Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1933, Page 18

B2 » FURTHER RENT GUTS URGED BY CAPPER Congress May Be Forced to Act in District, Says Senator. Agein expressing the view that rents ! character of legisiation on Speaking from Station WMAL, Sena- tor Capper reviewéd the history of the rental inguiry conducted by a Senats subcommittee during the past six months. He sald the commitiee has raflable information and preparatory to ) the Senate. of our investigation,” t is clear that some n made in the renis in the District. | the Senator s reduction has of many apartment Th> reduction has no means been universal, and the average reduction | i3 ceriainly not sufficieat Other Cities Compared. “The fact is as p'ain as it was las: Spring, that rents in Washington are entirely out of line with rent redu tions in other comparable cities. They | are likewise remaining at too high 2| level when comparsa with other com-: medities. “The representatives of the real| ectate interests have repeatedly staled | that when rents are too high in an| apartment or dwelling house the people ! will move to cheape~ quarters, and thus | force the rent down. The fizures of | the ~Washington Real Estate Beard | shcw that this has not been the case in this city. “The reducticns that have been made in rental properties in Washington do net even begin to meet the increase in vacancies. The Real Estate Board mad= | 2 survey of apartments in November, { 1931, end found a vacancy rate of 7.8 per cent. In June, 1932, the board | checked up again and found the raic had nearly doubled, being in excess of 14 per cent. Then again in November another survey was made and showed vacancies still going up, with 17.5 per cent as the final figure, “There is no indication that vacan- cies have diminished since then. If anything, they are still increasing. Nevertheless, the rents for those same properties have dropped only 6 per cent, and that does not mean that reduc- tions were made in el cases. Emergency Recognized. “The Beard of Directors of the Washington Re:] Estate Board, in & resoluticn adopted on the 7th of this month, recognize that an emergency exists, msmbers of the board to co-operate with each other and with owners to ieduce rents wherever possible. The Real Estate Board deserves commen- dation for this action. “I am fully aware of the fact that a large number of cwners are under heavy expense because of interest charges. Almost every day I see ad- vertisements of forced sales of pl'\‘w erty, including apartment houses. all know of the large number of fore- closure sales that have been held in the last year. These naturally bring down the cost of owning an apartment house end thould be refl in rent reductions to tenants.” Senator Capper said the proposal to revive the Rent Commission is a mat- ter requiring a good deal of thought, roinf out that among lawyers there is a difference of opinion as to whether a new rent commission lew would be constitutional. The Senator also reviewed the testi- mony of Leroy Halbert, director of emergency relief for the District, re- garding the number of families being eided through the relief program. U. S. ORDERS INSULL PASSPORT CANCELED State Department Instructs Lega- tion to Inform Nearby Coun- tries of Action. By the Associated Pre:s. The American passport of Samuel Insull, indicted Midwest Utilities mas. nate who refused to return from Greec: to_stand trial, has been ordered can- | are | “Congress will recognizz the | THE "Restore Money From Ashes VETERAN TREASURY EMPLOYES EXPERTS ON CURRENCY. in Washington have not come down as | much as they should, Chairman Cap- er of the Senate District Commiiie> in a radio address last night he believes that if further reductions not made MISS BERTHA O. SHERFY AND MISS CATHERINE COSTIGAN. By the Associated P: Maybe she will find only the threz last letters of one of the signatures. Then she goes down the entire list of 13,640 names until she finds the right three letters. In that way she esta lishes the bank of issue. Then by tiny numerals, & few printed letters peculiar little scroll, she knows denomination of the bill. Much of th: wark must be done by cmory, since it would b> im2ossble keep a copy of each bill for her to look It would take tco much money out of circulation. Miss Sherfy has been at her worl years. She kn the 135 design: the gold and certificates so | that a mere cpeck with a criss- 3 design tell her the deromination of a d