Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) .Rain tonight probably clearing tomor- row morning; slowly lowest about 36 ratures—Hig! tonight; T yeste: rising temperature degrees, hest, 40, at 5 pm. ay; lowest, 29, at 6 am. today. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 & 13 No. 32,470. Entered as second class matter post_office, Washington, D. C. FRANCE T0 REOPEN DEBT NEGOTIATIONS WITH U. . APRIL 12 Renewal of Talks Await Arrival of Ambassador La Boulaye Here. PARIS DECLINES TO TELL TERMS TO BE OFFERED Newly Appointed Diplomat Has Been Studying Situation Through Documents and Experts. B the Associated Press. PARIS, March 25.—France intends to open debt negotiations when the new Ambassador to America, Andre Lefevre ke la Boulaye, arrives in the United [Etates April 12, it was said today. Action has been delayed until the hew Ambassador could become thor- oughly acquainted with the subject. A government spokesman declined to pay whether the government was ready to grant tariff concessions in return gor debt revision. M. la Boulaye has been consulting documents and talking with ;m‘xperu onth and has ::::nm?;l Samiliar with American background thrm:l;b h‘t;;nae;ldenoe there cot 5 .n:lem:vefi‘lfl:dtgréne the American Club Thursday. Reconsider Payment. France defaulted last December 15 on a $19,000,000 interest payment on war debts owed the United States. The government of Premier Herriot, favored payment, fell on the issue. The French Parliament now is con- sidering a resolution introduced & week sgo by Deputy Rene Richard calling for the payment of the defaulted in- terest. U. S. MAY DEFER TALKS. Hull Says America May Not Discuss Debts With Defaulters. Secretary of State Hull told newspaper men today that he could not say at the present time that the United States would discuss war debts with nations which have defaulted. In answer to inquiries, the Secretary As to the governments that are in @efault or have deferred their payments on the intergovernmental debts, I can- not say at the present time that we Would sit in with those governments in future discussions of their debts. The statement was made only & ehort time after announcement had been made in Paris that the new French Ambassador would begin discussions oi War debts immediately on his arriva il 12, Aprl:nmee and several other nations failed to meet debt payments due De- cember 15. Other Nations Involved. : Observers noted that in his amE‘emm 3 Becretary Hull used the phrase “at the present time,” thus apparently leaving tha door open for a change of position shou'd circumstances and developments warrant. afi:sldes France, the other nations which failed to meet payments due December 15 without securing the agreement of the United States 1::!!|No More Serious . Estonia, Hungary and Poland. Beéfififmffiv discussions have already bezun with one of the countries which did meet its December payment, Great Britain. Ambassador Lindsay opened negotlatlcn: yesterday at the te evartment. DM the same time Secretary Hull was making his statement concerning gov- ernments in default, the State Departfi ment said it was ho that \m governments would co-operate fully the effort to make a success of the world economic conference Wwith mest of the provisions in the official program for that conclave as the basis. - Subjects set forth in the agenda in- clude restoration of the gold standard, silver. abolition of foreign exchange re- strictions, tariff policy and organiza- tion of trade in various agricultural products. Won’t Amplify Shm!.m ‘When asked flatly whether the - tary's statement meant that the Roose- velt admtnlatnn%n b;ou‘lld not discuss revision of war del ment in default, department officials declined to amplify Mr. Hull's werds. In response to questions, department officials said the increase by some coun- tries, including France, of their tariffs recently tended to aggravate an already serious condition of barriers to free commerce. : The department said the world eco- nomic conference would confine its ef- forts to working out tariff policy rather (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) NEW DETROIT BANK TO GET OLD ASSETSI $12,000,000 Deposited in Institu- tion on Opening Day °* of Business. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, March 25.