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'’From Press to Home Within an Hou ‘The Star’s Carrier covers: ity block and the Tegular_cdition iy delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) 3 ‘ change tem; . hest, 70, am. today Full report on page A-5. * Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 32,486. post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION S, T0 DISCUSS ENTIRE RELATIONS WTH APAESE Tokio Officials Understand Manchukuo Question Will Be Taken Up Here. HERRIOT HOPES TO TALK DEBTS WITH ROOSEVELT Head of French Mission to Leave April 19—MacDonald to Set No Limit on Subjects. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, April 10.—The Japanese gov- ernment has been informed that the) entire field of Americen-Japanese rela- tions is to be discussed by the delegates Japan sends to President Rnxevelc'si world conference series. Tokio officials understood this meant the Japanese military policy against China f;d its sponsorship of the Man- chukuo government in Manchuria will be brought up in talks. Ambassador Debuchi informed officials of the| lans. Pl Sfmer Premier Korekiyo Takahas, | now minister of nnlnmce, is cons\fl:re': the first choice of the governmen represent Japan in the forthcoming meetings. President Rcosevelt's desires to have a delegate of ministerial rank centered discussion around the 77-year- old ex-premier. |McLean, Destitute In Montreal, Asks $1,333,784 of Estate Charges Sum Was Wrong- ly Deducted From In- come Due to Him. Declaring he is destitute and wishes to make a cash offer for the Washing- ton Post, Edward B. McLean, former publisher of the paper, today asked the District Supreme Court to compel the American Security & Trust Co. to show cause why it should not pay him in- come allegedly due from his father’s estate. McLean and the trust company are co-trustees of the estate of the former’s father, Jchn R. McLean. The trust company, however, has instituted legal proceedings seeking to oust Mcl from his co-trusteeship. At the request of George B. Fraser, counsel for McLean, who is now in Montreal, Quebec, Justice James M. Proctor set April 24 as the date for hearings on the rule to show cause. Fraser said McLean might be per- sonally present at the hearing. McLean's petition alleges the trust { company has illegally deducted $933,784 as depreciation on assets in the estate (Continued cn Page 2, Column 8.) SILVER AND WHEAT ON PARLEY AGENDA Hull Indicates Statesmen Will Examine Question of ‘Whoever goes to Washington probably will continue as head of the Japanese mission at the World Econcmic Confer- ence in London. HERRIOT TO SAIL APRIL 19. Cabinet Approves Selection as Head of French Mission. . By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, April 10.—Former Premier Herriot will be particularly in- in seeking information con- cerning the status of the debt question involving the United States and France when he reaches Washington in about two wecks. o isause the queston of tnter: h to discuss o - ‘Mernmenm tal debts first hand with President Roosevelt, although the inter- nat jc problems were an- nounced as the topics to be talked over at the Wi conference. (The American Government has offered to discuss debts only with nations which met their December obligations, which France defaulted. M. Herriot was over- thrown as premier because he demand- ed the payment be made.) ; Herriot to Leave April 19. The cabinet approved today lection of M. Herriot to head the French mission to the United States. Premier Edouard Daladier presented President Roosevelt’s invitation and explained the reason for the appointment of M. Herriot. Won’t Make Decisions. He outlined the program of the con- | 'md jons and the government’s atti- tude. M. Herriot's personality and authority were considered by the cabinet suffi- cient to make unnecessary his designa- tion as a “minister of state,” as wes originally contemplated. He will not be empowered to make decisions modifying the French posi- tion, it was explained semi-officially, but will contribute as far as he is able to the work of world economic relief undertaken by President Roosevelt. If the parleys at Washington develop to a point requiring the French to make a declaration, this will be communicated through Ambassador De La Boulaye. FAVORS UNLIMITED SCOPE. MacDonald Reveals Stand in Reply to Query on Gold Standard LONDON, April 10 (#).