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The receivership petition was filed Saturday by the Edwards Iron Works, Incorporated, local auto body building company, which had a claim of $6,229. Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick ap- pointed as conservators Vance and Paul G. Hoffman, vice presidents of the Studebaker concern, and_A. G. Bean, president of the White Motor Co. of Cleveland. Conferences of officials were attended by A. R. Erskine, president. The con- servators issued a statement explaining the receivership action originated from the proposed merger of the White Co. with the Studebaker Corporation. Six months ago, the statement said, officials of the two firms agreed on & merger as an economy move and 95 per cent of the White stock was turned in. In recent months, however, it was said, 3 per cent of the stockholders threatened litigation unless they were paid more for their stock than ‘Stude- baker offered. $14,000,000 in Notes. The Studebaker Corporation issued $14,000,000 in notes in connection with the merger. “As a result of the atti- tude of the small minority group,” the statement said, “assets of the White Co. have not yet been merged with those of Studebaker. Furthermore, the terms under which these notes were issued have prevented the corporation from using any of its more valuable assets for credit purposes and made it in the present banking situation im- possible for Studebaker to secure its customary and normal financial accom- modations from its bankers.” Directors asserted the Studebaker concern was in good financial condition and that White Motor Co. and the Pierce-Arrow Motor Co., corporations controlled by Studebaker were not in- volved in the receivership. LEE D. BUTLER HOPEFUL. | Local Studebaker Dealer Sees Satisfac- { tory Adjustment of Receivership. Lee D. Butler, Washington Stude- baker dealer, today made the following statement concerning the placing of the .Studebaker Corporation in Te- ceivership: “The pstudebaker Corporation has net assets of $72,000000. As & result ! of complications involved in the mer- ger of the White Truck Co. with Studebaker, $17,000,000 of quick assets have been temporarily tied up. “The friendly receivership was neces- sary to permit Studebaker to tain its production without interruption and to take full advantage of national re- covery now under way. Seventy-iwo | millions of assets and an 80-year rec- ord of sound management are in back of an aggressive sales and manufactur- ing campaign which is being launched by the Studebaker Corporation this week. “With business men the country ward road and that the necessary ad- justments in the fields of industry as well as banking are being made with speed and efficiency. a necessary step to put it in position to take full advantage of the better times that lie ahead.” PIERCE-ARROW HELD SOUND. Officer Declares Company Unaffected by Studebaker Receivership. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 20 (®).— The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co.’s oper- ations will be unaffected by the friendly receivership of the Studebaker Corpora- tion, a statement yesterday by Arthur J. Chanter, first vice president and gen- eral manager, said. Studebaker's rela- tionship to Pierce-Arrow, he said, is that of a stockholder. “At no time in its 32 years of suc- cessful operation has our company been in more favorable position,” Mr. Chanter asserted. Debt retirement since reor- ganization in 1928 totals $4,738,442, the statement says. e OPERA STILL IN NEED Julliard Gift Limited to $50,000, Metropolitan Chairman Says. NEW YORK, March 20 (#).—Paul D. Cravath, chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc., said yesterday reports that the Julllard Musical Foun- dation had agreed to “see us through” by providing sufficient funds for the production of opera next year were in- | correct. He sald the foundation had made “a | generous subscription of $50,000” to- tward the $300,000 fund necessary, but “not only have given us no hope of & larger subscription, but have specifically |warned us that a larger subscription will not be given.” He appealed to opera lovers to con- tinue subscribing to the fund. BOYS DO OWN COOKING anny Students Bring Food to School From Farfns. i | ADA, Okla. (P).