Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Mostly cloudy, with lowest temperature about 30 degrees tonight; tomorrow, fair and warmer: gentle northerly winds, be‘- coming southerly tomorrow. at noon today; lowest, day. Full report on — Highest, 34, , 28, at 4 am. to- page 3. ch ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION e Foening Shar. “The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 119,863 No. 32,400. post office, Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 & 13 Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, T ). C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1933—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. FH¥ (®) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. [ JAPANESE 0PPOS U.S. TAKING PART N, _ i Competivers 1 TURE MEASURE ACTIGN FOR- PEAGE League Makes New Proposal| for Settlement of Conflict in Manchuria. BATTLE FRONTS QUIET IN HORTH CHINA SECTOR Tokio Seeks to Have Geneva Take “Relatively Harmless" Steps by Barring America and Russia. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, January 14—With differ- | ences between Japen and the League of | Nations narrowed down by a now League proposc: for dexling with li\el Manchurian issue, a governgnent spoko>s- | men said today the most formidable Temaining obstacle to ¢ sclutica was the question of whether to invite the United States 2nd £xviet Russia to Join in a conciliation commission. Japan unalterably opposed the League proposil to admit outsiders to partici- pate in Lesgue processes. Informally, the official said the in- clusion of tihe United States would “put tegth” in the proposed Manchurian conciliation machinery, whereas, with- out the United States, the new re.olu- tion drawn up by Sir Eric Drummond, League sec:etary gereral, would be “relatively harmless.” The official said this was what Jap'n desired. It was learned that Sir Eric’s draft omitted any reference to recognition or | non-recognition of the state of Man- chukuo, esiablished in Manchuria by Japan. Battle Fronts Quiet, Al Sino-Japanes: battle fronts were quiet_today, although an cminous at- mosplzere of further storms was brew- ing, with Japanese dispatches from iping and Tijntsin describing con- tinued war-ike pronouncements of Northern Chinese generals. A Rengo (Japanese) News Agency dispatch from 3liao, on which Japanese forces In Elstern Jehol were cantering, - told of Chinese concentra- tions in the Kailu region. ‘These Chi- nese troops now tot:l=d 33,000, the dis- patch said, and were vader command of the voluntcer general, Chu Ching- un. They. were described as made up of a motley arraz of volunteer bands and remn:=nts of the Chinese gieral, Su Ping Wen'’s forces, which were scattered | last menth in Northern Manchuria Gen. Su and some of his command fled int> Siberia, while others ander him apparently moved down into Northera Jehol. - These Chinece bands were called “Red Specis” and “Big Swords,” the Rengo cispatsh caid. The Japenese asserted these forces were preparing “to attack” Tungliao, a railroad center, ageinst whicd the Japa- nese expedition was making adequate dispositions. Chinese General Submits. As at conclusion of the Japanese Hirose brigade’s campaign in North- eastern Manchuria, it was reported’ to- day that one of the Chinese com- manders in thai section, Ting Chzo, ap) at the Japanese headquarters and offered to szbmit to the Manchukuo government. The Chinese Gen. Li Tu Was reported to have fied across the border to Iman, Siberia, where he and followers were disarmed by Soviet officials. | ‘A Rengo dispatch from Chinchow, Man- | churia, said & Japanese cavalry column which ‘occupied Chiumenkow, @ pass in the Great Wall of China and Yungan- pao, returned to Chinchow, leaving small garrisons at the captured points. (Chinese dispatches sald southern gates | in the wall at Chiumenkow were stiil held by the Chinese.) The Japanese attacked Chiumenkow Jast Tuesday and Yunganpac, in Jehol province northeast of the wall, on Thursday. The points are about 150 miles south of Chinchow and a few miles north of Shanhaikwan. Mil'tary authorities here said there have been no operations ageinst Shin- | menchai, the Chinsse town wesiward from Chiumenkow. since Tuesdays operetions against the latter city when J-panese planes bombed Shihmenchal. GENEVA STUDIES PEACE PLAN. 1 Hymans and Drummond Seek Proposals | Acceptable to Jzpan. GENEVA, Januery 14 (P)—Paul| Hymans of Belgium, who presided over the League of Nations special assembly | considering the Manchurian issue, and Sir Eric Drummond, secretary general | of the League, conférred today upon the Sino-Jepenese question preliminary to! the reconvening of the League's Com- mittee of 19 cn Monday. It wes reported by reliable sources| that Sir Eric has been secking some re- | vision of the proposed -conciliation formula for dealing with the problem which will be accepted by the Japane. These sources said Yosuke Matsuoka, special Japenese counsel in the Leaguc debate on Manchuria, has transmitied certain proposals to Tokio for instruc- tionz. It was stated that suggested changes in the Committee of Nineteen’s drafted resolution cn the question include an invitation = states which were not members of the League to join in a Conciliation Commission, rather than to the United States and Soviet Russia ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) BATHERS GIVEN WARNING Miami Beach Police Chief Bans Scanty Apparel on City Streets. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., January 14 (#). —It's all right with Police Chief Rob- ert T. Teaney if bathers want to go semi-native on the beach here, but they've got to get civilized if they ap- pear on the city streets. “I dislike to arrest people when they are participating in_ wholesome recrea- tion,” the chief said, “but the street is no place to parade in trunks and in bathing suits dropped to the waist line. :_'nms" practice continues, arrests will ollow. MONTANA RATIFIES HELENA, Mont., .January 14 (p)— The “lame duck” amendment to the Federal Constitution Was approved by the Montana Legislature yesterday. Ratification by Montana brought to 22 the number cf States that havs acted finmhly on th- em = mea.. | with_the Qil Firms Accused Of Price Cuts to Major Companies Named | in Anti-Trust Suit at Cincinnati. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, January 14—Nine ma- | jor gasoline producing companies weze | charged with violation of the ani-trust | act in a suit on file today in Federal | Court. | The suit, brought by a_group of in-| dependent deslers and filling station cperators of this vicinity, claims the big | companies have conspired to reduce the | reteil price of gasoline below the whole- | cale price to force the plainiiffs, and | independent refining and producing con- cerns supplying them, out of business. | Since December 15, the complaint says, the retail price of gasoline has| been cut 4 cents, in comparison to a| drop of only 1 cent in the wholesale price. Defendants in the suit are the Cities | Service Ofl Co, Gulf Refining Co.,| Fleeiwing Corporation, Pure Oil Co., Refiners, Inc.; Shell Union Oil Co., Con- solidated Oil Co. Standard Oil Co. of Ohio and the Texas Co. B LEASES AL FORBLUE KETWORK Request for 5-Year Acquisi- tion to Be Filed With Com- mission Next Week. | The National Broadcasting Co. today | leesed WMAL for a period of five years | and will operate the station as a link | in its “blue” network beginning Feb- | ruery 1. Announcement of the lease was made in a jomt statement, issued by Frank M. Russell, vice president of N. B. C. i Washington, and Martin A. Leese, owner of WMAL. The lease is subject to the approval of the Federal Radio Commission. An application geeling this approval will | be filed with the commission next week. | Stagizs Continue in Use. The c for the lease Dl’avides) that M. B. C. shall take over the op- | eration and managment of WMAL as | well as the station’s studios at 710-712 | Eleventh street. These studios, of the | latest design, with equipment of the | most modern type, will continue in use. ‘While both WRC and WMAL will re-| tain their individual identity, general | officers for both stations will be lo-| cated in the N. B. C. Washington headquarters in the National Press Bujlding. All local programs for WMAL will b2 broadcast direct from the Elev- enth street studios. In turning WMAL over to N. B. C. Mr. Lease will nob step out of the radio | picture, as he was immediately ap- advisory eounsel for the broad- casting company in Washington, serv- ing without salary. In this capacity he will help guide the activities of | ‘WRC and WMAL. The change also brought promotions | for two announcers, Herluf Provensen | and Carleton Smith, who were named tant managers. Milton Baker, | manager of WMAL, also will join the . B. C. stafl. The technical and operating staff of | the two stations will be under the| direction of Vincent F. Callahan, as-| s'stant to Mr. Russell, and Kenneth | H. Berkeley, manager of WRC. | All commercial sales and publicity will | come under the direction of Mr. Calla- | han. In addition, he will relieve Mr., Russell of certain other responsibilities. | 4 “Blue” Programs for City. | Through the acquisition of WMAL, | the N. B. C. will bring to the Wash- ington area all of its outstanding net- | work programs originating on both the “red” and “blue” networks. At pres-| ent WRO 1s se: by the “red” net- work. The only “blu:" network program broadcast by WRC is the “Amos 'n Andy” episodes. In order to adjust| WRC's schedule to avoid any conflict | between the two networks, WMAL will take over the “Amos 'n Andy” pro- grams Monday. “I am happy to arnounce that Sta- tion WMAL is to become associated National