—Prime Min- ister MacDcnald told the House of Commons today that he intended to set no limit to the subjects which might be mentioned in conversations between President Roosevelt and himself during his coming American visit. This was in reply to a question as to whether Great Britain's return to the gold standard was to be discussed. The questioner asked assurance that the House of Commons would be consulted (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) TREASURY REPORTS DROP IN HOARDING Money in Circulation Decreased $225,702,400 During March. By the Associated Press. Money in circulation in the United Btates decreased $225,702,400 in March as compared to FPebruary, leaving a| total at the end of last month of $6,319,- 364,400 and showing diminution of hoarding. A Treasury statement today revealed that gold in circulation had dropped from $571,337,800 at the end of Febru- ary to $366,636,000 at the end of March. The amount of Federal Reserve notes in circulation had increased $3.404,923,200 to $3,621,138,700. The total money in the country showed a sharp increase in March, jumping from $10,275,195,400 at the end ©of February to $10,624,922,700 at the end of March, The amount of gold coin and bullion showed a decrease, however, dropping from $4,379,268,900 on February 28 to $4,278,671,100 on March 31. from | Price and Control. By the Associated Press. Secretary Hull indicated today that among the subjects to be taken up in the Washington conversations with leading statesmen of other countries in preparation for the World Economic Conference would be restoration of the price of silver and control of wheat surpluses. The #llver question, he said, is now figuring in the Anglo-American discus- sions carried on through Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador. These conversations will continue this ‘week, regardless of the fact that Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain is sailing soon for a direct con- versation with t Roosevelt. Mentioned in Detail. ‘The ggemon of silver and possible is men- stipulaf added to the reserves of cen! ‘banks. Hull emphasized, however, that decisions hat n ve He added that the forthcoming ex- ecial mis- may de- velop concrete proposals, which will be feasible for consideration at the world conference. As to wheat, the Secretary of State | told reporters that naturally the surplus ‘wheat-growing countries were taking a keen interest in that subject, but that the point of dealing with them in de- tail had not yet been reached. The world - conference program de- votes & special section to wheat, emphasizing the desirability of an agreement to eliminate huge surpluses. Noted” particulsrly is an Argentine suggestion for reduction of the areas sown in the chief exporting countries. As Argentina and Canada, two of the great wheat-producing nations, are among the 11 invited to send special representatives to Washington, discus- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) FRANCE ORDERS PLANES TO SCENE OF REVOLT Rebellious Abyssinian Tribes Are Threatening Trouble Along Somaliland Border. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 10.—The French naval air force was ordered today to help maintain order along the frontier of Djibouti Territory in French Somal- land, Africa, where several rebellious Abyssinian tribes threatened trouble. The airplane carrier commandant Teste and the dispatch boat Ypres were sent to survey the frontier in co-oper- ation with the territorial troops. French Somaliland is across the Gulf of Aden from the southwest extremity of Arabia. To the west is the inde- by Gi been | was ‘mous pendent empire of Abyssinia, to the | JAPANESE TROOPS REPORTED MOVING INTO CHINA PROPER Sent to Reinforce Manchu- kuan Army Thrown Back From Chingwangtao. GARRISON QF NATIVE | MANCHURIANS MUTINIES Chinese Claim Shihmenchai Re- captured and Shanhaikwan Threatened. By the Assoctated Press. Close upon foreign reports from Tientsin, China, that a Manchukuan army advancing into North China proper had been thrown back from Chinwangtao, came Japanese claims that it was advancing again on that city today. A general drive to end Chinese coun- ter-offensives on Japanese positions along the Great Wall of China was an- nounced at the Japanese military head- quarters in Manchuria. Japanese forces attacked from all the main passes along the 200-mile stretch of the wall forming the southern bor- der of Jehol. Garrison Mutinies. A garrison of the Manchukuan army, presumably a brigade of 3,000, was re- ported to have mutinied today at Laoshaokou, 85 miles south of Harbin. The mutineers were marching toward Harbin, the report said. Despite a Japanese war office dis- avowal of responsibility for the Man- chukuan invasion of undisputed Chi- nese territory in the Chinwangtao area, a Shanhalkwan dispatch said Japanese soldiers were sent to aild the Man- chukuans, On_that front, the Chinese claimed they had recaptured Shihmenchai, lost April 1, and Shanhaikwan, taken Jan- u-.ry'inl:yd-t.hc Japanese, was reported going on to the cities of Peiping and Tientsin. There are about 3,000 Amer- icans, including 1,300 Marines and sol- diers, in the Peiping-Tientsin area. The army headquarters, however, an- nounced it was impossible to ‘what the end of the offensive would be. MANCHUKUANS DRIVEN BACK. Reinforced Army Said to Have Oc- cupied Haiyang Again, However. seaport, was again threatened today by Manchukuan volunteer troops. It was admitted that & Chinese Army hu::et medTmn: cm from Haiyang, north of Chinwangtao. But a Manchukuan force was to Rhi redcoupled. Hilyang -today. cone reoccu] - muinl in g:d direction otwg;zim- The Japanese command had dis- claimed responsibility for the advance en. Ting’s soldiers. The mml Gy T8 ese viceroy, % and his real name was reported as Li Tsui-Chun. te a Japanese war office dis- of responsibility for the ad- the Rengo (Jaj News Agency) asserted that a Japanese de- tachment from Shipmenchai was pro- ceeding toward Chinwangtoa to aid Gen. Ting. BRITISH MARINES LAND. Naval Authorities at Shanghai An- mnounce Arrival at Chinwangtao. TIENTSIN, China, April 10 (®.