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T A2 ER¥ POLITICAL GROUPS FILE LAST REPORTS House Clerk Awaits State- ments From National Committees. By the Assoc'ated Press. Many final campaign expenditure re- ports for 1932 were received today by the clerk of the House, but those from the Republican and Democratic Na- tional Committees were not among the early arrivals, The law required, however, that they be submitted, so South Trimble, House clerk, expected them in later mails. Among the reports received was one from the National Progressive League showing that from September 5 to De- cember 31, 1932, it had received $15,293 and spent’ $15,169 on behalf of Frank- lin D. Roosevelt. _Contributions from | the Democratic National Campaign | Committee totaling $5,500, were listed and loans from the same source, $7.500. Minute Men File Report. The minute men of the Democratic National Committee reported that from Jenvary 1 to December 31, last year, t2air receipts, including dues, totaled $15,125. ‘They contributed $12,500 to the Democratic National Campaign Committee. | The temporary Democratic National sampaign Committee reported receipts gompdgly 2 to December 31, totaling $24,163, and disbursements of 524‘031.1 Of the total receipts, $23,663 represented | loans. The report did not list the source | these loans. z “Anozher report showed the Nauonnl‘ Republican Congressional Committee from January 1 to December 31, re- cefved $90,500, distributing this money in the congressional districts. Not more than $250 was shown to have been ad- vanced to any one Republican Repre- | sentative at one time. Receipts Equal Expenditures. | The Western Committce headquarters | of the National Progressive League, for | Roosevelt and Garner, reported receipts | during the campaign of §11,263 and the same amount spent. The bulk of The Teceipts, $8,975, came | from the Democratic National Cam- Committee. There was & con-| tribution of $1,000 from Arthur Mullen of Omaha, vice chairman of the Demo- | cratic National Committee. | Several items for railroad fare and | other expenses of Senator Hiram John- son, California Republican, ‘Who sup- Roosevelt, were listed among the | expenditures. SOVIETS T0 EXECUTE THREE IN GRAIN PLOT‘ Highest Ukraine Officials Sentenced for Sabotage Against Moscow Crop Collections. o Assoclated Press. ”!&hOSCOW. January 3.—Three of the highest Communist party and Soviet | officials in the Brekhovsky district of the Ukraine were rentenced to death today | and eight others to imprisonment upon | their conviction of treason. It was| charged they engaged in a campaign of sabotsge against the government's grain collection plan. The Ukraine, once known as the bread basket of Europe, still is the Soviet government’s chief grain-produc- area, but its 1932 production and ivery has been the most packward in whole country. nfi‘he three men sentenced to execution | by shooting are Golovin, secretary of the Regional Communist Party Com- mittee; Polamarechuk, president of the Regional Soviet Executive Committee, and Anistrat, senior agricultural tech- nician for the Regional Executive Com- mittee. They were charged with arbitrarily Jowering the government's grain col<i lection quotas and falsely reporting on | the extent of the crop to the central suthorities. Of other cfficials tried with them, three were sentenced to 10 years in prison and five to 8 years each. 29 MONARCHIST EXILES ESCAPE PRISON COLONY} Governor's Arrest Is Ordered and | Probe of Spaniards’ Flight | Will Be Begun. | By the Associated Press. { MADRID, January 3.—Minister of | the Interior Santiago Cesares Quiroga | last night confirmed reports that 29 | monarchist exiles at Villacisneros had escaped on @ sailing craft, the name of which was not learned. | The minister said he was ordering | the arrest of the governor of the prison | colonies and that an investigation of | the fight would be made at once. The escaped deportees include Ricardc Serrador, Capt. Manuel Silvestre, Jaime Arteaga, son of Duke Infantado, and Alfonso Borbon, a distant relative of | the former King { The minister ordered the detention snd court-martial of the commander of the gunhboat Canovas del Castillo, which, he said, was at the prison colony at the time the escape occurred. One report was that gunboats guarding the colony were temporarily away from Vil lacisneros taking on coal at the time. LONDON TOWER HAS ‘ ITS BRIGHT MOMENTS Daughter of ‘Beefeater” Married “The Saddest Spot on | Earth.” | By the Associated Press. LONDON.