—Oklahoma State College students are “bringing home the bacon” and cooking it, too. In order to remain in school at a minimum of expense many students are by eggs, butter, smoked hams, canned fruits and vegetables from the well stocked family larder “down on jthe farm” and preparing their own meals. | “There is a co-operative boarding house at East Central Teachers' Col- in which a group of self- |8 youths share expenses, pay- ilu in money or produce. Alabama Health Officer Dies. MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 20 (®). ! —Dr. L. C. Havens, director of labora- | tories of the Alabama State Health De- ! partment since 1921, died after a heart attack at his home here early yesterday. He was born at Lebanon, N. H, in |2891. He studied at the University | of Colorado and Harvard and was as- | sistant professor of immunology in the | School of Hygiene at Johns Hopkins | University before coming to Alabama. R. F. C. Probe Is Asked. he Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Chicago & North- The resolution as- serted money was loaned to the railroad not to employ more men, but to pay interest in a bonded indebtedness to prevent the road from going into & receivership. corporation’s factories have been closed | legal entanglements ih connection with | “This latest move of Studebaker was | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1933 DRYS BARE FIGHT AGAINST BEER |RIVERDALE ELECTION INUTE YSTE Can You, Dr. Pordney 13 professor of erimino s, famous university. s advice s 0 ught' by the. Bolicé o confronted 'uhumnlcuhfifll&ln" M'h This problem has been taken from his ci Bogk Cverine hundreds of criminal {nvestl waflons, " Try your It takes but ONE [INUTE to utulnd:n"f;, 4 are one answer. at wits on it! Tead! . Ever Slie ecessary %o, ite solution S0y el o “nere 2. on How s00d & detectfve are you? _ Case No. 127. BY H. A. RIPLEY. ROP. FORDNEY stood at the foot of the bed and minutely examined the details of the scene before him. The clothes, flung to the side, were crumpled beneath the body of Lynn Harrington, who sat on the edge of the bed, his head and arms resting on a table, his hand grasping the cradle of | bj the phone as if he were about to lift the receiver when shot« The hotel clerk said he had rung Harrington’s phone several times that morn- ing but received no answer. “Well, looks as though he was shot through that open window from the fire escape as he got out of bed and reached for the phone, eh, Ford- ney?’’ suggested Inspector Kelley. “As the murderer probably didn't en- ter the room there’ll be no buttons, cigarette stubs, delicately scented, initialed handke chiefs or any of the other convenient clues which lead to the solution of fic- titious crimes!” The professor dropped to his knees and studied the carpet around the bed, rose and went to the window. “An_suthor would probably title this crime DEATH ANSWERS THE PHONE. Not bad, eh, Joe? Say, you haven't spoken since we came in here!” “I haven't had a chance— your tongue's been wagging at both ends. But now I'll tell you something! I be- lieve Harrington was shot by some one IN THE ROOM and then placed in that position to confuse us. The mur- derer probably left by the fire escape; anyway, I'm quite confident it never happened as he got out of bed to an- swer the phone as you suggested!” WHAT LED THE PROFESSOR TO THIS CONCLUSION? (For solution see page A-6.) MORGENTHAU PROMISES STATEMENT ON WHEAT Rate Stabilization Corporation Is Disposing of Holdings to Be Announced April 1. By the Associated Press. Henry Morgenthau, jr., chairman of | the Farm Board, sald today he would make public on April 1-a statement | showing the rate at which the Grain Stabiligation Corporation is disposing of its holdings of wheat futures. ‘The corporation, which Morgenthau intends to abolish when it has been liquidated, had holdings of more than 30,000,000 bushels of futures, mostly for May delivery, on March 6. Morgenthau said it was the board's intention to dispose of these “in an | orderly manner so as not to disturb the market.” If any holdings remain for disposal in April a similar report for | that month will be made May 1, he over, I feel that we are on the up- said. MATSUOKA. ASSAILED Purchase of War Materials De- clared Aim of U. 8. Visit. NEW YORK, March 20 (#).