Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1933, Page 4

THE ‘EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON,- D. (., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1933 Mrs. Hoover Views Indian Art $]5[Imm ASKH] e et TOAD TRANSENTS Glassford Says Sum Provided lfllnl’ them to be more resourceful, better- educated and more adventure- ‘sorrehmtbeyaun'mwhomre- mained at homs “This mlcrntory pool of thousands of transient young men is a good scurce for criminals to draw on,” he sald. “These boys need industrial training in a camp project and the Government should get them interested in some occupation for the fauture. bed. There were powder burns bn the WOMAN 's FOUND DEAD. pillow. Police expressed the bellef she POLICE SEEK HUSBAND had been killed as she slept. No Rp(m was found. aymun re - By the Assoclated Press. uray 22 und:g%:w‘y hm' J"I: CHICAGO February 3.—Search for m by which officials sald hl was bert Raymun, alleged one-time saloon %fl known in Chicago. Hotel em- prnvrlewt. was begun last night after es sald Raymun paid his bill in a woman, identified as his wife Leola, Iull ‘Wednesday and left a call for 8 was found shot to death in & Loop|am. yesterday. He umwered the call holel room. and was not seen leaving the hotel, The body, clad in neglige, Jay in a|they said. R.F.C. LOANS PROBE| DEMANDED BY FISH Representative Ajso Asks Resignation of Hecht as Advisory Chairman. By the Associated Press. Representative Fish, Republican, of York, vesterday coupled a demand it .‘udo!.,h S. Hecht resign as chair- men of an Advisory Committee of the Finance Corporation n urgent appeal for a general in- tion of business concerns which have gone into receivership after ob- taining financial aid from the Govern- gency. took his case first before the g Committee, which has under deration his resolution for an in- tion by the Attorney General ter placed in the Congressional ord a statement of his position. He said the facts “disclose a rotten mess thet should and must have the search- light of full publicity cast into every official transaction.” Cites Failures. The New Yorker said the Union In- demnity Co. of New Orleans and the Union Title Co., its affiliate, received loans anuundng approximately to ‘4 0020 “The Ia\t loan, amounting to $970. 000, was made on December 28, 193 and the Union Indemnity Co. failed on January 6. 1933, and the Union Guar- antce Title Co. on January 7, 1933, Fish's statement said, adding: “The records disclose the fact that Mr. Rudolph S. Hecht was chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Recon- struction Finance Corporation at New Orleans, to pass on the loans and col- lateral for the loans. It appears that the same Mr. Hecht is a director of the Union Indemnity Co., which failgd shortly after receiving a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. “If now develops that one or more of the loans made to the Union In- demnity Co., or its holding company, was turned over to the Hibernia Bank & Trust Co. of New Orleans, of which Mr Rudolph S. Hecht is president. “In tion, it 1s alleged that the security given for loans included bonds of the Union Indemnity Co., now defunct. Huey Long Mentioned. n Fish was given similar testi- efore the Banking Committee, tive Hancock, North Carclina asked 1f Hecht was not sociated with Senator Long.” by wish to bring up Senator | Long's name but now that it has been brought up I want to say I have re- reds of letters on the ve: tig and Rec g t was made at the hear- ning by one member of the mnn on Banking and Currency npression that there was behind my resolution, 150 TO I.OSE 108S AS PLANT SUSPENDS Benning Branch of Meat Packing Firln Will Diseontinue Busi- ness Tomorrow. shington plant of the Adolf , meat packing firm at Ben- C., will b2 closed beginning to- | hrowing chout 150 employes 'work, according to the District | ager of the company. In discontinuing operation of the lo- | cal unit of the firm, which has branches in a number of States, officials of the | Gobel Co. plan to continue to serve hingtcn customers from the New plant of the concern, H. W. Bach- lotal manager, said. Current conditions have revealed it economical to close the on'service from New York. it was explained. The Gobel concern entered the local field in July. when it bought the two other provision concerns. The late Andrew Loffler, sr., made a vice president of the Gobel Company. After the elder Mr. Loffler resigned 4n 1931, his con, Andrew Loffler, jr.