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WEATHE (U. 8. Weather Bureau Anvsflmptn’l. No. 1463—No, 32478, GERMAN BOYCOTT CLOSES NEARLY ALL BUSINESS HOUSES OPERATED BY JEWS Attorney and Nazi Leader Killed in One of Few Cases of Violence Reported Dur- ing Day in Reich. SEMITIC ORGANIZATIONS IN PARIS FILE PROTEST Bomb Demolishes Hitlerite Base at Hamburg—12 Anti-Reich Dem- onstrators Seized in Geneva. Indications Are That “War” ‘Will Not Be Renewed. By the Associated Press. Nearly all businesses in Ger- many owned by Jews were para- Jyzed yesterday during a one-day boycott imposed by Chancellor Hitler’'s Nazis to combat foreign reports of anti-Semitic measures in the Reich. 'The elaborate boycott machinery is ready tfhor another rgn ?1?1 v{’sig' nesday, the aganda minister said, “to cmsgt DGpermam Jewry,” if the attitude of Jews outside Ger- many is not satisf: 3 A resumption of the restrictions, however, is not indicated. There were few disorders. A Jewish attorney and a Nazi leader ‘were killed in Kiel. In Kiel the arrest of nine Jews was reported after Nazis distributed circulars asking the boycotting of Jewish merchants, doctors, lawyers and R. Forecast.) Falr, slightly cooler today; tomerrow 70, at 3 pm. midnight yes- Entered _as post office, d class matter ‘ashington, D. C. “Methodist and Re; ington scciety and national She ruled the family. We loved her as acter. following. king with tive New Grandfs Mrs. Dolly Gann. expert rider and swimmer. BALL IS CONVICTED OF MISUSING FUNDS newspapers, 500 in Paris Protest. Five hundred representatives of all :’mm organizations in = Arlington Jury’s Verdict Car- ries Two-and-a-Half Year Penalty. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., April 1.—E. Wade Ball, Police | former -treasurer of Arlington County, Bocialsh, mews in Tnewspapers Jeged mistreatment of Jews in Ger- many, but a specific instance they Quoted was denied by authorities. Prof. Einstein was reported as hav- Ing decided to resign his Prussian citi- penship because of reports he received sbout the treatment accorded his mar- BOYCOTT RENEWAL UNLIKELY. {iocbbels Warns Nazi’s Are Prepared 1o Reopen ‘War’ if Necessary. v.the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 1.—The Nazi boy- Pott against the Jews—the greatest or- ganized anti-Semitic movement of mod- llms——m;uyled the commercial fin s today, but passed with somparatively few disorders. Reports from all parts of Germany #ndicated that the only serious outburst was at Kiel, where two men were Keilled. Jewish attorney fatally wounded a Nazi leader and subse- quently was himself slain in jail by uinidentified men. Indications were that the boycott, Wwhich was limited to one day by the overnment in a proclamation yester- , would not be resumed as sched- ‘Wednesday morning, although Joseph Goebbels, minister of propa- da, made it clear to a vast cheer! ng in the Lusi that it woul be a simple thing to make repressive asures against all Jews effective in. “We have the boycott so organized t it can be resumed at 10 . on 'ednesday,” Dr. Goebbels said; “if it just be resumed we will crush Ger- n Jewry.” Most Jewish Stores Close. Only a few Jewish stores remained n today anywhere in Germany, and Nazis succeeded in “persuading” pective customers not to enter tonight was found guilty by a jury of the misuse of county funds in excess of $500,000, the verdict carrying a penalty of two and one-half years in the penitentiary, The verdict came after a deliberation that lasted from 5:20 p.m. today to 10:15 o'clock tonight. Immediately upon the announcement of the verdict, former State Senator Frank L. Ball, brother and counsel for the defendant, moved that the verdict be set aside and asked permission to state his grounds for the motion at a later date. In answer to this motion cuit Judge Walter T. McCarthy ted that court would be adjourned assumed that at that time action on the motion of defense counsel would be taken. Court Room Is Crowded. The verdict was received by the de- fendent without apparent emotion. At the time the verdict was brought in, the court room was crowded with in- terested spectators, most of whom have known Ball for the greater part of their lives. They filed from the court room mwt any attempt at a demonstra- Immediately before the jury took the case, it listened to five hours of closing argument by the counsel, the defendant’s brother, Frank L. Ball, and Crandal Mackey for the defense, and Commonwealth At- torney Lawrence Douglas and _Assis- tant Attorney General Collins Denny, jr., for the prosecution. Commonwealth Attorney Douglas, who presented the first ary ent for the State, stressed the audit made by the office of