—Donald Henderson, economics instructor at Co- lumbia University, in a statement yes- terday, said the “American Committee for Struggle Against War” planned to hold a demonstration on the pler Thursday when Yosuke Matsuoka, Japan's chief delegate to the League of Nations, arrives from Europe. “Matsuoka’s journey through the United States,” the statement said, “is for the purpose of making contracts for munitions and other war materials, while bargaining with our own imperial- ists for their support of the Japanese government.” FIRST LADY VISITS LURAY Col. L. T. Howe and Stephen Early Accompany Her on Trip. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., March 20.—Mrs. Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, Col. Louis T. Howe and Stephen Early and a press repre- sentative had lunchc at the Mimslyn yesterday and visited Luray Caverns. Mrs. Roosevelt expressed her regret that the mountains were foggy, so that the beautiful scenery of the Blue Ridge could not be enjoyed. Trawler Crew Rescued. MANTEO, N. C, March 20 (®)- Coast Guardsmen from the Penny' Hill station yesterday removed Capt. Topping and the five members of the crew from the motor trawler Voyager, which was driven aground in a dense fog during the night by a heavy sea. Guardsmen here said a cutter was expected to attempt to float the fishing vessel at high water. Church Women Plan Luncheon. BALLSTON, Va., March 20 (Special). —The Progressive Woman's Class o! the Ballston Christian Church will give | Mrs. & luncheon at the home of Mrs. Ruth McC. Payne, 1 School street, Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 pm. The proceeds funds. DISTRICT O74 4 A Good f (will meet tonight BEER BILLS AVO CONSTITUTION TEST Congress Shuns Legal Issue With Plans to Change Penalties Only. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Although 1t often has been argued that modification of the Volstead act was a’ doubtful question of constitu- tionality, what the Senate and House | m;! done probably removes all such Congress has not determined whether a certain alcoholic content is or is not intoxicating but has taken the u- bed | tion instead to repeal that part of the Volstead act which would penalize any- body for selling beverages containing less that 3.2 per cent as in the House bu} or 3.05 as stipulated in the Senate i1, 5 It was within the prerogative of Con- gress to pass a law repealing the whole Volstead act, nullifying the eighteenth amendment in that way or Tepealing such provisions as invoived a penalty for selling beer. And that is what Con- gress is doing ndw with respect to cer- tain sections of the Volstead law. Penalties Involved. By eliminating the penalties and mak- ing them apply only to sales above & certain alcoholic content, every bever- age containing a lesser content can be sold without penalty. Congress has not validated any particular percentage but there will be no law on the statute books to prevent all sales below. the stipulated point. While this is & roundabout way of getting beer, the fear of an adverse de- | cision by the Supreme Court on the right of Congress to define what is or | what is not intoxicating has brought it about. | tional lawyers like Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania, Repub- lican, who fee] that the Supreme Court would uphold the right of Congress to define the word “Intoxicating” and Mr. Beck expressed regret in the House de- bate that Congress was not dealing afirmatively with the subject. But whereas there might have been some question as to the power of Con- gress to define “intoxicating,” there is absolutely no question about the right of Congress to refuse to enforce any part of the Constitution by failing to enact laws that specify the penalties upon those who violate a particular provision of the Constitution. Test Case Improbable. Nullification has never been re- garded as justifiable in constitutional practice but there are other amend- ments besides the eighteenth which have not been enforced. It is difficult for observers here to see how a test case now can be made | under the proposed beer law which would bring constitutionality into ques- tion as it always has been conceded even by the drys that Congress could resort to nullification at any time. In- asmuch as the repeal of the eighteenth amendment has been voted by two- thirds of both Houses of Congress, most members feel that they are merely an- ticipating the repeal of the eighteenth amendment and conforming to the wishes of their constituents as expressed in the November elections. (Copyright. 