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ON TECHNOCRACY Leaders Too Intolerant, He Says. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 3.—Alfred E. Smith comments on technocracy in the January issue of the magazine, New Outlook, appearing today. He criticizes the technologists for using abstruse Innguage and for intol- erance of (‘xlst)gg systems and leaders, and expresses doubt of the value of their findings. However, he’ calls the study of the problems with which they are concerned ‘“‘a fine thing” and says that “undoubtedly much good will come from a discussion of their plans.” “Every now and then some one dis- covers a new system which is bound to revolutionize all government and the entire economic system,” Smith writes. “When the initial excitement dies down, 1t is always found that changes in these fields are gradual, and that we have mistaken new words for new prin- eiples.” He summarizes technocracy as fol- mmarizes Technocracy. ve have developed labor-sav- t that there is less m; that our output ngs is increasingbe- yond publi mption, and that we must hav d of & new govern- ment by scientists and engineers who will plen & nice balance of machine production and human consumption so that everybody will have both necessities and luxuries for his family by working only three or four days a week.” “In order to arrive at the above sum- mary,” Smith continues, “it has been necessary to wade throtigh’a great mass. of language which is almost unin- telligible to anybody but a doctor of philosophy or an engineer.” On the score of intolerance, Smith expresses the view that nothing much is gained for this new philosophy by denouncing all politicians and_states- men as demogogues and all business men as fools. Nor will they hold the attention of thinking people by making extravagant claims without adequate evidence.” “When I .m told that at the present rate we will h&:‘c 25,004:000 wnem- | ployed in 183% dn accountjof the in- crease in machine efficiency ~without taking into account the depression,” the article says, “I look for considerable proof of such figures, but find none. “Engineers at’ Washington.” “As for substitifing enginegxs for political leaders in rupning thef cogn- try, I cannot refrain from mentioning the fact that we Havé finished” an“ers’| of government by engincers at Wash- ington and that the people of the coun- try did not seem to like it.” “I have suggested that we offer our European debtors a reasonable plan for the reduction of debts owed us by them,” Smith also writes, “based upon a credit on the gross value of their American imports.” “I wonder what would happen if be- tween Christmas and New Year day the President, the President-elect and the leaders of Congress were to inform our sllies that we would approach the debt question in the same sgn'lt of gen- erosity and helpful +With which we went into the great Wér, and that we ‘would agree to a moratorium for two years, in the coursg of which we would work out a solution”on dur international problems, including debts, the tariff and , disarmament, in the fnendly and neigh- ”borly spirit which - these hoMdays in? . voke? It would be worth cryln( " LARRY FAY’S SLAYER ELUDES POLICE HUNT New York Commisssioner Says He Has “Perfect €ase” Against Night Club.Doorman. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January’ 3—A night club doorman, accused of killing' Iarry Fay, whom Broadway considered one of the most fearsome of its racketeers, eluded a wide police search today. Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney said he had a “perfect case” against Edward Maloney, the hunted man. Maloney was a doorman at the Casa Blanca, night club in which Fay was interested. Maloney's pay was slashed from $100 to $40 a week. There was 2 squabble and Fay's body,was, found in front of the club Sunday night with four bullets in it. Despite his reputation for .having rivals beaten to pulps, police said, Fay showed a tendency to sidle out of a racket when personal danger threat- ered. One by onelhis manifold rackets slipped away from him. Once a col- lege foot ball player thrashed him and several of his henchmen in-his oyn night club. Mrs. Fay, formerly Evelyn Crowell, show girl, was located in East Orange, N. J, and said she had lived apart from her husband for a year. She au- thorized an undertaker to take charge of the body. Police said Maloney came here from Byracuse and that he formerly was a DEMOCRATS TAKE OVER MONTANA STATE CONTROL | Gov. Erickson Inaugurated for Third Term—School Head Is Only Republican Holding Major Office. , January 3.