—More than $12,000,000 was on deposit in the Na- tional Bank of Detroit today, the sec- d day of its existence as a 100 per g:nc uzuld institution backed equally by the Federal Government and the General Motors Corporation. Early today it was announced in Washington that the Federal adminis- tration will carry out its who | Spain Approves ANNOUNCES ACCEPTANCE OF BOWERS AS ENVOY. CLAUDE G. BOWERS. By the Associated Press. MADRID, March 25.—Foreign Minis- ter Zulueta said today he was glad Claude G. Bowers had received the appointment as United States Ambas- e ministry of state probably will transmit its acceptance of the appoint- ment to Wt some time today. ARGENTINA T0 BACK BRITISH ARMS PLAN Envoy, However, Fails to See Security for Latin America. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, March 25.—Rulz Guinazu, Argentine - delegate to the World Dis- armament Conference, today declared adherence to the British disarmament plans proposed last week by Prime Min- ister MacDonald, but said he regarded the first part of the draft dealing with security inapplicable to Latin American states. Argentina, he said, desires to con- tribute to general acceptance of the Kellogg pact and its effective applica- tion and therefore has cancluded a sim- ilar agreement with a number of South American republics. Dr W. A. Riddell, Canadian advisory officer to the League of Nations, said 5t rmponl'o" oratiouting & com:. “as c 2 com- rehensive and important basis for tak- ng definite decisions as the first step in a world program of disarmament.” 1If it should be possible to achieve an immediate tangible agreement along the lines of the British proposal, he said, “It would restore confidence in the pros- pect of peace and prepare the way for convocation of the World Monetary and Ecoromic Conference.” OHIO VALLEY FLOOD PERIL BELIEVED OVER Damage Is Ex- pected Than Further Overflow Into Lowlands. By the Assoclated Press. EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 25.—De- spite light rains which fell over much of the inundated district during the night, flood predictions were revised downward today as the crest approached the lower reaches of Phe Ohio River. Residents of Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois who have anxiously watched the prog- ress of the high water which drove thousands from homes along the Ohio from West Virginia to Louisville, Ky.. expected the flood to pass with no more serious damage than further overflow " Flooding the loviands and damaging g the lowlands and crops in the Indiana “pocket” district, the water forced 92 families to abandon their homes here. On the other side of the “pocket,” the Wabash River con- tinued its rise. At Terre Haute, the river washed out more than 300 feet of a stone levee built to protect a manu- facturing plant, and flowed over some city streets. A score of Southern Indiana roads, and- several in Southern Illinols, re- mained blocked by flood water. e TWO PERISH IN FIRE JERSEY CITY, N. —Trapped by their apartment ear! Dinkelspiel, 47, ph from a window, while her niece Ann was burned to bymf' 9-year-old sister kelsplel. men one cculd be . | that it mlghtm:m another proclamat he Fp ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Sfat. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1933—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. ##» GOERING DECLARES PERSECUTIONS ARE NOT BASED ON RACE Citizens Won’t Be Punished Merely for.Being Jews, Minister Asserts. HITLER LEADER NETTLED: BY UNFAVORABLE PRESS Exoesses in Germany Attributed Provocators in Brown Shirts. Claims Order Is Restored. By the Asscclated Press. BERLIN, March 25.—Persecution of any man simply belause he is a Jew will not be tolerated, said Capt. Hernian Goering, minister without portfolio, in an impassionated address today to for- eign correspondents in which he pleaded. for fairness in estimating the German situation. He also expressed the opinion that Jews and Socialists abroad were ren- dering their German friends a poor service by making unfavorable reports on German conditions or by - holding protest mass meetings. “Every German,” he said, “smiles when he learns that on next Monday prayer meetings will be held in America.” ‘While admitting excesses during the first days of the German revolution, he claimed the government had adopt- ed most stringent measures, including the death penalty, for further trans- gressions. ess mmgmwhohvebeenpsrmted Imlb{un. It is humanly under- standable if they took justice in their own hands. “The world must be thankful to us, however, that we have established Iw.l.'fi otu" tand for persecuting