| formed a rew meat packing firm known | as A. D. Loffler. jr. Inc, which since hN been operating here as a separate SLIGHTLY BURNED 1 IN N STREET BLAZE| A. Kenneth Armstrong, Foreman of Upholstery Establishment, Is Victim. One man was slightly burned today when fire s t the first floor of a three-story building at 907 N street. The blaze broke out on the first floor in an upholstery establishment conducted by Clay A. Armstrong. His son, A. Kenneth Armstrong, foreman of the shop, was burned about the face when he attempted to put out the fire with an extinguisher that failed to function. While Armstrong was using another extinguisher, Millard Simpson Tushed out and turned in an alarm. On the second floor were Mrs. Ruth Volland, owner of the building, and Mrs. J. B. Montropp, occupant of an apartment. Although the front part of the floor filled with smoke, the women remained in the building. Mrs. Volland estimated the damage at $5,000. part of which, she said, was covered by insurance. LIEUT. R. E. S. BOSS IS MADE CAPTAIN Officer Promoted to Succeed Late Capt. R. G. Anderson in Fire Department. Lieut. R. E. S. Boss of the Fire De- partment today was promoted to cap- tain by the District Commissioners to 1ill the vecaficy created by the death of Capt. R. G. Anderson of Company, Sergt. H. F. Harding of the rescue squad was made a lieutenant and Pvt. C. P. Poole of No. 7 Truck Company was made a sergeant. Boss was appointed to the department July 1, 1915, and holds a ribbon deco- ration for his work in the Knicker- bocker Theater disaster. He was com- mended for his work at Kann's ware- house fire. He was promoted to sergeant in 1928 and to lieutenant in 1931. Harding was appointed November 1, IND, :nd there are several commenda- tions record, including one !or his work in Kann's warehouse fire. % sergeant in - 1930, Mb pdnhd Januasy 16, 1928 - left to right: Charles J: Rhoads, assistant commissioner of Indian affairs, Department of Interior; Mrs. John|done to aid these men and the health RS. HOOVER and friends, photographed yesterday at the exhibit of Indian art at the Corcoran Gallery. Front,| would be menaced unless something is Mrs. Charles J. Rhoads and Mrs. and mentality of the future genera- Sloan, who acted as hostess; Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur. In C. D. Walcott. CANCELLATION SOUGHT IN INDIAN LAND TAX Nebraska Delegation on Way Here to Present Case to Secretary of Interior. By the Associated Press PENDER, Nebr., February 3.—A com- mittee of Thurston County farmers and business men is en route to Washington | to ask Federal approval of cancellation of back texes on Indian lands. county Board of Commissioners ap- proved the proposal today. It is urged that the United States Secretary of Interor certify off all taxes levied 2gainst Indian lands. under the | B;zown bill fo: 1 years in arrears and | 1932, are no funds ng from these lands | with which to pay those taxes and that | the lessors and their bondsmen are hopelessly involved to such an extent that such collections cannot be forced.” The commissoners expressed belief that if the matter is disposed of the Indian owners and the white farmers can quickly and fairly adjust rents be- | tween themselves on @ share-crop basis. A letter signed by the commissioners and addressed to the Secretary of the Interior and commissioner of Indian affairs urged definite action be taken. THE NEW Jellet The | “in view of the fact that lhex\' en- | ALMA RUBENS’ MOTHER GETS LIBEL SETTLEMENT Buit for Million on Magazine Story of Actress’ Death Settled Out of Court. By the Associated Press. " LOS ANGELES, February 3.—A mil- lion-dollar suit, brought by Mrs. Theresa Rubens against the Photcplay Publish- | ing Co., charging libel in connection with the magazine's story of the funeral of her daughter, the late Alma Rubens, | nhntactrws, has been settled out of cour | The amount of the settlement was | not ennounced, but attorneys for Mrs. | Rubens said it “a satisfactory and ! | substantial sum. Mrs. Rubens alleged her daughter’s | memory was libeled by the story, pub- lished in_April, 1931. The suit was! tried in Superior Court, but the jury failed to agree and was discharged. Busch's Descendant Wed. ST. LOUIS, February 3 (@).