—Mon- complete Democratic day as representatives of clecied in November, took of all but one of the major and became a majority on | Court and all major | commissions, Eritkson . began a third | or, the first chief execu- ored with three successive Ch tice Callaway con- ducted the brief and simple inaugural | ceremon n the Governor's reception | charge State cf the Supreme boards a Gov term s tve to & ~THE The Technocracy Question Editorsinote: This is the ffth geries of siz articles giving @ new in: iato technocracy, whose predi e lont ~ Hon | of a far- fng controversy. The articles also pfe- sent otuer, statisiics vertaining to_points Taised by technocracy. BY J. R. BRACKETT. (Copyright, 1933, by the Associated Press.) NEW YORK.—Man-hours is another phme, long a friend of the engineer, 'y has placed in Amer- iel mind with new emphasis. . It isthe reduction’of the number of hours per man needed to produce a unit of product that technocracy envisages much of today's troubles, and perhaps even greater ones in the future—trou- bles. Jn the form of growing unemploy- ment. At Columbia University, where the group of engineers who call their studies technocracy are at work under direc- tion’ of Howard Scott, aye several dozen ‘eharts, showing principally two lines— one of production, the other -of man- hours. The production line on this chart goes upward, the man-hour line down- ward. For instance, technocracy says it took 1,300 man-hours, or one man 162}, eight-hour days, to fabricate an automobile in 1904, whereas today it requires only 90 hours, or 11% eight- hour days. Employment Decrease Cited. In 1920, Scott says, it actually re- quired 210,000 workmen to fabricate all the automobiies produced. H the meth- ods of 1904 had been used to produce the same number of automobiles, the industry would have needed 2,940,000 men jnstead of the 210,000. These fig- ures are given to show the astonishing advance mechanization, and Scott says similar statistics are true of most industries. W. W. Hay, engineer and consultant with the Mayflower Consolidated Co., says such a calculation includes only a smal part of the men who actually were required to produce the whole au- *| produced aR - the Time to Fabricate Automobile Reduced From 1,300 to 90 Man-Hours—87 Workers Could Have Produced All Brick Needed in U. S. tomébile, fince it omits parts and ac- cessory makers and others who had & share in making the finished machine. _Hay says the implications of such a figure are that the automobile furnished employment to but 210,000 men, whereas the total figure was in the millions when it is considered that huge numbers were required to man the service sta- tions, rubber tire factories and so on. Hay adds that a composite figure for a whole industry cannot be fairly given due to the variation from plant to plant in efficiency. Productivity Varies. The figures of L. P. Alford and J. E. Hannum, who have done much research into man-hours, show wide divergences of productivity in four industries. For ingtance, for blast furnaces the range of rafes of production was found to be from 145 tons per thousand man-hours for & group of nine plants to 1,313 tons per thousand man-hours for a group of seven plants. In the petroleum industry a wide range was found, a group of nine re- fineries producing 633 barrels of crude petroleum per thousand man-hours, as of three refineries. Deductions Disputed. ‘Technocracy says 87 men could have bricks the United States used in 1929 if the industry had operated with the best methods. Hay says such statements imply the impossi- bility of actually attaining such a mark, despite the fact this obviously would require a revolution in the brick indus- try. The New Jersey Brick Manufac- turers’ Association has taken exceptions to technocracy’s figures on bricks. Many observers agree with technoc- racy as to the increased efficiency of labor as aided by the machine, but, Hay says, they likewise object to the selec- tion of a few examples of technological gains as representative of all industry. (Tomorrow—Machines and Soclety.) MEXICO GRATIFIED BYROOT'S SUCCESS New Yale Foot Ball Coach Taught University Foot Ball in 1929. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 3.