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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy tonight and tomorrow mum temperature tonight 3 _mini- about 18 de- grees; slowly rising temperature tomor- row., Temperatures—Highest, 33, at 3:00 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 15, at 7:15 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered post offi 32,374. second class matter ‘Washington, D. C ch ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1932—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. APPOINTMENT OF DEBT BOARD INDICATED BY PRESIDENT IN MESSAGE Tells Congress Early Set-Up Is Likely WILL SEEK AID OF ROOSEVELT Suggests Interlock- ing of Trade and Arms Question. By the Associated Pres Co-operation with President- elect Roosevelt to insure continu- ity particularly as to war debts, the ‘World Economic Conference and disarmament was proposed today by President Hoover in a message to Congress. Lacking congressional approval for revival of the War Debt Com- mission, the President declared it necessary for him to proceed in- dependent of Congress to set up machinery for further debt dis- cussions with those nations who have not defaulted. He suggested an interlocking of the debt, economic, and disarma- ment questions and indicated a | commission on debts would be ap- pointed soon by him, some of the members of which would also be delegates to the World Economic Conference set for next year, while others would have a liaison with the present disarmament ne- gotiations. It is the assumption here that Mr. Hoover already has made some o::;; tures toward Mr. Roosevelt and the personnel of the group which is to handle the debt discussions will be sub- | mitted to the President-elect for his approvai before appointment. Secks Co-operation. The only mention of this subject in the message to the Congress, however, was as follows: _ “Discussions ifi- respect to both debt uestions and ths, world economic con- erence can not he concluded during my administration, yet the economic situa- tion in the world necessitates the pre- liminary work essential to its success. The undertaking of these preliminary questions should not be delayed until after March 4. “1 propese, therefore, to seek the co-operation of President-elect Roose- velt in the organization of machinery for advancement of consideration of these problems. “A year ago I requested that the Congress should authorize the creation of a debt commission to deal with sit- uations which were bound to arise. The Congress did not consider this wise. In the situation es it has developed it ap- pears necessary for the Executive to proceed. “Obviously any conclusions would be of American foreign policy, | Hoover Message President to Seek Aid of Roosevelt, He Tells Congress. To the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives: I indicated in my message on the state of the Union of December 6 that I should communicate further informa- tion to the Congress. Accordingly I wish now to communicate certain ques- tions which have arisen during the past few days in connection with the war debts. These questions, however, can- not be considered apart from the grave world economic situation as it affects the United States and the broader pol- icies we should pursue in dealing with them. While it is difficult in any analy- sis of world economic forces to separate the cause from the effect or the symp- tom from the disease, or to separate one segment of a viclous cycle from | determination of our objectives. It is certain that the most urgent economic effort still before the world | undue and continued fall in prices and | trade obviously have many origins. One | ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) FCONOMIC PARLEY lllinoisan Terms Conference Threat to U. S. as Leader of World Finance. By the Associated Press. The proposed world economic con- ference was assailed in the Senate today by Senator Lewis, Democrat, of | Illinois, as one aimed at American | supremacy in finance and trade. The Senator insisted that if America | enters the parley, that the meeting be held in this country. “Interference Is Object.” | “1t this conference is really going to be called,” he told the Senate, “it 1s with the object of having the influences of Europe interfere with the new tariff policy of this country, the adjusted tarifl m. | “‘l‘hewr ?‘gg that the other nations of | | the world have reared tariff walls does Inot appeal to them as a justification for America’s rightful protection of her | own. “Another purpose of this conference is to interfere with America’s sound financlal status. It is also in the minds of these nations to press upon America at this time a compromise on debts | whereby payments would be made in| goods. Seeks Parley in U. S. i “If a conference is called, I ask that | it be called in the United States ln; order that our delegates will be freed from the influence of the foreign na-| tions who are our debtors.” Should the nations meet in this | country, Lewis said, they would “thus| another, we must begin somewhere by is the restoration of price levels. The | Britain Reveals Agreement on Review. PAUL-BANCOUR BEGINS DUTIES New French Cabinet Likes Idea of Ex- pert Commission. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 19.—Stan- ley Baldwin told Parliament today the United States Government had | agreed to undertake with Great Britain a joint examination of the whole question of war debt pay- ments. it As spokesman for the govern- ment, he declined to accept a sug- gestion by a member of the House of Commons that a five-power | European conference be called to | discuss the possibility of “common ASSALED BY LEWIS action” toward securing a more favorable trade balance with America to facilitate the debt payments. “The United States Govern- ment,” he said, “has agreed Lo enter into joint examination with us on the whole question and his majesty’s government hopes the discussion may be initiated at an early date. “In these circumstances I do not think the course suggested wowd be appropriate at the present time.” The member who made the suggestion proposed that Great Britain, France, | Belgium, Italy and Germany, participate in_the conference. British government spokesmen have | assumed the attitude since the first American note on the debts that a ward revision has been promised by Washington. ;f was not clear from Mr. Baldwin's remarks in the House whether he re- ferred today to the first American note | or to conversations which Neville Cham- berlain, chancellor of the exchequer, and United States Ambassador Mellon were reported to have had on Friday. SET-UP OF EXPERTS FAVORED. One or More Members of French Cab- | inet Reported Backing Plan, PARIS, December 19 (P)—The atti- | tude of ‘the new French government | seemed moving early this afternoon to- | ward advocacy of a plan informally discussed at Washington of allowing a mixed or international commission of experts to_examine the problem of France's debt. ‘The Associated Press was informed on the highest authority that one or more ministers intended to support the commission plan at an afternoon meet- ing of the cabinet presided over by Premier Paul-Boncour. These ministers believe the debt problem should not be permitted to drag on and should be studied as soon as possible by a body of qualified per- assemble where we may protect the | gone gimilar to the Basel reparations by the Congress.” Bubjeckitojappeoral by i individual supremacy of our own coun- | experts. ‘general discussion with a view to down- | EVERETT, ALL IT REQUIRES IS $TIeKTo-IT-VE-NESS! | KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, FILIPINO BOYCOTT PLAN DISCOUNTED Right to Reject Any Inde- pendence Bill Sought for Island by Quezon. | By the Assoclated Press MANILA, P. I, December 19.—A pro- posal that the Philippine Legislature be given the right to reject any Filipino | independence measure or accept any provision “with reservations” was made today by Manuel Quezon, presiderit of the Territorial Senate. He issued a statement after confer- ring with other legislators on the United States Senate’s passage of the Hawes- | Cutting independence bill. His was a more tempered comment on the Sen- ate’s action, following scarcely 12 hours American goods because of objection- able features—in the bill. Legislators here said they did not take the threat seriously, contrast with his demand last week for “immediate independence or nothing.” “Neither the Hare nor the Hawes. Cutting bill completely satisfies the na- tional ideals of the Filipinos,” he said. “The government established curing transition period is not really autono- mous. Trade relations would be unjust to the Filipinos. The naval reserves will remain under the Government of [ the United States. * * * Reservations Favored. “I won't undertake to state what at- titude the Legislature would take to- ward any bill approved, but I belfeve it is only fair that the Legislature have an opportunity to express its viewpoint before the law’s enforcement. “I believe furthermore, the Legisla- 'SIX NEEDY- FAMILIES "ADOPTED™; '14 "OPPORTUNITIES" STILL OPEN| ' Grand Total of $2.,025 Contributed to Dat | in Campaign to Care for 20 Out- ‘ : . | standing Cases of Distress. | (] \ Just a week remains in which to prove to 14 of Washington's most needy families that there really is a Santa Claus. Six other poverty-stricken families already have been assured of a Christmas gift of good-fairy proportions, thanks to the Yule-inspired generosity of kind- hearted citizens. Their gift. in each instance, is provision of all necessaries of life for a whole year, or, in a few cases, for at least six months. Fourteen Christmas opportunities to render urgent financial aid to homes blighted by the misfortunes of unemployment, accident or ill health are still open for the sympathetic consideration of local residents. The few days remaining till Christmas make imperative prompt action by benefactors, if the distress of these worthy men, women and children is to be alleviated this holiday season. Each