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“ARMISTICE? URGED TO REVIVE COUNTRY Senator Harrison Proposes Ten Projects for Extra Congress Session. By the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, February 4—“Armi- stice in politics, criticism and obstruc- | tion” was demanded last night by Senator Harrison of Mississippi in pro- posing a series of 10 legislative projects | for the coming extra session of Congress. The Mississippian, whe stands high in the councils of the Democratic party, said he hoped President-elect Roosevelt would “call the Congress into extraor- dinary session just as soon as he shall ave worked out his legislative pro- gram.” Addressing the annual banquet of the Rhode Island Textile Association, the man who will head the powerful Senate Finance Committee in the Roosevelt administration listed the 10 points for prompt consideration es follows: ancing the budget, prohibition re- beer, reciprocal tariff agreements, two farm relief projects, lowering income tax exemptions if necessary, but no sales stabilization of foreign exchanges, . and transportation relief. the resolution for a inquiry into the economic situation by the Finance Committee, on cited that more 4han 50 lead- ing Amevican citizens had been called v views at hearings start- 13. He said some may be unwilling to state their vi in the cpen and the committes would be willing to hear these in executive session. Declaring the Nation's fiscal struc- red,” the Mississip- pian neverth said the credit of no government “can be sustained for any length of time on an unbalanced budget.” Strict Economy Urged. He called for strict economies through reduced appropriations and tmental reorganization and said “if it becomes necessary to increase in order to balance the budget” he would vote to impose them “prompt- 1y and courageously.” He said the surtax rates had been oint where this source been exhausted and if oline tax and beer revenue did not make ends meet he preferred to see income tax exemptions lowered and increases mace if neces- s He predicted beer wculd be legalized within two months and said it would upward of $150,000,000 in revenue. The eighteenth amendment, he said, “must be repealed and the police power rededicated to the rights of the States.” In connection with debts discussions, he said America should demand stabili- zation of currencies by foreign coun- tries, retrenching in military and other expenditures and “putting their govern- ments in order.” Farm Program. He proposed a farm program that “will influence a curtailment of crop production” and bring about a reduc- tion of interest on mortgages and con- tracts. Bankruptey laws, he said, must be amended “'so that those who are forced to travel through the labyrinthian roads of bankruptcy can be guaranteed against unnecessary delay and exorbi- tant expense.” “Our entire transportation system is | in a miserable plight,” he said, adding | legislation was needed “which will make | secure the great arteries of travel and | commerce.” “Such a program,” he continued, “is ambitious, but it is necespary, and the highest service one chn mow perform, whether he is in the legisiative councils at Washington or here in private life in your city, whether he be Republican or Democrat, is to give co-operation to Gov. Roosevelt and his administration in the hope that our economic position may be strengthened and the happiness of our people restored.” COMMISSIONERS ASK MUNICIPAL USE OF EXTRA GAS TAX FUND | ___(Continued From First Page.) of the two-cent tax, are estimated at| $2,150,000, and for the fiscal year 1934, | the same rate of tax, at $2,300.000. District of Columbia bud- .get, submited to Congress by the Bud-' get Bureau for the fiscal year 1934, \appropriation estimates payable from «the gasoline tax fund are approved "for $2, 350, as against appropria- tions made from that fund in the fis-| cal year 1933 of '$1.863.700. Notwith- | standing the large amount of the 1934 -estimate, it is estimated that there ‘will remiain moneys to the credit of! «the gacoline tax fund unappropriated | *at the e of the fiscal year 1934 of | over 000 “The Com ioners of tie District jof Columbia e that there are cer- tain other appropriation charges now made-against _the general revenues of ‘the District of Columbia that are suf- ficiently closely identified with street tra to justify the transfer of such charges to the gasoline tax fund.