—Selec- tion of Reginald D. Root as head foot ball coach at Yale was received with gnm!utkm here, where the enthusiasm d - personality of the lanky blonde yuuth warmed the hearts of the ex- pressive Latin youth and left its im- press. on -the memory of the Mexican pfl})lyg:t was confronted with the ex- tremely difficult task of creating & foot ball team out of students who did.not even know what foot ball was when he came here as the University of Mexico coach in 1929. Despite all vbstacles he turned out a remarkably smooth if in- experienced eleven before he left at the ;n? of the following year to return to ale. ‘The most elementary points of grid- iron phy were dwelt upon by Root after he “succeeded in organizing his team in September, 1929. Mexico Defeated, 59 to 0. A scheduled game with Louisiana College, the first international inter- collegiate game ever played in Mexico, was but & month t. Louisiana defeated Mexico, 59 to 0, but a month later- Root's cleven held the 'stronger Mississippl College eleven to 28 to 0 before 10,000 spectators. The Mexican players went into that game with Mexican flags under their jerseys, and the entreaty of Root to “get in there and die for dear old Mexico"—a rlen. that naturally lost some of its fervor in being translated into Spanish for Mexican youths who up to that time had little feeling, ath- letically tpelklng, for their alma mater. Foot ball under Root’s guidance “took” in Mexico, however, and in one short year gained almost as much newspaper space as the centuries-old bull fights. “Now I know why the American peo- ple don't have revolutions,” the then President Portes Gil said, enthusias- | tically, after seeing his first.foet ball game. “The youth work off their ex- cess energy in games such as these.” Gil Underwrote Expense. Portes Gil became so interested in the game that he underwrote the ex- Pense for bringing the Mississippi Col- ege eleven to Mexico, to open a-new workers’ athletic field he hld caused to | be_built. Root was & popular visitor at Ameri- can embassy receptions here and sev- eral times called at the embassy to discuss foot ball, law and the United States in general ' with Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow. Morrow attended & number of practice sessions and en- couraged the players in development of the sport. Root's record of six games lost here detracted none from his popularity, and followers of the sport recall that none of his successors has yet been able to bring the Mexican University a winning team. | Has 53 Gmndc}uldren, | ODELL, Il (#).—When it comes to | grandchildren, Mrs. Catherine Murphy can count 53. The fifty- was born {to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Murphy of | Chicago. Gardens Attract Blind. Many blind men in England are be- | coming professional gardeners. F00D FOR DRIFTERS BANNED BY SOVIET Edict Aimed at Non-Workers, Long a Hindrance to Railway Traffic. By the Assoclated Press. Soviet Russla’s new order that all Russians must have passports and pol- icy of careful checking by the police 50 that only those who work will eat is part of a movement to stamp out the spirit of wanderlust which has hindered railway traffic since the initiation of the bolshevist regime. Russian trains, freight and passenger trains allke, have been crowded with wanderers ever since the Czar's armies began to disintegrate. The roofs and latforms of many passenger trains ve been filled with men, women and children floating aimlessly from place to place. Drifting Becomes Habit. In the early days of the Soviet regime many of the informal travelers really were ex-sold.:r; seeking their homes and ‘relatives. ‘They feigned comrade- ship with the trainmen and traveled in such large nuinbers that rallway offi- clals could not have hindered their movements. In the famine years of 1921 and 1922 there was a flight from the parched wheat areas that officlals made little effort to check. But travel became a habit with a great army of hoodlums and ne‘er-do- wells who have drifted from place to place during the four years the new in- dustrial plan has been operating and have worked oply long enough in any one place to get clothing and money to carry them on their pilgrimage. Complain of Turnover. Foreign engineers in charge of con- struction of new industries have re- penmdly said the tremendous turnover labor was their chief handicap. Worue turn, frequently —have charged that insufficient food and sup- plies make it necessary for them to move on in search of a better living. In recent years the tremendous growth of Moscow taxed housing facilities and made the capital a refuge for non- workers who live by their wits and are able to get food cards even if they are not workers. Coincidentally with the passport order the Soviet regime has also nnnaunced that women of working age who are not gamfully employed shall be dented food privileges, but may buy food in the open markets, where prices are pro- hibitive. This order affects home- makers, e HORSE AND BUGGY ERA DECLARED PRESENT NEED Oklahoma Judge Objects to Bar Association Calling for “Air- plane Constitution.” By the Associate® Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla, January 3.