of these cases had been thor- oughly investigated by workers of the Associated Charitles, the Salvaticn | Army, the Catholic Charities, the United { Leglon. The destitution is real and {acute and the sufferers sre wcrthy of | rellef. The Star guarantees that every Opportunities” will go direct to those designated in the list below. The cost of administering the money will come from other sources. The Star, cn whose initiative the opportunities were pre- ! sented, gladly contributes its space and the services of its cashier in this excel- lent cause. The plan was prompted by faflure of the Community Chest to reach after revelation of & threat to boycott | Hebrew Relief Society or the American | its goal in the recent campaign. | , Funds received over the week end re- sulted in-the closing tocday of Oppor- tunity No. 16—that of the 12-year-old | | girl Alice, who lo:t both her own parents Quezon's statement was in marked 'penny contributed for the-e “Christmas and her foster parents before she was !5 years old and who is now being cared for by a lccal family. Week end donations totaled $711, bringing the grand total received to date (Continued on Page 3, Column 2) SALES TAX OPINION INSENATE STUDIE Chance for Beer Bill Rider ture, bearing in mind all of the circum- | COLLIER PREDICTS | - APPROVAL OF BEER Committee Chairman Thinks | “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. New York Senator Declares % %k %k () Means Associated Saturday’s Circulation, 114,822 Sunday’s Circulation, 128,228 TWO CENTS. Press. WARNER PRUPISES LBERALEATION OF 1S ELIEF WORK Unemployment Fight Is Still Losing One. R. F. C. ADMINISTRATION OF ASSISTANCE ASSAILED| Abolition of $300,000,000 Limit on ! Loans and Allotment of $10,- 000,000 to States Is Urged. By the Assocated Press Liberalization of the national reliet AID PLEAS SWAMP CHARITY AGENCIES ASCOLD CONTINUES 3,000 Men at Work Digging City Out of Heaviest Snow in Decade. STORM IS FATAL TO MAN; EIGHT RECEIVE INJURIES Streets Are Reopened and Transit Services Resume Normal Sched- ules—Fog Grounds Planes. Only a small measure of relief from i the extreme cold was forecast by the program was advocated today in the| Weather Burcau today, as charity or- Senate by Senator Wagner, Democrat, ' ganizations reported they were swamped of New York, with the assertion that| by requests for aid as a result of the the fight against unemployment wu‘snow} at?jrm. which caused one death, | paralyzed the city’s transportation sys- B G mn G | tem and sent more than half a dozen The most immediate danger con-!persons to hospitals. fronting the American people,” he told _ With an army of approximately the Senate. “is the spread of the notion 3.000 men at work in the streets, Wash- { ington continued to dig its way out of in some responsible quarters that the| tne heaviest snowfall in a decade, after relief problem has been solved and that a night that came within a degree of the scarcity of employment is on the mgtg;l?znl]hc toldestdfl the Winter. g i | ite the snow ice, comparative- way to its automatic correction. Iy few trafic accidents were reported, Assalling the administration of relief! and virtually all of these were of a activities by the Reconstruction Finance | minor nature. A fatal automcbile ac- i cident occurred in Hyattsville last Corporation, Wagner said “the billions | LigeRt | Deeryed (o Mstisville last that Congress provided have remained| jice did not attribute it to weather practically untouched—the jobs which ' conditions. they were to create are still locked up.” | Moter Hazards Increase. Hits $300,000,000 Limit. | Motor hezards created by the snow He proposed that the $300,000,000 2nd lce Sere increated this morning o ¥ a dense fog that hung over portions of limitation on direct relie! loans be the District. as well as nearby Mary- eliminated; that $10,000,000 be allotted land and Virginia. for “outright grant” to the States for| The fog temporarily robbed the Cap- t i ice, plan power be taken from the Reconstruction | remain on the ground for several hours. Finance Board and given to a special| The Weather Bureau forecast cloudi- 1di ness tonight and tomorrow, with & Commitiee f" three for deciding UPOR|pipimym “temperature of about 18 de- relief loans; that the law be clarified | grees tonight. This is three degrees to permit loans to States without the |higher than the lowest temperature of showing of approaching bankruptcy; | the past 24 hours. reached at 6 o'clock this morn; Temperatures several and that loans for self-liquidating proj- | ects be given to States and municipal- | ities for such projects as are “eco-| nomically sound.” | Wagner, who is a co-author of the| emergency relief act and a member of | the special Democratic committee to frame new legislation, also extended his | criticism to tne Treasury for its admin- | istration of the public construction | program. “It is a matter of record,” he said, “that for two months the Treasury re- fused to permit the éxecutive depart- ments to proceed with the execution of the law. The