| Hence their suggestion that the gaso- | line tax fund be made available to the | purpose now au-horized by law for park | road improvement and repair; construc- tion, repair and maintenance of. bridges salaries, purchase, installation of elec- tric traffic lights, and all other expenses of the Department of Vehicles and Traffic; salaries of employes in the street_and bridge divisions of the High- way Department: salaries of members of the Metropolitan Police Force as- signed to the Traffic Bureau of the Police Department, and salaries of Policemen stationed at street railway crossings and intersecticns, this latter provision to be effective when the mer- ger between the street railway com- panies in the District of Columbia shall be accomplished in accordance Wwith law.” The Commissioners do not favor the proposal now in the bill to require the filing of a bond by gasoline importers. They express the opinion that the li- e authority, with the right to re- voke licenses, gives adequate protection to the District for the purpose sought to be accomplished by the bond. Figures supplied to the committee a time ago indicate that if a 3-cent gas rate had been in effect during the current year the total revenue would have been more than $3,000,000, and for next year it probably would be sev- eral hundred thousand dollars more in total collections. —————— DR. BREASTED TO SAIL Will Inspect Excavations on Site of Ancient Persian Capital. NEW YORK, February 4 (#).—Dr. James Henry Breasted, director of the Oriencal Institute of the University of Chicago, will sail today to inspect the work of the institute’'s archaeological expedition at Persepolis, stronghold of the ancient Persians. Recent excavations of this expedi- tion have been described as the great- est in archeological work. “It makes you feel utterly insignifi- cant,” he continued, “to dig and to find that’ those people were so concerned over things that mattered so much to them And they have gone and what of those things that mattered? Only character mattered. And to come across all their tweedle-de-dees—some of them rhake us smile and yet at the same time we realize that we are in the same predicament. Given time, others will Jaugh at our tweedle-de- dees.” . G_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, RUSSIAN PEASANTS DRAFTED TO SAVE LUMBER EXPORT PLAN Northern Farm Folk Mob‘ilized for Month's Labor Cutting Trees in “Stalin’s March to Forests"—Will Form Brigades. By the Associated Press. ARCHANGEL, Russia, February 4— All peacants in the Northern Regicn whose numbers run into the thousands, have been summarily drafted for one month’s labor in the lumber camps in an effort by the Soviet Government to prevent failure of the timber export plan for 1933-34. Admitting that recent bad work in cutting and transport of lumber en- dangers this import phase of the sec- ond 5-year plan, the Northern Region Communist party has proclaimed a 31- day period. beginning February 7 and ending March 10 as a month for “Stal- in's march to the forests.” All able- bodled peasants, individuals and col- lectivists, in the whole Ncrthern Region covering 1,119,000 square kilometers, stretching from the White Sea to the Urals and southward to the Vologda district, wiil be mobilized for compul- sory work. Shirkers Termed “Traitors.” During this period the party's order, reading like & war-time military de- cree, directs women and children to carry on the work of the villages which will be stripped of men, and declares that those peasants, who refuse service in the forests will be considered traitors and dealt with accordingly. The peasants will be required to sup- ply their own horses. They will pe formed into brigades, each headed by a trusted appointee. At the same time 70 per cent of the membership of the whole northern region party organization of 15,000 young Communists were ordered into the forests to supervise and co-ordinate the work of the drafted peasants. Must Double Cutting. The order specified that the present rate of timber cutting must be doubled and the rate of transportation tripled in order to fulfill 90 and 75 per re- spectively of the plan for these phases of work by the end of the drive, in which cutting will be continuous h the daylight hours and trans- port day and night. There was no mention of pay for the peasants, but the order said provision must be made for feeding them. ‘The Party Committee prefaced the order: “The northern region is one of the most important sectors in the ful- fillment of the second 5-year plan, especially in the matter of export. But we falled to complete the production planned in the last quarter of 1932 and work during the first month of this year was very unsatisfactory. “Direct Danger Threatens.” “Because of this, direct danger threat- ens our export plan, not only for 1933, but also for 1934. Such a situation is intolerable. ~The problem must be solved in February.” The northern region, 52 per cent of which consists of forest land, had an official population in 1931 of 2,500,000. Soviet Russia exported 5,559,821 tons of lumber in 1932 as compared with 6,083,- 221 tons in the previous year. WOMAN SURRENDERS ON FRAUD CHARGES Accused of Victimizing Prominent ‘Women in Philanthropic In- vestment Scheme. By the Associated Pre: BOSTON, February 4.