Broadcasting C Mr. Leese said. “Through the arrang ments made today, the people of Wash- ington v.tu receive the programs of the ‘blue’ network of N, B. C. I am sure these programs will be welcomed in every home in Washington.” Mr. Russell declared it had been the desire of N. B. C. for several years to bring the ‘blue’ network in Washing- ton. “This network,” he said, “is broadcast daily and Sunday some of the finest radio programs in the country. Heretofore Washington listeners have been compelled to tune in on out-of- town stations to get these programs. The many letters we have received have convinced us that the people of Wash- | ington desire to hear these programs over a local station. | Democrats had agreed to support the | | TO END FILIBUSTER 130 Members of Party Pledge Support, but Success De- pends on G. 0. P. DEMOCRATS DRAFT ROBINSON IS PRZPARED TO TAKE DRASTIC STEP Leng Seys He Will Stop Only Upon Defeat of All Provisions of Glass Bank Bill. the Associated Democratic leaders had a drastic clo- { ture petition in readiness today as the Senat> convened for a te: ate effort 13 break the prolong-d filituster against the Glass bank raform bill. The required 16 signatures had been obtained and Senator Robinson of Ar- kansss, minority leadcr, was propared to offer the petition if necessary to smash the filibuster, which has been conducted virtually all this week by Senator Long, Democrat, of Louisiana, and others. Most of the signers of the petition, an infrequently used parliamentary de: vice, were Democrats. The list was headed by Robinson end Senator Glass, Deinocrat of Virginia, spensor of the benk bill. Whether or not the petition would be offered today, leaders said, depended upon the parliamentary situation dur- the atterncon Even sponsors of the cloture petition were somewhat doubtful that they could cbtain the necessary two-thirds vote for its adoption aid about 30 The; measure, but that its adoption wonld depend upon the number of supporting votes from the Republican side. Second Night Session. Leaders hoped for a break yesterday— the fourth day of the tight blockade— | but Senator Thomas, Democrat, of| Oklahcma, got the floor and held it for{ six hours, the Senate going into its| second night session in as many days.| Long, who has carried the burden of the attack against the controversial | branch banking features of the Glass | bill, was ready to carry on today. He asserted he would agree now to noth- ing short of the measure’s death. Senator Bratton, Democrat, of New | Mexico, late yesterday proposed a sub- | stitute for the branch-banking clause | —one which would limit Statewide branches of national banks to those; with an unimpaired capital stock of | $500,000 or more. Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- publican leader, expressed the belief | the bili, branch banking provisions and all, could be passed if it came to a vote, but the little band of irreconcil- ables refused to yield an inch. Thomas clashed with Glass at the outset of his speech when he charged the Federal Reserve Board had taken $80,000,000 cut of circulation in the past week and “cancelled the money.” Glass, who was the author of the Federal reserve act, challenged the statement, saying the board had no authority to “take a collar out of cir- culation.” He said Thomas must have meant that the “member banks of the reserve system paid $80,000,000 of their indebt- edness to the reserve banks, because the patrons of the member banks had paid their notes and the member banks | no lenger required the loans.” | The Oklahoman again brought Glass | his feet when he maintained the { board, when in the ‘“friendly” hands | of the Wilson administration, placed sufficient money in circulation to bring high praise from the Virginia Senator. “The board had no authority to issue | a dollar of currency, and if it did I; would apply for some of it myself,” Glass replied. | Demands New Reserve Board. Thomas said what the Nation needs “is not a new banking act, but a new | Federal Reserve Board.” 1 Senator Long frequently interrupted | Thomas to ask questions, but at_one point when hg attempted a speech Glass forced him, lfiirough the chair, to con- fine his remarks to a question. At one point Long said the party; leaders had abandoned the floor “and refuse to listen to us on this bill.” “There are no leaders,” Thomas re- plied. Representative Patman, Democrat, of | Texas, told the House late yesterday | that if the Glass bill became law it | would “grant a monopoly worth millions | dollars to a few great banks” by r ing the excess profits tax on Fed Reserve Banl: | Patman asserted that the Federal | Reserve act requires banks to pay an| interest charge to the Federal Gov- ernment for the use of Federal Reserve | notes “but that provision has never been made effective.” er: \% Ozaki, Disarmament Champion, Sails for