—The Tower of London, | described by Macaulay as “the saddest Jpot on earth,” has its bright moments. One of them occu when the daughter of a “beefeater” was married in the royal chapel of St. Peter and Vincula within the tower It is the privilege of members of the | families of ell the wardens who live in the little gray houses within the bat- | tlements to hold such ceremonies in the in The bride’s father, a yeoman warder, | l?peured in full state dress—a replica | of the brilliant red and gold costume, with white ruffs and scarlet stockings, worn by the warder of the fifteenth cen- tury. In the chapel, which houses the old- | est playable organ in the country, are| buried Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey, the Earl of Essex and famous men and ‘women who were beheaded on the green | outside. B VETERAN ACTOR DIES NEW YORK, January 3 (#)—Sam Coit, 61, veteran actor and an execu- | tive of the Actors’ Equity Association, died of pneumonia Sunday. He was born in Bethlehem, Conn. and made his first 8!0!&1@1! mfi; ?E?Me in “Quo Vadis,” playing in | and in London. He also played in “Rebeccs of Sunnybrook Fsrm™ with ‘Edith Taliaterro, 'Young " America” Statesman Dies DR. WILHELM CUNO. | | DR, CUND, GERMAN | LEADER, EXPRES Former Chancellor and Ship- | ping Magnate Victim of Heart Attack. By the Associated Prese HAMBURG, Germany, January 3.— Dr. Wilhelm 'Cuno, former chancellor of Germany and general manager of the Hamburg American Steamship Line, died today. ‘The shipping magnate was 57 years old. He died suddenly when he suf- fered a heart attack as he was about to start with his wife for a vacation ordered by his physician. Born in 1876. Dr. Cuno was born July 2, 1876, at | Suhl, Thuringia. After completing a university career he entered the civil service and soon became counselor in the Prussian finance ministry. During the war he held a leading position with the war food ministry. In the Winter of 1917 he left the gov-| ernment service and became a direc- tor of the Hamburg-American shipping line, succeeding Albert Ballin as chair- man when the latter died December 12, 1918. Dr. Cuno was the first German ship- ping representative to seek re-estab- lishment of shipping relations with the United States after the World War and succeeded in negotiations with United American Lines for a joint transatlan- tic service. His success as a negotiator made him one of the most-sought German indus- trial leaders for public service. Besides holding directorships in vari- ous other shipping and transportation companies, he became a member of the Reichs Economic Council and of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. Economic Expert. He acted as economic expert during the armistice negotiations at Versailles and during the Brussels, Spa and Geneva, economic_conferences. | Becoming_chancellor of Germany in November, 1922, he organized the ill- | fated ‘passive resistance” against France's activities in Ruhr Valley, which Gustav Stresemann quickly ended when he succeeded Dr. Cuno, August 12, 1923. Dr. Cuno, who was one of the most polished figures in society and diplo- macy and who was often mentioned for Ambassador to the United States and even as President to succeed Von Hin- denburg, seemed ill at ease when fac- ing the rough and tumble of the Reichs- tag heckling, which helped to hasten the end of his chancellorship. Comes to United States. After his resignation he went to the United States to renew connections with American shipping friends and then re-entered the Hamburg-American directorate, becoming the president of it in May. '1926. In 1929 he organized the Anglo- German Association, of- which Lord Reading was the British chairman and Dr. Cuno the German chairman. He belonged to the Catholic church and politically was a member of no party, but sought to bring the National Social- ists into a coalition of the Rightist parties. MRS. NICHOLSON CHARGED WITH ZONING VIOLATION Law Enforcement President of League Alleged to Be Building Without Pérmit. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., January 3.—Mrs. Jessie W. Nicholson of 103 Newland street, Chevy Chase, president of the National Woman’s Democratic Law En- forcement League, was arrested on charges of buiding without a permit and violating a zoning ordinance here today. Mrs. Nicholson was arrested on war- rants sworn out by Building Inspector | J. Fred Imirie, who declared that for the past week workmen employed by ( Mrs. Nicholson had been erecting an ad- | dition to her store, at Montrose, on the Rockville Pike. The store is located in a residential zone. Mrs. Nicholson came into the local police station this morning when in- formed the warrants for her arrest had been obtained by Imirie. She was re- leased on personal bond for appearance in Police Court next Tuesday. GOV. BRYAN IMPROVING AS INAUGURATION NEARS | Re-elected Nebraska Gaining After Eight Weeks’ Ill- ness, His Son Discloses. Executive, By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Neor., January 3—A marked improvement in the condition of his father, Gov. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, abed eight weeks with heart diseace, was announced by his son Silas of Minneapolis after spending Monday at the bedside. He is “getting along fine” was the re- ply Democratic leaders received from the younger Bryan as they went about the task of organizing the forty-ninth session_of the State Legislature and planned for the third inauguration of Gov. Bryan. * It was announced at the hospital where Lieut. Gov.-elect Walter Jurgensen is an influenza patient that he would be out by Thursday, assuring the presence of one of the two execu- tdi\'a at the insugural ceremony that ay. Fireman Dies in Blaze. HARTFORD, Conn., January 3 (#).— One fireman died, three were overcome by smoke and gas and another was in- jured today in a fire which extensively , “The Show Shop” with | damaged a five-story building in Asylum street. | dent pointed out that every o‘her ad- | come true. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. PRESIDENT. ASSAILS FOES OF MERGER Congress Must Keep Its Hands Off, He Says on Return From Trip. it is hoped that these proposals can be defeated.” Mr. Hoover is convinced that any| real reorganization sensibly carried out will sooner or later embrace the very orders he has already issued, and which call for the grouping of 58 present ac- tivities into nine divisions, He strong- 1y defended his proposal for the cre- ation of & public works division in the Department of the Interor for the| consolidation of all agencies now en- gaged in some form of public works activities. He pointed out that every study of the reorganization subject for many years has recommended such a consolidation. Furthermore, the Presi- vanced government on earth has definite public works department and in | his opinion no private business or gov- ernment would tolerate the division of its public works into 20 authorities in 12 different departments and estab- | lishments as is now the case with this Government. He is positive that it is only by con- solidation that duplication and waste of a multitude of offices and officials can be eliminated. In this respect the President is satisfied that this is the only way the public can know what is | going on in this branch of the Govern- | ment. Such activities, he said. can| only be brought into the limelight if | they are concentrated under one head. | Moreover, it is his opinion that this is | the only way to “further reduce log- rolling and personal politics” in the matter of appropriations, “Constant Opposition.” The President took exception to the | opposition expressed regarding his pro- posal to place the rivers and harbors work and a lot of independent activities into such a consolidation by saying that | such opposition has been constant for | years. He added that the excuse that the services of the Army engineers in connection with rivers and harbors | work would be sacrificed is untrue under the reorganization plan he recently sub- mitted to Congress. In further defending his reorganiza- tion plan the President said with em- phasis that no other government would | tolerate merchant marine activities | separated over seven departments or independent establishments and de- clared that the same could be said about the Public Health Service, the national and other Federal educational functions, and land utilization. In the President’s reorganization plan, | forwarded to Congress shortly after it assembled in December, the President directed that, 58 boards, commissions | and bureaus should be consolidated into | nine divisions and simultaneously with | his recommendations he forwarded the necessary executive orders effecting such transfers and consolidations. The President’s Statement. The President’s statement. follows: | “The proposals of Democratic leaders | in Congress to stop the reorganization of Government functions which I have | made is a backward step. The same | opposition has now arisen which has | defeated every effort at reorganization for 25 years. The chairman of one| House Committee discloses: ‘Many mem- | bers of the administration itself op- | posed Mr. Hoover's plan,’ but that he | had not called them to testify bccnuse‘ ‘he saw no reason to embarrass them. He could add that outside groups, con- gressional committees and members of Congress fear a reduction of influence in the administration of these func- tions. The proposal to trangfer ghe job of reorganization to my cessor is simply a device by which’it is hoped | that these proposals can be defeated. | Statements that I have made over 10 years as to the opposition which has always thwarted reorganization have | Five years ago- I said: . Practically every singe item in such a program has inyariably met with opposition of some vestéd official, or it has disturbed some vested habit, and offended some organized minority. | It has aroused the paid propagandists. | All these vested officials, vested habits, | organized propaganda groups, are mi favor of every item of reorganization | except that which affects the buread | or the activity in which they are spe- | cially interested. No proposed change | is 50 unimportant that it is not bitterly opposed by some one. In the aggregate, these directors of vested habits sur- round Congress with a confusing fog of opposition. Meantime, the inchoate voice of the public gets nowhere but to swear at “bureaucracy.”’ “Any real reorganization sensibly car- | ried out will sooner or later embrace the very orders I have issued. For in- stance, the consolidation of all agencies into one co-ordinated public works function has been recommended by every study of the subject all these | years. Every other advanced govern- | ment on earth has a definite public works department or division. No pri- vate business and no other government would tolerate the division of its con- struction work into over 20 authorities in 12 different departments and estab- lishments, as is the case of our Govern- ment. It is only by consolidation that duplication and waste of a multitude of offices and officlals can be eliminated. It is the only way that the public can know what is going on in this branch | of government. They can only be | brought under the limelight if they are concentrated in one place. It is the only way to further reduce log rolling and personal politics in these appro- | priations. The opposition to placing | rivers and harbors work and a lot of | independent activities into such a con- | solidation has been constant for years. | | The excuse that the services of the Army engineers in the direction of such work will be sacrificed is untrue | under the plan I have instituted. “No other government and no good government would tolerate merchant marine activities separated over seven | departments or independent establish- ments. The same can be said as to| public health, education, land utiliza- | tion, etc. Altogether I have directed | that 58 boards, commissions and bu- | reaus should be consolidated into nine | divisions. There are still others to be | consolidated. Many regulatory functions | now in the departments should be trans- | ferred to the Federal Trade and other | regulating commissions. The financial | and economic functions relating to ag- riculture should be consolldat»es. ‘The | major departments should be changed. “Either Congress must keep its.hands off now or they must give to my suc- cessor much larger ywers of inde- pendent action than given to any Pres- ident if there is ever to be reorganiza- tion. And that authority to be effec- tive should be free of the limitations in the law passed last year, which gives Congress the veto power, which pre- vents the abolition of functions, which prevents the rearrangement of major departments. Otherwise it will, as is now being demonstrated in the present law, again be merely make believe.” May Withhold Orders. At the time the President made these recommendations he informed Congress | he was further considering the subject, | still other consolidations were 'contem- plated and the necessary orders to ef- fect them would be forthcoming. He is still of this opinion about further reor- nization but he indicated today that t is doubtful if he issues any further orders. He said it may be likely that a few minor ‘additional changes will be recommended before he goes out of office, but that these have to do more with regulatory functions now vested in separate commissions or boards, which Fairbanks with Peggy Wood, “Lightnin'” with mhm and “Spite Corner” with Keznedy, § - 1 More than a dozen occupants of apartments on the upper floors were rescued ky police and fremen. {and Mrs. recommendations, the, President said that many regulatory tunctions not in the departments should be trapsferred to the Federal Trade and other regu: lating commissions and that the finan- cial and economic functions relating to ag.iculture should be consolidated. In calling attention to the opposi- tion that has always arisen to any plan or any effort to work out a plan at re- organization for the past 25 years, President Hoover sald today that “statements that I have made over 10 years as to the opposition which has always thwarted reorganization have come true.” Regardless of the presidential state- ment, - House Democratic leaders pro- ceeded with plans to halt the Hoover regrouping proposals. Chairman Cochran said the expendi- tures Committee will meet Thursday morning in closed session to act on his resolution which would stop the entire program and leave the job of reor- ganization in the hands of President- elect Roosevelt “I am going to try and have the resolution reported to the House at that meeting,” he said. TRIP BENEFITS PRESIDENT. Vacationists Return From 10-Day Visit to Florida. With his face well tanned and