— Mrs. Flor- ence Hascall, widow of a former busi- ness manager and trustee of Boston University, surrendered yesterday on a warrant charging her with larceny in an alleged fraud which, police said, might have victimized prominent wom- en to the extent of $1,000,000. Mrs. Hascall was accompanied by her | counsel, David Greer, and was released in $15,000 bail. Greer told Judge Michael J. Murray in Municipal Court that Mrs. Hascall | had been a victim of the fraud, but at | the request of Police Lieut. Thomas | Traynor the warrant was issued spe- cifically charging her with larceny of $5,000. Police investigation was said to have revealed a strange story of & “gift family,” in which woman investors were allowed to become participating mem- bers. Members of the “family” were to participate in a fund directed by a | mysterious fmlnnthxopis'. with a flair for financial management that was to net investors as high as 50 per cent profit. In some vague manner investors were given to understand, police said, that the poor and needy were to be a:ded through the operations of the | plan. Attorney Greer pleaded for a del-y! in order to produce a contract, which, he said, would show that Mrs. Hascall had acted innocently. Police were sald to have discovered that a number of women had invested sums running as high as $10,000. CAMPBELL W.AITS BETTER WEATHER FOR SPEED RUN E British Racer Also Hopes Tide Will Restore Two Miles Washed From Beach Course. By the Associated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, February 4—Sir Malcolm Campbell, who came from England to try for a new world land speed record here, took things easy today as he waited for favor-| able weatner and beacn conditions and hoped a tide would straighten out a| curve that cut off two miles of the| speedway here. | Last Fall, a high tide, churned be- | fore a northeaster, threw up curves THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Rain or snow this afternoon and possibly early to- night; tomorrow cloudy and colder, fol- lowed by snow in late afternoon or at night; minimum temperature tonight about 28 degrees; moderate east, shift- ing to north winds. Maryland—Snow this afternoon and tonight; tomorrow cloudy and colder, followed by snow in extreme west por- tion in afternoon or at night, Virginia—Rain or snow this after- noon and early tonight; tomorrow cloudy, followed by snow in extreme west portion in afternoon or at night; not much change in temperature. West Virginia—Cloudy, possibly snow flurries in extreme east portion tonight; | tomorrow cloudy, followed by snow in afternoon or at night; colder in north portion tomorrow. Outlook for February 6 to February 11. North and Mildle Atlantic States— Snow at beginning of week, snow or rain about Wednesday and again at end of week. Cold first half of week, moderating about Thursday, colder at end of week. River Report. Potomac River clear and Shenan- doah little cloudy today. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Yesterday— Inches. 4 pm. . 8 pm. . Midnight ‘Today— 4 am. 8 am. Noon Record for Last 24 Hours. Highest, 44, at 3 p.m. yesterday. Year ago, 50. Lowest, 30, at 3 am. today. ago, 37. Record Temperature This Year. Highest, 68, on January 19. Lowest, 20, on January 1. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Toda; azou-y.'m 9:4lam, ‘Tomorrow. 4:03a.m. 10:38am. 3:31 pm. 4:27pm. 10:29pm. 11:26 pm. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sun, today ... 7:12 Sun, tomorrow 7:11 :33 Moon, today.. 11:58a.m. 2:50am. Automobile lights must be turned on one-halt hour after sunset. Precipitation, Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1933. Average. Record. January...... 325 3.55 1.09 Sets. 5:32 at the north end of the beach and cut | M the available runway from 11 to 9| miles. Now Sir Malcolm wants another | 9 tide to cut it back to 11 miles, so he | A can have 5 miles to get his big car| started and 5 miles to stop it after | he flashes through the measured mile where his assault upon his own world | record of 253 miles an hour will be timed. Unless the beach is lengthened Camp- bell may not be able to get top speed out of his reconditioned Bluebird, which ge believes will make 300 miles an our. | —_— ROOSEVELT TO GIVE DEBT NEGOTIATIONS DATA TO CONGRESS| & (Continued From First Page.) —_— e e tlalnons was not disclosed by Mr. Roose- velt. poses to discuss the progress of the conversations with some kind of a committee of the Senate and House. It was simply said that he pro- | & Stations. Abilene, Tex. Albany. N, It was reiterated that the actual| Hur negotiations are regarded definitely as an executive function. Farley on Florida Ride. James A. Farley, chairman of the National Committee and the master of the mamy thousand subordinate jobs N. Orleans, L. New York, N. to be passed out by the new adminis- | Omah: tration, rode with Mr. Roosevelt to his sea_rencezvous. The President-elect is reserving to himself alone the high cabinet and “baby cabinet” appointments. But he realizes that a new Government involves a vast appointive task, and in this he is listening to his trusted advisers. aha, Nebr. Philadelphia x, Ari: Antonio. 1 San Diego, Cail? 30. San_ Prancisco. 30 8t. Louis, Mo... 29. In the weeks since he has quit the Bei governorship of New York and turned to the i e presidency of the United States, "l,'v e Mr. Roosevelt in New York and at his Warm Springs retreat has molded definitely his policies and studied the men he wants to execute them. He is ready to act. But before acting, he is going to per- mit the dying Hoover administration to do its job. COAST TUNNEL DELAYED in ... Buow (7 a.m., Greenwich time, todsy.) oudy Part cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Company Unable to Make Satis-| Colos factory Bond. LOS ANGELES, February 4 (H.