Home, Believing Assassination Is Best Death. By the Associated Press. LONDCN, Januairy 14 —Yukio Ozaki. veteran Japanese political leader and disarmament champion, left recently for | home, the London Herald said today, | believing that certain death awaits him at the hands of assassins. The former Constitutional party | leader and mayor of Tokio before lhe‘o World War, now 73 years old, knew “death warrant was signed,” the news- paper_said, because his utterances in the United States and London were construed as unpatriotic by certain fel- low countrymen. | It said Qzaki has written his son in | Tokio that “for & public man, the best form of death is to fall at the cold hand of an assassin” and that he has dedi- cated a little poem to his anticipated murderers. It was translated as follows: “Praise be for the men who may at- tempt my life “If their motive is to die for their country.” Ozaki was reported to have sent his philosophy of death to his son in the form of an article entitled “A Journey to the Other World.” During his home- ward voyage from here Ozaki‘was said to have plonned writing an essay en- titled “In Lieu of a Gravcstone.” The DewmepE quotzd him ¢ g from 1; moic. ETERAN JAPANESE STATESMAN CONFIDENT HE WILL BE SLAIN T always kept this! in mind. 1 do not dread death but would not like to die in a sick-bed. I would like a death which may prove a lesson to posterity. If anybody feels the necessity of assassinating me, I hope he will do so when I am making a vigorous speech on the national policy platform of the Diet." An attempt was made to assassinate zaki in January, 1917, when in a speech he demanded resignation of the | Terauchi cabinet which followed the ‘}ont in which he was minister of jus- ftice. Two men with drawn swords | jumped on the platform, but were over- powered. Later he was expelled from the op- | position party in Japan when he ac- |gused Japan of fostering a revolution {3n China. He was a friend of Premier | Inukai, who was assassinated last | Spring. Ozaki has traveled frequently in the United States and other countries, urg- ing drastic disarmament and during man_ years as a member of the Japan- ese Diet he argued for reduction in armaments. In speeches in the United States a year ago he declared Japan was making & mistake in opposing entry of this country in efforts to coaciliate the Sino-Japarese dispute. Japan re- cently officially announced its opposition {ta th> Uritcd States being represented en a roncilie’lon eommission as sug- §~ied by the Loague of Nations. die with a smile. CONFOUND T/ IVE GOTTO GET SOME. ROSY SPECTACLES NOW! ENGINEERS SCORE | TECHNOCRACY IDEA Disavow Any Connection With| Much-Discussed Move- | ment. “Teehnocracy” was disavowed by the American engineering profession in resolutions adopted today by the Amer- ican Engineering Council at its annual | meeting. The American Engineering Council is the official voice of the profession in this country. Not only did it deny the claims of the technocrats to speak for engineers 25 a body, but it expressed grave doubts as to the practicability of their schemes and regretted the effort to set up & class autocracy, or “government of en- gineers.” Accepted After Debate. ‘The official statement of the council, accepted after considerable debate, fol- lows: “The statements of a group of men organized under the name ‘Technoc- Tacy” have — Fecelved wide ~publictty through the press by reason of start- ling predictions which involve a com- plete overturn in our economic struc- ture. These pronouncements, circi lated as coming from engineers, ha' led to the belief that they represent | responsible engineering thought. | “Many requests for information on | Technocracy have come to American | Engineering Council, which is the rep- | resentative of national, regional and lo- | cal engineering societies in the Unnedi States. The council has endeavored to | obtain from the promoters of the move- } ment an_authcriiative statement of | their findings and thcir program. It| is significant that no information could | be obtained beyond what has appeared | in the press. “The accepted practice among engi- neers oi presenting new developments | to some enginearing society for critical | ctudy and discussion has not been fol- | lowed. The data and statistics brought forward in magazine and newspaper articles as a basis for speculative claims are open o question; some of the find- ings have been discredited or disproved by other investigations. Statements Attacked. “These statements and conclusions | may have a serious effect of undermin- | ing public confidence in our present civilization and are. holding out an un- warrantad promise of a quick solu- tion of economic ills. The method of presentation has been marked by exag- erated, intolerant and extravagant | claims. They have capitalized the fears, | niseries and uncertainties