Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasinz cloudiness, followed by rain or snow tonight or tcmorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 30; warmer tomorrow, Temperatures—Highest, 39, 1:45 pm yesterday; lowest, 28, at 7 t 7:30 today. Full report on page 9. 3 ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “From Press The Star’s Carrie: to Home Within an Hour” T systemcoversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papel.. are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 117.486 Sunday’s Circulation, 129,003 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 = — ch Y as second class Washington tered office, ¥ v +16. WASHINGTON, Y 5 D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY :E‘O, 19 3—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. #%% (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS, ADOLF HITLER NAMED GERMAN CHANCELLOR; PARIS PICKS DALADIER Compromise (‘.al)-; inet Is Selected by | von Hindenburg. New Premiers LONDON ANXIOUS OVER NAZI'S RIS Britain Believes France May Set Up Similar | Nationalist Regime. Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader, | became chancellor of Germany | today, with a compromise cabi- | net, while at Pari Edouard Daladier, new premier of France, sought to build a government. At London, anxious eyes were turned toward the continent as Hitler swung into power. Whether France would counter the Ger- man Nationalist victory with the | setting up of a similar Nation- | alist regime became the question of great interest among Britons. | It shoved into the background the conference of Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador to the Unitcd‘ States, at Warm Springs, Ga.,| with President-elect Roosevelt. | Word from France indicates that official quarters, unalarmed by Hitler's accession, consider that the Nazis likely will be more moderate than speeches have forewarned. The French are carefully watching developments and are especially interested in Hitler’s attitude concerning dis- armament and the League of Nations. At Berlin there was a startling rumor that a group of high army officers, EDOUARD DALADIER. aded by Gen. von Schleicher, had nod to take the law into their is and set up a “directorate” ude to restoraticn cof the monare This rumor, emphatically denied in official circles, was cflered in explana- 1 of the unprececented haste with ch the Hitler cabinet was form:d. von Hammerstein. chief o President ven Hindenbur f1. yes- litical nty there he greatest darger of a “generals’ s reported. Teceived credence amon ‘onal Sccialists and in ic circles. Those who believed report recalled that in 1920 Gen. g some | DALADIER EXPECTS 10 FORM CABINET New Rremier Teils Lebrun He Foresees Success—Holds Conferences. von Hammerstein prevented the success | of the so-called “Kapp rebellion,” an | anti-Republican movement, with which the general's father-in-law, Gen. von Luettwitz, was identified. HITLER CABINET CHOSE! V. Hindenburg Surrounds Him With Con- servative Leaders. BERLIN, January 30 (#).—Adolf ler, picturesque leader of the Ger- ascists, was made chancelicr of today, succeeding Gen. Kurt von Schieicher, who recigned last week. But in granting him the ambition of his political lifetime, President von Hindenburg surrounded him with a cabinet of conservatives. Franz von Papen, the former chancellor and con- fidant of the President. is vice chan- cellor; Konstantin von Neurath remains foreign minisier, Alfred Hugenberg. the Nationalist leader, his an important cabinet post : Hitler placed his best men. William Frick and Hermann Goering, in the cabinet. Frick as minister of the in- terior and Goering as minister without portfolio. The new chancellor, who is only 43, took the appointment in his stride. “Well. we shall see,” was all he said | to the correspondents as he returned to his hotel from the President’s office. “Now let's eat.” He had been up all night and until 5 oclock this morning working out a detailed program to submit to the Presi- dent With his new associates he went over to the executive offices. Otto Meissner, the President’s secre- tary, met him. They talked for a little while, Meissner assured him that the President. in his talks with Col. Papen over the week end, finally had been persuaded to overcome his last scruples against placmg_flnlcr at the ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) REVEALS SECRET POLICE OPERATIONS IN MEXICO | Newspaper Says Ex-Governor of Vera Cruz Formed Organization Along Lines of Cheka. o Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 30.—The newspaper Excelsior said today a secret pelice organization modeled along lines B of the Cheka in Soviet Russia, existed | in Vera Ciuz under the recent rule of ex-Gov. Adalberto Tejeda. The activities of the organizaticn, residents now free to talk without fear of reprisal were quoted as saying, are being surpressed by the new | :Ii-lITI—,"E;R AND CABINET ASSOCIATES; CHERISH FRIENDSHIP WITH U. S. rapidly i governor, Gonzalo Vasquez Vela. took office December 1. 