— A Milwaukee firm, Wenzel & Hennoch, may get the contract to dig the gigantic San Jacinto tunnel unfNof the Metro- nolitan water district aqueduct, which will bring Colorado River water to Southern California. !zl;i':v;dnped yu::;dly that the lfi Topol Engineering Corporation, which had been awarded a conditional contract, has been unable to make satis- Zfactory bond. @irl Scouts Broadcast Playlet. ‘The fourth playlet presented by Girl Scouts of m‘.’u:)i:um was broadcast Mrs. Troop §3,” snd Preston A Year | VROOMAN BACKS ALLOTMENT PLAN Former Agriculture Depart- ment Official Declares Farm Bill Sound. By the Associated Press. A former Democratic Assistant See- retary of Agriculture told the Senate Agriculture Committee today the do- mestic allotment farm bill passed by the House was sound and seemed to have enough political backing to become a law. ' Carl Vrooman of Bloomington, I, who served in the Agriculture Depart- ment under President Wilson, testi- fled in support of the bill after Thomas Y. Wickham, chairman of the Grain Committee on National Affairs, had op- posed it. Vrooman observed that the bill “seems to have the approval of the in- coming administration” and of a ma- Jority of the farm organizations. “As a temporary emergency measure, the basic principle of the bill is sound economically,” he said. m said he was a little preju- diced ainst Congress,” and that he belleved the domestic allotment plan would fail fo raise farm prices. He said his committee represented grain and produce exchanges and boards of trade in Buffalo, Chicago, Duluth, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York, Omaha and St. Louls. “One think will put up the price of grain,” Wickham said, “increase the demand foryit. If there is no demand for an article, all the Jegislation in the world cannot put a price tag on it and make it sell.” VOTE ON SILVER BILL IN HOUSE CONSIDERED —— But Coinage Committee Agrees Present Congress Won't Mbn- etize the Metal. By the Associated Press. Despite agreement that the present Congress is not going to pass a silver Temonetization bill, members of the House Coinage Committee today seri- ously discussed trying for a House vote to obtain the country’s reaction for the benefit of the new administration. Discussion of the question cropped out as Representative Shallenberger, Democrat, of Nebraska, explained to the committee his own bill to establish a 16-to-1 ratio between gold and silver, and to permit free coinage of silver. “We all know,” Shallenberger said, “that this Congress is not going to pass this 16-to-1 bill.” “Do you think the House would pass & limited silver bill this session?” asked Fiesinger, Democrat. of Ohio. “You might possibly get it through the House, but I don't know how the Senate would receive it, and I don't think the President would sign fit,” Shallenberger answered. “But don't you think that with a new administration coming in we might bring it up and get the country in- terested?” “First, you have got to get a bill that the new administration will agree upom, and that might be a little difficult,” | 8hallenberger said. “Well, I simply thought that the in- coming President might like to see the reaction of the country,” Flesenger pursued. MAYFLOWER HOTEL Traffic Tied Up Nearly Hour as Throng Watches Firemen Fight Roof Blaze. Connecticut avenue traffic was tied up for nearly an hour last night while fire- men fought a blaze that swept across the roof of the Mayflower Hotel, dama; ing the building to the extent of more than $600. Apparently breaking out in a laundry vent on the roof, the flames, fanned by a brisk wind, threatened, for a time, to spread to machinery lofts and other equipment. A crowd of several hundred lined the streets in front of the building as fire- men, handicapped by the difficulty of hoistfng hose lines to the roof, fought to overcome the blaze. Once the hose lines were rigged up, however, the firemen quickly brought the flames under control. ‘The apartment of Vice President Curtis, directly under the fire area, was saved from appreciable damage by spreading salvage sheets over the fur- nishings. Only a small amount of wa- ter damage was reported. Vice President was not at home. Trestles were erected over the street car_tracks on Connecticut avenue so trolleys could move, but sutomopile traffic was rerouted. Guests of the hotel, for the most part, ‘were unaware of the blaze. HEADS NAVY BOARD Rear Adm. Maruellto Succeeds Rear Adm. Jehu V. Chase. Rear Admiral Keorge R. Marvellto was named chairman of the Navy's General Board in orders issued today at the department. ‘The officer, who has been a member of the board since last April, takes over his new duties immediately. Admiral Marvellto, who won the Navy Cross for his World War service, commanding the battleship U. S. 8. Louisiana, succeeds Rear Admiral Jehu V. Chase, who re- 7 | tired February 1. EX-ACTRESS IMPROVES California Hospital. SAN FRANCISCO, February 4 ().