a not ever sf & man simply because he is a Jew.” Travelers to Be Sale. He continued: “The strictest order also has issued to all nationalistic that under no to molest foreigners. “Travelers from _elsewhere here this Summer will enjoy the est freedom and witness a nation proud of its resurrection. “Jewish business men can continue unhindered. You who know how bit- terly anti-Semitic many of our are can realfze what this means.” Capt. Goering being szmhomd and cabled, yet he s opposed bl . B ciaimed.the ekostses of the pres- ent revolution were mild compared with those of 1918 and 1919, Recalls Italian Stories. He was visibly nettled over hostility to the German revolution cropping up in a part of the world press. “First one is , then angered, and finally completely nonplussed by what is written about us,” he said. “But, on comparison with an- other period, namely May, 1922, one sees exactly the same kind of stories written about us then appeared con- % the Pascist revolution in Italy.” le admitting on the one hand that some Jewish shops.were compelled by the Nationalistic elements to close tem] or even to display signs “Buy only in Gentile stores,” the other hand, he said, storm stores I‘llnl; violence and enabled them to reopen. “To proclaim abroad that ‘Judah de- clared war on Germany’,” the minister continued, “may result in the German. (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) —— GOLD EMBARGO EDICT MAY BE ISSUED TODAY Secretary Woodin Tells Newspaper Men That One Could Be Expected Soon. By the Assoclated Press. A statement relating to the gold Imed&mmtm- full T yet on ‘troope: soon, and It would tion to lift the Resources of the Federal Reserve System are now available to non-mem- bersutebanllzxorlomdmm emergency. . Roosevelt yesterda signed into law, legislation for m’z 1CHILDREN TO BE GUESTS TODAY OF PRESIDENT’S GRANDDAUGHTER Anna Eleanor Dall to Celebrate Birthday by Dedicating Playground. plan to liqui- date the assets of Detroft’s two old na- | White Pirst National Bank-De- iggl‘tl :dnhdwdlm National Bank of Commerce, and that the two banks will bz permitted as s advi 3 “Candor compels me,” Jones said, “to say that losses in both of these banks extends far beyond their capital struc- neither. of them :lun be pe‘i‘ is also clear that any other course-than i3: being pursued would cause nq.m o to depositors and stockholders™ White. House last night, and she be. master of ceremonies her daughter’s 3 < le ""w OESNT FRAN E\II)ER Rl RS JUS’ MINDIN’ HIS BUSINESS AND GOIN’ ALONG! ATTORNEY ISNAMED RECEIVER FOR POST Plans to Make Definite Offer for Paper Disclosed in Court. ‘The Washington Post was placed in the hands of a receiver in District Supreme Court today after counsel for Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, estranged wife of the former publisher of the paper, stated she had been unsuccess- ful in her efforts to save the Post from receivership. Immediately after Justice Joseph W. Cox had named Benjamin S. Minor, local attorney, as the receiver, it was disclosed that an offer for purchase of the Post is about to be made by outside interests. A. Coulter Wells, an attorney, asked the court 1f it would be proper to make | S0 m‘"u time. receiver, Mr. Wells told reporters he would submit a dfinite offer early next week. He said he could not disclose the identity of the principal for whom he was acting. Marks Opposed as Co-receiver. Counsel for Mrs. McLean and Edward le! B. McLean, former publisher of the Post, made an effort to have Arthur said he knew what was | Marks, business manager of the paper, appointed as a co-receiver. His ap- pointment was opposed by J. Harry Covington, representing the Interna- tional Paper Co., one of the Post's creditors, and J. S. Flannery, repre- senting the American Security & Trust Co. The latter is co-trustee of the estate of John R. McLean, father of Edward B. McLean. ’rhe; sald they had the highest re- gard for Mr. Marks, but believed the interest of the P&er would be position. sire that Ira Bennett be retained in editorial charge of the paper. Mrs. McLean and her son John were present in the court room when the de- cree was signed. She left without com- menting. Several days ago, Mrs. Mc- Lean announced she would “ the utmost” any attempt to sell outside the McLean family. Mr. Covington made the formal ap- plication for appointment of the receiver. ‘The paper company he represents has a claim the Post for approximately $268.000. The court was told that Mr. Minor had organized old Washington Herald and had taken an active part in its operation for many years. He is to serve under $50,000 bond. Mr. Minor is a member of the law firm of Minor, Gatley & Drury. Nelson T. Hartson, attorney for Mrs. McLean, told the court that, although she was anxious to save the paper from (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) “BLUE LAW” CHAMPION GUARDED FROM DEATH State Senator Brandt of Pittsburgh Gets Threat by Phone for Op- posing Sunday Sports. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, March 25.—Police are guarding the home of State Senator Herman P. Brandt today after a death threat received by the Senator over the telephone. Brandt, the only Allegheny thnt! e Post then hurried away. e TOKIO DIET ADJOURNS; RECORD BUDGET ENACTED All Major Features of Govern- ment’s Legislative Program Are Adopted. By the Associated Press. ) ‘TOKIO, March 25.—A two-month session of the Diet ended today with all lnjor features ngn tcl]:: vernment’s lve program, record enacted virtually first| 10 first, but otherwise Mail Delivered By Girl on Pony As Blizzard Rages Makes 12-Mile Trip Over Heavy Drifts for Two Days. By the Assoclated Press. LYON MOUNTAIN, N. Y., March 25. —The story was being told today how Anna Gadway, slight daughter of a ru-| ral mail carrier, rode a “pony express” in a mountain blizzard so the mails might go through. ‘The heavy drifts through which Anna rode are still piled high by the side of roads over which no other traffic moved when the storm swooped down. Never before had to interrupt the mail delivered by Anna’s father. But this time not even sleighs could be run. ‘The mail sacks were loaded on a pony, but with the father ri the load was too great. Then Anna volunteered. Twelve miles to Upper Chateaugay, the snow stinging her eyes and face, rode. Next day she rode again. On the third day the plows went 1., PLARS TODREP & (APONE BEER CASE Assistant Prosecutor Indi- cates Conspiracy Involving 68 Will Be Quashed. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 25.—The Chicago Tribune said today that Assistant United States District Attorney Daniel Anderson had indicated there would be no prosecution of an indictment against Al Capone and 68 alleged members of © his gang charged with caonspiracy to violate the dry laws by making, trans- porting and selling beer. The district attorney’s office, the newspaper said, expressed belief there would be little chance of winning a conviction because of the enactment of the law legalizing beer, 53 A score of investigators spent more than two years gathering information in the case against Capone, former gm&md chief, now serving a sentence in the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., for violating the income tax law. BURNING LIGHT REVEALS POISON DEATHS OF TWO Leads to Bodies of Former San Francisco Attorney and Stenog- rapher in Bungalow. By the Assoctated Press. purning Het i & quids bungaiow aparis a qui a] ment revealed the poison deaths of Stanley H. Rich, former San Francisco attorney, mgl his stenographer, Mrs. es MacNeil. A%ulhhth-dlmmodtwodny:mm investigation disclosed the bodies. Rich's wife, Mrs. Hilda Rich of Qakland, made the identification, then collapsed. She said her husband had left Tuesday, saying he was going to Modesto on a business trip. vestigators today said the man died whether by suicide pact or they were not prepared to say. A note found in the apartment “My mistake. Stanley gone. No hope. Hilda, forgive me. Agnes.™ man BAILLIE-STEWART WAITS RESUMPTION OF TRIAL Accused Lieutenant Returned to Tower of London for Week End Recess. By the Associated Press. ‘e been a storm | March 25—A CALLSCONFERECE ON JOBLESS PLANS Senate Committee Will Hear Green After Failing to Agree on Bill. By the Associated Press. The Senate Labor Committee failed | to reach an agreement today on Presi- dent Roosevelt's reforestation bill and called a conference with William Green, president of the American Federation | of Labor, who is opposing it. After an executive session of an hour and a half, Chairman Walsh said the committee would meet later in the day with Green. Green denounced the legislation yes- lmmm relief of unem- ployment through reforestation.” No detalls were upon. Favors Breadening. ‘The chairman indicated the bill would modified to provide more general terms, leaving details up to the execu- tive branch of the Government. This| it result in elimination