due to the | depression and have proposed a con- | trol which is, in effect, class dlcutor-" ship. | “Contrary to these claims, there is| % - | nothing_inherent in technical improve- | 940 repeal measure has not yet been ment which entails eccnomic and social | maiadjustments. Indeed, technology | offers the only possible basis for con- | tinuing material progress. The volume | of goods produced, distributed and con- sumed during the years 1928 and 1929 was not excessive. That volume may and should be®surpassed upon the re- | turn of prosperity. | “The alleged unmanageability of &/ machine eccnomy has not been proven. | Its dislocations are traccable to im- | proper and unskilled use rather than | to inherently harm$ul characteristics. | Complete replacement of men by the | machine is precluded by the law of di- | minishing returns. Instances are in- creasingly in evidence. Contrary to the pronouncemerts of technocracy, applied science holds the promise of better things to come in a society which fear- lessly and intelligently meets its prob- lems. It is the considered opinion of American Engineering Council that our present economic structure contains within itself the possibilities of progres- sive improvement and attainment of higher standards of living. NORMAN THOMAS SEES “CRUDE INFLATION PLAN” Tells Cleveland Audience No Sign of Constructive Policy Is. Visible. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, January 14.—Renewing his attacks on the “old line” parties, Norman Thomas, recent Socialist can- didate for President, told an audiencé last night that the present economic dilemma “finds paralysis at Washing- ton and no sign of a real constructive policy elther here or abroad.” Thomas gave evidence he does not believe capitalism will meet disaster as soon as predicted by technocrats. In his opinion, & downward trend of ego- nomic conditions will be met by “some T T o ent staggering debt, but that not pave the way toward true L He lps:e before the League for 8 I “"to"Be Called for Next | calling for a definite percentage ratio. | Illinois May End Alimony Payments For Jail Victims By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 14.—Tlii- nois may declare a moratorium on alimony payments while a man is in jail for non-payments to his wife. A bill, designed to correct re- puted evils of the divorce. sep- arate maintenance and alimony statutes, is to be introduced in the present session of the Illinois General Assembly. In addition to the moratorium feature the measure may provide or: Abolition of alimony to a wife who has remarried, so she can't get alimony from two or more ex- usbands at the same time. Alimony payments By able- bodied employed wives for the support of their husbands if the latter are unable to work. SENATORS 10 ACT ON MAPES BILLS District Committee Meeting | Wednesday. The Senate District Committee will | be called together by Chairman Capper for an executive session Wednesday to discuss the Mapes bills by which the | House 1is {eking to establish new forms | of taxation amounting to approximately | $4,000,000 in the District. { The meeting, Senator Capper said, | is to enable committee members to de- | termine the procedure it wishes to| follow regarding this group of bills. | The Mapes program, drafted by a special House committee last year, em- | braces five bills, the net result of which would be to increase the tax burden of residents of Washington and thereby reduce the share of the Federal Gov- | ernment in the upkeep of the Capital. Four Taxation Measures. Four of the bills are taxation measures | as follows: To establish a local inheri- | tance tax on estates; to establish a local | income tax in lieu of the intangible per- sonal tax; to increase the gasoline tax | from 2 to 4 cents a gallon, and to im- pose a tax on motor vehicles by weight. The Senate Committee has held hear- | ings on these measures, but has not yet considered the fifth bill, which seeks to | Tepeal the substantive law which estab- | lished the 60-40 ratio of apportioning the expenses of the Capital between the District and Federal Governments. The | committee requested the Bureau of Effi- ciency to submit a report on all of these Mapes bills. The bureau’s report on the submitted. Although Congress in recent years has been fixing the Federal share of District expenses at a lump sum, it has never repeiled the substantive law Hearings remain to be held by the Senate committee on the fiscal rel tions problem when the Efficiency Bu. reau report on the 60-40 repeal meas- ure is received. | It is expected that these hearings | will show what effect the House tax bills | would have on the basic question of | apportioning the expenses of the Capi- tal between the Nation and the local community. House Committee Plan. ‘The program of the House Commit- tee which brought out the new tax bills