world’s most ¢ the Government Theze t most _expert Miss Cathes d Bertha O, €herf; on rold and silver certis ed States currencies k20 ter, pit their know!edge against the destruc- tive clements of firc and water. Their knowledge has jusi restored ! $1,410 to W. A. Belter, a farmer of Ben- ton Harbor, Mich., who brought them | the bills that conte under N; 1y ! day from a house in the 4300 block of | They have reccmm:nded to the | a fruit jar filled with charred bits of paper money. Bills Ignited by Heat. He had placed the jar for safe-keep- had ignited the bills. The sharp eyes of the women even discovered for him bits of a $10 bill Belter didn't know was in the jar. He thought it held an even $1,400. Both women have retentive memo- ries—a secret of their ebility. For instance, there is a charred coffes pot right now on Miss Costigan's desk, sent from Eldorado, Okla. It heold $35, the owner writes. Then his home pot, it held cnly brown, crumbling pleces of paper. With infinite patience. Miss Costigan fited together some 30 tiny picces, enough to authorize the Government to i pay the for a $10 and a-$20 bill. He will get back most of his money because Miss Costigan has made a con- centrated study of paper money ever since her entry into the department 35 years 2go. She must be able to identify bills of five denominations from the 13,649 Na- tional banks that have been or gre in existence in the country. She his the names of all the banks and the signa- ture from each president and cashier. ing back of the furnace and the heat | rsed on by the two. | “Sometimes it's just some poor woman | that has lost $5 by fire who comes to my desk,” Miss Sherfy recounts. “But cnce an entire bank burned and we re- | ceived boxes of burned paper that was | fully identified as bills amounting to | more than $100,000. That was six | weeks' work.” | Passes on $100 Bill. | Just ncw Miss Ccstigan has to pass cn every 5100 bill that comes into the | Treasury in her division, There is an expert counterfeit out in that denomina- | tion. For a while they were being re- burned and when he found the coffee | turned at the rate of 8,000 a day, and | policemen and three other | Miss Costigan had to look at each one. | Should she mark a counterfeit genuine, | and be wrong, she would be responsible. But that hasn't happened in all her | 85 years. | “Judy O'Grady and the colonei's lady | get exactly the same treatment in our | departms " Miss Costigan says. “Eitber | the money is there, or it isn't.” Much of the less difficult detecti | goes through the hands of a stafl ei | assistants. But in the last analysis, when even department heads and | assistant treasurers are puzzled, these | two women say the last word, and on their word the Government pays, or it | doesn't pay. VAANCY FACES GARNER' DISTRICT Will Be Without Representa- tive in Congress for First Time in 30 Years. By the Associated Press. UVALDE, Tex., January 14.—Eleva- tion of John N. Garner to tha vice presidency March 4 will leave the fif- teenth axsmn.or Texas without a rep- resentative in Congress for the first time since he was chosen for that po- sition in 1902. Ganor Kendall, Assistant Attorney NEW GOAST GUARD SET-UP N EFFECT Changes Are Made in Three Areas to Tighten Law Enforcement. By the Associated Press. | Reorganization of the Coast Guard to make more effective its enforcement of all laws along the American shores goes into effect in three of four areas today. | Under the rearrangement of the serv- ice, it is divided into four areas, each in charge of one commander who will | have entire authority on both land and ;‘s&. The areas will be the Eastern, commanded by Capt. B. M. Chiswell, with headquarters at New York; the the suspicion of being a counterfeit arc | SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, ROBBERS NET §400 | INNIGHT'S ACTIVITY Two Taxicab Drivers Among| ' Victims, Colored “Fare” Beating One. l Although extra details of police hldl been assigned in an effort to combat | it, the wave of hold-ups and petty crime continued here last night, with = total of about $400 in cash and prop- erty reported stolen. Two taxicab drivers were held up by “fares” one of them being attacked by his pasenger and his cab stolen. This man, Henry Simmons, 30, of the 100 block C street northeast, told police he was struck over the head by his lone colored passenger in the 300 block of V street, and his cab and $5.20 in cash stolen. He was treated at Emer- gency