other- wise physically showing the benefits of his 10-day vacation in the semi-tropical sun, President Hoover returned to his desk at the executive office today. The presidential desk was piled with accumulated correspondence and routine business, besides many telegrams ang letters conveying the season’s grectings. | Mr. Hoover lost no time in beginning work. Other than his bi-weekly cabinet session and newspaper conference, nn; engagements were made for him today. After an_uneventful journey of 22| hours from Palm Beach, Fla., the Presi- | dent’s special train arrived at Union Station at 8 o'clock. Ten minutes later Mr. and Mrs. Hoover were back at the | White House. They had breakfast be- fore leaving the train and upon arriving at the White House went directly. to their apartments. Mr. Hoover hurriedly changed his clothes and a few minutes later was bent over his work in the | executive office. Friends Leave for Home. | Several friends of President and Mrs. Hoover who made up the vacation party left them at the station for their homes. In this group were Harlan F. Stone, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Stone; Senator Austin of Vermont and Mrs. Austin, Mark Sulli- van, the writer; Lawrence Richey. the | President’s personal secretary, and Capt. Joel T. Boone, White House physician Few persons recognized President and Mrs. Hoover as they walked along the station platform and through the con- course, to the waiting White House limousine. Mr., Hoover was in an especially cheerful mood as he exchanged compli- ments of the season with his assistants and others stationed about the White| House. The President spoke enthu-| stastically of his fishing expedition. | All who talked with the President| sald they had never seen him look- | ing more fit. Hours spent in the sunny | fresh air of Florida and the exercise afforded by deep-sea fishing in the Gulf Stream had greatly benefited the Chief Executive. It was the first real vacation he had | had in two years and the second one| since he became President. With_only two months remaining before he retires from the presidency, Mr. Hoover returned with an evident| determination to have everything in| readiness before turning over the White | House to Franklin D. Roosevelt on| March 4. Mr. Hoover was faced upon his re-| turn with the Philippine independence | bill which recently passed Congress. It| is thought he will veto this measure. He has indicated as much although he has refrained from making any public comment. | Christmas decorations were still in evidence at the White House today. | Soon after ‘the President’s departure | for his office ‘Mrs. Hoover went to the| east room to see a trimmed Christmas tree and then inspected decorations in other parts of the house. $400,000 ESTATE LEFT BY ANDREW D. LOEFFLER Widow of Late Retired Merchant Is Named Sole Beneficiary. Andrew D. Loffler, retired merchant, | who died December 21, left an estate | valued in excess of $400,000, according to the petition of his widow, Mrs. Elsa Loffler; his daughter, Helene L. Baur, and his son, Andrew D. Loffiler, jr., his executors, for the probate of his will He owned real estate assessed at $335,656 and had personal property worth $75,000. Other real estate was owned jointly with his wife, The widow is named as sole bene- ficfary of the estate. The merchant stated that he made no immediate pro- vision for his children as he was satis- fied his wife would conserve the estate for their benefit. Attorney L. A. Speiss appears for the executors. as NAME OMITTED | Dr. C. Percy Hickling Among Gal- linger Reappointments. In the list of appointments to the visiting staff of Gallinger Municipal Hospital, furnished to The Star and published Sunday, the name of Dr. D. Percy Hickling, District alienist, who was reappointed head of the depart- ment of neurology and psychiatry, was omitted by clerical error. Dr. Hickling has served in this position ever since the reorganization of the visiting staff four years ago, and had charge of the same work at the hospital for many years before the reorganization. TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1933. Inauguration of Gov. Lehman of New York GENERAL VIEW OF CEREMONIES AT ALBANY. A bly chamber. GENERAL view of the inauguration of Col. Herbert H. Lehman as Governor of New York at Albany, N. Y., in the presence of President-elect Roosevelt and former Gov. Alfred E. Smith. A large crowd thronged the assem- —A. P. Photo. HULL CHAMPIONS LOW TARIFF PLAN |Economists’ Plea to Roose- velt in Line With Senator’s Past Efforts. The recommendation submitted by a score of the country’s leading econ- omists to President-elect Roosevelt, urging there be gromm reciprocai low- ering of tariffs by the nations of the world in order to restore international trade, found quick favor today with Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee, long regarded as a leader in the Democratic party on the subject of the tariff. It is in line with recommendations which the Tennessee Senator has made in recent months. Blames High Duties. “The situation,” sald Senator Hull today, “is that under our leadership this and all countries are tariff-ridden and panic-ridden. The extreme high tariff otas, embargo and exchange restric- tions have virtually destroyed all inter- national finance and commerce, with the result that each nation is glutted with different kinds of surpluses and suffers greasly from low prices, or no prices at all. The Democrats have been composing three methods of approach- the domestic and international economic problems and conditions. “One is reciprocal commercial trea- ties based on mutual tariff concessions. World Parley Urged. “Another is an international eco- nomic conferenee to work out agree- ments for such tariff policies which would be in harmony with the enlight- | ened self-interest of each country, in- cluding plans for concerted or simul- taneous action by each government in readjusting tariff and trade barriers to a sane and practical level. “The third would contemplate a tariff readjustment by each government in its own way, aided by an impartial fact-finding commission.” Senators Hull, Pittman, Byrne and Harrison are going to New York this | week to confer with President-elect | Roosevelt. | Missing Banker DISAPPEARANCE BRINGS TO LIGHT $350,000 OF DEBTS. il ROBERT J. BARNETT, Missing New Jersey banker, who, it has been revealed, was in debt to the extent of $350,000 when he disappeared Decem- ber 20. Police believed at first he was a suicide when it was discovered that he was not on the steamboat Plymouth when it arrived in Fall River, Mass. ‘The debts were in the form of notes, mostly held by residents of East Orange, N. J. —A. P. Photo. CONVICTED OF THREATS Theater Patron Accused of Draw- ing Knife on Manager. Accused of drawing a knife on the manager of a theater, who asked him to remove his hat, Clifton Wright, col- ored, 18, of the 2000 block of Fourth street, was convicted in Police Court today on charges of threats and dis- orderly conduct. Judge Gus A. Schuldt deferred sentence. Van B. Bruner, colored, manager of a theater in the 1500 block of Seventh street, testified Wright waved a knife threateningly at him and cursed him when he asked the youth to remove his hat and sit down. {IT WAS AT THE ANIMAL FAIR, BIRDS AND FISH WERE ALL THERE The Monkey, She, Went on a Spree and Wrecked the Shop With the Greatest Glee. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 3—A monkey and her baby got locse in a Fifth ave- nue pet shop which was closed for the holiday yesterday and furnished an hour’s entertainment for a sidewalk crowd and a headache for the owners. The show which amused the crowd outside was almost over when Patrol- man Vincent Everlich happened by. It was a fishing act—the monkeys were angling in a big tropical aquarium in the show window, and three fish gasp- ing and flopping outside testified to their skill. Tiring of this, the monkeys picked up some books on the care of pets, glanced through them hurriedly and then hurled them at the grinning faces outside the window. That was enough fot Patrolman Everlich. He telephoned headquarters, but the owners could not be reached. Another policeman, John McNamara, was sent to the store, however, and the two got in by smashing a transom. The found the place a bedlam. Canaries, love birds and parrots flew about squawking, their cages in wreck- age on the floor. Gold fish bowls were shattered, cans of dog rations and in- :Kfl powder had been swept from the lves and every animal in the place was making vocal protest. After a strenuous chase the police- men captured the monkeys. They put them in the same cage at first, but the mother set upon the baby, so they had to be separated. The policemen remained on watch in the shop until the owners coul reached. " Radio Stars Win Popularity Cups VICE PRESIDENT CURTIS PRESENTS GOLD TROPHIES TO LUMINARIES OF BROADCASTING. in'a ceremony today that:was carried over the air on a Nation- In the picture are the stars who received the | | CUPS for eight radio stars were presented on the steps of the Capitol, on the Senate side, by Vice President Curtis lished in he believes should be under one direct- O asdig these contemplated futws. lock H the performers were guests Qf the a contest in 'which approximately 10, singer; Harry Horlick, direotor of the A. & P. er; Vice President Curtis; Jessica Dragonnette, singer; David Rubinoff, and Earl Benham, who received & cup for Ed Nagjogal Broadcasting. P. Gypsies; John 8. Wyan, who 1 P o &t b ounc violinist; Richard w-mmwnmummmmmmbi : Morton Downe; Gordon, 'l.:“a*uppm' S dher- in Chicago. After FLOODS POUNDING SOUTHERN LEVEES U. S. Engineers Working Feverishly to Prevent Breaks as Waters Rise. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., January 3.—The | always menacing Cassidy Bayou sent its | overflow waters into the business dis- tricts of Sumner and Webb, Miss., | today, while the rising St. Francis | 1apped at the tops of levees north and | south of Kennett, Mo. | Swelled by rains of last Friday, the Tippo River overflowed into the treach- erous Tallahatchie, which started a second rise, threatening to send more water southward to add to the worries of residents in the path of the Cassidy overflow. Struggle to Prevent Breaks. The levees near Kennett held today, but the pounding St. Francis threat- ened to break through, despite all 100 workmen directed by United States en- gineers could do to curb the rising stream, Water to a depth of three inches stood in eight business buils in Sumner and two gasoline service sta- tions at Webb were under water. The Webb-Charleston and the Batesville- g;r:::dmt‘r?““ were Gcllol:d ‘Water e Sumner-Glendora road, mumm trnvfil difficult, ly residences at Webb are - rounded by water, but they are not ex- pected to be inundated unless the Cas- sidy rises more rapidly during the next few days. A sandbag levee has been erected around the school house at Sumner and plans were made to trans- fer pupils to the court house in the event of more flood waters. Flood Stage January 13. The Mississippl River continued its rapid rise, going up 2 feet here in the last 24 hours to a stage of 26.8 feet to- day. The Weather Bureau anticipates a Tise of 35 feet or flood stage by Janu- ary 13. Flood stage here would inun- date much unprotected lowlands, but cause little wo: insidi stream levees. i b the mein One casualty has been attril the floods. The body of ..‘7 !‘:mwl.nm': Water Valley, Miss., business man, was found last night in his automobile. The ‘b,;lcil:f:e tém:lrbeenn overturned in the o north of Grenudl.e“n o WABASH ON RAMPAGE River Continues to Rise and Flood Vast Areas. MOUNT CARMEL, IIl, January 3 —Vast areas of land in the Wnbm River Valley were flooded today as the Tiver continued to rise as the result of recent heavy rains and snows, and the backing up of the river from its mouth, Higher ground in the valley still re- mains above the flood level. The river reached a stage of 203 feet today. In the lower areas, flelds of unhusked corn Were standing in the water and the corn will probably be ruined. Houses in the lowlands are built to withstand 20 feet of water. Families living in the bottoms have be | not moved to higher land, as a cold wave and cessation of rainfall has led them to believe the crest of the rise has been reached, and the river will rise little if any further. Numerous secondary roads hereabouts wp;(!n flooded but main highways are open. FOUR PAY FOR RELEASE Group Sentenced in Fraud Plot Turn Over $30,000 to County. | BREVARD, N. C., January 3 (#).— Four men sentenced to prison for con- spiracy to defraud Transylvania Coun- ty have fulfilled the condition imposed v Trial Judge N. A. Townsend that they paid the county $30,000 he would recommend pardons or paroles for them, county officials announced yester- day. The lc‘lkr. mmt.rf H. Shipman, for- mer president of the Brevard Banking Co.; Ralph R. Pisher, former county attorney; J. H. Pickelsimer, former chairman of the County Board of Com- missioners, and C. R. McNeely, former | county commissioner, were sentenced ‘wm;arve from two to three years in prison. St “Roxy” Resting Easily. NEW YORK, January 3 (#)—Sam- | uel L. “Roxy” Rothafel, director of the | R-K-O-Roxy Theater and Radio City | Music Hall, was reported today to be | “resting easily” and “getting his first | rest in a long while.” | an abdominal Heavy Gale Off Samos. ‘WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan- uary 3 (#).—Wireless reporvg' t;:n Ry o Ky X Which has been for the supply 2¢ hours. raging in that vicinity | They water (0., COMMITTE WL PAY DEFT Plans to Meet $200,000 Obligation and Prepare for 1934 Campaign. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Plans for the payment of the $200,- 000 deficit of the Republican National Committee, growing out of th> recent campaign, have been made by Chair- man Everett Sanders and a group of President Hoover’s staunch supporters. Chairman Sanders said today the | G. O. P. would put itself in readiness for the conduct of a vigorous cai in 1934 ‘when a new House of Repre- sentatives and one-third of the Sen- ate membership are to be elected. The first step, he sald, would be the pay- ment of the present deficit. Already, he indicated, material progress was being made along this line. Sanders to Remain. As has hitherto been sald, Mr. San- ders plans to remain as chairman of the National Committee to carry on work. While there has been gos- sip, such as usually develops