of the k-‘ Members of the Wmml‘tm decided, Walsh said, that enlistment in the pro- posed “Civillan Conservation _Corps” should be through the Labor - ment, but had not gone into de as to making specific provision for it to be voluntary. The House Labor Committee, wWhich also has been considering the bill, will meet Monday, with Chairman ready to offer a substitute bill. evidence of strong support fors President’s plan, bu‘t Conn ‘was p&f pared to demand a pay scale of $50 a month for single men and $80 for mar- ried men. The bill also probably will be changed to make it that en- listment would be voluntary. Meanwhile Mr. Roosevelt is prepar- ing the next phase of his unemploy- ment relief program which will be in the nature of direct Federal grants to States and municipalities to prevent Determined also to balance the lop- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) UNDERGROUND SIX DAYS, 700 MINERS END STRIKE Poles Had Remained in Pits to Bar Flooding of Shafts and Loss of Jobs. By the Associated Press. BOSNOWIEC, Poland, March 25.—A «strike of 700 coal miners who underground for six days at Klimontow, to prevent employers from flooding the shafts and putting them out of work, was at an end . Pro; jobs by the Governor of Kielce, the strikers came out of the agreed not to dis- | will mantle the shafts and announced the shutdown would be only temporary. w 'Mun- Associated WALLACE BATTLES | FARM AID REVISION, INSISTS ON POWERS “Nothing Less Will Suffice,” Senate Foes Warned in Committee. POINTS TO METHODS USED IN BANKING EMERGENCY Agriculture Also Faces Crisis, He ! Avers, in Spurning Any Compro- misc—Witness Scores Bill. Despite a plea by Secretary Wal- lace for speed, the Senate Agricul- ture Committee decided tcday to continue hearings on th: adminis- tration farm bill next week, and prospects were thdt it would not be reported to the Senate before Thurs- day at the earliest. By the Associated Press. ‘The administration, through Secre- tary Wallace, boldly reasserted to Con- gress today its belief that to get any- thing done about farm relief the ex- ecutive officials must be trusted with broad and flexible power. “Nothing less will suffice to meet the realities that now confront us” was| the terse and uncompromising way in which the youthful cabinet member summed up for the Senate Agriculture Committee the administration stand. He pressed this direct utterance in the ng opposition among the committee members and also among n, or to say his say in a closed hearing. ‘Wallace said: “‘Congress has granted such author- ity (as that now asked) t> meet the banking emergency. It should, in my judgment, do likewise in meeting the agricultural , Which is 0 in- timately interwoven with the banking situation and the indu-trial depression.”} “Impossible” Witness Holds. His words were in outright contrast with the testimony of the witness, who | immediately preceded him, John A.| Simpson, president of the National Farmers’ Union, who said of the admin- istration bill: “It's absolutely impossible.” Only yesterday afternoon ‘Wallace had taken up the farm.relief questicn at the be reduced or stricken out altogether. Wallace said the 7 “accepts as & fundamental principie the view that restoration of the farmers' | buying power is an part of the program to relieve the present eco- nomic emergency, not only for agri- culture, but for all industry .and a of our national credit of the measure at $800,000,000. “No sound estimate can be made in pposed the substitute of Chairman Smith of the committee, saying it made no adequate provision for protecting the consumer’s interest. “The processing tax,” he said, “will t necessarily become operative with respect to all ties brought under the protection of the - tion bill. Depends on Price. “If a satisfactory price could be reached and maintained by trade agree- ments, no tax would be imposed. Cir- cumstances must decide the necessity for the tax with respect to any par- ticular commodity, and the fact will (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) SNOW, SLEET, RAIN WEEK END FORECAST Temperatures to‘Appmc)l Freez- ing—29 Degrees Recorded with below-normal temperatures hover- ing down near freezing, are slated for the Capital's week end. The snow ar- rived early this afternoon, and is ex- pected to change to sleet and rain late 111 HERE FILE APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES TO SELL BEER Metropolitan, National Press and Army and Navy