—A Chinese counter attack was reported turning a triumphant advance of a Manchukuan army in the Chinwangtao area into a route today. Foreign advices sajd the Manchuku- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) EINSTEIN ACCEPTS POST Famous Scientist, Who Renounced German Citizenship, Will Re- ceive Cordial Welcome in Spain. By the Associated Press. MADRID, April 10.—Prof. Albert Einstein, who renounced his German citizenship because of anti-Semitism in Germany, today accepted an invita- tion to become a member of the fac- ulty of the University of Madrid. Fernando de Los Rios, minister of public instruction, said in announcing his acceptance that the presence of the eminent physicist will be of in- estimable value to Spanish culture. “I am extremely happy that he is coming,” said the minister, “I shall create a group of professors to assist him and we shall do everything possi- ble to make his stay in Spain profit- able to the world.” It has not been decided when Prof. Einstein will come here. but he is ex- north, Italiar Eritrea, south, British Somaliland. and to the pected as soon as he has finished other engagements. DALRYMPLE WILL |Prohibition Chief Orders | Reports of “fraud and deceit” by em- ployes wishing to conceal their marital | status for fear of diemissal prompted { Maj. A. V. Dalrymple, prohibition di- rector, to announce today an “immed- | late investigation.” “It has been brought to my atten- tion,” he said, “that in various parts of the United States there are a num- ber of cases where husband and wife are on the payroll of the Prohibition ‘The gold outside of the Treasury showed the Federal Reserve banks creased their holdings from $516,246,900 o $711,602,200. The gold outside of the Treasury dropped _approximately “$9,000,000 to $1,078,238,281. The total money “Treasury increased during March from $8,178,157,361 to $8,639,786,602 at the cnd of March. Bureau. Complaints are coming into this office from taxpayers in all parts of the country. “An investigation is going to be made immediately. Unless some satis- 1 held outside of the . | should be retained PROBE “DECEIT” IN KEEPING MARRIED WORKERS “Immediate Investigation” Into Reports From Over Nation. of this department, and whose hus- bands are also employed by the Prohibi- tion Bureau, have been posing as single. If such cases of fraud or deciet are found these be considered sufficient grounds for immediate dismissal. “Steps are going to be taken in the Prohibition Bureau in Washington to find out how extensive this practice is and to correct it. “I do not believe that it is fair or proper under conditions as they exist in the United States at the present time with so many men out of work, that husband and wife should be carried on Government payrolls in this or any other department, and unless there is a drastic reason wh; couj ither the husband or the wife should be dismissed with- out delay.” | RE'S ER HEuR P%DEW L/ MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1933—THIRTY PAGES. »*s THATS JUST FiNg! HERE 'R SOME MORE YoU MIGHT HUSTLE ALONG ! PERPETUAL MOTION! BUDGET CUTS WILL BAR RELIEF FOR CROWDED CAPITAL SCHOOLS $968.000 Seri This is the second ;)I a series of Eastern High School is on a double- the same expedient by next year. All other senior Alice Anq has fi ‘The House, in fact, passed the appro- pristion bill as recommended by the Bureau of the 50 far as schools were concerned, the four bu items and the two shift program. Western High School is faced with schools will fol- | Ay Junjor High School that its overflow enroll- shool site items con- Altogether, - the Eastern High on Double-Shift Basis Now and Western Faces Similar Action, ously Needed. four construction items totaled $876,000 and the sites were to have cost m.ooo. construction of High School Fort Reno section of Chevy in the Chase, $475,000; to erect a new buildin Junior High Schools at a cost of O Pramk W. Ballou, superintenden 3 w. t of schools, who usually is reluctant to discuss school finances publicly, is ad- mittedly by the treatment given the 1934 lfln’o»fllwm and he is frank in ou trous curtailments of scl accommo- dations which he shows must result. “The complete elimination of the es- timates for and " Dr. Ballou says, “will inevitably result in (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) AARRIAN ENTERS NOT CULTY PLEA Accused Former Bank Head Taken to Court in Wheel Chair. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 10.—Joseph W. Harriman, former head of the Harriman National Bank and Trust Co., was taken to court in a wheel chair today and pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging the making of false entries in the books of the bank. His wife and physician were on either side of the chair. Counsel for Harriman last week made an unsuccessful effort to arrange bail without the necessity of Harriman's ap- pearance in court on the ground that the ordeal of a trip to the court room might bring about a relapse. Harriman ON MADRID U. FACULTY |hes been suffering from heart discasc. Bond Set at $25,000. While deputy marshals pushed a crowd back, Harriman was rolled into the court room, where the indictment was read and the defendant told to lead. 2 “You need not rise,” Judge Coleman informed Harriman. The banker, however, pushed him- self to a semi-erect posture, both hands resting on the arms of the chair, and | 5 answered, firmly: “Not guilty.” Then he sank back into the chair and Judge Coleman asked United States Attorney George 2. Medalle what amount of bail was suggested. “The same amount that was fixi when the defendant was arrainged in N SUPREME COUR Bishop Will Go on Trial if Appeals Tribunal Up- holds Indictment. By the Associated Press. Bishop James Cannon, jr., and his secretary, Miss Ada L. Burroughs, lost in the Supreme Court today their fight against an indictment charging them with violating Federal election laws in connection with the 1928 presidential campaign against Alfred E. Smith. They were charged with failure to report contributions received to aid them in their campaign against Smith in Virginia. The court, in an opinion by Justice | Roberts, sustained the contention of the Government that the appeal from the | action of the District of Columbia Su- reme Court holding the indictment defective, was properly taken to the District Court of Appeals. Bishop Cannon insisted that the ap- peal should have been taken direct from the trial court to the United States Supreme Court. ‘Will Pass on Indictment. The Court of Appeals now will pass on the indictment itself. Should it be sustained, the churchman and Miss """""m will be forced to stand trial on cl harges. ‘The two were accused of violating the corrupt practices act through failure to House, E. C. Jameson, a New Yorker, con- tributed $65,300 to the anti-Smith cause, and the charge was made that his home before a commissioner. $25,000,” Medalie said. “We do not wh‘lm to cause any unnecessary hard- =hip.” It was so ordered, a new bond was posted and the court fixed April 24 as the date for trial. Within a few minutes, Harriman was rolled from the room in the chair for the ambulance trip back to his home. Bank to Pay in Full. ‘Tidings of good cheer came today depositors in the closed Harriman tional Bank & Trust Co—the Treas- ury Department has laid plans to have them paid promptly and in full. Secretary Willlam H. Woodin an- nounced last night an arrangement by which the assets will be taken over by the Manufacturers’ Trust Co. and ! the payments to depositors made. { He said he believes the assets and claim of the bank “are adequate to meet its liabilities.” He has asked the Manufacturers’ Trust Co. “on behalf of the Treasury Department and without risk to itself” to undertake the plan because of “its wide and successful ex- perience in liquidating other financial institutions.” The average net demand and time deposits in the bank in the week ended March 4 were reported as $24.679,000. Volcanoes in Chile Active. mount region were moderately tive, with indications of intense activ- ity in the near future. Radio Programs on Page B-11 £ (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Buying Activity. report contributions to the clerk of the | ;3 0 WIDER D. C. POWER ASKED FOR RELIEF 753 Senate Group Also Advised of "Need for Calvert Street Bridge. Broader power for the District Com- missioners in adminisi the of Public Welfare ce Deal and the Hugh M. Browne | YVert estimates, | Session ‘Commissioners - the disas- | fer; Crosby and Gotwals and District uditor Donovan. A NN P LIS plus on paper, which may not all be collected because of economic conditions. T. S, Share Not Discussed. ‘The subcommittee did not reach the question of what the Federal contribu- tion should be. In the original con- sideration of the 1934 bill in the last Congress the Senate and House con- ferees agreed on s compromise lump sum of $7,600,000, which was $175,000 less than fog the current year, but after the conference report failed on March 4 Budget Bureau and the House brought forth the pending bill with the lump