after the conclusion of every campaign, looking a the reorganization of the Natlonal v mmittee of the defeated party, there No_reason to suppose at this time that Mr. Sanders will be dislodged, or that even a serious attempt will be made taTl;inhome him. ¢ supporters of President Hoover look upon the deficit as d:.sunctofir a matter to be cared for by them. The | deficit is small compared to the deficit lwmch stared the Democrats in the face at the conclusion of the 1928 campaign, which amounted to about $1,500,000. John J. Raskob, the then chairman of the Democratic National Committee, al- though assailed by many of the dry and anti-Smith Democrats, stuck to his post. Many of the Democfats, indeed, insisted that it was Mr. Raskob's par- ticular job to care for the deficit which gu'?m grown to such large proportions management of the Smif campaign. o Deficit Discussed at Meeting. The plans for the payment of publican _deficit -Je”é‘mmm'.cm; meeting held here for that pi about three weeks ago. It was called by Chairman Sanders, and those attending included Ogden L. Mills, Secretary of the Treasury: Joseph R. Nutt, treasurer, and Jeremiah uufiunx Eastern treas- urer, of the Republican National Com- mittee; Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War; Walter . Brown, Postmaster Genw eral and Ohio member of the national committee; Secretary of Commerce and Mithael Gallagher, Cleveland coal and m.&lomr 'Lgr. 0] ose attending the - s ki, Mo e ot President Hoover. There was no inte mation that these gentlemen were lay~- ing plans to bring about the renomina- tion of President Hoover four years hence. Their immediate object is to pay off the debt as A5 pos- sible—if possible, by the time that Pres- ident Hoover steps out of office March 4. Mr. Hoover's friends say that talk of presidential nominations at this time are premature, that if there is a de- mand for the renomination of the President by the rank and file of the Republican party three or four years hence, he will be renominated. Aid to Be Asked. It is understood that ot nent Republicans in the Hoot:'g‘ Fm".dmh- istration will be called upon to do thelr bit in the matter of the funds necessary to pay the deficit, among them Ambassador Mellon, the former Secretary of the Treasury, and Ambas- sador Edge, former Semator from New Jersey, and Secretary Chapin of .the Department of Commierce. ~Indeed, 1123“1'11 m;’g these n:\x:;iu other outst *publicans will play ime portant parts in th - Ed,n‘l"’&e“‘mi’ e drive for the need. e Republican nation: arters will be maintained hm“uh m durs ing the interval between political gu‘:s.c;ltmuxh the hu:t-up is anged somewhat. In 1t has already changed, for mg:end,n Lucas, former director at B:Bubllun hendflnera, resigned some 2go and entered the private practios of law here. While it has been report- ed that Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, in charge g:a ;1;5‘ rv';gt;mn's ’:ccum &t national , would resign, Mrs. did not confirm that repo’gtntod:;. o DRIVE LAUNCHED FOR $500,000,000 JOBLESS RELIEF, (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) Ice - tion Will never be repaid. He sald he regarded the $500,000,000 called for in the pendlngn bill as “a very conservative estimate” of the amount needed. Besides giving his approval to the Tellef measure before the committee, Blmkar;’tr advocated a big Federal public ogram, Federal unemployment insurance and’ legislation to establish & 30-hour wor! week. He said that with the technical ad- Advocates Direct U. S. Aid. Frank T. Bane of the Ame: sociation of Public Welfare H(C):!?ci:: Chicago, sald a recent New York State survey by a representative of his asso- clation showed that in New York City there are now 1,150,000 totally unem- &l)%yed, and in Up-State New York 850,- Pointing out that Federal aid to the States by the Reconstruction Co tion consists of loans, Bane said “the next step in our efforts to cope with m Frobl;lg IWIH mhlnd should be a 'ct material contribution thy - . T g lear] probably will last al with the following persons uplx]ae:nnggl' tomorrow or later: Willlam Hodson, Welfare Council of New York; Harry L. Hopkins of New York's Temporary Emergency Relief Administration: Sam- uel A. Goldsmith, director of :Jewish Charities, Chicago; Karl A. Deschwei- nitz, secretary of the Community Coun- cil, Philadelphia; Mrs. Helen G. Tyson, deputy secretary of public welfare of Pennsylvania, and Prof. Sumner Slich- 1;:;. Ig.mrd School of Business Admin- lon. —_— BARGE FIRE BURNS TRIO Spark Ignites Gasoline Towed on Ohio River. PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, Jan: 3 P, uary 3 Being —Three men were when two barges, al yesterday. 4 Sparks sputtering engine ig- nlhdll.mxflmd_!nloflnehh?r e = e "ol The injured are: saved loose from dasbiosed, shore. Ralph Cole of Manchester cutting it m" { * .