— ‘What Oklahoma needs, averred Federal Judge Robert L. Williams from the bench yesterday, is & return “to the horse and buggy era in many ways.” The furist's remarks were directed at the State Bar Association for its recent attion in calling for an “airplane con- stitution” in place of the State’s “pres- ent horse and buggy” comstitution. Judge Willlams is & former Gov- ernor of Oklahoma. | “JUNK” TO NEW YORK INSPECTOR | PROVES TO BE ART IN BALTIMORE reme Court chamber, the Customs Agents Fail- to Agree on Spanish Artist’s ral pres - S. V. J. Anderson. Ireland, re-elected Btate supe vduv of public instruc- tion, is 7 Republican member of the State nr‘mnm(hflnn LUTHERAN DEAN DIES Pr. Andrew Georgs Voight Expires Age of T4, COLUMBIA, 8. C., January 3 (#).— Dr. Andrew George Voight, dean-of the Lutheran Southern Seminary for 30 years, died in a hospial here last night following upon an emergency operation, He was 74 years old. Dr. Voight had resigned a month ago #s dean of the seminary, effective in June. He was the author of two doctrinal books and contributed to church publi- Bz art and R.x Miss El at ast 2nd Wimington. N fesson at Thiel Co \cae. ted to the court | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 3.—Pieces of stovepipe, battered tin dippers, old tin cans, shovels and old inner tubes do not—in the official opinion of New York customs agents—compose & work of art. ‘The official opinion of customs agents in Baltimore, however, is exactly the b oy o That 18 why “El’ Picador” went on lon today at-tife new School el Sfichl ‘Sctences, along with 30 other pieces of sculpture by Jose de Creeft, | Spanish _artist. New York customs agents barred the way when -Senor de Creeft tried to bring the statue here for an exhibition Unusual Sculpture. said this merely caused one agent to observe: “There's enough funny things here already.” Senor de Creeft sent his plece de re- sistance back to Paris. He returned with it on the City of Norfolk, arriving at Baltimore December 14 last. A Bal- timore customs agent looked “El Pica- | ador” over in its crate. “Hm-m-n,” he mused. “Old pipe.” Benor de Creeft had an anxious mo- ment. He pulled out the picture of “El Picador.™ The agent looked. “Very good, very good,” he said. ‘The artist isn't certain yet whether art appreciation in America advanced | during the past two Jrs o ‘whether | there is just some difference between mmnu agents in New York and Balti- m compared to 141,829 barrels for a group y EN EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON LEADERS SUPPORT POWER COST PROBE Roosevelt, Lehman and Pinchot to Co-operate With Engineer Institute. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 3.—The power authority of the State of New York announced last night that President- elect Roosevelt, Gov. Herbert H. Leh- man of New York and Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania have agreed to co-operate with the Institute of Pub- lic Engineering in its inquiry into the cost of distribution of electric power. The institute, formed to provide a forum for the discussion and study of such costs by eminent engineers, launch its inquiry at a meeting here January 20. Its announced purpose is to attempt to establish a foundation upon whic] the distribution costs of « lectricity, with special reference to hous “old and rural service, can be determ: -d .accurately and scientifically. Those who will preside at the sessions are D. 8. Steinman, president of the New York State Soclety of Professional Commission of Pennsylvania; Robert H. Fernald, dean of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania School of En- Milo R. Maltble, chairman of the Bublic Seryice Commission of New York; Francis Lee Stuart, consult- ing engl.neer and past Freulde.nt. of the American Soclety of Civil Engineers. Officials Will Co-operate. Anfong the representatives of Federal and State