Hospital. Held Up by Passenger. Carl A. Hubscher, 600 block F street northeast, reported he was held up and | yobbed of $5 by a passenger in the 1500 block of Eighth street. W. C. Starkey, filling station mana- ger, 1200 block New Hampshire avenue, was held up at his place of business at | Eleventh and M streets southeast by | two armed white men, who robted him | of $25. A short time later his roommate, Marshall Holland, manager of a filling station operated by the same company at Seventh and G streets southwest, was held up by two men and robbed of |$34. Holland's description of the ban- dits, police said, tallied with that given Starkey of the men who held him up. ttacked and Robbed. Marion T. Carnes, 1800 block of On- tario road, was treated at Emergency | Hospitzl for a scalp laceration after {being attacked and robbed of $12 by |two colored men in the lobby of a | builcing in the 1800 block of T street Appreximately $210 worth of jewelry and a $10 camera weve stolen yester- Thirteenth street, according to a report | to police by George F. Neitzey. Several other minor robberies and ; | petty crimes were reported to police. OTHERS ARE SOUGHT | IN COURT KIDNAPING Two Federal Agents Possible Tip- ! sters in Case Involving 5, In- cluding Policemen. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. January 14 —With two in jail and indicted, authoriti ed today for possible accomplices kidnaping of Ernest Schoenig of Pleas- aptville, N. J. Acting Police Capt. Patrick McVeigh said he considered it “most likely” that two Federal agents had acted as tip- off men in the kidnaping and that he hatl advised the United States attor- ney of the “suspicious” actions of two of the agents. Schoenig, described by police as a wealthy bootlegger, was kidnaped De- cember 27 in the Federal Building in Brooklyn, where he was appearing as a witness in a liquor case. McVeigh said he thought the Federal agents had advised the two policemen of Schoenig’s presence in the building and of the possibility of seizing him there. Police also were working on the theory that there was 2 sixth mamber of the actual kidnaping gang. The five already indicted and under a bail so0 high none of them can raise it are Policeman Arthur B. Graef, Policeman John Nevins, Frank Miller, Max Geller and Leonard Gawelczyk. Although none of the $100,000 ran- som asked by the gang was said to have been paid, District Attorney William Geofhnn of Brooklyn said he was in- vestigating the status of intermediaries named in the case. He said 10 names were suggested by Mrs. Schoenig to the kidnapers and that two were accept- able to them. He refused to name the two. HILL IMPORT MEASURE | BACKED BY CROWTHER Bill Urges Duties on Par Value of Depreciated Foreign Cur- rencies. By the Associsted Press. Marauding Wildcat Carries Steel Trap On Leg 3 Weeks 20-Pound Feline Finally Is Shot by Farmer in Hen House. By the Associated Press. SAVANNAH, Ga., January 14—A certain wildcat's perserverance is fine recommendation for the toothsome qualities of H. E. Martin's chickens. His fowls began disappearing and he set a trap, but the marauder was wary. It kept right on stealing plump pullets but the steel trap remained unsprung. Finally the beast grew careless and planted a foot in the iron jaws but walked away, trap and all. The marauding continued unabated and tracks in soft dirt showed the beast was still carrying the trap. Three weeks passed and Martin no- ticed foot prints that indicated the cat had got rid of the trap and was hob- bling around on three feet. Meanwhile, there was no let-up in the devastating raids on the hen house. The other night a bedlam of cack- ling aroused the farmer and he shot the wildcat, a 20-pound specimen. Its right fore paw was missing. There was evidence it had been chewed off. ASHI 1S ELECTED DAY COMMANDER District Department Annual Convention and Banquet Held Yesterday. Joseph A. Ashi, Washington attorney, was clected commander of the District Department, Disabled American Vet- erans of the World War, at the annual onvention of the organization- in the Raleigh Hotel yesterday. Mr. Ashl, a Ace-Rasmussen Chapter of the department, was chair- past _commander of |man’ of arrangements for the conven- tion. Other officers elected included John Arthur Shaw of Federal Chapter, senior vice commander; James Kehoe, Rea Chapter, junior vice commander, and John L. Spears, Ace-Rasmussen Chap- ter, treasurer. The department held its annual