T. Coleman Andrews, State auditor of accounts, which has been the basis of the commonwealth case, and which has been vigorously attacked because it was made as of June 30, 1930 instead of going back through the 24 years Ball served as County treasurer. Douglas also invited the jury’s at- tention to a letter written by the de- fendant to the Potomac Savings Bank of Georgetown requesting that the auditor for the bonding company which wrote his surety bond as treas- urer be given access to records of his personal bank account. Stresses Tax Report. He also stressed a tax report made | by Bal on December 5, 1931, which reported that $33,040.05 of State taxes lem. __Berlin_was_exhilarated but_orderly had been collected by his office, while (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) $200,000,000 SHIP CONSTRUCTION PUSHED BY BIG NAY’ Swanson Declines to Affirm ~” ADVOCATES or Deny Reports Roosevelt Is Sympathetic to Plan. B the Associated Press. Proponents 6f a bigger Navq have Saunched a drive for inclusion of a $200,000,000 ship-building program in the Roosevelt employment plan, and $hough no official would confirm fit, big Navy men displayed hope yesterday Shat the idea had the President's spproval. Secretary of the Navy Swanson de- ed to affirm or deny reports that was sponsoring the plan and had und the Chief Executiye sympathetic. Chairman Vinson of the Na Committee announced the of Swanson, Rainey and Representative of maj said, “will be purely for unemployment relief. It won't be long now until the | Navy and private shipyards will have no further ships to bufld. Unless new ones are commenced, thousands of shipyard workers will be thrown out of employment. “By the inclusion of just a few words in the billion dollar bill we could help the Navy tremendously, and assure these highly skilled men some em- ployment.” Swanson has expressed his that the fleet should be built IIF limit set by the London naval Several plans, which if carried out would provide a fleet of this full strength, have been in preparation at the Navy Department for the past two would leave to the of the belie! to the treaty. | Dad he Swday Star. D. DOLLY GANN TELLS STORY OF SOCIETY AND POLITICS FROM KANSAS TO CAPITAL publican” Childhood Recalled in Autobiography of Ex-Vice President’s Sister. For years Mrs. Dolly Gann has been a vivid personality in Wash- itics, and she has worked shoulder to shoul- der with her brother, Charles Curtis, in the career which took him into the National House of Representatives, thence to the Senate and, finally, into the vice presidency. Her reminiscences, to be presented here in daily installments, give entertaining insight into her unusual erperiences. The first chapter of Mrs. Gann’s story jollows: BY DOLLY GANN. In my childhood the outstanding influence was my Grandmother Curtis. much as we admired her Spartan char- She was a Methodist and a Republican. I think she regarded this as essen- tial for any one who expected to go to Heaven. Once she was informed that a nephew, in Indiana, had turned Democrat. “Come to me at once,” grandmother telegraphed. ‘The nephew went to Kansas on the next train, received his order, returned home and supported the Republican ticket. 3 Tule was not limited by State boundaries. My father, Oran Arms Curtis, moved from In- diana to Kansas Territory in 1856, his parents My Grandmother Curtis’ Ours was a family of pioneers, trek- each generation farther from their na- England until their westward emigra- in To , then an outpost. As it — the Curtises increased grew CT in prosperity, though their worldly goods never passed moderate bounds. ather Curtis acquired, gradually, a large stretch_of land in what is ‘Topeka. When his seven sons and seven daughters were grown he gave each a farm or a residence in Topeka. The 14 households were the principali- fiu:edovu which grandmother’s absolutism flour- My father, a Union married Helene Pappan. my brother Charles (former Vice President Cur- French, but she had Indian tb’fio;n md .ku;umbetmmn 5 great- dfather, White Plume, chief of the Kaw Tribe. She was born on land allotted to her mother m“?hfe Kansas Indian Reservation, was educated in & St. Louis convent, and was an She was very beautiful. She died when Charles (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) now North captain in the Civil War, She was the mother of . Her descent was chiefly FIGHT FOR DISTRICT ITEMS T0 BE MADE Highway, Water and School Projects’ Restoration to Bill Planned. A determined fight will be made on attacked on the basis of fictitious economy. Representative Smith, Democrat of Irginia, who is opposed to the Budget Bureau's plan of forcing an accumula- tion