contemplated reducing the Federal con- tribution toward the annual expenses of the District to $6,000,000. Prior to the current fiscal year the Federal share was $9,500,000. In accordance with the general program of Federal economy, the Senate Appropriations Committee last year recommended a 10 per cent reduction to $8,550,000, but in conference with the House the final result was a reduction in the Federal share for the current year to $7,775,000. Representatives Mapes, of Michigan, and Frear, of Wisconsin, who took part in drafting the House local tax- ation program, called at the Sen: end of the Capitol yesterday to confer with Senator Capper rega the bills, They did not see the te Committee chairman, but indicated they would confer with him Ilater. ‘Weather Halts French Flyer. SAINT LOUIS, Senegal, January 14 (#).—Jean Mermoz, flying from France to Buenos Aires, said today that bad ‘weather and rain here would delay the resumption of his trip for at least 24 hours and perhaps lenger. Quake Manchester, Eng. England, January 14 fi.—-luhnrpmmlenhue , but there was no serious damage. |House REGROUPING PLAN OF HOOVERDOONED Democrats Reach Unanimous Decision to Kill Program. By the Associated Press. President Hoover's program for re- grouping 58 Government agencies and | the elimination of some others will be killed by the House next week. This was decided at a caucus of House Democrats, who voted unanimously to support the Cochran resolution for this purpose when it comes up next week after passage of the War Department appropriation bill. The Democratic caucus was held late yesterday, the first one of the present session. Since the Democrats control the House and action by only one branch of Congress is necessary, there appeared to be no hope that Mr. Hoo- ver's program could be put through. It meant the end of another effort in the lengthy succession of attempts to realign Government funictions, but an- | other effort along similar lines was ready to take its plage. Representative Rainey, the Democratic leader, said the party intended to go ahead with plans, already beyond the formative stage, for Fresident-elect Rcosevelt to try his hand at regrouping. To make his task easier. the Demo- crats want to amend the law so that disapproval by both houses, instead of one, would be necessary to prevent the new President’s recommendations from aking effect. Attached to the Treasury-Post Office bill are amendments, originating in the Senate Econcmy Committee, to broaden the Chief Executive’s powers so that funds for agencies abolished may be withheld. Drastic and sweeping changes in agencies, without and within cabinet departments, are depended upon by the Democrats to make their task of bal- ancing the budget much easier. From the first the recommendations | made by Mr. Hoover to Congress on De- cember 9 were received coldly. Rainey said the caucus talked about giving Roosevelt additional regrouping powers, but that since the meeting was called to act only on the Cochran reso- lution, no action was taken on that. COLLEGIANS WHO SMOKE PROVE BETTER STUDENTS Member of Creighton U. Medical Faculty Says Tobacco Aids Concentration. By the Assoclated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., January 14.—Creigh- ton University students who smoke had their inning today when a test showed that as a class they were better scho- lastically than the non-smokers. Furthermore, Dr. Thomas L. Houl- ton of the university medical- school upheld the findings. “Moderate smoking tends to make a student more composed and aids him in application to his work and concen- tration on difficult problems,” he said. Results of the survey showed that 14 per cent of the students, classified as moderate smokers, not indulging more than five times a day, had ‘a general average of 85.4 for the first quarter of the current school year. Fifty-five per cent said they were heavy smokers and their average was 839, while the “abstainers” trailed with 82.4. %Recover Thousam—]s |Of Diamonds Tossed \In Road by Jeweler Searchers Report Discov- ery of 4,763 Tiny Stones Mear Manila. | [ | By the Associated Press MANILA, P. I, January 14.