4 The newspaper said the orgznization terrorized farmers, merchants and others opposing the policies of the former gov- ernor. His state agrarian forces re- cently were disarmed by federal troops. He HITCH-H|KéR INJURED ijew' German Chancellor- Admires America More Than Struck by Car of Capital Man on Baltimore Boulevard. BALTIMORE, January 30 (@) —A hitch-hiker identified as Stanley Kaz- lack, 50, of Pittsburgh, is in a serious | condition in St. Agnes Hospital here from injuries received when struck last night by an automobile as he was walk- ing along the ‘Washington-Baltimore Boulevard. Louis H. Otto of Washington, driver of the automobile, was placed under a technical charge of assault and was re- leased pending the outcome of Kaz- lack’s injuries. Spectal Dispat . PARIS, January 30.—Edouard Dala- dier, requested yesterday to form a new | cabinet succeeding that of his chief, | Joseph Paul-Boncour, told President | Lebrun today that he thonght he was going to succeed. He consulted until late last night and all through today with the vari- ous party leaders, concentrating upon his main objective. which is to reduce the budget deficit to a reasonable | figure. “There was some opposition from the s, who clung to their principle state monopolics, but M. Daladier expected that. The Socialist party will | meet tomorrow to decide its attitude. M. Daladier. negotiating with | Socialist party for participation in the cabinet, obtained this evening an offer of co-operation, but attached were con- ditions which his friends doubted he! would accept He had expected difficulty with the Socialists. Their offer to participate was on condition he accept a program calling for state ownership of the ra roads, reduction in the military appro- priation and certain other Socialist | doctrines. | The veteran minister, who regained leadership of the Radical Socialist party after the downfall of Edouard Herriot has already sounded out Joseph Paul- Boncour, Whose government was over- thrown Saturday: Camille Chautemps, | whose short-lived cabinet two years included Daladier; Anatole de Monzie, ROOSEVELT HOPES FOR DEBTS PARLEY - EARLY I MARCH {Makes No Announcement of Results of Conference With Lindsay. VISIT OF MacDONALD TO WASHINGTON LIKELY | President-elect Stands on Position | | to Hold Separate Confer- ences With Nations. By the Associated Press. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., January 30.— The Roosevelt idea for restoration of world trade and financial stability in return for relief to the war deblors | will soon be on its way across the seas. | In this remote Southern mountain 1 village the next President of the United | States talked things over in plain language yesterday with Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay of Great Britain who | sails Tuesday for London to relay the message | The announcement from the three i hours' conference simply said: “The British Ambassador and Mr. Roosevelt have had a wholly informal and un- official, but very satisfactory conversa- tion concerning tentatively the arrange- | ments for the coming meetings in! Washington. It is hoped that it willl be possible to start these meetings early in March.” Stand Not Altered. | That was all, but there is no reason | here to believe that Mr. Roosevelt | budged in any way from his determina- | tion to_ talk separately and personally with individual representatives of the| European debtors on the question of | relief. Also, there is no sign to indicate that he intends to deviate from his an- | nounced policy to link the forthcoming | World ~Economic Conference agenda | with the debts conference Because of his attitude it is regarded as likely that the President-elect indi- | cated he would be glad to have Ramsay | MacDonald, the British Prime Minister, ccme to Washington for the debts talk! | However, Sir Ronald intimated to news- | papermen that this would be very diffi- | cult for Mr. MacDonald because of his | manifold duties. Talking freely with newspapermen | before the conference, the British Am-| bassador recognized a conflict of ideas | on debts and economic procedure be- tween the two governments. Para- phrasing the recent British note he said England was willing to talk debts, but so far as the economic conference | | was_concerned, no committment could | | be made on this until all parties were | together, Note Cautiously Worded. | The Roosevelt-Lindsay note was cau- | tiously worded with both parties fully | cognizant that the other world capitals | ‘ were watching closely. In keeping with | this same caution neither party would | speak after the conference. Mr. Roose- | velt canceled a press conference en- i gagement. The message scribbled with | | pen and ink on a single piece of paper | was their only announcement. Asked if the note assumed that Great | Britain would adhere to the American | ! proposal to send a representative to Washington for a debts meeting and | separate representatives for an eco- nomic discussion, Sir Ronald replied: “Oh, is that so?