ban- quet in the ball room of the Raleigh Hotel last night, with Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hiner, veterans' administrator; Rep- resentative William P. Connery of Mas- sachusetts and National Comdr. William Conley of the Disabled American Vet- erans as guests of honor. Hines Is Optimistic. Gen. Hines expressed the bellef that “the disabled veterans are mnot going to be touched during the battle now raging over veterans’ compensation.” “With the many friends the veterans have on Capitol Hill,” he said, “I do not believe there will be any cut in the benefits for the disabled man.” Representative Connery reiterated his stand on veterans' legislation, detlaring he would continue to fight “the moneyed interests,” whom he charged with ob- structing the passage of necessary leg- islation to relieve veterans. Comdr. Conley stressed the stand of the organization with respect to pro- tecting the disabled veterans frcm com- pensation cuts. : “While there may be retrenchment within the Government expenditures, we will not at any time allow anything to affect those men who suffer disabili- ties incurred in actual combat in the ‘war,” he declared. The department adopted a resolution during the afternoon session urging that disabled veterans having less than 10 per cent disability be included in the group given preference for Oivil Service posts. Advocates U. S. Purchases. Another resolution adopted by the organization advocated purchase of products of the United States in pref- erence to foreign-made goods, to pro- mote home industry and increase em- ployment in this country. Guests invited to attend the banquet lact night included: Maj. E. T. Hitch, regional director of the Veterans' Administration; William F. Dorsey, District of Columbia depart- ment commander of the G. A. R.; Oscar Hollingsworth, District of Columbia de- partment commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; Mrs. Bryaat K. Ogden, president, Women’s Overseas League; Lee T. Turner, national executive com- mitteeman; E. Claude Babcock, past D. C, JANUARY 15, 1933—PART ONE. (CATHEDRAL RITES | HONGR COOLIDGE Government Official and Dip- lomats Will Attend Serv- ice This Afternoon. Members of the cabinet, Congress jand the diplomatic corps and others | prominent in official life will attend the memorial service in tribute to Calvin Coolidge, thiftieth President of the United States, to be held in the great choir of Washington Cathedral this afterncon. Among special guests will be many personal friends of the late President who were associated with him during his years in the White House. In his memorial address, Bishop James Edward Freeman will emphasizz the significance of Mr. Coolidge's Ch- tian character in relation to his notable services to the Nation. Prayers will be offered in commemoration of the former President and in behalf of Mzs. | Coolidge and members of his family. Cathedral Choir to Sing. Music appropriate to the occasion will be rendered by the Cathedral Choir of men and boys under the direction of Edgar Priest. The lesson will be read by Rev. Dr. Allen A. Stockdale, pastor " of the First Congregational Church, where President and Mrs. Coolidge worshiped curing thelr resi- dence in the White House. Rev. Dr. Ze Barney Phillips, chaplain of the | United States Senate, and Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House of Representatives, will march in the procession with the Cathedral cles An extensive musical program has been arranged. Acceptances have been received by the dean and chapter of the cathedral from the following: The Vice President of the United States, Associate Justice Harlan F. Stone of the Supreme Court and Mrs. Stone, Secretary of the Treas- ury Ogden L. Mills and Mrs. Mills, Secretary of ~Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde and Mrs. Hyde, Secretary of Commerce Roy D. Chapin and Mrs. Chapin and Secretary of Labor Wil- liam N. Doak and Mrs. Doak. | Dip=mats Will Attend. The following members of the diplo- matic_corps have also signified their intention of being present: The French Ambassador and Mme. Paul Claudel, %he 'fl:rkié:\ Ambfidor, Ahmet Muh- ar; the German bassador and Pra Pridrich W. Von Prittwitz Und Grat- fon, the Belgian Ambassador and Mme, Paul May, the Spanish Ambassador and Mme. Don Juan PFrancisco de Car- denss, the Minister of Urugully, Dr. J. Valera; the Minister of Hungary and Countess Laszlo Szechenyi, the Min- wister of