Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1933, Page 3

CONGRESS DIVIDED ON R F. C. REPORT Both Criticism and Defense From Members Greets Publication. By tho Assoclated Press. Both criticism and defense from mem- bers of Congress greeted publication yesterday of the 11,000 loans made by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation during its first five months of activity. Until the voluminous report, covering dispensation of $1,195,000,000 between February 2 and July 20, 1932, can be studied thoroughly no suggestions of an investigation are expected, but immedi- ately after the report was made public cocmment on certain items was forth- coming from members of the House and Senate. Scores San l-‘ranchcn Loan. Representative Howard, Democrat, of Nebraska, author of the resolution which resulted in publicity for the loaws made before Congress ordered the R. F. C. to issue monthly statements, referring to the $64,498,000 loan that went to the San Francisco Bank of America, told newspaper men: “It seems strange that the corpora- tion should make a $64,000,080 loan to a syndicate of foreigners and want to keep it secret, while a farmer who bor- Trows $200 for crop production is black- listed and his loan -posted throughout his county. “I still see no reason to make fish of the farmer and beautifully feathered fowls of the big foreign borrm\ers He said he had been “abused” be- cause he insisted that the loans should be made public instead of being given only to members of Congress. Jesse H. Jones, a corporation dlrector Wed~ nescay had asked Howard not to licize the report on the ground it uould damage the borrowing institutions. Refuse to Yield. But Howard and Speaker Garmer— the latter largely responsible for the fact that loans made after July 21 already have been published—refused to yield. 'I'l‘;(‘) denied that any harm would re- sult Howard said he would not decide whether to carry the investigation further until ke saw the country's reaction and had time to study the new report. Senator Couzens, Republican, of Michigan told newspaper men he had not_had time to study the report thor- oughly, but knew of no reason why he should change his previous opinion that the loans were made in accordance with law. Couzens was chairman of a special Senate committee that investigated these loans. It reported that while it couid not see the collateral, since that was on deposit at Federal Reserve Banks throughout the country, it found i)olhmg to indicate deviations from the aw. “From our superficial examination, it seemed that everything was all right, and I don't yet see reason for taking another atcitude,” Couzens said. u.s. EMPLOYES TO HEAR UNION NOMINATIONS Agricultural Branch, Local No. 2, to Get Report at Next Meet- ing February 23. Nominations will be presented at the next meeting, February 23, of the Agriculture D eral Emp nion No. 2, the Nomi- nating Ccmmntee in charge having been appointed Wednesday night by Miss Lottie L. Anderson, the president. Arthur H. Howell, of the Biological Survey, heads the group, whose other members are: A. C. Edwards, Earl Loveridge, Miss Blanche B. Clarke and Joseph McKericher. Miss Anderson also announced the ap- pointment of the following Member- ship Committee: Dr. H. H. T. Jackson, chairman: W. N. Releander, Elmer ‘Thompson. Miss E. G. Hopper, Dr. J. T. Jardine, C. B. Smith, Everett E. Ed- wards, M. C. Betts, Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, Frank G. Ashbrooks, G. W. McKericner, J. C. Winkjor, F. C. Craighead, G. L. Bidwell, E. W. Love- ridge, Mrs. Lennan C. Zens, Dr. R. G. Pierce, David Lumsden, Capt. C. D. Curtiss and Dr. C. C. Clark. Earle Hoage, Western organizer, and Miss Matilda Lindsey and John D. Cloud, national organizers, spoke. YORKTOWN MEDAL GIVEN TO SECRETARY HURLEY Bociety of the Cincinnati Presents Bronze Memento Marking 150th Anniversary. ‘The Society of the Cincinnati has presented to Secretary of War Patrick | J. Hurley the medal struck by the society to commenorate the 150th an- niversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown on October 19, 1781 The medal has been awarded to the Presidents of the United States, France, Poland, the King of the BelgiansMarshal Petain and his staff, Gen. Pershing, the Governor of Virginia and the Am- bassador of Poland and a few others. The presentation to Secretary Hurley ‘was made Wednesday by Maj. Edgar E. Hume, president of the Society of the | Cincinnati, in the presence of Rear Admiral Hilary Jones, U. S. N., retired, who is a former president of the society. The medal is of bronze and on one side bears the eagle of the soclety, with the legend, “Presented by the Society The reverse bears of the surrender at Yorktown. as designed by Maj. 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BOTH COASTS HIT B WINTRY GALES) 1 1" Shipping and Shore Towns Damaged From New York to North Carolina. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J, January 27.