> I know nothing about it Whatever may have been said or done " (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) /BOMBING OF HOSPITAL | CHARGED TO BOLIVIANS Paraguayan War Office Says Plane Killed Seven Patients, jured Eight. | In- By the Associated Press. ASUNCION, Paraguay, January 30.— The Paraguyan war office today an- nounced a Bolivian airplane had bom- barced a hospital at Islapoi yesterday. killing seven patients and wounding eight seriously, four were slightly in- Jured Islapof, the principal Paraguayan fort in the Northern Chaco tegion. where Bolivia and Paraguay are in con- flict, is the site of an emergency hos- pital. Those wounded recently in the Chaco fighting are concentrated there. It was reported that the drive against PACKERS REVEAL You MAKE A P MIGHTY PUNK APPEARANCE )" AFTER EXPENDING ALL THIS CASH! i E il ) lot Machine Continues to Take Money From Loser | FARM BILL FIGHT Senators Told of Letters Sent | to Producers and Com- mission Men. By the Associated Press CHARLESTON. S. C.. January 30 —Charles G. Anderson says he lost so much money on’ slot machines he decided to do some- thing about it—so he is now losing the money to himself Anderson bought a machine for $16 -and now, when he has the urge to watch the wheels turn. he sticks a nickel in his own machine. So far, he says, he has deposited 400 nickels and reports the most he got back at any one time is 40 cents He says he is still waiting for the jack pot. By the Ascociated Press A Senate committee was told today | that the Institute of Aserican Meat Packers had sent out between two and three hundred thousand circular let- | ters asking hog producers and com- mission men to protest against the do- SENATE PAY CIT * DFBATEDUF SOON 'Amendments to Treasury-P. 0. Bill Likely to Consume Entire Afternoon. Although the Senate resumed work today on the Treasury-Post Office sup- ply bill, it may not reach the question | of Government salaries, recrganization and other general economy features | until tomorrow or Wednesday. There are more than half a dozen JAPAN'S DECISION HIVGES ON REPORT |Notice Served in Message From Tokio, Authorita- tive Report Says. |CHINESE AGAIN FAIL | IN CHIUMENKOW ATTACK | Hundreds on Both Sides Declared Slain in Jehol Fights—Air Raiders Destroy 100 Homes. By the Assoc TOKIO, Januay ister Yasyua Uc reported today to have sent T the League of Nations that Japan's de- cision on whether to withdraw from the League will depend on the character of |the proposed League's report on the Manchurian issue Count Uchida sent a message to Geneva which these sources said author- ized the Japanese d-leg form | League officials that if p: of article 15 of the Lea was applied to the Manch | ve Japan’s decision on membership would depend on the of the report called for in that para- graph (The League alread ing a report un 3 provides ated gun fram- It 1 r. were powered to continue efforts on if they consider it worth- ovided Japa e on | the independence of Manchukuo, the |new Manchurian state, is uncompro- mised. the government was sa little whether the League appli ur of article while. 3 Para- graph three pr ciliation machinery.) CHINESE AGAIN | Attack on Pass Fails for Third Time ! in Four Days. REPULSED. ONQUITTINGLEAGUE! \ T P: e | Tevised beer and wine d for setting up con- | amendments seeking to reduce the ap- | mestic_allotment plan G. F. Swift, president of Swift & Co. and head of the Public Relations Committee of the institute, was ques- tioned about the circular after he had told the Agriculture Committee the plan if applied to hogs would cause a CURRENCY BILL propriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments which must be dis- posed of before the economy program is debated. These amendments are almost certain to take up all of this afternoon. Several of them are being MUKDEN, Manchuria, (#)—For the third time in four d Japanese troops were reported to have | repulsed a determined Chinese attack early today on Chiumenkow (pass of nine gates) in the Great Wall of China A Japanese communique said the January 30 | ter price for the hog producer until PASSED BY HOUSE Federal Gasoline Tax Contin- uance Taken Up—Bank- ruptcy Measure Next. 100 per cent increase in the cost of ham and bacon and harm the farmer. | He said the letter asked growers and | commission men to protest to their Congressmen or the chairmen of the House and Senate Agriculture Commit- tees. Swift said he saw no hope for a bet- the buying power was restored to city residents. At about the same time, Paul Bestor, farm loan commissioner, was putting before the Senate Finance Committee Continuation of the 1-cent-a-gal- offered by McKellar, Democrat, of Ten- nessee. who wants to take a total of | $42.000.000 from the public building program and from postal mail carrying expenditures. Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, also hgs amendments to re- | duce some of the items in the bill, | Would Halt New Projects. i Meanwhile Treasury officials said the | McKellar amendment would bring an immediate halt in the Government's Chinese suffered heavy losses end re- treated to the westward. No Japanese casualties were reported The attacks on the Japanese garri- son, which has occupied the Chinese | city since | January 10, were reported (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) made by forces under the command | opposition expressed by Secretary Mills in a letter to the Frazier bill to re- finance farm mortgages. The letter said the plan proposed by the measure would disrupt the Farm Land Bank and Federal Reserve systems and have harmful results on the Nation's cur- rency system. The measure provides that” the Government refinance at 1!, per cent interest all farm mortgages, with the refinancing loan to be amor ized at the rate of 1’z per cent yearly on_the principal. The measure also provides for issu- ing bonds and currency to supply the funds. posal, Mills said. in part “It would have to be expected that there would be an immediate demand to " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) DESTRUCTION OF CELERY CROP IS RECOMMENDED Florida Growers Act to Stabilize Market by Resolution Adopted. By the Associated Press. BRADENTON, Fla., January 30.—Im- mediate destruction of one-third of the State’s celery crop, ageregating 2,000 acres, in an effort to stabilize the mar- ket, was provided for in resolutions adopted by Florida gorowers, effective today Fort Ayala, in progress nine days, was being continued. 1 R. Hill English, general manager of In commenting on the pro- | lon Pederal tax on gasoline for an- | other 12 months beginning June 30 was voted today by the House. The measure now goes to the Senate. | The vote was 136 to 49. i By the Assoclated Press. Without a record vote, the House to- day passed a bill to allow Federal Re- serve banks to use Government securities as collateral for bank notes and turned | immediately to consideration of whether it will continue the Federal gasoline tax | for_another year. | The Glass-Steagall bill was the first of three the House planned to consider ‘loday under suspension of the rules. | The ‘measure, already approved by the | | Senate. would extend the power the Re- | ]spr\‘e banks alreadv have for another | | year. It now goes to the White Mouse. One-Cent Gas Levy. | The gasoline tax, a 1-cent levy, was | estimated by Chairman Collier of the Ways and Means Committee to be capable of bringing in $137,000,000 an- nually. | The third measure to be considered | was the La_Guardia-McKeown bank- | | ruptey bill, designed to ease the situa- | tion for thousands of farmers, business | men and corporations now in stringent circumstances. After the action of the Hcuse, Steagall said the Glas--Steagall bill would per- mit banks to continue to rediscount Geovernment securities at Federal Re- serve banks as a basis for the issuance of Federal Reserve notes. | | $700,000.000 public building program | except for projects already under con- tract. ‘The amendment would not affect the { $90.000.000 program approved last year and for which the money already has been appropriated, but Treasury off cials said if the amendment became law, they would stop work on plans for the additicnal projects the “minute it passes.” The Treasury on last Saturday had $384.483,192 of public buildings under (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.)+ BREAKS INTO EASEMENT OF BANK OF ENGLAND Intruder Makes History by Enter- ing Impregnable Financial Institution. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, January 30.—The bank of England. hither-to considered im- pregnable as the Rock of Gibraltar and absolutely burglar-proof. was broken into some time after midnight on Sat- urday. History of a sort was made in Police Court today when Timothy Phillips was arraigned on a charge of “breaking and entering the premises of the Banuk of England with intent to commit a felony.” A detective testified that a watch- man at the' bank had found Phillips hiding in the basement. The man told police he had climbed through a back window. He was remanded for trial. o | ago & another ministerial colleague, and other Left bloc associates. Socialist bolts from the Left bloc caused the Paul-Boncour and Herriot rainistries’ downfalls in the past month and a half. Daladier was determined to form a | cabinet by tomorrow at the latest. He ! has already offered Leon Blum, leader of the Socialists, a cabinet post. | Accepted New Arrangements May Approach Moderates. on Oil. If the Socialists refuse