the smallest number since June 30, 1921, and 3,195 less than at the corresponding date of 1931. This was accomplished, he continued, despite the fact 65960 new cases were insti- tuted during the fiscal year 1932, or 8,815 more than in 1931. There were 69,155 terminated, the report showed. Convictions and pleas of guilty totaled 48.8 to each acquittal during the year, compared to 34 in the prev- ious 12 months. Half of Cases Lost. In 10 districts, it was brought out, the Government lost 50. per cent or more of the cases tried by jury. These fim Arkansas, Delaware, orthern Jowa, Eastern Louisiana, New Mexico, Eastern New York, Puerto Rico, We Tennessee, Vermont and ‘Wyoming. In seven districts—including the Dis- trict of Columbia, in which were the greatest number of cases—the results of jury trials were as follows: District of Columbia, 65 per cent convictions and 35 per cent acquittals; Southern New York, 63 and 32; Eastern Kentucky, 82 and ; Eastern New York, 36 and 64; Western New York, 53 and 47; North- ern New York, 73 and 27; Minnesota, 87 and 13. In the District, there were 1,614 cases terminated, of which 4.4 per cent were issed; 83.5 ended with pleas of guilty, and 1.3 went to juries. The report of Director A. W. W. ‘Woodcock of the Bureau of Prohibition, "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) BRAZIL SENDS TROOPS Safeguards Taken in Dispute With Peru and Colombia. RIO DE JANEIRO, December 7 (). —The ministry of marine announced today that the 22nd BattfTon of Light “From Press to Home Within an Hour” ‘The Star’s Carrier city block and the system coversevery edition is delivered to city mmm homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,139 FXH (P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. JOBS FOR 300,000 PROISED AS BEER HEARING IS BEGUN Four Per Cent Advocated. Nine Cents a Bottle Price Assured. $330,945,000 REVENUE TO TREASURY ESTIMATED Stimulus to Business in General Tone of Testimony Before House Committee. By the Assoclated Press. ‘Witnesses for brewers depicted beer as a bringer of good tidings for business and the Federal Treasury in the open- ing of testimony on the Collier beer bill before the House Ways and Means Com- mittee today. Advocating a brew of 4 per cent al- cohol by volume, Levi Cooke of Wash- ington and R. A. Huber of St. Louis— on behalf of the United States Brewers Association—estimated a $5-a-barrel tax would enrich the Treasury by $330,- 945,000 & year. Addressing the committee, but turning now and again to the crowded audience, Huber said the beer he supported could be sold for § cents a bottle, and that its legalization would cause $360,000,000 to be spent to rehabilitate breweries and 1300,000 men would be given work. 1 40,000,000 Barrels Held Need. With the present brewing capacity in the country at 15,000,000 barrels an- nually, he said, & 40,000,000-barrel ca- pacity would be needed before long. Following Cooke's testimony that the 275 per cent beer by weight provided in the bill placed before the committee by Chairman Collier was insufficient in aleoholic content, Huber said a 3.2 per cent beer was a better product. The latter would be 4 per cent by volume. Huber said millions would have to be expended immediately for materials such as barley, rice, sugar, sirup and other ingredients for production in the plants. In addition to the 300,000 men he estimated would be given employ- ment in the wholesale and retail dis- tribution of the product, Huber said many other workers, including coal miners and railroad employes, would be given increased employment. Tax Regarded Reasonable. in the ‘Huber not be Asked by Representative Crowther, Republican, cf New York, if by legai- izing beer would be elimi- nated, Huber said: “I believe it won't except to the extent of consumption of other sorts of liquors ting opened, the com- mittee had been given the cold shoulder by the administration, so far as beer legislation goes. Its invitation to the Treasury to present witnesses brought none, and it was said authoritatively the ‘I’dmmkmflon would not go on record. Jacob Ruppert Present. Men and women alike crowded the largest committee room of the House Office Building to follow the proceed- ings. Among the spectators was Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Yankees. Ruppert, a former House ers of the country prior to passage of the prohibition law. ' Chairman Collier of Mississippi started proceedings with the statement that the proposed alcoholic content of 2.75 per cent for beer and the tax of $5 a barrel of 31 gallons were “not arbitrary.” “The committee will decide,” he re- minded. The tax on beer, still on the statute books, is $6 a barrel. Representative Treadway, Republican, of Massachusetts, asked if the Collier bill would be brought before the Judi- clary Committee, or whether the Ways and Means Committee would handle both the tax phase and the section modifying the Volstead act. __Collier said if there was another tax (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) ARRESTED IN K. K. K. RAID LONG BEACH, Calif., December 7 (#).