extent to which the ef- fort to undo the law was carried on became apparent when the Treasury Department rendered the incompre- hensible and indefensible decision that the appropriation of $100,000,000 for public buildings really meant only $90,000,000. “In view of the executive hindrance and discouragement, I am rather sur- prised that some of the bureaus such as the Bureau of Public Roads suc- ceeded as well as they did in placing | many thousands of men to work.” Speaks on R. F. C. Relief. Of the R. F. C. relief administration | he said: “It seems to me that the provisions | of relief against cold and hunger ought to constitute the first claim upon the funds of the Reconstruction Corpora- tion and I. therefore, propose that the $300.000,000 limitation be removed.” The present law, he added, “is sus- ceptible of the interpretation that a stances, if it desires to accept the law, | Held Slim Unless Put For- should make State is not entitled to a relief loan degrees lower were reported in suburban districts, however. Slowly rising temperatures were pre- dicted for tomorrow, with moderate southwest winds This morning’s 15-degree temperature was the lowest of the storm period, the thermometer at the Weather Bureau having recorded a minimum of 16 yes- terday and 17 the day before. The lowest temperature of the season was recorded Friday, the mercury sinking to 14 before the snow began falling. Relief Centers Crowded Missions and other relief centers, as usual since the cold wave started, were crowded to capacity last night. Ap- proximately 250 men spent the night at the Central Union Mission, and the Salvation Army and other relief centers throughout the city gave shelter to hundreds of others. Approximately half of the 3.000 street workers cn the job today were extra workers, many of them with “certified unemployed” cards with which they were obtaining food and other relief before the storm. The remainder of the extra workers were hired when they applied to the District Refuse Depart- ment. In_addition to the men working for the District, about 500 have been given work by private concerns and indi- viduals through the recommendation of the District Public Employment Service. These were hired to clean sidewalks and driveways at Unicn Station, the Ward- man Park and Shoreham Hotels and at other places throughout the city. Transit Schedules Normal. House May Reach Vote Attitude Reiterated. | try_without injury to others. A ministerial spokesman told the cor- reservations regardi The President reiterated his views| “We haven't one friend in all the, respondent he deemed the question o | 1til those provisions which are objection- | N A e Tt was not the intention of Congress. Washington's transportation system against cancellation or reduction with- | world,” he continued. “So, if we can | . out adequate compensations and said |not instill in our people the maxim | 1t would “meet my hearty approval” if Congress should Gecide to_ re-establish the Debt Commission. Congressional opposition to any such step is so strong, however, that the Chief Executive voiced no hope that that previous Tecommendation of his ever would be ZFulfilled. Mr. Hoover only negatively excluded from the proposed discussions those nations, including France and Belgium, Wwhich defaulted on December 15. After outlining agein the views he has ex- pressed many times against imposing further sacrifices on the American peo- | ple in connection with the debts, he said: “In any event in protection to our vital interests, as good neighbors and 4n accord with our traditional duty as wise and fair creditors whether to in- dividuals or nations, we must honor the request for discussion of these ques- tions by nations who have sought to maintain their obligations to us.” The nations which by paying last week qualified undoubtedly for the debt discussions proposed by the President, are: Great Britain, which paid $95,550,- ©00: Traly, $1.245.437; Czechoslovakia, ~ (Continued on Page 4. Column 4.) PERSIA PREPARED T0 FIGHT FOR OIL Paper Attacks Company for Fail- ure to Revise Concession Contract. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, December 19.—The Tass (Russian) News Agency correspondent. at Teheran, Persia, reported today that the newspaper Shefa e Serkh, in an ar- ticle attacking officials of the Anglo- Persian Oil Co. for failing to revise its government concession contract as sllegedly promised, warned that the Persian government is prepared to de. fend its rights by force if necessary. “The company tried by means of different flattering promises and de- ceptions practiced on members of the Persian government to make the world believe the concession had been sanc- tioned,” he quoted the newspaper as saying. “Proof of this was found in the fact that the company’s manager, Mr. Cadman, was in Teheran in the Spring of 1926 for the coronation of the Shah, at which time he declared he was ready to revise the contract. Six years have passed since then and despite the in- sistent_requests of the Persian_govern- ment to revise