to join, he| may turn to the moderates. In that By the Associated Press. event Francis Pictri, minister in sev-| GENEVA, Switzerland, January 30— eral cabinets, may be offered the post | Amicable settlement of the dispute be- of finance minister—of chief impor- |tween Great Britain and Persia over tance now because of a mounting 8eficit | cancellation of the Anglo-Persian Oil and pending action on the attempt to|Co. concession has been tentatively balance the budget. & !reached, it was announced today. It was Finance Minister Cheron's plan | Representatives of both governments i for a 5 per cent increase ir. income and | have virtually accepted a plan advanced | general taxes that caused the defeat|by Edouard Benes of Czechoslovakia of the Paul-Boncour government. which involves negotiatfon for a new |, Georges Bonnet, who succeeded Da- | arrangement between the Persian gov- ladier as minister of public works un ANGLO-PERSIAN DISPUTE | TENTATIVELY SETTLED | Both Governments Said to Have the Manatee County Growers' Associa- | tion, said he had been informed by Florida Celery Shippers, Inc., that all co:)pg,atire ;ndd independen§ gmw;rs- and shippers had agreed to plow under &) % One-third of their crops in solid Tows. | T o il andl't Early shipments have not netted |, THi 15 B 0ot money B, anc 3 freight charges, with crate sales bringing | 2dvocated by = ; from 75 cents to $1.50 delivered, English | said, adding this is less than half of the ‘price necessary to give growers a fair return on their investment labor. English said growers and shippers would petition railroads for emergency | rates to further relieve the situation, which he described as being acute for both growers and shippers. SURVIVOR REPORTS 580 TOLL ON CHINESE SHIP| All Except One British Missionary Frees Billion in Gold. “This eases the gold situation and frees more than a billion dollars in gold Reserve Board,” Patman asserted. Expressing approbation of the bill, Representative Busby, Democrat, of Mississippi, said “as administered it has been a failure.” rency was needed to ease the credit situation, OF CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR State Grange Bucby said, however, inflation of cur- | MOVEMENT SEEKS RECALL | Orders Petitions | dor Paul-Boncour when Dajadier be- | came war minister. was also gonsidered for the finance ministry. Meanwhile police were tsking pre- cautions against renewed demonstra: tions proposed today by thousands of (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ernment and the oil company. Persia canceled the concession several | weeks ago, charging, among other | things, that the company was not pay- ing the royalties it had contracted to pay. The British government referred the dispute to the League of Nations Council. Any Foreign Cou | By the Associated Press. | BERLIN, January 30—Closest ad- | visers of Adolf Hitler, new chancellor | of Germany, said today he would pursue |2 policy of friendship for the United }states which, with the possible excep- tion of Italy, he admires more than any | other foreign country. |~ Gen. von Blomberg, the defense min- | ista=, i sited the United States in 1930, never has ceascd to praise thal country whencver the opportunily of: fered. ntry Except Italy. | Herr Seldte, minister of labor, has in Hsin Ning-Tai Accident Jan- uary 15 Natives. By the Asscciated Press. SHANGHAL January 30.—Five hun- dred and eighty persdns, all Chinese except one British missionary, were re- ported by, a Chinese survivor today to have drowned when the steamer Hsin Ning-Tai sank January 15 in Hanchow Bay. He said he was the sole survivor. (Shanghai newspapers on January 18 said reports that at least 300 Chinese were lost when the Hsin Ning-Tai sank were confirmed.) The report today was from a Chinese who arrived in Ningpo. He said the ship carried an excessive cargo of wheat and hogs and when it was struck broadside by a big wave, turned turtle and sank, carrying every one to a watery grave except himself. | read much about conditions in America ‘ and last November was on the point of making a_tour of the United States. Herr von Krosigk, the finance minister, is well and favorably known in Amer- ican financial circles, and Baron von Neurath, the foreign minister. is familiar to American statesmen. But against this pro-American line-up | must b2 set the plans of Herr Hugen- berg. minister of economics, for lowering interest rates on foreign private loans and for sharply He sald he happened to be on deck, was washed overboard and rescued by fishermen (Previous meager reports said scores of corpses were washed ashore.) Lady Mary Bailey Lands. BORDEAUX. France, January 30 (#)—Lady Mary Bailey, who is Te- turning to England after giving up a flight to Capt Town, South Africa, ar- zived here this morning, Printed, Basing Fight on Charge of Extravagance. By the Associated Press. | SACRAMENTO, Calif., January 30.