regulatory , engineer- ing societies, municipalitics, the public utility industry and other groups who will co-operate are: Frank R. McNich, member of the Pederal Power Commission; Henry C. Attwill, chairman of the Department of Public Utilities of Massachusetts; H. Brown, United States Senator-efect and member of the New Hampshlre Public Service Commission; Theodore Kronshage, jr., chairman of the Wis- consin Public Service Commission; David E. Lilienthal, member of the Wisconsin_Public Service Commission; Mayland H. Morse, chairman of the New Hampshire Public Service Commis- sion, and Paul Walker, chairman of the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma. Others co-operating will be: Stuart Chase, economist; Floyd L. Carlisle, chairman of the board of the Niagara Hudson Power Corporation; John H. Fahey, past presidént of the United States Chamber of Commerce; Samuel S. Fels, Philadelphia manufac- turer; Felix Frankfurter, Harvard pro- fessor of law; Dr. John H. Gray, past president of the American Economic As- sociation; Ernest Gruening, editor of the Evening News, Portland, Me.; Dr. Walton H. Hamilton, Yale professor of law; John B. Harris, mayor of Water- town, N. Y.; Harold B. Johnson, presi- dent and editor of the Watertown Daily Times; Dr. William Draper Lewis, di- rector of the American Law Institute; Dr. W. E. Mosher, director of the School of Citizenship and ‘Public Affairs at Syracuse; Dr. Ernest Minor Patterson, president of the American Academy of Polmm and Social Sclence; Kart of the Board of Pubuc Uunuu, Jamestown, N. Y.; Amos Pinchot, publicist; Sumner H. Slichter, Harvard professor of economics; Oswald Garrison Willard, publisher of the Nation, and Bruce Bliven, president of the New Republic. Accept Membership. Among those who have accepted membership on the ting Engi- neering Committee are: Judmn C. Dickerman, former assist- ant director of the Giant Power Survey of Pennsylvania; W. H. Kavanaugh, professor of experimental engineering at the University of Pennsylvania; Guido H. Marx, Stanford University professor; E J McCaustland, University of Mis- souri dean of the College of Engincer- ing; R. E. McDonnell, Kansas City (Mo.), engineer; Fred J. Miller, past prmldent of the 'American Society of Mechanical Engineers; A. L. Mullergren, A. Kansas City Mo.), engineer; T. Panter, in charge of Operation Depart- ment of Water and Power, Los Angeles; Willis J. Spaulding, commissioner, De- | Eafimlefin of Public Property, Spring- e] COURT WRIT NAMES MARLENE DIETRICH| Film Star Unable to Work for Any | Producer Other Than Paramount, Under Restraining Order. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 3.—Marlene Dietrich, exotic German-born film star, Wwas unable to work for any motion pic- ture producer other than Paramount Studios under a_temporary restraining order, in effect today. The studios also sought a writ restraining Miss Dietrich from leaving the United States, but this was denied. ‘The break between Miss Dietrich and Paramount flared into the open yester- day when the studio filed suit against the actress for $182,850 damages for al- leged breach of contract. It charged Miss Dietrich had refused to appear for work and was preparing to leave for Berlin to appear in & pro- duction to be made there by Jcseph o Sternberg, the man who directed he: all her American-made films. The temporary restraining order for- bidding Miss Dietrich's employment by any studio other than Paramount is re- turnable January 9. < by the capes. h |high for their quips and gibes. Studio officials said wu Dldflch' $4,000-a-week salary last Thursday when she decllncd m appear for work. N D. C, TUESDAY, ‘The Show Gees On As Clowns Laugh In Mummer Parade Phflade]phu “Shooters” Disdain Lack of Usual $30,000 Prizes. By the Assoclated Press. Janyary 3.—Phila- delphhs historic “shooters,” undaunted cliy's lalure to offer $30,000 n prizes, observed New Year day with & Mummers’ that brought an wv.- pouring of color and buffoonery, With no incentive except the tradi- tion that “the parade must go on,” 10 clubs of Mummers—Iless than half the usual number—timed the city’s central section into an outburst of rainbow pagean and nonsense before the slimmest crowd in years. Unemployment had thinned their 'will | ranks, but the “shooters” kept up the annual march, dancing, capering and waving _silken umbrellas and gaudy ‘The jesters found no official 'go e once-a-year harlequins, laying their troubles at the feet of King Momus, found amusement even in the depres- sion. ‘There were countless take-offs on Congress and the recent election. 