—Five men were arrested today and 11 others sought on secret indict- - ments returned by the Los Angeles County grand jury &s a result of the police said was a Communist gather- ing here November 16. The raid was made on the home of David Milder, where the raiders plant- ed a burning cross on the lawn, broke in the house and attacked four per- sons, including Milder and his wife. alleged Ku Klux Klan raid on what | ROOSEVELT STUDY OF GOVERNMENT IS FIXED FOR JANUARY | President-Elect Will Call in Experts for Series of Conferences. WON’T ACT ON CABINET UNTIL MID-FEBRUARY | Passes Through Washington on Way to New York From Warm Springs. Franklin D. Roosevelt plans to make | a therough study of the whole structure of the Federal Government during a series of talks with experts he will call to Warm Springs late in January. The plans of the President-elect were disclosed today shortly before he reach- ed Washington fer a 15-minute stopover before speeding on to New York for & conference on State affairs tonight. Mr. Roosevelt plans to leave for Warm Springs either January 18 or 20 and immediately after his arrival there will begin an intensive study of the governmental structure and the budget- | ary system. During his stay there he will see only those experts who are called to Warm Springs to supply him information. The President-elect feels that he should have a broader knowledge of the functions of various departments and bureaus that have been created, or whose work has been broadened, in the years that he has been away from the Capital, The plans of Mr. Roosevelt between the inauguration of Herbert as City home and the week ends at Hyde Park. There were indications today that the President-elect had definitely decided against going to Florida on a houseboat Maryland. His itinerary called for his arrival in New York in the late afternoon to begin a conference with Mayor McKee, Con- troller Charles W. Berry of New York City, acting Gov. Lehman and several banke: TS, Mr. Roosevelt said that there were many details of the plans for the spe- cial session of the lature that he felt he should fami himself with, cluding the demands of the before they agree to aid in financing the city's activities. ADELINE LATHAM ESTATE APPRAISED AT $1,033,184 member, was among the leading brew- | inclu | SRR { | National Red Cross Is Bequeathed | $108,743 Under Terms of Will | of New York Resident. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 7.—Adeline | Ives Latham, who died March 12, 1831, | left a net estate of $1,033,184. accord- ing to a transfer tax appraisal filed ‘yesterdny. The American Red Cross, Washing- !o'.r:krecelved $108,743, the residuary estate. FIRE DESTROYS SALOONS | MEXICALA, Mexico, December 7 (). | —Fire continues as an active prohibi- tion enforcement agent in Algodones, Mexican border town opposite Andrade near Yuma, Ariz. r the third time in two years flames of undetermined origin yester- day swept saloons, this time wrecking three and destroying a restaurant in :ii:lmn. The estimated loss was Shown by Delic By the Assoclated Press. SANTA ANA, Calif,, December 7.—If delicate measuring instruments are to be believed, light, the swiftest thing known, moves faster on scme days than others. But Dr. Prancis G. Pease of the Car- VARIATIONS IN SPEED OF LIGHT INDICATED IN NEW EXPERIMENTS Scientists, However, Are Unwilling to Accept Changes ate Instruments. | Dr. Michelson died shortly after the new observations were begun and Drs. Pease - negle Institution’s Mount Wilson Ob- | %€ servatory and Fred Pearson, University of Chicago, are not ready to accept this apparent variation. They have begun a new series cf observations in which they flash light with mirrors through a mile-long vacuum tube at the Irvine Ranch, near here. The iate Dr. Albert A. first American to win the Nobel for scientific achievement, flashed light the | back and forth between Mount Wilson Price, 2 Cents Radio Programs on Page C-5 and another mountain nearby in 1927 and he found it traveled second. Michelson, |