—Offi- cials and citizens began today to reckon the damage caused by a heavy wind and wid sea that lashed the entire Eastern Coast. At the same time, Coast | Gyardsmen continued their efforts to locate the bodies of three harbor pilots, lost when their yawl overturned off Long Branch. The men who were given up for lost | were Pilot Hugh A. McIntyre of Jersey City and Apprentice Pilots Albert Strandberg of Staten Island and Charles M. Peterson of Brooklyn. They had taken the Black Diamond Line | freighter Black Gull out of New York Harbor to Ambrose Channel. Their yawl overturned about 300 yards off shore. Lightship Swept Away. The Nantucket Lightship was torn adrift and driven 30 miles off her sta- tion today, delaying shipping and bringing the threat of high tides along shcre. The vessel was badly pounded by waves which damaged her bow plates, The Cunard liner Franconia, en route to Boston, to pick up passengers for a West Indies cruise, was hove to off Nantucket this morning. Mountainous seas that pounded Cape Cod today undermined the signal tower of the Pamet River Coast Guard Sta- tion at Truro and the 65-foot steel tower crashed to the beach. Akron Lands Safely. ‘The Navy dirigible Akron, which fled | to the Middle West when the storm | struck as the ship was about to land | Wednesday, returned to its base at Lakehurst last night and was stowed away in its hangar. Shipping, crippled by the gale that swept the Virginia and Carolina coasts, was coming into Norfolk today while the Coast Guard cutter Pontchartrain steams to the rescue of the barge Car- pender, adrift off Winter Quarter. Early today the Pontchartrain was 38 miles from Carpender. | The Coast Guard cutter Carabassett is steaming toward Hampton Roads | with the disabled trawler Malolo in tow. | Anxiety is felt here for the safety of the tug Lizzie Shaw and the barges Charles and Maurice Shaw, which left Hampton Roads Tuesday for New York. The tug P. F. Martin is proceeding | into Hampton Roads with a barge re-v covered yesterday by the Pontchartrain. | Barge Is Recovered. The Coast Guard cutter Sebaga of | the New York division reported by wire- less last night that she had picked up the targe Ontario off Absecon Light and would tow it to Delaware Break- | water. The Ontario and the barges | Anatasia and Charleston were being | | towed by the tug Avemony. Coast Guardsmen rescued five men 1 from the fishing sloop Maude E. after | it was driven ashcre at Lewes, D(’l.. and pounded to pieces. At Manteo, N. C., merchants prepared | to move their stocks when water from the sound rose to 2 feet in the streets. | streets and threatened to wash out cot- tages at Virginia Beach. BLIZZARD HITS WEST COAST. Ship Calls for Aid. SAN FRANCISCO, January 27 (P).— Far Westerners of the mountain regions today as the snow pack left by more | than 10 days of blizzerd weather piled still deepe Ancther victim of the snow, the sixth. was found frozen in the Southern Cali- fornia mountains. He was Elton John- son, 18, who was reported missing with | his father, Virgil Johnson, several days ago after they had failed to return from a bear hunt. The father still is missing. Efforts to reach Mr. and Mrs. Murray ‘Wood, beueved snowbound in a cabin in Forty- flve Rescued Near Reno. The Weather Bureau predicted more snow for today and tomorrow. Occa- sionz] snows were forecast for Idaho and Nevada. Fcrty-five persons, one a woman seri- ously ill, were taken to Reno, Nev., after a rotary snow plow broke throvgh deep dru".s to two ranch houses north of that city. At Greenhorn Creek, 10 miles from Grass Valley, Calif., a relief party found members of a placer colony short of food. Ship Calls for Aid. 'roued tbout ln storm Welflu:t 1,000 the dl.ubhd rrei;mer Everett called for aid from other ships and within a short time two sister vessels were or- dered to proceed to its assistance. CLUB TO HONOR LINCOLN Committees to arrange for the cele- braticn of Lincoln's and Frederick Douglass’' birthdays will be appcinted at a special meeting tonight of the Mu-So-Lit Club at 1327 R street, fol- "B paaiamtion, o andie e Arrangements also will be perfected for the club's part of the inaugural ceremonies, The rising tide also invaded Norfolk | | Many Rescued During Temporary Lull. | remained close to shelter and supplies | Dr. Fordney is professor of criminology at a famous university. His advice is often sought by the police of many cities When confronted with particularly bafliing cases. This problem has been taken from his case- book covering hundreds of criminal investi- eations. L5y qour, wits on 1 It takes but ONE MINUTE to ‘read! . Every fact and every Clue nmecessary 10 its solution are in ihe story itself. there is only one answer. How good a detective are you? Sheriff Waters’ Deduction. BY H. A. RIPLEY. Y connection with the case,’ «“ said Prof. Fordney to some friends, “really started when 1 dropped into the general| store in Hillsville for some tobacco. I was spending a quiet week | end in the village. Finding some of | the local fellows playing poker, I asked them to give me a few dollars for a poor family I had Jjust discovered liv- ing in wretc! circumstances. “They all con- tributed something and when Andrews, who introduced himself as a tr: eling salesman, peeled off a $5 bill from a big roll, I caught a sign pass between two of the bystanders. During | Labo: our brief conver- —~~ .