1933.) HOMEMAKERS ELECT Prince William Branch Names Officers for Year. | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HAYMARKET, Va., March 20.—Newly elected officers of the Prince Willlam County branch of the Virginia Home- makers Association, who will serve dur- ing the ensuing year are as follows: President, Mrs, W. L. Lloyd, Green- wich; vice presidents, Mrs. John Piercy, Gainesville district; Mrs. E. H. Hibbs, Manassas district, and Mrs. Egbert ‘Thompson, immediate past president from Woodbridge, Occoquan _district; secretary, Mrs. M. J. Shepherd, Nokes- ville, and treasurer,Mrs. J. H. Hale, Nokesville. GLEE CLUBS PLAN PLAY There are many constitu- |~ . Takoma-Silver Spring High School Students in Cast. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., March 20— Members of the Boys’ and Girls’ Glee Clubs of the Takoma-Silver sprlnfi High School will present the musical comedy “Fair Maid of Barcelona” at the school on April 1 at 8:15 o'clock. Principals in the cast are Lucille Laws, Harold Brown, Willlam Stacy, Dorothy Whitflesey, Benjamin Vander- voort, Naomi Crown, Louise Emmerich, Richard Dietle, Charles Vandervoort, Kitty Black, Myrl Anthony, Robinson Abbott, Staten Alden and Pierce Beach. —_—— g EX-ARCHITECT DIES John Young Was in U. 8. Service 40 Years—Rites Tomorrow. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20— John Young, 75, recently retired after 40 years’ service as a Government arch- itect in the Treasury Department, Washington, died at his home, 115 Lloyd avenue, here yesterday. The deceased leaves his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Young; two daughters, Miss Eliza- beth D. Young of this city, and Mrs. Warren Crawley of Rocky Mount, N. C., and one son, Aubrey D. Young. Services are to be held at the resi- dence, at 2:30 o'clock, tomorrow after- noon. Burial will be at Fairfax. P.-T. A. Meets Tonight. GAITHERSBURG, Md, March 20 (Special).—The Parent-Teacher Associ- ation of the Gaithersburg High School at 8 o'clock, . Ross Coppage, State president of the Parent-Teacher Association, of Bal- timore will be the speaker. Mrs. Helen Bickmore will be in charge of the music | on the program. Furnace Filled With Hessick Coal Is Always Reliable Hessick’s D & H Anthracite stands supreme as a reliable fuel. It is always safe. Fill your bin today with this clean, smooth-burning D & H Anthracite (hard coal). It's “cone-cleaned” which other impurities. 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At the same time the Calvary Meth- odist Episcopal Church, by a vote of its congregation yesterday, placed itself on record as th r bill as “a violation of the Constitution of the United States” after listening to an ad- dress by Clintop N. Howard, chairman of the National United Committee for Law Enforcement. In a statement issued yesterday two 'om-bnm prohibition leaders attacked the Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, chairman of the Woman's National Committee for Law Enforcement, declared a “revolu- tion™ 'ady was “under way in 20 States.” She asserted that the beer bill now before Congress would “nullify the eighteenth amendment.” Mass Meetings Held. Mrs. F. I J n, vice chairman at large for the same organization, fe- ported she had been holding a series of meetings with women in 24 States and had found that “the hypnotic hysteria superinduced ely by highly oaid brewery propaganda, prior and sub- sequent to the Chicago convention, is beginning to abate.” Jouett Shouse, president of the Asso-| clation Against the Prohibition Amend- | ment, said: “Repeal is on the way. We believe that provisions for conventions | to consider repeal will have been made | by approximately 40 Legislatures with- | he next few weeks.” Mrs. Johnson declared “the woman- hood of the Far West and Midwest is | rubbing its eyes and getting into action,” and that some were “declaring | themselves ready to picket State lines,” and “one large group has taken as its secret slogan ‘Beer to Blood.'” Mrs, Peabody announced that the annual convention of her organization would be held here from April 12 to 14, the main purpose of which would be “not to pass resolutions, but to plan a revolution.” Her statement follows, in part: “Shall the Government enter on & Nation-wide scheme of bootlegging to | increase its revenue? This is the pur- pose of the beer bill. Wcmen meet to protest. “This convention for law enforce- | ment