— Printing of 10,000 copies of a petition proposing the recall of Gov. James Rolph, jr., was ordered for today by the California State Grange. Attorneys who prepared the petition declined to reveal the specific charges. ‘They said it will carry the general ac- cusation of incompetency and that it | does not charge malfeasance in office. | The 10,000 copies are expected to start circulating in 25 or 30 California counties by the end of this week. Mister George H. Sehimeyer has said the Grange bases its recall movement upon the contention that “the Rolph administration has been extravagant” and that “there is a very grave danger of an ad valorem tax which would smash agriculture off the face of the map.” - Georgia Strawberries Ripen. EDISON, Ga., January ‘30 (P.— Strawberries have ripened, pear trees are in full bloom and other. vegetation is sprouting in this vicinity as a conse- quence of mid-Winter's warm weather. Radio Programs on Page B-16| 7 | E : | Jail Break Fails. By the Associated Press | LEXINGTON. N. C.. January 30.— | Sheriff G. V. Bodenheimer was enter- | taining Davidson County deputies at a | dinner, instructing them in their duties, | Eugene Meyer, governor cf the Federal | telling them how to guard prisoners and | | the like, when a trusty suddenly ap- | peared | e Some prisoners are trying to escape.” | ‘%10_ id. |Blizzard in San Bernardino By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, January 30— Caught in a sudden and terrific bliz- zard. more than 2,000 persons were snowbound in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California today as Winter stormed the Pacific Coast for the sevente:nth consecutive day. In the lowlands of Long Beach, Calif., 50 families waited for flood waters to leave the homes from which they were rescued py lifeboats yesterday. Nearby Los Angeles expected more rain after experiencing the greatest precipitation in 17 years—8.41 inches since January 1. Reno, Nevada, was without power for the third day as a result of broken lines in the high Sierra Nevada mountains, which darkened the city Saturday night. Snowfall broke all records for Yo- semite National Park with a season’s {.or.al of 148 inches, since settled to much ess. In the North, gales and high water were reported subsiding along the Oregon coast, while storm conditions prevailed in Washington. Every available snowplow in South- ern Celifornia was turned to the rescue of the hundreds marconed along the rim cf the World Drive in the San Ber- nardino Mountains after they watched BILL IS INTRODUCED Measure Which Would Make § 500,000 Possible Presented by Mrs. Norton. t the request of the District Com- missioners, Chairman Norton of the House District Committee today intro- duced a general unemployment relief bill which would authorize a loan of $2,500,000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation at 3 per cent in- | terest. The District would be enabled to bor- | row from this fund over a two-year pe- riod and the District Commissioners would certify “the mecessity for such fund and that the appropriated reve- nues of the District of Columbia then available and private contributions are inadequate to meet the relief needs of the District of Columbia.” The Norton bill provides that the funds thus borrowed shail be expended by the Board of Public Welfare by loans, employment or direct relief under rules published by the Commissioners. The borrowed funds would be de- posited in the United States Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous trust fund deposits. Chairman Norton also introduced a bill to create a registration board for professional engineers. A similar bill is to be introduced in the Senate by | Senator Capper. ——— _ Rail Men Vote to Strike. BELFAST. Northern Ireland, Jan- | vary 30 (#).—Railway workers at a mass meeting vesterday decided to strike at midnight tonight. More than 5,000 men will be affected. 2,000 SNOWBOUND AS STORMS LASH PACIFIC COAST 17TH DAY Mountains, and 50 Families in Lowlands Refugees From Floods After Rescue. Approximately 500 automobiles had started the trip down from the moun- tains when caught in the fury of the storm. Automobiles were abandoned and motorists walked back to Lake Ar- rowhead ~Cabins, ordinarily closed to the public during the Winter, were opened, and check-up today disclosed occupants of all stranded machines were accounted tor at the lake. The Stat> highway department re- ported it hoped to have the road open by noon today, but that the stalled auto- mobiles on the highway, many of them under huge drifts, slowed the work of clearing the road. Authorities said an- less the highway was reopened imme- diately there was a possibility of a food shortage. At several other mountain points res- | cue parties struggled to reach persons cut off from sources of supplies by ever- increasing snow drifts. Historic Donner Summit, transcon- tinental