—Searchers | reported today that 4,763 small diamonds scattered along the roadside 20 miles | from Manila had been recoversd. A | hunt continued for several thousand | more of the tiny stones. Police said the diamonds were tessed there last January 2 by Emmanuel Strauss, membar of a Manila jewelry firm, who was charged with a $57,000 shortage, end that he confessed he had planned to commit suicide, but weak- enzd and returned with a tale of being kidnaped and robbed. Most of the stoiles were mere chips, with the largest valued at $50. Au- thorities quoted Strauss as saying he was “half drunk” when he removed paper wrappers and tossed the dia- monds aside without realizing what he was doing. Jewelers valued all of the diamonds at between $35,000 and $40,000. UESTION LEGALITY * OF NEW BEER BILL }Attacks Are ‘Renewed by | Drys—Revenue From Wise Being Studied. By the Assoclated Press. Constitutionality of the newly drafted Collter-Blaine beer and wine bill was | attacked by some of prohibition’s de- | fenders in Congress today despite the expressed confidence of its authors that they have made the measure invulner- able against legal attack. began a study to determine how much additional revenue could be realized from the expansion of the bill to in- clude wine as well as beer, both with a maximum alcoholic content of 3.05 per cent, as drafted yesterday by a Senate subcommittee. Continued opposition to the bill came from such leading supporters of prohi- bition as Senator Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas. Sheppard said he would make a fight against it, contending that in his opinion the bill was still un- constituticnal “If it proposes to legalize 3 per cent beer it is nullification,” Sheppard said. Democrats Predict Approval. Other friends of prohibition, includ- ing Senators Borah, RQepublican, of Idaho, and Robinson, Republican, of In- dizna, have indicated they would oppose the new measure. But many Demoerats Typrosa by Gangress an set to Bresk appra and sen dggt Hoover. The Chief Executive has not announced his position, but many assert their belief he will veto it. The study to see how much revenue could be counted upon from legalization of light wine was undertaken by Sena- tor Dill, Democrat, of Washington, and Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, rank- ing Democrat on the Finance Commit- tee, which will consider taxation fea- tures of the bill. Monday the full judiciary committee will meet to take it up and report to the Senate. Dill, who proposed inclusion of wine to the subcommittee, which redrafted the original House measure, predicted it would raise substantial additional revenue above the $125,000,000 to $150,- 000,000 forecast by the Treasury from beer alone. & The Washington Senator said he al- ready had consulted with internal rev- enue experts and that while they had not submitted their final report to him, they agreed the revenue from cider at least would be considerable. Harmless Wine Assured. Dill said he had been informed by some wine experts that the alcohalic content of vinous beverages could be reduced in the same way it is cut down in beer, and that a “delightful light wine"™ could be produced with the 3.04 per_cent limitation. The key to the new bill, and the effort to make it accord with the eighteenth amendment, is contained in the follow- ing paragraph: “Nothing in the national prohibition act, as amended and supplemented shall apply to any of the following or to any act or failure to act in respect of any of the following, containing not more than 3.05 per centum of alcohol by weight: Beer, ale, porter, wine, similar fermented malt or vinous liquids, or fruit juice.” ‘The subcommittee re-wrote the per- mit provisions of the Volstead law, as follows: “The manufacture for sale of beer, ale, porter, wine, similar fermented malt or vinous liquor, or fruit juice, contain- ing not more than 3.05 per centum of alcohol by weight, shall, before engeg- ing in business, secure a permit under the national prohibition act, as amended and supplemented, authorizing him to engage in such manufacture, which per- mit shall be obtained in the same man- ner as a permit to menufacture intoxi- cating liquor and be subject to all the provisions of law relating to such a per- mit. No permit shall be issued for the manufacture of such fermented malt or vinous liquor or fruit juice in any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or political subdivision of any State or " (Continued on Page 2. Column 8.) |TYROL GERMANS CHARGE ITALY WITH SUPPLANTING PRIESTHOOD Church Circles at Rome Deny Program for Italianization of Clergy in Province. By Cable to The Star. ROME, January 14.—The Fascist gov- ernment’s attempt to make Italians out of the German population in South Tyrol, is now being extended even to the clergy in that region, according to charges from German sources out- side Italy. ‘There appears to be some basis for the German fears. has a congregation of about 3,000, of whom only betwcen' 70 and 80 are Italians, who were brought there dur- ing recent years. There are 480 Ger- man school children compared with 16 Italian. Sending of new Italian priests in- cidentally is taken by Germans out- side Italy to be a sign that the Ger- man-speaking population of the Tyrol may be forced to accept religious in- struction in Italian. Church circles here deny these charges. has | They claim that Italian priests are be- ing sent to teach the Italian children, not to force the Italian on the Ger- insisted, Catholics with priests of their own nationality. (Copyright. 