—Miss | Lily Busch Magnus, great-granddaugh- | ter of the late Adolphus Busch, and Ar- | | thur D. B. Preece of Northam) | England, and Westbury, Long_Island, wer~ married yesterday at the home of | the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Ed- | | ward Magnus. | s & 1216-1220 F STREET b Goat piih mm:t ‘oz, 346. Right above— ta Broun with Ko- fineky. 46, Brown with Mink, —Star !hfl Photo. in Wagner Bill Is Insufficient. An appropriation of $15,000,000 for rellef of America's transient unem- ployed men was urged today by Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, former superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Department, at, a heurmgflbeforc the Senate Subcommittee on Banking and Currency, which is considering the Wagner bill to broaden the powers of lhe Reconstruction Finance Corpora- 'x‘he bill would authorize $10,000,000 for relief of the translents, but Gen. | Glassford said this amount’ should bé increased by $5,000,000 and losned to the States to establish vocational camps for training these men in useful oc- cupations. Gen. Glassford declared the transient ttuation is the “most critical human | product of the unemployment situ- ation.” He told the committee he had rece: returned from a 2,000-mile automobtle trip, which he made for the sole purpose of studying the transient oblem. He spid he followed the men | to “jungles,” railroad yards and flop | houses, trying to get their philosophy of life. He said he had come to the conclusion the manhood of America tions would be affected. In h‘n tudies, Gen. Glassford said he | The Morris Plan Bank offers the INDIVIDUAL the facilities of 3 SAVINGS BANK with the added feature of offering a plan to make loans on a practical basis, which enables the borrower to” liquidate his ob- ligation by means of weekly, semi- tmonthly or monthlydeposits. It is not neces- sary to have had an account at this Bank in order to borrow. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W., Washington, D. C. “Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit” Two magic prices in Women’s Coats In regular sizes all the way to 44—in black and brown—with The INDIVIDUAL $120 $180 $240 $300 $360 $540 $1,200 $6,000 BANK for the Loans are pass- ed within a day or two after filing application— with few excep- tions. MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year, though they may be given for any period of from 3 to 12 months. $100 $500 MINK, SILVER FOX, BLUE FOX (dyed white), BLACK FOX, KIT FOX, PERSIAN LAMB, BEAVER, KOLIN- SKY and FITCH—every wanted fur in every wanted size! $69.50 and $79.50 Coats at $46 $89.50 to $110 Coats at $66 Many of these are special purchases—others are our regular stock, but all are the greatest values of the season. Furs are in great shawl and mushroom collars—panel and flare cuffs—but it is not alone the lavish use of fur—it is as well the making, the fine materials, the conservative yet fashionable styles that are attracting so many buyers. They are indeed beautiful coats—and amazing values! T . _ PABHION OOAT SHOPS—THIRD FLOOR. - Emunummmmmmmmnmmumumnmmmnmmwmmmmmmnmmmmnnmmmmuw T T TR T Yourg Hlens Yo 131921 F STREET BOSTONIAN SHOES STETSON HATS A Smashing February Sale with reductions of almost 50% 3,000 St. Albans SUITS slightly above Half Price 2-Trouser 40 2-Trouser Suits less than half price This is NOT Sale merchandise, but our regular stocks in an annual Sensational selling . . . (3o0d staple colors and fabrics. Brown, ' tan, gray and blue serges. Gray, tan or brown Flannels and Tweeds of all col- ors. Never before have we been able to offer such match- less quality . . . matchless value and tremendous assortments at these two prices. Included in this event are many advance Spring colors and models—all the suits are appropriate for wear right now or Spring . . . K Every garment is fitted by a master fitter and Alterations are made by experienced Tailors WITHOUT extra charge. 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