181,000,000 MANSION WILL BE WRECKED Famous Minneapolis Land- mark to Fall—Taxes in 1930 Totaled $7,158. Special Dispatch to The Star. M LIS, Minn., January 3 (N.AN.A)—The most famous land- mark of Minneapolis—the $1,000,000 mansion built on the shores of Lake of The Isles by Charles G. Gates, son of the famous “Bet-a-Million” Gates— is to fall before the hammer and the crowbar of the wrecker. The palatial structure, built in 1914, when the younger Gates married a Minneapolis girl, never really has been occupied. Mr. Gates died before it was com- pleted. He never saw the interior. His wife married again not long after and moved to New Britain, Conn. Vacant Until 1924, The huge home remained vacant un- til 1924, when it was purchased by Dr. D. F. Brooks of St. Paul, prominent lumberman. But Dr. Brooks never lived in it, either. He enjoyed it omly as a hobby, as a place to spend leisure hours with friends. There is a tale that he never spent a night in the mansion. Three years ago Dr. Brooks died. Efforts to dispose of the home to clubs and semi-public organizations failed. The heirs now have nearly completed plans to wreck the building and open its spacious grounds as home sites in the heart of the city’s most exclusive residential section. ‘The tax bill on an unused property, definitely classed as a “white elephant” since the death of Dr. Brooks, is be- lieved to have had some bearing on the plan to demolish it. In 1930 the taxes paid on the mansion and on the grounds amounted to $7,158. Light fixtures and most of the furni- ture were imported from England and France. A pipe organ was installed in the drawing roam, which itself is 38 feet long and 27 wide, about the uhe of & sniull house. Sold Most of Furnishings. Since the death of Dr. Brooks, his heirs have sold virtually all the furni= ture, draperies and art treasures with which the mansion had been fitted out in accordance with the plans of Mr. Gates. Some of these were purchased for art collections and others by deal- ers in antiques, while many pieces went directly into the homes of wealthy peo- ple in Minneapolis and elsewhere. Now, aside from the furniture in the | caretaker’s quarters, the furnishings | consist only of an organ in & rose- colored music room, two four-poster oak bedsteads and chests of drawers in two large guest bedrooms on the second floor, and two statues in a first-floor : by North American News- lance, Inc.) KILLED IN AUTO CRASH Blair, Pa., Man Victim Near Ohio Line—Girl, 15, Is Injured. EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio, Jlnunry 3 (P).—Thomas Hale, 26, of Blair, Pa., was killed and_Miss Daisy M.vrumu 15, of Vanport, Pa., was cut and bruised when Hale's automobile overturned near here yesterday. Eugene French and Miss Olive May Craig, both of Rochester, Pa., riding with them, were thrown from the car, but were not hurt. The accident oc- curred on the East Liverpool-Pittsburgh f-nghwny near the Ohio-Pennsylvania PAYS ELE( ELECTION BET Hoover Supporter Walks Barefoot in Near-Zero Weather. YAKIMA, Wash,, January 3 (9).—A. S. Hillyer of the Sunnyside Sun cele- brated the new year in near-zero weather by walking barefoot from his home to his office in the center of the business section while early morning spectators cheered loudly. Hillyer was paying off an election debt made with John Heffron, Democral elected State Senator. Hillyer bet Prql dent Hoover would be re-elected. S AETSER Bivcy ol RECEIVED HERE Petworth Pharmacy Ga. Ave. and Upshur St. N.W. Is an Authorized Star Branch Office quick insertion for a Classified Advertisement mHERE are so many times when you want to get that you will find it convenient'to leave the copy’ at the authorized Star Branch Office in your neigh- borhood, from where it will be forwarded to the Main Office and appear in the, first possible issue. Look for the above sign—it locates‘a Star’ anch Office— there is one in practically every nelghboflmod in nnd around Washington. There are no fees in connection with Branch Office service; only regular rates are charged. JANUARY 3, 1933. TRACTION RECEIVER DUE AT BALTIMORE General Electric Files Plea| and Company Admits Necessity. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, January 3—The Gen- eral Electric Co. yesterday filed in United States District Court & petition lur ncelvmhrp of the United Railways operator of trolley and bus service in “Baltimore, ‘The traction company’s board of di- rectors, in a statement issued by Lucien 8. Storrs, president of the concern, ad- mitted its inability to continue opera- tions and authorized the filing of answers admittimg the necessity for receivership. Officials for the United Railways sa the General Electric Co., to whlch the coneern owes less than $5,000, filed the petition with Judge William C. Coleman in his chambers, as no session of court was held, due to the holiday. Storrs’ statement said the banks Anancing the traction company had been willing to continue their support, but the Consolidated Gas, Electric Light & Power Co., which has a four-month bill | ters, rmined against the United, had “dete: that it could no longer allow these ar- rears to continue without endangering its rights and so advised the railways company. The mkment also said only the com- pany’s security holders will be affected by the receivership, that the company’s affairs have been so arranged in recent months that its employes, its banks, the city and all its general creditors will be protected fully against any loss. URGES SALES LEVY AS ONLY STATE TAX Gov. Laffoon of Kentucky Wants to Lift Entire Burden From Real Estate and Personal Property. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., January 3.—Gov. speaking at the sonal property. “If this amendment is ratified by the people, I shall urge upon the next Gen- eral Assembly the passage sales tax law as a means revenue with which to administer government of Kentucky, and that take the place of taxes now being col- lected upon real estate and tangjble property.” He added, however, “if the proposed amendment fails of ratification a sales tax law should not be enacted.” TRAPPED IN ATTIC, COUPLE DIE IN FIRE ™ Smoke and Flames Cut Off Escape. Twelve Other Families Flee Building. By the Assoclated Press. Ammwlhlnlud.ln(tomemkd story was the Keemans' only means of escape. They were apparently cut off by smoke and flames. Offclals said the fire had evidently been caused by defective wiring in a third-floor bath room. The bodies were sent to the morgue pending an inquest. TRAIN KILLS BUFFALO CAMBPIDGE, Nebr., January 3 (#).— A buff->o, either off its feed or making a v .2 thrust against the civilization Lich dmve its kind from the Western plains, yesterday tried to stop a railroad T Reaking through & fence, the animal, ugh a fence, which belonged to a private herd, charged head-on into a Burlmmn| killed. Railroad locomotive and was Wed 60 Years CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY ‘WITH RECEPTIO! MR. AND MRS. CHARLES A. ‘WILLIAMS Of 3501 TThirteenth _street northwest, who celebrated ' their sixtieth wedding anniversary eve with a fam- and lon. The; iaitied i Ehiadeiphia: B, on Becems ber 24, 1872, coming directly to Wash- ington and an: here_ever since. Mr. was in the Government serv- ice for over 50 years and is now on the retired list. He is.84 ivxefirs old and his wife 79, Both are weil and active. The guests were-Mr. and Mrs. C. A, Weckerly and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Erroll Dunbar of Harrisburg, Pa.. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Kaffas, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Buluenu.hn, Mr. A. C. Radue and sons, Mrs. Emma Fordham and daugh- INSTALL NEW RADIOS TO COMBAT STORMS Planes on Cairo-Cape Town Route to Have Medium and Short- Wave Equipment. LONDON (#)—To combat the effect | of Africa's electrical storms on radio | communication, equipment of new de- sign will be fitted on four aircraft to be flown on the Cairo-Cape Town route. It includes provision for telephone and wlezn'rh communication on both med.ium short wave lengths and for sumu over A.mu were found to render communication impossible on medium wave lengths for cam:dle;ng}e and the new ent e mm’. tests clrm for six months. . The new equipment consists of a o - me short-wave communication and 500- 1,000 meters for medium-wave com- munication. !n m lml-dhtlnee contacts were ‘while aircraft was over the Whl.le Nflvw points 5,000 miles away. SUSPECT ADMITS KILLING COMPANION ON AUTO TRIP |3 Enters Plea of Guilty in Missouri Court—Judge Defers Pass- ing Sentence. By the Assoclated Press. CHILLICOTHE, Mo., Harvey Maquar, 33, of January 3.— New Orleans, REPEAL PLEA WADE' AT OHO-SESSION Second Resolution Proposes * Ratification of “Lame Duck” Amendment. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 3.