1933.) At the same time, Democratic leaders SENATE TAKES UP PHILIPPINE VETO; ROBINSON URGES PASSAGE OF BILL Upper Branch Begins Consid- eration of Measure Giving Complete Autonomy to Pa- cific Islands. HOOVER’S OBJECTIONS DISPUTED IN DEBATE Approval Would Clear Away Last Obstacle to Independence—House Overrides Executive Disapproval by More Than Necessary Two- thirds Majority. ; By the Associated Press. The Senate agreed today to take up the Philippine independ- ence bill immediately to decide +whether it shall be passed over President Hoover’s veto. Two- thirds majority is necessary to override a veto. This was the last obstacle standing in the way of Philippine freedom, the House having voted 274 to 94 yesterday against sus- taining the veto. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, presented the question although it originally was intended to defer action until Monday. The President’s veto message was read to the assembled Senators by John | Crockett, the reading clerk. “This legislation,” the message said, “puts both our people and the Philfp- pine people not on the road to liberty and safety, which we desire, but on the { path leading to new and enlarged dan- |gers to liberty and freedom itself.” Senator Robinson took the floor as the reading was completed and plead for passage of the bill over President Hoover’s veto. “There l;ever will be a time more opportune for passing on this question than the present hour,” Robinson said. Before the Senate vote, sponsors of the bill had canvassed both but they had expressed uncertainty as to the outcome. One of the authors, however, ex= confidence the Senal pressed te would follgw the House.. He ¥ Hawes, Democrat, of Missouri, he_conceded the vote would be close. ‘Within two hours after Mr., Hoover had rejected the bill yesterday, the House Democrats mustered 191 of thelr number to add to the favorable votes of 82 Republicans and the 1 Farmer- Laborite. In his veto message the serted that the bill invited 1 President d:; “grave dan- gers of foreign invesion and war” and proposed that a plebiscite on the inde- pendence question be taken 15 or 20 years hence. Before the House vote Resident Com- missioner Oslas urged the islands be given their freedom, g: “My peo- r!e are willing to ac this bill with its limitations in exchange for the pre- cious boon of liberty.” “All we ask is fairness and justice,” he said. “Let this great Christian Na- tion of the West be the mother of the first Christian republic of the East.” Hawes said the veto was “Patrick Hurley’s veto. The general impression in the House and Senate is that the War Department has vetoed the ex- | pressed opinion of Congress.” . The measure provided for the crea- tion of an intermediate government after about two years, if approved by the Filipino people. A 10-year period of economic and political weaning would follow, during which American authority would be curtailed. Complete independence would be established in the eleventh year. EXPECT VETO TO STAND. MANILA, January 14 (P)—A belief the Senate will sustain President Hoo- ver's veto of the Philippine independ- ence bill, overridden yesterday by the House, seemed to prevail today among Filipino government lepders. Some of the leaders said they be- lieved sustaining of the veto by the | Senate would eliminate any possibility tof a bitter political fight between Man- {uel Quezon, President of the Insular Senate, and his allies, who disapprove of the present independence measure, and supporters of the Philippine mis- sion in Washington, who champion it. The presidential veto and its over- riding by the House had been expected on the basis of messages from the mis- sion and press dispatches. Supporters of Senator Sergio Osmena, ja leader of the mission, regarded the iveto as indicating loss of prestige for the mission and a triumph for Quezon. ‘When news of the veto was received, but before it had been overridden in the House, Quezon issued a statement which said “the President’s veto of the " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) CHARLOTTE H. HYME GETS LICENSE TO WED i Granddaughter of Mark Hanna to Become Wife of John W. Merritt. Mrs. Charlotte Hanna Hume, 23- year-old granddaughter of Mark Han- na, obtained a license in Rockville, Md., today to marry John W. Merritt, 26, of Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. Hume, who recently obtained s divorce in Reno from Richard Hume, lives at 4000 Cathedral avenue. She was only 16 years old and was acclaimed the prettiest debutante in New York’s 400 when eloped with Hume in 1927. A year ago she and her husband adcpted a child and established & home in Wesley Heights. A few months later, however, they separated, and last October she went to Reno for her di- vorce, which was sought on the ground of cruelty. It could not be learned today when or where Mrs. Hume and Merritt in- tend to be