~ %~ ration Andrews told me of his intention | Tinkhal of spending the night in Hillsville. The next morning he was found murdered on the out- skirts of the village—shot three times. “Frank Waters, deputy sheriff offictally in charge of the case, sought my assist- ance. All we found in going through Andrews’ pockets were three orders for | merchandise dated the day before, one from Simpson; some small change, package of cigarettes, two poker chips | and a torn piece of paper bearing the message, ‘TEND TO YOUR OWN BUSINESS IN HILLSVILLE IF YOU | KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU. “Upon completion of the examination I was surprised by the keen detective seuse displayed by Sheriff Waters when he told me he was going to arrest Simpson—that he knew he was in- volved in the murder. He asked my opinion and I told him, of course; that Simpson WAS undoubtedly involved.” WHAT CLUE LED WATERS TO THE DEFINITE CONVICTION THAT SIMPSON WAS INVOLVED IN THE MURDER? (See Solution on Page A-13.) Z-A. P. Photo. HOUSE WETS SEEK BAN ON DRY FUNDS Bloc Opens Campaign to Cut Out Prohibition Enforce- ment Appropriation. By the Associated Press. Anti-prohibitionists opened a drive in the House today to eliminate prohibition enforcement funds for the 1934 fiscal year from the Justice Department supply bill. The propesal to eliminate all of the $9,120,000 the bill carried for enforce- ment was made by Representative O’Connor, Democrat, of New York, a |leader of the Democratic wet bloc. Debate to Be Limited. Before his amendment was offered. it | had been agreed to limit debate on this portion of the bill to two hours. | Other proposals also were presented | by anti-prohibitionists. Representative \Grlmn. Democrat, of New York. pro- | posed to cut the $9.120.000 total to | $7.199.986; Representative Tinkham, Republican, of Massachusetts, offered amendments to prevent the use of | money for wire-tapping, for the pur- chase for use as evidence of any in- toxicating liquors and for the hire of special employes under contract. | Funds Already Cut. | The enforcement funds allocation al- ready has been reduced 5 per cent by the Appropriations Committee because that was about the average reduction | under budget estimates for the Depart- | ments of State, Justice, Commerce and T. Representative Tarver, Democrat, of Georgia, offered as a substitute for the m amendments a proviso that no money be allowed for the purchase of intoxicating liquors, the pay of in- formers or pay for evidence. 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Bacigalpuo of Massachusetts, who has presided at the hearings, said the Virginia authorities seeking Crawford's return to face trial for the murder of Miss Agnes Boeing Ilsley and her maid, Nina Buckner, had made out a prima facle case. Commonwealth's Attorney John Gal- leher of Loudoun County presented wit- nesses and evidence to show the George Crawford held in Boston was the man sought by Virginia, and that he was at or near Middleburg at about the time of the slaying. At that time Mrs. Iisley and her maid were found beaten to death in a cottage on her 200-acre estate. Counsel for Crawford, who included former State Attorney General J. Wes- ton Allen and Butler R. Wilson, presi- dent of the Boston branch of the Na- tional Association for the Advancement of the Colored People, said illness pre- vented them from prescmlng their wit- nesses at this tim They said they huped to establish an AT THE FIRST SNEEZE NIGHT and MORNING FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1933. dlblm:ntmamovn'fardhzldh ‘They objected that the State of Vir- had failed to prove a circular seek- Crawford’s arrest actually Crawford or that the those of the Crawford ‘::l(ht. at the State House met with legal dif- ficulties. But four of these witnesses positively identified police phowgnph. : :.'huu of the Crawford they kne Over the objections of Crawford's emlnnl. an alleged confession made by him to Galleher was taken in evidence. ‘The confession was sald by Galleher w contain admissions that Crawford another colored man attempted to rob the Ilsley cof and that the other man apparently had slain the women, * TWO OTHER SUSPECTS SOUGHT. Richmond Police Seek Man:Named by | | Crawford as Slayer. RICHMOND, Va., January 27 (#).— The search for the alleged murderer of Mrs. Agnes Boeing Ilsley of Middle- |; g burg and her maid, Mrs. Annie Buck- ner, which occurred last Jamuary, took a new turn here today as it was dis- closed private detectives are seeking two persons for questioning. George Crawford, under arrest in Boston. is said to have told Commonwealth's At- torney John Gallaher he did not com- mit the murder, and blamed the slay- ings on a companion whom he identified only as Charlie Jackson, Negro, Since Crawford is known to have been in Richmond immediately after the slayings a year ago, detectives to- day were asked to pick up the trail and try to find companions of Crawford, who may be somewhere in this city The trial of Crawford is scheduled in Loudoun County for the February term of Circuit Court, and police and detectives are bending every effort to identify the “Charlie Jackson” referred | to by Crawford before that time. 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