of tax revenues, will take a lead- ing part in the battle for increased appropriations in items that will pro- Report Due Tomorrow. The appropriation bill, according to Chairman Buchanan of the Appropria- tions Committee, will be reported to the House tomorrow, and general debate started in time to assure action Tues- day. It is understood the bill will fol- low closely the recommendations of the Budget Bureau which decreed that the should exist in the coming 1925, lthn?Jx;hm:h ul;n zt'e“d"m e 3 e imat revenue availability is in excess of the L 3 terested particularly in what he describes as the “ridiculous policy” of building up a surplus in the g;ouna tax and water revenues—special ds which cannot be used for any purpose other than the law designates, the gas tax for highway improvements and the water revenue for improve- ment of the water system. Officials of the Water Department estimate there will be a surplus of ap- proximately $1,500,000 in the water revenues at the close of the 1934 fiscal year on the basis of the Budget Bureau's recommendations. A 50 per cent reduction in water rates could be made without absorbing the surplus, it ‘was pointed out, and the balance could be used for needed improvements in service. ‘The anticipated surplus is calculated on estimated collections in the coming fiscal year, amount! to $1,864,000, and an unexpen lance in the appropriation for the current fiscal year, less the items recommended for 1934 by the Budget Bureau. 50 Per Cent Reduction Effects. A 50 per cent reduction in present rates, it was sald, would absorb $932,- 000 of the prospective surplus in tHe water fund, and leave more than $500,- 000 for the Water meng to carry on its program of extensions and the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) CREDENTIALS OF LUTHER AS ENVOY TO U. S. SIGNED Former President of Reichsbank Has Wide Acquaintance Among Americaxt Financiers. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 1.—The credentials of Dr. Hans Luther as Germany's Am- bassador to the United States were signed today by President von Hin- Dr. Luther Tesigned March 17 s President of the ichsbank, making . Hjalmar Schacht, who ceed Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron. '!.'(e served as chancellor of for ugmmm c and well $¢ German, C, SUNDAY MOR JOBS FOR 250000 WILL BE SPEEDED BY U. 5. THIS WEEK Government Agencies Will Ar- range to Carry Out Re- forestation Program. THOUSANDS ARE APPLYING FOR RELIEF EMPLOYMENT Nation's Foresters Arriving Here to Plan Work, Camps and Other Preliminary Details. Preliminary plans will be formulated here tomorrow to send a¥ army of 250,000 men into battle along a Nation- wide front to rehabilitate this country’s vast forest lands. ‘Throughout yesterday men wearing wide-brim hats and thick-sole shoes of the timber lands flocked into Washing- ton, summoned here by Chief Forester R. Y. stuart of the Department of Agriculture, to discuss with him a pro- gram to be presented at a conclave here on Thursday with foresters of 48 States. By Thursday night Department of Agriculture officials said yesterday, the Government, through their agency, and the Labor, Interior and War Depart- ments, will be ready to go ahead im. mediately with President Roosevel program of unemployment relief through the performance of useful public forest and soil saving work. Many Apply for Jobs. Meantime, the City Post Office yes- terday hauled Secretary of Labor Per- kins’ mail to the Labor Department Building in a truck. Letters containing applications S e o, 08 s sacks and a clerical detail was assigned to_assort them. It will be Miss Perkins' task to re- crult workers from all walks of life for this emergency work. Hard other unemployment ‘woman cabinet officer this organization’s machinery into action. However, her aides said yester- day they expect to have a perfect or- ganization functioning a fort- ey view their end of the vast Ject as the most gigantic the leorg partment ever has been called upon to orm. forest improvement include control of tree sects, Because the reforestation act au- ernors of all States to send their forest- ers here for the Thursday conference, Private Lands Included. As amended, the act also provides for extension of forest work to privately- owned lands under co-operative ar- rangements to be made by the Federal Government with the States. This will (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—20 PAGES. General News—Local, National and For- eign. Schools and Colleges—Page A-14. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 4. Stamps—Page 4. Army and Navy News—Page 4. Disabled American Veterans—Page 4. Community Chest News—Page 6. The Home Gardener—Page 6. D. C. Naval Reserves—Page 6. American Legion Auxiliary—Page 6. Organized Reserves—Page 6. Y. M. C. A, News—Page 6. Public Library—Page 7. Marine Corps News—Page 7. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Soclety Section. PART FOUR—S PAGES. An):auufnenc Section—Stage, Screen and usic. Community Centers—Page 3. D. A R. News—Page 3. In the Motor World—Page 4. Aviation—Page 4. District National Guard—Page 4. American War Mothers—Page 4. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 4. Fraternities—Page 5. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Pa Serial Story, “Luxury Liner’ News of the Clubs—Page 6. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 6. Radio—Page 7. PART FIVE— PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—I12 PAGES. Pinancial News and Classified Adver- tising. PART SEVEN—16 PAGES. Magazine Section. Reviews of New Books—] 11 Artists—] Notes of Art and Crossword Puzzle—] 13. Boys’ and Girls’ Page—Page 14. Highlights of History—Page 15, Those Were the Happy Days—Page 16. GRAPHIC SECTION—6 PAGES. World Events in Pictures, COLORED SECTION—8 PAGES. 4 Up With G, APRIL 2, 1933—NINETY-SIX PAGES. SENATORS PRESS MOVE T0 PERMIT MORGAN INQUIRY Banking Committee Advises Members to Be Ready for Summons. oy By the Associated Press. The Senate Banking Committee set out yesterday to remove all possible legal doubts of its authority to investi- gate J. P. Morgan & Co., meanwhile advising members of that huge bank- ing firm to stand by for subpoenas to Confronted with an assertion by its counsel that the Morgan house had “t0 “reveal its capital set-up banking in the investigation. the committee counsel, Ferdi- nand Pecora of New York, recently said authority had been chal- on behalf of the Morgan firm, statement was issued in New York John W. Davis as counsel for J. P. organ and Co. which said: “I have seen the statements ema- nating from Washington with reference to the inquiry by the Senate Banking Currency Committee into the affairs of J. P. Morgan & Co. Tmpression Erroneous. impression given that the firm P. Morgan & Co. has refused co-operate in the proceedings of the committee is entirely erroneous. “The of J. by Mr. Pecora several days ago. “There is no disposition to decline to answer any pertinent inquiries.” Pecora told newspaper men here yes- terday he had notified all members of gs Morgan firm, to “hold themselves would be a month from now. Pecora drafted ay’s resolu- tion with the object of getting for the committee all the authority vested in the Senate by the Constituf to regu- late interstate commerce, control bank- ing and exercise the power of taxation. Questioned by reporters, he said it would be a “waste of time” to chal- lenge the committee's power if the Senate approves the resolution. Such a challenge, he said, could be attempted only on a claim that even the Senate’s broadest power did not cover the fleld into which the Senate has turn Answer Reported Refused. In acting on the resolution, the com- before it assertions by Pe- cora that the Morgan Co., Davis, had refused to answer one of se thority sought will be granted. If and when that happens, Pecora said he would return at once to New York for another conference with Davis. Pecora told newspaper men he had advised Davis that all members of the firm, numbering nearly a score, should be ready to answer subpoenas, though he said he did not know yet which in addition Blaze Is Brought To Firemen After Phone Appointment By the Associated Press. a fire by appointment today. A street car conductor tele- caused SENATORS AGREE ON FARM RELIEF Agriculture Committee Wil Report Bill Tomorrow With Roosevelt Features. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt’s demand for speed in helping the farmer won from the Senate Agriculture Committee yes- terday agreement on a relief bill almost exactly as the administration wanted it. After seversl days’ wrangling over the bill, opposition to the House-ap- proved Roosevelt program, led by Chairman Smith, crumbled to nothing in the wake of the long conference the committee members had with the Chief Executive Friday night. Then yester- day Smith withdrew his proposed sub- stitute for the bill. A victory was chalked up in the com- mittee, however, for Senator Kendrick of Wyoming, the assistant Democratic leader, whose motion to eliminate cat- tle and sheep from the sweeping farm price-lifting bill was adopted, 9 to 6, on his third try. Guaranty Plan Unsettled. ‘This done, flax and peanuts were also taken out and the committee decided to report the bill to the Senate tomor- row. Only one major question remains to be settled, members said, and that is