Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1932, Page 15

OFFERS ROOSEVELT PAN OF PO Henry Morgenthau Sees Quasi-Martial Law as Possibility. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17.—Ten “suggestions” for meeting the problems which will face Franklin D. Roosevelt when he moves into the White House next March were advanced tonight by Henry Morgenthau, former Ambassador to Turkey and active Roosevelt sup- porter during the campaign. In his discussion of Federal govern- mental finances, he said: “It is only by intelligent diagnosis of present necessities and immediate precription of the proper remedies that we can avoid the unpleasant shock of a financial ultimatum like that which has awakened cities like New York Chicago and Philadelphia to a sense of the gravity of their financial position.” He called on public opinion to prevent “any such national humiliation” as New York faced when bankers demanded *certain economies.” Sees Quasi-Martial Law. “If this be a war against depression.” the former Ambassador declared, “we may have to resort to a temporary quasi-martial law to be termtnated the moment that it is no longer required. “The Government must step in. if necessary, to prevent a collapse of na- tional confidence.” Morgenthau's 10 “suggestions” were: “First, the time has come when we must make up our minds to live strictly within our incomes. At all costs. our budgets—whether Federal, State, munic- ipal, commercial or family—must be balanced. “Secondly, we must have the courzge to lower the tariff “Thirdly, we must recognize that de- spite the Kellogg peace pact. an early general war may overwhelm us. In order | to prevent that unspeakable calamity. we should enter at once into wholehearted co-operation with the League of Nations and should insist upon the plan of sub- mitting all existing disputes to the ‘World Court, “Fourthly, a prompt reduction of armaments should be a condition prece- dent to any postponement or readjust- ment of international debts. Urges Branch Banking. we must so deal with our stem as to remedy the defects ere disclosed during the recent uoheaval. Banks should be limited strictly to banking business. Assuming that supervision by the Nation is made effective, banks :hould be permitted to establish Federal branches “Sixthly, the United States must be maintained as a going concern. What- ever bonds are issued as an antidote to the depression must be subject to & sinking fund which will prevent them from becoming & permanent addition to our Federal obligations. Inasmuch as more than 70,000,000 residents of the United States have some of their hard- earned savings in life insurance com- panies, savings banks and co-operative loan associations, it is for the benefit of the Nation as a whole to ensure that the sanctity of those funds shall not be impaired. The position of real estate mortgages is serious. But here we must face the necessity of squeezing out all artificially inflated values. Similarly, the holders of these mortgages must be willing individually to carry the prop- erties for the period necessary to bring back to 60 per cent of the original value. Proposes Farm Problem Plan. “Seventhly, there must be an intelli- gent handling of the farm problem. Gov. Roosevelt should request the heads. of the various sgricultural organiza- tions to agree on a definite plan and have them assume full responsibility for its success. “Eighthly, the railroads must be maintained. A way of dealing with the difficulty would be for the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation to continue their assistance. ¢ “Ninthly, the Democratic party must never be unmindful of its solemn prom- THE SUNDAY STAR, Entered in Cat Show VAGABOND LOVER AMONG FELINE ARISTOCRATS IN EXHIBIT. the Washington Cat Club Show V ford Cat Club Show at Chicago and a plon” at Toledo, Ohlo. ordinary short-haired domestic tabby. The Washington show is Mrs. Anna V. Jennings, 2014 Newton street northeast. AGABOND LOVER, pictured above, & Persian male cat which has won high honors in several expositions, will be one of the cats on exhibit at here January 14 and 15. He is owned by Mrs. John J. Constinett, 1442 Fairmont street, and was proclaimed “best cat in the show” and “best champion in the show” at the Beres- week earlier was adjudged “best cham- open to any cat, including the Entry blanks are being distributed by —Star Staff Photo. FAR EAST FORMUL 1S SOUGHT IN VAIN Subcommittee Adjourns at Geneva Without Reaching Decision. By the Associated Press GENEVA, Svwitzerland, December 17. —Facing apparently irreconcilable views of the Chinese and Japanese govern- ments, the League of Nations Concilia- tion Subcommittee tonight continued a desperate search for a basis of con- ciliation in the Sino-Japanese dispute | which