— Physicians sald Corliss Palmer, former motion picture actress and one time Georgia beauty contest winner, con-|the tinued to show improvement yesterday at the San Francisco ital, where she is being treated for alcoholism. A telegram and letter from Los An- geles and a bouquet of roses from an unidentified admirer were to have cheered her. She was m her hotel to an emergency hospital ‘Tuesday night and later transferred to the general hospital. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Solders’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at Zimmermann, Suite romantic, Carnival Ve- netian’ Valse petite, Pinale, “Nai “The gn Blue and Gold”... Spangled Banner” DAMAGED BY FIRE| Corliss Palmer Reported Better at| = Wed 50 Years COUPLE CELEBRATE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY. MR. AND MRS. BERNARD HONEMAN, ‘Who celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary Tuesday. A luncheon was given in their honor by their daughter, Mrs. E. 8. Rochester, at her home, 3401 Sixteenth street. They have five chil- dren and five grandchildren. —Harris-Ewing Photos. HAWES SUCCEEDED BY BENNETT CLARK Son of Former Speaker Takes Oath as Predecessor Re- signs to Clear Way. By the Assoclated Press. Benrett Clark, son of the Ilate Speaker Champ Clark, began his career as a Senator yesterday, as his prede- cessor in office Marry B. Hawes of Mis- souri, resigned before the expiration of his term. Because of Hawes' retirement, Clark will attain seniority in experience and committee assignments over other new Democratic Senators. Senator Hawes would not have completed his tenure of office until March 4, and Clark had been elected for the six-year period beginning that date. Under the present arrangement, Gov. Park of Missouri has appointed the Senator-elect to fill out Hawes’' term. Wants Tariff Reduced. Clark, big, broad-shouldered and brisk, told newspapermen after he had been 'inducted into office that his prin- | cipal and immediate aim is reduction of tariffs. His first vote was cast in opposition to the Johnson proposal which would compel Government De- partments to buy American-made goods. “Why try to expand our trade and then raise the barrier still higher by such & gflncl le?” he asked, and, an- swering himself, replied, “It’s all wrong.” Attired in morning coat, striped trousers and y spats, Clark was escorted to the Vice President's plat- form by Democratic Leader Robinson as Hawes sat in his accustomed place in in the rear row on the Democratic side. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, Prgldent Pro Tem, administered the oath. Hawes Paid Tribute. There followed one of the warmest tributes ever paid a man leaving the Senate. Senator after Senator, Re- publican and Democratic, praised Hawes for his distinguished public service in House and Senate and particularly for his untiring efforts to gain freedom for the Filipinos. Hawes served as a member of the House in the Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses. He was elected November 2, 1926, to the un- expired term of the late Senator Selden P. Spencer, expiring March 3, 1927, and to the full term ending next month. He did not stand for re-election. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COUNCIL TO CONVENE 42 Denominations Will Be Repre- sented in Annual Bessions in Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 4—Dr. Hugh S. Magill, -Chicago, general secretary of the International Council of Religious Education, today announced that the annual meeting of the council, opening Monday here, would be attended by rep- Tesentatives of 42 participating de- nominations. ‘The high point of the nine-day con- vention would be reached at a “decade dinner” on February 10 to celebrate 10 years of co-operative educational ef- forts, he said. Among the larger denominations sending delegates he listed the Meth- odist Episcopal, North and South; Con- gregational, Baptist, Presbyterian, North and South; Episcopal, Lutheran, United Church of Canada, Evangelical, United Brethren and Reformed churches. HURLEY RESUMES HOP Secretary Returning by Plane From Shreveport, La. JACKSON, Miss., February 4 (#).— Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley took off shortly after 9 a.m. today, resuming his flight from Shreveport, La. to ‘Washington, interrupted last night by unfavorable weather. The War Secretary will make & brief stop at Montgomery, Ala., and expected to reach Atlanta afier noon. MUSIC MUSIC CLUB CONCERT. A LARGE audience was present yes- terday at Barker Hall to hear Katherine Ellis, pianist, and Anne Yago McGuffey, contralto, joint artists, a)pemnb g at the Friday Morning Music ub. Mrs. gave a fine rendition of Mozart’s “Theme and Variations,” play- ing it with fluency and well rounded tone that added dignity to the flowing P! . Her second group contained a “Sketch,” by Carl Engle, in which she ht'out the full emotional content tone, but an unevenness in sustaining effects, & certain letting-down of interest and control disturbed a formance that otherwise had a decided brilliancy. She was given sincere and long applause to which she responded with an encore. ‘The rich contralto voice of her singing with generous applause and the “Buttercup” she sang song from “Pinafore® as encore with grace and .Joyce | charm. Grouley | thetic and ‘Wilson was & Sympa- Y A E R.F.CRELIEF LOANS T0TAL §1T3.302.