railroad and highway pass over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, lay under more than 12 feet of snow. Efforts of the California highway department to | repeat the accomplishment of last year, | when the highway was kept open for | the first time throughout the Winter, HEARINGS ON BEER ENDED AS BLL 1S SPEEDEDTOSENATE Committee Gives Collier- Blaine Measure Its Ap- proval in Report. FINANCE GROUP FAILS | TO ALTER LEGISLATION Vote Is On Revenue Features Only, Providing $5 a Barrel Tax, Smoot Declares. c 305 per speeding back to the Ser i report The Volstea { approved 12 1 an hour of cc | tive session i Chairman Smoot said he w | the committee’s h will put t. ready | wr | ate ion permits de in the bill as ago by the S y Committee | Refuse Smoot’s Proposal. | The committee turned down Chair- man Smoot’s proposal for hearings and agrged to con its consideration to | revénue features of the bill. | Smoot said the vite to report the bill favorably was on its revenue features |only. Which providé for a tax of $5 & barrel. | _After reac open hearings retary Mills into a | discuss the n the decision ittee cal not to visions of the d produce 000,000 and $150,000.000 a vear on the kasis of a $5 per barrel tax. This was the same estimate he sub- mitted last month to the House W s and Means Committee when the bill was confined to beer of 3.2 per cent The $5-a-barrel rate, the Treasury said, would produce more Tevenue than any cther tax level Vote to Report Bill. Indiana Shortridge, Reed. Penn- Califcrnia; Bing- ham. Connecticut: La Follette, Wis- consin and Hastings, Delawa Republicans: and Harrison, M King, Utah: George, Geo: Massachusetts Barkley, Ki Hull. Tennessee; Democrats: Against: Smoot, Utah, New Hampshire; a Connally, Texas: ‘Gore, Oklahoma, and Costigan, Colorado; Democrats The amendment cffered in the Sen- ate by Senator Borah, Republican of Idaho, for an exces§ profit tax rapging | from 10 to 30 per cent was rejected without a record vote. __A proposal to increase the tax from (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) 'HINKLER IS REPORTED FOUND ALIVE IN ALPS Missing British Aviator Is Be- lieved Found—Memorial Services Are Canceled. LONDON. January 30 (#).—A report { which could not be confirmed immed- iately that Bert Hinkler, missing British | fiyer, had been found alive in the Alps was received today by the committes which has been directing a search for him for three weeks. The report resulted in cancellation of a memorial service which was to have been held for him here. Bert Hinkler started from Feltham Airdrone January 7 on a solo flight to Australia. He was not reported after the take-off and several days later a search was organized. On assump- tion that he had come down somewhere in the Alps, the search centered there, but bad weather hampered the effort. | _Hinkler is a veteran of many long { flights, on some of which he was unre- ported for days. but he always turned up safely. He has flown from England to the Far East. and several vears ago 82t a speed record of something over 15 days for the flight from London to He went to the United States in 1931 and flew from New York to Kingston, Jamaica, in less than 18 hours. In the same year he needed only 23 hours for the first west-to-east South Atlantic flight, from Brazil to Dakar. RAIN 0% SND\I.V FORECAST FOR CITY TOMORROW Unsettled Weather Is in Prospect as Disturbance Advances Up Coast From South. Rain or snow, beginning late today or early tomorrow, will probably continue through tomorrow, the Weather Bureau announced this morning. No settled weather is in prospect for the Capital for three or four days, the forecaster added. The precipitation, probably beginning to the south of Washington, will con- tinue on up the coast, it was said, reaching the New England coast. torn by gales of the past few days, probably late tomorrow. Whether it will reach ! Washington in the form of rain or snow the scientists could not forecast. To- | night's low temperature will probably + be around 30 degrees, they said. ‘Today dawned clear, but cold, with a minimum temperature of 28 degrecs !recorded at 7:30 am. The wind which | contributed to yesterday's raw weather, attaining a velocity of almost 40 miles at times, dwindled to a breeze, and a rising thermometer prbmised the aver- age temperature for the day might be a few degrees above the normal aver- age of 33. REPEAL ADVOCATE WINS New Texas House Member Also i | Australia. Favors Cash Bonus. HOUSTCN, Tex., January 30 (#).— ) Congressional advocates of prohibition repeal and payment of the soldiers bonus gained a supporter in the elec- tion of Joe H. Eegle, 63-year-old Dem- ocrat and World Viar veteran, to fill both the unexpired snd comirg I the Lake Arrowhead Winter sports car- , were blocked when snow plows and other term of the late Representative nival yesterday, equipment under, E. Garretly Were snowed U