the contract, the com- any thus far had refrained from doing R under different pretexts.” Declaring the silence of the former Shah with respect to the contract was “compulsory,” the newspaper said, “but at present the government has suffi- f d Sorees $0 defend #s own rights.” | ‘America for Americans,’ let us make it | ‘Americans for America. | | — - . LUKE LEA DENIED | REVIEW BY COURT Final Appeal Lost by Tennessee Publisher and Son in North Caro- lina Fraud Conviction. | By the Assoclated Press. Luke Lea, Tennessee publisher, and his son, Luke Lea, jr, convicted of conspiracy to defraud a North Carclina bank, today were denied a review by the Supreme Court of the refusal of the North Carolina Supreme Court to grant them a new trial. Apparently, this ended the hope of Lea, & former United States Senator, of release from his sentence through the Supreme Court, although his attorneys may ask reconsideration of the action y. Such _reconsideration, is rarely granted. ‘The ruling today was the second time that the court had refused to take up the conviction in North Carolina State courts of the Leas. On October 21, Lea, his son, and ‘Wallace Davis, former president of the Central Bank & Trust Co. of Asheville, were refused a review of their convic- tion on conspiracy charges, which in- cluded claims they had defrauded the North Carolina bank. The elder Lea was sentenced to a | maximum of 10 years in the North | Carolina Penitentiary, and the son was given a $25,000 fine and costs sentence as option to a two to six year term. however, IMRS. WINGO’S SON HURT IN CONNECTICUT CRASH Arkansas Representative Receives Word of Serious Injury at Bridge- port—Hurries to Bedside. By the Associated Press. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., December 19. —Otis Wingo, jr., son of Representative Effiegene Wingo of Arkansas, was in a serious condition today in Bridgeport Hospital as a result of a céllission be- tween his automobile and a trolley car. Wingo, a student at Princeton Uni- versity, was_admitted to the hospital last night. He suffered a possible frac- tured skull and fractures of the nose and thigh. His companion, Miss Bar- bara Hollsworth, 20, of Brookline, Mass., suffered a concussion of the brain, cuts :n‘d bruises. Her condition was reported air. Wingo's automobile skidded on the snow-covered highway. Representative Effiegene Wingo left the Capital early today for Bridgeport on receiving word that her son, Otis Wingo, jr., had been injured in an au- | u;zmobfle accident in the Connecticut city. The injured youth's father had been 8 member of the House for a number of years until his death two years ago, when he was succeeded, by his widow. Mrs. Wingo is to retiré voluntarily on March 4. . World War Aviator Dies. 'NEW YORK, December 19 (P).— Robert Suffern Tailer Burnett, World War aviator and adopted son of the late Mrs. Henry Lawrence, died today after an illness of more than a year. He was 38 years old. TO ESTABLISH A | Makes 180-Mile Run in 142 By the Associated Press. HAMBURG, Germany, December 19. ! —A new stream-lined combination | Diesel motor and electric train has set & new speed record of 142 minutes’ run- | ning time for the 180.09 miles between | here and Berlin. The average speed of |76.09 miles an hour is said to be a world record for motor trains. Over the first half of the run the train was clocked at 93 miles an hour, but the engineer slowed down to make the planned 143-minute ‘sehedule. This ! MOTOR TRAIN AVERAGEE 76 M. P. H. WORLD RECORD Minutes—Speed Cut After Being Clocked at 93. cuts 37 minutes off the present run- ning time. The utmost efficiency is embodied in the new train. Not even the door knebs project from the body, so that wind resistance is minimized. A wide strip of metal completely encircles the train at the bottom, extending well below the axles and forming a windshield for the wheels, The front is rounded off like a tor- pedo and the motor room, with two 410-horsepower Diesel motors drk electric generators, is in the o the train. It starts a tentative eight- week -achedule next month, able to it with a view to improving or eliminating them.” Quezon called off a trip to Baguio to ence measure, Tne boycott threat, revealed yester- day, was made by Vincente Sotto, at- torney and publisher of a weekly paper, in a cable to Filipino independence Tepresentatives in Washington. Legis- latlve leaders said Sotto had made other threats in the past and failed to carry them out. Sotto, who is also chairman of the Extremist Philippine Civic Union, said the body had agreed to a boycott at a Tecent mass meeting. He added, no orders for a boycott have been issued because the Hawes-Cutting bill is not yet law. Americans Join in Protest. Americans swelled the chorus of pro- tests against the Hawes-Cutting bill. Willlam H Anderson, exporter and member of the Insular Democratic Committee. sald, “it would be better to have independence tomorrow than years of slow torture by strangulation.” Attacking immigration exclusion, son, president of the Philippine 1 Long-Distance Telephone Co., com- mented, “T am sure the fair play of the (Continued on Pagé 2, Column 3.) CAPONE AIDE SHOT, PROBABLY FATALLY Frank Nitti and Wounded Police- man Found in Chicago Build- ing After Gun Battle. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 19.—Frank Nitti, Capone gangster, was shot prob- ably fatally and a policeman detailed | from Mayor Cermak’s office wounded in the arm today in a shooting affray in the Lasalle-Wacker Building. Policeman Harry Lang and Nitti were found in a room in the downtown sky- scraper. The room, No. 553, was re- putedly a headquarters of the Capone E"Ritt, the “enforcer.” served a term in Leavenworth Penitentiary for eva- sion of income taxes and was released last March 24. He had served 14 months of an 18-month term. CONGRESS MEMBER ILL Representative Robert R. Butler of The Dalles, Oreg., is seriously ill here of pneumonia. Butler was removed from his apart- ment io Providence Hospital, where, at- taches sald, hope was held for his re- covery. Miss Ethel Johnson, secretary to the Representative, said while his condition his physican reported s ‘was serious, lllmmvem - e S confer over the state of the independ- | of the plebiscite, Jcseph E. H. Steven- | | ward by Democrats. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Advceates of a general manufacturers’ excise tax were canvas:ing the situation in the Senate today to ascertain, if | possible, whether it would be feasible to | add the tax to the beer bill when that | measure reaches the Senate. | The beer bill, which is a revenue | measure, since it levies a tax of $5 a barrel on the proposed 3.2 per cent beer, must first pass the House before | it can be considered either in the Senate Finance Committee or the Senate itself It is due to be taken up in the House tomorrow and its supporters claim 1t will pass that body after a couple of days’ debate. Republican supporters of the general manufacturers’ excise or sales tax in | matter up to the Democrats when the beer bill comes from the House. While the Republicans on paper have control of the Senate, in reality the Democrats and their allies, the Progressive Repub- licans, control the situation. Under the circumstances, it appears a sales tax amendment to the beer bill would have no chance in the Senate Finance Com- mittee or in the Senate unless it was put forward and sponsored by the Dem- ocrats. Senator David I. Walsh of Massachu- setts, a member of the Senate Finance | Committee and also one of the Demo- crats designated to consider tax legis- lation by the Democratic organization of the Senate, is a believer in a general manufacturers’ excise tax. It was Sen. ator Walsh who offered a manufa turers’ tax as an amendment to the revenue bill put through at the last session. The Massachusetts Senator said today he did not believe he would offer a manufacturers’ tax amendment to the beer bill at this session. “I believe the beer bill should be handled and passed as a separate mea- sure,” said Senator Walsh. “Of course, it will be necessary eventually to put through tax legislation capable of balancing the Government’s budget. I do_not_believe, however, any general (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) TYPIST TO WED PRINCE ROME, December 19 (A).—A ship- board romance between an Indian prince and the ship's stenographer is to Tesult in their marriage, it was an- | nounced today. Lah Viaska, born at Pola, according to her sister, met the Maharaja of Bikaner, Sir Godig Mohammed Khan, aboard 'the steamer Victoria a few months ago on a voyage to India, and soon they will be married in the Mussulman rites at Bikaner, | the Senate are inclined to leave the| lowered trade quotas and elimination | on Bill Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. | Chairman Collier of the House Ways and Means Committee today predicted | to newspaper men that the Democratic 22 beer bill would be passed by the House Wednesday. Consideration of the measure is scheduled to begin to- morrow. “It may be that we can get a vote | late tomorrow,” said Colller, after re- | counting the parliamentary procedure to_be followed. | | He and Representative Hawley of | Oregon, ranking Republican on the | | committee, who is opposed to the bill, | | said they had not been informed as to | who would offer amendments. Representative Michener of Mich- igan, assistant Republican leader, in the absence of Representative Snell of New York. minority chieftain, said the measure “will not be a party matter.” This means the Republicans will be | free to oppose or support the legislation. | Michener also said he did not know | who would offer an amendment to re- | duce the alcoholic content from 3.2 per | cent by weight to 2.75 per cent, but added, “I feel sure one will be offered.” Meanwhile, Representative O'Connor, Democrat, of New York, co-author of the O'Connor-Hull beer bill defeated in the last session, 228-to 169, indicated he would propose the tax on beer be in- creased from $5 to $7.50 & barrel of 31 gallons. Representative La