—Two resolutions, one proposing ratification of the “lame duck” amendment w the e E of constitul bition in Ohio, were introduced at the opening session of the ninetieth Ohio General Assembly yesterday. Both resclutions " were presented in the House of Re Gus Kasch, Democrat, Cotnty created a brief mron: ‘when he made an unsuccessful attempt to intro- ' duce a resolution condem: certain activities of Gov Georwe Whne lho l. Democrat. bill by mmmve pmtlon W lmu. 275 per cent beer. Kasch's criticism of Gov. White was based on the activities of the Governor and Democratic State Chairman Henry G. Brunner in attempting to organise ;he lczishd s ture. llgle asked the House 0 ado] resolution summoning mmnr before it to explain his : Secretary of State @larence J. Brown, tzho was presiding prior to organization, Id Kasch he “was “out of order.” When Kasch persisied in efforts to mpu.k ‘Brgg told the urk(“e;nt-ut-.m “seal Or remove from the , flo%', " Kasch took his e repeal ruoluucn }mmmed to the question to a vote o ‘The General Assembly t most of the rest of its initial eum hour session in choosing officers and effecting a manent organization. Gov. (e‘l ciicices for leadership in the House were elected, but in the Senate Democrats jo!ned Republicans to el a Republican as clerk. SOVIET WHEAT CROP ABOVE EXPECTATIONS Amtorg Offilal Is Quoted as Say- ing Nation Won't Have to Buy This Season. By the Assoclated Press. OTTAWA, January 3.—Soviet Russia will not be forced to_import 'hlt this season, Col. J. Mackie announcéd here yesunhy ‘as the ?’fln!m of Peter chairman Amtorg Russia’s commer- tion in' New zrurk. with Mr. Bogdonov l few fi)l Col, Mackie said. m‘ information was t.hlt vbut uim » in Russia during the past month were . nhouemecuum “I doubt if there - chmunlsuch-hner,“ha-h_ cber 13 to obtain Cix\:ul‘ Judl' Ira Beals deferred pass- ing sentence. Officers said Maquar told them e shot Neal five times while the salesman was asleep in the car in which the two Chicago to Kansas Oity, where by two women, May Ross, still d:& enh ln-en.ed '.here. “fl{ N'e.."x quoted by police as boasting “was the rcmnh man I have killed.” s tmgtionfrat sy STRAY BULLET KILLS BOY Struck While at Window During New Year Celebration. CHICAGO, January 3 (#).—The par- ents decided that 10-year-old Edward Pishman was old muuxh to sit up and hear the bells ring the old year out and the new in. He sat at his window and leaned out- side at the stroke of mld.nllht ‘when celebrants shouted, bells, blew horns and fired puum A stray bullet struck him in the chest. Edward died yesterday from the wound. Police held *|FORT RUSSELL TROOPERS. LEAVE FOR NEW POST 01d Texas Quarters Are Abandoned and Personnel Is Moving to Kentucky. By the Associated Press.. MARFA, Tex., Juuury a company umufl equipment of - the 1lst a the oldest regiments left Fort D. A, States Army, %“ yesterday for its new tnltnmnm Fort Knox Ky. 'l'he convoy. or‘os trucks ‘and motér | about men and 5 officers of the organization, which will be mechanized after it reaches Fort Knox. Last night a halt was Dryden, 95 miles from Marfa. at it the convoy is expected to reach Clark. men. swiuerhnd hopes to reduce its deficit hy !m:ru.un‘ the duty on gasoline im- . H Brunning as the fired am man who VAPEX GETS TO THE SEAT OF A COLD Scientific tests prove that this delightful inhalant is a superior relief TESTS PROVE of germe present in be greatly i in’ germ-killing ITY OF VAPEX Unbiased tests by a prominent medical re- search laboratory prove that the vapoc "ot a single drop of Vapex kills dense colonies head. In exactly similar tests, other inhalants (often offered as substitutes for Vapex) were shown to AN UNBIASED medical research laboratory favors tress of a head-cold. Vapex as a safe, effective way to relieve the dis- This decision is based on two important facts. First, that breathing the Vapex vapor penetrates to the seat of a cold — the hidden breathing- passages — where drops, sprays, gargles, and salves are less likely to reach. Second, because Vapex has remarkable germ-killing power. Breathing Vapex is as re mountain air, There’s no freshing as breathing muss . o + no fuss, Mothers say it’s ideal for children because it’s so safe and effective. Now you'll find that Vapex is sold at a re- duced price— only 75¢ a bottle. Keep one handy for all the family. At the first sign of a cold, sprinkle a few drops and at the en on the handkerchief ds of the pillow. A few breaths bring prompt relief, APEX Months of relief