would not be vetoed by one or both parties. ‘The League's negotiators discussed the problem both with W. W. Yen of the Chinese delegation. and Yosuke Mat- | suoka of the Japanese delegation, | sounding out every possibility for con- cession, but their interviews brought no | hopeful indication from either side. It| now is predicted the assembly will sit into the middle of mext week or later before it is able to find some grounds acceptable, and can take a Christmas Tecess. | The subcommittee adjourned without reaching any definite decision. It will resume discussions tomorrow afternoon. | when further knowledge of the official | Tokio and Nanking positions will bel available. The Chinese delegation to the League announced earlier in the day that an | essential condition on which ~China would accept conciliation is that Japan renounce support of the new state of Manchukuo. “So long as the Japanese show no sincere desire to accept & basis for dis- cussion it would be a waste of time to go into details for a plan of concilia- tion,” the Chinese statement said. 'Scoffs at “Rescue” In Effort to Feed i ‘ Horse on Island | - Policeman and Firemen Called as Riverman ‘Braves’ Icy Potomac. Capt. Clinton W. Scott, a veteran of many years on the Potomac, started ! across the river yesterday to feed his horse. and, before he was through, both the fire and police departments had peen called out to help him !hrough| the ice. ? The river was full of slush when Capt. Scott started out in & rowboat from the foot of Wisconsin avenue for Roosevelt Island (formerly Analostan Island), where his horse is quartered. A citizen saw him laboring at the oars in midstream and called the rescue squad. The squad, however, decided it was no job for a fireman and called the harbor precinct. Policeman Melvin Cox and Harry Py- well chugged up the river and pushed the captain to the island. “Say,” demanded Scott, “what's the dea? I could swim through this stuff.” FRANCS P SHEGH EXPIRES SUDDENLY Lawyer, 60, Long Active in Catholic Work, Found Dead in Chair. Francis P. Sheehy, 60, for many years COAL FREIGHT RATES IN 4 STATES STUDIED I C. C. Examiner, Probing Ohio Transportation Costs, Hears Complaints. By. the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohlo, December 17.— Interstate bituminous coal freight rates in, Ohlo, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York today came under scru- tiny of an Interstate Commerce Com- ‘nission examiner investigating Ohio intrastate rates charged as discrimina- tory to out-of-State mine operators. Witnesses for Western Pennsylvania and Southern West Virginia interests complained that the lowered Ohio rates set up an almost impossible rate differ- ential against them, and that Ohio mines enjoyed cheaper rates for longer WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 18, hauls to certain territories, while ship- pers in other States were alized ith higher rates for shorter hauls. Before today's hearing recessed Ex. sminer R. N. Trezise said he evidence wouid be complete by Wednes- day. The hearing will be adjourned then until after Christmas. Heved the case will be taken up again in January at Washington. The present investigation of the rate structure was ordered on complaint of the New York Central, Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie oads. Fire Lost in Thick Fog. TACOMA, Wash., December 17 (#). The heaviest fog of the year was so thick here yesterday a fire got lost in it. Fremen got a call, but they were s0 long finding the house that $1,300 damage had been done before they could put the flames out, they reported. ‘The Duke and Duchess of York re- cently attended the first performance of the permanent dramatic society being formed by Boy Scouts of London. 1932—PART ONE. TRADE BALANCE FAVORS CANADA Margin of $45,000,000 Exports Over Imports Shown in First Eight Months of Year. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Canada, December 17.— Canada reaped a favorable trade balance of $45,000,000 for the first eight months of the current fiscal year, against $5,- 000,000 in the preceding corresponding period. Its cost of living is 20 per cent lower than in 1926, with retail food prices almost 40 per cent lower, and fleld crops this year claim a total valve of $474,057,000, compured with $426,- ?351’400 last year and $662,049,900 in Those are among the highlights in Canada’s national economy as revealed in figures issued this week by the Fed- eral Bureau of Statistics. Of the total crop value, wheat zgfg::g :fi" ‘rlelpmnt $133,866,000, wi 320,605,000, 1030, oy 1 1931 and Exports of farm products to the United States in November totaled in value $302,781, compared with $9,468,261 in November, 1929, before the Hawley- Smoot tari went into operation in the following June, and $32,373,411 in No- vember, 1929, during the Underwood tarift e. (Copyright, 1032.) C. A. Lasell, Turfman, Dies. ‘WHITINSVILLE, Mass. ember 1 () —Chester A. Lasell, p nt of thz | Whitin Machine Works, and nationally | known in horse racing circles, died at | his home here today. He was 71 years | old. Breeder, trainer and racer of horses for two-score years, he was president of | the Trotting Horse PBreeders of idew | Englard and a former member of the | board of directors of the Grand Circuit. Taxi drivers of Belfast, Ireland, want | a legal limit to passengers’ baggage. BOSTONIAN SHOES $St. Albans % All Packages Wrapped as Christmas Gifts! After-Christmas Savings in This Sale of Hand-Tailored Silk Neckwear 55¢ 3 FOR §1.50 Give “him” more of what he needs most. sents a special purchase of the newest Hand-tailored with famous Resilient Construction. Others up to $2.50 silks. for Christmas. Event! Pre-Shrunk St. Albans Broadcloth SHIRTS This neckwear repre- neckwear les and Boxed 1319-1321 F Street #« B3 PINCHOT WILL DELAY DAVIS’ CREDENTIALS Pennsylvania Governor Says He Will Attach Letter Noting Doubts as to ' Senator’s Election. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., December 17— Gov. Pinchot will delay until after the first of the year action on issuing & certificate of election to United States Senator James J. Davis. The Elections Bureau, working on the official vote of the Legislature, not expected 1o complete 1t check o the senatorial vote before the end of the month. These certificates must be issued before January 2. _ Gov. Pinchot said recently he would lssue o cx;rtzgcate to Davis, but would attach a letter noting his Dais! uatifeatianstt = (00 O Davis’ retrial for alleged violation of Federal lottery laws is slated for Jan= uary 9 in New York City. I STETSON HATS Our ENTIRE stock of 650 heavy Winter OVERCOATS go on SALE Monday,8a.m. at 3 Sensationally low prices * WORUMBOS + BOUCLES % Chinchillas * Camel’s Hair * LLAMAS * Dark Shades Only! The fact that we normally. take these $1.35 3 FOR $4 & z g i | a practicing lawyer and long active in INSTRUCTIONS REVISED. | Catholic organizations here,‘dled sud- | | denly yesterday at his home, 500 Sixth | Tokio Opposes U. S. and Russian Aid | street southwest. ~He was found dead | in Conciliation Efforts. JiTE S= Nchuio LI it er, REEES FA T TOKIO, December 17_(P)—Instruc- | S"ehY- tions to the Japanese delegation to in-| Mr. Sheehy was a past State deputy sist that the League of Nations Com- | Of the Knights of Columbus in the Dis- mittee of Nineteen's proposed resolution | trict and was the first grand Knight jse to remember the forgotten man The time has come when occasional unemployment must be met by some form of organized insurance. “Lastly, there must be a shorter work- ing day, working week and working year.” reductions after Christmas is impor- tant. The fact that every one of these fine Overcoats bears the famous St. Albans label—the true standard Lo g Neckband shirts in white only; collar- sttached shirts in white and solid blue, TESTIfiES AGAINST NINE IN MAIL FRAUD TRIAL e Becretary of Corporation Becomes State Witness After Entering Plea of Gullty. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17.—Becom- ing a Government witness after plead- ing guilty to charges rokspiracy in_ the collapse of the Na- tional Diversified Corporation, of which he was secretary, Thomas A. Lynn tes- tified yesterday in the trial of nine as- sociates in Federal Court. ‘Catholic priests and the laymen who invested in the corporation lost more than $3.000,000 in the alleged fraud, the Government_charges. Lynn, with two stock salesmen, Joseph E. Weel and J. Raymond Kear, entered his plea Thursday and Federal Judge John M. Woolsey deferred sen- tence. . 5 Lynn said he became associated in 1926 with Otto Goebel, motion picture producer, one of the defendants on trial, whom he described as the moving spirit of the Associated Arts Corpo- ration, Goebel engaged him, Lynn tes- tified, as a special agent to contact prominent Catholic clergymen and lay- men in New Jersey to stimulate inter- est in “clean” pictures and sell stock in the company. SHIP HEAVILY ARMORED French Battle Cruiser Dunkerque Details Made Public. PARIS, December 17 (4).—Details of construction of the new 26,500-ton bat- tle cruiser Dunkerque. made public to- day, revealed that she will carry eight 330-millimeter guns in two quadruple turrets, one above the other. Placed forward, naval experts be- Jieved that this arrangement would give the vessel powerful firing ability. The ship will have at least 16 smaller, secondary guns and about 40 machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. She will be heavily protected by armor on both sides and the decks will have special anti-submarine and mine protection in addition to a smoke screen apparatus. Work on the vessel, started recently, was proceeding at a normal pace. Film Actor Goes to Hospital. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 17 (®)—To avert any threat of possible pneumonia. Bill Boyd, movie actor, hus- band of Dorothy Sebastian, actress, was taken to a hospital yesterday. ‘Boyd is one of the numerous present and recent victims of the “flu” in the film colony, most cases of which have been mild. Brazil Sends Air Patrol. RIO DE JANEIRO, December 17 (#). —Officers of the Brazilian navy de- cided today to send a squadron of hy- droplanes to the Upper Amazon to aid in the patrol of the border near the City of Leticia, as a precaution in the dispute between Bolivia and Peru. of mail fraud and | on the Manchurian issue be revised were telegraphed by the foreign office today following a special cabinet session. The demanded revision calls for elimina- tion of the invitations to the United commission. VIRGIN ISLANDS GROUPS FIGHT ECONOMY PROGRAM Time Held Inopportune to Consider New Act Advocated by Governor. By the Associated Press. ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, Decem- ber 17 (#).—Joint committees of the Co- lonial Councils of St. Thomas and St. Croix have decided to issue a_ protest against the new organic act advocated by Gov. Paul M. Pearson which will be presented before the Congressional Committee on Territories January 4. It is considered that the present eco- nomic conditions in the islands make the present an inopportune time for consideration of the new act, and the committees today decided not to send delegates to Washington to attend the hearings. The so-called organic act seeks to improve general economic conditions in the islands. Proposals offered include new taxes. reductions in municipal salaries and recommendations for rehabilitation and industrial improvements. Aaron Fox Sued for Divorce. RENO, Nev., December 17 (#).—Aaron Fox of New York, brother of William | Fox, was sued for divorce here today by | AlicesMiller Fox on grounds of deser- ition. They married in New York on June 21, 1924, and have two_children. ‘William and Ann Carol Fox. The court is asked to approve a settlement wherc- by Fox will pay his wife $60 a week until her remarriage and $40 weekly for the support of the children. KEEP WARM Economically COAL RANGES Cooking, Baking & Heating COAL HEATERS All Kinds, All Sizes OIL HEATING Gravity Circulation Roofing, Furnace Installations Repairs and Cleaning We carry the only complete line of all kinds of Stoves, Ranges and Heaters in Washington. W. S. Jenks and Son 723 7th N.W. Nat. 2092 Washington’s Oldest Stove and Hardware Store States and Russia to join a conciliation | of Spalding Council of that organiza- tion when the council was organized many years ago. He was & member of the law firm of Sheehy & Sheehy, having engaged in practice with his brother, Vincent A. S;xeehy. The latter and a sister sur- vive. A native of this city, Mr. Sheehy was graduated from the Department of Arts and Sclence of Georgetown University in 1893 and received his bachelor of | laws degree there in 1895 and a master of laws degree in 1896. He was ad- mitted to the District bar in the latter year and had practiced here since. He was a member of the District Bar Association, was president of the Knights of Columbus Building Asso- ciation. a member of the Holy Name So- ciety of St. Dominic's Church and a member of the St. Vincent de Paul So- ciety. He also was past District presi- idfnt of the Ancient Order of Hiber- | nians. | _ Funeral services will be conducted in | St. Dominic's Church at 10 a.m. Tues- day. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. [ o {DEATHS IN TOKIO FIRE | ARE INCREASED T0 12 By the Associated Press. TOKIO, Saturday, December 17.— Police figures on the fire yesterday in the Shirokiya Department Store showed that 12 persons were killed, 48 serious- ly injured and about 80 slightly hurt. The death total was raised to 12 when two victims died in hospitals. About 600 or 700 persons, most of them salesgirls, were trapped in upper floors of the building, and in the panic a few of them jumped and were killed. ' HOTEL ROOSEVELT | 16th St. at V and W Sts. | N.W. The ideal Family Hotel in | Washington offering one, two and three room furnished house- ‘kccping apartments, moderate- ly priced. Full hotel service. Range current and Frigidaire in- cluded in rate. Also transient accommodations. DECATUR 0800 L. G. Sizer, Manager izes and gray, tan and bamboo; . all sleeve lengths. Others up to $3.50 Solid Color $1.75 3 FOR §5 With or without collars. cuffs in contrasting some piped edges. HATS $2.75 Talk . . . Talk . .. Talk! sensational hat value. smartness! 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