whether to include the so-called Simpson production cost guaranty plan. Members _expect this proposal, advo- cated by John A. Simpson, president of the National Farmers' Union, to be in- corporated in the final draft of the bill, although it will be K they ;:u provlbdye nr;hst it is an :‘lwmuvl: to used e Secretary Agriculture at his discretion. bnuhl: sgonmflng sunbum' hoibig pson’s sugges- tion in the committee. It would author- ize the Government to fix prices on that portion of the farmer’s crop going into the domestic market, to insure him pro- duction costs and a “reasonable return” on his investment. Clear Way Given. Flax and peanuts were put into the bill by the committee earlier last week. With the elimination of these, as well as cattle and , the bill as it stands would give Secretary of culture Wal- lace authority to deal with the problems of wheat, cotton, corn, hogs, rice, to- bacco and dairy products in an effort to 1ift their prices to the 1909-1914 levels, except tobacco, for which the level would be 1919-1928. Smith’s substitute, which would have (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) R PRISON CLERK KIDNAPED, ROBBED AND RELEASED © e Four Robbers Believed Seeking $12,000 Pay Roll, Which Had Already Been Met. By the Associated Press. 1—E. BATTLE FOR REPEAL 10 OPENTOMORROW IN MICHIGAN VOTE Wisconsin Election Tuesday Also Watched—Victories for Wets Likely. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, ‘Wets and drys meet tomorrow in the first encounter of the Nation-wide battle of ballots to end prohibition by the Fed- eral Government. They go to the mat in Michigan, the first State to elect delegates to a consti- tutional convention, where the amend- nate in the selection of the first two States where the test will be made, and prediction was made confidently by the anti-prohibitionists in the Capital last night that in both these States the wets higan Constitutional Convention is to be held April 10, and that of Wis- consin on April 25. Dry leaders in Washington admitted that their chances were rather dim in these two States. Victory in two States, or in two dozen States, however, does not mean repeal be consummated. McBride Belies on 20 States. Dr. J. Scott McBride, superintendent Saloon League, said he be- down the eigh! ment. “Twenty-four States adopted State prohibition in State-wide referendum elections before the eighteenth amend- ment was written into the Constitu- tion,” he said. “Of these feel sure that at least 20 will not re- verse themselves on this question.” He pointed out that 33 States had (Continued on Page 13, Column 1.) MISSOURI TAX BILL IS SLASHED $8,000,000 Personal and Realty Valuation Fixed at $3,286,608,425, $400,- 481,711 Under 19323 Figure. By the Assoclated Press. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April.1.— The State Board of Equalization today clipped approximately $8,000,000 from can hold the fort in 13 of the 48 States, repeal cannot 0000000 SAVED BY SWEEPING CUTS INVETERANS' COSTS EFFECTIVE JULY 1 Roosevelt Calls on Loyalty of Ex-8oldiers to Share Sac- rifices With Citizens in All Walks of Life. MOST OF NON-SERVICE DISABILITIES EXCLUDED 406,000 With Lesser Afflictions in This Class Expected to Be Re- moved, While Complete and Permanent Cases Will be Grant- ed Half of Present Allowance. By the Associated Press. - In one of the most sweeping economy moves in the history of American Government, President Roosevelt decreed late yesterday an annual saving of $400,000,000 in veterans expenditures. Effective July 1, the beginning of the next fiscal year, the order Ev:l made possible by the drastic law authe - fg the Pread::t to pare paymen el widows and depenm—. slash occurred earlier in the eek. issuing the diminished sched- ules of allowances, the President in a statement said “I do not want Comrades are being singled out 13 2 i ey b cont " he want to i that h.add.d' re(u.lz L] :*"g'*%s 5; TEed 7 R ks | i by i : i 5t 325 i Efi ) 27 £ it | 2 § % i ] ] : i g L g T LR T Bag States I|000 Missouri’s 1933 real and personal prop- | judgm erty tax bill, The final valuation of these two|line of duty. classes of pr for 1933 taxation Was at $3,286,608,425 by board, a reduction of $400,431,711 under the assessment on which 1932 taxes were paid. J. T. Waddill, secretary of the board, said that a “very rough estimate” of | compulsory the average tax levy for State, county, city, school and drainage districts is $2 per $100. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) T-BONES AND TENDERLOINS DIET OF TWO MAROONED CHICAGO GIRLS Pair of Former Washington U. Co-Eds Lived Off Cattle on Chirikof Island, Off Alaskan Coast. By the Associated Press. [