%1 Three-Month” Report Also " Shows $214,843,326 to Corporations. By the Associated Press. The Reconstruction Pinance Corpora- tion during the last three months of 1932 made loans for relief and self- liquidating construction totaling $173,- 902,957, During the same period, 1,882 loans, aggregating $214,843,326, were made to rallroads, banks, trust companies and other institutions. ‘The report of the corporation was made public yesterday as a BSenate Banking subcommittee held final hear- ings on Senator Wagner's bill to open up all resources of the finance corpora- tion for relief. Quick approval of the ni:;:sure by the committee appeared in sight, The Reconstruction Corporation quar- terly report showed $21,000,000 was made available to the Secretary of Agriculture for crop production loans. This brought such advances to a total of $131,000,000 since the corporation | started work. During the quarter, the Secretary of Agriculture returned $15,- 000,000 repaid. The loan authorizations were: Banks and trust companies, $96.451,- 710, including $11,935,078 to help re- organize or liquidate closed banks; $12,141,306 to building and loan asso- clations; insurance companies, $7,855,~ | 732; mortgage loan companies, $10,- 990,902; credit unions, $67,44 Jjoint stock land banks, $4,246,000; agricul- tural credit corporations, $1,556,476; | live stock credit corporations, $1,179,- 620; railroads, $73,068,160. During the same period the corporation redis- counted $7,285.972 of notes given the regional agricultural credit corporations. o ANDREW D. BARLOW DIES AT AGE OF 70 reported | McKinley and Roosevelt Expires Here. AndrewDickson Barlow, 70, consul | general to Mexico during the McKinley | and Roosevelt administrations, died yes- terday at Garfield Hospital following an operation. The body will be taken to St. Louis for burial. Mr. Barlow's outstanding work while in Mexico in determining the amount of American capital invested in that country during the Spanish War. His report was accepted as the official Government standard. He was a brother-in-law of the late Daniel M. Houser, former president of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and his only survivors are nephews in that city, now engaged in that paper’s manage- ment, and two nieces, one in Williams- burg, Va., and one in St. Louls. Mr. Barlow had been a resident of the Capital for 10 years, residing at 1321 M street. He was general agent here for the Massachusetts Accident Co. LIEUT. COL. U. S. GRANT TO QUIT PARKS POST Director Here Seven Years Is Or- dered to War College—Will Report in August. The list of students to attend the | 1933-34 class of the Army War College, | containing the names of 75 officers se- | lected from 12 departments of the serv- ice, was announced yesterday at the War Department. They will report for duty between August 15 and August 20. As predicted in The Star, Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks in the National Capital for the last seven years, was one of the Engineer officers | who is to go to the War College this year. His successor in charge of the parks has not yet been appointed. Another well known officer in the list is Lieut. Col. James A. Ulio, an aide at the White House. Others include Lieut. Col. Earl McFarland, executive officer to the Assistant Secretary of War; Maj. Ralph I. Sasse, well known foot ball player, and Maj. John E. Van Vliet, Army tennis champion. The Infantry will be represented by 28 officers in the class, the Field Ar- tillery by 11 officers, while the Cavalry, Coast Artillery and Air Corps will have seven each. The remaining 15 places are divided among the Corps of Engi- neers, the Signal Corps, Quartermaster Corps, the Medical Corps, the Ordnance Department, Chemical Warfare Service and the Adjutant General's Depart- ment. - PROSECUTION OF GUY TO RESUME MONDAY State to Continue With Testimony in Murder Trial of Suspect in Wanderwell Case. By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif,, February 4— Further testimony to supplement that of Aloha Wanderwell, attractive young widow, will be adduced Monday by the State in its efforts to prove that her globe-trotting husband, “Captain” Wal- ter Wanderwell; was slain by William James (Curley) Guy, 23, handsome ‘Welsh soldier of fortune. ‘Through *Mrs. Wanderwell the State yesterday sought to offer a motive for which Guy, charged with murder, might have killed the Polish-born adventurer last December 5 aboard Wanderwell's yacht Carma. She testified Guy led & “revolt” of members of & Wanderwell South American tour in 1931 and that lbnlyut: Angeles last JI,X]! heh:tm forci- collect money from husband in connection with that tour. _ BURGLAR’S BULLETS NEARLY HIT JANITOR Brookings Institute Employe Es- capes in Elevator—Door Found Jimmied. TS ig;.i;i i EE gE Consul General to Mexico Under Murdered BODY OF MISSING GIRL FOUND WITH SKULL CRUSHED. MARY ELLEN O’'CONNOR, Fifteen-year-old Long Island girl, miss- ing from her home since last Friday, whose