is of gravest importance. For the first time in American history, Congress, elected by the people and sworn to sup- port and defend the Constitution. threatens to defy the supreme law and | nullify the eighteenth amendment, | which declares that intoxicating liquor | ‘shall not be manufactured, sold or transported for beverage purposes.” | Branded as “Crime.” “Four per cent beer is intoxicating, | according to the highest authorities in Europe and America. To sell such| liquor to children as proposed in this| bill is & crime authorized by a Govern- ment apparently in league with brewers and preparing to enter on a vast Gov- ernment bcotlegging plan as an aid to taxes and prosperity. For lawmakers to vote for this bill or to sign it is perjury. | “The main object of this woman's| convention is not to pass resolutions, but to plan a revolution, already under | way in 20 States. The convention will | also consider the methods of repeal of | the elghteenth amendment in States: | “The American Brewers' Association, | convicted by the Overman investigation | in 1919, has won in Congress. Will the | States yield? | “Women and children, two-thirds of | the people, forgotten by the majority of | the lawmakers, are without represent- ation or defense against this evil. “Loyal women trusting in God de- clare the saloon shall not return.” Shouse said seven States had arrang- ed for the delegates to be selected by the State at large in popular elections, asserting this provided the soundest test of sentiment. They were listed as Idsho, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Ver- mont, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Shouse maintained “we do not de- spair of action this year, even in North Dakota, where the Legislature was ad- journed without the Senate having acted on a House bill for & convention to consider repeal.” Shouse Gives Survey. Shouse accompanied his statement by a survey of action thus far for repeal conventions in the States. ‘The survey included: i Alabama—116 delegates, all to be | bound by results of State-wide refer- | endum on repeal, July 11. Arkanses—One delegate from each | of the 75 counties to be chosen at special election, July 18, for a convention, lugust 1. 1daho—21 delegates at large with the Governor to fix the date of election to a convention 28 days aff rd. Indiane—One delegate for each county and one additional for each 10,000 population with the Governor to fix election date and with a convention | 28 days after. Michigan—100 delegates to be nomi- nated from legislative districts, with slates of wet and dry nominees to be voted on April 3 for a convention April 10. A petition has been filed in State Supreme Court to enjoin the election. Montana—Delegates selected on the basis of legislative districts with Gov- mm- to fix election and convention e. New Mexico—Three delegates to be chosen at election September 19, with the Governor fixing convention date. New Jersey—226 delegates, 64 at 1arge, to be chosen in the Spring pri- mary, May 16, for a convention June 5. | | | enteenth street while working here. Dr. | the week. | the Executive Committee on a proposal Ohio—52 delegates at , with the Governor election date and a convention to follow 28 days after. —Delegates elected on of 1 to every 10,000 population in each county at & State-wide el 21 w{t.h the Governor to vention date. South Dakota—103 delegates from legislative districts with candidates to be nominated delegates at.a Ty in 1934 and voted on in the Novem- ber general election in 1934, with a | g convention at Plerre January 17, 1935. Utsh—21 delegates at large, with the Governor to fix an election date and a convention to follow 28 days thereafter. Vermont—10 delegates at large, with the Governor to set a date for an election and convention. Was —145 _ delegates _chosen | from legisiative districts, with the Gov- ernor to fix election and convention tes. Howard Addresses Churches. West Virginla—Republféan and Dem- ocratic State Executive Committees to name slate of 20 delegates each, 10 for and 10 egainst, to be_ voted on June 27, with a convention July 24. Wisconsin—15 delegates at large, with en election April 4 and a con- vention April 25. ‘Wyoming—Precinct conventions to choose delegates to county convention to be held May 18. At these con- ventions delegates will be chosen on basis of 1 for each county and 1 ad- ditional for