Finland, L. Anstrom; the Min- ister of Greece and Mme. Charalambos Simopoulos, the Minister of Sweden, W. Bostrom; the Minister of the Nether- lands and Mme. J, H. Van Royen, the Minister of Lithuania, Bronius Kasimir Balutis; the Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. Michael MacWhite, the Minister of Jugoslavia, Dr. Leonide Pitamic; the Minister of Rumania, Charles A. Davila; the Minister of the Union of South Africa. Eric Hendrick Louw; the Minister of Denmark and Mme. Otto Wadsted, the Minister of Colombia, Dr. Don Fabio Lozano; the Minister of Egypt, Sesostris Sidarouss Pasha and the first secrqtary of the legation, Nicholas Khalil Bey, the Min- ister of Siam and Mme. Phya Subarn Sompati and the Minister of Bolivia and Mme. Enrique Finot. AR VS Puerto Rico's hurricane of 1928 es- tablished a velocity of wind record of almost 200 miles per hour. AFTERNOON—EVENING—NIGHT 153 HOURS WASHINGTON to FLORID| Via the Double Track - Sea Level Routs Havana Lv.3.20P.M. Lv. 7.45 P.M. ive Jan. 3 e A uu;u Street, GENERAL 903-N-NW. SERVICE DEC- 5483 including.. GUARANTEED ) Olts ’";béle Studebaker $ 5 that a little fresh air would help his concentration, everything would go more smoothly . . . but per- haps she is afraid of drafts! This VENTILATOR Will Solve Such Office Problems It lets in the air . . . but keeps out the drafts ... thereby pleasing everybody. Easy to install . , . never gets out of order . .. simple to operate. Ask for estimate. EJMurply @ INCORPORATED 710 12th St. N, W. NAtional 2477 CLEARANCE OF 0DDS & ENDS DURING OUR h te e) 3 - celled by the Siate DEDAILIMENt 4 tast| OCICT™h advised the District Demo- | souinern, commanded by Capt. H. G.| Adoption of the Hill bill to authorize | national commander; Thomas Kirby, night that instructions were sent to the American legation at Athens last week | to request that Insull surrender his| passport. No word has been received that Insull cratic Executive Committee today the | Righer, with temporary headquarters at first primary for reduction of the Dem- | Mobile, Ala., which later will be trans- ocratic fleld of more than a dozen | ferred to New Orleans; the Western, candidates should not be held before | commanded by Capt. Eugene Blake, April 1 with headquarters at San Prancisco, bas done sc, but in the meantime the | lagation was told to infcrm all nearby | rmr}tric: that the pessport is no longer | valid The effect will be, it was said, to pre- he former utilities head from | Greece, where ho fled after his T crumbled away under him.| After his indictment, Chicago officials bearing extradition papers from the State Department sought to bring Insull | home for trial, but he declined and the | Grecian courts upheld his stand. Insull has now apparently taken up residence | in Athens for an indefinite stey and, | even should he decide to leave, finds | himself without a passport unless the Greex Government should issue him one, SEEKS TO ENJOIN COUNTY FROM TAX COLLECTION| ‘Woman Contends $104,397 Balance from 1932 Is Sufficient for 1033 Expenses. By the Associated Press CANTON, Ga., January 14 —Mrs, Eva Johnson centends Cherokee County has # cash balance of $104,397 carried over from 1932 and she is seeking a court injunction against collection of taxes due last year on the grounds that the county doesn’t need the mcney. Her petition for the enjoinder was aimed at the tax collector, the county commissioner and the Board of Tax As- sessors, and asserted there is ample money in the treasury to meet estimated county expenses for 1933 without the levies past due. Despite the balance, she contends, the assessors have fixed the tax rate at 12 mills for the forthcoming year and the collector s proceeding to levy on prop- erty. Mrs, Johnson terms that action un- constitutional and illegal in that it makes the county a profit-making cor- He cxplained the certified list of | and the Northern, to be commanded by voters will be made available by the 18X | Gapt. H. H. Wolf. with headquarters at collector on that date. The second primary. or “run-off” by the leading| | cendidztes, should be held 20 days be- fore the final election, he said, to allow for absentee voting The primaries were decided upon by the Executive Committes in the fear | that a “split vote” among the Demo- | Chicago or Cleveland, The Northern area will not begin to function under the mew arrangement until later and headquarters in the meantime will remain at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich The Eastern area comprises Puerto | Rico and the Atlantic Seacoast to crats_might result in victory for the Cape Hatteras, the Southern from there one Republican candidate. , | through the Gulf of Mexico, the West- The committee had planned 8 first | ern the Pacific Coast. Hawali and primary to be held February 18, With 2| Alaska, and the Northern the Great run-off March 4 and the gencral elec- | 1ajes region. tion March 28. The service will continue to have 13 . —— districts, but the old second in New England is consolidated with the first and third districts and a new second SHORTAGE IN MEMPHIS | : FUNDS TOTALS $37,0001 fers e Jicisonsiie. * The " prosent K1=L;1londu; ’:Anrdqusrters will be moved Audit Continued After Books of | “GiS 18 éeufgrtn mngyu.:‘d#;fiem nmen may not be taken over today, the plan One Unit of City Government | G bow® functioning in all laces Are Checked. where arrangements have been com- By the Associated Press. { leted. P fhe changes are designed to make MEMPHIS, Tenn., January 14—The | the Coast Guard more effective with total of missing municipal funds | less expense. Years have been con- reached $37,000 today as auditors| sumed in working out the realignment. compiled a check of one division of | the government and continued their | scrutiny of books in other departments. | Mayor Watkins Overton announced | that_an audit of the engineers division | of the department of streets, bridges and sewers had revealed a total short- | age of $31,006.48. The engineering shortages were laid | by the mayor to the ealleged specula- tions of M. D. Sabin, former chief book- keeper for the division, who is already | under indictment on a charge of em-| bezzling more than $6,000. HOUSE APPROVES USE OF COTTON FOR NEEDY Senate to Act Next on Bill Provid- ing 329,000 Bales for Red Cross Distribution, By the Assoclated Press. The House yesterday adopted the Tax _ collection discrepancies of | conference report on lemhm:?‘ making ::,ng 73 in 1929 and the theft of available 329,000 bales of Government- 65 from the city treasurer's of- | ow: Cross & fice last December were announced by | Hef distnbation. o o the mayor several days ago. ‘The cotton, last of the Farm Board' stabilization may be utilized for clothing, bedding and quilting. Senate ection will send the bill to the White EDITOR URGES CONTROL poration for the purpose of “enriching the county at the expense of the tax- payers.” TR, CRASH HURTS VIOLINIST Jan Kubelik Is Injured in Prague. Stradivarius Is Unharmed. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, January 14 (®)—Jan Kubelik, the violinkt, was injured in an automobile accident toda but his precious Stradivarius was not there was no h-ml:ww and his hands, which are insured for §: several House. OF NEWS BROADCASTS By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa, uary y James G. Stahlman, publisher of the Nashville, Tenn.,, Banner, pi day's discussion of radio from all angles, at the annual meeting of the Pennsyl. vania Newspaper Publishers’ Associa- tion, with an address in which he said rews broadeasts should be controlled by lhleu individual publisher in each lo- cality. “My pos been and still is,” he said, “that - sociations s 1932 HARVESTS LARGER 352,825,000 Acres 1 Per Cent In- crease Over Previous Year. acreage of crops last year and nature produced a trifie more bountiful yeld. The Agriculture Department said yes- terday that 352,825,000 acres were har- vested, an increase of 1 &-: the previous year. At same time, the m}g’m acre averaged 3.6 per cent shown for America harvested a slightly larger cent above | the collection of duties on imports on the par value of depreciated foreign cur- rencies was urged yesterday by Repre- sentative Crowther of New York. | He told the House that by going off the gold standard, 40 countries had stuck “a steel stiletto into American industry.” Crowther, a Republican member of the Ways and Means Committee that | drafts tarifi and revenue-raising legis lation, said the foreign countries, through depreciated currencies have “left us holding the bag.” The Democrats on the committee, he asserted, prevented a similar measure by Representative Hawley of Oregon from :)emg brought before Congress for ac- ion. MILLER SUIT TO REOPEN ERIE, Pa, January 14 (#)—Col. Zack Miller, former owner of the 101 Ranch at Marlin, Okla., today said he would introduce several surprise wit- nesses in his $342,000 breach of con- tract suit against Tom Mix, movie cowboy, when it goes to trial again next week. A former verdict for $90,000 in Mil- ler's favor was appealed and set aside by_State courts Miller said he will return to his Marlin home as soon es the trial is concluded and prepare to take over again his ranch show. He plans to start a tour within four months. Farmer Is Interred In Casket Kept in Parlor Eight Years Pallbearers and Songs Used in Funeral Were Chosen Long Ago. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD. Mo. January 14— mmul y in by Goode years ago bore the casket to a grave in Elm Grove Cemetery, and sungs selected by him equally long ago, were sung at the e casket Ia) ,_unusui rge, its out- side varnished in onk, was bullt by s minister at Rogersville who for- had been an un national legislative chairman; Ralph L. Chambers, _national rehabilitation; Charles F. J. Bultmann, Roy E. Hale, commander, Department of Virginia, Disabled American Veterans; Walter W. Loflin, commander, Department of Vir- ginia; Samuel Lunine, commander, De- partment of Pennsylvania: Frank Haley, national rehabilitation officer and com- mander, Brooklyn; P. A. De Hofl, com- mander, Baltimore chapter; Edward L. Kelly, national rehabilitation officer, Connecticut, and Helen Snyder, na- tional _executive _committeewoman, Fourth District of Disabled American Veterans' Auxiliary. BOOTLEGGER CONVICTED OF SLAYING DRY AGENT Man Found Guilty on Charge of Manslaughter May Get 1 to 10 Years. By the Associated Press. BEATRICE, Nebr, January 14.—A district court jury late today convicted Ted Weils, 26, seif-confessed bootlegger, of manslaughter in connection with the death of Chester Mason, Federal pro- pibition agent of Omabs, last Novem- Under the verdict, Wells may be given a one-to-ten-year sentence. The case resulted from an attempt to arrest Wells on a liquor offense. Byron Kennedy, who said he had ar- ranged to buy liquor from Wells, was wounded in the encounter and was chief witness for the State. Kennedy said Wells snatched Ma- son's_gun from the officer’s pocket, shot him in the head, and then wound- ed him. Wells said he had been hit over the head and remembered noth- ing after that. Wells had been charged with first degree murder, but County Attorney Ernest Hubka did not ask for the death penalty. R. F. C. DATA REQUESTED IN HOUSE RESOLUTION Fish Specifically Asks About Three Concerns That Failed After Borrowing. By the Associated Press. Representative Pish, Republican, of New York yesterday introduced a reso- lution to have the President furnish the House information, “without delay,’ the amount and time of loans Reconstruction Finance the Union Indemnity Co. of Tilinois Life Insurance Co. of and the St. Louis, (3) 1'-4;:'31 rSstu.‘lin Beds Complete with fe mattress and 3 kapok 313.95 Sale Price.. (4) Green and lvory Kitchen Cabinets Re| 2\ $24.50. s §16.75 mahogany. _ All sizes. (7) Guaranteed Inner Coil to $34.50. Assorted (5) Conasole .Tabh and ance Sale Price.. (20) Footstools velour. Regularly $1.95. Chifforobes 1y $19.50 to $24.50. Clearance Sale Desk S §] 885 Clearance Price.... Regularly $28.50. Clear~ ance Sale Price. pillows. Regularly $2250. Clearance Clearance Sale Price (10) Four Poster Beds Choice of walnut or R | Spring Filled Mattresses Regularly $20.75 tickings. Clearance $15'85 Sale Price .. 3 Lar::l Size Console Mirrors Regularly $5.50. 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Wrought Iron Bridge Lamps Complete with deco- rated shades, egu- larly $2.75, .Clearance Bale Pri : sl.ofl (15) 6x9 Felt Base Linoleum Rugs Choice of . ey U2 B Clearance Sale Price... (6) Fi i;l:'(',)’c;a:;'ggul Tables BRI RN g]) o8 Clearance Sale Price... (10) Occasional Living to $28.50. Clearance EASY TERMS 2 1oom Chadin ndsomely carye frames. Regularly $7.75. s3.49 Clearance Sale Price. .. [¢ G')u grudoirmchdrt Some slightly so! . Regularly $5.95. Clear- 32.69 ance Sale Price. (4) Two-Piece Tapestry Living Room Suites Choice of r\llln colar it natey $33.75 $59.50. Clearince Bale Price.. e (3) Genuine Walnut 8-Pec. < D:'m'nl‘ 'l_li'o;m Suites egular .50. Pully :u:;nnmi 338.85 Clearance Sale Price (20) Walnut Finish Tele- phone Stands and Stools Regularly $2.98. Clear- (3) Overstuffed 2-pc. Bed port Suites Your cholee of club chair or but- ton-back bunny chair. Sagless spring in davenport which opens with one motion to o D 545 BUSY STORES ance Sale Pice..... 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