Clubs Among Those Seeking Permits. Forty-seven applications for licenses sentence statements, while others dorsement from & prominent “wet” member of Congress. Another petition was couched in legal tfrms, was pre- pared on customary legal paper and Yesterday’s Circulation, 122,272 Press. TWO CENTS. FINAL BEER ACTION UNLIKELY BEFORE END OF NEXT WEEK Full Committee Expected to Report Local Bill Wed- nesday or Thursday. TYDINGS PREDICTS SALE ON. APRIL 7; HOWEVER Frequent Verbal Clashes Between Senator and Drys Mark Hearing Yesterday Afternoon. Legilizzlicn of the manufacture and sale of beer in the District will be de- layed until the later part of next week, it was indicated today, as a result of the plan of the Tydings Subcommittee of the Senate District Committee not to seek full committee approval of the District beer bill before Wednesday. Senatcr Tydings announged that his committee would meet Monday to con- sider the Palmicano bill which passed the House, but the full committee is not likely to report out a District beer bill befcre Wednesday or Thursday. Even with immediate Senate action, it was said, there is little likelihood the bill will be on its way to the White House for the signature of President Rocs:velt before next Saturday, since a number of changes sre expected to be made which will require House ap- proval. The ‘delay, however, according to Senator Tydings, will not prevent the District from getting real beer April 7, the date on which the national beer bill beccmes effective. If the District beer bill is eracted into law 25 late as next Saturdey, it was pointed out, the District Ccmmissioners will have nearly a week in which to promulgate regulations governing the manufacture and rale of and issue a number of licenses. Conflicting Provisions, A majority of the changes to be made in the Paimisano bill will be designed to_remove inconsistencies and correct conflicting provisions. Several other amendments may be added, it wes in- dicated, to liberalize the sale of beer, so_that it can be sold at barbecue stands and similer places where food and beverages are served on trays to motorists parked on the mmlsel The House refused tp grant ‘ccncession to the barbecue stands. A “mocel beer bilft.” drafted by Cor- gf.nunn Counsel m W: absistante, has the Ty sul tee, and will serve as a guide in the prospestive revi- sion of the Palmisano measure. The text of the “model bill” was not made public, but it is understood the meas- ure does not differ materially in its provisions from the House bill. As a prelude to Sepate action on the beer bill, the Tydings subcommittee held a hearing on the measure yester- day afternoon, at which the wets and drys expressed their diverse opinions on beer legislation. The dry witnesses in- cluded men and women whose names have long been identified with the pro- hibition cause: Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, chairmari of the Woman's National Committee for Law Enforcement; An- crew W. Wilson of the Anti-Saloon League; Dr. Everett M. Ellison, former president of the Citizens’ Service League, and Mrs. W. H. Wadleigh of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Testif; for the wets were Charles the Hotel and Restaurant , Dr. n_erd W. - ispensary Tax Reduction League and former Cov. Robert A. Cooper of South Carolina, who repre- sented brewery interests. Frequent Verbal Clashes. ‘The hearing was marked by frequent verbal clashes between Senator Tydings and the dry witnesses. Debate was lim- ited and the time evenly balanced, al- though one of the witnesses charged Senator Tydings with using the time al- mud to the drys with cross-examina- The large District Committee room casting System stations. ‘The network stations carried the en- tire proceedings, which lasted for an hour and 45 minutes, although only the m-::d half hour had been originally juled. Mrs, Peabody, who ed the case of the drys, declared the legalization of 3.2 beer was unconstitutional. r| the beverage to minors, although she was_unable to understand why, if 3.3 (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) =3 NEGOTIATORS SEEK PEACE IN FARM ‘WAR’ Conference Held After 400 Storm Court House to Prevent Evic- tion of Iowans. By the Afsoclated Press. HARLAN, Iowa, March 25.—A peace- ful settlement today was the object of negotiations between officials and Farm Holiday Association leaders whose fol- lowers, 400 strong, stormed the court house to prevent eviction from their