body was found yesterday near Massapequa, Long Island. Police said she had apparently been dead four days and that her head had been crushed in a terrific struggle. The girl left her home in Rockaway Park to visit rela- tives in Floral Park, Loeng Island, and 'was not seen alive again. —A. P. Photo. LONG FACES QUIZ IN VOTE INQUIRY | Senators’ Probe to Be “Free From Intimidation,” Coun- sel Promises. By the Assoclated Press. NEW ORLEANS, February 4—A warning that the inquiry into charges of fraud in the election of John H. Overton to the United States Senate would be conducted “free from perjury and intimidation,” was sounded by counsel for the special Senate investi- gating subcommittee as it called a sec- ond session today at the Customs House. Al the opening hearing yesterday, Senator Huey P. Long, appearing as counsel for Overton, fired objection after objection to the line of question- ing of Samuel T. Ansell, committee counsel, but he was overruled in every instance by Chairman Howell, Repub- lican, of Nebraska, who explained the committee was not bound by court pro- cedure but operated as an Investigat- ing Committee after facts, testimony bearing on the facts would be admitted to the record. The first day was consumed with ex- amination of Overton as a witness. An- | sell drew from him that Senator Long supported him for the Senate and ran his campaign and that he (Overton) had no knowledge of contributions and expenditures other than a few contri- butions from his friends and funds ex- pended from his own pocketbook. He also got the witness and Senator Long to siy that dummy candidates were used in the election to get repre- sentation with election commissioners, but each said dummies were used by both sides - The committee declined to say what witnesses would be called today but An- sell announced that Senator Long would be called as & witness during the hear- ing. ngennor Edwin S. Broussard, who was defeated by Overton and who filed the charges, attended the hearing. Spec- | tators packed the small room and alter- nately cheered and booed Long. SCRATCHES ON FACE GLUE IN SLAYING Police Search Subways for Man Suspected of Murder of Girl 15 Years of Age. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 4—A man with the imprint of fingernails on his face was hunted in the subways and the smoke-filled dens of the underworld | today as hundreds of policemen sought to solve the brutal slaying of Mary Helen O'Connor, 15-year-old schoolgirl. Screeching radio cary rushed this morning to the Woodlawn avenue sta- tion of the subway on a tip the man was riding a train. The guards, how- ever, said they had not seen him. The girl's body, smashed in what ap- parently had been a terrible struggle, and any | FIVE FARMERS SHOT IN MILK PRICE WAR Midwest Continues to Look to Legislatures and Con- gress for Relief, ' By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, February 4.— One farmer was near death in a Sioux City, Towa, hospital and at least four others were suffering from gunshot wounds as debt-laden agriculturists to- day continued to look to Legislatures and Congress for relief. R. D. Markell, 68, of Elk Point, B. Dak., ‘was seriously wounded and his two sons, Harry and Keath, were shot when they attempted to run a blockade of 100 pickets near Sioux City. Nile Cochran, 39, of Moville, Iowa, sald by officials to have been one of the pickets, was being held for ques- tioning, ‘after being treated for gune shot wounds, and at least one other me:xhlmzd farmer was known to have Defied Milk Pact. ‘The shooting occurred when the Markells attempted to transport 1,000 gallons of milk into Sioux City in defi- ance of a price agreement following the gfl}‘k strike in Northwestern Iowa last all, . Three guns were taken from the Markell's following the shooting, offi- cials said, and a revolver was found by officers on the seat of their truck. Meanwhile, the Iowa Legislature had approved a plan to allow the manufac- ture of alcohol from corn to provide & market for part of the grain surplus. The Senate followed the House's action and voted, 43 to 6, to allow establish- ment of a manufacturing plant at Fort Dodge for the production of industrial alcohol. Other developments in the farm sit- uation included: In Nebraska a new conciliation farm mortgage relief board considered a plan for the appointment of county boards of five farmers. The Senate committees at 'Washing- ton continued to hold hearings as the crop production loan bill awaited the President’s signature. Farm Sale Postponed. At Cherckee, Okla., a farm sale was postponed without explanation and at Vermillion, S. Dak., a_judge told farm- ers that he would uphold the law “no matter how many protestors gathered.” Members of a joint legislative com- mittee on farm mortgage arbitration were deadlocked in Iowa as they at- tempted to dovetail provisions of sepa- rate House and Senate bills. In Oklahoma City Gov. Murray ex- horted the Legislature to act quickly on | farm legislation and termed mortgagees | “American citizens with their backs to | the walL.” NEBRASKA RELIEF IN SIGHT. | LINCOLN, Nebr., February 4 (#).