u}fi 5.;:0 population, with a convention May 25. | Howard spoke in behalf of the Na. tional United Committee for Law En forcement at two local churches yes. terday—the Covenant-First Pruby-l terian and the Calvary Methodist Epis- copal Churches. He accused Congress of suffering “from s beer clot on the brain.” “The people ask for bread and Con- gress offers them beer,” he said. “Beer is only a blind. Let the drink dragon get his nose under the Constitution and the last State of this country will be worse than the first. Not only will it bring back the saloon, but it will be sold in the grocery, in the cafeterias, in the department stores and at the drug store fountain, to men, women and children, week days and Sundays. It is a complete surrender to the devil. The resolution adopted by the con gregation of the Calvary Church said: “The beer bill is in spirit and letter a violation of the Constitution of the United States and its approval by the President would be a violation of his oath of office to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. We respect- fully petition President Roosevelt to veto the Cullen beer bill and await the decision of the American people on the issue of repeal or retention of the eight- eenth amendment, now before the States. SAYS — FOE OF ERICKSON IS SENATE ASPIRANT Wheeler Answers Montana Judge After Walsh's Succeseor Is Given BSeat. By the Assoclated Press. Senator Burton K. Wheeler (Demo- crat) of Montana today told the Senate that Federal Judge George M. Bourquin of Helena and Butte had opposed the seating of Senator John E. Erickson be- cause “he intends to become a candi- date for the Senate himself.” Wheeler's statement was made just after Erickson, Governor of Montana until last week, was sworn in as suc- cessor to the late Thomas J. Walsh, and after Bourquin's charges against Erick- son were read to the Senate. The jurist contended in a letter and telegram to each Senator that Erickson agreed with the then Lieut. Gov. Cooney to resign as Governor in exchange for appointment to the Senate. IRONWORkER DIES West Virginian Succumbs Here of | Injuries in Fall. Richard B. Matheny, 46, an iron- worker, who was severely injured in a 75-foot fall at the new building of the Potomac Electric Power Co., at Half nd V streets southwest, Thursday, died Providence Hospital shortly after 8 m. y. Matheny, whose home was in Graf- ton, W. Va., was staying at 1309 Sev- A. Magruder MacDonald, acting cor- oner, will conduct an inquest later in ! FIREMEN WILL ELECT Arlington-Fairfax Volunteers Get Report on Name. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALLSTON, Va., March 20.—Mem- bers of the Arlington-Fairfax Counties ! Volunteer Firemen's Association will elect trustees and receive a report from to to change the name of the organization at a meeting to be held at the Cherry- dale Department fire house tomorrow evening. Injured in Taxi Collision. Claude A. 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BELLANSIES ell-ans, H 3 Sare Relief. Since 1897, wum"m Registration will be held April 13, 20 and 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the fire | house. Any resident property owner | seeking any one of the above posts| should file his name with Clerk R. P. | c:uthen at least 13 days prior to elec- A referendum will also be held on the proposal to give the mayor and council | the right to improve streets without the | Thousands consent of 51 per cent of the owners | FILE;FO abutting any street as embodied in a 4 A bill now pending before the Maryland T g i Assembly. ‘.'.'.'1'«51".‘.‘.2'- ;“"'u'k Vocational classes for unemployed | or g in Edinburgh, Scotland, are a lgcc{fl. DISTRICT GROCERY STORES i< CONFIDENCE SALE HAVE CONFIDENCE in your Government—they are leading our country onto better times. HAVE CONFIDENCE in yourself—in your ability to supply the necessities of life. HAVE CONFIDENCE in your D.G.S. Store. 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QUALITY MEATS BOTTOM ROUND. . . .». 21 sTEA!‘S)TOI’ ROUND. ......m 252 »SIRLOIN........ .m 27c PORTERHOUSE . .. .m 35¢ LAMB SHOULDER ROAST 3%, to 6 lbs. . 14¢ BREAST ........m. 5S¢ RIB CHOPS. .. .. .m. 25¢ 2125 Specially Priced VEAL SHOULDER ROAST 4% to8lbs. m.15c SHOULDERCHOPS, . 19¢ BREAST ........m 10c € ccocece Your Hamburg End Cut Pork Chops Choice FRUITS & VEGETABLES No. 1 New California POTATOES | ORANGES 4 19¢ i 0-33e