Guardia of New York, one of the anti-prohibiticnist (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) Berlin’s Flying Museum of Interest | BERLIN (#)—Germans are keenly | interested in objects displayed in Ber- lin'’s flying museum—a Wright pusher alrplane, the first plane built in Ger- | many of German materials; machines | used in the World War and many simi- | lar flying devices. | superintendent of the United States “I propose that the language be amended to make it clear that imminent bankruptcy on the part of a State or municipality is by no means a condition rrechem to an application for a relief oan.” Wagner objected to the practice of the corporation in making relief loans | to cover needs for short periods only, | | saying this was “not conducive to proper planning of relief.” SOME MIDDIES FACE | HOLIDAY INSTRUCTION | Undetermined Number to Be Kept' at Academy for Extra Study. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., December 19.— Comdr. George L. Weyler, aide to the Naval Academy, today said a number of midshipmen will be kept at the school over the holidays for “extra in- struction.” He said it was impossible to say now | how many would remain at the Acad-| emy because the examinations would not be completed until Wednesday. None, he added, would be kept here for disciplinary action. The Christmas and New Year vaca- tion will begin Friday afternoon and end on the evening of January 2. Russian ‘Commissar in Berlin. BERLIN, December 19 (#).—Maxim Litvinoff. Russian foreign commissar, stopped here on the way to Geneva to- day to discuss disarmament and other matters with Chancellor von Schleicher | and Foreign Minister von Neurath. Engineer Commissioner John C. Got- wals today ordered a pay roll for two days made up for the unemployed men who had been given work cleaning the streets of snow, which means that the 1,500 men will get their money tomor- Tow. It had been planned previously to pay ey e e iog 0 S wesolore] ay for of unem; from funds ort.he Board of l’llhllv:pwy:l‘3 to that fare and the clerical routine is adjusted | der to Gotwals ruled, JOBLESS TO GET PAY TOMORROW EOR CLEANING SNOW OFF STREETS Gotwals Orders Two Days’ Wages for 1,500 Instead of | Waiting Until Saturday. that they must be given something im- mediately, as they are not in the class of regular employes who can well afford to wait until regular pay days come around. Fifty men picked up for snow jobs by the Highway Department at the Sal- vation Army were laid off today when son, deputy highway engineer, had de- cided independently of the Gotwals or- Tush through & pay roli for | schedule, | sunless Southland Monday, was getting back to its normal schedule this morning after the most difficult week end in 10 years. Neither the Washington Railway & Electric Co. nor the Capital Traction Co. reported any serious tie-ups yester- day. Both companies experienced nu- merous minor tie-ups, and cars on many routes were running behind but scrvice was maintained more or less regularly on all lines. Bus lines operated closer to schedule. The Washingion Rapid Transit Co. re- ported only a few busses late. Similar conditions " existed on the Wreco and Capital Traction bus lines. Both busses and _street cars_were " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. COLD WAVE PERSISTS THROUGHOUT NATION Skies Continue Overcast in South as Frost Grips Northern United States. By the Associated Press. Frost outstayed its welcome in the and his partner zero still flirted brazenly with sister States from the Rockies to Maine. Only a trace of rain and snow had fallen’ overnight in the South, but skies were overcast and the freeze persisted down to the waistlines of South Caro- lina, Georgia and across to Louisiana. Zero reddened the cheekc in upper New England. and a new rush of water and ice from the Kennebec River bziorktd highways from Maine into Can- ada. The wake of a storm that had drifted on over the Atlantic left New York, Boston, Baltimore frozen at 20 degrees above zero. Northfield, Vt. touched zero, while at Portland, Me., it was 14 above. Philadelphia, 22; Pittsburgh, 18; Washington, 16; Albany, 12, and Atlantic City at the frost point. Temperatures were a bit milder in the South, but 25 had died over the week end of cold or accidents attributed to the severe weather. Out in Wyoming it was 4 below at Lander, near the mountains, and the same temperature chilled Flagstaff, Ariz. The Dakotas, Minnesota, Ne- braska and Iowa were relatively warm in the 10s and 20s above zero. Chicago minimum was 18 above zero, and Cleveland and Detroit 16 and 10, Tespectively. Fishermen braved the perilous wash of ice and slush in heavy seas around Port Maitland, Ontario, to search for a lighthouse keeper and his son, missing on Lake Erie for several days. Ethel Barryme: etter. NEW YORK, Decemi. 19 (P).—Al- though Ethel Barrymore is seriously i of pneumonia, friends hoped today that the crisis was past. The actress was stricken with grippe December 1 when she went to New Haven, Conn., for & tryout of her new play,