sum still further slashed to $7,500,000. The subcommittee recessed shortly after noon until tomorrow morn- ing, when the District Commissioners will continue their testimony, to be fol- lowed by school ‘The schools officials. and libraries would be hard hit to carry | the :nmunnml activities under the House Board tion for | H 's Circulation, 118,752, Saturday” Sunday's Circulation, 129,391 (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. WLEY CATIES COURS OF ARRON WHEN STORM HT Tells Naval Inquiry Board He Would Have Sent Ship Westward. MISTAKE IN DIRECTION CHANGE ORDER RELATED Aide to Captain of Lost Dirigible Exonerates Superior of Error in Testimony. By the Associated Press. T, N. J, April 10— Lieut. Comdr. Herbert V. Wiley, sole surviving officer of the airship Akron, testified today that he would not have taken the course pursued by Comdr. Frank C. McCord, captain of the ship, but added that this did not mean Mc- Cord was wrong. ward, it until & half hour later. “Inclined to Turn West.” “Although my own inclination was to turn westward, I could not tell ! if g § & 8 i ag;;{ £F 2 i | t i sk i g § i i BE i i £F T ==E i 1 il g Esif B : E 1 i i 8 g BES i E 3 E £ 3 é FIRE DAMAGES MILITARY ACADEMY AT FORK UNION Cadets, Forming Bucket Brigade, Aid in Saving Building at Virginia School. By the Associated Press. TENRESSE VALLE PROPOSL 15 LAID BEFRE CONGRESS Roosevelt Asks Legislation to Carry Out Development of Basin and Shoals. STRESS PLACED ON NEED TO PLAN HUGE PROJECTS Message Proposes Federal Corpo- ration Having Initiative of Private Enterprise. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Roosevelt today urged Con- gress to make provision for the further development of the great Tennessee River basin and Muscle Shoals. In a special message, which was read in both the Senate and House today, the President proposed the creation of the “Tennessee Valley Authority—a cor- poration clothed with power of govern- ment, but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise.” The President laid particular stress upon the need for planning such great development projects. The Tennessee River project is to be but one of the pleces in the whole plan for re-employ- ment in the Nation advanced by the g | President. The further development of the Gov- ernment’s Muscle Shoals plants on the river wnich several States, is part of the plan. Norris Sponsors Measure. years, will father the measure in the Senate, and it wmnemmuudmmnmwm resentative John J, McSwain of Carolina. w W5 ‘The President’s message Con- gress follows: “The continued idleness of a great na- tional investment in the Tennessee Val- leyl.udnmetoulthecfi_tu ition necessary to enlist project service of the 3 FORK UNION, Va, April 10—Fork ‘oL Union Military Academy cadets today aided in saving the main building of the institution from destruction by fire. A blaze of unknown origin gutted the third and fourth floors of Hatcher Hall, academic and administration building, early today. The cadets drenched the wings of the building and confined the flames to the central part. Dr. J. J. Wicker, president of the academy, estimated the loss at “several thousand dollars,” which was covered by_insurance. Dr. Wicker was profuse in his praise of the cadet corps, numbering 180, who g rival of fire apparatus from Bremo and Charlottesville. From m a n y directions throughout the Nation come reports of increasing con- fidence. The last few days showed continued betterment in Washington—unusually ac- tive buying. In the South, New York, Chi- cago and Boston, sustained re- covery in business is seen. Yesterday’s Advertising. (Local Display) The Sunday \Star 2d Newspape} 3d Newspaper. Total es. . 57,551 26,134 15,433 41,567 (Other two newspapers) The reason the merchants use The Star so extensively is because it goes into the homes of practically ALL the people who have money to spend. ROOSEVELT TO THROW FIRST BALL AT GRIFFITH STADIUM WEDNESDAY Legislators and Other Government Dignitaries to Watch Cronin Lead Nats President Roosevelt will “bench” cares -%y national leg- islators and governmental dignitaries for & few hours Wednesday afternoon while the American League champion- ship chase gets under way in Griffith Stadium. The P:’elle:xnt :u‘ formally start the season owing a_glistening new T Sl Sty S S 352 - p: manager” in 'rnounx his Nationals their clash with Connie Mack’s Ath- Against Athletics. have & conspicuous part in opening-day ceremonies. i and the players march to the flag- | (Continued on-Page 2, Column 4.) ‘PLANE SPEED RECORD ! IS REPORTED BROKEN Italian Schneider Cup Craft De- clared to Have Traveled Over 408.8 Miles an Hour. 1 By the Associated Press. DESENZANO, Italy, April 10.—A forth in 1931 had been beaten by several miles an hour. i MINIMUM WAGE BILL SENT TO GOV. LEHMAN Desmond Measure With Same Pro- vision /for Men Passed by New York Assembly. By the Associated Press.