— New hope was in sight today for Ne- braska farmers as a twofold State gov- ernmental attack to relieve the farm | mortgage situation moved into action. | The State Board of Conciliation ap- | pointed by Gov. Charles W. Bryan to- day began the task of forming farmer ccmmittees in every county to seek agreements between debtors and lenders and stop a threatened flood of fore- closures, while a legislative committee awaited the drafting of amendments to a moratorium bill intended to assure equitable treatment of farmers and their creditors in the State courts. \PRUSSIANS REFUSE T0 DISSOLVE DIET IN SPITE OF HITLER (Continued From First Page.) was suspended for “inciting high trea= son” when it called the Jr?l‘nt Natior ist-National Socialist cabinet “profes- sional politicians” and appealed for “the seizure of huge estates and heavy industries.” The editor, however, pointed out the editorial concluded by calling on citizens to “give their answer March 5” on the ballots, hence advocating a legal method. Socialist party o A large ‘zlggxen: in the S rema; aloof from i strife between the Nazis t:‘:d “&l::f ::3(‘.:‘:0“!”"‘ :emghuunomd in state- vold such means of Vi op"qohsglflon. showing cam) of the - ties—the cep:tlfn'slu and Bsifr}sl::xlcrg;:— lists—against Hitler brought to light & controversy between a Benedictine monk and church officials in Bavaria. In the face of a pastoral letter by the | Bishop of Linz, advocating that Catho- lic_ members withdraw from the Nazi | party, the monk, Father Alban Scha- chleiter, wrote a defense of the Naazis. He was called upon today to explain his action to the church officials. The monk contended the Nazis adhered strictly to principles of Christianity. Hitler, himself a Catholic by birth, has comparatively few supporters of ‘that was found Thursday in woods at Massa- | faith, pequa, Long Island. She left her Brook- lyn_home January 27 to visit a friend in Floral Park and never reached there. The theory that she was captured by & white slave gang and murdered to prevent her from giving evidence was held by some Long Island police. Others inclined to the belief the killer was a peychopath. DATE OF END OF WAR IS CRUX OF TAX SUIT Tire Company Says Conflict Ended in 1921, Government Holds Armistice Day Was Date. By the Assoclated Press. NEWARK, N. J, February 4.—The question of when the World War ended arose yesterday in the suit of Kelly- Springfleld Tire Co. of Cumberland, Md., to get & refund of $1,500,000 “war profit taxes” from the Government. ‘The tire company maintains the war did not end until the President signed the peace proclamation on March 3, 1921. The Government holds the war terminated with the signing of the Armistice, November 11, 1918. War orders, the tire company holds, made it necessary to enlarge the Cum- bel').nfilnsohucr h:’ 1139"' gd on this groun e _refun sought. Federal Judge Guy L. Fake, who is sitting in the case, expressed the view that no company is entitled to tax con- mca.flm except for Goverament con- cts. ‘The Government stand is that after the Armistice and up to March 3, 192], the company was filling mainly private instead of Government contracts. . CHURCH TALK MONDAY Rev. Joseph M. Nelligan to Present Discourse on “Mass.” Rev. Joseph M. Nelligan, assistant pastor of St. Gabriel's Church, Grant Circle, will present an {llustrated dis- course on the “Mass” in the school au- ditorilum on Webster street, adjoining the church, Monday evening at 8 o' Father Nelligan's address is one of a Tax: it | wite's tax. The deaths of three anti-Fascists in various clashes last night Wwith Nazis brought the fatalities resulting from fighting since Hitler took power to 20. Seven persons were severely wounded and a score slightly injured during a Nazi-Reichsbanner pistol fight today at gommmd. One Nazi was expected to e. Your Income Tax No 6 Husband and Wife May File Joint or Separate Returns. Husband and wife living together may each make a separate return of the income of each, or their income may be included in a single joint return. If a joint return is filed, such return is treated as a return of a taxable unit, and the income disclosed is subject to both the normal tax and the surtax. Where separate returns are filed by husband and wife, the exemption of $2,500 may be taken by either or divided between them, the husband, for example, claiming $2,000 and the wife $500. However, where the taxable income of one spouse is $4,000 or more in excess of the personal exemption, it is to the advantage of the couple if such spouse claims the total personal ex- emption, the reason being the differ- ence in the normal tax rates, which are 4 per cent on the first $4,000 of net income above the exemptions, credits, etc., and 8 cent on the ba- lance. The case of & husband whose net income was $6,000 and a wife whose net income was $2,500 is an example, the husband claiming the total per- sonal exemption. Net income, husband. Personal exemption. Taxable, at 4 per cent Husband's t Net income, Personal exemption Total tax of husband snd wife RISl e v Subject to normal tax. £ BT conR o remaining 5,000 Surtax on $8,500............. Total tax of husband and wife